Books Reviews
Woman as force in history by Mary R. Beard
‘Woman as force in history’ is a book written by Mary R. Beard. This book discusses the varied contributions of women since the beginning of recorded history. It also explains the women’s rights movement. It also analyses the effects of laws upon the status of women.
Mary R. Beard …
Mates, Dates, and Cosmis Kisses novel
Mats, Dates, and Cosmic Kisses by Cathy Hopkins is the second book in her Mates, Dates series. (The first book was Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras). This series is for preteen and early teen girls.
The second book is from Izzie’s perspective. If you read the first book, you already …
The Clique 1 book
This is a new series I will be writing reviews for. It began in 2001 and is still continuing. The author of this series is Lisi Harrison. It is also a New York Times Bestseller. This series has a couple of main characters. Theres 1 girl, who leads he …
Love Mercy by Earlene Fowler
Earlene Fowler has some serious guts. She was able to bring main characters from another series and place them into the supporting roles of this hopefully new one. The best part! I didn’t feel cheated since they weren’t the main focus as they are in the Harper series! …
Guess how much I love you by Sam McBratney
The other day, I saw the book title, Guess how much I love you by Sam McBratney and it caught my attention and my eyes to buy it. It is a children’s classic story and my niece love it very much! She is all gushing and all …
ILLUSTRATED First Dictionary Book
This book is very useful for children. This illustrated first dictionary book is an alphabetical word bookthat introduces a child to dictionary skills.This book is designed very simple picture wordbook. It is not yet ready to use a full fledged dictionary. This book contains of an alphabetical list of …
The Proving Trail by Louis Lamour
This evening I read The Proving Trail written by western writing legend, Louis Lamour.
I liked the way the book was written in first person. Kearney McRaven, is a seventeen year old boy trying to solve the murder of his father.
He finds that the killers …
“The Life of an Immigrant” by Rosa Cassettari
In the case of Rosa Cassettari, she was forced into a life of imprisonment and a life controlled by others when she was abandoned at birth. She was passed along from mother to mother until she was finally taken in by Mamma Lena. This proves that from a very …
Stephen King’s The Green Mile
Originally a serial novel, Stephen King�s �The Green Mile� is a touching but horrifying look into human nature. This novel is told from the perspective of Paul Edgecombe: an elderly man spending his last years in a Georgia retirement home. But when Paul was young, he was in charge …
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom
If ever there was a book that made you want to get in touch with the family and friends you haven’t seen in years it is this one! Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom is a fantastic read. This is a true story, an autobiographical account of how the …
The Weather Maker by Tim Flannery
I found a book with the title The weather maker.It was made by Tim Flannery.He is a famous writer,scientist,conservationist and explorer.We are all facing Global warming and we saw a lot of signs that proves it.Global Warming is a trial that we need to face besides it’s our fault.
Many …
Digital Fortress by Dan Brown
Dan Brown is a great writer who seems to have tapped the right recipe for being able to create the type of story that can truly lure readers into a book. Digital Fortress is no exception. My problem with this book, and I believe it significant, is that Brown …
The Art of the Deal by Donald Trump
I have been fascinated by Donald Trump ever since I had learn of his accomplishments in the business world. He is one of the most successful businessman in the world with business interests around the globe. I have fallen in love with business ever since my father introduced me …
Mark Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Mark Levin has emerged as one of the most popular conservative talk show hosts in the United States. His program, The Mark Levin Show, draws in an audience upwards of 7 million regular listeners. In addition to hosting his radio program, he has authored three New York Times bestsellers. …
The World of Peace by J. Krishnamurti, book
I have read the book —˜The World of Peace’ by J. Krishnamurti. This is a very good book. It is interesting to read for anybody who wishes to think about the various problems, conflicts and disorder that is troubling the world. This book consists of six chapters. Four chapters …
Time Traders by Andre Norton - Online Bean Library
The best way to describe this book is VERY complex and a little unbelievable even for a science fiction time travel adventure. The main character Ross is a seasoned criminal who is given the option of going into the Rehabilitation Service - something he does not know anything …
Dr. Seuss’ ABC kid’s book
My step-father has been getting my son Dr. Seuss books since his baby shower, but I’ve recently discovered that my 2 year old son isn’t really interested in them. My husband and I have been trying to read to him the ABC’s story of Dr. Seuss and he walks …
Out - mystery novel by Natsuo Kirino
This book, Out, by Natsuo Kirino, is a chilling tale. The writing makes everything seem very believable and real, and I was very absorbed in the events of the book. I actually found myself feeling angry at how one person was treated. The omniscient narrator made each character feel …
Baby Love by Catherine Anderson
Baby Love, written by Catherine Anderson, is a love story about Maggie Stanley and her baby. It started out with her, carrying her baby who is very little and she ran off into the cold and snowy night. I was curious in the beginning as to why she …
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
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 …
Confessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
This book, a “chic lit” is about a financial journalist named Rebecca Bloomwood who struggles with her day to day living because of her being a shopaholic. The Irony of it is that she gives advices on how to save money, and yet she can’t control her natural urges …
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
This is a book about a hermaphrodite.
(Hence, the name.)
This is a very good book.
(Hence, the 10 stars.)
This book spans several generations, tracing the history of a mutated gene, through a convoluted series of incestuous unions.
But a great deal of pity and understanding is afforded to the said incestuous family, …
Cold Blooded by Lisa Jackson
Cold Blooded is the chilling story Olivia Becket, a woman plagued with visions of murder. Set in present day New Orleans this story tells the tale of a serial killer who is hunting women and killing them on Saints days, in the same way the saints themselves had …
Captains’ Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages
“Captains’ Logs: The Unauthorized Complete Trek Voyages” by Edward Gross and Mark Altman is a book that takes readers behind the scenes of four of the five Star Trek series. The book primarily covers the original Star Trek and Star Trek: The Next Generation, although there are portions of …
Penultimate Chance Saloon by Simon Brett
Simon Brett’s Penultimate Chance Saloon is a fun book. I smiled, I laughed, I read this one straight through. Shortly before his 60th birthday, Bill Stratton’s wife left him. As she went out the door, she told him that their entire marriage of 40 years had been a sham …
The Great Cow Race - Jeff Smith
The Great Cow Race is the second book in the cartoon series Bone made by Jeff Smith. The Bone cousins are now well established in Barrelhaven, and the antics of Smiley Bone and Phonicle Bone. Both the drawings and the story are made by Jeff Smith, and I like …
Twilight by Stephenie Meyber
My sister recently recommended the book Twilight to me. She had even bought a copy and made sure that I borrowed it from her. It took me awhile to start actually reading it, but once I did, I was done within two days. The only reason …
A LIGHT IN THE ATTIC BY SHEL SILVERSTEIN
If you still speak the language of children, you will love this book of poetry and drawings by Shel Silverstein! It is a twisted way of looking at life, most of us would say! It is a wonderful twist, and certainly, not meant to be a rule book for …
Anatomy of Spirit by Caroline Myss, Ph.D
Dr. Myss is an amazing pioneer and writer in the field of energy medicine, and I find her writing thought-provoking and enjoyable. In the Anatomy of Spirit (the Seven Stages of Power and Healing) she finds and explores parallels between the spiritual traditions of the Kabbalah’s Tree of Life, …
Writing Skills: Success in 20 minutes
I recently purchased the book Writing Skills: Success in 20 minutes a day to use as a resource in my classroom, and it was a fabulous purchase. The book is put out by a company called Learning Express with specializes in quick learning methods for struggling learners. …
Foods That Make You Lose Weight (or Negative Calories) by Isabelle Martin
Definitely a diet book with a difference! Expect the unexpected and be prepared to consider something totally different. Food That Make You Lose Weight published by editions reuille is most certainly not your usual calorie counting, points charting driven hell!
The author Isabelle Martin had got fed up with all …
Wrestling BOOK For Beginners by Tom Jarman and Reid Hanley
This opus is a fantastic textbook primer for aspiring beginner amateur wrestlers. Actually, even seasoned vets can gain insight from it and it can be utilized as a guidebook for wrestling coaches to follow when training their team.
The photo illustrations create a clear visual image of the accompanying highly …
Kafka On The Shore, Book By Haruki Murakami
Sometimes I think that the books by Haruki Murakami are an entirely separate genre in itself. This is another of his books after “Dance , dance , dance” and “Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World,” which totally consumes me and takes me to a different world. And …
A confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
This is an absolutely hilarious book. I almost peed my pants reading this book because of it’s hilarity. It has a tragic history, though, in that this is one of two books, (the other being titled Neon Bible) that John Kennedy Toole wrote before he committed suicide. Thus ensued …
Advanced Java Game Programming by David Wallace Croft
If you are already used to the basic HTML scripts in Java Programming in games specifically, you might want to get this book: Advanced Java Game Programming by David Wallace Croft.
It is super useful and there are just lots of codes and HTML scripts which you can embed …
Not One Damsel in Distress:World Folktales for Strong Girls
In the children’s illustrated book, Not One Damsel in Distress:World Folktales for Strong Girls, Jane Yolen again demonstrates her diverse ability to tell all sorts of tales.
Having collected and retold tales from around the world in this book, Yolen says in her Open Letter, “This book is for you …
Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank
I love post-apocalyptic stories, where people band together and figure out ways to survive. The relationship dynamics and rawness of the plots of those books always excite and interest me, so I was happy to delve into Alas, Babylon, a story about the United States after a nuclear apocalypse.
The …
Comic Book Character: Absorbing Man
The Absorbing Man, also known as Carl “Crusher” Creel is a top tier villian in the Marvel Comics universe. The Aborbing man has went toe to toe with the heavy hitters of the Marvel universe, including the Incredible Hulk and the Mighty Thor. The Absorbing Man was …
Survival of the Sickest by Dr. Sharon Moalem
Throughout Survival of the Sickest, Dr. Sharon Moalem writes in everyday language and explains to the reader how and why disease has evolved with humankind. He starts the book by telling of his Grandfather’s struggle with Alzheimer’s and how it sparked his interest in genetics research.
Some of the …
Black Ice by Anne Stuart
I could not put this book down from the moment I picked it up. Black Ice by Anne Stuart labels itself Romantic Suspense and is published by Mira Books. I’m not normally a Romanitc Suspense reader prefering straight thrillers, but this book met the grade.
The storyline revolves around privileged …
Origin in Death by J.D Robb
One of the later books in the in-death series, Origin in Death again does not disappoint.
In this particular book, Eve and Roarke are trying to unravel a case that may throw them into a debate against morality in the year of 2058.
Although there is little action in this …
How To Write Anything by Laura Brown
How To Write Anything by Laura Brown is a non-fiction book which teaches you how to become a better writer. The book has a step-by-step guide that instructs you through the writing process from figuring out what your purpose for writing and who your reader is, and how to …
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 …
The Brazilian Cat
I’m not a huge fan of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s so-called horror stories. But, I will admit, I liked his story, The Brazilian Cat.
The story, told in first person, is about a man who visits his wealthy cousin in an effort to find some relief from his financial difficulties. …
Red Dragon by Thomas Harris
Red Dragon was written by Thomas Harris (published by Dell Publishing 1990)
Will Graham had resigned from FBI, since he has incarcerated Hannibal Lecter, a brilliant serial killer. The FBI, stumped with the latest psychopathic case, had requested for Graham’s help. The killer, Dolarhyde, had viciously murdered two families; …
Albert Camus, The Stranger
This book’s first attribute is that it really is short and can be read in an afternoon, this is great by my opinion because nowadays we can rarely find the time to enjoy the good book. This book brings us into the life of the man named Mersauld, his …
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo book
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo, novelist and philosopher, is one of the most extraordinary and inspirational novels of all time. Hugo described the deeds and sufferings of a man who previously spent 20 years in prison for stealing a loaf of bread. Reformed from his past, the man, Jean …
I, Strahd: The War Against Azalin Book by P. N. Elrod
Apparently readers in the U.S. have adopted the first “autobiographical” book of the aristocratic vampire Strahd von Zarovich also as good as I did, because Patricia Elrod was tasked to write a sequel as well. This to some extent is a repetition in the series “Ravenloft”, since the very …
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien
I’m not one for war, I don’t know anybody who is, but I’m a huge fan of books–especially books about the Vietnam war, for whatever reason, perhaps because my uncle was a part of that war. I was assigned to read The Things They Carried for school, but I …
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