Having read that book I must say I was a little disappointed. After reading two of Dean Koontz’s books I got accustomed to his storytelling skills and although I was aware of the fact that it wasn’t a great writer, his books seemed a good fun. No more. ‘The …

This book is great for older readers who enjoy fantasy. The difficulty is that it is very involved, so for kids who are reluctant to read, or who only read a little bit at a time, put the book down, and come back to it the next day, it’s …

I love to travel in the Philippines even though I have lived here all my life. Being a third world country though, there are not a lot of maps and guide books written about the Philippines, especially the countryside, even though it has one of the most striking sceneries …

This book is great! It’s a Discworl set novel by Terry Pratchett, but not set in Ankh Morpork. In this book, nightmares and scary stories told to frighten children are coming true, because the Queen of fairyland (?) is coming to take the world.
First, however, she steals Tiffany’s little …

Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women, wrote The Inheritance when she was seventeen. It was her first novel, but she never submitted it for publication. It wasn’t published until 1997.
I was pretty excited to read this, since I’ve read her books from the time …

‘The Minister’s Black Veil ‘ is one of those symbolic stories that lingered in my mind for a long time after I read it. There was something in it that made it very close to my heart and I can say I deeply emphathized with the main character. Hooper …

Anyone who has had the pleasure of reading books by Jodi Picoult, knows that her writing is always full of surprises. There’s always a twist, an unexpected turn or a way in which she tells the story that captivates readers. Leaving Time, is no exception.
Leaving Time follows the story …

ANE’s Smart Kid Series Knowledge Book 1 is a good general knowledge book for school goings. This book gives the idea of general things we see and general people we meet daily in the daily life. That means about the Family,Five senses,Body parts,our body,Feelings,Good Habits,Good manners,About school uniform,about dress …

I absolutely love my copy of the DC Comics Encyclopedia that I bought online about a year ago for a great price of $19.99. This is a thick book detailing hundreds of characters and events in the DC Universe. It features so much artwork from so many …

Rematch is the sequel to a little chick lit book called Miss Match by the same author. The book follows a single Christian girl who is prone to matching her friends with other people. This time though she’s shocked to find that her date is going on a retreat …

What to Expect When You’re Expecting, What to Expect the First Year, and What to Expect the Toddler Years are essential reference books to have when you are starting a family. I would think after being through pregnancy once, I wouldn’t have needed the book so much. …

Out of Sight, Out of Time, is the fifth book in the Gallagher Girls series. Cammie Morgan has amnesia and the only thing she can recall about her summer is that she left the school in order to protect her family and friends. She really can’t remember anything and …

While shopping at Barnes and Noble, my husband handed me a book that just made me laugh. The title alone was enough to give me the giggles. The Ultimate Cat Treats Cookbook. Homemade Goodies for Finicky Felines. It was written by Liza Palika and published by Howell Book Houser …

This volume is a poster boy for what was wrong with Marvel Comics in the 1970’s. Spiderman was an exciting, fresh and groundbreaking title from its inception all the way up to the death of the Green Goblin. After that, the book slipped into formula for close to twenty …

A Share in Death (written by Deborah Crombie and published by Berkley Publishing Group, 1994)
This was Deborah Crombie’s first book in the Duncan Kincaid series. I found this story better than the later ones in which Kincaid and his assistant, Gemma James were creating unnecessary conflicts …

The Half-price book store is a great place to buy books and media like DVDS, CDS and cassettes. The store has two desks. The one near the entrance is where you buy your books while the one in the back is where you pick up an order you made …

Infinite Jest is a great literary achievement. David Foster Wallace’s magnum opus contains themes from such diverse sources as competitive tennis, Quebecois independence movements, twelve-step programs, illegal drugs, existentialist philosophy, and the effects of technology upon a mankind. In short, Infinite Jest is a book about the pursuit of …

True Grit is a story about nine women whom in spite of their unimaginable adversities have emerged a victor because they’ve found God. Early in life, some of the women in the book have endured different forms of abuse; most of them are from Asia while the rest are …

When it comes to reading and learning, sometimes, children are simply not interested in the text. This problem creates a larger problem where students are then drifting off during class readings and not fully grasping the lesson. However, when researching a book that would be fun and interesting for …

I recommend reading Girl In A Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold. Even the cover of this book is blue. This is a story on the journey of this woman, how she went through a marriage and how she felt worthless or should I put it, not valuable at …

Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper was a book that I first read back in middle school. I was designated this book for an english report and though I had heard it was boring I actually found that I enjoyed it immensly. I actually loved it so much …

I read this wonder book called Self Incrimination written by critically acclaimed author Randy Singer. Randy Singer is a trial lawyer who has a wife and two children living in Georgia. All of his books are Christian Suspense novels.
This particular book is about a young inexperienced Lawyer named Leslie …

Ranger’s Apprentice: Book 4: The Battle for Skandia begins with Will and Cassandra (Evalyne) being found by Halt and Horace who have discovered that the Temujai are planning to invade Skandia.
This was a very well done book, I liked the fact that it’s very fast paced and action oriented. …

This tongue-in-cheek book, written by Beth Kendrick is good for newly-weds especially and a definite good read for all and also for married couples. It is a very heartwarming novel that I really enjoy reading.
The characters are mainly Stella, Erin and Casey and they have had their fair …

(Ruth Rendell, published by Ballantine Books, 1975)
Among Ruth Rendell works, my favorites are the Wexford series. In this book, dear ole Chief Inspector Wexford was in one of his grumbling moods. He had to deal with a slightly willful daughter as well as the more critical concerns of …

I bought this book for myself when I was about nine years old at a book sale at my school. In fact, I think my best friend even bought the book next in “The Boxcar Children” series to this one. Previously, I had never read any children’s mystery novels …

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is my favorite Indian author. Mistress of Spices is the third book of her I read and it is one of the most enchanting book I have ever read.
The story is about Tilo, a girl who is chosen to be a mistress of spices. Mistress of …

This is the third installment in the Gossip Girls series fro girls. This one takes place in New York during Christmas to New Years. Blair’s parents are taking a vacation and they are gonna have a baby! Yayyyy! Blair is angry but she doesnt care cause she has much …

Last month, I read my sister’s novel, If You Could See Me Now, written by Cecelia Ahern. She is a young writer from Ireland, and I felt that she has truly written a good story. It tells about Elizabeth Egan, a very busy businesswoman. She is …

Shortcuts in mathematics is really a good book from mastermind publications.I bought this book from a book store in Chennai,during my travel to India.This book teaches to calculate really fast.It teaches how to calculate really fast during exams and other occassions.Addition,multiplication,subtraction and division of any large number can …

This book seems to me during the first time I picked it up; like a boring book. But in fact, Jinx by Meg Cabot is a good story and the character main nickname is Jinx. Her name is actually Jean, but read on to find out how she …

Remy is very careful when it comes to relationships, all of that thanks to her mother, who is going to get married for the fifth time, and once again she’s the one in charge of all the planning. That’s how she meets Dexter, a guy that completely turns her …

How Not to Look Old by Charla Krupp is basically about not looking old basically. It lists off tips and steps that are simple and very easy to follow through. The author is very forthright in her advices here and you will be happy to follow through everything.
Though …

How I Survived Middle School by Nancy Krulik is a fun story for preteens (probably more for girls than boys, just based on the magazine quizzes) about Jenny McAfee’s first few weeks in seventh grade. Her former best friend has ‘dumped’ her for the popular clique, and Jenny strives …

Lockdown is the new book by the writer Joe Schreiber known for the fact that he put zombies in the distant galaxy of George Lucas with his novels “Dead Troopers” and “Red Harvest”. His new book, however, has nothing to do with the undead menace and in its plot …

One of the greatest pleasures of the fantasy reader, especially one who, like me, reads a lot, is to discover something new and original that turns the the classic stories upside down. This is the real reason why I like Simon R. Green and “Shadows Fall”. Because of it …

All kids love magic, right? Well this magical adventure is a perfect introduction for all little girls into the world of book series.
Rachel Walker and Kirsty Tate meet on their way to Rainspell Island for holidays and quickly become friends. While searching for the end of a …

I recently read this book, Being Kendra: Cribs, Cocktails, and Getting My Sexy Back, and I was honestly disappointed. I’m a big fan of Kendra and her first book was amazing, but this book was just wrong. I was looking forward to her usual quirky self while raising her …

The subtitle of this book is “A Study of Bird Parasites”, and the cover of my 1961 Grey Arrow paperback edition is a plain green studded with microscopic (and otherwise) black and white drawings of some of these creatures. You might think from looking at it that it would …

This book very quickly earned a place on my picky shelf of favorite books. It was originally published as the two separate books ‘Crown Duel’ and ‘Court Duel’, but I bought it as the re-published, combined version. And I’m glad I did —“ if I hadn’t, I’m …

The jungle of Sumatra in Indonesia is the primary setting for this story. It is where Dr. Jonathan Rhodes has set up his makeshift research facility to conduct studies on the medicinal plants in that area. It is his hope that he can convince an over-consuming planet the benefits …

All About Technical Analysis by Constance Brown actually isn’t a very well explained book. I originally got this book because it was published by McGraw-Hill. I find that McGraw-Hill books are usually well explained. The languages used in the books are usually pretty simple and easy to understand. However, …

When I was younger, I tended to have a rather undecided opinion about Finnish author Tove Jansson’s popular series of books about the Moomins, strange and slightly otherworldly creatures who lived and had (generally fairly gentle) adventures in a landscape that was also a little bit on the otherworldly …

Mike Davis’s book was on that was really hard for me to really peace together. I found that he really had issues putting a thought together. It seemed like to me that he start the paragraph about a flood then somewhere in it we be talking about earthquakes …

Apparently readers in the U.S. have adopted the first “autobiographical” book of the aristocratic vampire Strahd von Zarovich also as good as I did, because Patricia Elrod was tasked to write a sequel as well. This to some extent is a repetition in the series “Ravenloft”, since the very …

‘Also sprach Zarathustra. Ein Buch f’r Alle und Keinen’ is one of Nietzsche’s most controversial works. Part poetry, part parody, the book is, as a matter of fact, a philosophic dissertation and what I’ve discovered rather with amazement is that the book addresses questions I wouldn’t dare to ask …

Indigo stories is a collection of short stories written by Satyajit Ray, the legendary Indian film maker. He is considered as one of the greatest film maker of this century and is the only Indian Director to win an Oscar. Satyajit Ray was also a writer of repute.
Indigo …

” Nightshade ” is the first book of the trilogy written by Andrea Cremer, which tells a story of the choice between love and duty, between knowledge and reconciliation. After years of faithful service and reconciliation there comes a time when one must ask why. Saving an ordinary man …

Eragon, written by young novelist Christopher Paolini, is the first book in the fantasy epic Inheritance Trilogy. I first read Eragon a couple of years ago and was blown away by the quality and depth of the book whose author was only eighteen years of age.
The book follows …

The title of this amazing book is taken from the classic novel about James Bond “The Man with the Golden Gun” and introduces us to a spy, compared to which the famous 007 agent looks quite ordinary. His name is Edwin Drood, but prefers to be called Eddie, and …