Stop in the Name of Pants by Louise Rennison is a book that is filled with hilariousness and I welcome this type of genre books anytime to disperse me from my already boring and mundane life.
In this story, Georgia Nicolson is the main character and she is very …

My daughter once again brought home a book from the school library to read (in between chapters of the book we are reading together). This time around, it was a book called Little Critter’s These Are My Pets.
The book was OK. But I sometimes wonder if the schools think …

1984 is a book nobody should miss. It is so captivating, so well written, a novel one will never forget. The skill of the author in creating the dark and gloomy atmosphere of a dictatorial society is amazing. You identify with the main character in his strive to retain …

This book is a collection of short stories by various Malaysian writers compiled by Xeus. The stories in this book are fictional (of course!) and rather scary.
I made a great mistake by reading this book at night. I was so scared that I couldn’t …

Ken Blanchard became famous for his runaway best seller The One Minute Manager way back in the 1980s. This book seems to have been written with the same gung ho spirit: turn your customers into raving fans. Yes, this is a cheerleading book, co-authored by Blanchard, the …

Truly an epic created by Mario Puzo. The novel is the written about the height of sharpness of brain, rationality of human being that is plenty in a man called Vito Corleone who because of his virtue of being a “man of word” becomes a “man of respect” in …

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 …

This novel is the second book by Gregory McGuire, which takes place directly after “Wicked”. And while that first book gave a new an interesting light to the story of Oz and the Wicked Witch of the West, sparking the inspiration for the play, this second novel, “Son of …

I didn’t choose to read Mother Love - it was an assignment for school. If it’d been my choice, I would’ve put the book down immediately. The dust-cover summary was boring, long, and it gave the author far too much praise (especially considering the author probably wrote the summary …

I discovered this novel by accident, browsing the Internet and checking out new Christian chick-lit titles. Well, “Savannah from Savannah” by Denise Hildreth is not really new; the book has been released in 2004, and I am surprised I haven’t heard of it earlier.
The story of Savannah, a Southern …

I borrowed this book called “Cranberry Thanksgiving” from the local library. I got to keep the book as long as I wanted as it is a discarded book that they have at the library for people to borrow as long as they want as the books aren’t in the …

‘St. Francis Xavier and his shrine’ is a book written by Fr. P. Rayanna, who belongs to the society of Jesus. This book is nothing but the biography of St. Francis Xavier. The book deals with the life of St Francis. In the last chapter, the author writes how …

This is another Jaine Austen mystery that I read, as lately I’ve been hooked on these incredibly funny books. I never knew mysteries could be funny like this and I’m glad I found this incredible author. The stories are very zany and yet believable. This one involves Jaine going …

Made to Stick (Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die) is written by Dan and Chip Heath and I love the tongue-in-cheek approach of this book. It is something like a self-help book and at the same time depicts a lot of humor in its writing in giving a …

Donnigan Harrison is a successful farmer and a good and handsome man. He would like to get married and start a family, but there is a problem: his prairie farm is in the middle of nowhere, and there are simply no women to marry in the area. Some of …

Dan Brown’s books are now read and praised all over the world and all of that is because of his bestseller “The Da Vinci Code”. Because of that every new book that famous American writer releases automatically gets a crazy amount of attention, as well as the pressure to …

Arcade is definitely one of the most generic villians in the history of the Marvel Universe. Arcade, whose real name has never been revealed to my knowledge, is a skinny little guy who wears a white suit and a top hat with a large bow tie. He has …

I disagree with the point of view that was presented by the Venetian aristocrat in this book. It seems that he does not completely understand the concept of democracy. A major part of the idea is that the government should represent what the people want, even if what they …

This is the first book written by the author Harry Crews. I have only read this and another of his novels but he seems to write mostly about the American South. This book takes place in a small town in the South during the 1960’s. …

The story begins with the murder of two Supreme Court justice, who were philosophically different. Liberal justice was killed in his home and the conservative justice was killed in theater that shows gay films. The killings created chaos in a not less not chaotic political diversity in the story. …

Since this book came out, everybody was talking about how wonderful it was, how good author Rainbow Rowell is and how painful the ending is. I finally decided to give it a chance, and I found a beautiful and real love story, but it’s a story that lacked a little …

Pierce Atkins, magician/illusionist meets Ryan Swan in this novel. They work together, with Ryan representing Pierce as agent, travelling with him to his shows.
Ryan and Pierce are very opposite individuals. While Pierce is confident and enigmatic, Ryan is insecure and apparently lacks affection. Their work brings them together time …

I love the twilight series, and this is my favorite book. It has the most action and is the most interesting.
Well Edward is back after he left Bella in the last book. And Bella is closer to jacob. Well at least she was until Jacob screwed her over and …

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 …

Bentilee Library used to have its own building but it is now located within the new Bentilee Neighborhood Centre in Dawlish Drive. I started to take advantage of the facilities at this library when I lost my job last year and I lost my internet connection at home. …

The problem that always arises from a socio-political system is too simple, so easy it is to someone in authority, to treat with very unfair for those who do not have access to the power. Problems that can be said a very good way to draw connections with the …

My husband got this Atlas at the airport in Johannesburg for R 155. It was foreseen that after doing Namibia and South Africa in August, we would also do another toad trip in Dec. 2009. We are always travelling and even if there is a GPS in the …

I waited a long time to read this book, because I was waiting for it to come out in Spanish so I could read and understand it better, since it has all this weird demon names and stuff. I’m really happy I waited because I found myself immersed in …

The Carnivorous Carnival is the ninth book of the series of unfortunate events series. It shows as the children are thrown into the world of a freak carnival as Count Olaf seeks the help of Madam Lulu so he can go in search of the Baudelaire children once …

Cynthia Richmond is the author for the book called Dream Power. This book has some useful methods on how to churn out those dreams into making it a real success for all of us. I think the basic underlining to this book isn’t about whether the dream …

Dictionary is very important for me. I love to write and that is why I always want to use new words. I also love to read and there are times wherein I can encounter words which are not yet in my own vocabulary.
Last summer, there was a moving ship …

True At First Light is a wonderful memoir by Ernest Hemmingway, one of the greatest American authors of all time.
I was intially drawn to this Hemingway novel, because of the title. I am like that, a catchy title will draw me in like a moth to a flame. I …

This Goosebump book was one of my many favorites written by R.L. Stine. I liked this book because it always kept you wondering what was to happen next. It was written in a way that when the haracter was freaking ou, you fel like doing the same. When …

I was bored the other evening so I was looking through my bookshelves for something a bit different. That’s when I came across the 1922 book by Henry Stanton entitled “Sex.”
Considering the book was advertising itself as offering information on a subject that people refused to talk about, I …

“It Had To Be You” by Susan Elizabeth Phillips is the “prequel” to this “Heart Of Mine.” I actually read this book before I read “This Heart of Mine,” and while I do enjoy all of S.E. Phillips’ work I must say, if I were picking favorites, “It Had …

Bernard Cornwell does a fantastic job with the book Stonehenge, a Novel of 2000 BC. It was really amazing how he weaved the story of Stonehenge, from the ideas and personal lives of the people around its conception through the long process and layers of its completion; a chief …

Chuck Palahniuk books should come with a disclaimer because without a required taste for twisting and sometimes poorly developed plots, one would get lost and end up hating Palahniuk books. I can compare these books to Sardines in the fact that some consider them foul, whereas others can consider …

The art of the surrealists by Edmund Swinglehurst
This is a nice little book that I picked up last and I went shopping in indigo. It nicely showcases the work of several surrealists. The print quality is very good. There are also a few paragraphs written …

I enjoy the Stone Soup daily comic, so of course I am interested in the collections. This collection, Desperate Households, shows a time when a single mom starts dating again and loses her job through corporate shuffling. So her 13 year old daughter decides to get a job.
There is …

Many times I’ve heard that Sally Rooney’s novel NORMAL PEOPLE is one of the bestsellers of the last decade. And one day, my girlfriends got into an argument about that book’s content. Then I decided to read it to see for myself who was right.
This novel raises important …

Backup is a novelette set in Butchers Dresden files universe. In this book it isn’t Harry Dresden who’s the main actor, but his vampire half-brother and side-kick Thomas Raith. He is off on an investigation on his own, which becomes entangled with an investigation of Harrys.
The novelette is written …

If you currently work from home or plan on working from home anytime soon then this is a must have book. It covers many, many important topics related to working from home including: the pros and cons of working from home, equipment needed to work from home, work from …

I am reviewing the book, The Last of the Mohicans, written by James Fenimore Cooper. Coming in at 448 pages, this book is Cooper’s literary masterpiece. In this novel, the reader is introduced to several key characters, a few of whom were actual historical figures. Cooper …

Overview —“ The Crucible, a play by Arthur Miller, is the story of Salem during the time of The Salem Witch Trials. The play focuses on the developing story of a man named John Proctor who has to free his wife Elizabeth from the accusations of the girls in …

I consider myself to be a busy girl with a full plate of things to do, which is great but leaves me little time to read. Reading is a past time that I find pretty darn enjoyable, and I like tackling books that have a little meat to their …

In Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation, Joseph J. Ellis, 288 pp., ISBN 0-375-40544-5, Joseph J. Ellis writes and excellent, popular history covering that part of American history where the United States was transferred from being a loose confederation of independent states into a country with a stronger central authority, …

I think there are about six or seven books in this entire series of educational books, and judging from the picture on the cover from books one to six, my first guess was that the books were written some time in the seventies. In fact, when I looked on …

I started reading Jack London’s book a couple of days ago, and the first, after the introduction about the author, was the story “The Call of the Wild.” It was about the dog Buck who knew the world in all its glory.
Jack London is one of the few writers …

Recommended ages7 and up
Molly McIntire is living on the homefront of World War II in 1944. Molly’s fathers away at war caring for wounded soldiers in England. Things have changed drastically in her home. With her mother working at the Red Cross, her older sister acting more superior to …

I’ve read a lot of heart-warming books but “Tuesdays with Morrie” touched not only my heart but as well as my soul. My classmates told me about it being great and astonishingly touching. But I was not too interested in books back then. After a few months I got …