Books Reviews

The Overlook crime thriller

The Overlook is another crime thriller that I really love reading. It talks about Harry Bosch, an officer in the LAPD Open Unsolved Unit, investigating a potential terrorist case on the loose.
The story starts off with a murder of a doctor that has access to a dangerous radioactive …

Influencer: The Power to Change Anything Kerry Patterson, Joseph Grenny, David Maxfield, Ron McMillan, Al Switzler

What do you get from a book with so many authors; say 5? You get wholesomeness of good tips, advices and lots of things to read through and sticking it in the head. That was my personal opinion when I read this book, Influencer: The Power to Change …

Just As I Am by Virginia Smith

I have just finished reading “Just As I Am” by Virginia Smith, and I loved it. This witty and touching novel tells the story of Mayla, a purple-haired young woman with facial piercings who comes to a small church and, quite unexpectedly for herself, becomes a Christian. The account …

The Lovely Bones by Alice Seabold

I was apprehensive about reading Alice Seabold’s “The Lovely Bones” mainly because of the subject matter. The books lead character Susie Salmon is a 14 year old schoolgirl who is murdered by her neighbour. I thought it would be a very difficult book to read and only picked it …

A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES

The first book I ever owned was written by Robert Louis Stevenson, named, “A Child’s Garden Of Verses”. This is an extremely wonderful book for children, and for those of us who have not forgotten the language of children. I am a school teacher who regards this actual First …

Nelson NKJV Personal Size Giant Print Reference Bible

Choosing the right Bible can be a difficult decision to make. There are so many different English translations these days. There are also a number of different publishers that each have different qualities of paper and bindings. You want to get a Bible that will last you for a …

Ladies of the Night and other stories

The title book, Ladies of the Night and other stories really entices me. The author being Prince Althea, it some more intrigues me, because the name is really exotic. And when I read this book, it is indeed true. This book is awesome in the elements of …

1,000 Places to See Before You Die Page-A-Day Calendar 2010

This is a really fun calendar that is unlike a lot of other calendars that I have come across. Every page is dedicated to a day and a certain location from across the globe. The location has a color picture as well as a brief paragraph describing something about …

Good Things by Mia King

Good Things by Mia King is one of those feel-good stories that one must read and having a nice feeling and hence, smile here and there as the story unravels.
The main character is Deidre McIntosh and with her mature age of being 40, and single and living with her best …

Graceling (book) by Kristen Cashore

I bought this book because I’m always on the lookout for books reminiscent to Tamora Pierce’s work, and this looked like it was right on the mark. The storyline sounded like it was right down my alley, I loved the cover art, and it was a nice length, …

X-23 #11 Marvel Comics

X-23 #10 Marvel Comics
Writer: Marjorie Liu
Artist: Sana Takeda
The cover is very well done and would be a really neat piece to have framed and put on your wall if you ever got it signed at a convention. You have X-23 in what appears to be a sewer tunnel. …

Alton Brown’s Gear For Your Kitchen by Alton Brown

Alton Brown’s Gear For Your Kitchen by Alton Brown is something that all newbie and professionals at cooking should have. This book is very comprehensive and there are just so many things that one could learn from this book. I thought that only my mom’s teachings on the …

Brunch Cookbook by Jennifer Donovan

Brunch is meal that is loved by many people, and I am no exception. I have utterly enjoyed the lazy Sunday mornings where I would cook for my family and enjoy a beautiful morning to mid afternoon with them. Ever since my mother purchased the Brunch Cookbook by Jennifer …

Oh, The Places You’ll Go! By Dr. Seuss

I recently read this very nice book by Dr. Seuss called, “Oh, The Places You’ll Go!” This book is especially dedicated for those who are venturing into adulthood, facing new challenges, new parents to be and for all people having problems and challenges along the way. This …

The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson

This children’s book will be popular with any child who likes fantasies. There is a girl who wants desperately to be a hag, a kidnapped prince who does not know that he is a prince, an invisible ogre, and a variety of other interesting creatures in this book.
Eva Ibbotson’s …

Candy is Dandy book

If you’re a fan of children’s books, then Ogden Nash’s Candy is Dandy will be a definite treat! A collection of wonderfully amusing poems by famous children’s writer Nash, the book itself is a good buy, what with the amazingly delightful prose that everyone, even adults, will truly enjoy. …

Oceans of Fire by Christine Feehan

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 …

Books: The Scarlet Letter Written by Nathaniel Hawthorne

I usually read novels about the American Civil War but have read just about everything I can on the subject. I decided it was time to change it up a bit and start reading some of the classic books. The Scarlet Letter was the fist book on my list. …

The Amaranth Enchantement book

Who said that Cinderella had to become the princess? Why not just cut the sotry off and the end and leave you guessing? That is what this story did, and it was so upsetting because the book was so good, the ending did not close anything up, just left …

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, book by Lewis Carol

First off, the new movie is not even closely related to the book (which many people fail to understand since the movie is made to be a sequel to the original Alice in Wonderland). I have to say it was a very difficult book to read if you do …

Megaliving-30 days to a perfect life

This is a life-changing book which i believe everybody must read once.Everyone of us had some dreams of becoming somebody great someday whom people may admire and respect.This book makes us believe that nothing is impossible.The day i completed this book,i just felt so good.It helped me to see …

The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold book

Susie Salmon is a teenage girl who seemingly has it all: a loving family, friends, a guy who is infatuated with her, and she’s about to start high school where she hopes to go from girly Susie to mature Suzanne. All that is about to change when Susie loses …

Forbidden Brides of the Faceless Slaves in the Secret House of the Night of Dread Desire by Neil Gaiman

This long-titled short story is from Neil Gaiman. I read it in his collection of short stories and poems, Fragile Things. The story is written in split-style. Normal font for one part, bold font for the “fiction” being written by the character written in normal font. …

Collins Spanish Concise Dictionary

I use this Spanish-English dictionary all the time. It’s really easy to use, and the fact that the words are color-coded (I have the third edition, so the words are in bolded blue while the definitions are in black) really helps me a lot. The dictionary has some pretty …

Twilight book

The first book of the Twilight Saga, titled Twilight, is actually a really good book. The author, Stephanie Meyer, has a pretty unique writing style, emphasizing character’s moods and keeping everything in constant motion.
I was surprised about the differences between the Twilight movie and the book. The …

IPFW Bookstore (Follett’s)

I have been a student at IPFW for many years (sad but true) and I love their bookstore. It’s on campus, and near the food court. It’s in the main building, also, so it’s very well located. I love the fact that they have many deals …

What I Know Now (Letters to My Younger Self) by Ellyn Spragins

I simply love the book title, What I Know Now: Letters to My Younger Self by Ellyn Spragins, simply said. This book features a lot of authors that I really love reading their individual books. The authors range from Nora Roberts right up to Madeline Albright and many …

We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, Book

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 …

Blood Test book

Blood Test (written by Jonathan Kellerman and published by Atheneum Publishers, 1986)
Jonathan Kellerman books are intriguing and gripping, charged with emotion and suspense. This story is no exception.
Five year-old Woody Swope was dying from an illness but his parents were reluctant to let him continue with …

The Tunnels by Michelle Gagnon

As much as this title book story, The Tunnels shudders me to read the gory crime scene details, I do read it anyway. That’s because the storyline is very good. It is like watching a good late-night crime show on TV like the CSI or something or …

Deep Black: Dark Zone by Steven Coonts and Jim DeFelice

In the long awaited third book in Stephen Coonts’ Deep Black series ex-Marine sniper Charlie Dean, ex-Delta leader Lia DeFrancesca, and big funny man Tommy Karr are back in a new thrilling adventure to stop a new terrorist threat. With a nuclear warhead missing and numerous problems arising in …

Eat This Not That 2010 edition-nonfiction book

Like most ladies I’ve dieted many, many times. I’ve tried everything from Atkin’s to diets that came directly from hospitals for heart patients. I have made the switch lately to try not dieting. I just want to change the way I eat daily.
I try not …

Upanishads by Patrick Olivelle book

I have read the book ‘Upanishads’ written by Patrick Olivelle. Upanishads is actually a very ancient literature. It is one of the hindu scriptures. Patrick Olivelle has written it in a very good style. But the philosophy of Upanishads is not something easy to understand. The philosophy of the …

Best Friends Forever novel

I guess I’m in a Jennifer Weiner phase or something, because I picked up this novel, Best Friends Forever from Jennifer Weiner, last week.
Despite the fact that I don’t usually enjoy books that go back and forth in time as well as switch characters, I found that I …

The Geography of Bliss, book by Eric Weiner

I read this book because I was intrigued by the idea that the people in some places were happier than those in other places. The author travels the globe interviewing ordinary people and happiness experts to discover the secrets of happiness.
The author is talented and amusing. The writing style …

Goosebumps; Be Careful What You Wish For… by R. L. Stine

I can remember reading this book with my grandmother as if it happened yesterday. I enjoyed reading it, as the plot had a weird and unexpected ending. You never saw it coming.
What happens is that twelve-year-old Samantha Byrd is a klutz, as well as being the laughing stock …

Twilight

Twilight tells the story of 17 year old Isabella Swan and how her life changes after moving to a small town named Forks.
I felt bad after seeing the movie. I’m a fan of the books but the movie was just unpleasant. It was dragging, had poor script and the …

“My family and others animals” by Gerald Durrell

I don’t think there is a need to introduce an author like Gerald Durrell. Because people who love animals so much that they devote their whole life to them cannot be bad.
I got acquainted with the books of this amazing writer in my distant childhood. I admire his amazing …

Breaking the Good Mom Myth by Alyson Schafer

This is the best parenting book that I have ever read. Firstly, the best thing is that it doesn’t make you feel like a total failure. It doesn’t make you think that everything that you have done up to this point was wrong. I love the …

A Brilliant Solution by Carol Berkin

A brilliant solution is a popular history about the transition of the United States from a loose confederation to a country with a strong central government. It tells of the efforts of Washington, Madison, Hamilton and approximately fifty other men who attended the Constitutional …

Minus Nine to One: The Diary of an Honest Mum by Jools Oliver

I have so many praises for Minus Nine to One: The Diary of an Honest Mum by Jools Oliver. Honestly, I picked this up at random from the library and I have not looked back since. I have this habit of picking books that have an interesting cover, …

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

I love to read Margaret Atwood�s novels, she makes the reader feel that they are right there in the Victorian world in this story, thus immerging them thoroughly in her novels and the reader feels like they cannot put her books down until the very last page. And …

The Merchant’s Mark - Pat McIntosh

This is the third book in the series about Gil Cunningham, a young lawyer living in Glasgow around 1500. The story starts when Gil meets an old friend, the Glasgow merchant Augie Morison. When unloading one of Augie’s deliveries, they find a severed head instead of the delivery of books …

Extras by Scott Westerfeld book

Extras is the fourth and final book in the Uglies series. Instead of the book being told from Tally Youngblood’s point of view, it is instead told by a fifteen year old girl named Aya Fuse. Since the previous book in the series, Specials, three years has passed. Now …

Dark Sky novel by Carla Neggers

Carla Neggers is a well known and popular author of romantic suspense novels. In Dark Sky she combines action, drama, suspense and romance to create an interesting plot. Deputy US Marshal Juliet Longstreet returns to her apartment to find her doorman dead, the victim of a …

Meet the Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy’s Other Couple

“Meet the Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy’s Other Couple” by Rob Edelman and Audrey Kupferberg is a book that I would recommend to any fan of the “I Love Lucy” series or “Vivian Vance” or “William Frawley”. This book is sort of like a double biography …

Love Is In The Air

I personally find that this is a good book, and I have read it over twice. It certainly is an enjoyable book to read, and it tells about the character Earl of Devonshire, who is aging, and felt that he do not have long to live. He …

Stony Brook University Bookstore

If you have never been to a college bookstore then you can’t imagine what they usually look like when you go inside. Basically, they usually have tons of books that are stacked almost to the roof and organized by subject in order to make them easier for students …

Jake and the Neverland Pirates My First Puzzle Book

My 2.5 year old son recently because very interested in puzzles. He totally mastered the jumbo wooden puzzles at a very young age and moved on to basic jigsaw puzzles. Of course he needs assistance with the jigsaw puzzles, however the ones he started with were only …

Wine for dummies by Ed McCarthy

That’s a great book for whom who actually needs just basic knowledge about wines and for whom who is looking for more professional deeper approach to this topic.
Don’t be confused with a title. It’s not really for dummies) In fact, a lot of complex information, sophisticated term and material …

 
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