I have seen movies based on H.G. Well’s book War of the Worlds but have never taken the time to read the book until recently. I can say now the movies don’t even come close to doing it justice.
The book, which is about an alien invasion taking place in …

I have been looking for a cheap yet good baking book for cookies . I have indeed seen many good books but not one as cheap as Cookies Wonderland . Cookies Wonderland is a bilingual book - with both English and Chinese instructions on how to bake the …

I have really been enjoying the Fear the Fever collection of short stories. But when I came to “The Sinister Woods” I was at first intrigued. The story seems to deal with the repercussions a young man must endure once his father finds out that he’s …

A useful resource for any knitter is a stitch dictionary. These can be used when making up your own patterns or changing a pattern to suit your own vision.
Knitting Stitches, by Mary Webb, is a reasonably good stitch dictionary. It is nicely illustrated, so you can see each stitch …

Come to think of it, I rarely take the opportunity to review cook books which I’ve read countless times. I don’t know why. Maybe because I’m so cooped up and concentrating on fictional and non-fiction type of self-help books and novels that I tend to ‘neglect’ cook books.
But …

“How to Be a Pirate” by Cressida Cowell is a sequel to “How to Train Your Dragon”. The memoir of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III continues, telling us how the smart, but not physically strong Viking boy goes through his pirate-training. As we know from the first book, heroic adventures …

I borrowed some books to be read almost every night, before I go to sleep, and the book Chameleons is about 2 souls who pretended to be someone else.
The hero’s character is Ryan Havens, and he is a very good looking and sexy cowboy, and he pretended to be …

Last week I had the opportunity of choosing which book my book club would be reading, and because it is still the beginning of the New Year and people are either implementing life changes or still trying to figure out what specific actions steps to take, I decided How …

I am a devoted fan of Bernard Cornwell’s historical novels, especially the —˜Sharpe’ series of books. They’re set in the Napoleonic Wars, which is a common periodic for naval exploits for characters like Hornblower and Bolitho, so Sharpe fits in pretty well. I wasn’t quite sure how much a …

“Merlin,” Book 2 of the Pendragon Cycle Series, takes a fresh look at the story of Merlin, the legendary advisor to King Arthur. As we know from Book 1 of the series, Merlin is born to Taliesin, the most talented Celtic bard, and Charis, an Atlantean princess. From his …

I really enjoy Christian fiction. I like mystery and suspense as well. Recently I finished reading Death Watch by Jack Cavanaugh and Jerry Kuiper. Death Watch is a Christian fiction novel. It is about a woman reporter who is covering a story on death watch …

Tess Gerritsen is said to be one of the greatest writers of medical thrillers. On the cover of that book she is compared with Michael Conelly and Dennis Lehane. However, the publisher forgot to explain that this is one of her first
novels written for Harlequin series and although it …

Because I do not like the fact that really I normally give the story development of the book with the story, you do not explain here in detail. In order to be the report, the book] year 1942 during independence struggle of great war and our [Indian people - is …

Do you need an idea for a great gift item for the book lover on your list? Especially if the book lover LOVES mysteries. Before I Say Good-Bye by Mary Higgins Clark is such a great read.
Fighting, quarreling, exploding boats, and Capitol Hill. Wow, what a …

Fairy Tail manga volume one by Hiro Mashima is a series about a young, cute wizard who seeks to get into a powerful wizard’s guild called the Fairy Tail Guild. She meets a handsome wizard known as Salamander but also befriends a strange boy named Natsu and his …

Unloveable is a children’s book written and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. It is one of my daughter’s absolute favorite books in the whole world. It was published in 2001 and is an adorable story about a pug who does not have any friends.
Pros: This book is wonderful! …

Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann is a very moving story. It is about 2 men whom are lovelorn and feel love-lost. 2 men, in 2 different eras but the sadness is pretty much felt by me while I was reading the story. The 2 …

In my opinion, Mariah is the female version of John Grisham. I loved this book. Where did this author come from? Great mystery story. Easy to follow and read.
The characters are Kendra and Adam. Kendra is one of those artists that sketch out suspects and Adam …

O’Reilly has made a name for itself in the world of manuals involving web programming and web design products and languages, and with good reason. The books are generally reasonably priced (compared to many other such manuals) and inform the learner in a straight-forward, easy to read manner.
I’m …

I finally gave into the temptation and hype and read Fifty Shades of Grey. Yes, after hearing bits and pieces about the book, my curiosity spiked and I had to get me a copy and read for myself. To those who haven’t read the book, I will have some …

Pregnancy comes with lots of happiness, surprises and bunch of questions and confusions with what is right to do and what not. This book by Dr Laura is excellent guide and helps you through your entire course of Pregnancy. This book has many great features which makes this book …

If you find economics very tough then here is a book which can simply solve and simplify it for you. It’s very simple and easy to understand.Deals with the most difficult of subject in a very simple and easy way which is good for students who find the subject …

In this movie, Harry Potter returns for his fourth year at Hogwarts school for witchcraft and wizardry, to find that his magical school is hosting the legendary tri-wizard tournament, a tournament in which three magical schools will choose one champion to compete in three tasks. Harry is excited …

The Hidden Assassins is a typical thriller by Robert Wilson. The story evolves like an investigation drama but as and when it develops, The Hidden Assassins handles more serious and complicated themes like terrorism and its hidden agenda. Even though the backdrop is set at Spain it is very …

“What Mrs. McGillicuddy Saw” is a mystery novel written by Agatha Christie.
When Elspeth McGillicuddy travels by train during the Christmas Season, she witnesses a woman being strangled on another train. At first she is too astounded to do anything. Once she recovers herself, she reports the murder to the …

This book is hilarious! There are so many little jokes about gender and misogyny, that it’s actually hard to notice all of them. This made it nice to reread the book.
I especially liked how the author treated the countries in the book. Even though they are made up countries, …

I have always wondered why when I was in a relationship or relationships before and certain guys that I was involved with would have this ‘emotionally unavailable’ syndrome. But after reading this book, Emotional Unavailability: Recognizing It, Understanding It, and Avoiding Its Trap by Bryn C. Collins, I finally …

Calliope Stephanides is the product of three generations of the Stephanides family. Her grandparents escape Smyrma Greece during the burning of the city by the Turks. They make their way to Detroit Michigan where they marry and begin their family. What they haven’t told anyone in …

Little men is the second book about the three surviving March sisters. Little Women saw them all married and happy, in Little Men we mainly follow Jo and her boys as she runs a boarding school in the house she inherited from aunt March. The old house is filled …

Taslima Nasreen is one of the most controversial writers of recent times she has been recently in India as a refugee as Bangladesh is not
allowing her to stay in her own country because of her controversial writings that are considered as anti Islamic. This book is first …

The nature of this story, Past Imperfect by Julian Fellowes is quite surreal. Imagine having to go through lots of difficulty just to find out whether there is any of your illegitimate child ever, by any chance. That’s what this story is all about.
A rich man …

I have loved watching Fushigi Yuugi when I was still in high school. So when I stumbled upon the manga of Yuu Watase, I knew I just had to read it. If you love reading a manga full of action, adventure, romance, and mystery, and if you love Miaka’s …

Galapagos is not the most commonly cited of Kurt Vonnegut’s books, but it is my personal favorite. Like all of his books it teaches about life with the classic Vonnegut wit.
Galapagos recounts the story of travellers on the maiden voyage of the cruise ship “El Bahia del Darwin” …

The First 48, by Tim Green is a fantastic book and should be made into a movie story for I highly recommend this. From page 1 onwards I was already enchanted and couldn’t put the book down. A fast-paced thriller like this book title is on the …

This book is written by the compilation of Jennifer Hendricks, the anorexic girl in the story who eventually dies, her father, and the National Association of Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders. Jennifer’s own writing is provided to the readers through her journal entries. Throughout the book the protagonist goes …

NOTE: House Of M Books deal with the alternate Marvel Comics reality where humans are subjugated by mutants.
Incredible Hulk House of M shows that not much has changed for the green goliath in this alternate universe other than the fact that while searching for peace and quiet in Australia, …

This book, written for teens, is about a boy who moves into town and becomes aware of several different situations. One is, unfortunately, the school bully, who has targeted him. Another is a girl and her brother, who are having familial difficulties. And the last and central problem is …

Erin Hunter is actually a made up name. Erin is actually two ladies that really love cats. Moonrise is a great book and I just bought it and read it within four hours after I had bought it. This book is about the five cats travel to see Midnight. …

Have you ever heard of holistic herbal..? Well I have and this book, Holistic Herbal 4th Edition: A Safe and Practical Guide to Making and Using Herbal Remedies by David Hoffman is so full of useful stuffs that you can just read and read and get lots of information …

I purchased this book just as I was wrapping up the first novel in the trilogy.
“It’s Not Summer Without You” by Jenny Han is the second book in the trilogy about Belly Conklin. The first book “The Summer I Turned Pretty” was an amazing book so I could hardly …

Icarus was written by Russell Andrews (published by Pocket Books in 2002)
I almost didn’t want to continue with this book the beginning was boring - about Jack and Caroline Keller; their courtship, marriage, business venture and success. The tempo only started picking up when Kid …

Quick & Healthy Snacks is a small book produced in association with the Guardian and Observer newspapers’ campaign in favour of healthy eating - something which I suppose most people would be in favour of! It is really not a great deal more than a booklet, running as it …

The book that I am going to be reviewing, A Child Called It, was written by Dave Pelzer. I checked it out from the library after hearing many recommendations for it.
This book is a true story about how Dave was abused as a child by his mother. It …

The Learning Curve by Melissa Nathan is something that I will put in my bag-list of most favorite novels. The story plot is very sweet and I love the colorful illustration pretty much.
It is about Nicky Hobbs and how much she loves and having a passion to teach. …

Database Systems is by far one of the worst books ever. Database Systems is a book intended to explain relation databases, instead by chapter 2 you forgot what you were reading. I think the author just assumes anyone reading this book is a genius. If you …

City of Bones is the first book in The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare. It is a young adult fantasy novel about Shadowhunters, humans who have the ability to see demons and are trained to hunt and kill them. The story takes place in modern day …

Bad Faith is the first book in the new mystery series featuring Sister Agatha. I really like the Thurlos’ writing and this book is no exception. Sister Agatha is an extern nun at the Our Lady of Hope Monastery located in New Mexico. As an extern, she is allowed …

Atkins for Life is a book that was put out by the Atkins diet people.
It tells you alot of the fundamentals of the Atkins diet and also gives you low carb menus for effectively controlling your weight. It gives varied low carb menus starting at 19,45 and going up …

“Heavier Than Heaven” by Charles Cross is an essential book to add to any Nirvana fan collection. This is an extremely well written biography of the life, career, and final demise of Nirvana front man, Kurt Cobain.
The thing that struck me the most about this book was the …

Domain is the first book of the Domain trilogy written by the author Steve Alten.
Summarizing the story, it happens in the year 2012. One of the characters is Dominique Vazquez, a psychiatrist who works in the case of Michael Gabriel, a schizophrenic who declares that on December 21 the …