Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg is essential reading for any would-be writers. It offers both comfort and advice for writers just beginning on the path and for those who have been writing for many years.
The book offers practical advice on everything from how to get started …

Every Word Has Power is written by Yvonne Oswald and the this book teaches on how to use that word to turn your life for the better. It is something like teaching one how to speak and write properly but the difference is that how one can interact …

Recently I picked up the Brothers Karamazov by the great Fyodor Dostoevsky. His body of work is most clearly defined by the five amazing novels, Crime and Punishment, Demons, Notes from Underground, The Idiot, and Brothers Karamazov, which is his last great work. Having read all the others …

I checked this book out for fun yesterday. Basically it’s an amusing quiz that you can take to see if your cat has psychic powers. Yes, I really don’t believe in psychic powers and you don’t have to either, but its still fun to add up the numbers and …

Fairy Tail manga volume one by Hiro Mashima is a series about a young, cute wizard who seeks to get into a powerful wizard’s guild called the Fairy Tail Guild. She meets a handsome wizard known as Salamander but also befriends a strange boy named Natsu and his …

I have read the book ‘Awaken the giant within’. The author is Anthony Robbins. The author says that your life is your life, it is your business. Therefore, you have to take care of your life. You have to be your own boss. You have to be the master …

I recommend reading Girl In A Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold. Even the cover of this book is blue. This is a story on the journey of this woman, how she went through a marriage and how she felt worthless or should I put it, not valuable at …

I’m an English major and part-time Grammar Nazi, but I can’t possibly know everything about grammar. The English language is, to be blunt, terrifyingly messed up. More than half of our words come from Latin, but the rest are a hodgepodge assortment of bits and phrases from the rest …

This was the third book I read by this author and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Once again there are the zany situations, often embarrassing to the main character. Jaine Austen is a freelance writer in Los Angeles but she loves solving murder cases on the side (free of charge …

This is one of my favourite Blake pieces. It is difficult to categorize this as either poetry or prose. Rather I would consider it poetry in prose. Blake’s prophetic writings, like The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, read like Old Testament writing. The style is profound and lends to …

I have read this book written by the well known novelist Sidney Sheldon. So far this is the only book I read that was written by Sidney Sheldon. Tell Me Your Dreams really title really catches my eye and I had read the book twice already.
The book was …

The Door in the Dragon’s Throat is Book 1 of Frank Peretti’s Cooper Kids Adventure series that targets young readers (ages 9-12, according to Amazon).
Dr. Jacob Cooper is an archeologist who travels everywhere with his two children, Jay and Lila, taking all kinds of interesting assignments. In this first …

It’s another tough week at the office for Harry Bosch, homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. His bureau commander is desperate to get his “solved cases” percentage up to the 50% level to avert a public relations fiasco. He doesn’t want the newspapers and TV news gleefully …

Fruits Basket Manga Volume 5 takes place during Golden Week and Shigure takes Tohru. Kyo and Yuki to the Sohma summer house in the mountains.
This manga was very deep and meaningful because it explored Tohru Honda’s character more. It showed that she’s not perfect and that she has …

Late in 2010 Adobe realeased Version 9 of Photoshop Elements. The “how to” material supplied with the software is spartan to say the least and finding such material either through the help files or as tutorials on the web is inconvenient when one is trying to …

India After Gandhi is a lucidly written book by eminent historian and sociologist Ramachandra Guha. Any one who wants to understand the evolving phases of India should go through this book. India is a country of vast linguistic, regional and political diversity. It intrigues scholar world over that why democracy …

There may be a lot of horror novels out there about demons, but this one takes on a very realistic approach that is rather refreshing. Instead of having an actual demon with jagged razor sharp teeth and a pointed tail, we have a powerful creature that is never actually …

If all qualities are the human, as for all qualities envy, you get angry, permit and or exactly it is policy, it is the complicated quality which feels all of feeling. As for the fight of Pandavas in them themselves you introspect entirely mainly in itself life and the decision …

Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich was in the Top 10 of the New York Times Bestsellers list when I purchased in July 2009. A beginning writer myself, I was eager to study contemporary fiction paperback bestsellers in order to establish just what kind of fiction is currently being …

I’ve recently been trying to read more inspirational books - travel, biography, that sort of thing to get a better idea of the things I could do with my life. I randomly chose to read Yes Man mostly because the trailers for the movie seemed funny, and I thought, …

On her twentieth birthday, Ember receives the news of the death of her father, an outstanding military doctor. Her life falls apart like a house of cards. Her little brother loses his father figure just when he needs it the most. Her sister starts drinking and shopping compulsively. Her …

How many times has one of your dreams seemed so real that for a few moments you are caught in the limbo of wondering whether the waking world or the dream one is the true reality? What a mind-blower it would be if both the sleeping and waking states …

Like any other women, I have watched relationships fall apart. I was always wondering what was wrong, why it didn’t work out and I continued like this, blamming myself or the other person, being hurt and suffering. I have had on/off relationships or friends-with-benefits relationships, which I …

Sweet Little Lies is the next book to L.A Candy. It is like all the problems, consequences, and circumstances in L.A. Candy has been resolved in this book.
In L.A. Candy, Jane ran away with Madison to Mexico so she can have a break from the media because of her …

Marvel really knocked this one out of the park. This book is probably the best collection in the entire Ultimate line that I have ever read.
For those of you didn’t read the first series, the Ultimate are basically a revamping of the Avengers. Well, revamping is too small …

I have read all the books written by Chetan Bhagat and his latest offering named 2 States The Story of My Marriage is yet another interesting and witty tale which remains close to my heart now. The story narrates an Indian love story. The specialty I felt is that …

The Way Through The Woods was written by Colin Dexter and published by First Ballantine Books in 1994.
Colin Dexter’s famous protagonist, Inspector Morse, has always been an enigma to me —“ his deductive skills are exceptional. Even his superior at work, Superintendent Strange has to accede to that, …

In the second volume of this popular manga some new characters will make their appearance. Firstly the timpanist Masumi Okayama, who is a student at the same school than Chiaki and Nodame, and who has a gay crush on Chiaki. He will torture Nodame as he thinks she’s too …

After finish reading this book by David Niall Wilson, I have the impression that he is certainly someone who could mix love and bad weather truly well. The story tells about the character Andrea, and how she had some error on her work, leading to a big hurricane. …

I have been working for the past 10 years. And since I have the spending power, I often lavish myself with beautiful clothes and accessories, and take on expensive vacations across the globe. Then I wonder where does my hard-earned money go to? Why am I …

“Cock-A-Doodle Quack Quack,” is a really cute book written and illustrated by Ivor Baddiel, Sophie Jubb and Ailie Busby. Children between the ages of 2 and 4 should absolutely love it. I know I did.
The book tells the story of a baby rooster who does not know …

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 …

Just listen by Sarah Dessen is a book you just can not pass up. Annabel the main character is going through a denial stage where she does not want to tell the truth about what happened to her to anyone. Then everyone at school hates her. It all changes …

There’s no real denying that Stephen King has written some of the best stories of the contemporary age. He’s had his good and his bad and whether you love or hate his work, you have to admire the sheer creativity of his stories, short or long. He’s also given …

As for this book J.R.R which is given to us of the lords of ring and Hobbit. Concept of vision and it reaches unlimited as LOTR which is not depended on Tolkien and operates primitively and the way in order still to be read because of everything, it is …

‘Mystery of the burnt cottage’ is a book written by Enid Blyton and is the first among the ‘five find-outers and dog’ series. Larry and Daisy see that something is burning. It was late evening and they rush to the spot. They also meet Pip and Bets on the …

Zondervan, 2010, 314 pages
Christian Fiction Literature
Introduction: This report details the plot and issues that are discussed in the book written by Karen Kingsbury and how I, as a reader, feel about them.
Body:
The major plot of the book follows the relationships and thoughts of characters that are in close relationship with …

Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O Toole is considered one of the prime examples of great humour in American Literature. It revolves Around Ignatius J Reilly an enormous educated and arrogantly ignorant man with a PhD and impeccable mastey of the English Language living at home with his …

In this volume we get to know a little more about Franz von Stresemann and his reasons, unknown so far, go to to Japan. Two new characters appear to help solving this mistery. Elise, his secretary, is one of those, who came to Japan looking for him but ended …

I have always been an avid gamer, so when I discovered that a book on the creation and history of the popular Legend of Zelda video game series had been published, I was ecstatic. I was so eager to purchase The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia that I …

ROPE was written by Michael Newton, and published by Pocket Books in 1998.
A very disquieting story of a killer at a time when serial killers and mass murderers were uncommon. Harvey Glatman was not a born killer; in fact his parents were both normal people, an indulgent …

I really never thought of Small Pox or Variola playing such a deep role in history. I knew the role it played in American Indian History before I read Pox Americana, but I never really thought about the impact it was doing to the Revolutionary War. It is a …

Believe it or not, this book has been in my room for almost a decade and I never even bother to read it I thought it was kinda boring but then I was wrong I never knew that this book will going to be one of my favorite novel. …

The book was written by a Swedish professor, Anne Sofie Roald, who converted to Islam. She did research in several regions from Africa, Asia and Europe. This book is really informative and gives the well balance information from academic perspectives.
The book is giving academic views about women position …

Into the Void…With Ace Frehly By Wendy Moore.
Ace Frehly, as you probably know what KISS’ super guitarist during their glory days and, while you may or may not know, he
was fired in 1980 due to problems with substance abuse.
Ace returned to the KISS fold in the 1996 reunion tour …

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Manga Volume 2 continues Syaoran’s journey to retrieve Princess Sakura’s memories that have vanished in the form of feathers. In the Hanshin Republic Syaoran, Fai and Kurogane search for the feathers while using strange weapons called Kudan to fight off rival gangs who want to …

‘Five go down to the sea’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. It is a nice book and is one among the famous five adventure series. The children go off on a trip to Cornwall. They finally reach Tremannon farm in Cornwall, where they had intended to stay. …

I really like Kasie West’s books, I’ve already red three of them and I love her writing. Her books are simple, fun, sweet and with the right touch of drama to make the story agile and deep. Once again, with On the Fence, I found myself with a very …

The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeannette Walls about growing up with non-conformist parents. Her father, Rex Walls was an alcoholic who could never hold a job, but when he was sober was very intelligent and taught his children many things that most kids never learn like …