“The Lucy Book: A Complete Guide to Her Five Decades on Television” is a book that I was somewhat disappointed with. I felt much of this book was filled up with unnecessary things, like, for example, all the episode recaps and summaries! How many times are authors going to …

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 …

Oyayubhime Infinity is a charming manga by Toru Fujieda which DC Comics is now putting out, translated into english, in North America. The story involves a young up-and-coming japanese idol, Maya, who’s public identity which she creates for herself is radically different from who she really is. The bulk …

The book, The New Science of Success - How to Outsource-Proof Your Job & Prosper in a Web 2.0 Economy, was given to me as a promotional gift. And, what a gift it turned out to be!
I think any of us who regularly surf the Internet have become …

Going Coastal is about a girl who gets fed up with her job so she quits. For good, this time. I liked the fact that it’s not a typical chick lit book in that she’s not a girl who went from a small town to big city, or someone …

This is a standard textbook for learning the C program. It is written by the world reknowned author, E Balaguruswamy. The book is written in a format that is very simple to understand. It begins for the very basics of programming. What is better is that you need not …

This novel is clearly chic-lit. It’s about a girl from the country who moves to New York. At the end of the book, there is a magic duel. And along the way, she falls in love with/ is fallen in love with by a couple of guys. One of …

If you have never been to a college bookstore then you can’t imagine what they usually look like when you go inside. Basically, they usually have tons of books that are stacked almost to the roof and organized by subject in order to make them easier for students …

For many years Dean Koontz (and I still have paperbacks and hardbacks from the days when he was known as Dean R Koontz) has been among my top 5 favourite writers, one of those whose books I ritually buy as soon as the hardcover is released. I remember plenty …

The book ‘Life after death’ is written by Neville Randall. In this book, the author tells us that there is a life after death. Everything does not end with death. Randall gives a clear description of life after death. Randall deals with questions such as the nature and experience …

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 …

Religions , mysteries , encrypted messages , ruthless killings and persecution… These are the main themes in the novel by Michel Benoit, who will keep you under tremendous pressure from the beginning of his book to the last chapter. It is questioned not only the sustainability of the Catholic …

Any reader has encountered a character like Ciaphas Cain at least once, as long as they have been able to read a good story flavored with humor at some point. Ciaphas Cain is a Commissar in the world of Warhammer 40,000 (WH40K), a fictional universe of the future …

“Star Trek: The Art of the Film” by Mark Cotta Vaz is a book that I enjoyed looking through and reading quite a lot. Packed within the front and back covers of this book is a whole lot of interesting and detailed concept art. What is concept art? Well, …

The Last Battle is the last and seventh book of the Chronicles of Narnia series. Unlike most chronicles or series this does not end answering a lot of questions instead it brings a close to the world of Narnia in an epic battle that divides the total world.
I …

A story of young love and life as how we make it. That is how I describe the story of “A Walk to Remember” by Nicholas Sparks.
“A Walk to Remember” is actually a flashback of the main character, Landon Carter, during his teenage life in the 1950’s. It tells …

There were many things about this Young Adult fantasy novel that I did not like at all. While the story moved quickly and had many unexpected twists in the plot, I think the book is sending teens and preteens the wrong message. I have thought about the book as …

Tokyopop is arguably the leading producer of manga novels today, at least in the United States. Some of their offerings are exceptional, but like most publishers they end up producing a few dogs. I wouldn’t say “Van Von Hunter, Volume 1″ exactly barks at the moon, but it does …

Just Listen is my favourite Sarah Dessen novel. It follows the life of a girl named Annabel, who does modelling and things like television commercials, who appears to have everything. Her life is not so like that in real life though because she has to deal with an anorexic …

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer is a book that once you pick up you cannot put it down. I read this book all the time and each time I read it, it gets better. The way Stephanie Meyer writes the words makes you feel like you are living the lives …

Normally, I like Bram Stoker’s books and stories. I’m not sure this was the case with The Coming of Abel Behenna.
I can understand what Stoker was trying to do with this story. It’s a story about love and jealousy. Abel wins the hand of the most beautiful woman in …

Charles Dickens is the author of the classic novel, Oliver Twist. His career as a fictional writer started in 1833 when his most stories and essays appeared in periodicals. In 1836, he married the daughter of his friend George Hogarth, Katherine Hogarth.
The story is about a poor orphaned …

This is a superb book and though the title is suggestive, it really is good and I think that the book has some really good contents. There are lots of examples from this book and interviews.
The interviews were made on VPs of Fortune 100 companies and also real business …

Quantitative Aptitude is one section which is asked in almost all competitive exams in India. Whether you are preparing an entrance exam for MBA colleges, or a government recruitment exam, you are going to find questions from Quantitative Aptitude.
I have given many exams throughout out my career. Obviously, …

Nobody’s Baby But Mine is a great love novel written by Susan Elizabeth Phillips and in this book, it is about 2 strong willed and level-headed individuals whom have come across their paths.
The story starts off with Dr. Jane Darlington who is a Physics Professor. She is super intelligent …

The book PRINCIPLES has become my board book and a rare example of a book that could give the basics. This book describes the principles of the old-school approach to business and life, but with a new modern perspective.
Although the principles described are still difficult to relate to …

This was a first book I’ve read from the “Smart Pop” series. It’s a set of 16 essays concentrating on the CSI franchise and the CSI effect.
Each essay is written by a different author. From writers and editors to actual police officers and real life CSIs. As with every …

Darkness tells the story of a group of people living in a small, ritzy community in Florida. A young woman living in the swamp discovers that a Dark Man is taking people’s children and turning them into zombies and wants to do whatever possible to stop them, even though …

As a huge fan of the first book in the King-Killer Chronicles (The Name of the Wind), I was so excited to finally read the sequel, The Wise Man’s Fear.
In this installment, Patrick Rothfuss does not disappoint. He tells just as good a story as the first, and …

The Quality of Mercy is a short story found in The Outer Limits volume 3, a science-fiction anthology full of stories based on episodes of The Outer Limits, which was a science-fiction show that originally aired in the 1950s and was revived in the late 1990s. The Quality …

This is a great book to read if you like reading about murder mysteries. I felt that this book started off pretty slow until the middle part of the book. That is where things really picked up and it suddenly became a page turner until the very …

How would you feel if you were a normal teenage boy one day, and the next, you were a prince? That’s basically the plot behind Melissa Wyatt’s young adult novel, Raising the Griffin. The Varenhoff family used to be the rulers of a small (fictional) country called …

Horror movie and book aficionados should keep their eyes peeled for the short story collection “Fear the Fever.” This collection includes a short story called “Daddy’s Dirty Books.” Obviously, the story revolves around a collection of pornographic magazines that a father keeps in his bedroom bureau. …

The book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom is a very inspiring and indeed full of wisdom from a professor who is about to die but because of great optimism towards life and everything that surrounds him, made his remaining days well remembered by people who truly cared for …

If you have ever eaten at Los Barrios in San Antonio, Texas, then you know how good the food is! Now they have a cookbook with many of the restaurant recipes as well as many of their family recipes! The book also has an introduction by Emeril. The recipes …

‘Mystery of the disappearing cat’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This book is the second among the ‘five find-outers and dog’ series. A prize cat of Lady Candling disappears. She is a neighbour of Pip and Bets. Not even the gardener knows anything about the disappearance of …

Ahn Junghyo’s contemporary novel “Silver Stallion” paints a vivid and powerful image of Korea (to be exact, South Korea) in a small village during the Korean War. Junghyo does not hold back any details, so younger or more squeamish readers may want to avoid this read.
No, I’m not …

My Vintage Summer by Jane Elmor is something like the movie ‘Ya-Ya Sisterhood of something’, only that there are certain elements of seriousness in this novel.
I thought that I can relate to a lot of things in this story, but I can’t. The stories have lots of reminisce to …

The Pagan Stone is the final installment in the Sign of Seven Trilogy. And I gotta say, this final installment simply rocks!
The first 2 books focused on Cal & Quinn, Fox and Layla. No surprise then, that this book sees more of Cybil and Gage. i love both characters …

This book is brilliant. It kept me up until 3am. It has a mix of action, love-triangle romance, supernatural beings, and is quite interesting. I love books like that. It’s set in Victorian London, a beautiful period of time. The love-triangle that Clare has set up is beautiful. It …

The Ysabel Kid, written by JT. Edson is one of the Floating Outfit books that I like. This book is a western.
In this volume, Dusty Fog must go down into Mexico to convince Bushrod Sheldon to come back to Texas so the US can aid Juarez.
Dusty is my favorite …

The plot of this book is just too bland. From the beginning I figured out the ending of the book. Brenda Jackson should’ve gotten this book proofread. There were several grammatical errors and she was using the same phrases too many times. I was also disturbed by all …

Vladimir Nabokov never ceases to amaze me with his absolute understanding and use of the English language, which he picked up after learning Russian and then French. “Lolita” is a terrific and rather controversial love story written from the perspective of an aging Humbert Humbert examining his brief …

Alexi Stanislaski meets Bess McNee in this very interesting story in the Stanislaski series.
Bess is a soap-opera writer and Alex is a cop. The duo met because, well, because Alex arrested Bess. It is actually quite funny how they meet and how they end up with each other …

This is one of my favourite Blake pieces. It is difficult to categorize this as either poetry or prose. Rather I would consider it poetry in prose. Blake’s prophetic writings, like The Marriage of Heaven and Hell, read like Old Testament writing. The style is profound and lends to …

When I decided to read the book ‘Cross,’ I did so without ever reading any other books by James Patterson. He had been highly recommended to me so I figured I would him a try.
Two days later, I wasn’t impressed.
The concept in the book was a good one, Alex …

I love Scottish romances so much. Shadow Music by Julie Garwood is a good historical novel and filled with nice Scottish romance. Two characters in question; Princess Gabrielle and this handsome and roguish guy named Colm MacHugh, you will love the storyline so much. I enjoy the …

I was actually surprised by this cookbook. C’Mon Over, Hassle-Free, Hustle-Free Entertaining is published by Pillsbury, so I sort of expected that many of the recipes would feature Pillsbury or other related brand products. (This has happened to me in other recipe books. You know, where the first three …

This is not a page turning thriller, neither is it a heart lifting drama romance. Rather, it’s like a savoury piece of steak that needs to be chewed on patiently, and the flavour would soon infuse into your palette.
Tash Aw is a Malaysian born lawyer trained in UK. So, …

I read the 50$ and up underground house book by Mike Oehler I just finished up reading it I was very excited by the prospect of having such a cheap shelter ,but all is not what it seems. So I thought a review might …