This book by Francine Ward is totally inspirational on one part for me and the other part is quite sad and really challenging. I was very surprised to read about the author’s journey; how she has gone through in life from being at the lowest phase of her life; …

Moving at once, that it makes be satisfied at once as for Phaniyamma because of you. Meaningless rule and rule and caste system and prejudice it is closely examined, does outline of the microscope of society Phaniyamma succeed with two methods? First being delicate, and for concept of the second …

This book is an inspirational story by Ben Sherwood. Everyone is a survivor, if they believe in themselves. As humans, we all wonder what it takes to survive a crisis. This book goes through stories of survivors and what they did. Also! We get a test so we can …

This is like Harry Potter for grownups. I really likes this book a lot. It’s a story about magic. It’s set in Victorian times and it features Jonathon Strange, a young magic student, (although young here doesn’t mean pre-teen, like another magic student I could mention) and Mr Norrel, …

Vijay Tendulkar book “a stubborn girl,” is an adapted version of his play, while passing through the same thing most realize that the ideal, ethics, truth and honesty such terms mean only when you have all the tools to live life existed. Perhaps these cases will be referred to …

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 …

This is a book for early chapter book readers, cute and easy to read. The author has written many other classic kids books.
The story involves a spoiled young princess, who insists upon getting her own way in everything. Her mother doesn’t really spoil her, but goes along with her …

Dig Ivan Dig! is a children’s book written and illustrated by Wendy Ann Gardner. It was published in 2002 and is part of the Naughty Naughty Pets series of books.
Pros: First of all, my daughter loves this book because it features a pug, and we have two …

If you want to fully understand the concept of freedom then you simply have to read How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World - A Handbook for Personal Liberty.
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World has to be the most inspirational book that I have ever read …

Usually, I review books that my daughter brings home from the library. But, last night, she attended a book fair and bought the book Where’s My Mummy.
It’s actually not a bad book.
Basically, you have a baby mummy playing hide and seek with his mom. In the process, he ends …

The novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty is one of the rare well-known novels not actually known for being a book. The Academy Award winning film adaptation of this tense story of faith versus skepticism has so overshadowed the original form that the novel is often ignored by …

This is the first novel of Mitch Albom, I read. It was my older sister who pleads me to read this as it did make her cry for whole night! well that’s what she said. And I was thinking what’s in the story? and if I will end up …

I am a big manga lover. Manga being Japanese comics. I started reading the comics when I was in college and have been reading them ever since. I normally follow the romance series and sometimes fantasy or adventure. With one of my current mangas I am reading, is a …

This seems to be a really popular book, considering it got up to 24th on the New York Times list. But Dogs and Goddesses by Jennifer Crusie, Anne Stuart, and Lani Diane Rich, didn’t feel like a bestseller to me.
The story itself was good, with interesting events and …

So, we come to the end of this five book, unnecessarily drawn-out series. After four books, none of which I enjoyed, we come to the final (hopefully, considering Kiera Cass enjoys extending her book series) installment of ‘The Selection’ series. The first three books focused on America Singer and …

Blink (Revised) version, written by Malcolm Gladwell, is the perfect book life and reflection. Blink takes us to analyze things in life that we have to make decisions on, like within the blink of an eye, a lot of decision makings could be affected, whether it is from …

The Lord Of The Rings was written by JRR Tolkien. It is set in a world created by Tolkien named “Middle Earth”. It is a world rich in lore, culture, languages and with different races of people.
The book mainly revolves around the trials and tribulations of young Frodo Baggins …

Not Dead Enough by Peter James is special in its own way. I am not surprised if there are people hating this book and finding it a bit of a chore to read. I sort of agree actually, but I decided to give this book a chance and …

I recently read the book “Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game” by Michael Lewis. Moneyball is a book chronicling the Oakland Athletics (also known as the Oakland A’s), a professional baseball team. Billy Beane is the General Manager and is basically in charge of the A’s. The …

I love the National Parks. I love the idea of the National Parks and I truly loved reading The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (2009) by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns. This is a chronological account of how our National Parks came into being and when …

He Loves Lucy by Susan Donovan is a book that falls into the chick lit category. Only, don’t let that sway you from reading it, as it is at the very top of that category. The book is about Lucy, a PR rep who has to lose weight in …

I think that the novel “Kafka on the shore” is very appropriate to reveal the elusive and enigmatic style of Murakami.
At least for me, was a revelation. I had bought the novel because he taken sometime the World Fantasy Award, the ultimate prize for fantasy novels written in that …

Linda Howard is another new author to me that I discovered through the only email club I belong to.
I generally don’t like science fiction or anything close to it, by “Killing Time ” is different. I’m not sure exactly why I wasn’t put off by the time travel, but …

I read the boy called it because it was a requirement for one of my education classes in college. My emotions flaired the entire way through the book. I would cry. I would get angry.
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I am not familiar with Carmen Wong Ulrich, or any of her works; however, I came across her book The Real Cost of Living while I was searching for books on personal finance. The title seemed interesting which is why I borrowed the book from my library.
The Real Cost …

I am delighted that Stephen King continues to write. For the past few years, fans have received a new novel every year. I have read everything , and I am happy with everyone. The reading satisfaction rate is relatively high.
The trilogy about the retired detective and maniac Brady Hartsfield …

“Looking For A Moose” is a children’s book written by Phyllis Root and illustrated by Randy Cecil. It was published in 2006. There is no real plot in this story. Essentially, some crudely drawn children search for moose in different types of terrain. They find …

A new manga I’m reading now is called Faster than a Kiss by Tanaka Meca. As always, after seeing that there aren’t any updates yet of the other shoujo manga I have been reading, I resorted to surfing thenet and finding other shoujo manga suggestions by other people so …

I am so looking forward to the movie version of the book, The Duchess by Amanda Foreman. I have just bought this book a few days back and I have finished reading it already. It got me HOOKED, would be the right word to sum up the reading …

Twilight is captivating yet disenchanting at the same time.
It is only captivating because it consists for a love story between a vampire and a mortal being. Growing up as a Korean-American, I can relate to it: The hardship of dating outside the common expectation.
In a romantic way, it …

I was loaned a novel called “The Shack” by WM. Paul Young and immediately put it under some of the papers on my bookshelf to soon forget it existed. A time later, while fishing for other books to read, I lifted the papers and found the novel I …

I have been a Woody Allen fan since I was a little girl and many years ago I bought myself a great book called ‘Woody Allen Beyond Words’ by Robert Benayoun. This is a large hardback book that I enjoy flicking through frequently, with that classic picture of …

As a meditator with some six months’ experience, I have gone some way on my path of meditation. Although it is a lifelong path, my first footsteps have started my journey, and even the longest journeys start with a single footstep. It has been interesting that in my personal …

The book is about self development, motivation and thinking positively in life. It encourages people to not fall in sorrow and frustration by having positive life. By using simple words in giving interpretation of Quran verses, the author succeed in establish and encourage the readers to follow his tips. …

In the literature we know the fable, the story that the characters of animals, but animals as a representation of human nature. This novel is unique, because a dog named Enzo became the narrator of the novel, except the last chapter. All events in this story, seen through the …

‘St. Francis Xavier and his shrine’ is a book written by Fr. P. Rayanna, who belongs to the society of Jesus. This book is nothing but the biography of St. Francis Xavier. The book deals with the life of St Francis. In the last chapter, the author writes how …

‘The valley of adventure’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is a very interesting book and quite an interesting adventure.
The children come back home after a trip on Bill’s new plane. Then they go on another flight to Bill’s place. But things do not go right. The …

A web advertisement for John Gilstrap’s latest book intrigued me. I’d never heard of him before, but the ad was loaded with praise from book reviewers and other established authors of thrillers, so I thought I’d read one of his books.
I settled on “At All Costs”, his second novel, …

This is a great book that has information on a great deal of medications. I found this book to be very complete with the information it lists about each medication. It lists the general use of each medication, the reasons the medication would be used, possible side effects, and …

My dad found this odd little book at a yard sale, and it’s a really interesting read for anyone interested in gardening or the outdoors. Although most people think of spring and summer flowering gardens, this book is a collection of information and pictures of winter plant species. It’s …

A young American is killed in a brutal manner in Bosnia during the ethnic cleansing by Serbian paramilitaries. His billionaire grandfather seeks to have the killer, a notorious Serbian gangster, brought to justice, but fails as the man has vanished into thin air and all the agencies of the …

I am an avid reader. I usually pick novels after reading the reviews and only if they have got positive reviews. But recently I picked ‘Six Suspects’ despite the many negative reviews about the novel because the author of this novel is Vikas Swarup. His first novel ‘Q & …

As much as I prefer adult fiction romance and romantic comedy over teenage fiction, I do have to admit that Just Listen by Sarah Dessen is pretty awesome and it got me hooked. No kidding. The storyline is very good and I won’t look down on teen fiction …

Lucky is a weird book I decided to buy one day when I was at the local discount book store. I thought the title to be interesting so I had to give it a chance and read the book. Lucky is about this boy named Sam who did not …

As a huge fan of Slash and Guns N’ Roses, I was very excited to read his autobiography, which was published in October 2007. The book offers readers a detailed insight into the guitar legends life, and tells of his childhood memories, his wild and sometimes crazy …

Invisible Monsters follows a former fashion model who is in an accident that leaves her disfigured and mute, and her relationship with a transgender.
This novel is twisted an unpredictable and I love it. I love Chuck Palahniuk’s style. If you have never read one of his novels, prepare to …

Low-Calorie Dieting For Dummies was available at Barnes and Nobles when I bought it for $5. It was a very inexpensive book which I am sure will help you kickstart losing that weight.
I was actually surprised it was sold for a low price because of the wealth of information …

To say the least, Savage Dragonbert is an interesting entry into the history of comic books. It originally started as a piece of fan art in the pages of Savage Dragon by Erik Larsen, and eventually became a regular feature before becoming a special comic book release which …

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 …

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins is a World Best-seller book that tells the story of a girl named Katniss Everdeen who takes her sisters place in a event called the hunger games that is televised and where 12 contestants are forced to fight until only one is left …