Love With the Proper Husband by Victoria Alexander is a classic love story, set in a historical romance setting. I am sometimes fascinated by the society of the ‘ton’, where it is something only for the upper class community during those times.
2 characters are in question here. One …

In this book, Landon Snow, a twelve year old who had visited the fantastic world of Wonderwood in the previous books of this series, finds himself on a ship that sails through endless ocean. This time, his two sisters, Holly and Bridget, follow him in the adventure. The children …

If you are a fan of short stories, and in particular ones with a focus on the strange and horrific, I suggest that you make it a specific point to check out Joe Hill’s 20th Century Ghosts to satisfy such a craving.
In many ways I preferred Joe Hill’s follow-up …

‘Think and grow rich’ is a book written by Napoleon Hill. The author has written this book after much research. The author had set out to interview certain successful men in his life. He spoke with them and found out the secret behind their success. He understood from them …

Thirty books. Thirty years. The end of the greatest adventure of the epic fantasy, the grand epic of the Riftwar by Raymond Fiyst has arrived. The legend of the Master Magician and his most faithful friend, the Dragon Rider, is over. The Last battle. The Fatal clash. The ending …

If those Harry Potter books aren’t encouraging the kids to read, have you considered manga? Manga is the term applied to graphic novels from Asia. Generally they’re Japanese, but most bookstores consider Korean graphic novels as manga as well. These books are every lazy reader’s dream- …

“Love, Rosie” is a fantastic book for readers who like feel-good love stories. I love the book for its simplicity and the honesty and quirkiness of its characters. If you’re looking for steamy romance, this is definitely not the type of book for you; however, if you’re looking for …

A massacre carried out by Lida Sadamu, leader of the clan Tohan, to all residents in Mino, a remote village, just because they are Hidden. Hidden is a community group, which adopts the religious, who believe in the existence of God, against murder and suicide. This is very different …

Lori Schiller first heard the voices demons at seventeen, when she followed the summer camp. Before this incident, there is nothing wrong in her, she was born of a harmonious family. However no one expected, after the terrible events in the summer, her life became a mess. Various treatment …

„Colters’ Woman” is about three brothers and one woman.
The first thing I thought when I read that summary was “conflict”. Your typical love story with the girl in the end choosing one of the brothers.
But there’s a plot twist I did not anticipated. The girl, whose name is Holly, …

All of my writing is from personal experience, considering I write a lot of poetry and prose. I use a lot of different techniques in my writing, and a lot of that comes from books, whether they are books of poetry or writing reference books; every book I …

Barnaby Rudge appears to be one of Charles Dickens’s lesser known novels. The story centers around the anti-Catholic riots of 1780, known as Gordon riots. The deluded Lord George Gordon who wants to revoke certain rights from the Catholics forms a large Protestant Association, over forty thousand members strong, …

This was Stephen King’s third novel, released in 1977. The story is about a writer named Jack Torrance, who works as a hotel caretaker in a Colorado resort. It is understood that after he and his family moves in they will be snowed in, and they are fine with …

‘Mystery of the disappearing cat’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This book is the second among the ‘five find-outers and dog’ series. A prize cat of Lady Candling disappears. She is a neighbour of Pip and Bets. Not even the gardener knows anything about the disappearance of …

Betty Crocker one dish meals is a cookbook that retails for about fifteen US dollars. I purchased a soft back version of this book that has 330 plus pages and quite an assortment of recipes. I thought when I bought this book that it might help me create nutritious and …

This book is from Steeple Hill’s Love Inspired collection which means it has references to God and isn’t saturated with sex. No one ever goes any further than kissing in these types of books. So if you are looking for more physical contact between the characters, then …

Recently I had the pleasure of reading “Kundalini Rising” by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Andrew Newburg, Sivananda Radha, Ken Wilber and John Selby. I would highly recommend this book to anybody looking to explore into the mysterious and powerful energy known as Kundalini or for those currently struggling with Kundalini …

I do know for a fact that for less than a day’s drive from New York City, Philadelphia or Boston, you could reach the Catskills, which is a very popular weekend hangout and a summer hotspot for the city people.
I have read The Catskills Alive! and this book …

I have to read many books for the English class that I am taking this year. I find that the reading can really pile up quickly. It helps me tremendously to have Sparknotes handy all the time.
The Sparknotes of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott …

The book is more like a kind of informal guidebook to informal Portland; informality, in this case, is defined by those urban places where anyone and everyone can do almost anything they want with themselves.
That is, alcohol of all kinds and types, all sorts of drugs and types, …

I have spent the last year hunting down books by Temple Grandin. I finally had an angel send one to me, and it’s starting to change my life. “Thinking in Pictures, My Life with Autism” is a must for the parents, family and friends of those with Autism. Even …

Inkheart is the first book in a trilogy of novels (Inkspell and Inkdeath) by Cornelia Funke. It is young reader’s fantasy novel about a young girl (Meggie) who has the power to read characters out of a book. This story was recently made into a movie starring …

I was introduced to the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs when a friend of mine let me borrow the first one in the series, and I’ve been hooked on them religiously ever since. Mercy Thompson is an unlikely hero who is a shape shifting mechanic with a mean …

This is the third book in the X-wing series from the Star Wars expanded universe. It is about 5-6 years since the ending of the Return of the Jedi, the Rebel Alliance is turning into the New Republic and they have taken over the Imperial capital, the city-planet Coruscant. There …

This book by Parthasarathy gives insight views of the ancient Hindu Philosophy called Vedanta. Vedanta means a culmination of knowledge. It is a set of eternal principles. If you have a spiritual or philosophical bent of mind, this is an excellent book which makes you understand the true …

Hearts Of Atlantis is one of Steven Kings less ‘horror’ novels. I personally did not like it as much and the movie which the made of it didn’t seem to fit the story as well. I won’t go into the details of the novel itself, as you cna find …

The WAG’s Diary by Alison Kervin is amazing but a lot of my friends do not like this story at all. They say it’s trashy, but I argued with them that we have to see from the contents’ point of view, rather than just discriminating the title. Perhaps …

For anyone who is curious about what it is like to grow up in a large family, The Color of Water beautifully describes the life of a huge family struggling to make ends meet. James McBride tells the tale of his bi-racial family growing up in New York …

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott is a fantasy novel that takes place in the real world. Sophie and Josh witness their employers Nick and Perry being attacked by a man named Dee who wants a book called the Codex. They …

“Star Trek: The Next Generation Companion” is a book by Larry Nemecek that I found interesting to an extent, although really, this book had quite a bit of content that I just was not interested in. What I was not interested in was the summaries of all the episodes …

Mr. and Mrs. Smith by Cathy East Dubowski is a book version of the awesome movie, Mr. and Mrs. Smith. I have always felt that there is a distinct difference between reading the book and watching the movie version. As for this case of Mr. and Mrs. Smith …

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. …

Monologue Mastery: How to find and perform the perfect monologue
Prudence Wright Holmes
LimeLight Editions
Non-Fiction
ISBN: 978-0-87910-370-5
The Monologue Mastery book is a guide for the novice or expert actors seeking to better establish their performances when delivering a monologue, and how to choose a monologue that makes you stand out from the …

The book was a natural breath of fresh air - not all is lost in the young adult world. It hasn’t finally descended into stupid vanilla and no less stupid omnipotent kids!
It seems to fifteen-year-old Anna that the whole world is against her and is alone against …

The Goosebumps series, published under the name R.L. Stine, which I think is a pseudonym and there are actually multiple authors considering how many books there are and how long they have been being published for, is a bit formulaic but it’s still a good read for kids who …

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins is the second book in the Hunger Games trilogy. I found this book just as epic as the first, perhaps even more action packed. The plot follows Katniss Everdeen, a young girl from a poor district, who defied the powerful Capitol. She survived …

Chocolate for a Teen’s Heart, written by Kay Allenbaugh, has a very unique light lavender, sort of purplish color and I find it very pleasing to the eyes. This book is very gentle-looking and wherever I bring this book, my friends would surely love to have a look …

This is the second book in the Harry Potter series. I enjoyed it because it played to a more mature crowd than the first one. There is a darker more eerie theme to this one, totally different then the almost carefree nature of the first book. Because of its …

I Watched Russell Simmons being interviewed on the Orphra Show and was most impressed so when I wandered through Target’s book section not long afterward and saw it marked 30% off, I bought it. It was a good buy. The book has 12 laws to access the power in …

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 …

Let us swing back into the continuing series of Marvel Essentials Spectacular Spiderman as we get to see Spidey in a series of late 1970�s B storylines that were not critical to the character as the story arcs found in the flagship title The Amazing Spiderman. The quality of …

Translated from Portuguese by Geovanni Pontiero, Blindness is now a full length movie starring Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo.
The Blindness novel starts straight in the story with the origin of the plot within the first pages of the novel. Blindness is the story of an unexplained mass disease of …

I purchased the Cliffs AP US History book in order to better prepare myself for the Advanced Placement test in history. CliffsNotes are basically the way I survive reading books because, I am not going to lie, and I really do not have the patience to read a …

In some ways, I dislike the book, Wifey by Judy Blume. That’s because it proves what marriage could be done in ‘cheating’ ways when it’s not working and I think it might prove to give a bad example to married women out there. However, if someone wants to …

I recently downloaded a book called “The Master Key system” by Charles f. Haanel which was available for free through “The Secret” website. The book is 214 pages printed, and I printed it out, and bound it in a notebook in order to make it easier to read, …

Four centuries of Southern Indians is a book that consists of collections of essays written by several different authors about Indians of the south. In the introduction Charles M. Hudson suggests that Indian culture, especially southern Indian culture has not been studied effectively. Hudson has compiled essays …

In the best-selling novel of The First Wives Club, Olivia Goldsmith took us through the world of a pack of bitter ex-wives, teaching us about the necessity of loyalty, the spirit of adventure, and the bond of sister-hood.
With her new novel, The Bestseller, this New York Times bestselling author …

I read Red Dragon by Thomas Harris recently. I’m sure you’ve seen the movie starring Edward Norton and Anthony Hopkins. Well usually the movie is a much less detailed description of events than the book, however in this case, I would give both the film and novel an A+.
The …

Any book by Rick Riordan is undoubtedly an event in the genre. I think everyone will agree that no one writes fantasy like him. Some authors describe romantic stories in which, however, nothing happens. Other writers emphasize on the continuous action, but the emotion is left behind. But with …

Totally Unauthorized Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars by Bradygames is a strategy guide that I am happy to own, although personally, I am disappointed that the book itself is in black and white. This does hinder my enjoyment of reading about the lands and the characters …