This is one of the most famous novels by french 20th century author Albert Camus. It tells the story of a man who is slowly drawn into a hideous crime by losing his sympathy for common people the longer the story progresses. He is filled with hate for reasons …

Once Upon a Wedding Night is written by Sophie Jordan and she is a romance novel author that I think is super cool. Although I don’t really like the “wild scenes” that she depicted in the books that much, her books have all pretty good plots. I …

I love to read, though my interest only extend to the paranormal type books. Yeah I know what some of you might be saying right now “Oh great another one”. Wrong! In my defense I started reading paranormal books before twilight even became as popular as it is today. …

The story begins with the murder of two Supreme Court justice, who were philosophically different. Liberal justice was killed in his home and the conservative justice was killed in theater that shows gay films. The killings created chaos in a not less not chaotic political diversity in the story. …

This evening I read The Proving Trail written by western writing legend, Louis Lamour.
I liked the way the book was written in first person. Kearney McRaven, is a seventeen year old boy trying to solve the murder of his father.
He finds that the killers …

The third installment in the Night Series is about two witch cousins who are as different as night and day, one evil and one good. There is a lot here to sink your teeth into and I really enjoyed reading this one, as it was intriguing. Basically it …

I love reading this book. I have read it twice, in fact. A fantasy story, but nevertheless, an easy read, and makes me laugh at the cuteness of the plot, and the loveable characters. The story tells about the woman character, E-V-E; in short for Emergency …

The Father Christmas Letters are a collection of letters that Tolkien wrote to his children when they were young, they are either from Father Christmas or one of his helpers and tell about the preparations for Christmas and everyday life on the North Pole. They are filled with Tolkien …

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 …

The reason I picked this book up was because it seemed so interesting. The whole concept of ’slating’ criminals (erasing their memories) in order to give them a second chance in life was something I found really intriguing.
The book is about Kyla, a girl who was apparently previously …

So I love to read everyday and go through books all the time because I read them so much and can’t get enough of them. I received a book from my mother which was a black romance novel book and I just knew off top that I will like …

The Member of the Wedding is Carson McCullers’ third novel. Before I start reviewing it, I have to say that The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, her first novel, is one of my favourite literary works of all time. To me, that book is the definite treatise on loneliness. …

The “Laughs, Luck…and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time” is a book that is actually the memoir of the creator of the television show. This means that the entire book is not about Lucille Ball of the “I Love Lucy” television series. …

The cover for Marina showed a young girl surrounded by mist, and recognizing the author, I decided to pick the book to read. The story is set in a Barcelona of only a few decades ago, but which gives a feeling of a town of the early XX century: …

National Bookstore has a branch in Quezon City. Unlike other branches of this store, I like this one the most because it has four floors. Most branches only have one floor where you can find books and school supplies. But the branch located in Gateway is actually a tall …

The book “Stories for the Heart” was published by the Lighthouse books publishing and is compiled by Alice Gray. The book is a collection of very short stories which is packed with inspiration about life, career, parenthood, student life, etc and some ordinary stories which are narrated by …

Meursault, the lead character, does not have anything humane about him that made me want to root for his success in any part of this story. I mean humane in the most literal way when he didn’t seem to care about his mother’s death and in another way when …

I think it was around late 1999 or early 2000 that I first read the Lemony Snicket Series of Unfortunate Events books. The Bad Beginning is the first book in the 13 part series.
In the Bad Beginning, the Baudelaire children become orphans and are shuttled to …

This book is the sequel to another Brian Keene book “The Rising”. I have read The Rising before this and if you haven’t read that book before you read this, you will still enjoy this book as much as I do.
The City of The Dead is the continuation of …

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 …

I picked this book because I am a fan of Frank Peretti. This was his first novel. I really liked it, once I got a handle on the plot. Evil demons (well, what demons aren’t evil?) are trying to take over the town of Ashton, and …

The Punisher Vol 3: Business as Usual
Junk. I’m sorry but I don’t think I could come up with a better word. This issue features a confrontation between The Punisher and Wolverine and it is far sillier than you’d expect.I have no idea why this book was brought back in …

The first Harry Potter book, where the craze all started. I read it at the age of 16, just because I wanted to know what all the hype was about. Four years, five novels and four movies later, I can tell you anything and everything you want to know …

My husband gave me a book that he was really excited about. I think it is one of his favorites. It is now on my favorites list too. The book is Rora by James Byron Huggins. Rora is around 480 pages and was published in …

The latest that I have finished reading would be the book title, Hitts & Mrs, written by the very amazing Black writer, Lori Bryant-Woolridge. She has received an Emmy before for her writing and I salute her.
This novel is a romantic one at that, but not really laced …

If Harry Potter has his magic wand to weave magic and drive away his enemies Nathaniel “Jon Mandrake” has Bartimaeus to do his bidding and drive away his enemies for him. Very cool way of becoming the hero of the story. The book by Jonathan Stroud is …

Diaries of an Internet Lover by Dawn Porter is about this 26 year old lady whom relates her account of internet dating. And it is the author herself actually, Dawn Porter. Reading the story, I truly think that it is filled with lots of dating humor and I …

In “Miss Brill” (a short story written by Katherine Mansfield), the main character’s (Miss Brill’s, that is) character is determined by many methods utilized by the author. Most obvious is her round character development. Despite her usual routine on Sundays, the harsh truth about what some people think of …

This book gives me lots of perspectives, lessons learned and many more. Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets by Jon and Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson. I highly recommend reading this book because it is such a good book, laced with realism and lots of …

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer is a book that once you pick up you cannot put it down. I read this book all the time and each time I read it, it gets better. The way Stephanie Meyer writes the words makes you feel like you are living the lives …

India’s Struggle for Independence is undoubtedly one of the most popular book of Modern Indian History. I first heard about this book when a controversy erupted about the term used by Bipan Chandra for some Indian freedom fighters like Bhagat Singh and others. The author has used the term …

Today I am reviewing a book by Japanes manga artist Osamu Tezuka. The book is called MW. The book is about two life long friends who first met on a remote island in Japan. On that first meeting, they were the lone survivors of a US military poison gas …

This is a great book for inspiration more than anything else. Since I am a mixed media artist that relies heavily on the internet for learning techniques, it was really great having a physical book in my hands with art that I could really look at, even if …

Arguably one of Ray Bradbury’s more widely known efforts; The Illustrated Man is an anthology of some of his best short stories. Sandwiched by a curious tale of a drifter who meets an “illustrated man” covered head to toe in strange tattoos; the anthology offers up a varied mix …

Adult coloring books have started up a soft craze in the country and bookstores have stocked up with various books from Mandalas to Norwegian Designs to Japanese Secret Gardens to Anime style coloring in designs.

My friend mentioned to me how much her office mates raved about these adult coloring …

Risotto and Classic Cooking Rice by Christine Ingram is a cooking book I found at the library while I was browsing. At first, I was not going to check it out because I had plenty of other things on my account; however, I have been wanting to learn how …

Recently, my almost-five-year-old niece and I checked out some books about families. I was particularly looking for books that would help my niece, who comes from a family that is structured in a nontraditional way, to understand the concept of what makes a family. However, in that regard, I …

This is a book about none other than surviving a robot uprising, meant as a humorous look at how far robot technology has come to today. It covers everything from how to spot a hostile robot to fooling robots, to surviving hand to hand combat. Scattered throughout the book …

“Talion: Revenant” written by Michael Stackpole, is a fantasy fiction novel that tells the story of how a young boy named Nolan overcomes tremendous odds (the death of his family and the annexation of his nation) to become a “Justice” (the highest order of the Talions who keep peace …

The Woman’s Advantage Diet by Dr. Henry Mallek discusses a diet designed for women using their own menstrual cycles. The book moves from identifying your cycle (very important here for the diet to work), introducing the diet, sample recipes and questions a woman might have to make the diet …

I really appreciate the book “5 Steps To Control High Blood Pressure” by Dr. Anjali Arora. The book is highly informative.After reading the book I acquired a greater understanding of the causes …

I used to be not a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. However, one day I came across his autobiography named My Experiment with Truth in the library. I decided to issue it, just out of curiosity to read something about the father of my nation in his own words.
It took …

I just downloaded this free script of the first episode of The Glades, written by Clifton Campbell, through Barnes and Noble for my nook e-reader. I wasn’t sure what to expect, and had no idea what the show was about or what the storyline entailed, but I have to …

What an incredible gift this would be for a friend who enjoys history, news and current events, perhaps nostalgia, or for yourself if you fit that description. This remarkable publication was under the Christmas tree for me one year when I was a teenager, and I still love …

“Sugartown” is the fifth Amos Walker mystery book by Loren D. Estleman. Amos Walker is the current king among hard-boiled detectives, at least in my book. In “Sugartown” Walker works three different subplots and confronts a host of villains as he investigates the cases he was hired to solve. …

Jawahar Book Centre is one of the best book stores in Delhi. I am enjoying the services of this book store for the last one year. I am a voracious reader and read plethora of books on different subjects. I always prefer to buy books from this book store …

Being the last book of the Twilight Saga Series by Stephanie Meyer, I expected something more. And by that, I do not mean volume. It is the very longest of the four books and I think a lot of it should have been written differently. She made every single …

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 …

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins is the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy. I found this book just as epic as the first, perhaps even more action packed. The plot follows Katniss Everdeen, a young girl from a poor district, who defied the powerful Capitol. She survived …

Britt Shelley meets Raley Gannon in this thriller romance and man, it really smokes!
I am not really a follower of Brown’s novels but I do pick them up as they catch my interest. And this one certainly does! I was hooked when I read the summary at the back …