My daughter is almost done with school so she won’t be bringing home any more library books. I guess I’m going to have to start taking her to the public library instead because she gets some pretty interesting ones.
The last one she brought home was Fancy Nancy’s Favorite Fancy …

This Thesaurus has become a permanent fixture on my desk. Having a Thesaurus in addition to a dictionary is very practical as it allows me to write better while searching for words which I don’t want to repeat but has the same meaning. It is a hard bound book …

A few weeks ago I entered a book contest hosted by Bookreporter, and I was lucky enough to win an advance copy of Stars Over Sunset Boulevard by Susan Meissner. The book is a period piece set in the 1930s, which follows two women in Hollywood trying to make …

City of Lost Souls is the fifth book in the Mortal Instruments series. At the end of the previous book (City of Fallen Angels), we find out that Jace and Jonathan/Sebastian have become mysteriously tied. Desperate to find Jace, Clary turns her group of friends into a search party. …

The book Prior Bad Acts is written by Tami Hoag. This is a New York Times bestselling author and this story is actually a thriller that begins with a shocking crime scene.
The initial is there are 2 relentless detectives on a manhunt which ends in a chilling confrontation …

Art objects that have a high historical value, of course capable of compelling any one to possess. Greed and love of many people in the art, which want narrated by Lewis Perdue through his book entitled The Daughter of God. Suspenseful story in Daughter of God, begins when found …

Rise and shine by Anna Quindlen is a book on sisterly love. It is special and I really love it; definitely has a special place in my heart. 2 sisters, naming Meghan and Bridget.
Bridget is more of the introvert type while Meghan, the extrovert. She …

Jonathan Swift was the son of an Anglican preacher, born in Ireland, who later became a minister himself. Throughout his whole life, though, he wrote essays, pamphlets, poems and novels, some so controversial they had to be published under anonymous names so as not to annoy his superiors …

A Time to Kill is another famous novel by John Grisham. I should admit that this is a real life experience to several people. John makes me wonder about what would I have done should the same circumstances happened to me.
Carl Lee Hailey is living peacefully in Clanton. He …

Pursuit of God by A. W. Tozer is a great spiritual book I highly recommend for those who are seeking a more intimate relationship with God. The book is very much rich in spiritual insights pertaining to spiritual …

My daughter ended up buying a book the other day that I didn’t think much of at first; Priscilla and the Pink Planet. But, after taking the time to read it to her (while feeding my other daughter), I realized it wasn’t too bad of a story.
Basically, the book …

I love to read. Not everything I can get my hands on but a solid book that has the ability to captivate my attention. Long standing author V.C. Andrews, who is past away, still has books being published in her name. The woman who wrote “Flowers …

The master of horror fiction makes a return to the short story format in this latest collection of stories, released in 2008. There are 13 stories in total, some of which were previously published in magazines and other literature, but collected into a published anthology for the first time ever. …

I brought this book as a guide to making cocktails, but it is more than just that. Ms Berk discusses the essentials for setting up a home bar whether it be a big or small one, she also touches on ingredients.
A glossary of drink terms near the …

The Master Bedroom by Tessa Hadley is a book that I have read sometime ago and this book just gets me lost. I must say that I chose this book to read because of its very gorgeous cover and the cover is in pink color. Very nice and …

“Everyone Dies” is a book written by Michael McGarrity, featuring Santa Fe police chief Kevin Kerney.
The procedures followed by Kerney’s team to solve the case is very interesting and informative.
In the book a killer is killing victims and leaving notes taunting and threatening Kerney, Kerney’s wife Sara, (who we …

If You Have Ever Needed A Reason to Get a Library Card, Here Are Four .
They say one should not meet heroes so as to avoid disappointment; inevitably, the public persona you come to respect and adore will not be present in the person you actually meet.
That said, I …

Death Walker is the second book in the Ella Clah series that takes place in NW New Mexico on the Navaho Reservation. I started reading this series several months ago and have read many of the books.
I really enjoy the SW landscape and the bits of Navaho Culture I …

A good read also involves some comedy humor of getting back at your husband for a sweet revenge, because he has been flirting and having an affair at your back. And how about the mistress being found out that she’s actually a mistress only and not a girlfriend and …

recommended ages: 7 and up
Kirsten Larson starts school in America with excitement and nervousness.The new teacher is new and very strict and says Kirsten needs to learn to speak English better because she needs to recite a poem in front of the class. One day Kirsten meets an indian …

I’ve been a fan of Karen Marie Moning’s writings since the first very book that I picked up of hers. “Beyond the Highland Mist” is the first book from her highlander series, although technically all the books are stand alone books they have an element that ties them all …

After reading the first book in the series, The Hunger Games, I couldn’t wait to get my hands on Catching Fire. In fact, I went out and bought it the next day along with the conclusion to the trilogy called Mockingjay.
Catching Fire is the continuing story about young …

This book is the fourth book in this series by Hilary McKay. It is again about the members of the Casson family, and while the title implies it’s mostly about Caddy, it does seem to be about Caddy but mostly from the point of view of and focusing on …

I really liked this book, although it is bittersweet. It is a memoir written by Martha Beck, a woman who was raised in the Mormon faith (also known as the Church of the Latter Day Saints, hence the title of the book).
The book describes how, for years, she had …

I’d heard a lot about this book and a few friends had recommended it to me, so finally last week I took the plunge and bought it online at Play.com.
The story is about a mum called Lucy Sweeney who doesn’t find motherhood comes easy. She can’t remember the last …

This book is quite closely based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, practically mirroring it in some situations, as well as adding in a play that is being performed - an adaption of Pride and Prejudice.
There isn’t really a strong plot in this book, because a lot of the …

This is the first book in the Circle of Magic quartet. The story revolves around 4 young children who have magic and their adventures together.
This particular book focus mainly on Sandry (or Sandrilene fa Toren), a noble child with thread magic. Together with her other 3 friends - Tris, …

Storm Front is the second book in the series about the Chicago based wizard Harry Dresden. The characters are mainly the same as in the first book, so it is best to read that first. Not that you won’t enjoy it if you read number two first, but the …

Darkly Dreaming Dexter is a novel about a mysterious serial killer of serial killers. By losing his sense of reality, he identifies long lost feelings and some awareness and insight into the evasive sense of humanity. Dexter is lovable and hatable, interesting and embarassing. A good …

This teenage fantasy novel reads like a bad version of Harry Potter, except it has a conspiracy of evil librarians instead of bad wizards. Both have main characters that are orphans (with missing or dead parents), magic in the plot and a secret magical world that is hidden from …

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 was enticed by the title, hence I brought home If Jesus Were Your Counsellor by Selwyn Hughes. Pondering about the title, I recalled several questions I often asked but seldom answered. The book contained 50 questions people frequently asked pertaining to different facets of life.
Hughes answered these …

Into the Abyss - Explorers on the edge of survival. Written by Benedict Allen. Hard Copy; 274 pages
This is The account of Benedict Allen trying to cross the Bering Straight with a dog sleigh. It includes a map of the area, including the major cities that …

This book, Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani is rather pretty disappointing for me after I have finished reading. The story has a perfect introductory and I was quite fascinated into thinking that perhaps it is one of those feel-good stories and I could tear myself out.
But …

The Super Mario 64 Nintendo Power Strategy Guide is one that I purchased not because I needed help beating the Nintendo 64 masterpiece, but because I loved and enjoyed the game so much, I wanted it to just read through and have. Although Super Mario 64 is typically a …

When I read the book title, Whiteout written by Ken Follett, I am reminded so much of stories like Mist and also Heroes. There is a certain similarity to it all. At first I don’t like the descriptions in this book. It is actually about this virus …

Nobody Lives Forever was written by Edna Buchanan (published by Kensington Publishing Group in 1992)
It is one of those dreary stories about MPD (multiple personal disorders) it is implausible that an experienced police detective did not even have the slightest inkling that such a character lived with …

If anyone had ever told me that I would be a cat owner, I would have laughed at them. I had dogs most of my childhood and my family never looked at getting a cat, even thou kittens are just too cute for words. So, when I met my …

I felt that this was a really good book and very much a page turner. It had plenty of suspense and lots of romance mixed in. If you like reading books with drama and definite chemistry between the two main characters, then I suggest you pick this …

Fifty Shades Freed Erotic Adult Novel is the third novel in the Fifty Shades trilogy. I’ve finally made it thought the entire series. It took me a little longer to read this book than the other two, but I never the less finished it. I have to be honest …

The Chrysalids is a post apocalyptic science fiction novel which was written by the well known author John Wyndham and first published int he year 1955. When I first heard of the novel, I had gotten it one summer since it was one of the books I was to …

One of the stories that I love to read is the “Moonlight” by Guy de Maupassant. The story mainly took place in a garden near the monastery between 10 to 11 in the evening. The story began with an introduction about a priest who despised the existence of women. …

This is the second book in the Harry Potter series. I enjoyed it because it played to a more mature crowd than the first one. There is a darker more eerie theme to this one, totally different then the almost carefree nature of the first book. Because of its …

This has to be an essential component of any artists bookshelf, whichever medium they chose to work in. I found this book spoke to me like few other books have. The story follows the childhood and adolescence of Stephen Dedalus, as he grope his way confusingly through the Ireland …

Vision in White is a new release by Nora Roberts - the first book in the Bride’s Quartet.
Roberts’ recent series were mostly trilogies and all related to the supernatural or involving some kind of danger element. This quartet comes as a refreshing change as it focuses on love and …

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 …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Spartacus is a novel that I enjoyed for the most part. In some ways, it revisits themes from the following episodes of the series: “The Measure of a Man” and “The Offspring”. In this novel, the Enterprise answers a distress call and delivers …

This is the second Mercy Thompson book that I have read. I started to read this series because it contained vampires, werewolves and all the creatures that go along with their world. I wasn’t sure about the character at first, but I am growing to like her more and …

Laura Werlins Cheese Essentials is a great guide for those wanting to begin or even expand their knowledge of cheese. I have been wanting to learn more about cheese: the various names, how they are made, where they originate, and how it can be used in various styles of …

This was Stephen King’s third novel, released in 1977. The story is about a writer named Jack Torrance, who works as a hotel caretaker in a Colorado resort. It is understood that after he and his family moves in they will be snowed in, and they are fine with …