This is the first book in the Circle of Magic quartet. The story revolves around 4 young children who have magic and their adventures together.
This particular book focus mainly on Sandry (or Sandrilene fa Toren), a noble child with thread magic. Together with her other 3 friends - Tris, …

The Essential Ken Wilber is a collection of books, and I believe also essays, by Ken Wilber, an author who focuses on psychology, philosophy, and religion. I was first introduced to Ken Wilber by reading his book called No Boundary where he focuses on psychological boundaries which humans set …

People who read this book will either be (i) Rutherfurd fans, (ii) Irish history students or (iii) Random readers of historical fiction.
If you are an existing Rutherfurd fan and enjoyed his earlier books you are going to be disappointed. This latest work is turgid, slow moving and fails to …

There’s no doubt that Dungeons and Dragons is the biggest and most popular role playing game of all time. However, I personally like the smaller, or less well known ones, such as Ironclaw, a furry-themed RPG where people play as anthropomorphic animals. This does have a pretty big following, …

The first Harry Potter book, where the craze all started. I read it at the age of 16, just because I wanted to know what all the hype was about. Four years, five novels and four movies later, I can tell you anything and everything you want to know …

I am reviewing the book, The Last of the Mohicans, written by James Fenimore Cooper. Coming in at 448 pages, this book is Cooper’s literary masterpiece. In this novel, the reader is introduced to several key characters, a few of whom were actual historical figures. Cooper …

Gone with the Wind, the unabridged edition is a thick book, indeed, thicker and larger than the Bible. It is called the unabridged edition because it is closest to the original manuscript of the author, Margaret Mitchell. Of course, this version underwent editing too, but compared to regular …

The book, ‘Welcome To Camden Falls’, is by the author Ann M. Martin. Book 1 in the series “Main Street” is off to a good start. The author also created and wrote the wildly popular series “The Babysitters Club.”
This series is about …

What would’ve happened if Romeo and Juliette’s story would’ve been different? What if their families were so close that they planed their wedding since before they were born? What if it was them who hated each other? Well, Kristi Cook had those exact questions, so she decided to write …

This book title, I Love You But I’m Not in Love with You: Seven Steps to Saving Your Relationship by Andrew G. Marshall is a must read for those of you having problems in your relationship right now and who would want to improve them. I find relationships something …

Stephen King is known for writing long books. Two of his most classic works, “The Stand” and “IT”, both broke the thousand page mark. Once again, King goes for a sweeping epic with his latest novel, “Under the Dome”.
The story concerns a small town that is suddenly …

I wouldn’t ordinarily buy a book like this because a lot of the content is available for free on the internet, but having received it as a gift I did enjoy it. Wrapped-Up Foxtrot by Bill Amend contains the final daily strips because Amend is no longer doing daily …

Last In, First Out is a story by Irwin Allan Sealy, which appeared in Delhi Noir, a short story collection which contains stories by Indian writers. All of the stories are set in the city of Delhi. I had never heard of Sealy until reading Delhi Noir, but after …

I can certainly say Chew did not sound that appetizing when I first heard about it but my mind set was different after I read the first volume, Taster’s Choice. Layman and Guillory have a good thing going here and Taster’s Choice is just a small piece on how …

Dan Brown’s book Digitial Fortress is a really good book! This story is about a code-breaking machine at the NSA that comes across a code it cannot break which results in lots of problems for all the people involved. The NSA uses a cryptographer, Susan Fletchers, to help figure …

Stone of Farewell by Tad Williams is the second novel in his trilogy Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. The story opens with things looking bleak for our heroes, as the immortal allies of King Elias have destroyed the fortress of Prince Joshua and slaughtered its inhabitants, with the exception …

Heavenly Man was my girlfriend’s Christmas gift for me. Being a Christian, she told me that it is a book that can definitely inspire the Christianity among us, myself included.
I was skeptic at first. I never liked reading stories on how devoted and passionate these people are in …

I was recently handed a book by the title Blue Like Jazz from a closer friend of mine. After hearing the book was about religion I was less than enthused by the idea of reading it, however once I got past my initial prejudice of the book I found …

The author of this book talks about Karma and how across the world Karma is seen as a very important thing. She analyzed the idea of rebirth which was started in India and has spread since.
However, I could not agree with the nature of this book. I …

This book as the first part of the Force Heretic trilogy, a part of the Star Wars “The New Yedi Order” series. There’s three parallel stories in this book, one in which Han and Leia with help from various people are trying to find out how the worlds cut …

If you are looking for a great book to read your children, I highly suggest M.A.D.L.Y. Mom and Dad Love You by Sally North. It is a fantastic book to teach children about how much you love them. Pictures are by Melissa Weisman.
In this book, Bobby the …

WAKE THE DEAD
Steve Niles remains arguably the best horror comic writers of the modern age.
His work in 30 Days of Night and The Nail are reflective of a genious that comics have not seen since the early days of EC’s Tales From The Crypt in the 1950’s and Warren …

I have read the book —˜The clue of the black keys’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is one among the Nancy Drew series. This book is quite interesting to read. This is a good mystery. Nancy has shown great courage and tact in this mystery.
Nancy manages to find a …

A friend of mine recommended this book to me — not on the basis of it being a very good read, but because she said I could read it in a couple hours. She was wrong. It took me several days to read this book, because it was so …

This book, How to Kill a Monster, by R.L. Stine is an interesting book for children. It is an easy read, with several interesting twists. The main characters are fairly realistic, although, as in all R.L. Stine books, the adults are strangely dissociated from the action.
Even though the plot …

Slave to Sensation, the first book in Nalini Singh’s Psy/Changeling series, was a delightful surprise. This Fiji-born writer has created an amazing world of the future where three races co-exist: Humans, Psy (humans with powerful psychic abilities) and Changelings (shapeshifters). The story follows the relationship between Psy …

Having Chris Claremont comes back and continues the story after Magneto’s death. Magneto has died and come back so many times, the man even lost his powers and got them back. What makes this so much different than all of those other moments? Maybe the fact that Claremont is …

KING OF THE RING: THE HARLEY RACE STORY
Probably the most dissapponting pro wrestling autobiography on the market. A major, major letdown.
Harley Race, as all pro wrestling history afficionados know, was the 8 time NWA World Heavyweight champion who was one of the all time greatest in ring performers and …

My sister has started second grade and she has to have someone read to her every night. We went through all of our books and found this one. It’s a book about a dog that is named Goliath. The young boy who has Goliath would like to enter him …

This book is a continuation of the series Nicholas Flammel written by Michael Scott. The first book titled The Alchemist that made a lot of fans fascinated. This story continues after Sophie and her colleagues managed to escape from Dr. Dee. Sophie who has been trained magic, managed to …

Banshee first made his appearance in the Marvel comics universe in X-Men #28 in 1967. His real name is Sean Cassidy, and as you may guess by his name, he is Irish. After his wife was murdered, he was recruited into a evil mutant supergroup that brainwashed …

“Meet the Mertzes: The Life Stories of I Love Lucy’s Other Couple” by Rob Edelman and Audrey Kupferberg is a book that I would recommend to any fan of the “I Love Lucy” series or “Vivian Vance” or “William Frawley”. This book is sort of like a double biography …

‘The Princess and the Goblin’ is a novel written by George MacDonald. This novel is a highly interesting novel. It is good to read this story. It is a thrilling story and it catches hold of the attention of the reader.
The princess, whose name is Irene, was a beautiful …

In Lust for Life by Adele Parks, I sometimes hate the main character, Bella. She is someone that is perhaps a bit selfish and too reckless. She and Stevie got married during her teenage years and I think that’s pretty rushing and while their young blood are raging …

Angelfall (Penryn & the End of Days #1) by Susan Ee was Published May 21st 2011 by Feral Dream.
In short its a book about Angels hell bent on destroying our modern world, street gangs rising up and ruling the day and an older sister given no choice but to …

It came as a surprise to me when I learned that one of my favorite writers, John Steinbeck, had ventured across America. It was almost towards the end of his remarkable life, you could say a summation. He decided to know and see a different America, not the one …

On a curserory inspection of this book you may discover that it was writen in the 1940’s. Do not let this fact deter you! There is nothing old or overdone about this book - a book that clearly surpasses your typical romance and is a work of art in …

Crota is a scary and suspenseful novel that won a Bram Stoker Award the year it came out. Having read it, I can see why it won this award. The novel was fast-paced and the author really knew how to tell a good story.
The story begins with a …

This book was the first romance novel that I have ever read, and it really makes me want to read more. I guess I had the wrong idea about what a romance novel would read like. And, in complete truth, I didn’t realize that was what this book was …

High School Debut Manga Volume 1 tells the story of tomboy Haruna Nagashima, who played baseball and reads manga in her spare time. Now that she’s entering high school she is ditching her tomboyish ways to find the man of her dreams and have a boyfriend. …

For just $5.99, you can enjoy the price of fun just by reading this book called The Medici Dagger, written by Cameron West. This book is about Reb Barnett, and his quest for finding the murderer of his father, a museum curator.
He has to find the Medici Dagger, …

I absolutely love my copy of the DC Comics Encyclopedia that I bought online about a year ago for a great price of $19.99. This is a thick book detailing hundreds of characters and events in the DC Universe. It features so much artwork from so many …

There have been so many Aliens, Predator and Aliens vs. Predator comic books that it is hard to keep track of them all. I have read quite a few and have been pleased with most of them, although I did not care at all for the ridiculous Aliens …

No No Yes Yes is a children’s book that’s geared more towards 1 to 3 year olds. The book is pictures of a baby doing bad things (No No) and good things (Yes Yes). One example of a No No is coloring on the wall and an example of …

Puppet is the first book I’ve read by Joy Fielding. I liked it very much. Like “Lost” that I reviewed earlier, I’d call it a women’s thriller. It doesn’t depend just on action for it’s suspense, There is considerable character development and the reader spends a good deal of …

How can you not love Catherine and Heathcliff? I read this book about every other year in the fall. It is kind of a hard read because of the dialogue of a few of the characters but it is such a comfort I just keep coming back to it. …

I was hugely disappointed when I read this novel. I have read several of Banks’ other works and had been impressed, so I came to this book expecting a good read. Nothing could have been further from the truth.
The plot centres around an aristocratic couple, dispossessed of …

I was planning to take the Praxis exam for teacher licensure this year, and so I went to the bookstore and flipped through a number of test preparation books to find one that was useful. I eventually settled on the Cliff’s Notes guide, as I have been happy …

The sixth installment in the Harry Potter series which was released 2005 was one of the most anticipated books of the year and sold out faster than any other book in the history of publishing.
That being said i was slightly disappointed to find out that this book was …

‘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 …