Several months ago I took advantage of a free autumn afternoon by enjoying a luxuriously aimless browse through Powell’s City of Books here in Portland (a ten star rating if ever there was one, but that is another review). As I slunk through the racks my attention was …

This book is with out a doubt the best I have read. I received this book from an aunt as a gift, at first the style The Book Thief confused me but after the first page I was hooked. The Book Thief is the story of Liesel Meminger, …

I have not read many books by the lawyer and author, John Grisham; however, when I read the book “The Street Lawyer” by him some months ago, I thought that it was a really good book.
At first when I saw it, I thought that it would be slightly …

I have just recently finished reading the book, Goddess Games by Niki Burnham. And it was a real disappointing read. I don’t know that the book was going to be a real bore. Bore meaning that the contents are kind of childish, but then again, I blame …

As someone who has gone through a whole lot of cars in my life, and someone who will continue to do so probably for as long as I live, the AutoTrader Magazine has been a big part of the process.
I usually buy cars for the love I have for …

This is a story out of many stories from Old Peter’s Russian Tales.
Old Peter was an old woodcutter who lived with his grandchildren in a little hut in the deep forests somewhere in Russia.
He used to tell his grandchildren many stories from the old folklore of Russia of which …

I have read the book —˜mystery at the ski jump’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is quite a good book and is one among the Nancy Drew series. This is an interesting book and is full of suspense. I liked it very much.
There are many interesting things in this …

Storm is the first book in the Elemental series. Becca Chandler’s life changes the moment she saves a boy in the school car park. That boy happens to be Chris Merrick, who is unlike other boys. Chris has the power to control the element water. Chris’ three brothers are …

I bought this 517 page paperback at WHSmiths with 2 other books for 20 pounds.
I´ve never been a fan of Victoria, I always found her miserable, skinny and a show off, but I am quite fair and always like reading auto-biographies, just to hear their side of the story.
If …

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 …

I have just finished reading The Cater Street Hangman, by Anne Perry.
I really enjoyed this book. I believe Ms. Perry writes about strong characters.
I liked meeting Charlotte and Thomas. Whom I am aware are in a whole series of these books. It is always nice to read the …

It took me forever to get through this novel. Although it was good, there were points that didnt seem to fit with the theme. It is about a young Hungarian baroness who falls in love with someone who is considered beneath her. Then World War 2 …

In the book that I’ve read, The Ghost of Grania O’Malley by Michael Morpurgo, it is or isn’t a ghost story, I’m not going to really say. You would have to read and find out the truth behind this particular Big Hill. Rumors have it that this hill …

This is a book shop near HPCL Outlet in Siripuram area. The nice thing about this shop is its ambience. You can sit there for hours together and get absorbed in the book you want to select. The place has plenty of books arranged neatly in titled shelves. You …

With the multitude of books that reach out to people’s emotions, Tuesday with Morrie is the one book that really got to me. In a post-modern world where everything happens in an instant, we become lost in a fast-paced lifestyle and we stop to care. We are always in …

Every novel I’ve come across by Jodi Picoult has one unique aspect: They are full of surprises, each a unique story. The Storyteller is definitely no exception; it delves into a well documented part of history- The Holocaust.
The Storyteller does an incredible job of telling …

The Crown of Horns is the last book in the cartoon series Bone by Jeff Smith. The book starts with Thorn, the heroine, being cast in prison and then falling asleep and dreaming of the night when her parents were killed. That dream is a red thread through the books, …

I am a big fan of Conn Igulden and I have read a lot of the books he has written. The lords of the bow was the last one I read from him and I have to say that it was hard to put that book down once I …

The 39 Clues series is a co written book series - each book no bigger than 200 - 300 pages or so with large print written by various popular writers taking turns such as Rick Riordan (author of Percy Jackson demigod series), Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick …

Queen of Camelot is a great book that combines two books, The Child Queen and The High Queen, into one book. This book tells the story of King Arthur, Lancelot, the round table and all of Camelot, but does so through the eyes of Guinevere. We learn of her …

Fans of Haruki Murakami will be delighted to learn another side of him by reading this non-fiction book. As the title indicates, this book which Murakami calls his memoir talks a great deal about another of his passion in addition to writing novels, and that is, running. The book …

My 9-year-old daughter absolutely loves High School Musical, so when I came across this High School Musical box set, I knew she would love it.
I bought the box set at a loal book store for the great sale price of £3.99 reduced from £11.97. Since I bought it …

I have read the book —˜Spoken English learned quickly’ written by Lynn Lundquist. This is a good and helpful book. This book is certainly of help to anybody who is interested to improve his or her fluency in English. In my case, it was certainly helpful. Throughout the book, …

Vincent Luca, the protagonist of Son of the mob by Gordon Korman, has now graduated from high school and is off to film school as far away from his dad and the “vending machine company” as he can get.
Fortunately for the readers and unfortunately for Vince, his brother, …

The title book, Pride & a Pregnancy Secret is a really good love story. The author of this book is none other than Tessa Radley and she has written very well that I enjoyed reading this love novel pretty much.
In Pride & a Pregnancy Secret, it starts off …

I not only liked , but I was also left with a very good impression from this book. In this case I speak of a small, poignant book that I believe will find a way to your heart the way it found to mine. I am talking about “Paw …

Thinking Through the Past, 3rd edition, Volume II by John Hollitz is a supplemental book for U.S. History. It presents political arguments and asks the reader to compare and contrast them to primary sources of the time. This book is intended only to supplement a regular textbook …

I picked up the Sex and the City book from the local library after watching the show for several years. Considering that the show was based on the book, I assumed that the book would follow the same kind of story lines, or at least use the same characters. …

The name of the writer Jack London is firmly associated with adventure literature in readers. Well, who hasn’t read books about the Wild West, Alaska, gold prospectors, pirates, sailors, and cowboys cutting across the prairies? But, the skill of the author is not limited to the adventure genre. Some …

Pilot Pups is a children’s book by Michelle Meadows and illustrated by Andreasen. It is a brand new book, published in 2008. The book features warm colors in the artwork but very little story.
This is one of those children’s books that tries to tell a story using …

This book is titled The Face, and it’s another story featuring an ordinary girl named Martha living in Fear Street who is a great artist but she subconsciously draws a face of a young teenage guy and she can’t seem to stop drawing the face. She gets really scared …

I received the first book in the Twilight Saga for Christmas and, due to having nothing else to read, decided I would power through it, thinking it had to be horrible as I don’t normally like anything involving vampires, immortals or much supernatural stuff. However, I made it only …

I was so thrilled when my friend introduced me to this book. I hadn’t heard of it, and I was a huge dragon fan (and overall fantasy fan). The cover art was unique and I loved the blue theme, which just made me more exciting to get …

I am often quite partial to books about anthropomorphic animals, which is to say those which have at least some human characteristics, such as speech or reasoning, or even wearing clothes. So when I found Aeron Clement’s 1987 novel about the lives of a group of badgers, “The Cold …

The Body Finder, by Kimberly Derting, is a fantastic book about a girl named Violet, who has the ability to locate the bodies of people who have been murdered. The story also includes a growing sense of “more than friends…” feeling between Violet and her best friend Jay. The …

Marked by PC and Kristen Cast is the first volume in the House of Night Series about a vampire finishing school. This book is juvenile fiction. Although I am far from Juvenile, I enjoyed this book. I do not consider myself to be one of those …

I was so excited when I found this book. It was in the Lending Library at my place of work. It was one of those books that had been there as long as I could remember, but that no one ever bothered to look into. David Allen is like …

Triple Your Reading Speed, By Wade Cutler,is a book that shows you how to read faster. It contains useful eye exercises to expand your vision and increase your reading speed.It also contains many drills for practicing block reading. It includes many comprehension passages followed by multiple choice questions that …

In my youth, I will be honest to admit that I LOVED the movie “Tron” when it was shown in cinemas in the Philippines. While the movie does pale in comparison to the current crop of CGI fare, back then, I was completely blown away by the neon computer …

So you think you could write a great children’s book? Believe your words will delight millions of youngsters, but you just don’t know how to get the job done?
As author of The Writer’s Guide to Crafting Stories for Children, Nancy Lamb says, “The fact is, we all have great …

This is Elizabeth’s Secret Diary, and it’s all about her deepest and darkest secrets that we wouldn’t have thought she has! Everybody thinks she is Miss Perfect —“she is smart, nice, caring, beautiful, athletic, and loved by everyone. You might think her diary is boring, but it’s just as …

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a book about Harry Potter finding that he can speak in parsletongue(snake language). In this book he finds out that there is a chamber full of secrets related to his arch enemy-Voldemort. In the process, many of his friends turn to …

Rolling Away by Lynne Marie Smith
Unlike “Generation Ecstacy,” Smith’s autobiography truly gives one a feel for the subculture that gets caught up in the drug Ecstacy.
Sadly, such a treatise is delivered as we see her pain and alienation and descent into drug problems.
It’s hard to not like Smith. She …

Instead of buying the comics individually, I recently bought the complete edition of Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search illustrated by Gurihiru. I’ve been a long time fan of the animated television series on Nickelodeon, so I jumped on the chance for more story content. This …

This book is the 5th book in the Deltora Quest series, and it has some of the neatest animals in the series. Or maybe they are people. At any rate, Leif, Barda, and Jasmine get to fly in the pouches of the kin, as well as save the Dread …

One of the best ways to improve your mentality is to recognize your own feelings. You have the right to choose what you feel. You may also already bored if asked to manage your feelings and use them in times of right, but do you know if it’s a …

The sequel to “My Enemy, My Ally” follows Deep-cover Federation Agent Terise LoBrutto AKA Arrhae t’llhweiir who has her assignment on Romulus disrupted by the unexpected arrival of a high profile federation prisoner, one Dr McCoy.
The plot is split into two independent sections which are a fantastic idea …

I first thing I noticed about this bookstore when it opened was the smell of pine. The next was that I could actually see around the entire store. I like this bookstore because it’s well organized, no hunting for a section, or an author, or trying to …

I gave my boyfriend this novel to read, written by Mike Gayle called Mr. Commitment. He really enjoys reading it, and I have a message that I would like to relay to him, that girls can’t wait so long for guys to be committed. He is a …

Discovery of India is a historical book for India, in a sense, as it is written by the first Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru. I have recently read this book. The book contains an authoritative account on India and took the reader on the path of evolution …