Another stroke of genius by JK Rowling. Harry, Ron & Hermoine are in their 3rd year at Hogwarts. The school is playing host to the Dementors, the guards of the wizarding prison Azkaban, because Sirius Black a reknowned Death Eater and ex friend of Harry’s parents as well as …

Julia is a truly scary and disquieting novel by horror great Peter Straub. It was written in the 1970s but stands the test of time and is still very readable and enjoyable today. You can tell it was written in the past because of the way the characters are …

Traveling is one vice that I simply refuse to quit. I like to explore every nook and cranny of the places I travel and experience everything I could there. Before I travel, I carefully select a travel book that I will bring with me. It was with this in …

The Top Secret Journal of Fiona Claire Hardin by Robin Cruise is a young adult fiction novel about a 10 year old girl name Fiona struggling to deal with the divorce of her parents. The book is poignant and raw with emotion as Fiona details her life in her …

“Faefever” by Karen Marie Moning is third book in her Fever series. This book continues where the last one left off. We’re finding out what the Sinsar Dubh really is, how it’s been getting around and how truly evil this “creature” really is. We also find out in this …

The Philippines is composed of about 7,100 islands and more easily accessible by water than land. However, the water infrastructure has made it possible for a road trip around the Philippines, using the system of roll-on and roll-off ferry. To do an exciting road trip requires a good guide, …

Titles can really be misleading, Jiro Matsumoto proves that on probably one of the deepest manga I read, Keep on Vibrating. The title seems to be a sex-hungry type of manga but it isn’t just senseless sex and violence. The manga contains extreme amounts of sex, violence, incense, blood, …

Writing The Easy Way
Phyllis Dutwin and Harriet Diamond
Educational
ISBN: 0-7641-1206-6
If you’re someone who is highly uncomfortable with their writing skills, then I would highly recommend purchasing Writing The Easy Way by Phyllis Dutwin and Harriet Diamond. Writing The Easy Way is part of the Barron’s Educational Series which is very …

I realize that a book on housecleaning is not at the top of everyone’s reading list but this book given to me by my mother is just a delight. I enjoy cleaning, but like all of us I could use a few hints. Linda Cobb, the author, has …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Rock and a Hard Place is a novel that I found to be fairly enjoyable and memorable. Fans of the character known as William T. Riker will get a definite kick out of this novel because a large portion of it focuses …

I first exposed to this book when i was in Thailand, i happen to browse upon this book, upon the first few pages it truly convinced me to buy this book.
The author, Robert Kiyosaki, i find that he was a totally unique person with unique mindcept. True enough many …

In the long, dark winters of Anchorage, Alaska many people become avid readers to fill the empty spaces between Ski season and gardening season. I love my home, I was born in Fairbanks, Alaska and have lived in Alaska most of my life. So I am …

To the paternally or maternally minded, the question “Is there any point having children?” must seem ludicrous, not to say unnatural, but there are people who ask this question. To echo Lionel Schriver in We Need To Talk About Kevin, if you’re in your mid thirties, successful, and happily …

Love Is a Many Trousered Thing by Louise Rennison is sometimes funny, feel good but at most times it feels irritating for me reading it. I was already labeling this book as a feel good story, but it ended up getting me yawning and really bored.
It’s very …

Velocity is such a good book! I really enjoyed it and will more than likely read it again.
The story starts with lead character, “Billy” just working his usual shift as a bartender when a strange man comes in and orders a drink.
After his shift ends and he is ready …

The appropriately chosen title of the ninth book in the series of Nightside, the hidden heart of London, I think it extremely well covers the plot of the story. After the war of the angels (in Book II) and the one war with Lilith (Book VI), a new destructive …

This book is the sequel to Confesssions of a Shopaholic, and while it is not quite as good, merely because the main character repeats the exact same behaviours which caused her to get into trouble the first time, the strange situations she gets into are different and in the …

I found this book for preteens to be quite different from Avi’s other books, although just as good. It’s a good book for kids who have siblings, or for kids who are different from their peer group.
This book is about a pair of twins who are very different from …

A friend strongly recommended this book to me around a year ago. I went to the library and had a look at it, and the concept actually sounded genuinely interesting to me, so I picked it and went home to read it.
The first thing I would say to anybody …

Astrid & Veronica is a gripping novel written by Linda Olsson. The story is a rare blend of friendship and also thrilling events in the past that affect the present. The author is successful in what is intended and I became a fan of this author by just reading …

I received this book as a bonus with my copy of the special edition DVD of At World’s End (the highly anticipated epic conclusion to the Pirates film series, starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and others). The book is really a great little gem for the true …

There are a lot of books on the market about good health. I’m happy to see that and I bet you are too. Nothing is more important than our health. However, finding information about how to shop my local grocery store for the right foods that will build a strong …

There’s a quote on the book cover that makes the comparison to “The DaVinci Code”. It’s pretty apt as the two are very similar.
This isn’t a towering literary masterpiece. It is however, a good read. It’s quick, not too dense, or complicated and manages to keep …

The Adventures of Boone Barnaby is a great book for both boys and girls alike. It is the story of a young boy who lives in the Santa Cruz Mountains in Northern California. Silicon Valley is right over the hill, but his small town seems removed from …

Another manga I have loved reading and still constantly waiting for an update is the Kaichou wa Maid-Sama manga by Fujiwara Hiro and it’s really a great piece of shoujo manga because it has all the romance, the maid costume, the comedy, the conflict and everything just fits so …

This book for youths, the beginning of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, starts the series off strong. Rick Riordan has created an interesting main character, although the foreshadowing is really strong, and a somewhat new plot.
Arguments among the Greek gods and the Greek gods or other …

Wisconsin is the home to some really weird stuff, ranging from the world’s largest six-pack of beer to a special museum dedicated to squirrels and chipmunks. When I first saw this 267-page book on the shelf of my library, I grew quite excited. I had wanted to read it …

The book’s content was useful in giving the reader a basic understanding of who were the movers and shakers at the beginning of our countries inception. It is not, by no means a definitive study of the times but does provide a framework for future exploration. A good easy …

I recently discovered a new writer to read and couldn’t be happier. I’ve started reading some of Joy Fielding’s books and have been pleasantly surprised.
Lost takes place in Toronto. Cindy Carver is a divorced mother of two daughters both of whom live at home. It’s not an auspicious beginning …

My son, who is almost 22 months, absolutely loves reading this book along with mommy and daddy. It’s very simple to understand for a little guy who is really just getting into books. Any type of book with interaction is a major plus in my opinion to …

This is the third book in the magical Drake sister series and the first one that I read of these. I had just finished reading all of Christine’s Dark series about her Carpathians and was really lusting for more books from her! This series definitely does not disappoint! Once …

Dark Needs at Night’s Edge, written by Kresley Cole is an author that personally to me, could follow the steps of other successful vampire novel authors.
This story is laced with the storyline of vampires and the likes. If you must know, there is the character of …

Hollywood Dirt it’s the first book by Alessandra Torre that I’ve read. I don’t know about you guys, but every time that I start a book of an author that’s new to me, I get this feeling of nerves and excitement all over my body, with intrigue and wonder …

The Final Years of Michael Jackson by Ian Halperin takes us on a journey that was intended to expose Michael Jackson as a pedophile.
The author, Ian Halperin, set out to prove that Michael Jackson got away scott free with the crimes of molesting a young boy that …

I have been reading Louisa May Alcott books since I was a young girl. I absolutely fell in love with little women and recently have had the opportunity to read “The Inheritance”. Interestingly, the inheritance was Ms. Alcott’s first book as it was written when she was …

This is one of Ed McBain’s earlier work, first known as Murder in the Navy, under his pseudonym Richard Marsten.
A nurse, Claire Cole, was murdered in the radar shack on board the USS. Sykes. The Captain appointed an investigation board, with Lieutenant Chuck Masters, to look into the …

This book is one of the bests in the Sweet Valley High series. It’s one of Jessica’s secret diaries, and it features her deepest darkest secrets, the ones I never knew she had feelings for, and I was surprised that this side of Jessica had been opened up, it …

A file is stolen by an old cleaner from the office of the man touted to be Russia’s next President, an ultra - fascist. The file finds it’s way into the hands of British Intelligence. The contents of the file are terrifying. But, when both the American and British …

Cormac McCarthy paints a perfect picture of a vividly grey world in his book “The Road” its so simply written and yet so powerful you won’t want to put it down. The descriptiveness is simply magnificent as it captures you and brings you there and makes you not want …

This is a really odd book that I never would have picked up for myself; however, I was pleasantly surprised when I began reading what was a gift to my dad from one of his friends. They are both outdoorsy people, and they often trade books as Christmas gifts. …

Frederick Forsyth’s The Fist Of God is a story woven around the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait, and it’s eventual liberation by the Coalition forces, led by the United States. A British Major from the SAS is called in to run a super secret agent in Baghdad by …

Fashion Design Drawing Course (Book)
By Caroline Tatham and Julian Seaman
“Fashion Design Drawing Course” by Caroline Tatham and Julian Seaman is a must-have for ALL fashion design students because not only does the book help you develop your drawing skills, but it also helps develop your imagination as a fashion …

10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget is the financial advice book written by the folks at Wise Bread, one of the biggest personal finance blogs around. I recently acquired a copy because I was looking for some additional ways to trim my (already pretty small) …

It’s hard to follow up a work that has been so well-received with another smash hit. That, however, was exactly what Douglas Adams did when he wrote The Restaurant at the End of the Universe—”the sequel to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe.
In the sequel, more randomness ensues as …

Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ are apparently two books published together as one as basically The Anti-Christ follows on from Twilight. When I was young I was introduced to this book by someone who told me that ‘Nietzsche thinks he is the anti-Christ, this guy is …

The book turned out to be my first glimpse at the Communist China. The author is not a professional hystorian but rather a woman that was caught up in the events of the Cultural revolution. Being branded as a “capitalist-roader” and a “foreign spy” due to her education abroad …

Callander Square, written by Anne Perry was published by Random House, 1980.
Anne Perry’s stories often fill me with awe - she could so clearly describe the women and their society during the Victorian times, and yet spiced it up with mystery and suspense. It is an education …

The book A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, written by Dave Eggers have received lots of compliments from most of my friends and even my siblings. So, since everyone sort of have read it, I want to have a feel of it too. I bought it. …

Rogue Squadron is the first novel in the Star Wars X-wing series. The main plot centers on the new Rogue Squadron, rebuilt by the pilot Wedge Antilles, hero of the Rebel Alliance and one of the only survivors of the battles of the three original Star Wars films. As this …

The fact that the book “The Road” written by Cormac McCarthy is not fully accepted as an acceptable book that should be read at many schools throughout the United States by its students is not as farfetched as a claim as I once thought it was. When I, Ryne …