I like this episode in the Ella Clah series by Aimee and David Thurlo. Since her near death experience in an earlier book, Ella is different. She’s less confident that her FBI training will solve all the crimes she confronts and is more willing to recognize the parts of …

My 19-month old is very active and is always on the go. There were few moments when she would want to sit still and read a book. So I try different strategies to get her interested in at least looking at the pictures in the book.
I came across this …

ULTIMATE SPIDERMAN #13 - HOBGOBLIN 13 is an unlucky number for the Ultimate Spiderman line.
Here is a bit of backstory, in the original Spiderman universe, in 1974, the Green Goblin’s son, Harry Osborn, became the second incarnation of the Green Goblin but he only lasted two issues.
(He did end …

Brandon Sanderson is one of the most popular writers of epic fantasies today, but few people know that he also writes books for children and teenagers. As a fan of this type of literature with great interest I went through the different pages of the novel ” Alcatraz versus …

I am an international student so when I was in Queensland, Australia, I didn’t had a chance to bring all my books and my personal computer.
At first it was difficult for me in doing researches because I didn’t have my books or my PC. Then, while I was walking …

Sophie Kinesella is the type of writer that can make you really believe in the characters she creates. I first found one of her books completely by accident. I was looking for a good chick lit book that I could read quickly. I picked up Confessions of a Shopaholic, …

Every few weeks my sister would pay what I would consider enormous prices to have false nails put on or the ones she had on filled again by professionals. I have always liked white tipped nails but her way of getting the white tipped nails did not fit my …

I have read the book —˜Achieve anything in just one year’ written by Jason Harvey. This is a good book. It is easy to understand and also interesting to read. The author has explained a great many things and he has also given us numerous ideas. If those ideas …

I only read this book because it was part of a scholarship opportunity, and it was a really big scholarship too. So ,when I read it I was just trying to make the best of it. I was very bored, even just by the cover, and I thought that …

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara is a bestseller book that captures the great Battle of Gettysburg. I highly recommend it for both readers young and old. The book captures the magnificent adventures of both sides and is a fast read.
Format, 10/10: The book is formatted so that each …

This is a good book to help anyone when they are doing their bucket list. Just a warning, this is for people who are adventurous, not for the faint of heart. I love its suggestions, from dog-sledding in Sweden to riding a felucca down the Nile River. The pictures …

I had heard of the Dr. Seuss book Horton Hears a Who but I had not read it until very recently; when I got it for my daughter.
Overall, I have to say it’s a pretty good book and one I definitely enjoy reading to my daughter at night.
Horton is …

This episode has Mon-El stepping into the role of Metropolis’ protector.
Superman asks him to take over until he returns. He even goes so far as to construct a new watch for Jimmy to call Mon should he get into trouble. He also asks John Irons …

The Star Fox 64 Nintendo Players Guide is a terrific resource for those gamers that want to acquire some of the highest scores possible in this space shooter. The guide goes into significant detail not only how to acquire a medal on each level, but also surpass that score. …

“Little Bo Peep Can’t Get To Sleep” is a children’s book written by Erin Dealey and illustrated by Hanako Wakiyana. The story and the artwork make this book appear to have been published in the 1960s or 1970s, but it was just published in 2005. The …

The Partner is another excellent novel by John Grisham. As usual, Grisham is highly involved in writing stories based on the legal environment, may I add, with a lot of twists and drama.
Patrick Lanigan is a former lawyer and an upcoming partner in a Mississippi Law firm. Lanigan was …

Pour Your Heart Into It by Howard Schultz and Dori Jones Yang, Hyperion, New York, 1997, 351 pages.
This is a biography of Schultz, the founder of Starbucks, and the Starbucks Coffee Company itself. If you want to know how Starbucks invaded every known street corner in almost every …

Good for You is the third book in the series Between The Lines by Tammara Webber, and it has leave me with an enormous smile on my face.
This story starts when Reid is granted community service after acting like a jackass and destroying a house. That’s where he …

The Pilot’s Wife is the story of a woman woken up in the middle of the night to be told that her husband has died in a car accident and she has been left alone with her teenage daughter. Living in New England, in a small coastal town, …

Raptor by Paul Zindel is a fast-moving young adult novel and I really loved it. I actually read the entire book in just a few hours one evening. I’ve always loved dinosaurs and I try to read all the novels I find that have them in it. This book …

The fact that my deceased grandmother loved The Proposal by Lori Wick made it very hard for me to review it, but I have to say that I wasn’t all that impressed. The book really could have used a little more originality (reminded me a lot of Jane Austem/Charlotte …

This book, Trouble in High Heels by Christina Dodd that I’ve read pretty recently gets really on my nerves and is indeed pretty boring. It has a nice illustration cover; like a lady’s pair of legs shown halfway with a nice pair of heels and the book really looks …

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 …

This book is something that I could totally relate to. I mean, I work in advertising sales and also some freelance automobile delivery and basic sales for a car sales company, and also, I am an aspiring writer. I love writing. But that doesn’t mean that …

The Beach House by Jane Green is an awesome read! I thought in the beginning that it’s going to be a real long and boring story, but I was wrong.
It tells the story of a widow woman named Nan and how she manages to bring back life …

Pets Pray for Truth is a story by Elnora Watters. The story is about Bobby and Mike, their dogs, and their lies. Bobby and Mike walked their dogs at the park but Bobby asked Mike to play on the swings. The two tied their dogs on the bench while …

The Conversation: How Black Men and Women Can Build Loving, Trusting Relationships
Hill Harper
Gotham Books
Non-Fiction
ISBN: 978-1-592-40475-9
Now, when it comes down to the bottom line, I think I’m a pretty confident women when it comes to men. I’ve taken some time off from the dating scene because I never really experienced …

Batman: Under the Hood Volume Two continues the story of Batman facing off with the vigilante the Red Hood. Batman is investigating if Jason Todd, formerly Robin was really dead after he revealed himself during a fight. Red Hood continues to wage war on Black Mask while …

A science fiction book about matematics is (paradoxically) rarely found in literature. The reason is simple - there are few science fiction writers who master the advanced mathematics, which enables to transfer them in the literary field.”Last
theorem” brings into focus the role of human development not only in science …

I really enjoy reading. Especially at night before bed. I like Christian Fiction the best. I just finished a novel, The Crystal Cavern. It is written by Hannah Alexander. The novel is 364 pages. It went by too quick.
The Crystal Cavern …

McGarrity continues to add stellar novels to his Kevin Kerney series, this time “The Big Gamble.” As usual McGarrity has written a tale that weaves multiple, seemingly independent threads together. Kerney’s role again plays a major role as his until recently unknown son Clayton and he work together to …

About two years ago I reviewed the first volume in the Essential Moon Knight collection and mentioned that it was an excellent series. This follow up volume collects a couple dozen issues from 1982 and 1983 and they are off the charts excellent. Moon Knight was always an odd …

Dreamcatcher was a novel King wrote while recovering from a car accident (where a drunk ran him over) the book reflects his dark feelings, the novel takes place in the woods, where some friends get together to go camping in the woods, they discover a sick disoriented man …

Unloveable is a children’s book written and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. It is one of my daughter’s absolute favorite books in the whole world. It was published in 2001 and is an adorable story about a pug who does not have any friends.
Pros: This book is wonderful! …

This book was a great help to me when I was in high school. Our actually world history book was around 800 pages, and quite a pain in the neck to read, but this book summarized it into around half the pages. (I still thought that the 400 pages …

Only few days back I came through this book, ‘Happy for No Reasons by Marci Shimoff’ and I bought this thinking just to have something to read. The title gave me an impression that it would be some age-old formulas that we have been hearing from childhood and similar …

Until You is romantic type of novel from the beginning to the end. It is about the Earl of Langford who apparently ran over a man, who was due to get married the very next day, until tragedy struck that is. Regretfully, it is now up to him …

Cassie was a book that I read about a month ago and yet still I remember the main events. I even read this book twice as it kept bringing me back for more.It told the insightful story of how celeberal paralsy can affect a person and the people around …

Rolling Away by Lynne Marie Smith
Unlike “Generation Ecstacy,” Smith’s autobiography truly gives one a feel for the subculture that gets caught up in the drug Ecstacy.
Sadly, such a treatise is delivered as we see her pain and alienation and descent into drug problems.
It’s hard to not like Smith. She …

Having security protection on my laptop is like a catch-22: There are some sites that require me to have cookies in order to go on them and others that don’t. I need cookies for Barnes and Noble website and my computer simply don’t trust Books-A-Million website; therefore, my only …

“The Lost City of Z” by David Grann is a story about the search for signs of a legendary civilization believed to have been in existence between A.D.800 to A.D.1600. Described as El Dorado, by Spanish conquistadors, the description of this large city tucked away in the wilderness …

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is most famous for his mystery books. But, I have to admit, his story, The Leather Funnel, is a bit creepy.
I’m not sure how true the narrative is; he tells the tale in first person and I’m not sure if it’s an event he actually …

I was recommended by someone to read Alan Watts, and so I picked up a book, not entirely knowing what to expect. The first few pages of the book made me feel like it was written by a person who knew something about the universe I didn’t know–something deep …

When I first picked up this book from a book store up north near my grandparents house, I didn’t know what to expect. The art work on the cover was not nearly as cool as the previous books I had read but I was determined to get it because …

I don’t have any background in programming and my knowledge with computer is just basic but because of my desire to one day make my own website I was motivated to read computer books. My husband who have a computer programming degree encourage me to read about Core …

6502 Software Design is a very well known book in the classic computer area, which was written by Leo J. Scanlon and first published as long ago as 1980 - though it went through a lot of printings, which is testament to its popularity. Although, if I am to …

Ant-Man II, also known as Scott Lang, was the second Ant-Man after Henry Pym. He is a lesser known character in the Marvel Universe, but with a feature film in the works to be released in the next couple of years, I expect more people to become familiar …

My dad found this odd little book at a yard sale, and it’s a really interesting read for anyone interested in gardening or the outdoors. Although most people think of spring and summer flowering gardens, this book is a collection of information and pictures of winter plant species. It’s …

The Easy Step by Step Guide to Being Positive and Staying Positive is a book written by Pauline Rowson and this book is truly inspirational and it teaches me to think positive and look ahead for positive answers in life whenever there is a stumble block of difficulties and …

Bones by Fae Myenne Ng is a touching book based on immigrants from China living in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The book touches upon many topics that immigrants living in America have to deal with including assimilation and conflicts between traditional Chinese parents and American values. I found …