I love reading a rhythmic children’s book to kids, especially my son. This is the only children’s book that I have read that has such a steady rhythm to it when reading it. It’s almost like you’re singing a song as you’re reading it. It has …

In recent years, many books published guidelines or books that motivate how to success in life. However, in general, these books contain only practical guidelines that motivates a person to achieve success. However this does not apply to this book. The Traveler Gift tried to combine between fiction and …

This book is the sequel to Something Borrowed, and somewhat overlaps it. However, in Something Borrowed, the main character and POV is Rachel, a straight laced lawyer who tries to do the right thing.
In Something Blue, the main character is Darcy, who is portrayed throughout Something Borrowed as being …

I enjoyed Howl’s Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones. This book, intended for a young adult audience just because of the complexity of the plot, is fun, a little bit silly, and engaging. I’m tempted to find the other books which seem to be based on the main characters …

“For The Love of Letters: A 21st-Century Guide to The Art of Letter Writing”
Samara O’ Shea
Non-Fiction
ISBN: 978-0-06-121530-8
Frankly speaking, I like to write, and I’m not sure if I’m any good at it; however, I like it just the same. I was looking for a how-to book on letter writing …

I wrote a review earlier on The Bourne Legacy, the movie, and after being disappointed for about two hours, I decided to read the book. I purchased the book from Amazon for $9.95. I had a few other books as well so this allowed me to qualify for the …

Risotto and Classic Cooking Rice by Christine Ingram is a cooking book I found at the library while I was browsing. At first, I was not going to check it out because I had plenty of other things on my account; however, I have been wanting to learn how …

My Mother in-law gave me this book a year ago as a gift before my husband and I moved out of state. It is put out by Hallmark books and contains many different uplifting scriptures with reflections and best loved poems.
This little book, and it is a little …

The latest that I have finished reading would be the book title, Hitts & Mrs, written by the very amazing Black writer, Lori Bryant-Woolridge. She has received an Emmy before for her writing and I salute her.
This novel is a romantic one at that, but not really laced …

I found myself having a variety of emotions with reading Battleship Sailor. The book is a memoir by Theodore C. Mason of his time in navy before, during and after the Bombing of Pearl Harbor. He was serving on the battleship California when it …

I was very happy to find four Hopalong Cassidy novels written by Louis L’Amour. Rustler’s of West Fork is the first of these. I’ve always had a special connection with Hopalong Cassidy because when I was four or five years old, I inherited my …

I have read several of Ms. Clark’s books and though they are not particularly deep or captivating; they are interesting and make for some very easy reading. I found this at a garage sale and bought it for a quarter. I read the book that evening and …

This Stitch ‘n’ Bitch book was a bit of a pleasant surprise for me when I found it, as I had assumed that the Stitch and Bitch books were only available for knitters. But yay! here is one full of fun crocheting tips and patterns.
The best part of this …

This book, Love in the Driest Season written by Neely Tucker is truly a very bittersweet and heart-wrenching story. I cried for a bit while reading some chapters in this book and Neely related his story in this kind of auto-biography about his journey with his wife, Vita in …

A Horn Book Award title called The Dark Is Rising, written by Susan Cooper, is definitely an interesting read, by far. I love reading books of any genre at all, as long as it is interesting and nice.
This book is about fantasy that may or may not interest …

“Witch” is a fantasy novel written by Marie Brennan. I have to say it started off slow but built up nicely.
In this book the hunter who was originally Mirage as a Doppelganger and Miryo as a witch has merged and become Mirei. She has undertaken a mission to …

Myth-ing Persons was my second foray into the wonderful world of Robert Asprin’s Myth series. My first was Myth Directions, the third book of the series. Keeping with my tradition of never reading a series in perfect chronological order I skipped ahead to the 5th book in …

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 …

Learning Reiki has one of the most important experiences in my life. Becoming a Reiki healer has only changed my life for the better- both physically and mentally. Becoming a first and second degree holder in reiki, I always looked for ways and means to practice Reiki in my …

The Cat Who Smelled a Rat is the twentythird book in Lillian Jackson Braun’s The Cat Who series, and Qwillerian, Koko, and Yumyum are just as cute and fun as they were in the first book. Okay, Yumyum wasn’t in the first book. But she’s still cute.
The stories in …

Probably the two best things about Steeple Hill’s Love Inspired books are the fact that they are incredibly easy to read and that they usually contain a few spiritual insights that can enrich or challenge your walk with God. Unfortunately, many of the offerings in the imprint are rather …

I have read the book —˜The mystery of the fire dragon’ written by Carolyn Keene. This book is one among the Nancy Drew series. This is an interesting book. The story line is excellent and the plot is very thrilling. The style in which the book has been written …

Consider Phlebas is a sci-fi novel written by Iain M Banks. In some ways it has a rather conventional plot, with the protagonist, Horza, attempting to recover a powerful machine Mind in the middle of a war between the Idirans and the Culture. However, the Idirans are …

Star Wars, the books and the movies are as popular as ever. A true science fiction classic and now they have put it in a pop up for children, Star Wars: A Pop-Up Guide to the Galaxy. I know one child who is going to be happy when he …

I was waiting in line for my daughter to purchase her manga books and I saw the cover of this book by Susan Mallery. Honestly, that is what attracted me to the book. It wasn’t the picture but the title. Even in current news stories you …

This Is a book titled “The MacLarens” by Margaret MacLaren of MacLaren.This book tells the history from the ancient times till today of the Clan MacLaren/MacLaurin.The Clan has now branches all over the world including Australia/America Canada and Scotland.The Clans original heartland is in Balquhidder in Perthshire Scotland,the Clan …

This comic was a nice idea in theory. Devoting an issue to the two sidekicks of the world’s finest is a nice thought, but ultimately it doesn’t work as well as it should. Tim and Kara get together for lunch and chew the breeze and shoot the …

The Wilderness Family part 1 is about a family who live in a big city and are not satisfied with the rat race of everyday life. They decide to move to the mountains of Alaska to a much simpler way of life. They build a new cabin and hunt …

The Bad Mother’s Handbook is a novel by Kate Long. This is a story about the life of three women from three different generations talking about how to survive being mother and daughter. Charlotte who got pregnant by accident, Karen who tried so hard to get things right for …

Genre - Teenage Fiction
This book is basically all about a “teenage-spy-in-training-who-falls-in-love-with-the-cutest-most-normal-boy-in-town”. You get the idea.
So, first things first, I liked it. Catchy Title, Girl in the lead, Totally Cool Gadgets, Cute, Awesome Boys.. What’s not to like? I, specifically, love the latter.
Cammie, the girl lead I was talking …

This issue wasn’t bad, but it had potential to be more. It was good to see a writer remember that Harvey is still in there somewhere. Most writers just have Two-Face and the coin flip is nothing more than a formality. Here we actually do see …

‘Five go adventuring again’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is a very interesting story. The four children spend their holidays at Kirrin. Uncle Quentin, the father of George finds a tutor for the children. Now they can study something during the holidays. The tutor is Mr …

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 bought a book long time ago, the book is called “Think and Grow Rich”. It is a book by Napoleon Hill. The book mainly teaches people to think positive and think hard what we want in life.
I read the book and I learn a lot from the …

Lunch Money, by Gordon Korman, is an excellent book. It has a continual thrill that keeps the reader dying to know what will happen next. It has all about a sixth grader who loves money, dreams of becoming rich, and then tries to make his dream actually …

This is the first book by James Patterson that I have ever read, and therefore, I was a bit unprepared for his style. Each chapter is short, about three to five pages long, just enough to finish a chapter while standing in line. This series of books is the …

When my daughter turned one year old she became interested in books, although she can’t read yet she loves to scheme through it. when she turned one year and six months somebody offered me an encyclopedia package but then again I can’t afford it One time we went to …

Strega was written by Andrew Vachss, and published by First Signet Printing in 1988.
I am glad that I had earlier read Andrew Vachss’ later book —˜Sacrifice’. Had I read this first, I might have just stopped at this one.
Burke was out from jail, after a stint when he …

This book, a classic Poirot, is a very complicated novel. One thing I really enjoyed about it is the way that, in the end, everything wrapped up so very neatly. I know that that is not how it is in real life, but it was very satisfying to be …

This book was the sweetest and most lovely thing that I have ever seen and read. The book is quite expensive for $8.95 and you can only read it in less than a minute as it’s a child’s illustration book, but once you read it, you’ll want to memorize …

I love a good book that incorporates science and mystery into its story. David Morrell is an excellent author at this. His weaves a story that is as informative as it is thrilling. There are moments of excessive violence, but you can’t read a thriller with out, and it’s …

Sleepless by Terri Clark is a two hundred and fifty seven page long teen page turning novel. It is full of action, adventure, romance, and even science fiction. This book encompasses everything that a good romantic adventure should. I would recommend that all avid teen or …

Laugh and smile all the way through while reading The Funny Thing Is…by Ellen Degeneres. That’s what happened to me, and I give a super 10 stars for this book. The book is super hilarious, and the fact that I love personality Ellen Degeneres is a known fact …

Do you have a child in your life who is just a little more intense than the other children you know? A kid whose voice is always a little louder, who seems to be always in fast forward, whose moods (good or bad) are more intense than most kids’ …

Having security protection on my laptop is like a catch-22: There are some sites that require me to have cookies in order to go on them and others that don’t. I need cookies for Barnes and Noble website and my computer simply don’t trust Books-A-Million website; therefore, my only …

This book is yet another suspense romance by Howard. I have to say, it was better than I had expected.
For the readers out there who have read other similar novels by Howard, you will that there is often a long and convoluted plot involved. However, in this book, the …

Going on a trip? You never know when you’ll get a vacation. Learn to snowboard? On the weekend, you’ll probably have to work. Read a book to the baby in the evening? Now, just answering a letter. This is the “squirrel wheel” mode most ordinary employees of ordinary companies …

Obernewtyn Chronicles Book1 - “Obernewtyn” - By Isobelle Carmody
Genre - Fantasy/Science Fiction
To quickly sum the book up, the main protagonist (Elspeth Gordie) is a young orphan girl who has ESP (called ‘Misfits’ in the series) who lives in a post apocalyptic dystopian world reminiscent of medieval times (complete with …

Da Capo is a manga by a Japanese visual novel studio, Circus and illustrated by Tanihara Natsuki. It has the genres; comedy, harem, romance, school life, seinen, and supernatural and is composed of twelve volumes. The manga is about Asakura Junichi and his life at Kazami Academy. Things get …

This is the second book in the Harry Potter series. I enjoyed it because it played to a more mature crowd than the first one. There is a darker more eerie theme to this one, totally different then the almost carefree nature of the first book. Because of its …