Following in the darker theme of the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third in JK Rowling’s Hogwarts series. This was my personal favorite because I loved the character of Professor Remus Lupin. Lupin ends up being a friend to Harry and actually …

When I first came across this book, its title made me think that it was a about spiritual possession. However, upon reading a few pages of it I realized that it was completely different from what I thought. This book, titled Spirit Controlled Temperament, was authored by Tim LaHaye, …

The Witcher saga, as I said in a previous review, consists of two short story collections and five novels, each dealing with tales of the witcher Geralt of Rivia and his companions. The Witchers, in Sapkowski’s written world, are genetically enhanced monster slayers who are hired for money to …

I found this book, Paging Aphrodite, in my sister’s car so I picked it up because I was bored. This book is by Kim Green, who is also the author of Is That a Moose in Your Pocket?
I found each of the character’s stories interesting but it was a …

Did you ever hear that saying that authors shouldn’t start their story too soon? Well, apparently this author hasn’t, as the actual plot doesn’t start until halfway through the book. As the title suggests, this is supposed to be a story about getting lost in the freezing, icy wilderness …

My sister recently recommended the book Twilight to me. She had even bought a copy and made sure that I borrowed it from her. It took me awhile to start actually reading it, but once I did, I was done within two days. The only reason …

Private Arrangements is written by Sherry Thomas and I enjoyed reading this book so much. This is a classic love story and I love the settings of the story pretty much. Lady Tremaine and Lord Tremaine married each other as an act of convenience. They are very …

I have read the book —˜The password to Larkspur lane’ written by Carolyn Keene. This book is one among the Nancy Drew series. This book is a good book and interesting to read. The mystery is very thrilling and Nancy certainly has been very daring in this story. Even …

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 …

This is yet another book (of fiction)about the growing business of organ transplants. While the topic is familiar, the most interesting part of the book is in the Acknowledgments. Michael acknowledges “various experts in organ donation, who have asked to remain anonymous”. Of course that peaked …

YA readers of the female variety probably have already heard of or even read a few of the popular works of Sarah Dessen. Like the rest of her acclaimed works, Dessen weaves the story of a teenage girl, the plot of which is, naturally, romantically-centered. However, unusually for the …

I don’t think I can read this series anymore. The last few books I read were such a disappointment. It wasn’t even the plot that killed it. It’s the lack of development for the characters. What was funny and intriguing about them at the beginning, is now annoying and …

“Anatomy of a Revolution” by Crane Brinton is a history book that should be read by all history lovers, students, and professionals. The book was originally published in 1938 with an update in the 1960s. Brinton compares The English or Puritan revolution of the mid-1600s, the American Revolution of …

Henry Pierce is much sought after man. On the verge of a scientific breaththrough, not only one that will be extremely lucrative but also beneficial to the whole world, he is also receiving nonstop phone calls. The only problem is that they aren’t for him. Having just gotten a …

I wanted to read this book a long time ago. One morning I wake up, I made coffee and began to read. And I could not let it go. I didn’t get up from the bed until the evening. The book just did not want to let me …

This book is the first book featuring the Dempseys, a family of grifters and con artists with two sisters who are trying to go straight.
It is a funny, clever story, with the usual good dialogue. As in many Jennifer Crusie novels, there is a stray dog that is picked …

The Betty Crocker cookbook called, “The Big Book of Slow Cooker, Casseroles and More” is and interesting mix of meals that look appealing by the mere sight of the picture next to the recipe, and are easy to make with easy to
follow instructions. Also, this cookbook has a metric …

It is amazing how a certain book can balance between science and the almost religious belief in miracles.”The Brain That Changes Itself” of Doidge tells just such stories , border lining on real miracles - paralyzed patients who begin to use their limbs, people with great brain damages who …

I really liked the way Allan Mazur structured his book. I liked how it was structured was almost like a court case hearing each side for better or worse. Each chapter I read it seemed like everyone else was the bad guy and …

The Story of Music is a children’s book that I have loved for many years. A classic in the Ladybird series of children’s books, this is a small hardback of about 50 pages first published in 1968 but enjoyed by children for many years since then. Even if you …

The Ranger’s Apprentice: Book 5: The Sorcerer of the North has Will Treaty now a full-fledged Ranger five years after the Battle for Skandia. Will investigates the rumors of a sorcerer after the Lord of the Fief he is assigned to suddenly and mysteriously becomes ill.
This was a …

The Diary Of Anne Frank was written by young Anne Frank during World War II and the Jewish Holocaust. Anne Frank and her family were Jewish and all went well until they realized that they must go into hiding or they would be sent to the concentration camps and …

This amazing book is authored by world renowned neurosurgeon Dr.Ben Carson. I just read this book last night and I couldn’t put it down that I went to bed at 2:00am, rarely happened in my life. I just want to share how wonderful and spectacular this book to world …

Host is one of the most captivating books I’ve read in a long time. It tells the story of the Wanderer, an alien parasite who has taken over the body of a human host, Melanie. The only problem is that Melanie doesn’t want to leave. Instead …

This spooky book for children and youths, The Midnight Hand by Paul Stewart, is a great combination of scary ghost story and mystery. The main characters, Tom, Asa, and Eva must figure out what the hand, which only appears as the clock tolls midnight, wants and do it before …

The Amazing Book of Magic & Card Tricks by Jon Tremaine.
Get up out of your easy chair and run to the bookstore and pick this masterpiece up right now!
Even if you only have a passing interest in the art and science of card tricsks, this volume will prove invaluable. …

This book is written by James Hadley Chase. I was not aware of this author until my cousin told me about it. He had read a couple of his novels and was very impressed by his writing style. So, he reffered me to read A Coffin from Hong Kong. …

High School Debut Manga Volume 1 tells the story of tomboy Haruna Nagashima, who played baseball and reads manga in her spare time. Now that she’s entering high school she is ditching her tomboyish ways to find the man of her dreams and have a boyfriend. …

“Rainbow Six” might seem like a book that brings special operations over the top, but in a post September 11th world, and as a former Infantry man myself, I couldn’t help but feel sympathy and wonderment at the story that Clancy put together. As over the top as it …

What can I say? I love books, reading and writing, and Barnes and Noble has everything the reader in me can desire. The only thing I don’t like is that the prices of books are stupidly expensive, thus I sometimes find what I want to read at Barnes and …

I’ve just finished reading The Appeal by John Grisham with nothing worth mentioning at the end of it all, except that the ending really wasn’t what I expected at all. It really, well for lack of a better word, “sucked”!
Basically, it is a story of big business and politics …

I know I’m probably the last one to read the Da Vinci Code, after all its sold millions upon millions of copies around the world, but with the new movie out I decided finally that I would read the book that everyone is talking about. I must say, …

I pawed through the many AP test preparation books in my local Borders bookstore and tried to look for one with many practice exams. I wanted one that would help me with the timing of my multiple choice questions, since in class we have only 40 minutes to do …

The title of this book - “Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck?” - makes the work sound as though it is going to be a rather straightforward look at how the dinosaurs were wiped out - and, indeed, the painting of a snarling dino on the otherwise dramatically black …

I like this episode in the Ella Clah series by Aimee and David Thurlo. Since her near death experience in an earlier book, Ella is different. She’s less confident that her FBI training will solve all the crimes she confronts and is more willing to recognize the parts of …

This book is with out a doubt the best I have read. I received this book from an aunt as a gift, at first the style The Book Thief confused me but after the first page I was hooked. The Book Thief is the story of Liesel Meminger, …

I admit to choosing this book in a shop based on the cover. Rare for me a) because I preach not judging a book by it’s cover and b) I’m rarely in shops these days tending to buy most music and books on the Internet.
The UK edition published by …

Barnaby Rudge appears to be one of Charles Dickens’s lesser known novels. The story centers around the anti-Catholic riots of 1780, known as Gordon riots. The deluded Lord George Gordon who wants to revoke certain rights from the Catholics forms a large Protestant Association, over forty thousand members strong, …

This edition is absolutely great. It is fantastic. It is so useful, so educational. It is a real great find.
This is an Oxford Dictionary, the concise version of it. But if you are going to buy this book, you are not going to buy it just for the definitions …

I am an avid reader and I go through at least 4 books a week. I received this book from my mother-in-law which I thought might be fun to read called Plum Spooky, by Janet Evanovich. I started reading it that day during my painting breaks and finished reading …

I had this book of Medical and Surgical for 5 years. I am using in since I was in College, now that I’m already graduated a year ago I still kept and read this book as my references. This book is the Sixth Edition of Lippincott. It has 1,526 …

The book “Our Friends of Long Ago: Part 1″ was a small thin story book I was given by my aunt in the nineties when I was about eight or nine to read. When I got it, I wasn’t too interested in reading it, since it looked more boring …

The Drifters by James Michener tells the story of six young adults during the 1960’s. It is told from the perspective of a middle-aged man who befriends the group and serves as a bridge between their world and that of their parents. The Drifters was published in …

Bloody Kiss is a two volume vampire themed manga by Furumiya Kazuko. The story is about Katsuragi Kiyo and the mansion she inherits from her grandmother wherein the dhampir, Kuroboshi and vampire servant, Alsh is living. She wanted to sell the mansion for her dream to go to college …

I am an avid reader, I read daily to keep my brain working as much as I possibly can. Among books that I have read and enjoyed immensely I include Into the Wild, which has been made into a motion picture.
Into the wild is a story of a young man …

RC Sproul is a fairly well-known Christian writer. I picked up the book Abortion: A Rational Look at an Emotional Issue at a library book sale. I’m interested in the subject of abortion and often read books on that topic. What I found in this book …

Although in the previous volume of Nodame Cantabile the story had concentrated too much in Chiaki, leaving Nodame a little behind, in this volume she’s the center of attention.
She got sick so couldn’t memorize one of the 3 songs she had to play, reason why she didn’t win the …

An international best-seller and famous personal development book for general public. It analyses the deep psychological origins from where our behavior flows. It clearly distinguishes. between the superficial self-development practices which aim only at the attitude change (but does not help in understanding from where the behavior & attitude flow …

This book was very enjoyable.Once I started reading I couldn’t stop it is place in a time before WWII.With a man that is a lot of trouble with England.He is from St.Petersburg Russia.As the story goes he falls in love with a woman from a rich family.Her family is …