Books Reviews
The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
In this new tale by the author Patrick Rothfuss, the sometimes ambiguous lines between poetry and prose begin to blur. Indeed, often, the reader wonders if The Name of the Wind is poetry or prose, because the language used by Rothfuss is singularly, and poetically elegant and beautiful.
He creates …
Batman Under the Hood Volume 1
Batman: Under The Hood Volume One by Judd Winick tells the story of Batman’s battle with the mysterious Red Hood who is killing criminals in Gotham, and who he is under the hood, is truly surprising.
This graphic novel is very well written. Judd Winick writes a good Batman …
Black Holes and Baby Universes and other Essays book
I am a big fan of Stephen Hawking. And this book named “Black Holes and Baby Universes and other Essays” is one of my favourite books written by him. I always find space science very interesting, and black holes are the most interesting subject for me. Black holes always …
A street car named desire by Tennessee Williams
A great play that presents the woman role in the society, the New south through the analysis of a number of characters:
Elysian field is between the river and railroad in a poor quarter of New Orleans, desire.
Represented by Stella, Stanley, Eunice, and Steve.
Blanche, is the opposition. …
Metalica by Patricia D. Cacek
This story had me a little bit on edge. I will say it’s probably because I am a woman who has had gynecological exams before. But anyway, the reader quickly learns in this story that the protagonist has a “thing” for getting pap smears. In fact, …
Falling for Rachel by Nora Roberts
Rachel Stanislaski meets Zachery Muldoon and Nicholas LeBeck in this second installment in the Stanislaski series. And yup, it’s another hit by Roberts!
Nick gets Rachel as his PD when he gets involved in a burglary. However, it doesn’t stop there. While Rachel goes to the wall to fight the …
Elephants can Remember by Agatha Christie
“Elephants can Remember” is a mystery written by Agatha Christie.
This book opens with novelist Ariadne Oliver being approached at a literary luncheon by a woman who wants to know if Ariadne’s god daughters mother killed her father or her father killed her mother.
This crime had taken place many years …
Horton Hears a Who by Dr. Seuss
I had heard of the Dr. Seuss book Horton Hears a Who but I had not read it until very recently; when I got it for my daughter.
Overall, I have to say it’s a pretty good book and one I definitely enjoy reading to my daughter at night.
Horton is …
Superman 689
There’s really not a whole lot to say about this comic. Mon-El flies around the world, teaming up with heroes and doing good deeds. None of it is ever really fleshed out, it’s like a 15 page montage.
That’s pretty much all there is in this comic. …
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Sciezska
I recently bought “The Stinky Cheese Man” for a children’s literature class, but I first read it in elementary school. The book is full of wackily illustrated fractured fairy tales, which give a new and strange perspective to the classics. The book is illustrated by Lane Smith and won …
Mars and Venus on a Date
Okay, seems that Mars and Venus on a Date (A Guide for Navigating the 5 Stages of Dating to Create a Loving and Lasting Relationship)is a really long and massive title. But this self-help book really scores points with me and I mean a lot of points at …
Mimi by Agnes Vardy
It took me forever to get through this novel. Although it was good, there were points that didnt seem to fit with the theme. It is about a young Hungarian baroness who falls in love with someone who is considered beneath her. Then World War 2 …
How To Seduce A Bride by Edith Layton
I borrowed from the library this novel, sometime back, and it is a nice, heartwarming story. It is about Daisy Tanner, a widower, who has been free from an abusive marriage. The then wanted to look for a husband just for peace and stability, but not for …
Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer started out with this unique series (4 books) with her novel “Twilight”. It sounds bizarre when you hear what the plot is about, but reading the actual book keeps you hooked. It is basically the story of a girl, Bella Swan, and her encounter with Edward Cullen. …
Principle of Economics by A . Banerjee and D. Mazumdar
If you find economics very tough then here is a book which can simply solve and simplify it for you. It’s very simple and easy to understand.Deals with the most difficult of subject in a very simple and easy way which is good for students who find the subject …
The Sign of Four
I’ve read most of the Sherlock Holmes stories but I regret not reading The Sign of Four until very recently because it was a very good book.
There are a couple of things I like about this story; which revolves around a stolen treasure from India. First, I finally learn …
Star Trek: The Next Generatrion - The Eyes of the Beholders
Star Trek: The Next Generatrion - The Eyes of the Beholders is a novel that I found to be lacking in some ways. In this novel, a number of Federation and Klingon vessels disappear, so the Enterprise D is sent to investigate. Upon arrival in the sector where the …
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie book
I heard about Dale Carnegie when I started my full-time job. There was a twelve week training that was being offered to certain employees. This book was one of the required readings for the class. I didn’t actually get to take the class, but I was given this book …
Host an Audiobook on CD by Stephanie Meyer
The audiobook on CD “Host”, by Stephanie Meyer is a very good book. It is unabridged and on CD. The total playing time is twenty three and a half hours. This book was read by Kate Reading who is a reader of many …
The Essential Blender by Roland Hess
The Essential Blender by Roland Hess is a great book. It covers everything you need to know to get started with Blender, a great free 3D modeling program that even professionals can use. The Essential Blender has easy to read tutorials that anyone can understand, step by step instructions …
Pirates of the Caribbean the Complete Visual Guide
This is without doubt my favorite Pirates of the Caribbean book. It is filled with dozens of full color photographs and interesting text that covers all three of the feature films. The book has 95 pages and includes a neat pull out poster of the Black Pearl & the …
Katie MacAlister’s It’s All Greek To Me book
Okay lets just start this off with: I love Katie MacAlister, I love her work, I love her characters, I simply can not get enough of her books.
Now that all the gushy “I love so-and-so”, which I genuinely do, is over. Lets get down to the what you’re all …
Touching Evil by Kay Hooper
Touching Evil is a paranormal investigations book written by Kay Hooper.
Hollis Templeton is severely attacked, blinded and left for dead.
Maggie Barnes has empathic abilities and is atoning for something in a past life. She connects with her victims in an astounding ways.
John Garrett is there in Seattle …
Linger by Maggie Stiefvater book
I really enjoyed this book. Its the book following Shiver. It continues on with Grace and Sam and introduces a few new characters such as Cole. Cole was an rock star that hated the life and turned to the wolves. Once in Mercy Falls though he soon sees the truth. …
The Brown Recluse by Davis Grubb
The Brown Recluse is a short story by Davis Grubb. It appears in the anthology Shadows Three which was edited by Charles Grant. The anthology is a horror themed one but this particular story is more of a mystery than a horror story. The story revolves …
Thomas Kinkade Bible NKJV
My parents recently purchased a Thomas Kinkade Bible for me. My old Bible was really worn out and the binding was destroyed, so I was really happy to receive this. The thing I loved the most about this particular Bible is that it showcases some of Thomas …
Wealth Within Your Reach by Francisco Colayco
When it comes to saving money, I believe I am an expert! I save more than I spend. I believe this is the only way to go for the financial security of my family. But through Francisco Colayco’s book entitled Wealth Within Your Reach, I have learned that saving …
Memoirs of a Geisha book
In Memoirs of a Geisha, Nitta Sayuri, the woman of the book, tells the story of her life as a geisha. As I read the book, I came into a place where a person’s facade is in dominance and of great importance. It is a world that looks …
The Da Vinci Code book
I consider myself to be a busy girl with a full plate of things to do, which is great but leaves me little time to read. Reading is a past time that I find pretty darn enjoyable, and I like tackling books that have a little meat to their …
Test Your Cats Psychic Powers by Missy Dizick
I checked this book out for fun yesterday. Basically it’s an amusing quiz that you can take to see if your cat has psychic powers. Yes, I really don’t believe in psychic powers and you don’t have to either, but its still fun to add up the numbers and …
Child of Time - Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg book
Child of Time by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
ISBN: 0330322702
Genre: Sci-fi
This is an extended version of a short story called “The Ugly Little Boy”, written by Isaac Asimov and initially published in 1956. It is the second collaboration between Asimov and Silverberg, the first being “Nightfall”, also an extended …
Why Men Love Bitches by Sherry Argov
Why men love bitches? At first the title may seem startling, even controversial. Yet if given a closer look, this book can and will change your life. This book allows every girl and women to transform themselves from a doormat to a dreamgirl. Filled with over 100 “Attraction Principles” …
The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay tells the story of three characters in a historical fantasy recreation of that period of Spanish history where Muslim rule was in decline and the Christian rule was moving down from the north. Kay has minimally masked the Muslim, Christian …
Guitar Girl
Guitar Girl by Sara Manning is a book you can not pass up. The book starts out with three friends and they decide to start up a girl band. After there second gig two guys ask if they could join the band. Moll the lead singer did not want …
Sesame Beginnings Baby Books
I wanted to instill in my child the love for reading, so even if he is still a baby, I started buying baby books for him. The Sesame Beginnings Baby Books are a few of the books I bought for him.
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Precious Bane by Mary Webb
I found ‘Precious Bane’ abandoned and forgotten among other books in my father’s study. I asked him about it and his answer was ‘It’s no good.’ Later he admitted he hadn’t even read it, except for the first few pages. However, I was determined to see what it was …
For Matrimonial Purposes, a chicklit by Kavita Daswani
There is no doubt that Indian people can write. After a brilliant Jhumpa Lahiri with her Pulitzer Book, “Interpreter of Maladies”, I found another Brilliant writer with her brilliant chicklit about the wedding culture in India.
It is about Anju, a 33 years old Indian girl who has not married …
Children’s Book: Aaaarrgghh! Spider! by Lydia Monks
“Aaaarrgghh! Spider!” is a children’s story by Lydia Monks published in 2004 by Houghton Mifflin Company. This is a really cute and funny story that little kids should absolutely love!
The story begins with a cute little spider telling the reader that she is lonely. She lives in …
Drive Without Fear by Norman Klein
When my wife was 16, she was getting her first drivers lesson and nearly got into a wreck. Because of that, she went more than a decade without getting behind the wheel again. So, when she decided to get her license, one of the first things I bought her …
Good House Cheap House
Good House Cheap House is a book written by Kira Oblensky. It illustrates tweenty seven different designs for homes that are inovative and creative. They demonstrate how to recycle different products and incorporate them into unique features that can make a plain house stand out at a reasonable price. …
Rich Dad Poor Dad
There are 2 book titles here, which I am going to review. One is on the NYT Best Seller List, and the other one is a book on political views.
The first book is Rich Dad, Poor Dad. The title itself is enicicing, and one comes to wonder …
Hearts Of Atlantis by Steven Kings
Hearts Of Atlantis is one of Steven Kings less ‘horror’ novels. I personally did not like it as much and the movie which the made of it didn’t seem to fit the story as well. I won’t go into the details of the novel itself, as you cna find …
Mobiles - They Drive Us Crazy
Mobiles - They Drive Us Crazy is billed as being “a Helen Exley Gigglebook”, whatever that might be, but is in fact an attractively packaged, small, square hardback book of comic drawings by the British cartoonist Bill Stott. My copy cost me £4.50, which I think is perhaps a …
The Tuscan Sun Cookbook by Frances and Edward Mayes Book
The Tuscan Sun Cookbook is a random cookbook I found while browsing the Italian cooking section. I think my obsession with the Italian dessert, cannoli, is why I’ve become more interested in learning to prepare Italian food, and not the kind that is drowning in sauce served in chain …
Organic Housekeeping by Ellen Sandbeck
This is a very comprehensive tome on ways to reduce household toxins through simplifying cleaning techniques. The book details various ways to complete daily household cleaning techniques, with a focus on the kitchen and the bathroom, without using toxic chemicals. The author, Ellen Sandbeck, an expert on …
‘Rurouni Kenshin’ manga book Nobuhiro Watsuki
‘Rurouni Kenshin’ is a manga series drawn and written by Nobuhiro Watsuki. The series is one of the most popular shonen, which means “boys”, manga series.
Ruronia Kenshin is about a seemingly docile and gentle wanderer, named Kenshin, a man who hides from his dark past. I find the series …
The Cobra Event By Richard Preston
There is no background, how, the cobra it is possible and thing itself is work of fiction. Background research is achieved already, oneself where those where the thing presently is pursued are thought in research of living thing fear concerning state and are not on the other hand …
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