Lately, all I wanted to read is the Dresden Files. I just love the whole back ground. I love all the characters. And I love to learn new things that his dog can do!
Deadbeat is the eleventh book in the series. Harry is pretty comfortable with his life. He …

My daughter got to go to the school library for the first time yesterday and check out a book. Since she loves stories about dinosaurs, she picked out the book Edwina, the Dinosaur Who Didn’t Know She was Extinct.
I wasn’t sure what to expect from this book before reading …

Joni (Paperback) is one inspirational writing that every one should find time to read. This is one story you can’t afford to stop reading till you reach the end. The 224 pages of this Paperback will never bore you down. Tears will surely join you while …

Bill Bryson’s humorous travel books have become extremely popular, and A Walk in the Woods fits very nicely into his body of work. It deals with Bryson’s attempt to walk the Appalachian Trail together with his friend (occasionally enemy!) Stephen Katz, who also featured in the earlier Bryson book …

This book is really funny! It features twins’ Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield being challenged by the boys at their school to a scare war ever since the boys started the scare war at the girls’ bathroom at Sweet Valley Middle School, and the girls are testing out the tricks …

This children’s book by Eva Ibbotson is a clever, funny book about a wizard who wants to get married and how he chooses which witch to marry.
There is the usual cast of funny characters and strange creatures, as well as a few strange coincidences. The part I think was …

Sacrificial Ground (written by Thomas H Cook and published by Warner Books, 1989)
This story has its hidden charms, though you have to get through the first few chapters to get into the essence of the story. Once past that, the mystery and suspense is certainly spell-binding.
Frank Clemons was …

I have enjoyed reading all of Sue Grafton’s alphabet titled books. This newest one, U is for Undertow stood up to her other books. It was an interesting plot that kept the reader interested.
The plot of this book centers around the main character, Kinsey Millhone …

My best advice when reading this book, Things I Want My Daughters to Know by Elizabeth Noble if for you to be extremely patient and totally not rushing to read because this book will send you to cry buckets of tears, if you are not careful with your feelings there …

Fruits Basket Manga Volume 6 begins with Kagura discussing with Yuki whether or not Tohru knows his secret about his true form while Kyo’s martial arts master returns.
This was a great manga to read because it shows the darker side of the story and just what it means to …

“Dream Factory” is a fiction novel about a group of teenagers who get summer jobs at Disney World as the Disney characters while the regular employees are on strike.
I visited Disney World for the first time recently, but I had always wanted to go. That’s why …

This is one of the earlier books by Nora Roberts. My first time reading it and I was positively captivated!
Cody Johnson and Abra Wilson, the architect and structural engineer respectively, work together in this story on a project in the Amazon. While the temperature runs high, the heat between …

I love my edition of the Marvel Encyclopedia, published in 2006. It is over 350 pages thick and is loaded with entries of hundreds of Marvel Comics villians and heroes from over the past forty years. I like it just a bit less than the DC Encyclopedia …

This is a new series I will be writing reviews for. It began in 2001 and is still continuing. The author of this series is Lisi Harrison. It is also a New York Times Bestseller. This series has a couple of main characters. Theres 1 girl, who leads he …

Mortal Causes was written by Ian Rankin (published by Simon & Schuster, 1995)
When I started this book, I found it slow moving; moreover I was not very keen on stories about terrorists and their activities. With their worldwide notoriety and atrocities, I have already passed them off as worse …

The Wind Harp by B. J. Hoff is part of the Mountain Song Legacy.
It’s part 2 of a 3 part series.
I found this book by accident. It was one of those days where I didn’t have much time to look for a book so I just went up …

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 …

If you’re planning on traveling to Peru then this book is the perfect guide book. It’s a little old, yet it’s chock full of important information. It has relevant pictures and maps, it covers the country and its inhabitants, certain main cities and regions including Lima, the north/south Pan-American …

Jean Staker Garton, Litt.D, L.H.D., has written a book examining many of the popular slogans people use who are in favor of abortion. Garton herself admits in Who Broke the Baby that she was initially pro-choice. Around the time of Roe vs. Wade, she identified with the feminists who …

My younger brother gave me this book for my last year�s birthday. It�s a tongue-in-cheek book called The Rules for Online Dating: Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right in Cyberspace. I laughed like crazy when I opened up my birthday present and found this book, written by …

This book is the story of Catherine Morland, who, while not my favourite Jane Austen heroine, is a fun, happy girl. She is one of Jane Austen’s younger heroines, which means that many of her problems are of her own invention and due to her own naivete. Miss …

This book for older children, Home Wars by Dorothy Reynolds Miller, is one of those books where the contents are much better than the cover. The storyline sounds just like any other book: a preteen whose family isn’t getting along. But the book itself is so well written that …

The “I Love Lucy” Sound Book is simply incredible! I love everything about this book - from the cover, which features the iconic scene of Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel in the Ricardo’s car as they all sing “California, Here We Come” to the actual content of the book, …

Stephen King’s latest novel is the story of the widow of a writer and her journey towards learning to be Lisey, and not just “Scott’s wife” While King’s sense of the macabre is very much present, this is not a really gruesome book like “Pet Semetary” or “Carrie.” It …

The Caller was written by Mary-Rose Hayes, first published in 1979 by Pinnacle books.
A night predator was prowling the streets and pubs, searching for the woman in his life. His targets are women who looked like ‘Lisa’ to him; once he had a target, he would either …

“The mark of Athena” is the third book in the series by Rick Riordan about the Heroes of Olympus and perhaps the most highly anticipated title of these book series. With an initial print run of 3.5 million copies of the new novel about Percy Jackson outstrips even the …

Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos is a compelling tale. In the beginning, the story felt gossipy and like the typical tale of a group of women who are struggling for social dominance. It was actually fun to read but didn’t seem extraordinary.
After a while I began …

Certain Prey was written by John Sandford and published by Berkley Publishing Group in 2000.
This is indeed a witty and enjoyable story; the first book that I read from John Sandford. I am surprised that I have missed out on this author for so long. Maybe …

Perelandra, Book 2 of C.S.Lewis’ Space Trilogy, is my favorite of the 3. Dr. Ransom we’ve met in the first book and followed on his trip to Mars has another space-traveling adventure. This time he goes to Venus, also known as Perelandra. Venus turns out to be an ocean …

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer Stone is a series of books about a Wizard named Harry Potter. He is in High School in the Wizarding World named Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry. Harry Potter finds out that he’s a wizard and has to go to this school. On …

Compared to the Kindle, the Nook is simply so much better. The Kindle offers 3G, but it only works well if you connect to their online book store. There are two versions of the Nook. There is the one with wi-fi and the one with wi-fi and a 3G …

Vampire Knight Manga Volume 1 tells the story of a high school girl named Yuki Cross and how she is part of the Disciplinary Committee who separates the human Day Class from the vampire Night Class.
Vampire Knight Manga Volume 1 by Matsuri Hano tells the story of a …

I have read the book ‘Hindu Goddesses’ by David R Kinsley. As the title suggests, this book is about the hindu goddesses. In this book, the author has not written anything devotional about the goddesses. He has not written anything based on the religious point of view. He has …

Someone borrowed me a nice quarterback novel love book titled Hot Item. This story tells about Sophie Jordan, a co-owner of a Sports Management Agency called The Hot Zone. This novel marks the end of the series of quarterback novel love stories. However, I did not …

I don’t understand what is up with this whole vampire obsession. And sadly, I have bought into it. I guess the allure of a vampire is that in the fictional world they are so much like us. They are mysterious and what not. I guess Anne Rice’s books had …

This book is the beginning of a four part series. Not a general sci-fi book, this book falls under the category of space opera. This means that there are many characters and intertwined story lines with the setting and timeline being very large scale. This book …

Third book in Giffin series is a chick-lit book about a couple and their choice to not have children. I have read a few of Emily’s books and I find them to be easy reads with lightweight storyline. As far as chick-lit goes, she is not bad and I …

I am a major fan of cooking from scratch. Whenever I have time, I am always looking through the cookbooks around my house to find new and exciting meals that my family can enjoy. One cookbook that I have really grown to love and have gotten a great deal …

This book lists all of the weird stuff that can be found in the state of Maryland, from legends, ancient mysteries, famous people, UFO sightings and weird things to see. On occasion I enjoy reading about weird stuff so this book was right up my alley. Besides, I have …

‘Five go to smuggler’s top’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This book is the fourth among the famous five series. The three children, Julian, Dick and Anne go and stay at Kirrin cottage with George, their cousin. Then they go to smuggler’s top and stay with a …

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 …

Ralph Roberts is a 70 years old recent widower living in Derry, Maine. Still grieving over the loss of his wife and trying to adjust to his new, lonely life, he has trouble sleeping, which he thinks is normal for his age and may also be a part of …

The story in this book, a genre of adventure that can be said that special story. Beginning with the ambition that involve very complex issues. Many told the strategy to defeat the enemy with the ability of a very remarkable individual. Not only illustration to survive, but also demonstrate …

Unfinished Business is one of the stories in the series ‘Going Home’ by Roberts.
In this story, our characters are Vanessa Sexton and Brady Tucker. The former a world renowned pianist and the latter a doctor in the town that they grew up in.
When Vanessa returns to find the mother …

I hope that you have not yet fallen into slavery to robots and at least sometimes look up from the screen of your smartphone?
Isaac Asimov is my favorite writerscience fiction writer, popularizer of science, and biochemist. He is the author of about 500 works, mainly fiction, primarily in the …

I was inspired to read this book because I have been a huge fan of Anderson Cooper’s prime time CNN show, AC360, for quite some time. It quickly became my favorite book. Mr. Cooper clearly inherited the great writing talents of both of his parents, as he …

I read this book, Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell the other day and have completed reading it. It is highly recommended personally in my opinion for the fact that one has a fresh view and perhaps getting some line of thought on why certain people are …

The fact that the book “The Road” written by Cormac McCarthy is not fully accepted as an acceptable book that should be read at many schools throughout the United States by its students is not as farfetched as a claim as I once thought it was. When I, Ryne …

This book includes two novellas: “The Undying Heart” by Zoe Archer and “Simon Says” by Bianca D’Arc. Both are paranormal romance stories that involve zombies. I liked both tales well enough, although I think both went overboard in the sexy scenes department. I was more interested in the plots …

I guess the best way to describe this book would be “murder mystery chick lit.” Yes, that’s right. While murder mystery is supposed to be suspenseful and chick lit is supposed to be funny, this novel nicely combines both. Even some gory episodes are made fun to read, and …