Books Reviews
The Reader - a novel
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink starts off as a very unassuming book, even if you just judge it by its understated covers.
I found the book very compelling. There isn’t really anything that makes you think, wow, but before you know it, you are drawn in. The writing is …
One corpse too many - Ellis Peters
This is the second book in the series about brother Cadfael, a Welsh monk living in the Benedictine monastery in Shrewsbury, an English town on the Welsh border. The story takes place in 1138, and England is ravaged by the civil war between King Stephen and his cousin, Empress Maud. …
A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand
I have recently just finished reading A Summer Affair by Elin Hilderbrand. It is odd to think when a woman’s is likened by more than 1 guy and that includes an affair too.
The story centers around Claire, and she is someone with a kind heart. She is also …
City of Widows by Loren D. Estleman
I had never heard of Loren Estleman before I read “City of Widows,” so I didn’t know quite what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised. Instead of the simply formal fiction of some western writers, I found Estleman’s book to well-plotted, engaging, and an excellent read.
The book features Page …
Goosebumps Booklight/Clock
I have had a few booklights in my time: they are very useful things for reading when it gets dark, and they are very portable. Usually they are somewhat small things, as they should be for easy portability. Unfortunately, while it provides good light, the Goosebumps Booklight/Clock …
Echo Park by Michael Connelly book
I’ll begin by saying Michael Connelly must be one of the most influential mystery and crime novelist I have ever read work by. Echo Park was by far his strongest book, leaving readers dying to read on and on. The theme and struggles in this book are of epic …
Relax and Go Deeper - Bruce D Schneider
These are a group of Four Companion CD’s to Bruce’s book, Relax you’re already perfect. The CD’s are very good though I would have liked to have an option for all of the technique’s in his book. The Personal Paradise as well as the Deep Relax are …
Inheritance Book by Christopher Paolini
When you have reached the end of your favorite book series you know that it has completed a special stage of your life. Six years of anticipation and empathy with Eragon, Saphira, Arya, Murtagh and all the iconic characters of “Inheritance” passed like a single moment. With particular interest …
Feeling Fat, Fuzzy, or Frazzled book
Feeling Fat, Fuzzy, or Frazzled?: A 3-Step Program to: Restore Thyroid, Adrenal, and Reproductive Balance, Beat Hormone Havoc, and Feel Better Fast! by Richard and Karilee Shames is not your diet book typically, but it’s a good book on the whole.
If you always feel lethargic and demoralized and …
Saint by Ted Dekker
Saint is a thriller/mystery story about Carl, a man whose story changes radically in nearly every chapter. He is tortured, ordered to kill, in love with Kelly, hurt by Kelly and many other details here that would reveal too much of the story.
Ted Dekker is a Christain author and …
Belshazzar’s Daughter by Barbara Nadel
I was first attracted to this book by its cover. It is a sunlit picture of a mosque with its towering minarets. Since I am drawn towards tales set in exotic lands, I knew I had to buy this novel. An intriguing tale set in the …
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
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 …
I Hate Conflict! book
The book title, I Hate Conflict! is something that I will always have to read out aloud on days that I have a bit of a problem dealing with the people in my life. There are just a lot of people that I consider being out to destroy me, …
The Screenwriter’s Workbook by Syd Field
This is a great no-nonsense how-to approach to screenwriting. Field’s other book, _Screenplay_, is a more broad approach to the general idea of screenwriting, and _The Screenwriter’s Workbook_ is for the person who is ready to write.
Every chapter addresses a specific next step in the screenwriting process and …
The monk who sold his Ferrari Book
This is a wonderful book written by Robin Sharma. It is a fable about fulfilling your dreams and reaching your destiny. The message in the book is very powerful and inspiring and gives you an step by step approach to living with greater courage, balance, and joy. It …
The Choir-boys by Joseph Wambaugh
The Choir-boys was written by Joseph Wambaugh and published by Futura Publications Ltd in 1976.
This is a boisterous and rather naughty book but if you can overlook the vulgar words and crude terms, the story is really funny!
The patrol squad of the LAPD, the ‘choirboys’ …
Crucible: McCoy by David R. George III book
I am reviewing the book, Crucible: McCoy, written by David R. George III. This book was written in 2006.
This book chronicles the life of our favorite doctor, Dr. Leonard H McCoy. The novel spans back and forth between two different lives: the life McCoy had after Jim stopped …
The Discovery of the Titanic Written by Dr. Robert Ballard book
The Discovery of the Titanic. This was the first book I had ever read about the Titanic. It was written by Dr. Robert Ballard, who is credited for discovering the Titanic’s resting place. And it was written before the movie ever came out. It was printed back in 1987 …
The Hunger Games- Post-apocalyptic Teen Novel- Suzanne Collins
At first, I wasn’t sure if I should read the book The Hunger Games. I’m so glad I did. The Hunger Games follows a teenager named Katniss Everdeen in the post apocalyptic country of Panem, or present day North America. In Panem, there are 12 districts, and each year, …
The King of Torts
‘The King of Torts’ is a novel written by John Grisham (who is one of my favourite authors). It is a skillfuly written novel which higlights the way man\’s mind works. No matter how much wealth a person amasses, he still desires to have more. The book speaks of …
Fruits Basket Manga Volume 5 (Graphic Novel)
Fruits Basket Manga Volume 5 takes place during Golden Week and Shigure takes Tohru. Kyo and Yuki to the Sohma summer house in the mountains.
This manga was very deep and meaningful because it explored Tohru Honda’s character more. It showed that she’s not perfect and that she has …
Trans-Siberian Handbook
Bryn Thomas has produced an outstanding guidebook to the Trans-Siberian route, covering Beijing to Saint Petersburg and everything in-between. I loved this book, and found it truly indispensable whilst traveling through China, Mongolia and Russia. I found that it had the most consistently accurate information of any …
Ruby Holler book
Ruby Holler, a book by Sharon Creech, who was the winner of the Newberry Medal for her one of her other books, Walk Two Moons was a great story that was very, very beautifully written, and it makes you feel like your really there, I loved it when I …
Stephenie Meyer’s Breaking Dawn
Stephenie Meyer started out with this unique series (4 books) with her novel “Twilight”. It sounds bizarre when you hear what the plot is about, but reading the actual book keeps you hooked. It is basically the story of a girl, Bella Swan, and her encounter with Edward Cullen. …
A Study in Emerald by Neil Gaiman
I read this short story by Neil Gaiman a few days ago. I’m not sure if I totally understand it, though. There’s a murdered and gutted royal, who, incidentally, has green colored blood. Then there are political parties and vaguely Sherlock Holmes-ish parts of the story. …
The First 48 by Tim Green
The First 48, by Tim Green is a fantastic book and should be made into a movie story for I highly recommend this. From page 1 onwards I was already enchanted and couldn’t put the book down. A fast-paced thriller like this book title is on the …
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
All about book’s contains were adopted from many theorist and practicer, even the mainframe of the book was taken from ancient culture, specialy from eastern world. I have to conclusion that Rhonda Byrne was just a collector, or most worst she have conspirated with those writers.
But in the end …
The Stolen Germ - Novel by Alisa Wood
The Stolen Germ is novel that write by Alisa Wood, its categorized as young adult fiction and bit of thriller, published by Summertime Books.
As the writer Alisa Wood began to write “The stolen games” At the age of 14 for The time he graduated high school was divided into …
Twilight Series
The Twilight series (composed of four books namely Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn) was really an is still a worldwide block buster phenomena nowadays. The story of the forbidden vampire - human love affair has really touched a lot of fiction lovers all over the world.
Having read …
Nodame Cantabile volume 13
The 13th volume of Nodame Cantabile starts with Chiaki coming back from Holland. It’s Christmas and he was hoping to spend the night with Nodame, but she’s not at home, as she’s helping with a child’s play at a church. When they meet in the street they have a …
Toni Morrison : Love
The most often overlooked from a race issue, is the existence of racial conflict within itself. So far, the justification of race, in terms of blacks against whites, that is, blacks are always defeated by the white race in terms of any kind. However, with regard to that race …
Yours truly, Lucy B. Parker Girl vs. Superstar book
This book is a fun novel for girls aged 10 to 13. It’s light hearted while the main character clearly has actual real problems - making new friends, getting along with her soon-to-be-stepsister and finding her way in a new city.
Robin Palmer begins the Yours Truly, Lucy B. Parker, …
“Love Is In The Mix” cookbook by Kate Gosselin
When I heard that Kate Gosselin was publishing a cookbook, I immediately decided that I wanted to purchase a copy. To this day, I’m not entirely sure why. I think it was because I knew the book, like Kate herself, would be very polarizing. I knew there would be …
Forgive and Forget by Patricia Scanlan
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 …
The Baking Answer Book
The Baking Answer Book by Lauren Chattman is a little book that answers every question you have with baking especially if you’re a beginner. This little compact book is full of baking information and resources that you will feel enlightened after you’ve read it. It covers everything …
The Truth About Diamonds novel
When I decided to read Nicole Richie’s novel The Truth About Diamonds, I knew it wouldn’t be an intellectual experience. Though I did expect it to be somewhat well-written for some strange reason. I guess because I like her for other reasons, the main one being that she is …
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
No Time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay and the storyline is sort of giving a literally sense. The story is pretty straightforward and easy to understand. And that is only the beginning part only.
When you continue reading further, you will find that the story is getting more exciting, …
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Over the past 22 years, I have heard and read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott four times. The first time, my mother read the novel to me, as my school required her to read something to me. I could hardly stand the novel. I vividly remember lying on …
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
I love to read book, especially a thriller but romantic drama book. After heard some chit chat talk about the twilight tetralogy, i finally decide myself to read them. Twilight is one from four books of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn).
I try to …
City of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare book
Minor spoilers in this review:
City of Fallen Angels is the fourth book in the Mortal Instruments series. This book picks up where City of Glass left off after the war against Valentine, who was defeated. Clary has begun to train as a Shadowhunter and she is finally dating Jace. …
The Dead Room by Heather Graham Book
This is another suspenseful tale by my new favorite author. I found this one just as interesting as the others and read it in one sitting. I tell you, I am hooked on her books! This particular tale revolves around a historic house in New York and an urban …
Fifty Shades Of Grey Novel
I finally gave into the temptation and hype and read Fifty Shades of Grey. Yes, after hearing bits and pieces about the book, my curiosity spiked and I had to get me a copy and read for myself. To those who haven’t read the book, I will have some …
Espanol para la Vida (Book 1) by Zena Moore
The book “Espanol para La Vida” is a text book that I used for Spanish when I was still in first form. How I came to get it was that at the time, there was a book rental system in most high schools then, and my school did not …
Harry Potter Series
Harry Potter series is written by J.K.Rowling. This series consists of seven books. Each book is more magical than previous one. I started to read this book when i was in my higher secondary. My friend used to tease me that this is a children fantasy. But nevertheless I …
Vulcan’s Soul Trilogy Book Two
Vulcan’s Soul Trilogy Book Two, is written by Susan Shwartz and Josepha Sherman. This is a book on War peace and a clan involving the mysterious Watraii. There is a secret trail regarding the Watraii and the characters Surak and Vulcan are at crossroads from succumbing to …
I Am Rembrandt’s Daughter (book) by Lynn Cullen
After not reading for awhile, this is the first book I picked up to start back up again. I typically read fantasy and YA fantasy, but I like the occasional historical fiction or fiction if it looks really good. This volume looked like it had a unique …
Backpacking in the 90’s
Backpacking in the 90’s is a book that was written by Victoria Logue. This book gives some great tips and secret from experienced backpackers for the inexperienced as well as the experienced backpacker. After all you can always learn something new. It discusses possible locations and talks about different …
Tweak by Nic Sheff book
I have read a book that I really enjoyed. The title of the book was Tweak and was written by Nic Sheff. Sheff wrote a book detailing his yeers of drug addiction primarily to methamphetamine. He talks about the progression of his use and dependency starting with …
Amigurumi World: Seriously Cute Crochet instruction book
Amigurumi World: Seriously Cute Crochet by Ana Paula is actually seriously cute. The front part of the book isn’t very useful to me because it’s just an explanation of the terms and the symbols, which are standard to all crochet books.
However, the patterns are all very cute and appealing …
Sweet Valley Twins: Escape From Terror Island (Book)
This is the last and second book of the two-part miniseries in the Deadly Voyage book, and it’s titled Escape from Terror Island. Here we can see the group survives the horrible storm and they are on an island alone and they are all just relieved to see each …
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