The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas is one of my favorite novels. Although the second part of it is a bit rushed (I couldn’t help feeling that Dumas had gotten a little tired of the story and was in a hurry to finish it), it is a …

The storyline of Memoirs of a Geisha follows a girl who is pushed from place to place. The girl is seen as different because of her unusual eye color; a watery blue. This was obviously a story about how beauty can come in an unusual form as it follows …

“It Had To Be You” by Susan Elizabeth Phillips is the “prequel” to this “Heart Of Mine.” I actually read this book before I read “This Heart of Mine,” and while I do enjoy all of S.E. Phillips’ work I must say, if I were picking favorites, “It Had …

The Chronicles of Narnia is a about a magical world with all sorts of creatures. There are lions, centaurs, minotaurs, and a lot more unique creatures. You could say that it’s a bunch of kids’ stories, but even adults may like to read it. …

Babyville is a novel by Jane Green that focuses on the lives of three women. At the beginning of the novel, Julia is in a long-term relationship and is desperate to have a baby, Sam is married and expecting her first child, and Maeve is a commitment-phobic career …

If you are looking for a decent mystery, I suggest that you pick up a copy of Mary Higgins Clark’s “Weep No More, My Lady. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it a 7. While it was not Mary Higgins Clarks best work, I …

This cookbook is spiral bound, and hardcover. It’s divided into different categories of food, from appetizers to cakes. And, it’s all focused on foods that are fun for kids (like a pasta dish with an octopus made out of a hotdog, or a cake decorated to look …

I got this book hoping that we would find more ideas for our grandkids to earn more of their own spending money. We have found the lack of an index page or even a good table of contents page to be totally problematic. The ideas for what the kids …

George Martin is one of my favourite authors. I greatly admire the sense of compassion and love of life which permeates his works. His works are also extremely gritty and real, they are not at all children’s books, but I love this about him, and I love how he …

Since I started watching Ironman competitions way back then in sports channel, I have been fascinated in the sport of Triathlon. I cannot imagine swimming for a mile, let alone alone 2.4 miles in open water! Then they come out and ride 56 miles and then run for 13 …

The book’s content was useful in giving the reader a basic understanding of who were the movers and shakers at the beginning of our countries inception. It is not, by no means a definitive study of the times but does provide a framework for future exploration. A good easy …

I knew Jhumpa Lahiri since I watched “NameSake”, her book which is filmed. There are 9 stories in this book with different aspects of India. For me, the great thing about this book is how Jhumpa Lahiri makes a simple situation becomes a wider one. As example, for …

In the volume number 17 of Nodame Cantabile we finally get to know Chiaki’s father. He’s forced to go to see his son’s concert, and when Chiaki notices in the middle of it, he gets so nervous that he fails at his conducting. That will make him behave in …

This book changed my life. I have been struggling with debt, and I really had a hard time making payments to a million credit cards every month. Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace was a breath of fresh air with simple baby steps and sound, common sense advice for people just …

This book is a must have for all aspiring writers who are ready to send their writing off to publishers or magazines for publication. IT is a useful tool for writers of all genres, fiction and non fiction.
It’s a very easy to use guide containing information and addresses …

The book Prior Bad Acts is written by Tami Hoag. This is a New York Times bestselling author and this story is actually a thriller that begins with a shocking crime scene.
The initial is there are 2 relentless detectives on a manhunt which ends in a chilling confrontation …

The Chrysalids is a post apocalyptic science fiction novel which was written by the well known author John Wyndham and first published int he year 1955. When I first heard of the novel, I had gotten it one summer since it was one of the books I was to …

C.s Lewis is one of my favorite authors. He always finds a way to inspire us.. his readers. I just finished reading his book “The Screwtape Letters” It’s all about Screwtape’s (The Demon) letter to his apprentice Wormwood. Screwtape was giving advices to Wormwood on how lure us to …

Elizabeth Gilbert has long been writing fiction but this is the first time she wrote her autobiography through Eat, Pray, Love. I must say the book was very well-crafted, far from the boring tone that the word biography usually connotes. Gilbert has the gift of writing very casually and …

Michael Morpurgo has written his text in the first person at first the main character was not introduced, then the main character was introduced through the first person narrator’s eye by using flash back of about ten years ago, on the day before the writer’s birthday which was …

I almost find it difficult to write this review for James Frey’s lastest work, A Million Little Pieces. It is truly a memoir of great depth, raw emotion and painful truth. It is the story of a man’s struggle with himself, humanity, and the world in which …

I took up the Bachelor of Science in Accountancy. And I must admit that I had a hard time while taking this study. I always have my ups and downs in this course. In our country, Accountancy students are prepared for different specializations in the field of Accounting. …

Few years ago, when I was pregnant my second child, I bought this book for my first daughter. She was almost two at that time, and I need to tell her about the baby that will come very soon.
We already spoke about it but then when I saw Dora …

This is another historical suspense novel from Steve Berry. In this novel, again, he brings readers’ imagination to visit exotic city in French and Denmark. The time difference is connected by a research book, Pierres Gravees du Languedoc, that written by husband of Stephanie Nelle, from Department of Justice, …

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Book is a remarkable book. This is how my review begins. This outrageous yet hilarious story of epic proportions. Mice ruling the world what a joke. Aliens that have superior intelligence, but have stupid problems. The human Arthur Dent’s house …

Matthew Crawford’s Shop Class as Soulcraft is a powerful treatise on the value and intellectual rigor of working with your hands, particularly when that work is done for someone else. His credentials are those that would fit someone with his old job, the manager of a think-tank on …

The greatest delight in reading this children’s book was it’s upbeat rhythm. The sentence structure has such a lively tempo, you find yourself bouncing your children on your knee as you read. My children have even gotten out their toy drum to keep beat with the story! …

This is the first book that I read by Alan Dean Foster in a long time and I must say I really enjoyed this story. It starts out a tad slow (the first few pages) but the pace quickly picks up and I soon found myself very hooked. It …

My boyfriend sarcastically asked me to read this book called Weight Watchers She Loses, He Loses by Karen and Miller-Kovach. His friend borrowed it to him, and he made quite numerous sums of pages from the book that he found to be informative for him and me, and …

I love a good book that incorporates science and mystery into its story. David Morrell is an excellent author at this. His weaves a story that is as informative as it is thrilling. There are moments of excessive violence, but you can’t read a thriller with out, and it’s …

Some time ago I ran out of books to read, and then decided to choose one of the novels I had not read before in a bookshelf we have at home. The name of the novel was “Before I Say Goodbye” by the popular suspense author Mary Higgins Clark. …

I’ve been a fan of Karen Miller’s work since I read Innocent Mage and Awakened Mage. When I heard that she had a new book out under the pen name K.E. Mills, I was ecstatic.
The Accidental Sorcerer is the first book in Miller’s new Rogue Agent trilogy. …