The Recycle Barn is a great place to get used books at a reasonable price. It is also a great place to trade in those books on your shelf that you’re not reading.
Occasionally, I used to pass by the old location in Bethlehem, but it was …

Delete Him (Advice from the Girls on Healing a Broken Heart) is a super bonus good book and a must have! Written by Anna Claremont, this book is very useful for those of you out there suffering from the aftermaths of a break-up and wanting pretty much to …

Generation Ecstacy by Simon Reynolds.
In the 1980’s, the rise of rave parties skyrocketed like a missile, hitting its peak in the 1990’s and then slowly heading into a decline.
This book is supposed to be the magnum opus that recounts the definitive look into rave culture and the rise of …

This book is one of my favorites to pick up and read, if I’m feeling down or just don’t have anything to read. I love the author’s humor, and it made me laugh out loud several times when I first read it. This book is told by two characters, …

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 …

I did not care for Jennifer Weiner’s “The Guy Not Taken”. This book is a collection of eleven short stories. The stories range from a girl trying to win someone’s heart to wondering about ex loves.
Each story started off great. The story lines were good, with …

I read this book because I was intrigued by the idea that the people in some places were happier than those in other places. The author travels the globe interviewing ordinary people and happiness experts to discover the secrets of happiness.
The author is talented and amusing. The writing style …

“Behemoth” is the second book in the fantasy trilogy by Scott Westerfield that started with “Leviathan”. After reading the book I can say it is worth buying it. At the end of “Leviathan” prince Alec, the rightful heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, escapes with his men on board …

I have always looked at paintings with a deep longing for learning art. At some point, I always told myself, “I wish I could do that!” ; but having no background education on art made it impossible to achieve. Two months ago, I walked into a bookstore and I found …

After passing the period in which Nostradamus scared me with his apocalyptic predictions, land of prophets not interested me at all. That is why, the name Edgar Cayce did not say a word to me nor I expected to find myself in this book a modern Nostradamus: perhaps just …

Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was an undisputed literary genius. He produced several masterpieces (”The Brothers Karamazov”, “The Idiot”, “Crime and Punishment”, “Demons”) that are well known to most lovers of literature in this world. “The Insulted and Humiliated” is not even close to being one of these masterpieces.
I suspect the …

The first novel in Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages give us a hitherto unexplored perspective on one of Star Treks least explored races, The Romulans. Or, as they call themselves, The Rihannsu.
The novel follows the Romulan, Commander Ael t’Rllaillieu as she attempts to prevent her people going down a dark …

“The Art of Star Trek” by Judith and Garfield Reeves-Stevens covers all the visual forms of the Star Trek franchise, including the live action and cartoon shows as well as the movies, and even the proposed second series that was abandoned in favor of the 1979 motion picture, up …

Finally the last chapter of Nodame Cantabile! I had been really looking forward to it since the first volume, and I finally could read it.
In this volume Nodame returns to France, but she seems to be in some denial state where she still refuses to play piano seriously. Chiaki, …

ANE’s Smart Kid Series Best of Nursery Rhymes 1 is a very good book for playschool children.This book has 23 nursery rhymes.Each and every poem comes with pictorial representations. The book starts with the Prayer poem that teaches children how to pray god and ends up with a sweet …

Do you want to become financially free and rich? This book will not make you one . No book can. No information can. But what this book can do for you is that it can give exact information about what money actually is and what you should do to keep …

This book, one of the more recent Terry Pratchett books, is very enjoyable. While not the funniest or the best of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books, it is still definitely very funny and worth reading.
This book continues the idea of Thud! which was brought up in Going Postal. Thud itself …

Attachments was the second book I read from Rainbow Rowell and I have to say, I’m not the least disappointed. I loved this story and it’s become one of my favorites, I love the romance in it that takes place in such an… unnatural way.

It’s 1999 and Lincoln finally …

Jude Deveraux has always been my favorite love novel author and in this Someone to Love title, she still hasn’t managed to fail me. Well, most of the time though.
Jace Montgomery is very depressed and sad that Stacy, his fiancee, had committed suicide. While trying to cope …

Blood Oath was written by Willaim W. Johnstone, and published by Pinnacle Books in 1999.
This was my first book by William Johnstone; it was an unexpectedly gripping story, complete with baffling and gruesome murders. I finished the book in one night that was how carried away …

“Look Me in the Eye” and “Be Different” are both books by John Elder Robison. I had the pleasure of recently reading both of them. The openness and honesty of the books was refreshing. Mr. Robison gives us a glimpse into his life with Asperger’s syndrome and not finding …

Bhyrappa knits the story around that kind of principle of era of Mahabharata, an Indian Cult Clasic, helps the fact that you nod by any means and is not possible, - all qualities dual characteristic the problem which you think, and justify his/her behavior of thing and the raw on-target …

Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude is a self-help book with a difference - it’s easy to read, easy to take in and is written with a sense of humour!
As a normally positive person I’d lost my way in life after a series of personal disasters. A friend gave me …

Gone by Michael Grant. This book is written for pre-teens. I’m a fourty year old adult reading this book. I actually enjoyed this book. It’s starts of with kids sitting in a classroom when all of a sudden the teacher disappears. Soon, the kids …

Home: A Memoir of My Early Years is a book by Julie Andrews and this book is from her own personal memoirs all over about her life; from her career life right up to who she is in person and stuff like that.
Just in case readers out there do not …

Now, this complete Calvin and Hobbes set is about $90.00, and it’s quite worth it for die hard fans.
The author of this story is Bill Watterson, and he has conjured a good writing on the musings and antics of both Calvin and Hobbes. I managed to read the …

If such creatures, the body, a dog, a tree, a hint of red color, the devil and a horse could talk, and then communicate like humans in general. What will happen? All that became one of the many unique that we can see from the style of Orhan Pamuk …

“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 …

Recently I went to a nearby library to apply for a library card for my daughter. It was a weekday afternoon, so it was not as crowded as the weekends. I went to the counter and told the librarian that I would like to register my daughter as a …

This is a standard textbook for learning the C program. It is written by the world reknowned author, E Balaguruswamy. The book is written in a format that is very simple to understand. It begins for the very basics of programming. What is better is that you need not …

Aftermath was written by Peter Robinson and published by Harper Collins Publishers in 2001.
The story started off with very gruesome violence in the house of Terry Payne two police constables had found his wife, Lucy, unconscious and Payne in the basement with a dead girl. Payne …

As many people may already know, New Moon is the sequel to the international bestseller, Twilight, by Stephanie Meyer. I found New Moon as good as Twilight. In fact, I might even go as far as to say that it was probably better. Many people, however, do not agree …

I have read The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Teens when I was study at the university, the book quite helped. Now I have grown up and it is far different from being teenager, all kind of problem arises, such as job, partner, wife, family, neighbor, car, etc. Each …

This Italy Lonely Planet Country Guide was written by by Damien Simonis, Duncan Garwood, Paula Hardy, and Alex Leviton.
To be quite honest, this book is a great book. I borrowed this book from the library in this town when we had our trip to Italy for ten days. And …

Borders Books is one of my favorite places to shop for books, movies, and music in Knoxville. I’ve gotten into something of a routine. I like to go in and get a tall coffee from their cafe, then walk around and pick out a few good books …

Ice Hunt is a book written by James Rollins, and my sister bought it for me for about $7.99, since she knows that I love reading fiction books so much. This story is about an American deep-sea research team. They discover something moving and alive.
They found something …

Ok. 2nd book of the Circle of Magic quartet. After the damages from the earthquake (read this in Sandry’s book), Winding Circle’s defenses are now weak. Of course, the pirates are taking advantage to this. Therefore all 4 of our young mages - Tris, Sandry, Briar and Daja - …

Crush It: Why Now Is The Time to Cash in On Your Passion, by Gary Vaynerchuk. After I have read h it, I can’t help wondering what all the rave reviews are about? Everywhere, everyone, seems to have loved this book , are they faking it? Are …

Loyalty Myths: Hyped Strategies That Will Put You Out of Business is written by Timothy L. Keiningham, Terry G. Varva, Lerzan Aksoy, and Henri Wallard. I had a copy of this book and think it is a good read to those who are in business or who want to …

I love the Borders in downtown Louisville at 4th Street Live. Borders is the main retail anchor for the development that was built about 4 years ago, and is my main lunchtime destination for the days I choose to eat a 5-minute lunch and spend the rest of …

I have long been a fan of the Deen brothers, the two sons of Food Network star Paula Deen. My mom is a big fan of Paula and I used to watch her two sons when they appeared on one of her many shows. Then they were given a …

The book A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, written by Dave Eggers have received lots of compliments from most of my friends and even my siblings. So, since everyone sort of have read it, I want to have a feel of it too. I bought it. …

A few years ago, I was able to read my first Sidney Sheldon novel, Master of the Game, I enjoyed the story so much, that I became a fan of the late Sidney Sheldon and read many of his books. It was sad to hear that he had …

I found myself reading the latest and most current Ella Clah novel with mixed feelings. Typically, I will read a series of mystery books by reading the newest book in the series from the New Books Section of the library, then if I like it, I’ll read the entire …

Fruits Basket Manga Volume 3 begins with Yuki and Kyo participating in a long distance endurance run at school. Yuki isn’t feeling very well and Tohru meets another member of the Sohma family Hatsuharu Sohma, and after Yuki recovers they all celebrate, or deal with Valentine’s Day.
This manga …

We found this delightful book in the children’s section of our local library. It is the Usborne edition of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, beautifully illustrated by Serena Riglietti. The story of the mischief caused by fairies on Midsummer Night in the forest is enchantingly encapsulated in this small hardcover …

Out of the nine books I read by Heather Graham recently, I think this is one of the scariest. And it’s not just the endless cornfields pictured on the cover or the fact that a serial killer is leaving bodies on the posts meant to hold scarecrows, either. It’s …

“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 …

After reading Shatter Me and Unravel Me, I didn’t think twice before picking up the last instalment to the trilogy. I thought Shatter Me was actually a relatively good young adult novel, but Unravel Me had completely ruined the trilogy. So, the main reason for me reading Ignite Me …

“Mouse Mess,” by Linnea Riley is a fairly cute story with vivid pictures but one big problem: the book is about a mouse crawling around food, and if that is not bad enough, the mouse looks like a big rat.
The book follows the adventures of an unnamed mouse …