Dean Koontz is one of my favorite thriller authors. His writing is suspenseful with exciting page turning endings to his chapters. He also has this incredible way to describing details. But, above all else his character development is superb. The way he gets into the heads of damaged psycho …

Having read Fatherhood, this is far from Bill Cosby’s best work. It’s light and mildly funny and it’s a decent beach read, but I would not really recommend it unless it is being purchased for a die-hard Billy Cosby fan or is found in a discount bin. …

Well Bink is at it again, this time his quest leads him to find the source of Magic itself! But, he is not alone, he travels with Chester Centaur, A centaur on search of his own talent, even though talents among Centaurs are obscene to other centaurs, Crombie,a woman …

As a kid, I remember reading Anne of Green Gables and how it instantly became my favorite book. I was probably 10 when I read it, which is about the age the book is intended for (give or take a few years). I decided to read …

It happens, true only seldom, that after reading a book I get stuck with whole images in my head.
Sometimes it happens, after reading a good book that remains with me for a while, before allowing me to anchor myself into reality, that I see images rolling before my eyes …

Yoshi’s Story: Survival Guide by Sandwich Islands Publishing should not even be called a survival guide really because this game is ridiculously easy to survive! I think it might be harder to lose at this game than it is to win! The silly name aside, this is very interesting …

This amazing book is authored by world renowned neurosurgeon Dr.Ben Carson. I just read this book last night and I couldn’t put it down that I went to bed at 2:00am, rarely happened in my life. I just want to share how wonderful and spectacular this book to world …

I have already reviewed the book before this one, Blood Ties. I really enjoyed the first book, as it had good characters, a gripping plot and it was written quite well. So I immediately picked up the second book of the series to see what Rachel and Theo would …

Still Life With Crows is another book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The story occurs right after another book I reviewed, The Cabinet of Curiosities. In this book, we are in a sleepy little town of Kansas where 7 foot corn stalks cover the landscape. We begin when …

This book in the SpongeBob SquarePants collection was very good. I think any SpongeBob fan will like reading it. The illustrations were very neat and colorful. The words on each page were big and bold and easy for kids who are learning how to read longer …

I have recently completed Software Engineering by Robert Pressman. This was a fifth edition book. I must say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book and the way this book handles a complicated topic is simply outstanding.
Software Engineering is a subject with which every professional should be acquainted with. This …

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 …

With everyone on a budget these days, day trips have become popular, and Colleen Anderson must have been ahead of the curve when she wrote this book. Although it came out in 1998, it still offers great planning tips for having a fun trip in West Virginia that is …

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 …

Twilight is captivating yet disenchanting at the same time.
It is only captivating because it consists for a love story between a vampire and a mortal being. Growing up as a Korean-American, I can relate to it: The hardship of dating outside the common expectation.
In a romantic way, it …

I was reading the Kite Runner a couple of months ago when Amazon.com started recommending Water for Elephant for me everytime I logged onto their website. I usually read bestseller books so I didn’t want to read another bestseller and be disappointed that it didn’t live up to …

“Russell The Sheep” by Rob Scotton is a cute little children’s book published by HarperCollins that introduces the reader to an odd little sheep who cannot fall asleep, no matter how hard he tries.
Scotton’s story is straightforward but he uses words that are a bit more challenging than a …

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 …

Frodo Baggins a small hobbit, living in the Shire,is a young adult and wants to have great adventures likes his Uncle Bilbo. What comes to him after his Uncle leaves the SHire is a gift that he does not know its worth. It is the One ring, as it …

I’m a longtime King fan. I started reading his work in elementary school and have been enjoying it ever since. I’m such a fan that I write soley about Stephen King related material for Examiner.com. As I discuss the books, I’ve been reading them so that …

Eric Tyson put this book together for fans of the …for Dummies series and, quite hoesntly, he dumbed down the topic to a degree that makes it pretty much worthless.
The basics are covered here: real estate, IPO’s, Certificates of Deposit, but none of it really amounts to a comprehensive …

So you think you could write a great children’s book? Believe your words will delight millions of youngsters, but you just don’t know how to get the job done?
As author of The Writer’s Guide to Crafting Stories for Children, Nancy Lamb says, “The fact is, we all have great …

How To Write A Damn Good Novel is a book written by James Frey. Basically, it is about how to write a good novel which can be published and has a potential of being a bestseller.
I bought and read this book, and think it is pretty good. …

Suzanne Collins’s “Catching Fire” is the continuation of her earlier novel “The Hunger Games”. The book takes place soon after the ending of the previous volume and revisits familiar characters and places. Although it’s a young adult novel, the themes are, again, quite serious, perhaps growing even more so …

The Dirt Eaters by Dennis Foon is the first book of the Longlight Legacy, a fantasy novel series for teens who like fantasy and adventure novels. This book is clearly the first in a series - the ending obviously shows there is more to come, and the main character’s …

Harry potter and the Deathly Hallows is a great book for any age 10 and up. I was one of those die hard fans who went to the store at midnight to get one of the first books. When I started reading I couldnt put it down. …

Aftermath was written by Peter Robinson and published by Harper Collins Publishers in 2001.
The story started off with very gruesome violence in the house of Terry Payne two police constables had found his wife, Lucy, unconscious and Payne in the basement with a dead girl. Payne …

I do really appreciate reading the book “Come, Lord Jesus” written by Thomas Kempis. This selection contains devotional readings from the spiritual classic “The Immitation of Christ”. If you are looking for deeper spiritual experience and longs for serenity in your spiritual life, I do recommend reading the …

The book Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane is an autobiographical story of Mark’s childhood in South Africa under apartheid. Mark grew up in a very poor black family under an opressive government. He spent many days not knowing if he would eat, or if his parents would …

Attention! Remove the lids from your eyes! Open your minds and close your merciful hearts. The religious people should arm themselves, many people know how they would react when the one “true faith” has been criticized. Let’s get started…
Dawkins is great ! Yes, I really think …

I didn’t buy this book, but instead found it, along with a few others like it in my aunt’s bookshelf. I considered myself quite lucky to come across it too, since at the time I found it, I was planning on going on a low calorie diet.
Despite the …

In reading some of Arthur Conan Doyle’s other mysteries, I’ve been a bit disappointed I haven’t come across a murder mystery; until I read about the Black Doctor. And, I’ll admit, even though I had some suspicions, I didn’t predict the ending.
The story centers around a doctor of South …

“Bunny Money” is a Max & Ruby children’s book by Rosemary Wells. It was published in the late 1990s and is fairly modern. The book also teaches a great lesson about spending money. It is high quality like most Max & Ruby books and my daughter …

Story summary:
This book is about a boy who lived in the era of government dominated by the English witch who thirst of power. The smart boy named Nathaniel who was sold by her parents to the government to be a witch government agents, and sent in under the guidance …

Mean Streets is a anthology with four novellas by four bestselling authors, Jim Butcher, Simon R. Green, Kat Richardson and Thomas E. Sniegoski. Each novella is about 80 pages, so it is perfect book to divide up on four evenings. I had only read books by Jim Butcher when …

The “Poems that Live Forever” book, with the combined poems from America’s favorite poets, is a real inspiration even to someone like myself who does not enjoy poetry on any given day. Through high school I had trouble with poetry, and it wasn’t until college that I began to …

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 …

Even as a child, you would never catch me reading so-called “kiddie comics”. My choice of reading fare ran mainly toward superhero adventures, like the X-Men, Superman, and Batman. Yes, I was strange for a little girl.
But a couple of months ago, while visiting my local comics shop, I …

I came across this book at a time when I began to question myself what’s my purpose in life, in the midst of my teaching career. I have been teaching for a few years and did not feel that it was for me. I don’t think that I …

Honus and Me, an adventure book by Dan Gutman is really a great book about the old baseball legend Honus Wagner. If you love baseball books that have a good story line then you will love “Honus and Me”. I love how Dan Gutman really got inside of …

I have read the book ‘Business School-For Those Who Wants To Help Others’ written by Robert Kiyosaki. I find it a very good book to understand the reality about network marketing and about the values of a network marketing business.
The main emphasis in this book is why a person …

The story begins with the Anna Sharp being propositioned by her boss, Saxon Malone. Tired of their attraction for one another, Malone suggests an affair, in which she would resign as his secretary, and he would in return provide for her. Marriage, however, is not an option …

I read a book over the Christmas holidays called Awaken the Giant Within, by Anthony Robbins. This was a motivational book, a self help book ones that I normally do not pick up for myself. It is one that deals with improving yourself and making yourself more aware …

Three Mistakes of my Life by Chetan Bhagat was his previous book that is set in typical Chetan style narrating. Even though this book did not entertain me as he entertained me with his previous books, Three Mistakes of my Life was an interesting story with lot of youthfulness …

Who would you say was the most influential person of the 19th century?
Queen Victoria of England? Her name defines an era. Isambard Kingdom Brunel? He built the bridges that gave rise to mass transit and the technology that powered a century. The American President Abraham Lincoln? His words …

Species that usually arises in the case of classifying “Gone with the Wind” is having an affair. Such assignment is so ungrateful that the affair is often associated with literature, not top-flight. It might seem more legitimate after seeing the film, which in the early 90s the last century …

Now You See Her
Double Day Book Club
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I decided to join the Double Day book club out of whim. I mostly decided to join for the sake of earning some sort of virtual points to put toward earning money on a website. I was awarded the points. I received five …

This book was selling at 50% off - and it looked interesting so I grabbed it! It is about 2 kids, Chris and Emily who grew up together and eventually fell in love (as hoped for by their parents who were neighbours).
The story traced their lives from how …

Scott McCloud brings us a sequel to his brilliant book UNDERSTANDING COMICS.
What the first book did was create a textbook that, in an entertaining, illustrated way, described what exactly a comic is (sequential art with a plot) and how it is properly crafted by all those involved in creating …