Identical by Ellen Hopkins is written in a similar style to Crank, which I’ve also read. Both these books use a back and forth, almost diary, almost poetry style of writing. I can see how it appeals to teenagers. It makes the book a bit harder to follow closely …

Billion Girl is a ten volume long manga by Sakai Miwa. The manga has the genre of comedy, drama, mature, romance, shoujo, and school life. I think it can also be labeled on tragedy because a lot of situations in the manga are really too tragic. The story runs …

I love the twilight series, and this is my favorite book. It has the most action and is the most interesting.
Well Edward is back after he left Bella in the last book. And Bella is closer to jacob. Well at least she was until Jacob screwed her over and …

Shirley Jackson’s short story “The Lottery” makes use of characterization extensively in order to enhance its meaning. The story is made up of multiple characters, each of which add their own facet to the story’s personality. Mr. Summers, for example, exhibits a certain control over the entire setting while …

I have always been interested in knowing the value of my Intelligence Quotient score, and since we had never been tested at school, what I have always had to resort to was finding free IQ tests on the internet. Nevertheless, those online IQ tests generally end up disappointing me …

I’ve read most of Conan Doyle’s stories about Sherlock Holmes, so I decided to give his other stories a try. One of his horror tales, The Horror of the Heights, is actually better than I expected it to be.
Doyle claims to be copying what was found in the journal …

This is a life-changing book which i believe everybody must read once.Everyone of us had some dreams of becoming somebody great someday whom people may admire and respect.This book makes us believe that nothing is impossible.The day i completed this book,i just felt so good.It helped me to see …

I love stories about dinosaurs and this is without doubt one of the best dinosaur novels that I have ever read. This book takes you on a thousand mile trip across the swamps, forests and dry rocky landscapes of the Cretaceous. The various eco systems are so well described …

I have read the book ‘Stillness speaks’ by Eckhart Tolle. This book has much spiritual wisdom in it and is not an ordinary self-help book. There is much to be pondered over and a lot of things that can be applied in daily life.
The mind is responsible for most …

The Dirty Duck was written by Martha Grimes and published by Dell Publishing in 1988.
I am very delighted by this story to read about the slightly uncomfortable interaction between the so-formal, proper British and the direct, expressive Americans. The meeting of the two cultures is …

This is one of the most popular philosophies from China, OSHO has been know for having a soft corner for this, he has given commentary on Daoism which is quite a big one and goes as long as ix parts of the series making it a kind of epic …

The Partner is another excellent novel by John Grisham. As usual, Grisham is highly involved in writing stories based on the legal environment, may I add, with a lot of twists and drama.
Patrick Lanigan is a former lawyer and an upcoming partner in a Mississippi Law firm. Lanigan was …

Where The Wild Things Are is a delightful children’s book about a little boy named Max who, alone in his bedroom, conjures up a jungle and many wild things, or beasts, as we would call them. I loved reading this book to my children when they were young, and …

Micro Computers for Business and Home is a real window into the past of computing. It was published (by the British company Paperfronts) way back in 1983, and although its author A. D. T. Fryer has not gone on to become a well known name in the industry it …

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card is one of my favorite books. Set in Earth’s future, this impressive work is a about a genius boy named Ender Wiggin who is taken from his family to Battle School to train for an imminent battle against the insectoid invaders called “buggers.” …

“Prime Time, Prime Movers: From I Love Lucy to L.A. Law-America’s Greatest TV Shows and the People Who Created Them” is a book that basically takes a look at the television landscape from the very early 1950s to the very late 1980s. What I really like about this book …

The book title, I Hate Conflict! is something that I will always have to read out aloud on days that I have a bit of a problem dealing with the people in my life. There are just a lot of people that I consider being out to destroy me, …

Late in 2010 Adobe realeased Version 9 of Photoshop Elements. The “how to” material supplied with the software is spartan to say the least and finding such material either through the help files or as tutorials on the web is inconvenient when one is trying to …

Prime Suspect was written by Lynda La Plante and published by Dell Publishing in 1993.
Why are ambitious women always depicted as hard and bitchy, when they are just trying to do a job and prove their worth? I’m indeed surprised that a female writer would portray her protagonist …

“Cowgirl Rosie And Her Five Baby Bison” is a children’s book authored and illustrated by Stephen Gulbis and published in 2001. It is a cute book about a little cow girl that my daughter liked quite a bit. She has made several requests for the “cowgirl book.”
Pros: …

Parts of this book I enjoyed tons, some parts of the book seemed to linger on and be a bit boring. Overall I think Truman Capote did a magnificent job writing this book- He risked so much to write this book, his life never being the same after. Having …

World After is the second book written after the novel Angelfall (Penryn and the end of days.) Written by Susan Ee.
World After takes place shortly after the first book angel fall ends. Just like the first book, Susan Ee does an fantastic job yet again in creating a …

Reading the book was like having a trip to India, like being fostered by a middle class Indian family and being immersed with its exotic culture. It gave me a glimpse of India’s countryside, its political issues before, Indian overseas workers, its caste system and thoughts of an Oxford-educated …

Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki is a book on making money. Robert Kiyosaki, a self-made millionaire, begins with stories from his childhood and introduces two men he considers his fathers, one of them rich and another poor. Robert’s biological father was a highly educated man who …

Like most of others I read Angels and Demons after reading later works of Dan Brown. As a thriller I feel Angels and Demons will be the best work so far from Dan Brown. But in other aspects like symbology and intrinsic suspense Angels and Demons is not a …

I have been waiting almost fifteen years for L.J. Smith to release another book in the Vampire Diaries young adult series. I thought it had ended for good after book four, until I saw the Nightfall book, which is a direct continuation of the other four books, on the …

The third book is the final chapter of the Millenium Trilogy of Stieg Larsson. In my copy, the inside cover has a picture of the author and a short piece on him. I was saddened to learn that he died before seeing how much of a big …

My brother loves traveling, and so do I. We have been traveling before, just the two of us, and we love exploring cities for almost every part of the world, and it helps by having this book called Cities Ranked & Rathed, written by Sperling, Bert, Sander and Peter.
However, …

Again, the Fear the Fever collection of short stories produced a winner with the tale “Feeding the Beast”. A rather short tale, this story launches right into the action by placing the reader in bed with a local prostitute. Seen through her eyes, she explains how the …

This book contains 16 of O.Henry’s short stories, I would say some of his very best. The stories included are:
“The Gift of the Magi”
“The Cop and the Anthem”
“Springtime a la Carte”
“The Green Door”
“After Twenty Years”
“The Furnished Room”
“The Pimienta Pancakes”
“The Last Leaf”
“The Voice of the City”
“While the Auto Awaits”
“A Retrieved …

I picked this reference book up at Borders, in their clearance section (which is rather extensive, at the one near us). It looked very interesting, and was inexpensive.
The book is chalk full of pictures related to the subject at hand. And, the pictures are truly beautiful, ranging …

Do you have a child in your life who is just a little more intense than the other children you know? A kid whose voice is always a little louder, who seems to be always in fast forward, whose moods (good or bad) are more intense than most kids’ …

Here is the book version I have read, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: The Inspiration for the Upcoming Major Motion Picture by F. Scott Fitzgerald. If any of you guys have watched the movie, then it’s still perfectly alright to go reverse and then read this book. …

I have lots of James Patterson novels, and he is the author that I would someday like to meet and salute. I really respect his writings, and his stories are very movie-inspiring. He should make his books into movies.
The title of this book is Cross, and it …

If there is one Filipino comic book that I love and have collected every series since it was released, it is Beerkada by Lyndon Gregorio.
I was first introduced to Beerkada when I was in college. What struck me the most is that I can relate to the stories …

This novel, In One Year and Out the Other, is a collection of short stories. Most of them are about finding new romance or boyfriends.
It isn’t really the most interesting collection ever. Many of the stories are a bit disjointed and fairly short. They don’t really have any character …

Sura’s House Keeping and Beauty and Health Tips Book is a very useful book from Sura’s Publications. Authour Prithiviraj Verma compiles this book. This book contains so many tips on various topics like beauty, health, medicine, hygiene, baby care, kitchen care, jewellery care, bathroom care, footwear care, …

Don’t Die, My Love by Lurlene McDaniel is a book that I’ve read that really moved me pretty much. It made me almost crying reading and actually, I did remember about lost love pretty much and why some people do not end up together. This is a book …

Believers in Christ across the nation and overseas constantly ask themselves why they feel no joy. After all, the Bible tells them they should feel joy in knowing their salvation through the blood of Jesus. Max Lucado explained why so many Christians lack the promised joy in his book …

Alan Greenspan claimed to have contributed to the economic turmoil that occurred in the U.S. Policy makers in government, economic actors, economic analysts, and anyone, can learn from the strengths and mistakes, to Greenspan. From the book about Alan Greenspan, I became quite understand that the financial crisis in …

Mario Party 5 Prima’s Official Strategy Guide is really an attractive strategy guide to look through. Although all the Mario Party strategy guides typically offer lots of bright colors, this strategy guide for Mario Party 5 seems to be extra vibrant and rich, which I think is great because …

I had never read any books by David Sedaris before, even though they have been recommended to me by several friends. When You Are Engulfed in Flames was the first one that I read, and I found it simply hilarious. This book is full of essays about …

The book How to Ruin Your Life by Ben Stein is fantastic. It has a very nice tongue-in-cheek approach to life in general and basically to life itself. I find the book to be very funny and I had a blastful time reading from page 1 till the …

Normally I enjoy creature stories, but I found this book about a giant man-killing mosquito to be disappointing. For one, the main killer in this novel is another human and not the mosquito. The front cover has a drawing of the mosquito on it and the little blurb on …

Recently I picked up the Brothers Karamazov by the great Fyodor Dostoevsky. His body of work is most clearly defined by the five amazing novels, Crime and Punishment, Demons, Notes from Underground, The Idiot, and Brothers Karamazov, which is his last great work. Having read all the others …

I got this book as a Christmas present a few years ago, and as I had liked the novels that I had read written by the French author Jules Verne in the past, I decided to start reading The Mysterious Island immediately, and once I started I couldn’t stop …

In Updike’s humorous short story A & P, the narrator comments on a certain mentality: living in the moment. A worker at a store has a normal, typical day until three girls walk in the store “in nothing but bathing suits.” This brings a certain highlight to the narrator’s …

The fear of clowns is very common. Many people become worried in their presence rather than have fun. This phenomenon is called coulrophobia. This has caused many media appearences of clowns stalking their victims. Perhaps the first one and one of the most popular among them is the Joker …

This book was a godsend for our family. We have struggled for years to make ends meet even though we are an upper-middle class family with what seems more than enough income. When I bought this book I had read numerous other books with different names that all had …

Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult is a top notch book, personally for me. The writings are great and awesome and Jodi Picoult is a big-voiced writer, always having great and wonderful, awesome ideas. She always has this commanding voice at heart tugging at big issues and that is …