Books Reviews
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
What can I say about Twilight that hasn’t already been said? What you have never heard of Twilight by Stephanie Meyer? What planet have you been living in? Twilight is possibly one of the most popular vampire books ever written and that is because of the great love story that …
The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak
I admit to choosing this book in a shop based on the cover. Rare for me a) because I preach not judging a book by it’s cover and b) I’m rarely in shops these days tending to buy most music and books on the Internet.
The UK edition published by …
Rachael Ray’s Big Orange Book
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 …
Public Administration and Public Affairs book by Nicholas Henry
Public Administration and Public Affairs is a book on Public Administration by Nicholas Henry. It is among the most favorite book that I have read. This book has helped me most during my preparation of term exam.
Though the book is written in tough language, this is a marvelous book. …
Matilda by Roald Dahl book
When I was younger, I read the book Matilda by Roald Dahl and fell in love with the story. Matilda is the typical underdog hero- in this case, the child prodigy born to an ignorant, unloving family who refuses to nurture her. She makes a friend in Miss Honey, …
The Life Cycle Library for Young People and Parents: Book 5
The first thing I noticed about this book was not only that it was thinner than the rest, but it was also a different colour; but when I opened the book; just the topics on the contents page alone told me that this book was specifically addressed to parents. …
Book- A Promising Man, And About Time Too
I have read the book, A Promising Man, and About Time too. If you are a fan of chick lit, it is more than likely you will like this book. Being a fan of chick lit myself, I really liked it.
The basic plot is a woman who meets a …
The Fault in Our Stars, book by John Green
John Green’s most recent young adult novel, The Fault in Our Stars, is a magnificently engrossing book. I’m not someone that reads a lot of novels, but the story is so interesting that I couldn’t put it down. The book was sold out at every store in my area …
The Appeal by John Grisham
Who doesn’t believe that The Appeal by John Grisham is a good book perhaps haven’t really read this book that well. I find this book totally enchanting and definitely amazing.
The stakes are high and lots of corporate companies are involved and it involves a company that have …
Jenny Han The Summer I Turned Pretty book
About a month ago a teenager submitted a book request at the library I work for. The book, “The Summer I Turned Pretty” by Jenny Han.
I had not heard of this author or title but I accepted the request anyway. I did a small amount of research and …
Multimedia and Web design by Vikas Gupta
Multimedia and Web design by Vikas Gupta is a wonderful book for all the web creators. The authour have enough experience in the animation field to write about Multimedia. It’s definitely fantastic to see if your website contains Graphics and animation to attract the users. So …
Four Souls by Louise Erdrich
Four Souls by Louise Erdrich is enchanting. A female by the name of Four Souls, I think that’s really ‘rich’ and a lot to carry through. The story starts off with a narrative voice and the story brings us to places like Saint Paul as well as some …
Maggie Stiefvater’s Novel, “Linger”
The 2010 novel, “Linger” by Maggie Stiefvater is the second book in her teen wolf romance trilogy. While I think that this novel is not as whimsical as the first novel of the trilogy, “Shiver”, I found myself swept up into the lives of Sam and Grace and the …
Combat Abs: 50 fat burning exercises by Matt Furey book
I am in the martials arts for quite some time now and I would like to add my tuppence worth to Matt Furey’s book about how to get rock hard abs. First of all let me tell you folks that this is utterly overpriced. I own another one of …
Club Dead by Charlaine Harris book
The novel “Club Dead” is the third one in the Sookie Stackhouse series written by the well known author Charlaine Harris. I also thought that it was a little better than the first two novels as well since the writer seems to be bolder now and I think the …
Dawn Book 1 California Diaries
Dawn, Book 1. From the California Diaries collection. Author is Ann M. Martin.
This is actually the first book of the whole California Diaries series.
These books are intended for the young pre-teen age leve. I’m a 40 year old parent. So, my perception of the book may be …
Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy
Profiles in Courage is a book by former President John F. Kennedy. Explains a good amount about the book, it profiles a number of Senators in American history who have displayed a great deal of courage in their office. In this way the book shows us much about not …
One Night At The Call Centre by Chetan Bhagat
One Night at a Call Centre is a novel by Chetan Bhagat, an IIT graduate. It s a novel based on one night at a call center and there are six characters in it- Shyam (narrator), Priyanka, Esha, Varun, Radhika, and Military Uncle. The author had very beautifully interrelated …
Talk of The Town by Kari Hawkins
I felt that this book was about finding out who you really are, being happy with yourself, and realizing there really is no place like home.
The main character, Roxie, just divorced her husband who turns out to have a big secret which is why they divorced. Roxie totally …
Mommy Mine, by Jane Chapman
I checked this book out for my four-year-old niece, right around Mother’s Day, with a bunch of other mother-themed books. Of all the mother-themed books we looked at, my niece and I agreed that this one was our favorite! The story contains beautiful, colorful, realistic illustrations of different kinds …
Howl’s Moving Castle book
I enjoyed Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. This book, intended for a young adult audience just because of the complexity of the plot, is fun, a little bit silly, and engaging. I’m tempted to find the other books which seem to be based on the main characters …
The Princess by Lori Wick
“The Princess” by Lori Wick can be described as a modern-day fairy tale for adults. The book tells the story of Nikolai, a prince in the fictitious country of Pendaran, and Shelby, a regular girl chosen to be his wife. Nikolai is a widower who must marry again because …
Chasing the Dime by Michael Connelly novel
Henry Pierce is much sought after man. On the verge of a scientific breaththrough, not only one that will be extremely lucrative but also beneficial to the whole world, he is also receiving nonstop phone calls. The only problem is that they aren’t for him. Having just gotten a …
The Old Contemptibles by Martha Grimes
The Old Contemptibles written by Martha Grimes (Ballantine Books 1992)
When Jane Holdsworth was found dead by Alex, her teenage son, Superintendant Jury was the chief suspect, being the last person to see her. He sent his pal, Melrose Plant, to investigate.
Plant discovered that the …
The Last Year of Being Married by Sarah Tucker
Pretty sad story here that I’ve read, which is The Last Year of Being Married by Sarah Tucker. It is about the characters of Sarah and Paul and their 7 year marriage is somewhat at stake, and there are lot of issues that they have to think through and …
Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover, book
So I’ve read this book a few weeks ago and I still can’t get over it! Some books bring out the worst, others bring out the best of our emotions. But this book brought out the most.
After reading this book I was so upset there wasn’t a sequel, …
Obernewtyn - Obernewtyn Chronicles book 1 by Isobelle Carmody (Book)
Obernewtyn Chronicles Book1 - “Obernewtyn” - By Isobelle Carmody
Genre - Fantasy/Science Fiction
To quickly sum the book up, the main protagonist (Elspeth Gordie) is a young orphan girl who has ESP (called ‘Misfits’ in the series) who lives in a post apocalyptic dystopian world reminiscent of medieval times (complete with …
Wednesday Night Witches by Lee Nicols
I love witchy plots. So full of mystery, witches all bear an aura of otherworldliness, an ethereal quality that the ordinary often lack. Mysterious, they sit with one foot in our world, one in what is called the shadow world. Witches are something we …
French Phrase Book and Dictionary by Rick Steves
Anyone who has travelled to a foreign country and does not fluently speak the language understands the importance of a good phrase book and or dictionary. This book is perfect for taking along with you on your adventure to any French speaking country. I will outline …
The Immortals of Meluha: A Novel by Amish Tripathi
One of my friends had gifted me The Immortals of Mehua during the last summer holidays. This is the first book of now famous Shiva Triology by Amish Tripathy. I had heard a lot about this book and hence completed it in one week. My experience with this book …
Call Waiting by R.L. Stine
This is a truly superb teen horror story by R.L. Stine. It shows very clearly the dark things some people will do and that is why it is so powerful. The scary parts of this story is based on reality and that is always more frightening than supernatural events. …
Principle of Economics by A . Banerjee and D. Mazumdar
If you find economics very tough then here is a book which can simply solve and simplify it for you. It’s very simple and easy to understand.Deals with the most difficult of subject in a very simple and easy way which is good for students who find the subject …
The Iron King Book by Julie Kagawa
Louisiana is the last place in the world where you would expect something magically to happen - conservative and not a especially developed state, however, it is the home of Megan Chase, a seemingly ordinary girl who lives with her mother and her stepfather, the farmer Luke. Megan …
The prince and the pauper
I have read the book ‘The prince and the pauper’. The author is Mark Twain. This is a very interesting book. The author hs written it in way which will make you excited.
There are two boys in the story. One is Tom and the other is Edward. Tom …
Nodame Cantabile volume 6 manga
In the 6th volume of the popular manga Nodame Cantabile the story begins getting a little more serious, but without losing the sense of comedy that caught my attention.
Everyone is close to graduating from the music school, and that means the end of the S orchestra too. Chiaki is …
Book : Smash Cut by Sandra Brown
Smash Cut is the newest book out bestselling author, Sandra Brown. Smash Cut is an interesting book to read since I have not read this author in while. I was in the mood to read her book so I made the decision to go ahead and read it. I …
Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz
Desilu: The Story of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz is a book that in some ways is very touching and in other ways, it is quite heartbreaking. Either way, this book never fails to have an emotional impact on me. This book looks at the lives of Lucille Ball …
S.L.H Stray Love Hearts manga
I have been looking around the net for a really nice shoujo manga to read which has a romance, and a bit of action or adventure within it. I have also been reading suggestions of other people on different websites for different users who want suggestions on wanting to …
Roberto Saviano - Gomorra book
It is the most devastating book I’ve read in a few years. It analyzes the phenomenon of camorra, one of several kinds of Italian mafia, relatively little known before the publishing of that book, yet probably the most dangerous one.
Saviano, a journalist who comes from Calabria, the region dominated …
Entrepreneur Magazine’s Start Your Own Blogging Business
If you are interested in starting a blog to make money, I suggest you read, Entrepreneur Magazine’s Start Your Own Blogging Business. This book is a great resource for beginners. It is a step-by-step guide that will help you from the start your blog to how to …
Falling Leaves by Adeline Yen Mah
I remember the first time I took my first glance on this book. I was in a local bookstore and was looking for the bestsellers which I could probably borrow from the library in school. And then I chanced upon this book where the cover is a little Asian …
Mort by Terry Pratchett novel
The fourth novel of the Discworld series is also the first book in the Death’s saga, I mean, the group of novels with Death as the main character.
Death of Discworld is a seven-foot-tall skeleton that wears a black robe and rides a white horse called Binky. His job consists …
The Name of the Wind, by Patrick Rothfuss
In this new tale by the author Patrick Rothfuss, the sometimes ambiguous lines between poetry and prose begin to blur. Indeed, often, the reader wonders if The Name of the Wind is poetry or prose, because the language used by Rothfuss is singularly, and poetically elegant and beautiful.
He creates …
Dreamcatcher by Stephen King
About 25 years ago I read “The Shining” by Stephen King. I thought it was well-written - so well-written, in fact, that I swore I would never read another Stephen King novel again because it gave me nightmares for the next six months. Recently, however, a friend …
Welcome to My World by Coleen McLoughlin
Welcome to My World by Coleen McLoughlin is an autobiography by Wayne Rooney’s girlfriend, whom I think is already his wife by now. This is a pretty alright book, which provides the insights on what Coleen perceives as the celebrity world. Pretty informative, actually, if you are the …
The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole
Sue Townsend is one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She is known in the world primarily as the author of a series of stories about Adrian Mole that it opened by a “Secret Diary” of full of complexes teenager and continued by my …
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