This is the story of teenager Alexander Cold and his journey into the Amazons with his grandmother Kate Cold who is a reporter for International Geographic. Them along with his best friend Nadia and some photographers go in the deepest parts of the Amazons looking for a forbidden city …

Lolita is a tragic love story. This novel tells of a professor and writer named Humbert. Because the memories of his past romance with a girl, Annabel, he is obsessed with a teenage girl named Dolores Haze. To be close to Dolores, Humbert eventually marrying the girl’s mother, Charlotte …

I recently watched the movie “Seabiscuit”, for the second time, and was reminded how well the story was told. All the characters’ motivations were perfectly understandable, even though their actions might, to a casual observer, seem rather strange. It was years since the movie came out, so I was …

“Ivan’s Great Fall: Poetry for Summer and Autumn from Great Poets and Writers of the Past” by Vanita Oelschlager is a poetry book that I feel is terrific if you have kids and are looking to introduce kids to the world of poetry. Then again, I am no longer …

A Date on Cloud Nine written by Jenna McKnight is a good dreamy story that I love because it plays with good, funny fiction. Lily Marquette has a time-line on Earth and it suddenly becomes her time-up when she’s given the no-go for her time on Earth.
She begged the …

Baby Love, written by Catherine Anderson, is a love story about Maggie Stanley and her baby. It started out with her, carrying her baby who is very little and she ran off into the cold and snowy night. I was curious in the beginning as to why she …

I have only read a book from the first page till the end on one run without taking any pauses only on a few ocassions and it had been long since the last time I read a book like that I can’t even remember what was that book. At …

I am a huge fan of Sophie Kinsella and especially her fabulous Shopaholic series of books.
I adore the character of Becky Bloomwood in those books so was a little concerned I wouldn’t be able to like a totally different character in a new book..
Twenties Girl is about a woman …

This book is full of luscious recipes. Unfortunately, many of the recipes call for ingredients I don’t normally keep around the house, such as fresh rosemary or wild mushrooms, but for special occasions these recipes would be easy to make and delicious.
All of the recipes are carefully explained - …

Thirteen Reasons Why is a 2007 young adult fiction novel written by Jay Asher. The paperback edition hit #1 on the New York Times best-seller list in July 2011.
I get to know of this book when I was working briefly as a part timer in a bookshop. First look …

The book is excellent. It will especially appeal to those who care about their nutrition and are conscientious about each product at ease. In a simple and understandable language, such facts are explained. The entire store of knowledge about proper nutrition accumulated over many years is turned over. It …

“Such A Silly Baby” is a children’s book authored by Steffanie and Richard Lorig, and illustrated by Amanda Shepherd. It was published in 2008. This is a cute story about a mother who keeps losing her baby at odd locations and instead taking home some sort of crazy …

I’m gonna start by saying that Tarryn Fisher is a scary lady. Every time she comes out with a new book I just get the chills, and that’s a good thing, of course, books are supposed to make you FEEL. Every book that I’ve read from her was left me …

This book is a collection of short stories by various Malaysian writers compiled by Xeus. The stories in this book are fictional (of course!) and rather scary.
I made a great mistake by reading this book at night. I was so scared that I couldn’t …

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 …

“Beggars in Spain”, a novel by Nancy Kress, starts with an interesting idea. What if some people never needed to sleep? The story explores the implications of such a breakthrough from the perspective of one of these new super-humans. The writing itself is unobtrusive, which I appreciated, but the …

Young Allies is another one of those series that got pulled to quickly in my opinion. Marvel has cancelled or put on hiatus a number of good series that just did not get the recognition they deserve. First you had Atlas, then Hawkeye & Mockingbird and now Young Allies. …

Back in college I was really thinking if I should pursue Nursing as my course. In those days I was very much stressed with Academics and hospital life too. As I was looking for answers I came across a book entitled Chicken Soup for the Nurse’s Soul. I have …

Until Dark by Mariah Stewart is a good psychological thriller. Once in awhile, I love books like this because it keeps my mind at a fast pace, trying to figure out who or what and stuff like that in a criminal setting.
It first starts out with the …

This book for children is the 5th book in A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snickett (which, in and of itself, is a funny pen name), and continues the sad story of the Baudalaire orphans.
I have been reading this series with some children, and they really seem to …

I love desserts! Sometimes I revert back to my childhood days and wish that I could have dessert before dinner. A favorite treat of mine is ice cream, and when I read this quote from the cover of Ice Cream Treats cookbook by Charity Farreira stating, “Easy ways to …

Borders Books is the closest location to my home to buy books, magazines, CDs, DVDs and a variety of other items. While they have a large selection of items, they don’t have everything at this location. Nor do they always stock all of the new releases. You would think …

The plot of this book is just too bland. From the beginning I figured out the ending of the book. Brenda Jackson should’ve gotten this book proofread. There were several grammatical errors and she was using the same phrases too many times. I was also disturbed by all …

The Robb Report styles itself as a magazine for the ultra-rich. When I say ultra-rich, I mean that you would not flinch at the $8.99 cover price for the magazine, and also that you could actually afford to buy any of the ridiculously overpriced products featured in the …

Here is a hilarious book that you shouldn’t put down. And I enjoyed reading this book very much. The title is, Fame Game by Claudia Pattison, and the illustration is very funny if you take a look at it. Story is about Thea and she is the …

Fruits Basket Manga Volume 6 begins with Kagura discussing with Yuki whether or not Tohru knows his secret about his true form while Kyo’s martial arts master returns.
This was a great manga to read because it shows the darker side of the story and just what it means to …

while this book does not have a twisted ending like most of Stine’s other books, I liked this book because one of the main characters defeats the one causing all of the evil–King Jellyjam. Not to mention, chapters end in cliff hangers making you want to keep on reading …

Dreamcatcher was a novel King wrote while recovering from a car accident (where a drunk ran him over) the book reflects his dark feelings, the novel takes place in the woods, where some friends get together to go camping in the woods, they discover a sick disoriented man …

I purchased this book about a year ago and never got around to reading it until now. Although this book was written in 2003, it is still very applicable for 2008 and 2009. If more people had read this book in the last few years, I would like to …

How can a children’s book teach something about life for grown-ups of today? That question can be answered by the book “The Little Prince” by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry.
“The Little Prince” or Le Petit Prince in French, tells the story of a plane crashes at the Sahara desert, and the …

21 Demons is a new series from AlteredXComics based around the character of Neil Patrick Smithers, a British fire-fighter who has merged with the powers of an angel, dragon and elf to fight in the immortal struggle to save all of reality from the forces of evil. He must …

I read the first book of this series and loved it. This book however, I did not enjoy very much. Because it is written in the first person, I felt overloaded with Bella and her —˜hole’ in her chest. I had to stop reading it and walk away for …

Lacey Armstrong is living a very ordinary life: single mom, great friends, difficult mother, and a business owner. Her day to day life is mundane with no excitement or change. However, all those things come to a standstill when Hurricane Damien levels Lacey’s home, which actually turns out to …

House of Secrets by Lowell Cauffiel is another novel about a man who controlled his family so badly until he could convince his daughter to kill her own infant child, and he did. He told his son to murder
his daughter’s child’s father and his son obeyed his father. …

As soon as I heard about “The Nine” being released I signed up on my library’s waitlist so I could read it. Unfortunately at my library you can’t renew books that are new books and the checkout period is only fourteen days so I read myself into a seven-day fine …

Matthew Crawford’s Shop Class as Soulcraft is a powerful treatise on the value and intellectual rigor of working with your hands, particularly when that work is done for someone else. His credentials are those that would fit someone with his old job, the manager of a think-tank on …

What really motivates us? Daniel Pink wrote this book around that basic principle. The first half of this book had some good insights on how people can be motivated. The last part read mostly like a self-help book. And that’s good if you want to take a step for …

I have only recently discovered the work of the Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, and I am glad I did. I like his values and for me, it makes him even more commendable that he tended to cause outrage with his plays in his own time and clearly struck …

I don’t think I can read this series anymore. The last few books I read were such a disappointment. It wasn’t even the plot that killed it. It’s the lack of development for the characters. What was funny and intriguing about them at the beginning, is now annoying and …

I don’t know what your name is, but I know who you are - and on this principle Susan Jeffers may be said to speak to us all as she writes Dare to Connect. For despite the many surface differences we manifest as human beings, one would hope we …

This has to be one of my favorite books in the series. I was recently at my local Chapters book store and my dad walked over to me and asked me if I had read this book before. I said no but than I realized that it was a …

I started reading this book of two hundred and eighty nine pages with much enthusiasm because the name was very catchy for me. But after reading first few pages, I did not feel much good about the book. The story is very sluggish paced and I found it hard …

I think this book title, Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions written by Dan Ariely is really a superb book with lots of interesting facts that I love reading so much. The book cost close to $20 which I bought at a local bookstore and …

Perelandra, Book 2 of C.S.Lewis’ Space Trilogy, is my favorite of the 3. Dr. Ransom we’ve met in the first book and followed on his trip to Mars has another space-traveling adventure. This time he goes to Venus, also known as Perelandra. Venus turns out to be an ocean …

Slightly Wicked, written by Mary Balogh, is a very satisfying read for me, but minus the racy scenes. But as an avid reader like me who is really passionate about good story-lines and books, I find Slightly Wicked to be very interesting and a very good book at that. …

Japan in the sixteenth century was a time of massacres and darkness. An era, in which the applicable law, the law of the sword. This novel was written by Kitami Masao, the label this the Swordless Samurai. This novel presented the Japanese in the 16th century, with Hideyoshi as …

Dave Ramsey’s book “The Total Money Makeover” has changed the way I think about my financial situation. The book is so motivating and smart. My husband and I have been trying to get out of debt for a while now but can’t seem to even make a dent …

This is a great book to read if you like reading books where there is a mystery to solve. However, I felt that it was a little predictable who the bad guy was going to be. I do a lot of reading, so maybe I have developed …

Ella Enchanted is a delightful story. It is technically more a ‘children’s’ or preteen book, I guess, but it really appealed to me as a young adult. It is a retelling or different take on the story of Cinderella, done very well. It is different enough …

This book, a children’s book for age 8-10, is quite fun. The kids I read it with enjoyed it because they liked the idea of talking to dragons.
The main character has a funny name, and the way he keeps getting into odd situations because of the other kids is …