A Series of Unfortunate Events is a 13 book series written for children by an author under the pen name of Lemony Snicket. The Austere Academy is Book $5 in the series.
The Baldelaire children are orphans, their parents having been killed in a fire caused by the evil …

I bought this book because —“ well, let’s face it, because everyone was raving about it, and I like to read, and I like to read fantasy and YA fantasy. I appreciate a good love story, so it seemed right up my alley. It also seemed attractive …

I not only liked , but I was also left with a very good impression from this book. In this case I speak of a small, poignant book that I believe will find a way to your heart the way it found to mine. I am talking about “Paw …

Watching Rachael Ray’s do cooking in the television really inspires me to do the cooking as one of my favorite thing to do. She always prepare appetizing and easy to prepare foods that could really make us crave for more. She has always been an inspiration t me and …

If you are anything of a horror fan (especially erotic horror) you will love the short story “Untamed Sex” by James Crawford. Found in the Fear the Fever short story collection, this tale is about a couple who still loves one another, but is having some trouble keeping …

Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury is undoubtly one important book of our time. The novel, written almost 50 years ago, predicts some events that seems to have already started to happen in our society nowadays. The book show us some facts that can ocur in a near future.
Te main …

An attempted dognapping, a frying pan and a dead body kick off Jennifer Crusie’s second collaboration with Bob Mayer, “Agnes and the Hitman.”
Agnes is food columnist “Cranky Agnes.” She has a history of knowing how to wield kitchen implements. Her weapon of choice? The frying pan, but she’ll use …

Haunted was the very first Chuck Palahniuk book I encountered. I saw it staring at me in one of my usual trips to the bookstore. I thought the cover was intriguing enough, with an all-caps Parental Guidance posted on one corner of the book. Later, after I have read …

The Tree of Hands (written by Ruth Rendell and published by Arrow Books Ltd, 1994)
Benet was shattered when her two year old son, James, died. Her mother, Mopsa came to take care of her. Mopsa had a history of mental illness, and had once tried to …

Wedding Season by Katie Fforde is a very sweet novel that I enjoyed reading very much so. It is a story about love and a sweet poignant tale and hence, a friendship between 3 women that are really awesome and becoming fast friends, due to their amazing job to …

This is without doubt my favorite Pirates of the Caribbean book. It is filled with dozens of full color photographs and interesting text that covers all three of the feature films. The book has 95 pages and includes a neat pull out poster of the Black Pearl & the …

The third installment of Stephenie Meyer’s super popular Twilight series, Eclipse was an excellent book to read. This book focused on “choice”. Bella, the main character has to choose between her former love interest (a vampire) or her best friend (a werewolf). A complicated love triangle, a vampire seeking …

I began my journey into the fitness and nutrition world about 4 years ago in my senior year of high school. I’ve always been athletic but at various times in my life I’ve been too skinny and at other times too fat. I began to find nutrition very interesting, …

I don’t think Osamu Tezuka’s manga —˜Ayako’ will ever be one of those manga that breaks the glass ceiling of literature, getting studied in Universities and being hailed by mainstream critics as a classic put alongside works like —˜Les Miserables’. This is more to do with issues like how …

The second book by Ian C Esslemont set in the Malazan Empire, writing in parallel to his colleague Steven Erikson.
Esslemont’s first book in this world (Night of Knives) was set in the past and only gave interesting background, however this one is set in the “current time” and covers …

In this modern age and time, besides the internet, if you are really a die hard fan of a celebrity or just feel the need to write to your favorite celeb, then getting this The Celebrity Black Book 2008: Over 55,000 Accurate Celebrity Addresses for Fans, Businesses and Nonprofits by …

‘Empowering women’ is a book written by Louise L. Hay. This book is basically for women, though it can be read by men. The book is a message that all should experience self-love, self-worth, self-esteem, and a powerful place in society. The author offers insights into how women of …

Start Your Own Blogging Business
Entrepreneur Press and J.S. MacDougall
I only just started blogging. I heard about blogs initially from students I taught at school. My initial impression was that it’s merely a fad, just like the fashion statements they make to impress their friends, and that the …

This story, The Food of Love written by Anthony Capella involves a great backdrop and background place of the gorgeous Rome. So most of the plots are set there. I enjoyed reading this novel thoroughly. The story is about a love triangle but involving the recipe of …

Everyone wants to know why some people are successful and others are not. What universal energy accumulates around these successful people? That’s the basis of this book. He goes into the specific details of certain people like Bill Gates and the Beatles. And what I found interesting was that …

“Secret Garden” tells a story of Mary Lennox, a ten year old girl who lives in India with her rich English parents. Her father is a diplomat preoccupied with his work, and her beautiful mother has a busy social life, so the girl is pretty much being raised by …

Amelia Thermopolis is your average teenager only she is a princess, student body president, and has a boyfriend, all at fifteen. She thinks she’s a dork and is flat chested. That can’t be too hard, can it?
But right now she has a big dilema this spring due to the …

“My Big Rig” is a children’s book authored by Jonathan London and illustrated by Viviana Garofoli. It was published in 2007. This is a really bright, colorful book about a little boy who takes the wheel of a big rig and takes it across the country.
Pros: This …

I am, obviously or you would not be reading this right now, a writer. And as a writer, I am quite fond of reading. I am very picky with my books. I don’t like to read things that are unoriginal. What I …

This is the first book of The New Prophecy Warriors series by Erin Hunter. This is about the cats traveling to see the badger called Midnight who knows a lot about StarClan who is their warrior ancestors who have died and are now represented by stars in the night …

Returnable Girl by Pamela Lowell. Pamela Lowell was inspired to write this book based on her job as a family therapist. As I was reading through it, I noticed that some of the terms and lingo that foster care workers use is the very up-to-date as to …

I bought this book for my daughter’s ninth birthday. With her hitting puberty and her always being “Daddy’s Girl”, I figured that this would be a great way for us to reconnect on a very personal level. I am pleased to report that I was correct.
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Albert Jack has made a name for himself writing books that provide the background to the stories, phrases, urban legends and even pub names that we are all so familiar with but never really know where they originate and I just love stuff like that and find it quite …

Like many people, my first introduction to Sherlock Holmes was through Arthur Conan Doyle�s book The Hound of the Baskervilles. And, it still remains one of my favorite mysteries.
The thing I like about this book, versus most other Sherlock Holmes books, is the reader is introduced to most of …

While reading this compelling murder/mystery by Lisa Jackson, I was completely spellbound and could hardly put it down! The question of what could possibly come next was ever present in my mind, and I was kept on my toes throughout the whole book. The characters were …

I finished reading a novel called “Close to the Bone” which was written by David Wiltse.
In “Close to the Bone” a trouble shooter named Becker matches wits with an assassin name of Bahoud. Becker feels that he may be just as bad as the killers he stalks, during …

‘Miracles through Pranic healing’ is a book written by Master Choa Kok Sui, a writer of Philippines. Master Choa is also a businessman. He is also a master pranic healer. Master Choa is an international lecturer and author.
This book deals with paranormal healing. This book is written in simple …

‘The sea of adventure’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is a very interesting book, as interesting as any of the other adventure series written by Enid Blyton.
The children decide to go on a good holiday. They decide to go with a certain Mr John, who …

After having finished ‘Deadly Cool’ (the first instalment of this series) quite quickly, I immediately moved onto the second book of the series. Although the plot from the first book hadn’t been exactly ‘incredible’, I had liked the protagonist a lot, and the book had held my attention. So, …

The Kaplan Practice Tests for the SAT is a very helpful book if you wish to find a good amount of practice for the SAT. It contains twelve full length practice exams with answers and has very good and detailed explanations for every single question on the practice test. …

Perhaps, that perhaps may be deliberate or it is non consciousness, but although those rather literally are the same, there is the difference which becomes aware in two novels. Actually, as for prose, style and writing at the present place which never does not finish to change as for …

ESSENTIAL MOON KNIGHT
A bounty hunter? A mercenary? A reclusive millionaire? A TAXI CAB DRIVER?
Who was Moon Knight? Or, as he is sometimes referred to as The Moon Knight.
Moon Knight was and remains Marvel’s Batman rip-off character. And boy did they try to mask it by giving the hero THREE …

This book is a very fun kids’ book. The idea of witches being intent on removing evil from the world by using their individual and rather strange powers is cute and fun. The witch school is also a fun idea.
The story moves quickly and without any flaws or anything …

There is a new phenomenon on the book market right now, something that has taken the market by storm and ran into the distance with our imaginations, desire and passion. This is, of course, 50 Shades Of Grey.
If you have an active imagination and the ability to overlook some …

After reading a lot of positive critique about the novel, I bought a copy and read it eagerly the moment I took hold of it. I’ve seen the movie long before I read the book. It was the movie that captured my interest and based on my experience, the …

This textbook published by EMI Music is a three in one book that has total of 29 lessons in each section, which all together is a total of 87 lessons. Each lesson is about one page long that explains about the theory and then give some practical exercises. There …

I have read the book ‘The bungalow mystery’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is a book among the Nancy Drew series. As all other Nancy Drew books are, this book also is very interesting and captivating.
This mystery is a different sort of mystery. The mystery element differs from …

After reading Holly black’s debut novel, “Tithe,” I wrote a review saying that despite the flaws in her first book I would probably read her sophomore work. That work is called “Valiant,” and while it has many of the same objectionable notes as her last book it also shows …

Most of you must have atleast heard about the name of this book, if not read. A popular Oscer winning movie was also made based on this plot. Exactly declaration to which is not this declaration that Scarlett O Hara says, powerful truth . As for me after reading …

I love books, love them. I read two or three a week, and have a list of authors that I admire, as well as a very specific set of genres that I choose to read. Knowing that I am a book nut, friends and family are always giving me …

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle is a Japanese Manga, or graphic novel that is red from right to left, instead of left to right, and tells the story of an archeologist named Syaoran and his childhood friend Sakura, princess of the country of Clow. He is busy working on an …

I read one book called seven habits of highly effective people by stephen covey. It is a book for personality development for modern world. The author describes in early days to archive success only character ethic counts . A person who had good character ethic and followed good …

Hush Little Darlings (by Judith Kelman)
This is my second attempt at a Judith Kelman’s book. The first one had been rather mind-boggling and unimpressive; this book is however, a great improvement.
Sarah Spooner was investigating a case involving four young girls who were found to have …

Bad Behaviour by Sheila O’Flanagan is a story about heartache, love lost and betrayal of a friend. It is not really your typical story, because I wish that not all best-friends would steal someone away from whom they love. But that’s what happens in this novel; Bad Behaviour. …

The Billionaire’s Bidding is a book that my mom bought for me, since she knows that I love reading about relationships and romance novels. The price, if I remember was around $5, and this book is a very realistic novel. The author, Barbara Dunlop, has written such …