I am the type of person that loves to read, but it is still very hard for me to find a book that I can actually stick with. I am very busy, and my mind never really settles down! It takes a very interesting book for me to read …

Hatchet is an amazing book. I barely read and I could not put this book down. It is very interesting and will grab the attention of any reader.
It is about a boy named brian who is going to see his father. His parents got divorced so he goes back …

Harry Potter was not bad. It was pretty good. I’m halfway through the series. The descriptions are fantastic, J.K.Rowling has every detail down to a T. The books keep you reading and reading and are addictive. I think they are great if they get people to read that don’t …

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 …

I checked out this book from the library because I usually enjoy reading about science, especially astronomy. I also enjoy finding out more about important discoveries of space than what little the headlines and newspaper reports can tell. I figured out very quickly, though, that this book was …

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 …

This title book is A Dictionary of Ecology, written by Michael Allaby. In this book, the author talks about acid rain, CFCs, and the greenhouse effect to the food-chain and more.
This Dictionary handsomely provides entries on all aspects of ecology and the environmental sciences. There are a vast …

I blame my brain for my disappointment when it came to reading this. I’ve always enjoyed the idea of renting a Winnebago and just driving, living on the road for several months. It’s something that I want to do …

If you are only going to read one book about Europe in your life, then I’d be tempted to recommend We Europeans by Richard Hill. However, as the book is much funnier if you know something about different Europeans nationalities, it might be better to make it the second …

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 …

—˜Egypt and the Egyptians’ is a book written by Douglas J. Brewer. This book is all about ancient Egypt and it covers a lot of things of ancient Egypt. This is an interesting book and it is written in a style that is captivating. The author writes the history …

One day during my usual routine of procrastination, I decided to take up reading manga after watching a countless amount of anime series. Watching anime episodes take hours away from your life, and a lot of episodes (I found) were simply just filler episodes if you are committing yourself …

Elizabeth Kostova brings us an exotic and elaborate tale surrounding the Dracula legend, following the adventures of its central, unnamed character trying to uncover the mystery of her missing father, his secretive work and the long standing mystery of her long vanished mother.
The book’s very much a slow …

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Manga Volume 2 continues Syaoran’s journey to retrieve Princess Sakura’s memories that have vanished in the form of feathers. In the Hanshin Republic Syaoran, Fai and Kurogane search for the feathers while using strange weapons called Kudan to fight off rival gangs who want to …

Kiss of Midnight is written by Lara Adrian. I do not know what is up with the paperback novel fiction nowadays that keep writing about vampire and romance. Both of these are somewhat related, and has been around for ages. I see this style of writing …

The Pagan Stone picks up where “The Hollow” left off. For those who have already read the first two books the last book of the series is rather predictable.
I am a great fan of Nora Roberts and have every book she has written in the last …

I recently downloaded a book called “The Master Key system” by Charles f. Haanel which was available for free through “The Secret” website. The book is 214 pages printed, and I printed it out, and bound it in a notebook in order to make it easier to read, …

The Alchemist, through its parables and puzzling words of wisdom is very intelligent book suited for people who seeks something more of this life other than the usual worldly wisdom of fame, fortune, and riches. The boy Santiago was just a simple shephered boy who dreamed twice of …

This book is the beginning of a four part series. Not a general sci-fi book, this book falls under the category of space opera. This means that there are many characters and intertwined story lines with the setting and timeline being very large scale. This book …

‘American Gods’ by Neil Gaiman is an interesting exploration of how the faith of human kind has changed over the course of the last few hundred years. This is an issue that addressed in a very subtle manner, and the focus is of the story itself and not the …

For anyone who is not familiar with Ernesto Che Guevara, or as he is better known, only as Che, he was a revolutionary, successfully in Cuba, and unsuccessfully in Boliva. He came originally from Argentina to live in Cuba and die in Bolivia. This book, the Motorcycle Diaries deals …

This book features Lila Fowler and Bruce Patman already on the rocks with their relationship, and when an accident happens with Lila involving a tragic earthquake that leaves lots of people harmed, Lila finally decides to end her relationship with Bruce as he wasn’t there when she needed him …

This book as the first part of the Force Heretic trilogy, a part of the Star Wars “The New Yedi Order” series. There’s three parallel stories in this book, one in which Han and Leia with help from various people are trying to find out how the worlds cut …

This book, published by Penguin, is a year’s supply of Sudoku puzzles; one for each day. As a bonus, you also get several other types of puzzles at the back of the book. The sudoku puzzles, however, are the main draw - if you haven’t done them …

In the Company of Heroes
Michael J. Durant and Steven Hartov
Bantam Press 2003
In the company of heroes is the incredible story of an American Black Hawk pilot gunned down and captured as a POW (Prisoner Of War) in Somalia.
Michael Durant is the officer who experienced life as a bargaining chip …

My dad brought this book from Britain, when he was on a job trip to London.
The books is awefully big, 10 thousand jokes is allot, and this fills up over 1000 pages, but what the book has in quantity it lacks in quality.
Hundreds of pages filled up with lousy …

One of my favorite New York’s Best Seller authors is Susan Elizabeth Phillips. I like her humor and her genuine style of story telling that will get you hooked from the first page all the way through.
This Heart of Mine is one of her books that I just …

I read this short story by Neil Gaiman a few days ago. I’m not sure if I totally understand it, though. There’s a murdered and gutted royal, who, incidentally, has green colored blood. Then there are political parties and vaguely Sherlock Holmes-ish parts of the story. …

Dick Couch is a former Navy Seal whose book, “The Warrior Elite” brings out some of the most poignant and gut churning moments in the Basic Under Water Demolition School Program for the selection and training of United States’ Navy Seals. I enjoy books on military history and training, …

Pierce Atkins, magician/illusionist meets Ryan Swan in this novel. They work together, with Ryan representing Pierce as agent, travelling with him to his shows.
Ryan and Pierce are very opposite individuals. While Pierce is confident and enigmatic, Ryan is insecure and apparently lacks affection. Their work brings them together time …

This book, Dead Line by Stella Rimington is quite confusing and I don’t really understand what it’s all about. Basically it’s something about terrorism or something and it is a story laced with crime and it is about this woman named Liz and she’s a secret agent whom have …

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. …

The testament by John Grisham is a powerful fiction book that takes you on a roller coaster ride of suspense. A billionaire jumps to his death, just moments after signing his will. He has six heirs who are circling around their fathers lawyers waiting for them to tell them …

‘A gift of fire’ is a great book that makes you reconsider technology. For starters I am not one that likes to read, and considering this is a book on computer technical subjects I was very hesitant to read it. I like the way the other flows …

The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History is one of that exalted band of reference books that I dip into time and time again for the simple pleasure of reading it. It has been through several editions since it first came out in the 1970s, but has not departed very …

I’m really excited to write this because this book has been one of my favorite books of all times. The Deal by Elle Kennedy It’s a fun, fresh and captivating story that hooked me from the very beginning, until I completely devoured it.
The Deal is the first book in …

“Calvin and Hobbes —“ Sunday Pages 1985-1995” is a book, only available in English language, with the stripes of theses characters created by Bill Waterson. My boyfriend gave this book in my last birthday because he knows that I used to read these stripes when I was a child …

I had heard about Paulo Coelho and his novels for a couple of years, yet I never had the chance nor, to be honest, the interest to read any of his books. One day, however, while on a bus ride, I overheard a discussion about the author and it …

ROPE was written by Michael Newton, and published by Pocket Books in 1998.
A very disquieting story of a killer at a time when serial killers and mass murderers were uncommon. Harvey Glatman was not a born killer; in fact his parents were both normal people, an indulgent …

A Perfect Groom, written by James Samantha, is a good historical romance. But I get a bit bored because I was actually wanting another title historical romance, but it was already taken from the 2nd-hand bookshop that I frequent. So, I settled for this, and after finishing …

This book is a bit on the short side, to be honest. Like many of Jennifer Crusie’s books, it’s fast, with clever dialogue and funny characters. It also features a cute animal. In this one, the cute animal is Fred, who actually dominates a lot of what happens in …

Following in the darker theme of the Chamber of Secrets, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is the third in JK Rowling’s Hogwarts series. This was my personal favorite because I loved the character of Professor Remus Lupin. Lupin ends up being a friend to Harry and actually …

This book is the ninety-fourth novel in the Sweet Valley Twins Middle School series and it features a new guy named Brian Boyd who just moved in Sweet Valley and he’s been mean and a bully —“ he’s been nothing but trouble ever since he got here, but Elizabeth …

I received the first book in the Twilight Saga for Christmas and, due to having nothing else to read, decided I would power through it, thinking it had to be horrible as I don’t normally like anything involving vampires, immortals or much supernatural stuff. However, I made it only …

This is an interesting but disturbing book containing three pamphlets written by Ida B. Wells. Wells wrote these pamphlets between 1892 and 1900 to publicize the use of lynching by whites against blacks during the last decade of the nineteenth century. In her work Wells describes …

“Wicked” is a novel based on characters from “The Wizard of Oz”, primarily Glinda the Good Witch of the North and The Wicked Witch of the West. MaGuire has given the Wicked Witch a name, Elphaba Thropp, and given her and her Northern counterpart a background that includes …

The title of this book, What’s a Ghoul to Do? (A Ghost Hunter Mystery) by Victoria Laurie is really funny for me and that was the major reason for why I chose to read this book in the first place.
The genre of this book is supposed to be funny and …

A month ago, I bought this amazing and fantastic book authored by Rissa Singson-Kawpeng, since I am into the verge of spinsterhood, I got inspired with the richness of the message of this book. This is a beautiful and inspiring self-developmental books for women whose age are entering a …

A Painted House by John Grisham was one of the best John Grisham books I have read. It was compleatly outside the normal lawyer themes that consistenly surround Grishams stories. This well writed book seemed to be just a story about a boy growing up in the 1950’s nothing …

I read this book because I was intrigued by the idea that the people in some places were happier than those in other places. The author travels the globe interviewing ordinary people and happiness experts to discover the secrets of happiness.
The author is talented and amusing. The writing style …