The Elves of Cintra is a very nice epic-fantasy story that was given to me by my boyfriend. This is from the author Terry Brooks and he is a really good author writing a dark and contemporary twist here and there.
The characters were all about Logan …

I just randomly picked up this book, although I have read Amanda Blake Soule’s Soulemama blog, so I was expecting something pretty good and down to earth. Handmade Home doesn’t disappoint. Even if you’ve read the blog, Handmade Home, while in the same spirit, is quite different so it’s …

Because I do not like the fact that really I normally give the story development of the book with the story, you do not explain here in detail. In order to be the report, the book] year 1942 during independence struggle of great war and our [Indian people - is …

“Gone” by Michael Grant tells us the story of a 15 year old boy named Sam who tries to keep law and order in the small town of Perdido Beach, California, after everyone over the age of 16 disappears in a blink of an eye. When life as you …

I recently read this book, Oh, Life Relax Please written by Swami Sukhabodhananda. This book gives a vision for managing life. It talks about the basic reasons for our struggles and also gives solution to manage and overcome our difficulties. The book is not written only with words but …

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 …

It has been said that the reason so many of us remain poor is because we have a deep seated and unconscious guilt or fear of actually being rich. In Money Is My Friend, Phil Laut divides the understanding of money into four laws, the earning law, the spending …

As a professional writer and critic, I can honestly tell you that in terms of rhetorical style and quality Twilight holds no merit. Stephenie Meyer is the furthest thing from an accomplished writer. She throws a few “big words” around here and there and she thinks it …

I love this book, The Celeb Diaries: The Sensational Inside Story of the Celebrity Decade by Mark Frith. It is something like reading Gossip Girl or something, but even better!
This book is really fun and you get some juicy details about some celebs’ lives and stuff like …

James Michener has made a specialty of writing long epic novels which focus on a particular location and tells a series of tales throughout history. The Caribbean is no exception. The novel tells the tale of the many islands and lands that surround the Caribbean Sea. …

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is the sixth book in the bestselling series, Harry Potter. In this book, Harry is back at Hogwarts. Voldemort is back, and his followers are causing havoc everyone, even in the muggle (non-magical) world. The wizarding community finally believes what Harry has …

Dan Brown is an extraordinary writer. In Angels and Demons, Brown managed to keep the reader fascinated by the way he tells architectural details of ancient buildings in Rome. The plot quickly makes the reader is not bored and want to quickly finish reading this book. Not only that, …

Sex, Love and Dharma by Arthur Jeon is an overrated book but at the same time, having some very good facts and knowledge and definitely insights for me reading it as an individual reader.
My friend loaned it to me, and she said that since the title is pretty subjective, it …

Case of the Nervous Accomplice was written by Erle Stanley Gardner (published by First Ballantine Books, 1993)
Perry Mason is still one of my favorite fictional lawyers; I find him charming, smart and resolute with tough cases and clients who were telling him the exact truth.
Sybil Harlan is aware that …

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde is a book purely on fantasy, but a literature fantasy. Can you imagine that? That is what I first come across when I read this book. It is full of magical fantasy and that is something that I truly admire the …

Being a software engineer working in a company developing an application in the C# language, it is very natural that I took an interest in the book “C# For Programmers Second Edition By Dietel”.
We have two copies of this book in our office. I think that this book is …

This book has been very helpful to me when I studied about visual basic 6 and XML. I worked for a data processing company before that specializes in data conversion into a XML format. The book is quite thick; around 725 pages in all but do not let the …

I have read the book —˜mystery of the brass-bound trunk’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is a Nancy Drew book and is interesting to read. This is a typical detective story. As usual, Nancy works with courage and intelligence.
Bess and George, who are Nancy’s close friends, have decided …

To be honest, I didn’t like this book very much. The characters are appealing and the premise is a neat one, but there was a point in the book at which I found myself skimming more than I was reading.
Set in the 1960’s South, this is the story …

Laura Werlins Cheese Essentials is a great guide for those wanting to begin or even expand their knowledge of cheese. I have been wanting to learn more about cheese: the various names, how they are made, where they originate, and how it can be used in various styles of …

Handbook of Play Therapy with Aggressive Children
by Dr. David Crenshaw and Dr. John Mordock
As a child therapist one of the most difficult cases that I have to work with is the aggressive child.. As therapists, we are seeing more and more children where these dynamics exist. This book is …

Checkmate is one of those books which make us laugh out loud after finished reading. This book can’t be categorized into any particular category as it is just a different story. This is a short story from the collection ‘A Twist in the Tale’ written by the master storyteller, …

‘Mystery of the invisible thief’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This book is the eigth book in the ‘five find-outers and dog’ series of books. This is an interesting book and is full of suspense. It is a highly exciting book, a book which you will not …

There is a new phenomenon on the book market right now, something that has taken the market by storm and ran into the distance with our imaginations, desire and passion. This is, of course, 50 Shades Of Grey.
If you have an active imagination and the ability to overlook some …

In Deer Hunting With Jesus, Joe Bageant paints a picture of working-class America in a way that I have never seen before. He is both an insider and an outsider in one breath. He has the “outside” world experience and formal education that help to give him a frame …

If you want to ever learn the dangers of “borrowing” items without the owner’s knowledge then Prom Dress by Lael Littke is the book you should read.
While not overly scary, this thriller is somewhat entertaining for a book that was obviously written with teenagers in mind. It centers around …

Teach Yourself Visually Chess by Jon Edwards is the first chess book I bought myself. I have been playing chess for just over 5 years now and my current ELO rating stands at 1600. This book gave me a real kick start into the world of chess. In the …

Dim Sum Terakhir (The Last Dim Sum) was probably the best book by the female author Clara Ng. I had more books which were written by her, but nothing was as moving as this one. To be honest, this kind of book is kind of rare to be found …

Peter Sacks, disappointed with the newspaper industry, decides to step outside his comfortable zone into the world of teaching which will demand more of the once introverted news reporter. In this book, he undertakes a refreshingly honest and deep examination of …

Mr. Jones is a mean drunk, who is abusive to his animals on Manor Farm. During one of Mr Jones’ alcohol driven blackouts, an older and wise pig by the name of Major, gathers all the farm animals in the barn to discuss their mistreatment at the hands of …

This book, a joint book by Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, is set on Earth. It is the story of a boy - actually several boys - who are switched at birth. This would not be a big deal if it were not for the fact that this brings …

The book psychosymbology is very useful one. This books gives many information to how to live. My favourate pass time is reading book. One day i read this book called psychosymboloygy. This book contains many information like right brain activities, how to build confident and all. Particularly the autor …

This is a book filled with suspense, drama, and like a lot of other books, romance. I felt the author did a great job at disguising the identity of the killer. She led you in the direction of many suspects, so it made it kind of hard …

As the Death God Dictates is a manga by Mimori Ao. The title is pretty strange and this caught my eye so I started reading this manga with the genre of romance, shoujo, school life, and supernatural. It should have been also labeled as tragedy because of the ending …

The Merriam Webster’s 11th Edition (collegiate) dictionary is designed to help students and professors to easily find words, look up their meaning (s) and origin (s). I have owned my dictionary for 2 years and I find it easy to look up any word because of the tabs on …

I finished the novel and Brave New World became my favorite book. When asked why it was, I at first had no clear answer, but after reading it a second time, I realized why I love it so much: it depicts the flaws of our living generations, the obsessions …

Scott Pilgrim is a graphic novel created by Bryan Lee O’Malley. It consists of 6 books and has received a lot of positive acclaim, and even more attention after the 2010 movie “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”. I loved and completely recommend them both, they are a joy for …

The Second Reel West by Bill Pronzini and Martin H. Greenberg Eds.
I confess to liking westerns. It’s a bit of a guilty pleasure, but I like them. I like reading western books and watching western movies, at times I even think about writing one. The Second Reel West is …

This book is really funny. The title speaks for itself and it features Jessica Wakefield wanting to practice voodoo and she tests it out on her brother Steven. She makes a doll that looks just like her brother, chants some spells, does some poking on the doll using a …

“Double Indemnity” is a crime novel written by James M. Cain in 1936. This is the era the publishing of many crime novels that are considered contemporary classics. I will start of from the beginning in saying that there are no spoilers in this review. The novel is a …

I’ve bought this Mother Goose nursery rhymes book by Axel Scheffler last year in one of the children’s bookstore in London for an affordable price of 15 British pound. What I like about it is that it has a little bit of stories in between the nursery rhymes …

I love Asian literature and couldn’t resist when I saw Shanghai Girls by Lisa See in the bestseller section of the bookstore. Shanghai Girls is a story of two sisters whose comfortable and modern-for-their-day Shanghai lives were uprooted by their father’s gambling, and the war. As payment …

The story of Seabiscuit is one of the most inspirational stories I have ever read. It is a story about what it means to have heart. It is about succeeding even when everyone expects you to fail, conquering fears, and following dreams.
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This is one of the best physics text books I have ever read for A-Levels. It’s the only text book I read throughout in its entirety. Why? Its because of the way in which the book is presented that allowed me to grasp the material and feel encouraged in …

Each of us knows the orcs - a wild, dirty and extremely evil race. These creatures are one of the main races in almost every fantasy work. They are the servants of the Dark Lord and are completely subjected to his will. They also form an integral part of …

Recently I read the autobiography of the worlds most notorious rock band. Motley Crue. The book entitlted The Dirt is basically the history of Motley Crue told in many point of views. What I like about the book is that it tells the stories of the band including …

For anyone who needs a little nudge to overcome writer’s block or added punch for just the right description, “The Professional Writers’ Phrase Book” by Jean Kent might be just the remedy. This book contains thousands of entries to help writers avoid bland or trite statements.
I have used …

Call No Man Father was written by William X Kienzie and published by First Ballantine Books, 1996
I’ve read two books by William Kienzie before; with the same amiable and gracious protagonist, Father Koesler. This is written in the same style; however this story goes deeper into the background …

This fairy tale defies all tradition, somewhat a-la Shrek; the trend of taking a classic story and turning it upside down seems to be popular today. Here we have a beautiful princess, Elizabeth, engaged to a prince; the beginning is nothing unusual. Then a dragon shows up, burns the …

Hilarious cover and content, this book, This Diary Will Change Your Life 2009 by Benrik Ltd is the icing on the cake for the days that I need humor in my life. Whenever I am stressed up or just plainly bored, I would read this book. It has all …