Sometimes an author really shakes up his reader’s expectations. This is what happened to me when I started “The Sorcerer of the North,” book five in The Ranger’s Apprentice series by Australian novelist John Flanagan. Flanagan’s first four books in the series had Will training under Halt to become …

If anyone had ever told me that I would be a cat owner, I would have laughed at them. I had dogs most of my childhood and my family never looked at getting a cat, even thou kittens are just too cute for words. So, when I met my …

Reading the book was like having a trip to India, like being fostered by a middle class Indian family and being immersed with its exotic culture. It gave me a glimpse of India’s countryside, its political issues before, Indian overseas workers, its caste system and thoughts of an Oxford-educated …

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, …

This book is about a fighter named Dean who goes to meet his sisters after being separated from them since childhood. Along the way, he meets a girl (who happens to be friends with his sisters). There’s also a bit of mystery to the book, as things …

The Abortion Dilemma: Personal Views on a Public Issue is a book written about abortion from a pro-choice perspective. The author’s bias becomes apparent early on. She argues that laws against abortion cause women to die horrible deaths from illegal abortion and, therefore, are wrong.
The book had interesting stories …

Title of Book: Have You Seen Me?
Author: Laura Denham
Written in an honest repository, Denham explores the basic human desire to belong, and to be loved. Have You Seen Me? offers a fresh perspective on occupations most of us would think of as lowly, and pathetic - dance hostesses and prostitutes. …

“Lucy at the Movies: The Complete Films of Lucille Ball” by Cindy De La Hoz is a book that I think will be of interest and enjoyment to Lucille Ball fans. It has nothing to do with the “I Love Lucy” series and instead focuses on Lucy’s movie career. …

The books for “Star Wars” are so numerous that there is always the risk for me to miss some of them, lost in the flow of the numerous works of literature, pouring in the Expanded Universe. Therefore we studied the human individual titles, otherwise risking to miss a gem …

I had no idea what I was missing before I read this! I feel like these is one of my favorite series of all times! I finished all the books so quickly and and I just want more more more! I can’t wait for the next one to come …

I have read the book ‘miracle of mindfulness ‘ written by Thich Nhat Hanh. This book is about how to live more mindfully and with awareness. The author explains also some meditation exercises in this book. These exercises help one to live as mindfully as possible.
This book can be …

Well, I do have to say that I definitely enjoy a good romantic story;And Hush Hush seems to have accomplished just that. If your a person who enjoys a good fantasy/romance mix, then this book is for you. It was originally recommended to me by a friend, and …

Another historical novel from Steve Berry and the story’s background is Russian Monarchy. He started from an illustration about the assassination of Tsar Russia Nicholas II, his wife, Alexandra and His five children in Yekaterinburg, Russia. There was a mystery about his two elder children, Anastasia and Alexei. When …

Le Mot Juste, edited not by a single person but by an editorial panel of no fewer than six people, is subtitled “A Dictionary of Classical & Foreign Words & Phrases”, which in all honesty I think is likely to prove a more immediately understandable description to most people of what the …

I am reviewing the book, Crucible: McCoy, written by David R. George III. This book was written in 2006.
This book chronicles the life of our favorite doctor, Dr. Leonard H McCoy. The novel spans back and forth between two different lives: the life McCoy had after Jim stopped …

“Look Me in the Eye” and “Be Different” are both books by John Elder Robison. I had the pleasure of recently reading both of them. The openness and honesty of the books was refreshing. Mr. Robison gives us a glimpse into his life with Asperger’s syndrome and not finding …

The print on this book caught my eye on the book stand at our bookstore, it featured a woman in an elegant eggplant cocktail dress sitting on couch, her legs were spread evenly and casually and you can’t really see her face as it’s only half-shown, but I could …

Toko Buku Djawa is located in Jl. Braga in Bandung. Bandung is the capital of the largest state in Indonesia, West Jawa. It is a book shop located on the left hand side of the road. It sells all sorts of books from magazines to school books. When I …

This book is the second book in the MacDonald Hall series by Gordon Korman, and while you don’t really have to read the first book, this can’t be happening, it does help to understand the characters a bit better. However, this book is fun for kids to read even …

I really laugh a lot when I read this book title, The Love Trainer by Julia Llewellyn. I finish it in just 3 days and it’s such an amazing book about the character in question, Katie Wallace.
She is actually just a cleaner, and you will be amazed …

The Master Bedroom by Tessa Hadley is a book that I have read sometime ago and this book just gets me lost. I must say that I chose this book to read because of its very gorgeous cover and the cover is in pink color. Very nice and …

This university term would be my first time doing Financial Accounts, or any other business subject. Therefore, at the beginning of the term I found myself very anxious about doing the subject, since I was unsure if I would need a background in the subject to be able to …

I received this book as a birthday present last year from a well meaning friend who knows I like to make my own beaded jewelry.
Now, it should be said I don’t buy a lot of books on making beaded jewelry for myself. I consider myself a pretty creative …

The Great Expectations School: A Rookie Year in the New Blackboard Jungle by Dan Brown and Randi Weingarten is a heartwarming story that makes me remember about the sacrifices done by a teacher and what it could have been and etc. The students in the class that Dan Brown …

‘American Gods’ by Neil Gaiman is an interesting exploration of how the faith of human kind has changed over the course of the last few hundred years. This is an issue that addressed in a very subtle manner, and the focus is of the story itself and not the …

Subconscious Reshaping: A Revolutionary Sleep Breakthrough System is a book written by Daniel Johnson. This book teaches how the brain can process information in order to achieve personal goals one seeks, and that is possible when a person sleeps, and his brainwave is at theta.
This book is pretty …

I read “the Dog of the South” by Charles Portis on the recommendation of a friend. This is a good book and I recommend it to others.
The dog of the south was written and is set in the American South in the 1970’s. This novel …

The sixth novel in Michael McGarrity’s Kevin Kerney series is “Under the Color of Law.” Kerney has just become police chief in Santa Fe, the job he had held several years earlier when he was shot in the knee and forced to retire.
One of his first cases involved the …

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a classic horror novel. However, you will find the manner in which the novel was put together very interesting: it is a series of diary entries, newspaper clippings and letters. This type of novel is called an ‘epistolary novel’. Dracula is one of the primary …

This book explains the concept of Logistics and Supply Chain Management in simple terms and illustrations. The author outlines the strategies required towards achieving the goal of the Supply Chain Management. According to the author the goal of Supply Chain Management is to link the market place, the distribution network, …

This is one of those books than you must ‘read before you die’, High praise indeed and justly deserved.
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“See dying vegetables life sustain”
“See life dissolving vegetate again”
“All forms that perish other forms supply”
“By turns we catch the vital breath and die”
“Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne”
“They rise; they …

End of Days is the third book written after the second novel World After. I have greatly anticipated getting my hand on a copy of the End of days since finishing the previous novel the World After.
End of Days begins where World After takes off. Just like in …

All brides to be will definitely have to take a look at this Asian Bridal Look Book: The Essential Guide to Gorgeous Hair and Make-up for Your Special Day by Nilpa Bharadia. It has been compiled in English and there are just so many tips that one could use.
Being …

I really like this first installment in the Harry Potter saga. I Like how the book really introduces me, as the reader to the magic of being a wizard right alongside Harry. He is hesitant at first about believing that he is a wizard and knows …

This is the very reason I got back into comics. I saw advertisements over the Internet about this series. I wasn’t sure what to expect, I always remembered the Hulk being a super hero. Boy was I in for a treat with this, World War Hulk spanned into a …

With everyone on a budget these days, day trips have become popular, and Colleen Anderson must have been ahead of the curve when she wrote this book. Although it came out in 1998, it still offers great planning tips for having a fun trip in West Virginia that is …

The national bestselling author of more then 25 novels, Marcia Muller has struck again with her newest Novel Cape Perdido. In this newest of novels, she returns to the northern coast of California, as in previous novels sush as Point Deception and Cyanide Wells, but in this one she …

‘Look out, secret seven’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This book is of the secret seven series and it is a dry book, just like many other secret seven books.
There is no mystery for the seven to solve. But Colin’s neighbour, General Branksome, has his medals …

Batman: Year Three 3 of 4 has Dick Grayson as Nightwing still searching for Batman while Alfred confronts Tony Zucco and begs him to leave Gotham.
This was a great issue, because it delved deeper into Alfred’s, Bruce’s and Dick’s characters and revealed more about them. The plot was …

A few months ago I began programming in Processing to create some interactive applications at work after having just a brief introduction to the language on a “programming interactivity” course. Because the language is pretty simple and the resulting programs are all visual I found it very easy to …

I’m a longtime King fan. I started reading his work in elementary school and have been enjoying it ever since. I’m such a fan that I write soley about Stephen King related material for Examiner.com. As I discuss the books, I’ve been reading them so that …

I love books like this title which I have read, Opening Your Heart: How to Attract More Love into Your Life by Anne Jones. It is about finding that ’soul-mate’ for those of us not finding them yet. I think this is a normal feeling by most singles …

I’ve just finished reading The Appeal by John Grisham with nothing worth mentioning at the end of it all, except that the ending really wasn’t what I expected at all. It really, well for lack of a better word, “sucked”!
Basically, it is a story of big business and politics …

The book How to Ruin Your Life by Ben Stein is fantastic. It has a very nice tongue-in-cheek approach to life in general and basically to life itself. I find the book to be very funny and I had a blastful time reading from page 1 till the …

I have only read a book from the first page till the end on one run without taking any pauses only on a few ocassions and it had been long since the last time I read a book like that I can’t even remember what was that book. At …

The story in this book, a genre of adventure that can be said that special story. Beginning with the ambition that involve very complex issues. Many told the strategy to defeat the enemy with the ability of a very remarkable individual. Not only illustration to survive, but also demonstrate …

Reading The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne was pretty confusing for me. The story setting is around 17th century or so and Hester Prynne is the main character. He is a very complex character that if you think about what society is today, he will be a laughing-stock, …

I picked this book of several months ago and read it from cover to finish in several days, This 1995 Stephen King classic became a favorite of among many favorite novels by King, it is about a woman named Rose who is abused for years at the hands of …

‘An Echo in the Darkness’ is the second book of Francine Rivers’ trilogy ‘Mark of the Lion’. Hadassah is miraculously saved from the lions by a young Greek doctor, but her face is left badly scarred and she walks with a limp. On the other hand, Marcus, who doesn’t …

‘Five go to mystery moor’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is one of the books among the ‘famous five adventure’ series. This story is not much of an adventure, but is very interesting to read.
Julian and Dick go camping while George and Anne stay at …