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 …

A Painted House by John Grisham was one of the best John Grisham books I have read. It was compleatly outside the normal lawyer themes that consistenly surround Grishams stories. This well writed book seemed to be just a story about a boy growing up in the 1950’s nothing …

I have just put down Insomnia with a deep sign of satisfaction - for the third or fourth time! Stephen King is truly gifted with words, he uses them the same way a master artist wields his paint and brush; not only depicting a world, but inviting you, no …

Searching for Dragons, book 2 of The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede is a delightful book which follows the same pattern as the first book in the series, Dealing with Dragons.
This book continues the adventures of the unconventional Princess Cimorene, who must find the missing dragon, Kazul. …

This mystery novel for boys features the Hardy Boys, the teenage sons of a famous detective. The boys must figure out a very strange and puzzling mystery, wherein actually they do not figure out themystery until the very end, because they don’t actually discover how the messages are sent …

I read this Novel back in the late 1990s, after chancing upon it during a garage sales of a bookshop.
I bought it as I thought it was cheap and I needed a book to pass my free time. Well, I must say that the title was the only unique …

“In The Rain With Baby Duck” is a children’s book authored by Amy Hest and illustrated by Jill Barton. It was published in 1995 by Candlewick Press. It is a large book physically, both tall and wide, but it is not very long. I can be …

A book that I have read numerous times is My Descent Into Death by Howard Storm. This is a book that I love. In it, Howard Storm tells how he was a successful artist. While in France, he had an extreme health emergency. Hydrochloric acid …

The 13th volume of Nodame Cantabile starts with Chiaki coming back from Holland. It’s Christmas and he was hoping to spend the night with Nodame, but she’s not at home, as she’s helping with a child’s play at a church. When they meet in the street they have a …

The Father Christmas Letters are a collection of letters that Tolkien wrote to his children when they were young, they are either from Father Christmas or one of his helpers and tell about the preparations for Christmas and everyday life on the North Pole. They are filled with Tolkien …

Did you enjoy reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown? I did. I loved the story of the adventurous symbologists nerd Robert Langdon. I was taken back to the time when I watched Indiana Jones several times so much that my eyes watered. Langdon’s adventures are the modern …

Who said that Cinderella had to become the princess? Why not just cut the sotry off and the end and leave you guessing? That is what this story did, and it was so upsetting because the book was so good, the ending did not close anything up, just left …

I came across this gem of a book randomly in the library. I have heard bits and pieces of it from my mother and my English professors, but I really did not read into it nor know what it really was about. So I read it purely out of …

I recently finished this book written for young adults. It is a short text with a length that is appropriate to young adults and those that are all grown up. While I am well over the age of a young adult, I definitely enjoyed the book. I liked the …

“The jungle book” is one of my all times favorite books, which I really love to read. The character “Mowgli” was invented by Rudyard Kipling, and the book contains a story of a boy, who lost into jungles of India, and found by a forest ranger called Gisborne. Mowgli …

Ugly by Constance Briscoe. This is a true story. The books originates from England but I’m seeing more and more copies of it on eBay. I found my copy at an estate sale. I am also reading the 2nd part of this book as I …

In my Bedroom, by Donna Hill is a fictional novel. The book is about a woman and her life. She suffers a traumatic event and the story centers around how she handles that event. Much of the book tells about how she relates to her family and friends. There …

House of Chains by Steven Erikson is the fourth novel in the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Here the action returns to the Seven Cities, where the second novel, Deadhouse Gates, was based. A new army, led by Tavore Paran, has been formed to quell the rebellion …

The Mother and Daughter Diaries by Clare Shaw is a winner, in my personal opinion. It’s not easy to be writing a novel about a daughter and mom type of relationship and Clare Shaw has proven it well in this novel.
But there’s a catch to this book. …

The Boy with The Striped Pajamas is a novel by John Boyne. I have never heard about John Boyne’s other books, but even so I have to admit that he is indeed a great author.
The story took place in Germany, when Hitler governed the country. Our main character is …

Goose. Bumps. God, this book was incredible! Ever since Sweet Thing a book from Renee Carlino didn’t evoke these feelings within me. I’ve always been a follower of her work, always a fan, but this book kicked it out of the park, which makes me so incredible happy, because the …

The book title, I Hate Conflict! is something that I will always have to read out aloud on days that I have a bit of a problem dealing with the people in my life. There are just a lot of people that I consider being out to destroy me, …

Thomas Hardy’s poem The Man He Killed follows one soldier’s brutal murder of another, and paints a portrait of war’s irony. Interestingly, the theme of the entire poem is somehow quaint with a twist of irony thrown in. One thematic statement is found throughout the poem: a message that …

I’d had no experience with the religious world of Wicca before picking up this book. But, a few semesters of studying religion a stint in the Army with a few practitioners of Wicca brought me around to wanting to know more. I had no idea where to begin, and …

Fruits Basket Manga Volume 7 begins with Tohru spending time with Kisa Sohma, who has become attached to her. Hiro Sohma becomes jealous because Kisa doesn’t spend time with him and confronts Tohru about it.
It’s an interesting volume because it follows the pattern of Tohru meeting another member …

A family member had bought the book “High Tech, High Hope” by the author Paul Franson for me when I was in high school, because at the time I had manifested some interest in someday going into the field of Information Technology. By the time the person had gotten …

This is an excellent book that you should read if you are interested to study about the concept of management. When I first read the book, management was a relatively new thing for me since my background is engineering. Fortunately, this book uses simple words that are easy to …

Jody Fisher Beginning Jazz Guitar is an instruction book that teaches guitar players the basics of playing in the style of Jazz. It’s aim is to give guitarist a good foundation on jazz to build from.There are two main sections.They are harmony and improvisation..The reader can learn the …

This book title, Stay Mad for Life has really a long link to it. And on the front page itself, the continuation title is: Get Rich, Stay Rich (Make Your Kids Even Richer). Can you imagine the title? Very long indeed and makes me wonder can …

When a fiction writer is starting out, one of the pieces of advice he or she is given on how to make characters come to life is for the author to write out a character’s entire life history. “You may not use a word of it in the finished …

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 …

I received this book as a gift and to be honest I didn’t give it much of a chance. I use beads pretty much exclusively for making jewelry. I don’t have an idea that I want to attach them to a quilt or make textile art with them. Also, …

Survivor tells the story of the last surviving member of a death cult. He is recording his life story into the flight recorder of a plane that he has taken over and is about to crash. He is telling the story of why he did not die with the …

This story features the new Elizabeth and Jessica, and I honestly don’t like their new set of friends and buddies that they’re hanging around with. Jessica is now friends with gay Neil, and together they just bicker and argue but love each other like a couple, and when a …

Happy are the Clean of Heart, written by Andrew M Greeley, was published by Warner Books in 1986.
Father Blackie Ryan looked forward to a Christmas reunion with his childhood friends, George Quinn and Lisa Malone, the famed movie star. Blackie had nursed an infatuation for Lisa all …

My dad has this book, and since reading it, he asked all of us in the family to do so and master some skills as well. He has been doing some day trading, and he is quite fed-up by liaising his day trading with the broker.
When making trades, …

This book is great for kids. It’s the endearing story of Ramona, Beezus’ younger sister. Beezus is Henry Higgins’ friend.
Ramona is always very excited and happy. Her main goal in life is to grow up and be a big girl, although she doesn’t always want to hang out with …

In this provocative books in the Ella Clah series, former FBI agent and single Navaho mother, experiences a NDE, or near death experience. When her nephew falls into an abandoned mineshaft, Ella rescues him. While doing so, she is buried under the collapsing mine walls and is declared dead. …

I used to be not a follower of Mahatma Gandhi. However, one day I came across his autobiography named My Experiment with Truth in the library. I decided to issue it, just out of curiosity to read something about the father of my nation in his own words.
It took …

This was a book which I saw in the library a few days ago, and the cover immediately grabbed my attention. I mean, look at it, it’s so pretty. I had a read of the blurb and then decided that I could definitely spare some time to give it …

I love the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. I didn’t think I was going to get into it as much as I have because the idea of an anti-feminine heroine didn’t really appeal to me. Mercy is a mechanic and a kind of nobody in the shape shifting …

This is a book by Neal Stephenson, who wrote other novels such as Quicksilver. This book is a towering 130 pages in paperback form. Mostly it is about World War II, cryptology, and treasue hunting. It comprises of several small sections, or chaters, that alternate between the time of …

This story, Mr Cavendish, I Presume by Julia Quinn is actually like a feel-good for me for all men out there who just love to take things or rather, ladies, fiancee and girlfriends for granted, and finding out that actually he does really love that particular person in the end! …

This book will lift your spirits! It will give you the strength to tackle the problems that come your way with a fresh new perspective. It is also an uplifting book.It was originally written in Arabic but has been translated into English by Faisal ibn Muhammad Shafeeq.It has also …

Written by Jan Karon “At Home In Mitford” was originally published in 1994 by Lion Publishing. “At Home In Mitford” is one of those stories that although it is not a classic, you just have to own. I have been a bookworm since I learned to read. I love …

This comic was a tad on the incomprehensible side. Spawn turns violent as he interrogates the angel who has confronted him. Sara calls him to warn about the men who inquired about his whereabouts last issue.
He finds a man in the hallways of their apartment …

I love books like this title which I have read, Opening Your Heart: How to Attract More Love into Your Life by Anne Jones. It is about finding that ’soul-mate’ for those of us not finding them yet. I think this is a normal feeling by most singles …

Pierce Atkins, magician/illusionist meets Ryan Swan in this novel. They work together, with Ryan representing Pierce as agent, travelling with him to his shows.
Ryan and Pierce are very opposite individuals. While Pierce is confident and enigmatic, Ryan is insecure and apparently lacks affection. Their work brings them together time …

This is another great For Dummies book, which I have to credit for teaching me a lot about Microsoft Excel, and to gain some foothold on Microsoft Access as well. I recently had my Microsoft Skills tested independently through an online examination.
I aced Microsoft Word 2003, scoring 92% …

At just under 300 pages Hapgood lays out his ideas about a civilization that he believes existed before ancient Egypt by many thousands of years. This civilization, according to Hapgood, traveled the world by sea. They produced maps by which later seamen would find their way across the Atlantic. …