Books Reviews
Running for Mortals Book
Want to get into running for fitness but don’t know where to start? Running for Mortals is the book for you. The full title is “Running for Mortals: A Commonsense Plan for Changing Your Life With Running,” and it is written by a pair of running experts, John Bingham …
Spirit Controlled Temperament book
When I first came across this book, its title made me think that it was a about spiritual possession. However, upon reading a few pages of it I realized that it was completely different from what I thought. This book, titled Spirit Controlled Temperament, was authored by Tim LaHaye, …
The Holiday Candy Book by Virginia Pasley
This book was written by the author of The Christmas Cookie Book and that was the reason I purchased The Holiday Candy Book. I enjoyed the Christmas Cookie Book so much and use it every year for my holiday baking that I wanted to see what the candy …
Greg Hildebrandt’s Book of Three-Dimensional Dragons book
“Greg Hildebrandt’s Book of Three-Dimensional Dragons” is a wonderful book. I have had mine since I was in the second grade through college and have never grown tired of it. I think what made the book so great is that it is a pop up
book and brings …
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
I bought a book “The Secret” written by Rhonda Byrne few days ago. I read the book and the book is a great book. “The Secret” is a book that teaches people to think positively, remove all pessimistic thinking from our mind and become a more successful person.
I am …
Once Smitten Twice Shy by Lori Wilde
Lori Wilde did a good job in writing this novel. This is a story of a struggling videographer, Tish Gallagher, who is trying to get out of debt. She was able to get a client, the daughter of the president, Elysee Benedict. Tish was chosen as the official videographer …
The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer
The author, Jeffrey Archer presents us with a plot about the life of a Polish family immigrating to America and the challenges ahead. In “The Prodigal Daughter” we see how is the fast successful story of a girl named Florentyna from aging to school, youth, marriage, business, politics and …
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
When I first began reading the Harry Potter, I did it to burn a little time. This time, as the release date approached, I found myself reviewing the books in excitement. While I was not one of the fanatics waiting outside a book store at midnight, I …
Bite Me If You Can by Lynsay Sands
This is another great paranormal romance book that I had a hard time putting down before I finished it. Great read! Bite Me If You Can is another great read from Lynsay Sands that continues the story of the Argeneau family who are all vampires. This story …
Sparknotes for The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
I have to read many books for the English class that I am taking this year. I find that the reading can really pile up quickly. It helps me tremendously to have Sparknotes handy all the time.
The Sparknotes of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott …
Mystery of the spiteful letters by Enid Blyton
‘The mystey of the spiteful letters’ is a book written by Enid Blyton and is one among the series of the five find-outer books. In this story, Frederick, nicknamed Fatty, has fun disguising himself. In this story, he disguises mostly as a red-haired boy. Now there is a person …
Fruits Basket Manga Volume 3 (Graphic Novel)
Fruits Basket Manga Volume 3 begins with Yuki and Kyo participating in a long distance endurance run at school. Yuki isn’t feeling very well and Tohru meets another member of the Sohma family Hatsuharu Sohma, and after Yuki recovers they all celebrate, or deal with Valentine’s Day.
This manga …
Balthasar’s Odyssey
In 1665, the people, especially Christians, hit by worries about the coming year, which is connected with the number of Satan. Embriaco Balthasar, a merchant of books, the descendants of Genoa, who came from Gibelet, long journey, almost around half of the world, to find a book of magical …
Life Swap by Jane Green
Life Swap by Jane Green is a cute and I wish I could have the power to swap life anytime that I feel that my life is on a boring and endless track. It is about lifestyle swap and through literal means and not like magic swap. This …
Costume Jewelry by Judith Miller book
Learning more about collectible costume jewelry has been sort of a hobby of mine for years. Unfortunately, I don’t get enough opportunities to collect or buy the better pieces out there. Often, I must make do with books on collecting costume jewelry. This can become an expensive hobby too, …
Wake the Dead book
WAKE THE DEAD
Steve Niles remains arguably the best horror comic writers of the modern age.
His work in 30 Days of Night and The Nail are reflective of a genious that comics have not seen since the early days of EC’s Tales From The Crypt in the 1950’s and Warren …
Wireless Networking Visual Quick Tips by Rob Tidrow
I often hear the word wireless networking; the sound of it further evoked my curiosity. I wanted to know more about this technology, as more and more people are gaining benefits from it. My sister positively responded when I earnestly asked her to buy a book about wireless networking; …
Fever Dreams by Nicole Jordan
This book is definitely a sensual read, and truly satisfying to me. It is Fever Dreams, by Nicole Jordan. The writer is very creative and good, in conjuring up images on a reader’s mind about love from a historical setting, and about crushes and love.
It tells about …
Line of Fire by Julie Elizabeth Leto book
I felt that the book titled Line of Fire kept you on your toes and always had you guessing what was going to happen next.
It starts off with the main character, Faith who is a defense attorney, getting her latest client George Yube acquitted of murder charges due to …
Lolita book
Lolita is a tragic love story. This novel tells of a professor and writer named Humbert. Because the memories of his past romance with a girl, Annabel, he is obsessed with a teenage girl named Dolores Haze. To be close to Dolores, Humbert eventually marrying the girl’s mother, Charlotte …
The mother of all pregnancy books by Ann Douglass
My husband bought me The Mother of All Pregnancy Books when I first found out I was expecting. I know he did a significant amount of research and chose the top rated book on amazon, but man was this book a disappointment. I suppose it wasn’t necessarily …
Drop Dead Gorgeous by Linda Howard
Linda Howard’s novel, Drop Dead Gorgeous is the second novel in her Blair Mallory series. The heroine, Blair Mallory is not only sexy and gorgeous but also hilariously funny. This is one of the top Linda Mallory books to read. It’s not only a romantic book but also a …
Underground to Canada
This book is a classic, and for a good reason. Barbara Smucker’s Underground to Canada is a moving, happy and sad story which shows how hard and unfair slavery is and was.
This book is well written. It flows well, and there are several moments of suspense. It is written …
Horoscopes for the Dead by Billy Collins book
I wanted to like this book a lot. I *tried* to like this book a lot. I just couldn’t quite make it.
“Horoscopes for the Dead” is the most recent offering by the American poet Billy Collins. Collins was our national poet laureate from 2001 to 2003, and has since …
The Best American Mystery Stories: 2006
“The Best American Mystery Stories: 2006″ ed. Scott Turow, Houghton Mifflin Company 2006, 358 pp. ISBN-10: 0-618-51746-4, ISBN-13: 978-0-618-51746-6
“The Best American Mystery Stories” 2006″ is the current latest book in the Houghton Mifflin Series devoted to American Mystery stories. The editor for 2006 was Scott Turow, author of at …
Tiger and Max by Elnora Watters
Animal stories sure are fascinating though I did wonder if animals of different kinds can really talk with each other. I have recently read a short story by Elnora Watters, Tiger and Max which made my imagination go wilder. That makes me wonder if in religion; animals like dogs …
Jerry Baker Supermarket Super Products Book
I have this book entitled Jerry Baker’s Living Well Supermarket Super Products Book. I bought in from Amazon.com, and I really liked it.
This book contains a whole array of common household products that can be used for different means other than what you would think. …
Tears of Heaven - From Beirut To Jerusalem book
This book is one book that inspires memoir of my heart. After reading the first chapter ordinary memorable, so I forced myself to read the next chapter. From the continuation of that chapter, I get a clear picture of the struggle of Dr. Ang in helping the Palestinian people, …
Stephen Ambrose, D-Day The Climactic Battle of WWII
D-Day June 6th 1944: The Climactic Battle of WWII by Stephen Ambrose.
Stephen Ambrose has written a very comprehensive collection of predominantly Allied anecdotes in an attempt to illustrate D-Day in a light which is less than factual. The strong points of this book are its interesting photographs, and its …
Turnabout by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Turnabout, a book for youths aged 10 - 15, is based on an interesting idea about extending your life. Or actually, people’s lives in general. This is one of those books that takes one scientific fact and expands upon it, as if it could happen in real life, of …
Geek Magnet by Kieran Scott
This is a fun, light-hearted book and one I really enjoyed reading. The story moves very quickly and there is never a dull moment. Something is always going on in the plot and that’s one of the reasons I liked it so much. The plot revolves around a bunch …
Relentless by Robin Parrish
This is the kind of a book that hooks you from the start. Imagine this: a guy comes out of a bus and suddenly sees his own self walking the opposite side of the street. Not only that, he soon learns that he is no longer who he was …
Guilty Creatures by Sue Welfare
This is chick lit at it’s best. Sue Welfare, the author who brought us “Off the Record” has done it again with this offering. She manages to get you feeling completely in sinc with Mim Pilgrim the hard done by wife and heroine of her …
“Danger in the Shadows” Dee Henderson
“Danger in the Shadows” by Dee Henderson is a suspense/mystery novel telling the story of Sara Walsh, a woman living under the FBI witness protection program and in constant fear. What happened to her happened a long time ago, when she was only 6, but the terror lives on …
“You Can Heal Your Life” by Louise L. Hay book
I love Louise Hay. She has got to be one of the most inspiring women of the age. I am in the process of collecting all her works. But this book I found on a bookshelf when I was going through all my old things in my childhood home. …
Brain Wash by Michelle Schoffro Cook
Brain Wash is written by Michelle Schoffro Cook and I really find this book to be really insightful and full of great amazing tips for my brain-health.
This is a very good and powerful book with lots of strengths. The author talks about how easy within this era of …
Rainbow’s end, by Vernor Vinge, Book
Vernor Vinge is an American writer of science fiction who is already extremely popular in the U.S., especially for the two books that won the Hugo - “A deepness in the sky” and “A Fire Upon the Deep.”
If in these sf books he treats a well-loved space opera theme …
The Pillars of the Earth historical novel by Ken Follett
This was the first time I’d read anything by the novelist Ken Follett. I was encouraged to read “The Pillars of The Earth”, by a family member who knew I was interested in historical movies and books. Even though I don’t usually review books I found this one …
Lisa Kleypas “Smooth Talking Stranger” book
Lisa Kleypas follows her Texan Travis family in her latest book “Smooth Talking Stranger”. In this story I fell in love with Jack Travis, the second brother of the Travis family. Jack Travis is wealthy, self-made and a ladies man. When Elle Varner got a telephone call from her …
Recipes for a Perfect Marriage by Katie Kerrigan
The best words to describe the book “Recipes for a Perfect Marriage” by the Irish author, Katie Kerrigan are pills of wisdom about marriage. This novel stays away from the usual cliché that we usually see in Hollywood movies, and tackles the real thing being married for …
Night Fall,Nelson DeMille
Night Fall tells the story of TWA Flight 800, which mysteriously crashed off the coast of Long Island in 1996. The crash spawned numerous conspiracy theories, including those claimed that the plane was shot down by terrorists or US military friendly fire. The conspiracy theories was given extra weight …
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight is captivating yet disenchanting at the same time.
It is only captivating because it consists for a love story between a vampire and a mortal being. Growing up as a Korean-American, I can relate to it: The hardship of dating outside the common expectation.
In a romantic way, it …
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
I thought this story was very confusing. In order to understand everything that happened in it I read it twice, looked it up on Wikipedia, read it a third time, then discussed it in my Literature class. After that I found it a bit better to understand, and then …
Hush, Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick, 2009 Book
I found this book in the library about two months ago. I was just browsing, and this book happened to be on display. So I read the blurb, and it did seem relatively interesting, so I decided to take it out and see if it would be any good. …
Anatomy of Murder by Bill Pomidor
Anatomy of Murder was written by Bill Pomidor and published by Penguin Group in 1996.
The husband and wife team Dr Plato Marley was in geriatrics; while Dr Cal was a forensic pathologist at Seigel Medical College. At Cal’s tuition class for her medical students, she discovered …
Who Bob What Pants by Emily Sollinger
My son is a big fan of SpongeBob. He watches all of their cartoons and pretty much has all of the words memorized. One night, they had on a SpongeBob show called “Who Bob What Pants” which my son loved. So you can imagine how excited …
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