Turnabout, a book for youths aged 10 - 15, is based on an interesting idea about extending your life. Or actually, people’s lives in general. This is one of those books that takes one scientific fact and expands upon it, as if it could happen in real life, of …

‘Medalon’ is the first book in a trilogy that is a sub-series to a larger series. I first developed an interest in it because it had a catching cover —“ beautiful artwork. The blurb on the back also sounded interesting, but I ended up going with another …

Dating For Dummies by Dr. Joy Browne is an inexpensive, but great gift for anyone with single friends this holiday season. Because my husband and I obtain virtually all single friends, I have already picked up several copies of this humorous and light-hearted book. To be quite …

Anthem, an outstanding book by Ayn Rand is probably one of the most debated books ever(as is the case with most her books) and plenty has been written about it.Yet,in this review,I hope I convey a different opinion,being just 15 and lacking any formal training in literature beyond school.
We …

I bought this novel because I saw it in the bestseller book section and the title itself caught my attention and when I read at the synopsis, it’s not that bad and quite interesting as it talks about life and death.
“Five People You Meet in Heaven” is about …

Grave Secrets is the fifth book from Kathy Reichs. She is also the producer of the hit television series Bones, the stories of which are based on her books and the charaters therein.
The first few books of Kathy Reichs were not so interesting, even though I read that …

Charles Locke and Sarah Carlyle meet in the sea. The ship Charles is on has been attacked by pirates, Charles is wounded and left for dead. Sarah’s ship rescues the young man. As she nurses him back to health, Charles falls in love with the beautiful young woman. What …

A hard cover book written by Benita Brown.
This 346 page long book engrossed me from beginning to the end. A very powerful story of a young woman, not liked by her own family. Melissa learns her craft of dressmaker from her mother, who dies before her time. …

I have been fascinated by Donald Trump ever since I had learn of his accomplishments in the business world. He is one of the most successful businessman in the world with business interests around the globe. I have fallen in love with business ever since my father introduced me …

Sigh! I’ve done it again. I’ve lowered my standards to read another one of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels. If I didn’t enjoy her writing and characters so much I would avoid this series like a plague. But as it is, I find myself almost compelled to read the …

OK what did I miss. I have read all the glowing reviews of The Mermaid Chair and I guess I was reading a different book. You have a woman who engages in a romance with a priest and visa versa and they couldn’t get enough conflict just …

I checked this book out for my four-year-old niece, right around Mother’s Day, with a bunch of other mother-themed books. Of all the mother-themed books we looked at, my niece and I agreed that this one was our favorite! The story contains beautiful, colorful, realistic illustrations of different kinds …

Peeper was written by Loren D Estleman and published by Bantam Books, 1990.
A funny book, not comical but queer; as this is a story written about a slob - not only in appearance but in character. Ralph Poteet, an unsuccessful detective, had been demoted to the …

Gregory David Roberts’ book SHANTARAM has become an absolute bestseller. I have heard conflicting opinions about it from many friends. If the book is controversial, then you should read it.
And if you don’t like to read, check out the book trailer at the top of this review.
The author’s …

—˜The epic of Gilgamesh’ is a translation by N K Sandars. The author has written this book in a style very interesting to read. The epic of Gilgamesh is one of the most interesting. This book is a very good one and it is worthy to be read for …

Sometimes a person has a lot of books that you no longer want or need. That has happened to me on occasion and it took me a while before I found a solution. I didn’t want to just throw the books away as they were still in good condition …

Writing the Action Adventure Film by Neill D. Hicks
Could a book with the words “action” and “adventure” in the title possibly be more “boring?”
This is another in a seemingly endless line of “How to write a screenplay” books. What separates this title from other screewriting books is that it …

Do you like dragons? If you answered no, then don’t read this review. If you answered yes, chances are you’ve already read this book, and if you haven’t, you’ll love it.
Summary: The lands of Alta and Tia are at war, and Joust tells the story of a young serf …

Number the Stars is a Newbery Medal winning children’s book about the rescue of Jews in Denmark during the Holocaust. It focuses on two ten year friends.
I love this book. I’ve always been fascinated by the subject matter. I also love stories about best friends, and …

I have downloaded a few free e-books from the Barnes and Noble website, and this has to be in the top five books that I’ve read for free ever. It’s by John Harold McCoy and starts off really slowly talking about small town life and a woman who lost …

My oldest daughter has been asking for a bible to read. But, I haven’t been able to find a decent Children’s Bible in this area.
The other day, I was walking through Wal-mart and came across the VeggieTales Bible Storybook with Scripture for $13. Even though it wasn’t an actual …

I finished the novel and Brave New World became my favorite book. When asked why it was, I at first had no clear answer, but after reading it a second time, I realized why I love it so much: it depicts the flaws of our living generations, the obsessions …

I have so many praises for Minus Nine to One: The Diary of an Honest Mum by Jools Oliver. Honestly, I picked this up at random from the library and I have not looked back since. I have this habit of picking books that have an interesting cover, …

School’s Out by Sarah Tucker is a story that I reminisced like during my school years and me and the rest of my schoolmates would gather at the playground and all our mommies would huddle together, sit and gossip and share stories; sometimes personal too. School’s Out is something …

The old man and the sea, A magnificent short story by Earnest Hemingway. Earnest Hemingway has his own style of writing and I must say he one of the best writers in English literature. My third language while graduating was alternative English and we had to study this book …

This is a small paperback book with 175 pages of alien language from the Star Wars movies. The book covers Bocce, Huttese, Ewokese, Jawaese, Droidspeak, Gunganese, Neimoidian, Wookie-speak, Sullustan and Tuskan. The book includes individual words and phrases as well as a short history of each race.
As a humor …

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 …

I consider myself to be a busy girl with a full plate of things to do, which is great but leaves me little time to read. Reading is a past time that I find pretty darn enjoyable, and I like tackling books that have a little meat to their …

My Mother in-law gave me this book a year ago as a gift before my husband and I moved out of state. It is put out by Hallmark books and contains many different uplifting scriptures with reflections and best loved poems.
This little book, and it is a little …

The Voyage Home is a classic tale of alien encounter by author Diane Duane, who is known for her books that take place in the Star Trek universe. The Voyage Home is a story in keeping with the themes of an episode of Star Trek the Next Generation, …

Betty Crocker’s Christmas Cookbook is an indispensable cookbook for anyone, like myself, who does a large amount of cooking, baking and candy making during the Christmas holidays. Because this is a Betty Crocker cookbook the recipes are very easy to follow, easy to make, and most are relatively …

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 …

I’ve just bought a book called “Le Pazze” by Daniela Padoan. It’s about “Madres de Plaza de Mayo” who lost their children during the miltar ditactorship. It tells us about the political history of the country (Presidents, dictatorships, etc.) to help us to understand why so many people were …

I absolutely adore Harry Potter and am one of his biggest fans! Those people you see on the news who go to the midnight release party, yep I am one of them. However, it has not always been that way. I only recently got into Harry Potter, after the …

Drive My Car is the fourth chapter of the manga, The World God Only Knows; written and illustrated by Tamiki Wakaki
In this chapter, there is a truth revealed about Mio Aoyama. Mio Aoyama acts spoiled spent her money carelessly. This angered Morida and he reminded her that his father …

When I was new to my job, I unexpectedly got promoted at once, and I found myself faced with having to talk to a lot of experienced big shots who had already worked in the industry for many years. A week before my first big meeting, I got …

Five point something is a fun read all the way, the novel deals with life of students in Indian Institute of Technology, how they make it in the IIT and they struggle after the selection to cope up with the environment in the IIT, someone who has been in …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Boogeymen is a novel that centers more around Wesley Crusher than any other character, although quite thankfully, Wesley is portrayed as he was in very late season three and season four of the television show, so he is not obnoxiously written in this …

I have read the book ‘Business School-For Those Who Wants To Help Others’ written by Robert Kiyosaki. I find it a very good book to understand the reality about network marketing and about the values of a network marketing business.
The main emphasis in this book is why a person …

The book Mercy by Jodi Picoult is about a married couple madly in love with eachother. Maggie and Jamie have such a strong relationship that Jamie does a remarkable thing. He follows her wishes releives her of her pain. Maggie is terminally ill and she has such a strong …

With three siblings, there are three kingdoms to rule. But when a prophecy is laid out and one of them would have to be sacrificed, the balance of the world will be plunged into great chaos and tribulations will fill the land. This is the premise of the first …

It is a good book. When you first look at the book you think to yourself “This looks nice.” and you but it. That is easy but hat isn’t easy is starting it. Beginning to read it is kind of hard because the beginning is not that intresting but …

So I’ve been reading books about business and getting ahead financially, and I thought I’d try this book, Fish! Tales, By Stephen C. Lundin, John Christensen, and Harry Paul, to see if I could get some inspiration.
It’s a sequel, which does change the book quite a bit - I …

After having acquired my set of the Webster’s Family Encyclopedia more than fifteen years ago, I still find this set of reference books very informative, relevant and very helpful.
I usually use the Encyclopedias to make reference to historical activities as well as to get a brief summary of an …

This book is also part of the collection of Urban Erotic Tales in the blackexpressions book club. This author has a few titles published and they all have some sort of connection.
This particular book explains the life of a thug in the hood who becomes a pro in basketball, …

Slightly Wicked, written by Mary Balogh, is a very satisfying read for me, but minus the racy scenes. But as an avid reader like me who is really passionate about good story-lines and books, I find Slightly Wicked to be very interesting and a very good book at that. …

The slippery slope is the tenth book of the series of unfortunate events series. The basic idea of this book was to one gain more information on VFD, to find out if their parents are in fact still alive and also for Violet and Klaus to get their sister …

Have you read Afterburn by Zane? This Author is known for some of her incredible work such as: The Sex Chronicles, The Heat Seekers, Gettin’ Buck Wild and much more. But her book, Afterburn, might be the best of all; the way she brings her characters’ Rayne Waters and …

Random House published the Little Book of Humorous Quotations, a bright little orange book that holds, you guessed it, a bunch of different humorous quotations.
The book is organized by category, running the gamut from politics and philosophy to the arts to marriage to women to sports and everywhere in …

I’ve had a love for history since I was a small child. I’ve studied it most of my life, but my curiosity on the historical effects, implementations and consequences of torture and other forms of corporeal punishment were brought together by “The History of Torture” by Daniel P. Mannix.
I …