I picked up this novel from a local book fair at a very cheap price. I just chose it randomly without even giving a thought about the author because I rarely read thriller novels. Well, the novel is written by the famous author Stephen King who has produced some …

Between The Lines was Tammara Webber’s debut novel and the first that I read from her. And what a debut!
Between The Lines is about Emma, a girl whose dream is to be a big actress but also remain being a normal girl. After commercials and small things like that, …

If you make the top of the most stinking books, THE NORTH WATER will be one of the leaders on this list. I have not felt such a stench for a long time - from time to time, it seemed to me that I would vomit now. I even …

The Catcher in the rye is a novel set in the 1950 and revolves around a lost and angst adolescent. The protagonist is Holden Caulfield, though there are other sub characters. Although Holden Caulfield is the elegant portrait of a lost teen, he has lost his touch with the …

For 5 years, my husband and I struggled with infertility. At the age of 34, I was told that my eggs were no good, that donor egg was my only option, or I could adopt. But that if I continued my struggle, I would wind up disappointed. …

the major conflict of Hannah Foster’s, “The Coquette” gyrates around the concept of individual liberty versus societal norms. The protagonist of the novel, Eliza Wharton, is immobilized by this dissension in which society expects her to adhere to a particular lifestyle that if she were to abide by, would …

This book is priced at $16.95(AUD) online. It’s the last book in a series of three books and as its name suggests, it focuses on algebra.
Maths has always been my weak subject and I have had a lot of difficulty understanding how algebra works, which is why I …

” Nightshade ” is the first book of the trilogy written by Andrea Cremer, which tells a story of the choice between love and duty, between knowledge and reconciliation. After years of faithful service and reconciliation there comes a time when one must ask why. Saving an ordinary man …

Natural First Aid by Brigitte Mars is the best book I have ever read on first aid and the only book I’ve ever found on the subject of natural first aid. Included in the book are herbal treatments for ailments and injuries, emergency preparedness and wilderness safety. …

This book presents 100 easy lessons that begin with simple consonant sounds and work through to a beginner second grade level. At the beginning of the 8.5 x 11 bound volume, the parent/teacher will find a 20 page guide filled with philosophical, interesting and informative instructions for using …

I didn’t know that the world is coming to a vain end. In fact, the most vainest that I could ever read about or heard about. The author of this book titled, Beauty Junkies, Alex Kuczynski, has written some very detailed and comprehensive writings on beauty and …

Momo is a book about a special child living in an old roman theatre somewhere in Italy. She makes friends with the local guide, an old street-sweeper and all the local children. After a while though her friends start disappearing, and she finds out that it because someone’s stealing …

This book, written as if it were a preteen girl’s diary, is a somewhat good book for girls. The main character, whose diary is being read, is a curious girl who wants a certain boy to like her.
Particularly funny ideas occur in the books, such as Zone-Shampooing. Also, these …

“Before I Go To Sleep” is one of the best thrillers I have read. The main character, Christine Lucas, is portrayed in the novel as a woman who has amnesia. She starts each day by being told of her past, but is withheld of valuable information. It’s only when …

The Secret of Annexe 3, written by Colin Dexter was published in 1998 by Ballantine Publishing Group, 1998.
I had found Colin Dexter’s books very riveting, rather like the puzzles he enjoys well crafted plots and subplots, that he could mesh together at the end. However, sometimes …

If you haven’t read Louise Rennison’s Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging , the first in the Georgia Nicolson series you are seriously missing out. This book is about the quirky ,unbelievably wacky 14 year old Georgia Nicolson. She has a cheeky 3 year old sister ,mutti and vati …

So, I’d already finished the first and second book of ‘The Selection’ series. Although I was already certain as to what the ending would be, I knew I had to finish it. I couldn’t have just left it in the middle like that. In spite of the low …

I was able to buy a copy of a Christian comic book entitled “Sabotage”. This is the 11th volume of Character Building Crusader Comic Book written by Jack Chick. I would admit that at first, I was kind of disappointed with the story. The first 10 pages of this …

Much of this book I really enjoyed. This author did her research in period furniture and clothing. Because the book is set in two eras, the jumping was a little confusing. But the witchcraft reenactments were very well done. Where she didn’t impress me was in her portrayal of …

This installment is a Super Chiller series and it’s titled Goodnight Kiss. It’s a very nice book because it’s not weird and eerie but it only involved plain vampires and a normal teenage guy. The story is all about two guys who vacations on the beach, Matt and Todd …

Being a Stephenie Meyer fan, I am up in the air about this book, The Host. I felt that it was a bit too wordy, I felt that I was stuck reading pointless things at times, things that I felt were page fillers. As much as I love detail, …

ANE’s Smart Kid Series Knowledge Book 1 is a good general knowledge book for school goings. This book gives the idea of general things we see and general people we meet daily in the daily life. That means about the Family,Five senses,Body parts,our body,Feelings,Good Habits,Good manners,About school uniform,about dress …

When it comes to anything related to cooking, I feel as if I am always the last to know about amazing cooking products or great cooking television shows. America’s Test Kitchen has been airing on PBS since 2001, and I just discovered it a few months ago and fell in …

Turn Coat is the eleventh novel in the Dresden files, a fantasy series set in Chicago featuring Harry Dresden, wizard. As with most Dresden novels, I’d recommend reading them in more or less the right order or you will be quite confused. The Dresdenverse has its own set of …

Habits and Love, written by Rod Schumacher is a nice book. I mean it. I take pride in my book reviews and rarely do I read books that have no meanings to it. I try my best, though sometimes I do come across books that are really …

‘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 series has been continuing on from the 80s. The awesome thing is that the author still manages to stay up to date with legal and other types of things that revolve around criminal justice. That being said, this particular book is not one of her best. The plot …

Eric Moore’s life is perfect for many people. He has a business, have a wife who loved family, and the boy who was always obedient. However, when everything looks perfect, Eric Moore destruction of life began to happen. Everything begins with the disappearance of Amy Giordano, the son of …

This books main thesis I think was that it tried to point out that the bug business and the war business was almost hand and hand. Yet the Scientist and the War committee never saw eye to eye. I never really thought about the extermination of people like bugs. …

“How to Be a Pirate” by Cressida Cowell is a sequel to “How to Train Your Dragon”. The memoir of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III continues, telling us how the smart, but not physically strong Viking boy goes through his pirate-training. As we know from the first book, heroic adventures …

Although I’m not a big fan of crime thrillers, I think it is necessery to salute the man who sold more copies of his books than the feeble books of Dan Brown and (especially) Stephanie Meyer. Stieg Larsson has created absolutely wonderful images and a fascinating action that highly …

The Bright Side by Alex Coleman is a pretty sad story, but at the same time, very self-realizing and gives a soothing effect for a person like me reading. I love reading this book with a cup of coffee or tea in handy and I couldn’t imagine how talented …

The Mystic Rose by Stephen Lawhead concludes the Celtic Crusades trilogy telling about the recovery of three Christian relics. Murdo, a Celtic lord and the main character of Book 1, had found “The Iron Lance” - the spear that had pierced Jesus’s side on the cross. In Book 2, …

James Peterson follows up his bestseller “Cooking” about everything a cook would ever want to know about savory cooking with “Baking” which teaches you about the world of pastry.
The main thing I love about “Baking” is that it follows the same format as “Cooking”: there are hundreds of pictures …

After having read the first book in this trilogy (Eternal Eden), I really wasn’t motivated at all to move onto the second instalment of indecisive annoying Bryn and William the creep. But, since I can’t leave a series like that midway, of course, I did pick up the second …

I found this book in the business and marketing section of the library, but I actually picked it up because it was interesting, not because I expected to learn anything applicable to my business in it.
My Secret Life on the McJob - Lessons from Behind the Counter Guaranteed …

The Icelandic Sagas are one of the most extensive bodies of Medieval prose that still exist, or for that matter were produced at the time. These tales of the Icelanders are written extremely well, and read just as fresh today as they did to the Icelanders who were …

Unlike many of my feloow students I greatly enjoyed reading Shakespear’s Hamlet. I am a major theater buff and though I ususlly prefer to see plays acted out I will read them from time to time. Hamlet is one of my favorites because of it’s dramatic, secretive and …

The sequel to “My Enemy, My Ally” follows Deep-cover Federation Agent Terise LoBrutto AKA Arrhae t’llhweiir who has her assignment on Romulus disrupted by the unexpected arrival of a high profile federation prisoner, one Dr McCoy.
The plot is split into two independent sections which are a fantastic idea …

This is the second installation in Sweet Valleys’ The Frightening Four series, and the first book shows that Juliana wasn’t really dreaming at all and someone was really attacking her in her dreams or when she wakes up, as she has deep scratches on her back.
Now that Elizabeth is …

Naomi Klein’s “The Shock Doctrine” was a tough book for me to read. This wasn’t because it was badly written. On the contrary, the writing was very clear and straightforward. It was tough to read because of the subject matter.
The book details an influential movement in the United States …

The Sculptress was written by Minette Walters (published by St Martins’ Press 1994)
Rosalind Leigh, an author, was assigned by her publisher to research into the life and crimes of Olive Martin, a convicted murderess who had confessed to the brutal murders of her mother and sister. Initially reluctant, …

This book is good, damn good actually. It is a book that appeals to younger readers without talking down to them, it raises issues for discussion without forcing it or setting it up so that professors can just make stuff up to make themselves sound smarter, and it …

Karen Robards wrote Amanda Rose and this really gorgeous and truly beautiful novel has certainly touched my heart in many ways. This is a very sweet story about romance between an ordinary girl and a buccaneer.
The love story is filled with such sweet romance that it made …

In reading some of Arthur Conan Doyle’s other mysteries, I’ve been a bit disappointed I haven’t come across a murder mystery; until I read about the Black Doctor. And, I’ll admit, even though I had some suspicions, I didn’t predict the ending.
The story centers around a doctor of South …

“The Target” is a suspense filled book written by Catherine Coulter.
The book opens with Judge Ramsey Hunt rescuing little Emma Santera, a six year old girl who had been abused.
The girl’s mother Molly Santera thinks Ramsey is the one who took Emma, however Molly realizes that Ramsey is …

Erdman’s “The Crash of ‘79″ is a very interesting book. I don’t rate it as one of his best such as “Set-up” or “Zero Coupon” but it’s pretty good. The book was publish in 1976 about an economic/nuclear crisis that occurs in 1979.
The book is told largely in the …

I’m still exploring Prof. Tolkien’s work and I’ve heard about this book from fellow Middle-Earth enthusiasts when I used to attend the meetings or Ent-moots.
My curiosity with Middle-Earth have somewhat grown to a manageable level unlike before that I just wanted to find or complete Tolkien’s books as fast …

I recently finished reading Wormwood. Wormwood is a book written by G.P. Taylor. I really like Christian fiction novels. However, Wormwood left me feeling uneasy.
Wormwood is about people living in London in 1756. It is a battle between good and evil. The …