I am developing websites since my school days. JavaScript is one of the important ingredients of the entire web development ecosystems. I do have some dexterity in JavaScript, but still I continued to make mistakes. One of my friends, a web designer with an MNC outsourcing company, suggested me …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Q-in-Law is one of the few Star Trek: The Next Generation novels that feature the characters of Q and Lwaxana Troi - in the same novel, nonetheless. Both characters are associated with comedy on the television show, so it is no wonder that …

“The Fire Rose” is an interesting fantasy novel written by Mercades Lackey.
Mrs. Lackey takes the fairy tale “Beauty and the Beast” and mixes in quite a bit of magic, literature and a love story. This is a very well written and captivating novel.
Rosalind Hawkins is a female scholar …

Pick Me Up - this bold red book says in block writing along the side, and the writing seems almost an instruction. This book, Pick Me Up, put together by David Roberts and Jeremy Leslie, is set up almost to mimic the internet, and the format flows and is …

This book tells you how to face with questions for the GRE. Before I bought this book, I had not idea how to solve the questions on GRE. I did not even know if the tactics existed because GRE is very difficult in terms of vocabulary levels and complexity …

This story appeared in the collection Delhi Noir. This book of short stories contained stories written by Indian writers. All of the stories take place in Delhi.
Gautam under a tree is about a journalist and writer named Gautum who is commissioned to write a story about the murder of …

Clouds of Witness was written by Dorothy L Sayers and published by Avon Books in 1966.
Sayers’ unique style of writing the descriptive and beautiful language was a joy to read. This is yet another witty and entertaining story about Lord Peter Wimsey, this time to …

The Magus was the first novel John Fowles ever attempted to write. By the time he finally finished it, he had written and published two more. Since then, he has gone back to revise the novel and this new edition is probably the one you will read. I am …

Nora Roberts is one of my favorite romance authors. I’ve read almost every book she’s ever written, and that’s saying a lot because she has a very large and formidable collection of writings. I downloaded Spellbound for my nook thinking it was book one in a series she did …

After reading the first two books of the Twilight Saga, I went on to read the third book, Eclipse. It really wasn’t a decision on my part so much as the book calling to me. Like many other Twilight fans, I couldn’t just read the first two …

I found this book with the regular fiction but it is really a wonderful fantasy novel. The world within these 333 pages is well realized and thought out —“ a completely original world that I enjoyed visiting. It seemed very real while I was reading it and I admit …

Frederick Forsyth’s The Fist Of God is a story woven around the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait, and it’s eventual liberation by the Coalition forces, led by the United States. A British Major from the SAS is called in to run a super secret agent in Baghdad by …

The Drifters by James Michener tells the story of six young adults during the 1960’s. It is told from the perspective of a middle-aged man who befriends the group and serves as a bridge between their world and that of their parents. The Drifters was published in …

I found “The Autobiography of Foudini M. Cat” at the library and was immediately intrigued. Especially because it wasn’t in the children’s section. I would have expected a book written from the point of view of a cat would be considered a children’s book. But, it …

Breaking Dawn is the last installment of the Twilight Saga Series.In this book,Bella and Edward were about to get married.The occasion was very grand and all their love ones were present in the occassion.Little did they knew that this wedding was also Bella’s goodbye party for her love …

The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of books written by C.S. Lewis. If you like the books from J.R.R. Tolkien, you’ll probably like the books from C.S. Lewis, as his style has similarities. This book has a really mature feeling, even if many people classify it as a …

I love lists. I also like looking at other people’s lists. That is why I was so intrigued with this book entitled 1000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life List by Patricia Schultz. I was not too sure about their claim of being in the New …

The Uncensored Confessions by Nina Malkin is a book about a teenage band and the members that are consisted in it.
I remember those days that I was in a school band and having conflicts and secret thoughts about the band but could not for a fact communicate with …

Call me a kid who never grew up, but I think this book is wonderful. It tells a heart-warming story of a toy bear, Corduroy, who wants a home, but there is a missing button on his shirt, so nobody buys him. There is one little girl who wanted …

Eragon is a fantasy novel written by Christopher Paolini. At first, I was skeptical about how good the novel would be after I learned about it. The thing that threw me off was that the author was only 16 when he wrote it. For this reason, I almost did …

Screenwriters know that the term development hell is not the term of endearment. Instead it for the lengthy process where a screenplay loads in limbo waiting to go into production. Many famous films spent a great deal of time in development. This book covers some of those famous ones. …

Since this is by far the best book that I have ever read, I don’t really know if I should give it at ten or a one. I say that only because I love reading and it is so hard to find a book that can even compare to …

I enjoyed reading Legend by Jude Deveraux. It is one of her books with a time travel plot wherein the heroine travels from one time to another, meeting lovers and changing the history. Legend is so entertaining that like every other books written by Jude Deveraux, I also cannot …

After the Secret Invasion Brian Michael Bendis set up what was to be the next big Marvel even, Siege. The Siege storyline lasted for four issues and branched off into almost every other Marvel ongoing series. What bothers me the most is the main story was four issues and …

Sail is the latest book by James Patterson and the one good thing it has going for it is that the book is easy to read and I finished it in a few hours even though it is nearly 400 pages long. I have actually liked James Patterson for …

After the Essentials line and before the release of 5th edition, Wizards of the Coast released a couple more player books for the 4E system. One such book was titled “Heroes of Shadow”.
When it was originally released, I thought it was another title that fell under the …

I’ve always turned a skeptical eye at Christian self-help books. But Sharon Jayne’s Becoming the Woman of His Dreams is quite a good read for Christian wives who want to be the best.
The book offers good wisdom and practical tips on becoming a good wife. I liked the fact that …

I appreciate publishers as much as the books that they put out. The binding, the cover design and typeface are things that attract us to a book and judge on the merits of the publisher. I particularly like NYRB (New York Review of Books) paperbacks, and want …

One of the greatest pleasures of the fantasy reader, especially one who, like me, reads a lot, is to discover something new and original that turns the the classic stories upside down. This is the real reason why I like Simon R. Green and “Shadows Fall”. Because of it …

Private Arrangements is written by Sherry Thomas and I enjoyed reading this book so much. This is a classic love story and I love the settings of the story pretty much. Lady Tremaine and Lord Tremaine married each other as an act of convenience. They are very …

I had this book of Medical and Surgical for 5 years. I am using in since I was in College, now that I’m already graduated a year ago I still kept and read this book as my references. This book is the Sixth Edition of Lippincott. It has 1,526 …

In contrast with other fictional novels from Haruki Murakami, I was not quite that happy with The Wild Sheep Chase. The usual Murakami elements were present: the unassuming, usually divorced or about to be divorced, nameless, told-in-the-first-person hero thrown into a sudden adventure, the usually plain sidekick achieving …

This book follows famous author Paul Sheldon who has a bad car accident and wakes up in the home of his “number one fan” Annie, a nurse who is obsessed with Paul and his work, that’s OK and nothing new, lot’s of people are a little crazy about him …

If you are a child care provider, a great resource book is the Iowa Family Childcare Handbook. Even if you do not reside in Iowa, this is a fantastic book to add to your childcare resource library. The 325 page paperback book is spiral bound and is …

This book was really fun to read. It’s based in the 1800s and what surprised me, well it’s the same thing that surprises me every time I read a great period piece is that you can really feel like you are watching what is going on at that …

Persuasion’s main theme is also the title of the book. The idea is that Anne Elliot was long ago persuaded by friends and family not to marry a man, and thus, her life is less happy.
Anne at 27 is one of Jane Austen’s older heroines, 7 years older …

Dr Chopra is an allopathic physician by profession. But his wide exposure to Eastern Philosophy and Ayurveda made him apply the principles of modern science to Philosophy to propound a theory for finding the man’s eternal search for an elixir. His research is basically based on the belief that …

These booklets of quotes, called “Quote Stacks” are really quite useful. I bought mine at Michael’s craft stores. They are a bit on the expensive side, considering that they could be made on your computer, but it is hard to print things neatly on vellum.
Each stack has 48 sheets. …

This book is one of Terry Pratchett’s earlier Discworld books. It is one of the books which features Rincewind, an incompetent, cowardly, clever wizard who can’t actually do any magic. Rincewind has a strange life where despite the fact that he always runs away, he ends up in a …

Small Sister is a children’s book written and illustrated by Jessica Meserve. It is a newer book, published in 2006. It is a very beautiful little story, and would be perfect for any younger sister who feels overshadowed by an older sister.
Simply put, the artwork in this …

Abandon is the first book in the abandon trilogy. When purchasing this book, I was choosing between Abandon and another book called Cinder. I really wish I’d made the decision to go with Cinder because I did not really enjoy Abandon. The only reason I chose Abandon was because …

Not for the young, impressionable, or faint hearted, British comedian Russell Brand’s first book is a must-buy for fans of his irreverant and lude style of comedy. I read this autobiography and was shocked by the open-ness with which Brand explains his rise through the ranks of TV …

Don’t underestimate this book, Envy by Sandra Brown. Everyone can use a good book for reading and that’s what I see in this story. It is a very good and fast-paced book and author Sandra Brown just know the right buttons to push. This book is challenging, …

I bought this book in order to study for the Advanced Placement United States History exam and also to help me with the tests during the course. I thought because CliffsNotes are so detailed and helpful that the AP series would be just as useful. However, all …

The Woman’s Advantage Diet by Dr. Henry Mallek discusses a diet designed for women using their own menstrual cycles. The book moves from identifying your cycle (very important here for the diet to work), introducing the diet, sample recipes and questions a woman might have to make the diet …

Just finished the Rich Dad series by Robert Kiyosaki.
To summarize, these books advocate the importance of being involved in investment and business-making rather than being an employee in one’s life. The books are based on the real story of the author, hovering about the influence he had had from …

This severely underrated novel by the late Amanda Davis remains with me from the summer I read it two years ago. Though it was simply circulated in the front of the library amongst the other contemporary fiction that tend to come and go, never enjoying longevity, this novel has …

This is a cute novel for children. Kids now might find it a bit slow moving, as their aren’t really any bad guys, although the Bobsey twins do have to solve the mystery of a missing sailboat and deal with a boy who bullies the younger set of twins.
The …

This book was recommended to me by a great friend who LOVES dark romance, so I kinda was expecting this to be really dark. The only things she told me about it were that it had a homeless girl and an autistic protagonist. It immediately caught my eye since …

I spent a good chunk of this issue confused. I got the gist of it, but at the same time I was a bit lost.
Two new heroes emerge named Nightwing and Flamebird. Now, I know that they were two characters tied to Kandor, so it makes sense …