Books Reviews
The Little Lady Agency by Hester Browne
I love this book so much. It is The Little Lady Agency by Hester Browne and the storyline is so darn sweet and funny and at the same time filled with romance too.
This is the story of a woman trying to balance off her alter-ego and her …
The Complete Idiots Guide to Meditation, Second Edition, book
As a meditator with some six months’ experience, I have gone some way on my path of meditation. Although it is a lifelong path, my first footsteps have started my journey, and even the longest journeys start with a single footstep. It has been interesting that in my personal …
Gone With the Wind
I’ve just finished reading “Gone With the Wind” for the second time. I’m not going to lie, it’s a commitment to read it. It’s a little over 1000 pages, but when I start reading, it’s more like getting back to my favorite movie than any kind of work.
The …
Moody to Mellow by Stephen Palmer and Christine Wilding
This book has 2 authors and the title, Moody to Mellow by Stephen Palmer, Get a Life is a really good book that you should not underestimate its power to change your views totally and giving some good tips for you to control your feelings of anger and etc. …
Shopaholic & Sister
Shopaholic & Sister is the fourth and next to last book in the Shopaholic series. In this book Becky Bloomwood has married Luke Brandon and the two are on their year long honeymoon. After ten months though they both realize that they’re ready to head back to London. Luke …
Seduced by Midnight by Laurell K. Hamilton
I read the first two books of the Meredith Gentry series quickly. My best friend sent them to me in a care package and I really enjoyed them. This book, number three took me forever to finish. Hamilton is an amazing writer. She has a very distinct voice and …
Spider-Man: Reign Hardcover Graphic Novel
Spider-Man: Reign is a graphic novel by Kaare Andrews that is set in a future where New York City is a police state, and superheroes are outlawed and Peter Parker once known as Spider-Man is now a feeble old man who has lost the motivation to protect the city.
I …
Life Swap by Jane Green
Life Swap by Jane Green is a cute and I wish I could have the power to swap life anytime that I feel that my life is on a boring and endless track. It is about lifestyle swap and through literal means and not like magic swap. This …
Five on a hike together by Enid Blyton
‘Five on a hike together’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is an interesting book and is one among the famous five adventure series. The four children, Julian, Dick, George and Anne go off to the hills for a whole week with their dog, Timmy. Timmy hurts …
The mountain of adventure
‘The mountain of adventure ‘ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is a very interesting book and full of adventure.
The children go off on a mountain trek along with a guide, known as David. So, there is much excitement. They reach the mountain and the scenery and …
The Namesake By Jhumpa Lahiri
The pride of doesntt of Lahiri of the thing which says very impressed story or the dramatic short story but on the other hand knits the very realistic story of evacuation life household. It can believe her quality directly, can be related one to that kind of everyday quality. …
Lace by Shirley Conran
Lace by Shirley Conran is a very ’sexy’ book. But it is not to be mistaken for there is a plot to it. Minus the raciness and everything, it is about a lady named Lili, and she is a gorgeous young lady out there to seek the truth.
She …
Speak
This book will keep you reading until the last page and then will have you read it all over again. The internal dialouge throughout the book is heartbreaking and unusually dark for a teen story. The metaphors of a tree are beautiful and haunting, something you cant forget. Images …
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is an amazing book. I feel in love with this book and it’s sequels. It takes a lot to keep me interested in a book. I have never been much of a reader but Twilight captured my attention and I could not put …
Alone in a Room book
Alone in a Room by John Scott Lewinski
This book is interesting look at the processor screen writing. Rather than a book on craft or a book on how to sell a screen play, it looks more at the psyche of writing and the psyche of the screenwriters looking …
Belshazzar’s Daughter by Barbara Nadel
I was first attracted to this book by its cover. It is a sunlit picture of a mosque with its towering minarets. Since I am drawn towards tales set in exotic lands, I knew I had to buy this novel. An intriguing tale set in the …
Buying and Selling a Business by Robert F. Klueger
Buying and Selling a Business is a good, comprehensive book written by Robert F. Klueger and this is actually an updated version of a book. I am not a businesswoman nor someone really successful but I love books like this that motivates oneself. I consider this book …
Heat by Bill Buford
Heat is Bill Buford’s story of his late in life transition from a well paid food writer to a restaurant chef. He begins as a kitchen slave in Mario Batali’s New York restaurant Babbo and journeys throughout the world of food, at a small town Italian restaurant and …
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
I can see the brilliance once more of J.K. Rowling in her third installment in the Harry Potter series. I really enjoyed reading Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. Again, I was impressed with the way JK Rowling introduces the world she created, one by one. It was …
“False Witness” by Aimee and David Thurlo (2007)
False Witness by Aimee and David Thurlo (2007) is the fourth book in the Sister Agatha Mystery series. False Witness (ISBN 0-312-32212-7), published by St Martin’s Minotaur. In False Witness the Our Lady of Hope monastery is under attack. Not only is their computer system being hacked with threatening …
Black Ice by Anne Stuart
I could not put this book down from the moment I picked it up. Black Ice by Anne Stuart labels itself Romantic Suspense and is published by Mira Books. I’m not normally a Romanitc Suspense reader prefering straight thrillers, but this book met the grade.
The storyline revolves around privileged …
The Good Samaritan by Elnora Watters
The Good Samaritan is a short story by Elnora Watters. The story starts out by a black mother bear and her cub walking through the forest. Mamma Bear was teaching his son how to take care of himself. After Mamma Bear taught his son how to choose what he …
You Can Win - Shiv Khera
I remember starting reading this book as a teenager, many years back. It was already a popular book having sold more than a million copy and it was a best seller (in fact it still is) in India, the place I live.
The blue cover of the book with the …
Children’s Book: The Christmas Cricket by Eve Bunting
The Christmas Cricket is a children’s book written by Eve Bunting and illustrated by Timothy Bush. It was published in 2002. The story tells of a little cricket who sneaks inside a home and treats the family inside to a special Christmas song.
The story does a nice job …
Dead as a Doornail by Charlaine Harris book
“Dead as a Doornail” is the fifth book in the Sookie Stackhouse novel series written by the popular author Charlaine Harris. I didn’t think that this one gave me as much of an adrenaline rush as “Dead to the World” though, but it still was packed with suspense and …
Star Trek: Insurrection Novelization
Star Trek: Insurrection Novelization, much like the movie itself, is a story that flows fairly slowly. There is some action near the beginning of the novelization, as well as near the end, but for the most part, this novelization is about the characters and how the area of space …
Diary of a C-list Celeb by Paul Hendy
I love the book Diary of a C-list Celeb by Paul Hendy very much. Paul Hendy is a very awesome author and he had written concise, amazing and truly clear story and I felt like reading this again one of these days.
I was laughing so hard at …
Death Watch by Jack Cavanaugh
Sydney, a young TV reporter in Los Angeles, is stuck in a traffic jam caused by an accident. Later on, she is assigned to investigate that accident, as it turns out that there might be something more to it, something. inexplicable. A worldwide conspiracy seems to be taking place; …
Book Sight - Sound - Touch - The New Medicine
It was the title that attracted me to pick up Sight - Sound - Touch - The New Medicine. I determined from the title it dealt with alternative healing methods so that piqued my interest immediately. The authors, Avril Lawrence and G.Harold McLeod did a pretty good …
A Million Little Pieces book
I have to admit I wasn’t excited when my book club chose this book. After all the controversy about its accuracy came about, I was even less excited about it.
This memoir (or work of fiction?) by James Frey chronicles his experiences at a rehab center as he recovers from …
The New American Roget’s College Thesaurus in Dictionary Form
I have used many Thesauruses to complete my work in my many years as a student. However, I think I could rightfully say that this one is one of the best I have used. It has many features which make it both user friendly, and at the same time …
The Rookie Club (Signet)
I love to read books, of fiction and non-fiction. Recently, I was reading a series novel, and it was the first series, called the Rookie Club (Signet). This story made me read it on and off, and after about 2 weeks, I have finished reading it.
This story …
First Truth (book) by Dawn Cook
This is definitely one of my favorite books. It falls right in my alley in the fantasy genre, and is a delicious but not overbearing length at 352 pages. And, unlike many of the fantasies out there, this one has depth. The characters are extremely real …
Being Kendra: Cribs, Cocktails, and Getting My Sexy Back book
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 …
Obernewtyn - Obernewtyn Chronicles book 1 by Isobelle Carmody (Book)
Obernewtyn Chronicles Book1 - “Obernewtyn” - By Isobelle Carmody
Genre - Fantasy/Science Fiction
To quickly sum the book up, the main protagonist (Elspeth Gordie) is a young orphan girl who has ESP (called ‘Misfits’ in the series) who lives in a post apocalyptic dystopian world reminiscent of medieval times (complete with …
My Life by Bill Cliton
A good book.
Personally,I can give a high score to the presidential memoirs.Some people joked about the thick and length of this book,some are just kindly enough to say,”It is a nice book.”
It took me a month to go through it and after I finished it,it struct to me that …
Gardens Of The Moon Book by Steven Erikson
Obviously in the years in which George Martin putters with the completion of his book “A Feast for Crows”, other writers have also worked hard in the heavyweight category of the epic fantasy genre. One of them is the British writer Steven Erikson, the author of book series “Malazan …
ACT For Dummies book
Prior to purchasing this book, I bought a prep book to study for my SAT out of without any other clases or anything, and reading through the prep book helped me a lot with my SAT scores. I could of seen myself doing much worse without the books and …
Misery Stephen King
This book follows famous author Paul Sheldon who has a bad car accident and wakes up in the home of his “number one fan” Annie, a nurse who is obsessed with Paul and his work, that’s OK and nothing new, lot’s of people are a little crazy about him …
The Bottomless Well by Huber and Mills
The Bottomless Well by Peter Huber and Mark Mills is a book about humanity’s continuing search for, and use of, energy. As the name suggests, the book takes the point of view that we will never run out of energy. The authors make a number of shocking …
Dr. Oz’s “YOU” Books
Books on health and well-being are big sellers these days, and Dr. Oz, the doctor made famous by Oprah Winfrey, has joined the trend by authoring, along with his co-author Michael F. Roizen, a series of “YOU” books. I have read both “YOU Staying Young,” and YOU Being Beautiful,” …
Gut Feelings by Gerd Gigerenzer
I’m not sure why I’m not entirely enthused about this book. The complete title is “Gut Feelings: The Intelligence of the Unconscious” and it’s basically a book about how people make decisions. Decisions based on instinct, that is, not decisions based on logical analysis.
The book is pretty clear, …
Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage by Mark Gungor
Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage, written by Mark Gungor is a good self-help book for couples in marriages or just basically for couples waiting to embark on that journey called marriage.
Mark Gungor is also a man who is known for his good seminars and in this book, …
The Notebook/The Proof/The Third Lie: 3 Novels by Agota Kristof
This trilogy of novels is one of the most moving, sad and sometimes uplifting reads I have had in a long time. The first novel, set in an Eastern European country, begins with the outbreak of World War II, with twin boys Claus and Lucas, being left by their …
The Great Airport Mystery
In this book, the ninth book in the Hardy Boys series for preteen boys by Franklin W. Dixon, Frank and Joe Hardy are yet again involved in a mystery. They have been hired to find out what is happening to plane shipments - shipments are appearing at their destinations …
The Comic Book Shoppe Nepean, Ontario
I have always had a bit of a fascination with the Japanese phenomenon known as Manga and Anime. I don’t know why, but maybe all of those years watching Astro Boy cartoons on Global Tv during those precious few minutes before we had to solemnly go to that dreaded …
Runaway- Teen Fic. By Meg Cabot- 3rd in Series
One of my favorite books of all time has always been, and always will be, Meg Cabot’s Airhead series. It’s filled with drama, teen love, and something most books just don’t offer. Adventure. Meg Cabot always starts each book off with a grip, and this, is by far no …
The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens
The Old Curiosity Shop is the story of a young London girl called Nell Trent, who lives with her grandfather in his shop. He loves her, but she has only one friend on her own age and lives a quite lonely life. She’s very good and virtuous, almost boringly …
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