I’m still a relative newcomer to the world of “Hellboy”. I enjoyed the movies and have picked up a few trades as well as collecting some of the recent arcs in individual issues. Still, I’m not well versed in Mignola’s mythology. As such, it made this …

When I was doing Chemistry in high school, I realised I needed all the help I could get since I could not understand most of the times what was being taught in class. Therefore, although I got extra classes after a while, before that, I also looked for Chemistry …

Out of the nine books I read by Heather Graham recently, I think this is one of the scariest. And it’s not just the endless cornfields pictured on the cover or the fact that a serial killer is leaving bodies on the posts meant to hold scarecrows, either. It’s …

I love this book so much. It is The Little Lady Agency by Hester Browne and the storyline is so darn sweet and funny and at the same time filled with romance too.
This is the story of a woman trying to balance off her alter-ego and her …

As for the memory whose John Nash is quickest blue field, waist Virginia, it was attached to playing at the house of that grandmother of the United States. That father was the very conservative person, he was not the happy young person. He was born in 1892 of plantation …

Last year I moved to Berlin for good. Without knowing how to speak German well, I was jobless for quite a while. Before I realised, i was actually suffering from depression. I spoke to a friend, and he recommended me to read alot, to keep my mind active and …

I love to read books on relationships. This one, 10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage by David Arp and Claudia Arp is another great book ever written and it shares 10 great dates that you can share with your partner or bring your partner to whenever you feel …

This teenage fantasy novel reads like a bad version of Harry Potter, except it has a conspiracy of evil librarians instead of bad wizards. Both have main characters that are orphans (with missing or dead parents), magic in the plot and a secret magical world that is hidden from …

I’ve been looking for a new fantasy series for a long time. The last fantasy series that I was really into was the Inheritance Cycle and since then I’ve been hunting for a new series to start. Then I heard of a novel called ‘The Queen of the Tearling’ …

As a mother of a two year old daughter, I am always on the look out for books that are easy to follow, yet colorful enough and well illustrated to engage the little one’s hyper active brain.
I bought the book My Big Book of Words couple of months …

I am reviewing the children’s book, Elmo Loves You! This is a paperback book that I purchased at Target for about $3.15 about a month ago.
The book basically goes through and tells how everybody loves something. For example: babies love toys, pigs love mud, etc. Then it says …

‘No enemies within’ is a book written by Dawna Markova and is very good to read. Markova tells us that each of our thoughts and feelings- whatever they are are important, valuable. We have to give heed to our thoughts and feelings. Most of the time, we …

I am, obviously or you would not be reading this right now, a writer. And as a writer, I am quite fond of reading. I am very picky with my books. I don’t like to read things that are unoriginal. What I …

Supermom is a very sweet book that compares animal mothers to human mothers. The book discusses the way human and animal mothers look, have children, take care of their children, etc. It also brings home the idea that all mothers are different in many ways, yet the same in …

Sea Hunter by Paul Garrison is an excellent sea adventure story with a lot of suspense. This is the first novel that I read by this author and I found it truly enjoyable from cover to cover. I’ve always enjoyed sea stories, but it can be difficult to find …

I am reviewing the book, Everlasting, written by historical romance author Kathleen Woodiwiss. This book was written in 2007, and was the last book Woodiwiss ever wrote, before her unfortunate death.
In this book, readers are introduced to Abrielle, a beautiful young woman in want of a husband. Her …

Pursuit of Honor is only a fair attempt from Vince Flynn which is in lines of several terrorist chasing stories that I have read. But what Vince Flynn has successfully done is making a run of the mill kind of story into a thriller which kept me hooked to …

This story, Tan Lines: A Novel of Sex and Sunburn by J.J. Salem is filled with angst, rock and roll, fun and danger; all rolled in one. I enjoy reading this story because it is like in your face type of story, and might be happening out there or …

Hearts At Stake - Alyxandra Harvey
Due to thoroughly enjoying the Twilight Series, I find myself gravitating towards books that host vampires as characters. Hearts at Stake is another vampire book.
The book has two main characters; two best friends named Solange and Lucy. Solange is a vampire and the …

Cold Blooded is the chilling story Olivia Becket, a woman plagued with visions of murder. Set in present day New Orleans this story tells the tale of a serial killer who is hunting women and killing them on Saints days, in the same way the saints themselves had …

There’s a Barnes and Noble just about everywhere around the United States and I use to think that they were all the same until I went in looking for a particular book. I remember going to at least three before finding the one Barnes and Noble within a five …

BREAD was written by Ed McBain and published by Avon Books, 1987.
At the 87 Precinct, Roger Grimm was ranting at Carella and Hawes about the fire that had burned down his warehouse, destroying goods worth $500,000. He wanted them to complete their investigation quickly, so that the insurance …

I picked this book up to read with absolutely no knowledge of the author. I found it a great read! Death Under the Dryer is a mystery, of the “cozy” variety, set in the fictional town of Fethering, England. Two middle-aged women of very different temperaments are the …

Swapping Lives is a novel by Jane Green, the author of The Other Women and Jemina J.
Swapping Lives is a funny, heartfelt, book that will make you think. It centers on two very different women leading totally opposite lives. The women are both successful in their own way, have …

The book is a disappointment as compared to other novels by Stephen King. Cujo is a two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard (basically it is a very big dog). He is a gentle dog in spite of his huge size. However, one day he becomes very sick, which makes him act wildly. …

Iron Fist is a novel from the Star Wars Expanded Universe. It’s the sixth novel in the Star Wars X-wing series, and follows the Wraith Squadron established in the fifth book in the same series.
What I like about this book is the multiple plots that are linked with each other. …

Daredevil Issue 242 is a great study in socio-economic issues, and avoids the typical comic book supervillian. Instead, writer Ann Nocenti tells a tale of a factory worker named Joe who snaps when he is confronted with the gross excesses in his boss’s lifestyle during a negotiation session …

This book title, Forgive and Forget by Patricia Scanlan is very sweeping, has lots of nice dialogs and definitely something that I will find a truly memorable read. Forgive and Forget is kind of synonym to my life and I think that it has a beautiful essence and definitely …

I’ve being thinking since a long to get hold of a really interesting novel by an Indian author. And finally my quest paid off. This is the first time I’ve come across an Indian writer who can match Salman Rushdie and William Dalrymple. I’ve heard of his previous books …

I like to read the Xanth Novels written by Piers Anthony. There are 27 books in the series which are about a land called Xanth, which is filled with magic and magical creatures.
The first “A Spell for Chameleon” through to the last “Cube Route” are very good for …

Although this book is really just a compilation of activities from Martha Stewart Living, the magazine (and the book says this, right above the title: the best of martha stewart living), it is nice to leaf through it and look at the ideas for Christmas.
I like the activities I …

Lemony Snicket (pen name) writes the Series of Unfortunate Events books, which is a 13 book series. The Miserable Mill is book # 4 in the series.
After their parents were killed, and after escaping the custody of their evil relative Count Olaf, the Baudelaire orphans were shuttled to …

The cover of Becoming Strangers, by Louise Dean, suggested to me that it would be a light read. The summary on the back, which described it as being the story of two couples who meet on holiday in the Caribbean, also suggested something frothy, but this book is far …

Is the book too thick? Are the letters printed small? The answers in these questions are both “Yes”. So why bother to read the book? Because the story is certainly as thick as the book and the details are as fine as the letters.
The author, Ken Follett, is …

“Gone” by Michael Grant tells us the story of a 15 year old boy named Sam who tries to keep law and order in the small town of Perdido Beach, California, after everyone over the age of 16 disappears in a blink of an eye. When life as you …

I am a pretty advaint reader of Fantasy/Fiction and have read hundreds of books. And i have to say R.A Salvator is as of now my favorite writer of all time. His Dark Elf Trilogy (which is only just the begining of a epic 28 book series i believe) …

This issue of Green Arrow is helmed by a new creative team composed of writers Andrew Kreisberg and Ben Sokolowski and artists Daniel Sampere and Jonathan Glapion. The new team has a tall order to fill as the previous creative team lead by writer Jeff Lemire and artists Andrea …

If Harry Potter has his magic wand to weave magic and drive away his enemies Nathaniel “Jon Mandrake” has Bartimaeus to do his bidding and drive away his enemies for him. Very cool way of becoming the hero of the story. The book by Jonathan Stroud is …

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, …

About fifteen years ago, the Batman line of comic books ran a storyline entitled the “Knight’s End” story arc. The subject of this story was Batman’s crippling defeat at the hands of a new archvillian named Bane. The inspiration for this story line was obviously the very successful …

This is a superb book wrote by Poet Ra.Ravi. This book is published by Jeyachitra, North masi Street, Madurai. The authour organized some of his poems, which he delivered in various literary meetings, public meetings, etc. All the poems are about his favourite famous personalities Poets …

This book was written by Morgan Menzie and is marketed as “based on a true story.” This does not mean that it is a memoir or an autobiography. The story is written in a journal type format and is about a girl who suffers from anorexia and yet later …

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is an amazing book. I feel in love with this book and it’s sequels. It takes a lot to keep me interested in a book. I have never been much of a reader but Twilight captured my attention and I could not put …

Christmas Angels and Other Tatting pattern is a tatting pattern book by Monica Hahn. If you tat you know how tatting pattern book are no where near available as book for crafts, like knitting or crochet. Even a lot of the books they do have are out of print. …

This is one of Terry Pratchett’s earlier Discworld books, and I think is one of the first that the grey floating auditors have a major role (they also appear in Thief of Time, where they are again part of the inciting incident in the plot) and one of several …

In this volume of Nodame Cantabile we get to know a lot of new characters. Chiaki’s orchestra starts rehearsing, so there’s a little bit of space for some of them in the story. Still not losing sight of the main characters, the new secondary ones interact well with them, …

Nourishing Traditions is an awesome book of recipes of traditional cultures. The author, Sally Fallon is involved with the Weston A. Price Foundation, an organization that is trying to educate people about a more healthy way to eat. Not only does the book give easy to follow recipes, but …

This science fiction novel was very well written and wonderfully detailed. It was a bit too detailed when describing certain events, like deaths, though. (I found it quite graphic).
This book, like the movie, is about an island that is full of dinosaurs, which have been created using DNA from …

If you are interested in learning more about the techniques of mindful awareness and incorporating it into your child’s life The Mindful Child, by Susan Kaiser Greenland, is a good book to get you started. The book moves slow at the beginning. As it progresses the author builds up …

‘Mystery of Tally-ho cottage’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This book is one among the mystery series of the five-find outers. This is quite an interesting book. Larkins are the people who are living in a cottage in the Tally-ho grounds. In the Tally-ho house live the …