Deviant (Edward Gein), written by Harold Schechter was published by Pocket Books, 1989.
Are monsters made or born? Many such —˜monsters’ have blamed their heinous acts on their upbringing, childhood, parents and families. Could a child in a dysfunctional family or an abusive relationship turn out to be …

Stephen King is known for horror novels that revolve around the supernatural: if it’s not actually possible, but still terrifying to think about, then King will write about it. But this master of the modern novel is also known for real horror: stories that could actually happen in this …

Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult is a top notch book, personally for me. The writings are great and awesome and Jodi Picoult is a big-voiced writer, always having great and wonderful, awesome ideas. She always has this commanding voice at heart tugging at big issues and that is …

I used to hate getting involved with a series of books, because waiting for the next one to come out was always a killer on my patience, but this series taught me that good things are worth waiting for, and Patricia Briggs is an absolute genius with the written …

I must admit that I only read this book because of the movie version that was about to be shown then. I make it a habit to read the book first before watching the movie version. Turned out that my reading experience was so splendid that I regret grabbing …

Chuck Palahniuk with last years attempt to shock people and stir up enough controversy to cash in and pay the bills. I picked this up dirt cheap and read it, it reads like the script from a cheap porno. The story is about an old lady who is trying …

SEX DRUGS AND COCOA PUFF by Chuck Klosterman
Where to magazines like Spin and Rolling Stone find writers like this? Allegedly Chuck is a humorist and his book is about pop culture and his book is about pop culture and how it relates to the average male. What it never …

The Mythic Journey by Liz Green and Juliet Sharman-Burke - bulk
I picked up ‘The Mythic Journey’ by Liz Green and Juliet Sharman-Burke at local bookstore because I like mythology, because the cover art caught my eye, but most of all, because it was on sale for $3 when it …

Cooking French-style cuisine is probably the only style of cooking that my husband does not do; pretty much every other ethnic cuisine he does extremely well and often. I went looking for a good cookbook to widen his repertoire of resources and to make is easier for him to …

This book is written by Sean Lang, and it is called British History for Dummies. I was quite surprised that this book is actually a bestseller. There is actually an extended coverage of modern British history that you could find in this book. In short, Britain\’s …

“That Costly Ride” by Guy de Maupassant is about a man who ends up being taken to the cleaners–financially wise–because of an accident.
First, the story introduces us to, Hector de Gribelin, who is a husband and father of two, and is going through financial hardship because of the decline …

This book is kind of futuristic and at the same time awesome and quite chilling to read. The book main focus character which the author has written is the character Paul Proteus and he is the focal point of everything in this book. I thought that the …

‘How to win friends and influence people’ is a book written by Dale Carnegie. In this book, Carnegie tells us how we can attract people, the easy method to make a lot of friends and the art of impressing and influencing other people. He has given tips to influence …

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 …

The Half-price book store is a great place to buy books and media like DVDS, CDS and cassettes. The store has two desks. The one near the entrance is where you buy your books while the one in the back is where you pick up an order you made …

‘The power of self-coaching’ is a book written by Joseph J. Luciani. In this book, Joseph speaks about the depressions and anxieties of people and gives the remedies or solutions to these problems. Some of this book is rather difficult to understand, but overall, this book is a very …

When it comes to saving money, I believe I am an expert! I save more than I spend. I believe this is the only way to go for the financial security of my family. But through Francisco Colayco’s book entitled Wealth Within Your Reach, I have learned that saving …

If you’re looking for a children’s book about friendship, you might want to check this one out. This is a story about Raymond and Nelda, two best friends who are never apart… until one day they get into a fight over some silly thing. They part ways, and start …

This book from the well-known series by JK Rowling was a good read, and enjoyable for any age. It begins and ends, of course, with the school year at Hogwart’s. This year is supposed to be especially exciting due to the triwizard tournament, which, despite being too young, Harry …

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 …

Sherriff Bo Tully. Awesome character but in real life would so be in jail with his obvious disrespect for the rules. Seriously. But you know the story is going to be hilarious, and it was. As always Patrick McManus made me fall head over heels for not so conventional …

For anyone who needs a little nudge to overcome writer’s block or added punch for just the right description, “The Professional Writers’ Phrase Book” by Jean Kent might be just the remedy. This book contains thousands of entries to help writers avoid bland or trite statements.
I have used …

I use this Spanish-English dictionary all the time. It’s really easy to use, and the fact that the words are color-coded (I have the third edition, so the words are in bolded blue while the definitions are in black) really helps me a lot. The dictionary has some pretty …

I knew Jhumpa Lahiri since I watched “NameSake”, her book which is filmed. There are 9 stories in this book with different aspects of India. For me, the great thing about this book is how Jhumpa Lahiri makes a simple situation becomes a wider one. As example, for …

Everything we eat comes from corn, in some way or another. That is the main premise I picked up from Michael Pollan’s book —˜The Omnivore’s Dilemma’. I read other books by this author and liked them a lot. What I liked about them and about this book is they …

The books first few pages had me captured in laughter. The main character Samantha Sweeting is at a type of relation place but with her job as a top lawyer at Carter Spink she cant relax. They have a rule at the spa no cell phones or blackberrys or …

Night Kites is a very sad yet great book. It was released in 1986 but I didn’t read it until about the year 2000. It’s a really good book that talks about love and life. I thought the story about Erick and Jack and Nikki was sad. I think …

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 …

This is a review of the book, Death Bell by Peter Francis, a former journalist. It was published on May 2, 2013. The genre is historical fiction. First I will give you information about the fictional story. Later, I will reveal a few relevant historical facts. These facts …

“Bad Childhood Goodlife” is a very wonderful book to help get through some of the feelings of loss when we have had a bad childhood.
I initially bought the book to read so I could help a young girl get a good start in life after having a …

My 9-year-old daughter absolutely loves High School Musical, so when I came across this High School Musical box set, I knew she would love it.
I bought the box set at a loal book store for the great sale price of £3.99 reduced from £11.97. Since I bought it …

I recently purchased the book Sanctuary: The path to consciousness. The book is written as a novel by Stephen Lewis & Evan Slawson.
The writing style in this book is very good and keeps your interest. It was actually a little difficult for me to put the book …

Lee Strobel has become a fairly popular author among Christians, based primarily upon this book, an account of his investigations into the story of Jesus and the Bible. The idea is he is a journalist investigating the evidence for Christ.
For someone unfamiliar with Christian apologetics or scholarship around …

Malcolm Gladwell wrote this book to show how people make split second judgments about things and how much of these judgments are correct. Gladwell is an excellent writer, he always uses lots of examples and has a way of explaining scientific information in an easily understood way. That being …

Essential Amazing Spiderman Vol 8 is basically a mixed bag of stories. At this point in Spiderman was circa the late 1970’s when the series was basically stagnant and had dropped in quality of storytelling from the landmark series of the 1960’s and early 1970’s. I am hesitant to …

This book is very interesting. It has the top 10 places in Madrid that you would love to visit. I would love to go to Madrid someday, and check out these places. They are divided into 6 manageable areas, and also include some places of interests …

This police detective story was Michael Connelly’s first published novel and introduced the world to Los Angeles police detective Harry Bosch. It is remarkably sure-footed for a first novel, with a great central character obsessed with solving a murder which at first appeared to be an open-and-shut case of …

The Love Academy by Belinda Jones is a very lovable story about a journalist named Kirsty Bailey and she is sent on a mission to check out this love school called ‘Love Academy’. Her boss/editor wants proofs that this so called love school is just a bogus and that …

This is a great collection of quotations carefully selected from various segments of the Health and Home Magazine and published into a single book. The quotes are artistically presented with amazing photographs carefully picked and placed appropriately throughout the pages. I very much appreciate how nature, ranging from cute …

Background on the author
John Saul has been a New York Times bestselling author since 1977. He has written 37 thrillers and novels under various pen names. His novel Blackstone Chronicles was made into a video game and his novel Cry for the Strangers was made into a movie.
Setting
The book …

‘The obsession’ is a book written by Kim Chernin. The author reflects on the tyranny of slenderness. The book is an analysis which is beautifully written. The analysis is about our society’s increasing demand that women be thin. The author says that men have encouraged this obsession and women …

Stephen King fans will immediately recognize the title - “Dolan’s Cadillac” is a short story that appeared in a King anthology. It’s a gripping tale of murder, obsession, and revenge, and I feel that it translated extremely well onto the silver screen.
Christian Slater is brilliant as the evil Jimmy …

I love to read, heck, I love it so much I decided to become a writer so I could write my own stories. My background is in journalism though, which has taught me a lot about writing, research and the nitty gritty bits of writing that creative writing or …

If you have ever seen the Martha Stewart show, then you will know how generous she is with sharing her expertise in any given subject. In Martha Stewart’s Cooking School, she doesn’t hold out on any information for the home cook when it comes to mastering the art of …

Nora Robert’s book entitled “Red Lily” was a captivating book that I found myself not being able to put down and even thinking about as I went about my daily routines. I couldn’t help but be immersed with the characters, their pasts, their presents and what their futures would …

Stephen Coonts has many successful books, most of them based on war, and the Vietnam War in particular. While these books are good the whole ‘war novel’, especially Vietnam, has been done and redone ad infinitum, so it was refreshing to see a new kind of novel from an …

I am a book fanatic, along with the rest of my family. We don’t read books, we devour them. I have been shopping at BAM since it first opened when I was a kid. It was my favorite hangout when I was a teen, and it is still …

I am a great lover of books and often feel overwhelmed. Not only do I have all of the books from the past to read, I have those that come out on a frequent basis. I try to read at least 100 pages per day, but that doesn’t seem …

Authors: George Papajohn, Eric Zorn, and Joel Kaplan
It is indeed difficult to feel sorry for the murderer or her family in this story. I would rather reserve my sympathies for the innocent victims who were killed or injured, and those who had been hounded by the murderer’s acts …

Novel written by Sidney Sheldon, the telling of the problems experienced by three beautiful women. Three women are involved in a series of complex murder cases. From the investigations conducted by the police, much evidence points to one of three women. Murder mystery with psychological deviations gives an interesting …