Books Reviews
Go Ask Alice
A truly sad book, Go Ask Alice is a true story published after the death of the main character by her family. This is an extreme of what happened to one girl as she went the wrong way in life. The book is composed of Journal entries from the …
The Magus by John Fowles book
I can unreservedly say that this is one of the most enjoyable books I have ever read. John Fowles novel is a dark and mystical inquiry into the human psyche, told through a page turning series of events on a small Greek island. The novel opens with the main …
Supergirl 39
Superwoman and Reactron face off. It seems like Superwoman’s endgame is to protect the woman, only it’s revealed that her goal is to kill her, so Superwoman grabs Reactron and blows up the apartment. Honestly, she can’t stay loyal to anybody.
Supergirl talks to her mother via a …
V is for Virgin, book by Kelly Oram
I’ve already said it before, and I say it again, I love Kelly Oram’s books. I find them incredibly relaxing and perfect to just have a good time, and definitely, V for Virgin wasn’t the exception.
Valerie Jensen turns into Virgin Val from day to night. Everything starts when …
The Millionaire Next Door Book by Stanley and Danko
During a plunging economy I find myself attracted to educational type books that appear to be missing the ordinary get rich hype so common these days. Not too long ago I came across the book entitled The Millionaire Next Door. I sat down and read the entire book in about …
Fall Into Darkness
Fall Into Darkness is one of the older Christopher Pike books for teenagers and young adults. I first read the book when I was in junior high and I recently had the chance to read it again. The plot of the book follows a young woman named Sharon who …
Frost Dancers book
Frost Dancers is a fantasy adventure book by Garry Kilworth, who these days is probably rather better known for his science fiction writing but who I generally think is better at this type of story. As the subtitle, “A Story of Hares”, indicates, it is an animal fantasy, which …
Front Page 2000 Book
Web Designing & Publishing with Front Page 2000 Book is a wonderful book for the beginners of website designing. I bought this book from my friend Satheesh. He done a website designing course in Aptech Computer Education. They gave this book as a Student Guide Book. …
The Lost Symbol by Dan Brown
First of all, Dan Brown is one awesome author in my opinion. I loved his previous work with the Da Vinci Code and Angels and Demons. So I was understandable excited when this book came out. I pre-ordered it and almost attacked the mail man when he delivered …
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
My friend loaned me Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill. And really this book gives me the creep after I’ve finished reading it and while reading it too.
The character Jude sorts of surf the net and he nonsensically bought a ghost and thought that it’s going to be …
Marshall’s Guard by Isabo Kelly
I read this book on and off at first, and it’s called Marshall’s Guard. This book is about Lieutenant Leia Ballore, as an officer, was sent to a scene to collect some stolen cargo.
With love working in mysterious ways, she then met the man of her dreams in …
Daddy’s Dirty Books by Michael Garrett
Horror movie and book aficionados should keep their eyes peeled for the short story collection “Fear the Fever.” This collection includes a short story called “Daddy’s Dirty Books.” Obviously, the story revolves around a collection of pornographic magazines that a father keeps in his bedroom bureau. …
The clue of the broken locket book
I have read the book —˜The clue of the broken locket’ written by Carolyn Keene. This book is one among the Nancy Drew series. This is an interesting book. In fact, it is one of the most interesting. In this book, Nancy shows lot of courage and wit in …
Tales of the Unexpected book
The first thing that is unexpected about this book is the author, Roald Dahl. Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl is not at all like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Witches, or James and the Giant Peach, children’s books for which he is famous. These tales are …
This Diary Will Change Your Life 2009 by Benrik Ltd
Hilarious cover and content, this book, This Diary Will Change Your Life 2009 by Benrik Ltd is the icing on the cake for the days that I need humor in my life. Whenever I am stressed up or just plainly bored, I would read this book. It has all …
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
This has to be an essential component of any artists bookshelf, whichever medium they chose to work in. I found this book spoke to me like few other books have. The story follows the childhood and adolescence of Stephen Dedalus, as he grope his way confusingly through the Ireland …
Keeping Moon by Sarah Dessen
Keeping The Moon is a very inspirational novel to me and to other young girls. At the first chapters, I though it was boring and doesn’t really have an interesting plot but after a few chapters, the story became more and more interesting.
It is about a 15-year-old girl named …
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Exiles
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Exiles is a novel that could have offered an exceptionally entertaining read that also offered solutions to problems that have and continue to plague humanity to this day, but instead, the novel ultimately offers up nothing more than grand yet empty messages and …
Beggars in Spain by Nancy Kress
“Beggars in Spain”, a novel by Nancy Kress, starts with an interesting idea. What if some people never needed to sleep? The story explores the implications of such a breakthrough from the perspective of one of these new super-humans. The writing itself is unobtrusive, which I appreciated, but the …
He Loves Lucy by Susan Donovan book
He Loves Lucy by Susan Donovan is a book that falls into the chick lit category. Only, don’t let that sway you from reading it, as it is at the very top of that category. The book is about Lucy, a PR rep who has to lose weight in …
Linchpin by Seth Godin
Linchpin is book about making yourself stand out. The author is basically telling us that unless we are something spectacular, we are just like everyone else. But there are things that make us spectacular, like having letters of reference or an amazing blog when applying for jobs in lieu …
Fruits Basket Manga Volume 5 (Graphic Novel)
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 …
1984 (a novel by George Orwell)
1984 is a book nobody should miss. It is so captivating, so well written, a novel one will never forget. The skill of the author in creating the dark and gloomy atmosphere of a dictatorial society is amazing. You identify with the main character in his strive to retain …
The Lottery Winner by Mary Higgins Clark
The Lottery Winner is a book of short stories based on the characters of Alvirah and Willy. In the book that originally contained these characters, Mary Higgins Clark planned to kill Alvirah off. She was urged not too, and Alvirah and Willy have since shown up in …
The Mists of Avalon
I am a voracious reader and have been ever since I was a small child. I can remember going to the public library when I was about twelve year old and checking out ten books at a time, which I would read in about a week. My dad used …
Amanda Rose by Karen Robards
Karen Robards wrote Amanda Rose and this really gorgeous and truly beautiful novel has certainly touched my heart in many ways. This is a very sweet story about romance between an ordinary girl and a buccaneer.
The love story is filled with such sweet romance that it made …
Automatic Wealth for Grads by Michael Masterson
Automatic Wealth for Grads by Michael Masterson is a comprehensive book on what to do with your money if you are just starting out. What I appreciated about this book was it covers several topics about money in a clear, straight-forward manner. Topics include investing in mutual …
Guess how much I love you by Sam McBratney
The other day, I saw the book title, Guess how much I love you by Sam McBratney and it caught my attention and my eyes to buy it. It is a children’s classic story and my niece love it very much! She is all gushing and all …
Lucky
Lucky is a weird book I decided to buy one day when I was at the local discount book store. I thought the title to be interesting so I had to give it a chance and read the book. Lucky is about this boy named Sam who did not …
M is for Magic book
I like quite a few of Neil Gaiman’s books - Coraline was great, for example, and The Sandman is classic. So I figured I would enjoy these short stories in M is for Magic, which is a collection actually written for kids. I think kids aged 10 - 13 …
I’ll Walk Alone by Mary Higgins Clark book
I had read reviews of Mary Higgins Clark’s latest book, I’ll Walk Alone. None of them were very good. But I thought this is Mary Higgins Clark, I love all of her books. So I bought it anyway and sat down to read it as soon …
“Slammed” by Colleen Hoover (Book)
The book is about the perspective of an 18 year old girl, Layken, as she is forced to move into a new town with her family after her father’s untimely death. The only upside to moving turns out to be her new neighbor, 21 year old Will. He takes …
Robin: Year One Book 1 of 4
Robin: Year One Book 1 of 4 is a comic mini-series about Dick Grayson’s first year as Robin the Boy Wonder and his early adventures as Batman’s partner and sidekick. The authors are Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty, the artist is Robert Campenella. Batman and Robin investigate …
Engulfed book
Engulfed by Bernard F. Dick
The subheading of this book ‘The Death of Paramount Pictures and the Birth of Corporate Hollywood’is intriguing.
In the old days when Paramount was purchased by Gulf and Western, there were many gasps that Adolf Zukor’s beloved studio was now in the hands of corporate accountants. …
Friday Night Knitting Club novel
I picked this book up, and for some reason I expected something like the jane Austen Book Club novel, I’m not sure why. At any rate, Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs was one of those books I started expecting a warm, cozy read.
It might just be me, …
Sweet Valley High: A Deadly Christmas (Book)
This book is a Sweet Valley High Deception Thriller series and it’s very exciting. It has a very matured side and unlikely of the Wakefield twins to encounter on their everyday lives as it features clumsy yet innocently-in-love Jessica Wakefield falling into the deceptive hands of handsome Jeremy Randall …
Let’s Hike: A Guide to Taal, Makiling and Banahaw
The Philippines is a tropical country composed of about 7100 islands. It has splendid beaches, tropical forests and mountains. The best way to enjoy the Philippines is to hike it. I found this book Let’s Hike: A Guide to Taal, Makiling and Banahaw by Michael Dingkuhn. This book was …
The Body Finder by Kimberlyl Derting
The Body Finder, by Kimberly Derting, is a fantastic book about a girl named Violet, who has the ability to locate the bodies of people who have been murdered. The story also includes a growing sense of “more than friends…” feeling between Violet and her best friend Jay. The …
Nodame Cantabile volume 20
In the 20th volume of Nodame Cantabile, we get to see the progress of the competition where Yun Long, Tanya and Kiyora take part. Yun Long doesn’t have much luck, and Tanya gets eliminated soon too. That means she’ll have to go back to her country. However, that’s the …
Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer
After reading the first two books of the Twilight Saga, I went on to read the third book, Eclipse. It really wasn’t a decision on my part so much as the book calling to me. Like many other Twilight fans, I couldn’t just read the first two …
The Hooded Hawk Mystery - The Hardy Boys by Franklin W. Dixon
This book is definitely not very modern. The Hardy Boys series was written in the 50s and 60s, and you can tell by the way that mention of people who are Asian, Indian, or Native American is handled. Also the roles of males and females.
Other than that, and the …
Lance Armstrong’s book
Lance Armstrong’s –it’s not about the bike is one of the best sports books ever published. the book is unique because the magic that we see in books like harry potter and other fictions actually is real in this book.
the book very well potrays how lance armstrong is always …
1001 Activities for a Smarter Child
Everyone wants a smart child. A great book to browse throuhg is “1001 Activities for a Smarter Child”. In this book there are activities/projects for young children that will engage their creativity and curiousity, as well as develop physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development.
Each activity has a …
The Lord of the rings by J.J.R Tolkien
Tolkien wrote the lord of the rings over a period of 20 years. His first book about middle earth was called The Hobbit. The Hobbit laid the foundations to the epic adventures in the Lord of the Rings. This book was so huge that Tolkien made three books for …
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 …
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