Books Reviews
Cinder & Ella, novel by Kelly Oram
Every single book that I’ve read by Kelly Oram I’ve devoured and enjoyed, and obviously, Cinder & Ella wasn’t the exception. Cinder & Ella turned out to be a very pleasant and entertained journey that shows the growth that a character can have.
Cinder & Ella met through her …
First Truth (book) by Dawn Cook
This is definitely one of my favorite books. It falls right in my alley in the fantasy genre, and is a delicious but not overbearing length at 352 pages. And, unlike many of the fantasies out there, this one has depth. The characters are extremely real …
On Dublin Street, novel by Samantha Young
On Dublin Street was the first Samantha Young book that I read. And I loved it! I’d seen a lot of her books on Goodreads, but they never really called to me. However, when I saw the cover of On Dublin Street, I just had to read it. I …
Fear and Trembling by Amelie Nothomb (novel)
“Fear and Trembling” by Amelie Nothomb is the epitome of a quick read. The edition I picked up had less than 150 pages, and it took me little more than two hours to read. I’m a slow reader, who really likes to take her time with the books she …
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe book
It’s hard to follow up a work that has been so well-received with another smash hit. That, however, was exactly what Douglas Adams did when he wrote The Restaurant at the End of the Universe—”the sequel to The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Universe.
In the sequel, more randomness ensues as …
Trivia Lovers’ Lists of Nearly Everything in the Universe
Trivia Lovers’ Lists of Nearly Everything in the Universe is another must-have in your shopping cart for purchasing of books in the bookstore. The author of this book is Barbara Ann Kipfer and the book suggests around 50,000 small and big things organized in all kinds of ways and …
The magic of thinking big
‘The magic of thinking big’ is a book written by David Schwartz. This is a self-help book and the author has written it in a very good manner, in a manner easy to be understood by people. He explains to us that our thoughts are very important and are …
Trouble in High Heels by Christina Dodd
This book, Trouble in High Heels by Christina Dodd that I’ve read pretty recently gets really on my nerves and is indeed pretty boring. It has a nice illustration cover; like a lady’s pair of legs shown halfway with a nice pair of heels and the book really looks …
Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman
I am not a huge fan of self-help books, but I am a huge fan of this one; Emotional Intellignece by Daniel Goleman. I have read this book several times, and although it is now 12 years old, it continues to fly off bookstore shelves at a rapid speed.
Emotional …
Why Men Marry Bitches by Sherry Argov
My sister and I laughed so hard when we saw this book at the book-stand the other day. The title is Why Men Marry Bitches, and was written by Sherry Argov. She bought it and we took turns to read it. It costs for about $9.99 …
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
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 …
Lucy Monroe “The Spy Who Wants Me” book
“The Spy Who Wants Me” is another book in the True Goddard Project series written by Lucy Monroe. In this story we are introduced to agent Elle Gray, who is an alpha female —“ highly dangerous and well-trained in black ops. She is a femme fatale with imposing height, …
Finance and Accounting for Business, First Edition, by Bob Ryan
Finance and Accounting for Business by Bob Ryan is a finance text book aimed at MBA students and students studying a higher degree in finance. Bob Ryan is himself an MBA lecturer and an advisor to industry.
The first edition of the book was published in 2004 and features a …
Ruby by Lauraine Snelling
“Ruby” by Lauraine Snelling is Book 1 of the Dakotah Treasures series. It tells the story of two sisters, Ruby and Opal Torvald who unexpectedly receive an inheritance from their estranged father. Their father had left them years ago to make his fortune in the West. Ruby, a nice, …
City Of Bones (The Mortal Instruments #1) By Cassandra Clare
City of Bones by Cassandra Clare is a World best seller of the series The Mortal Instruments.
The story follows a girl named Clary Fray who one night (the night of her 16th birthday) decides to go to a club for the first time; accompanied by her best-friend Simon. Clary …
Street By Ann Petry
While reading this book, there was a predictability which is meant. I thought of that I have known it was the expectation which this story ends somewhere. My center we wanted winning Lutie sort, destitution, and vis-a-vis the fight of discrimination. The fact that the fact that in the …
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt book
Angela’s Ashes is a memoir of known author Frank McCourt. The story is about McCourt family amidst hardships and tragedy, the agony of having a good for nothing father depicts real life happenings even in present time. The story is set in America and Ireland particularly in Limerick in …
Thief, novel by Tarryn Fisher (Love Me With Lies #3)
Um, I don’t know where to start with the review for the third and final book in the series Love Me With Lies. From the moment I finished this book my heart seemed to beat at the speed of light. It’s like I’ve taken a drug or something, this whole …
Mystery of the strange bundle by Enid Blyton
‘Mystery of the strange bundle’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is a very interesting book. But not much of a mystery. There is more fun and comical incidents in this story than mystery. The mystery is rather weak. But the happenings in this story is strange.
There …
Turn Coat, a Harry Dresden book by Jim Butcher
Turn Coat is the eleventh novel in the Dresden files, a fantasy series set in Chicago featuring Harry Dresden, wizard. As with most Dresden novels, I’d recommend reading them in more or less the right order or you will be quite confused. The Dresdenverse has its own set of …
Nothing Lasts Forever book
I had purchased the set of books of Sidney Sheldon wherein I got Bloodline and Nothing Lasts Forever together in the same binding. I must admit it was the best deal i ever made! Nothing Lasts Forever is as enthralling as Bloodline. Both novels are way apart from each …
Simple Abundance
When Sarah Ban Breathnauch published Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy in 1995, she probably had no idea how successful it would be. It almost has a cult following now. There is a website, online magazine and even community groups that teach the Simple Abundance principles. Written …
American Knees by Shawn Wong book
American Knees written by Shawn Wong was one of the most different and subtle books I have read. The story is told in a very peculiar way and a very serious theme is presented in a very humorous way. The name of the book was very dubious and I …
Strong Medicine by Arthur Hailey
Arthur Hailey’s Strong Medicine is a look by one of the finest authors of our times at the pharmaceutical industry. As is his style, Hailey weaves an engrossing story around the inner goings on of the industry. The protagonist of the book, Celia Jordan, is shown as rising from …
Memoirs of a Geisha book
After reading a lot of positive critique about the novel, I bought a copy and read it eagerly the moment I took hold of it. I’ve seen the movie long before I read the book. It was the movie that captured my interest and based on my experience, the …
Popular Tales and Fictions by William Alexander Clouston
When I read the book title, Popular Tales and Fictions written by William Alexander Clouston, I get the impression that the myths stories presented are almost like real stories. I enjoyed reading it pretty much.
I guess there’s always a child in all of us and that by reading …
Lick (Stage Dive #1) by Kylie Scott
Lick (Stage Dive #1) by Kylie Scott it’s a book that I didn’t hate but I also didn’t love. It’s one of those that get stuck in the middle, great to just spend time when we want to read something light but with the right touch of angst and …
The New Catacomb
As far as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories are concerned, his story, The New Catacomb, isn’t as scary as I think he intended on it being, but it is a great story to read.
The thing I like about this story is none of it makes any sense until …
Blood Promise by Richelle Mead book
Blood Promise is the fourth book in the Vampire Academy series. Rose Hathaway’s world turned upside down during the last few pages of the previous book, Shadow Kiss. Ever since she found out that Dimitri had turned Strigoi, Rose has had her mind set on saving him. Saving him …
The President’s Daughter by Mariah Stewart
The President’s Daughter by Mariah Stewart. This is my first time reading a Mariah Stewart novel. I loved it. It was written in 2002. Since then Mariah has written several top selling novels.
This story was is centered around the Washington DC area, specifically the White …
Will Write for Food by Dianne Jacob Book
Cooking has become one of my favorite hobbies—”since learning how to do it correctly, and for the past few months I have wanted to start a food blog, but the problem is I didn’t know where to begin. I’m familiar with blogging platforms and writing, but other than that …
Dan Brown Origin book
Dan Brown’s books are now read and praised all over the world and all of that is because of his bestseller “The Da Vinci Code”. Because of that every new book that famous American writer releases automatically gets a crazy amount of attention, as well as the pressure to …
Foods That Make You Lose Weight (or Negative Calories) by Isabelle Martin
Definitely a diet book with a difference! Expect the unexpected and be prepared to consider something totally different. Food That Make You Lose Weight published by editions reuille is most certainly not your usual calorie counting, points charting driven hell!
The author Isabelle Martin had got fed up with all …
Watching Birds book
“Watching Birds” is a classic work by James Fisher, and the copy I have is published by the still much missed Pelican Books imprint of Penguin. As was always the case back in those days (the book was first published in the austere days of the 1940s) there is …
Happy are the Clean of Heart by Andrew M Greeley
Happy are the Clean of Heart, written by Andrew M Greeley, was published by Warner Books in 1986.
Father Blackie Ryan looked forward to a Christmas reunion with his childhood friends, George Quinn and Lisa Malone, the famed movie star. Blackie had nursed an infatuation for Lisa all …
Last-Minute Knitted Gifts by Joelle Hoverson
I had been wanting this book for quite a while before I received it as a Christmas gift. It is a very nice book for a knitter, especially one who, like me, likes to have a finished product quickly.
There is a good section at the front about how to …
Mario Party 2 Official Strategy Guide from BradyGames
The Mario Party 2 Official Strategy Guide from BradyGames is a fabulously designed guide that is quite enjoyable to browse through and look at. There is a lot of unique character art that cannot be found elsewhere. I also like how every board map is thoroughly detailed with specific …
Make Easy Money with Google: Using the Adsense Advertising Program
I was first impressed with the title of this book at a local bookstore. I grabbed it and paid quickly without glancing through the contents. Well, let’s just say that I would have changed my mind if I had done so.
This book covers some good introductory elements …
The Angel of Death - Hugh Corbett book
In this fourth book in the series about the medieval sleuth Hugh Corbett, the year is 1299 and King Edward I is feuding with the Church. When Walter de Montfort, the Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, is poisoned and dies during High Mass, Corbett must find the murderer. As the …
Set in Stone by Linda Newberry
This is a truly excellent Young Adult novel. It’s a well-written mix of historical fiction and mystery. I read this entire novel in one afternoon, as I wanted to find out what the secret in this book was, so yes, it is a real page-turner. I should add the …
Wrapped-Up Foxtrot - comic strip book
I wouldn’t ordinarily buy a book like this because a lot of the content is available for free on the internet, but having received it as a gift I did enjoy it. Wrapped-Up Foxtrot by Bill Amend contains the final daily strips because Amend is no longer doing daily …
Breaking Dawn
Breaking Dawn is the last installment of the Twilight Saga Series.In this book,Bella and Edward were about to get married.The occasion was very grand and all their love ones were present in the occassion.Little did they knew that this wedding was also Bella’s goodbye party for her love …
Woodlands Regional Library
I went to the Woodlands Community Library with my daughter to borrow some books for her. Even though I have visited this library several times before, I have never actually been to the Children’s section.
But first, let me describe to you the interior of the library. The library is …
Dungeoneer book
Dungeoneer is a book which allows you to run role playing adventure games in the world of Fighting Fantasy, probably best known for the extremely successful British series of solo game books. This publication introduces a number of advanced rules, which attempt (I think generally successfully) to bring more …
1st To Die by James Patterson book
This is the first book by James Patterson that I have ever read, and therefore, I was a bit unprepared for his style. Each chapter is short, about three to five pages long, just enough to finish a chapter while standing in line. This series of books is the …
Book: The Demon Apostle
The Demon Apostle is the third book in the Demon Wars Saga Trilogy. I had high hopes for this book but was sorely let down. We again join Pony, Elbryan and the others. However, Pony is not herself. She has been through great tragedy, obviously, and so begins to …
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