Books Reviews
Adventures of the Wilderness Family part 1
The Wilderness Family part 1 is about a family who live in a big city and are not satisfied with the rat race of everyday life. They decide to move to the mountains of Alaska to a much simpler way of life. They build a new cabin and hunt …
Three Sisters: A Charlie Moon Mystery by James D. Doss
I was sorry to see that the tall, beautiful, sexy FBI agent Lila Mae McTeague had been transferred from the Southern Ute Reservation in “Three Sisters,” however she is still in Charlie Moon’s heart and other body parts and I have hunch she’ll be back. Lila Mae however is …
Sand and Stone short story
Sand and Stone is a short inspiring story found at the site, indianchild.com. It tells the story of two friends who were walking through the desert. At some time in their journey, the two had an argument and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The boy …
Strong Poison by Dorothy L Sayers
Strong Poison was written by Dorothy L Sayers and published by HarperCollins Publishers in 1995.
Dorothy Sayers’ novels often start off at a slow pace then it picks up and the suspense builds up till the end. It’s just that I must have the determination to plod …
Chocolate, by Jennie Reekie
This is a cook book teaching you how to make all things chocolate! It was a perfect present for my chocoholic husband, and we’re planning on working our way through the recipes.
The book begins with instructions on how to make chocolate decorations and then some tips of cooking …
Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama
First off, let me say that I am not a political person. I\’ve never put a political bumper sticker on my car, and I’ve certainly never worked on a political campaign. Most politicians have about all the appeal and honesty of the old snake oil salesman.
But having …
The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating by Autumn Carpenter book
I have read plenty of cake decorating books that promise step-by-step instruction, only to give the first two set of instructions while leaving me lost and mystified to figure out the rest. The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating is nothing like that, and the author makes sure every step …
Wedding Planning For Dummies
Wedding planning for dummies, written by Marcy Blum and Laura Fisher Kaiser, provides every possible information on how to plan a wedding. Both these authors are well-known - especially for their works on how to go get wed. They have authored this book as a perfect guide for organizing …
Dave Ramsey’s The Total Money Makeover book
When I first heard Dave Ramsey on the radio claiming it was possible to live life debt free I thought the man was nuts. After a while of listening to his show I realized that he might indeed have the system that could actually work for my husband …
The Old Curiosity Shop - Charles Dickens
The Old Curiosity Shop is the story of a young London girl called Nell Trent, who lives with her grandfather in his shop. He loves her, but she has only one friend on her own age and lives a quite lonely life. She’s very good and virtuous, almost boringly …
Acts of Murder by L R Wright book
Acts of Murder was written by L R Wright and published by DoubleDay Canada in 1997.
It is amazing that even small towns have their own spate of homicides. This story is rather simple; however it provides a certain amount of mild suspense.
Mrs O’Hara was trying to dispense …
Fun for the secret seven
I have read the book ‘Fun for the secret seven’ written by Enid Blyton. This is not much of a story, but much better than many of the other secret seven series.
Jack is one of the secret seven. Jack’s friend, Bob says that he needs the help of the …
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
I must admit that I only read this book because of the movie version that was about to be shown then. I make it a habit to read the book first before watching the movie version. Turned out that my reading experience was so splendid that I regret grabbing …
Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
Grave Peril is the third book in the Dresden files, Jim Butcher’s series about the Wizard Harry Dresden. In Grave Peril Harry has to face down some tormented ghosts while trying to find out who’s torturing them.
Some important characters are introduced in this book. First time I read …
The President’s Daughter by Mariah Stewart
The President’s Daughter by Mariah Stewart. This is my first time reading a Mariah Stewart novel. I loved it. It was written in 2002. Since then Mariah has written several top selling novels.
This story was is centered around the Washington DC area, specifically the White …
Atonement by Ian McEwan
After seeing the previews for Atonement the movie I was excited to read the book. I always read the book before seeing the movie because 99% of the time the book is better. I was sadly disappointed with Atonement the book by Ian McEwan. I was …
Nickel and Dimed, or (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Nickel and Dimed, or (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenreich, Henry Holt and Company, 2002, 240 pages.
Ehrenreich is a well-known writer and social commentator who writes for top magazines (Atlantic Monthly, New York Times, Ms. Harper’s, etc.) who went undercover as a low-wage worker all over America: …
Persuasion by Jane Austen
Persuasion’s main theme is also the title of the book. The idea is that Anne Elliot was long ago persuaded by friends and family not to marry a man, and thus, her life is less happy.
Anne at 27 is one of Jane Austen’s older heroines, 7 years older …
A Darker Domain by Val McDermid
I love reading A Darker Domain by Val McDermid. This book is basically a thriller book and whenever I read thriller or crime books genre, I always look for the main plot. Like in this case, a cold case comes in highlight and when you are looking up …
Boy, Oh Boy! From the Files of Madison Finn by Laura Dower
This book is the 2nd book in the popular Madison Finn series of books by Laura Dower. These books are great for preteen girls. Madison is a 7th grade girl attending Far Hills Junior High. She and a couple of her friends are very interested and skilled with computers, …
Life Expectancy by Dean Koontz
I have been a huge Dean Koontz fan for over a decade now and have learned to expect the unexpected in most cases with this very talented thriller writer. “Life Expectancy” caught my completely off-guard and in a very different way. Hilarity. I couldn’t have been more than half …
The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon Sciezska
I recently bought “The Stinky Cheese Man” for a children’s literature class, but I first read it in elementary school. The book is full of wackily illustrated fractured fairy tales, which give a new and strange perspective to the classics. The book is illustrated by Lane Smith and won …
Batman: As The Crow Flies Graphic Novel
Batman: As The Crow Flies is a graphic novel by Judd Winick and illustrated by Dustin Nguyen. In the story, Gotham’s criminal underworld is thrown into chaos when gangsters start going berserk and kill a lot of people. Batman has to investigate who’s behind it and a …
Devotions for couples by David and Teresa Ferguson
I got this book as one of the three Christmas gifts presents given to me by my husband. Actually, it is the very first Christmas gift that he gave me as a married couple. I find reading the book very interesting and inspirational; it’s like a daily …
Lauren Weisberger, “Chasing Harry Winston”
“Chasing Harry Winston” is Lauren Weisberger’s third novel, a follow-up to “The Devil wears Prada” and “Everyone worth knowing”. Once more, the book is a venture into the world of chick lit, and once more Weisberger deals with the world of the twenty-something, fashion-conscious New York women.
The protagonists are …
Dewey the Library Cat,A True Story by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter (2010)
This book is an adaptation of the 2008 bestseller,Dewey,The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched The World,also by Vicki Myron and Brett Witter. Both volumes are tributes to a very remarkable cat named Dewey Readmore Books,the furry goodwill ambassador of the library in the small town of Spencer,Iowa,where Vicki …
My Point…And I Do Have One by Ellen Degeneres
It would be quite unimaginable should someone not liking the book, My Point…And I Do Have One by Ellen Degeneres at all. I, for one, find the book to be totally hilarious, superbly funny and has definitely labeled Ellen as someone being a most wondrous person full of joy, …
How to win friends and influence people
‘How to win friends and influence people’ is a book written by Dale Carnegie. In this book, Carnegie tells us how we can attract people, the easy method to make a lot of friends and the art of impressing and influencing other people. He has given tips to influence …
Banquo’s Ghosts by Rich Lowry
This book requires two reads. The first time you will be so into the story that you will glide through until the end so quickly it leaves you gasping for breath. I read the thing in one sitting I was so overcome with excitement. The ending was amazing and …
The Good Women of China book
“For eight groundbreaking years, Xinran presented a radio programme in China during which she invited women to call in and talk about themselves. Broadcast every evening, Words on the Night Breeze became famous throughout the country for its unflinching portrayal of what it meant to be a woman in …
Colin Cat by Cath Jones & Caroline Williams
I purchased this for my niece. I liked this little book, it reminded me of a book I had when I was a child, the idea was similar, it was a book that was also used as a toy. I enjoyed the story that my mum had to read …
Grammar Smart by The Princeton
Grammar Smart, written and published by The Princeton Review,is an excellent and straightforward guide both for students who are baffled by grammar, and for teachers who are frustrated because their students just don’t get grammar, no matter how it is taught.
What I really like about this book, as a …
Just Juice By Karen Hesse book
It is a very well written book for the ages of 9 - 12 years old. My daughter read it and loved. So I ended up reading the book and it was really good. It is about the Faulstich family that is struggling to live. …
Clinical Pharmacology Made Incredibly Easy
Getting tired of books that are in paragraph forms that is so long and really making you bored to read each and every single word.Most of students are really lazy to read such books that are not summarized and have a long explanations.It was really difficult to understand.I have …
Dracula by Bram Stoker novel
Mina Harker with his courage had saved her husband, Jonathan Harker, a lawyer who suffer from mental illness after accidentally meeting with Count Dracula and pave the way for the vampire to enter the England. After recovering, Jonathan returned to England and married to Mina. In other places, Count …
Joel Osteen - Your Best Life Now - Devotional Book
Devotional books for Christians come by the truckload. It is hard to pick one that will be right for you, fitting with your faith, reading style, timing, and interest. I have tried several devotional books and most I stopped reading after a couple weeks. My mom recently gave me …
The World from Brown’s Lounge by Michael J. Bell
The concept of “The World from Brown’s Lounge” is very interesting. Unfortunately the performance of the book does not live up to the premise. In 1972 Michael Bell was a doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. He planned on writing his dissertation based on fieldwork in Brown’s Lounge, …
Star Trek 101
“Star Trek 101″ by Terry J. Erdmann may or may not be worth a fan’s time and money. I borrowed the book from the library and I enjoyed it, but I doubt I would spend money on it. The reason I would not purchase this book is because a …
Trespass by Valerie Martin
I think there is a powerful voice of writing in Trespass by Valerie Martin very much. The story is amazingly written and I think there are lots of elements of self-reflect as well as lots of self-thoughts.
The story is about the normal life of an American family who lives …
Artemis Fowl
It’s easy to see why Artemis Fowl made it as a New York Times bestseller. This book was based on an interesting idea and had lots of clever explanations for how the world of fairies and the world of humans interact.
Artemis Fowl himself is occasionally a bit too convenient …
Your Pregnancy Week By Week By Curtis & Schuler
This is the best book for first time moms-to-be. Your Pregnancy Week By Week was the first pregnancy book I bought when I got pregnant with my first. This is a very helpful book which provides informations about the happenings as well as the growth, health, nutrition …
Popular Tales and Fictions by William Alexander Clouston
When I read the book title, Popular Tales and Fictions written by William Alexander Clouston, I get the impression that the myths stories presented are almost like real stories. I enjoyed reading it pretty much.
I guess there’s always a child in all of us and that by reading …
ESSENTIAL MOOK KNIGHT VOLUME ONE
ESSENTIAL MOON KNIGHT
A bounty hunter? A mercenary? A reclusive millionaire? A TAXI CAB DRIVER?
Who was Moon Knight? Or, as he is sometimes referred to as The Moon Knight.
Moon Knight was and remains Marvel’s Batman rip-off character. And boy did they try to mask it by giving the hero THREE …
Devil’s Gate, Book by Clive Cussler and Graham Brown
Although for years I have been a really true fan of the fantasy genre, I can not deny that it’s difficult to find more entertaining and engaging books than those of the adventure thrillers. They don’t get the reader emotionally involved with the fate of their characters or put …
Reader’s Digest Big Book of Games
Reader’s Digest Great Big Book of Children’s games is a nice book for children ages 3-14. The games in the book will surely keep children entertained for quite awhile, and I can verify this is true. I love the games in this book for my preschoolers.
The Great …
The Legend Of Luke by Brian Jacques
Well my friend David let me borrow this book when we went traveling out East because I had nothing to read and was getting bored. He said he had read it and like it a lot and thought that I should give it a try. I was excited at …
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
This book, a “chic lit” is about a financial journalist named Rebecca Bloomwood who struggles with her day to day living because of her being a shopaholic. The Irony of it is that she gives advices on how to save money, and yet she can’t control her natural urges …
True Love: A practice for awakening the heart
I have read the book ‘True Love: A practice for awakening the heart’ written by Thich Nhat Hanh. This book as the name says, is about love. The author speaks the truth about love. He says that love is not something that has to be sought elsewhere, but love …
Margaret Atwood’s “Moral Disorder” (2006 short stories collection)
Margaret Atwood is probably one of the most universally acclaimed contemporary writers, and I’ve had the pleasure to read a number of her novels and collections of short stories. Nevertheless, I have to confess I haven’t enjoyed all of them. In fact, one or two have managed to both …
As Good As Dead by Beverky Barton
As Good As Dead is a very suspenseful book that will leave you guess as to who the killer is until the end. I found myself staying up late, in bed, reading this book, telling myself no, I think this person is the killer no, it’s gotta be this …
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