Books Reviews
Rockaway Township Library
The Rockaway Township Library is located in the town of Rockaway in Morris County, NJ. It needs to be distinguished from the other library in the town, the Rockaway Borough Library. The Rockaway Township Library is located near the police station on Green Pond Road.
It is a …
Wimpy Kid Diary - Rodrick Rules book
Wimpy kid Diary —“ Rodrick Rules is the second book from “Wimpy Kid Diary” series, by Jeff Kinney. This series was starts as posts in a blog, and it became so famous that the story was changed in books. Jeff is the author and the illustrator of the blog …
Lost It by Kristen Tracy book
I was attracted to this book because of its cover. It is a two pair of legs, a girl and a boy hidden under something like a canoe and they’re both wearing denim pants and on bare feet. The cover is really cute and attracts teenage girls like me.
This …
Watchmen Graphic Novel by Alan Moore
“Watchmen” is a ground breaking graphic novel by Alan Moore published in 1986. From the very beginning, when you are introduced to Rorschach through his journal, you know you are in for a special treat. Consider the following journal entry: “The accumulated filth of all their sex …
Deviant (Edward Gein) book
Deviant (Edward Gein), written by Harold Schechter was published by Pocket Books, 1989.
Are monsters made or born? Many such —˜monsters’ have blamed their heinous acts on their upbringing, childhood, parents and families. Could a child in a dysfunctional family or an abusive relationship turn out to be …
The Sinner by Tess Gerritsen
Tess Gerritsen has done it again! The Sinner is gripping and entertaining! The story recalls characters from other books and brings in some new faces. Tess Gerritsen’s writing is has a quality that few can attest to. This is a thrilling novel that you will …
Power principles : Do you have the winning edge? book
‘Power principles : Do you have the winning edge?’ is a book written by Jeb Blount. This is a book which motivates the reader to become successful in life, to make better decisions in sales etc.. This is a book worthy to be read by each and every person …
Scent of Shadows book
Scent of Shadows is the first book in the Signs of the Zodiac series by Vicki Pettersson. Usually, superhero books are not my cup of tea, but there was something mystical about the story line that I found immediately captivating. The book starts out with Joanna Archer on a …
Tickle Monster Laughter Kit with Tickle Mitts by Josie Bissett
My son received this story book kit for this first birthday and throughout the past year he has really become quite attached to it. It is such a simple, yet positively brilliant idea. It is a story about a tickle monster that comes from planet tickle and …
Creating Web Pages For DUMMIES
As I intended to go into affiliate marketing, I got myself a few how-to books on web pages creation.I am a newbie in this line of works which offer infinitely return provided you can make it.
Coming back to web pages creation for my website which is the first step …
The Cunning Man, book by Robertson Davies
The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies starts off like any good mystery novel, with a death. Specifically, the death of a well-loved priest named Father Hobbes. Unfortunately, as the reader continues deeper into the novel with high hopes of an intriguing mystery, he is first sorely disappointed and then …
The Thirteenth Apostle Book
Religions , mysteries , encrypted messages , ruthless killings and persecution… These are the main themes in the novel by Michel Benoit, who will keep you under tremendous pressure from the beginning of his book to the last chapter. It is questioned not only the sustainability of the Catholic …
Photoshop CS4 Dirty Tips And Tricks Book
I bought this book a few months ago and read it immediately because I heard so many god things about it. First of all, this book is not the usual Photoshop book which deals with the usual themes such as sharpening an image, cropping or opening up Photoshop. This …
The Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks
The Elves of Cintra is a very nice epic-fantasy story that was given to me by my boyfriend. This is from the author Terry Brooks and he is a really good author writing a dark and contemporary twist here and there.
The characters were all about Logan …
Dying to Deceive by Judith Cutler
Dying to Deceive is a book I’ve read and the author is Judith Cutler. This is amongst a great anthology series book but I just managed to read this one. It is about the character Sophie Rivers, who got married to an England cricketer naming Mike Louden. …
Save the Date-From the Files of Madison Finn by Laura Dower
This is the 7th book in the popular series for girls, From the Files of Madison Finn, about a typical girl who keeps a computer journal and files of everything she encounters.
In this story, Madison Finn is, as always, busy, but she is even busier than normal and many …
Ruby Holler book
Ruby Holler, a book by Sharon Creech, who was the winner of the Newberry Medal for her one of her other books, Walk Two Moons was a great story that was very, very beautifully written, and it makes you feel like your really there, I loved it when I …
Family Doctor Home Advisor
Family Doctor Home Advisor book has some cool authors that are mostly Doctors. I can’t really remember the names of the authors, but what I do know is that humorously, an apple a day keeps the doctors away. Therefore, a compilation book which is a man-child by …
The Forests of Silence by Emily Rodda
This kids’ book is great, even for kids who don’t like to read. This book is the first in a series of eight books called Deltora Quest. This series is followed by two more series, and many kids I know have really enjoyed all three series.
This book itself moves …
The Caller by Mary-Rose Hayes
The Caller was written by Mary-Rose Hayes, first published in 1979 by Pinnacle books.
A night predator was prowling the streets and pubs, searching for the woman in his life. His targets are women who looked like ‘Lisa’ to him; once he had a target, he would either …
Stephanie Plum series
I got hooked on reading mystery novels a few years ago. One of my all time favorite mystery writers is Janet Evanovich. She has a series out called the Stephanie Plum novels. Stephanie Plum is a bounty hunter who is successful mostly by dumb luck. She has two men …
User’s Guide To Brain-Boosting Supplements
I do really appreciate the book “User’s Guide To Brain-Boosting Supplements” written by James Gormely and Shari Lieberman and published by Basic Health ublications.I find the book highly informative and very helpful. It contains a wealth of inormation on best brain-boosting dietary supplements including vitamin C, vitamin E, amino …
Black Bird (Japanese Manga) by Kanoko Sakurakoji
Black Bird is a Japanese Manga by Kanoko Sakurakoji that has now been converted into English. This is like my all-time favorite manga at the moment. I mean I love this manga. I will admit that that it’s sort of cliché with a girl, needing to be saved by a …
Megaliving-30 days to a perfect life
This is a life-changing book which i believe everybody must read once.Everyone of us had some dreams of becoming somebody great someday whom people may admire and respect.This book makes us believe that nothing is impossible.The day i completed this book,i just felt so good.It helped me to see …
Fat Envelope Frenzy
Reading Fat Envelope Frenzy really helped me a lot on my college admissions. Yes, it really gives one student the rations needed in order to be in the best position for a dream college. But one has to face the fact there is certainly no best formula in order …
Tracking Bear by Aimee & David Thurlo
Tracking Bear is the ninth book in the Ella Clah series. I’ve been reading the series from the first one, Blackening Song. During the process I’ve gained insight into the Navaho worldview. This is a good thing for me, because I grew up in Northern Arizona and went to …
A Secret Rage by Charlaine Harris
I really enjoy Charlaine Harris’ novels. She’s written a lot of series in the mystery genre — in fact, I got interested in her writing through her Southern Vampire series, which is still my favorite.
A Secret Rage is one of her “stand alone” novels; that is, it …
Crónica de una muerte anunciada by Gabriel GarcÃÂa Márquez
“Crónica de una muerte anunciada” can be translated to English to be “Chronicles of a Death Foretold”. It was a fictional novel written by the Columbian author Gabriel GarcÃÂa Márquez on the “honor code” which existed and possibly still exists in some Spanish speaking societies. Before reading the book …
Wedding Planning For Dummies
Wedding planning for dummies, written by Marcy Blum and Laura Fisher Kaiser, provides every possible information on how to plan a wedding. Both these authors are well-known - especially for their works on how to go get wed. They have authored this book as a perfect guide for organizing …
The Wit & Wisdom of Archie Bunker
This is a paperback book that was published by Popular Library in 1971 and authored by the writers of “All in the Family”. The problem with it being published in 1971 is that it only encompasses the first one and a half seasons of “All in the Family”. Now …
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold book
Susie Salmon is a teenage girl who seemingly has it all: a loving family, friends, a guy who is infatuated with her, and she’s about to start high school where she hopes to go from girly Susie to mature Suzanne. All that is about to change when Susie loses …
Neuromancer by William Gibson
I enjoyed reading ‘Neuromancer’, a science fiction novel written by William Gibson. It was published in 1984, and the ideas expressed in this book came way before their time. Gibson coined the term “cyber space” with this novel, which is one of the very first considered a part of …
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is a book about Harry Potter finding that he can speak in parsletongue(snake language). In this book he finds out that there is a chamber full of secrets related to his arch enemy-Voldemort. In the process, many of his friends turn to …
In the company of heroes (Michael Durant)
In the Company of Heroes
Michael J. Durant and Steven Hartov
Bantam Press 2003
In the company of heroes is the incredible story of an American Black Hawk pilot gunned down and captured as a POW (Prisoner Of War) in Somalia.
Michael Durant is the officer who experienced life as a bargaining chip …
Ian Rankin - Knots and Crosse book
This is the first book of the Inspector Rebus series and in my opinion the darkest one. Ian Rankin is regarded as the classic author of the genre called tartan noir, which, as the name indicates, combines the unique features of Scottish
cultural landscape with the elements of hard-boiled criminal. …
Knitting Rules! book
Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, also known as The Yarn Harlot, is a knitting humourist. It seems like there wouldn’t be much material for her to write about, but her books are always fun and amusing to read.
This particular book, Knitting Rules!, is more of an explanatory book than knitting humour, although …
Advice to Writers by Jon Winokur book
I found the book “Advice to Writers” written or compiled by Jon Winokur to be very inspirational. It’s basically a book filled with writing quotes from professional or published writers. It covers many topics about writing including; agents, characters, colleagues, critics, dialogue, discouragement when writing, editing, genres, grammar and …
Baby’s First Toys
Baby’s First Toys is published by Hinkler Books. It comes in a series and besides toys, there are other topics such as animals, colours and words.
Baby’s First Toys is a wonderful picture book for babies. As they love colorful pictures, this book will entertain your children and give them …
Psychology by Baron book
In the second year of my graduation, I was supposed to study psychology. When I started to read it I found that this subject is not made for me. It was too tough to understand for me. The study material of my college was not interesting.
Then I was told …
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse
Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse by John Joseph Adams, is a collection of post-apocalyptic short stories by a multitude of authors. Some of the better recognized of these are Orson Scott Card, Stephen King, and Gene Wolfe. But there are plenty of others to enjoy. The stories contained in …
The Wheel of Time Series by Robert Jordan book
These are undoubtedly among the best books I’ve ever read. This fantasy series is planned to run for 14 books. Since the death of the original author, James Oliver Rigney Jr (under the pen name Robert Jordan) it has been continued by Brandon Sanderson. Thankfully, the new writer stays …
Slow Kill by Michael McGarrity
In “Slow Kill,” the ninth of the Kevin Kearny series by Michael McGarrity, Kearny continues to balance his career with his personal life. The book begins when Kearny goes to California searching for some broodmares and finds himself accused of killing a murder. He isn’t a suspect for long, …
Chica, Chica 1-2-3
The other day, my daughter brought home a book from the school library (she brings home two a week) and told me it was one she has been wanting to check out for some time. I can only assume that’s because it was a book that was read in …
The Duke’s Indiscretion
This story is also about historical romance and it is about duty to the Crown of a Duke for honor and duty versus his love for a lady that he truly loves. If you were to ask me in this modern day, whether there is such a thing, …
Think and grow rich
‘Think and grow rich’ is a book written by Napoleon Hill. The author has written this book after much research. The author had set out to interview certain successful men in his life. He spoke with them and found out the secret behind their success. He understood from them …
Terror of Blue John Gap
Sir Arthur Conan-Doyle has several short stories that are supposed to be thrillers. Some are hits others, like the Terror of Blue John Gap, are misses.
The one thing I like about this story is it’s told in the form of a diary so the reader really has no clue …
The Stranger
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 …
Icon by Frederick Forsyth
A file is stolen by an old cleaner from the office of the man touted to be Russia’s next President, an ultra - fascist. The file finds it’s way into the hands of British Intelligence. The contents of the file are terrifying. But, when both the American and British …
ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL by James Harriot
I didn’t know how I could talk my young acquaintance out of becoming a veterinarian in the future. So I began to search for something about the profession purposefully. And you can imagine, my joy was boundless when I found a book on this very subject, also written with …
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