The Colour of Magic is the very first in the hugely successful Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. As such, it is the book that many new fans read first, which in some ways is a shame because it is by no means the best novel in …

Drop Dead Beautiful by Jackie Collins is a book that I’ve read recently. However, the character in question is Lucky Santangelo, and Jackie loves featuring Lucky in her novels. I think that this is definitely a good selling point and I have read another of her novel featuring …

I started diving years ago after discovering how beautiful the marine world is in my country. In all the years that I have been diving and snorkeling here, I noticed that there is a dearth of good marine maps and guides, and I therefore made it my mission to …

My friend recently bought me the book Crazy for You, by Jennifer Crusie. It is a romance book, and it has a cute dog on the front cover. The main character, Quinn McKenzie goes through a lot of interesting changes during the book. Some of the supporting …

Jayne Ann Krentz wrote Family Man. It’s about the struggles of a dysfunctional family, and the woman who is trying to save them all.
Katy Wade’s mother was left at the alter by Luke Gilchrist’s father over 30 years earlier. If the marriage had went through the two families …

Frost Dancers is a fantasy adventure book by Garry Kilworth, who these days is probably rather better known for his science fiction writing but who I generally think is better at this type of story. As the subtitle, “A Story of Hares”, indicates, it is an animal fantasy, which …

The Magician Nephew is the third book of the Chronicles of Narnia series but is the prequel to all the books of the series by C.S Lewis. It was my least favorite out of all of his books mainly because it was much more slow paced and kind of …

‘Dare to prosper!’ is a book written by Catherine Ponder. In this book, the author writes that prosperity comes not by chance, but in accordance with natural law. The peace, health and abundance of prosperity must come through prosperous thinking. The author does not speak only about prosperity in …

Guns, Germs and Steel by Jared Diamond is a non-fiction book that attempts to discover the reasons why some civilizations developed more quickly than others and in fact conquered them. It is a review of history from a unique perspective, combining insight into technological achievement as well …

Sophie Kinesella is the type of writer that can make you really believe in the characters she creates. I first found one of her books completely by accident. I was looking for a good chick lit book that I could read quickly. I picked up Confessions of a Shopaholic, …

Do you ever wonder why the best fictional adventures seem to happen to the same class of people over and over again? Most fairy tales involve the fey folk interacting with poor, honest families. The child protagonist is usually highly moral yet misunderstood. Well, author Holly Black stuck to …

The Cat Who Smelled a Rat is the twentythird book in Lillian Jackson Braun’s The Cat Who series, and Qwillerian, Koko, and Yumyum are just as cute and fun as they were in the first book. Okay, Yumyum wasn’t in the first book. But she’s still cute.
The stories in …

I have read the ‘Lord of The Rings’ series by J.R.R.Tolkien some few years ago before it was released in the big screen. I was more impressed with the book. Every inch and details was entailed in the book wherein in the movies made, a lot of editing had …

This mystery novel for boys features the Hardy Boys, the teenage sons of a famous detective. The boys must figure out a very strange and puzzling mystery, wherein actually they do not figure out themystery until the very end, because they don’t actually discover how the messages are sent …

The time for a rhyme is a collection of some of the traditional nursery rhymes of all time which includes the famous nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffet, Humpty Dumpty and Hey diddle and many more. This book is authored by J. Tanner. I actually got …

The book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is a very inspiring and indeed full of wisdom from a professor who is about to die but because of great optimism towards life and everything that surrounds him, made his remaining days well remembered by people who truly cared for …

What caught my eye the most about this book was its title. As I started reading through the first couple of pages, I was caught in a trance. I wasn’t able to put the book down even when it’s 2 am in the morning. It’s written creatively and uses …

This Artemis Fowl book is the sixth book in the Artemis Fowl series, written by Eoin Colfer, preceded by ‘The Lost Colony’. The story picks off soon after the previous book left off. In the first few pages of the book, we know the names of Artemis’ two younger …

A few months ago, I’ve decided to go around looking for sketch books since I really want to start sketching again. I know there are a lot of the usual kinds like Corona, but I was looking for something different. Who would want to keep on staring at a …

“The Warlords of Nin” by Stephen Lawhead is Book 2 of the Dragon King Series. It continues the story of Quentin, no longer a boy but a young man in service to the king of Mensandor. The book begins with the king being very ill, and the doctors unable …

These booklets of quotes, called “Quote Stacks” are really quite useful. I bought mine at Michael’s craft stores. They are a bit on the expensive side, considering that they could be made on your computer, but it is hard to print things neatly on vellum.
Each stack has 48 sheets. …

First thing, I love dragons. I just wanted to say that. I love mythology and the animals behind the stories, but my biggest love is dragons. I have posters, statues, jewelry, books, etc. One of my favorite dragon books is more of a children’s book then a book geared …

Making Your Money Work For You
By: Missy
This book is basically teaching you tips on how to expand your investments and savings. It teaches you that in order to make your money work for you, just pure saving isn’t enough. You need more work than that. I …

How to Simplify Your Life is a book written by Tiki Kustenmacher and Lothar J.Seiwert. This book is a great self help book for people who think they are easily exhausted by daily activities, have a messy relationship around you, have many burdens to carry or lost your way …

Daredevil Issue 235 was written by Danny Fingeroth and published in 1986. Steve Ditko was the artist. This is a good old fashioned issue that focuses on the hero overcoming great odds in the form of one of Marvel’s most powerful super villians, Mister Hyde.
The issue shows …

Oh man! I think my family would disown me if they found out I read and really liked this book. Jesus and the CIA? Just that concept makes me want to scream. Who would have thought it could work. It takes all the mystery behind the fall of Christianity …

A Thousand Bones is a suspenseful mystery story that keeps you guessing until the end. The book was written by author P.J. Parrish. I personally found the book very eye catching just by the book cover. On the front is a dark blue cover with the shadow of a …

The Great 88 is a book about exclusive sales strategy of the two authors, Robin Lent and Genevieve Tour. The two authors are experts luxury sales worth for example of success in sales of luxury goods. This book contains a variety of personal experiences in developing sales strategies, …

One for the Dough was the first Janet Evanovitch book featuring Stephanie Plum as a bounty hunter. In previous books the author had focused on romance, but these books were a lot better. The first book was such a hit that she turned it into a series and all …

The Beach House by Jane Green is an awesome read! I thought in the beginning that it’s going to be a real long and boring story, but I was wrong.
It tells the story of a widow woman named Nan and how she manages to bring back life …

Dig Ivan Dig! is a children’s book written and illustrated by Wendy Ann Gardner. It was published in 2002 and is part of the Naughty Naughty Pets series of books.
Pros: First of all, my daughter loves this book because it features a pug, and we have two …

Highly recommend as a great autumn/winter read, perfect for snuggling under the covers before a roaring fire in the dead of winter. It’ll heat you through and through
DArkwind I: Enigma is the first in a series of vampire erotic romances by author Kase J. Reed. It is available from Purple …

Robert Crais’s award winning novel ‘The Last Detective’ narrates a story never which one of its kind with nothing even coming close to such a well thought setting. Crais is at his best as he narrates the experiences of private investigator Elvis Cole. Cole is looking after his girlfriend’s …

I recieved this book from my sister several years ago becuase I greatly like prose. To give a bit of information this book deals with the lead character named Mac Mordon. Mr. Mordon has recently lost his wife to cancer and this book deals with his loss and the …

Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams is the second novel in his trilogy Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. The story opens with things looking bleak for our heroes, as the immortal allies of King Elias have destroyed the fortress of Prince Joshua and slaughtered its inhabitants, with the exception …

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 …

I have read, Career Girls by Louise Bagshawe by this amazing author and I am starting to love her books, really. This title is awesome and it is about friendship of 2 women from University days which had turned sour just because of a man. And that rivalry …

The book title, Dirty Blonde: The Diaries of Courtney Love by Courtney Love; you will either love or hate it.
There can only be 1 option and as for what I feel after reading this book, is none other than average feel. It is not even a novel-like …

I have mixed feelings about reading this book, Working Wonders by Jenny Colgan. It is basically about personal life versus ambition and career. But in a nice, romantic comedy type of novel story. The story is laced with humor and good pointers here and there, but the …

My boyfriend sarcastically asked me to read this book called Weight Watchers She Loses, He Loses by Karen and Miller-Kovach. His friend borrowed it to him, and he made quite numerous sums of pages from the book that he found to be informative for him and me, and …

Until You is romantic type of novel from the beginning to the end. It is about the Earl of Langford who apparently ran over a man, who was due to get married the very next day, until tragedy struck that is. Regretfully, it is now up to him …

“The Sands Of Time” is a 1988 novel by Sidney Sheldon, which encapsulates the lives of four nuns of a Cistercian convent in Spain who elope during a military attack on the convent by the GOE (a special group formed to pursue basque terrorists) headed by Colonel Acoca. These …

I didn’t choose to read Mother Love - it was an assignment for school. If it’d been my choice, I would’ve put the book down immediately. The dust-cover summary was boring, long, and it gave the author far too much praise (especially considering the author probably wrote the summary …

“Digital Fortress” by Dan Brown is the third Dan Brown book I have read. Although “Digital Fortress” has a much different plot compared to reader favorites “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels and Demons”, it is still a fast-paced action/adventure book that keeps you hooked in until the end. …

Little Woman is a classic novel written by Lousia May Alcott, the first time published in 1868. In this novel Alcott created four female figures who The most popular in United States literature until now. They are Meg, the eldest of four daughter of the March family, sixteen years …

This book is great fun, except for people who worry about getting any diseases that they’ve read about. The “Hypochondriac’s Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have” was written by Dennis Diclaudio and is sold at most bookstores for $14.95 in the United States, $19.95 in Canada. …

Protein Power by Margaret Leeming is a recipe book with a difference. It is aimed at both vegetarians and those wishing to provide wholesome, healthy meals.
I am a vegetarian and although other members of my family are carnivores, they are happy to eat meatless meals too. …

Mr. Cookie Baker is a children’s book authored and illustrated by Monica Wellington. The story is pretty simple, but gives children a general idea of what it takes to run a small business. Of course it does not hurt that the business in the story is a …

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 …

When I learned that a new mini-series centering on the long time DC character Green Arrow was being released, I figured I would take a chance and check it out. The character has been around since the 1950’s and has alternated between phenomenal storylines and really bad ones. Green …