Books Reviews
Digital Lighting & Rendering by Jeremy Birn
Digital Lighting & Rendering by Jeremy Birn is one of my favourite book on 3D graphics and rendering. In my opinion, it is one of the best book about advanced and photorealistic 3D rendering available.
Jeremy Birn, himself is a very well-known and accomplished 3D artist. This book of his …
Help! I’m Being Bullied by Emily Lovegrove
Help! I’m Being Bullied is written by Emily Lovegrove and he is a good psychology who really knows his work. He wrote this book in the hope of letting it be known to children and also parents on how to react when being bullied and what to do and …
Stay Hungry Stay Foolish by Rashmi Bansal
Stay hungry stay foolish is the latest nonfiction book by Rashmi Bansal a former IIM student. The book showcase the 25 people from IIM ahmedabad who didnt take up the usual campus placement and high paying secure job, instead of that they their own …
Mariel Of Redwall by Brian Jacques
Well I had just received this book about two weeks ago and I have already finished it and come to the conclusion that it is a great read. This book doesn’t stray to far from the formula that has made this series amazing. I got this book from my …
All About Technical Analysis by Constance Brown book
All About Technical Analysis by Constance Brown actually isn’t a very well explained book. I originally got this book because it was published by McGraw-Hill. I find that McGraw-Hill books are usually well explained. The languages used in the books are usually pretty simple and easy to understand. However, …
Sink or Swim - From the Files of Madison Finn by Laura Dower
This book is a good book for middle school girls. This is the 13th book in a series about a girl named Madison Finn, who likes orange, computers, and hanging out with her friends. This summer, however, she cannot hang out with her friends because she has taken a …
The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien
The author J.R.R. Tolkien is very well known for books like The Hobbit or The Lord of the rings. I can understand the fame of this author, as the books that he has written are a completely different world.
About The Hobbit, this book was published in 1937, and relates …
The Little Book of Humorous Quotations
Random House published the Little Book of Humorous Quotations, a bright little orange book that holds, you guessed it, a bunch of different humorous quotations.
The book is organized by category, running the gamut from politics and philosophy to the arts to marriage to women to sports and everywhere in …
Shopaholic Takes Manhatten by Sophie Kinsella
This book is the sequel to Confesssions of a Shopaholic, and while it is not quite as good, merely because the main character repeats the exact same behaviours which caused her to get into trouble the first time, the strange situations she gets into are different and in the …
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 …
Belle and the Beau
“Belle and the Beau,” by Beverly Jenkins, is a touching love story between a run away slave and the family that gives her refuge.
Daniel the oldest of the two siblings is engaged to a high class negro woman in the North when Belle enters his life.
Belle in the meantime …
Nathaniel Hawthorne: The Scarlett Letter. A Book
I found the Scarlett Letter online for about $10.00 is was written by Nathaniel Hawthorn who is a classic author so I thought that I would get it. It is about Hester Prynne and the consequences of her less than moral actions and the way that the Purtian society …
MIA: Missing in Atlanta by Debby Giusti
MIA: Missing in Atlanta is written by Debby Giusti and this is part love and part adventure story. I love the story-line pretty much because the plots are really well-written. Jude Walker is a war hero and he has come back to look for the woman that …
Flawless by Sara Shepard book
This is the second book in the “Pretty Little Liars” series by Sara Shepard. I really loved the first book and while this one was not as exciting, it was still very good. The mystery from the first book continues here and I was still trying to guess who …
Abominable Snowmen: Legend come to life By Ivan T. Sanderson
Ivan T. Sanderson is a legend in the cryptozoology field. He investigated so much and wrote so much on the subject that his books are not hard to come by and often fairly costly. Although there has been a recent reprint that you might find somewhere I have a …
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
If you are young, not much into books and just happen to be introduced into Stephenie Meyer’s book saga and you ended up loving it, then I can forgive you. But if you are a seasoned reader and you liked this book, then there is something seriously wrong with …
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova book
“The Historian” by Elizabeth Kostova is perhaps the most well-written book that I have read in quite some time. This intelligent read is not for the feeble minded. Throughout this novel, the reader is transported back and forth through time in vivid adventures through Eastern Europe.
Kostova has …
You’re So Smart, Snoopy
You’re So Smart, Snoopy is a book by Charles M. Schulz, which consists of selected cartoons from You’re Out of Sight, Charlie Brown, Volume 1. The book is published by Coronet Books London.
The book doesn’t really have a set theme, unlike some of the other Snoopy books. However, there …
Creature by John Saul book
Background on the author
John Saul has been a New York Times bestselling author since 1977. He has written 37 thrillers and novels under various pen names. His novel Blackstone Chronicles was made into a video game and his novel Cry for the Strangers was made into a movie.
Setting
The book …
Too Much Happiness by Alice Munro
Too Much Happiness written by Alice Munro is a wonderful collection of stories. Even though I am not very clear why such a title for this book, I like the title of the book. The story inside the book is ten variety stories. All the stories are delightful reads. …
Broken soup by Jenny Valentine
I was attracted by the book’s cover, which was very different from other books, and which made me buy this book. This is Jenny’s second book, and it scored high. This book is also the Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, which was an add for me to …
Does It Matter by Alan Watts
I was recommended by someone to read Alan Watts, and so I picked up a book, not entirely knowing what to expect. The first few pages of the book made me feel like it was written by a person who knew something about the universe I didn’t know–something deep …
Da Vinci Code
The book is filled with confusion mystry and emotional suspenses. It starts with a murder case which turns into a life changing experience for the main characters in the film! It is something like i have read never before! The codes, the facts the fiction, you really can not …
How to Roar Pet Loss Grief Recovery by Robin Jean Brown
Sadly, I lost my cat Hobbes very suddenly after having him for 17 years. He unexpectedly took ill and within a couple months he had seriously deteriorated to not being able to walk. A few days later, he passed away minutes after I arrived home.
I have another cat that …
A Stolen Life: A Memoir by Jaycee Dugard
The author of this memoir has no doubt gotten considerable attention in the media. She was kidnapped for 18 years and only recently released from her captor. Her captor received a significant sentence—” over 100 years in prison.
I enjoyed this book mainly for its conclusion. The …
The Color Purple
The Color Purple is a book which I think should be read in schools across anywhere. The contents are good and the author is Alice Walker. I didn’t know that there was a movie on this story as well. At first, I went to read this …
Love and Other Infidelities by Helen Townsend
Married women and those embarking on one would definitely enjoy reading Love and Other Infidelities by Helen Townsend. That’s what I feel; because my current status is attached and I love reading about what marriage might entail; the life ups and downs and all.
This book has 2 characters namely …
The Autism Sourcebook
This book is an absolute must have for any parent of a child that has autism! This is a clearly written, easy to understand, much needed guide to the world of autism that offers encouraging advice that parents will find useful.
The author breaks down the complexities of autism …
The Book of the Dead, E.A. Wallis Budge
This isn’t the best translation of the Papyrus of Ani/Coming Forth by Day (Egyptian Book of the Dead) that’s available. But, it is (one of) the very first that was ever translated. I bought it primarily for that purpose, for it’s historical value.
So, if you’re going primarily …
Bad Romeo, novel by Leisa Rayven (Starcrossed #1)
Every one of my friends was dying about this book and when I first read the synopsis it seemed kinda of normal to me, which is the reason why I couldn’t understand why everyone was loving it so much. I finally gave it a chance, and oh, my god, …
The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay is the conclusion of the Fionavar Tapestry trilogy. In this novel, Kim, Jennifer, Dave and Paul, four students from Toronto, continue their fight against Maugrim the Unraveller, the ultimate source of evil. They are joined in this battle by the …
Guitar Exercises For Dummies
This is a great exercise book for guitar players. It is basically broken down into a few sections.
The first part of the book covers basic guitar fundamentals like how to read tablature and gives a few basic warm-up exercises for you to play.
Part II we move into covering …
The ringmaster’s secret book
I have read the book —˜The ringmaster’s secret’ written by Carolyn Keene. This book is one among the Nancy Drew series. This is an interesting book. It is full of mystery and becomes more and more interesting while we read on. Nancy shows great courage and determination. This is …
Hawk And Fisher: Wolf In The Fold Book by Simon R. Green
” If someone does not stop him , two great houses will be in flames. Blood will be spilled and screams will echo forever. There are wolves in the pen and they want to destroy us all.” This ominous prediction made by Razor Eddie, a future god in Nightside, …
To kill a mocking bird
‘To kill a mocking bird’ is a story of a five year girl living in small town Maycomb of America. The story’s plot is about injustice against blacks. The Maycomb is a small town where Scoute lives with his father, elder brother and a caretaker who is black woman.
Harper …
How to stop worrying and start living
‘How to stop worrying and start living’ is a book written by Dale Carnegie. This is a very good book and Carnegie advices us to stop worrying in life. Carnegie says that we have to take full responsibility for our actions. We have to take responsibility for all that …
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
If ever there was a book that made you want to get in touch with the family and friends you haven’t seen in years it is this one! Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom is a fantastic read. This is a true story, an autobiographical account of how the …
Danielle Steel “Special Delivery”. A Book
I read this book on the recommendation of a friend of mine. Danielle Steel is a favorite author of mine, not necessarily because she writes amazing books, but rather because her books, while not that unique, do inspire feel good moments and for the most part have happy …
The Dark Elf Trilogy by R.A.Salvatore
The Dark Elf Trilogy is a fantastic trilogy by one of the masters of fantasy writing, R.A. Salvatore. R.A wrote a book, titled The Crystal Shard, and one of the characters in that book, Drizzt Do’Urden, became so popular that readers wanted to know more about him and where …
Basic Electronics by Malcolm Plant
This book is at the core of me and my father’s knowledge on electronics. It has become, for me at least, an electronics Bible of sorts. Basic Electronics really taught me the basics of electronics.
This book is written in …
In The Midst of Death by Lawrence Block
In the Midst of Death written by Lawrence Block, was published by Avon Books in 1992.
Matt Scudder, ex-cop and unlicensed private investigator, has been employed by Jerry Broadfield to investigate a crime which he insisted that he was innocent of. A hooker had claimed that he had blackmailed …
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 7 habits of highly effective teens by Steven Covey
As a teenager we tend to make different things. Teenagers are fun of experimenting because they do have a high level of curiosity to know things around them. Aside from schooling I spend my time reading and collecting books. Though I read fiction books I’m more into non-fiction or those …
Mexican Hat by Michael McGarrity
Mexican Hat is the second book in Michael McGarrity’s Kevin Kerney series. When I first started this series, I wasn’t thrilled with it. It seemed a little disjointed and hard to follow. However, I recently found myself wondering what was happening in the later books so I checked “Mexican …
Ultra Maniac manga
I have just finished reading Ultra Maniac manga and well, I guess it was okay. It wasn’t something that really moved me with it’s story but I did enjoy reading it up till the end. Although I like fantasy stories when it comes to manga I found this story …
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gulliver’s Fugitives
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Gulliver’s Fugitives is a novel that I simply did not care very much for. The reason I do not like it that much is because not only are the characterizations poor, especially the way in which Picard, Data and Worf are portrayed, but …
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