Slave to Sensation, the first book in Nalini Singh’s Psy/Changeling series, was a delightful surprise. This Fiji-born writer has created an amazing world of the future where three races co-exist: Humans, Psy (humans with powerful psychic abilities) and Changelings (shapeshifters). The story follows the relationship between Psy …

I purchased Parallel Myths at my college book store for a literature class. The book cost around $15 new.
The book covers many realms of mythology. In it, the reader finds myths and their counterparts from many cultures (example-the story of the Great Flood, told not only from the …

I love to read and I go through at least 4 books a week. My taste in books depends on my mood, lately I—˜ve been reading mostly mystery/ romance novels. There’s nothing like a good who-done-it book to make me think and try to put together the puzzle …

Jayne Ann Krentz wrote Family Man. It’s about the struggles of a dysfunctional family, and the woman who is trying to save them all.
Katy Wade’s mother was left at the alter by Luke Gilchrist’s father over 30 years earlier. If the marriage had went through the two families …

The Boys from Brazil (by Ira Levin, published by Random House, 1976)
This is a rather complicated, yet absorbing story —“ you have to read almost halfway to get the essence of the mystery.
Yakov Liebermann’s mission in life was to hunt for Nazis, especially those who had participated in the …

The Book of General Ignorance is an awesome coffee table book, party tool and boredom breaker. As a book that contains a lot of random facts presented in a comedic fashion, it doesn’t come off too serious or too silly. I found it to be a tough read as …

Sisters by Danielle Steel is an excellent read, and there’s almost 0 flaw to this story at all. It reminds me very much of my relation with my sister, whom I sometimes fight with, and at most times are happy and I always love to disturb her.
This …

John Green’s most recent young adult novel, The Fault in Our Stars, is a magnificently engrossing book. I’m not someone that reads a lot of novels, but the story is so interesting that I couldn’t put it down. The book was sold out at every store in my area …

I bought this latest book called Sinful Pleasures for about $5.99, and I have just finished reading it last week. This book has a suggestive title, and it is a tale of romance and intrigue. I love reading it, and so far, I have had the lucky …

Batman Issue 500 is a landmark issue in the “Knightfall” story arc featuring Bane’s famous defeat of Batman, breaking his back in the process. Bruce Wayne is forced to choose a replacement Batman, the former assassin known as Azreal.
Issue 500 features a fantastic extended fight between the new …

I stated in my review of Rescuing Sprite that I had never read this book. My mom recently handed me a copy to read. Having read one, it is almost impossible to review this without making …

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 …

Here is a romantic comedy about two divorce lawyers getting married ? how?s that for a punch line? Yes, that?s what the movie is about. Two very successful divorce lawyers, Audrey and Daniel, clash in court, working for the opposite parties. The divorcing celebrity couple has a castle in …

I have a really good laugh when I read the book on The Modern Girl’s Guide to Life, written by Jane Buckingham. This book was bought by my boyfriend and given to me at a price of $19.95. Being a modern woman is not easy, and as …

“The Master Executioner” is, naturally, a story about Oscar Stone, a man who stumbles into the career of executioner. During the American Civil War Stone was a private with the Union Army. In the course of his duties he was forced to witness the lynching of five men, two …

I read the book, “Ultrametabolism: The Simple Plan for Automatic Weight Loss”, written by Mark Hyman, M.D. In it, he explains, “No wonder it’s so hard to lose weight- our bodies are designed to keep weight on at all costs; it’s a matter of survival. It’s embedded in …

Lamb is a best selling novel written by hilariously funny Christopher Moore, my favorite author. It details the early life of the Messiah as seen through the eyes of his best friend, Levi Who Is Called Biff. At 464 pages, it is not too terribly long of a read, …

I feel that the Dream Journal by Klutz Press had the potential to be a journal that I would treasure for years and years to come, but quite unfortunately, the journal suffers from a rather silly flaw that could have been easily avoided. This journal comes with a special …

I bought this book in order to study for the Advanced Placement United States History exam and also to help me with the tests during the course. I thought because CliffsNotes are so detailed and helpful that the AP series would be just as useful. However, all …

Hatching Magic is the first novel by Ann Downer which I have read. It is a kids’ novel, probably best for ages 8 - 12. It is a clever novel that uses some common ideas as well as adding a few touches.
The story has a nice flow to it, …

I bought this book for about $8.00, and I wasn’t aware at the beginning that the author, Ernest Becker, was dying of cancer. My heart went out to him the minute I found out the truth.
This Book, The Denial of Death, won the Pulitzer prize in 1974, and …

I just recently read Skinny Bitching by Jenny Lee. I found this book in the humour section of the bookstore, and while it was never laugh out loud funny, it is entirely amusing.
The writing is quick and carries you along - you don’t really have to read too …

Frederick Forsyth’s The Fist Of God is a story woven around the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait, and it’s eventual liberation by the Coalition forces, led by the United States. A British Major from the SAS is called in to run a super secret agent in Baghdad by …

For some time now I have wanted to learn about wine because when I was in college I had a bad experience with red wine, and that experience alone made me turn away from wine.
Lately, however, I have been thinking maybe the reason my experience with wine was so …

Japanese author Miyuki Miyabe’s novel The Devil’s Whisper is a mystery featuring a young boy who tries to solve a series of bizarre happenings. He works in a book store that has recently purchased a closed-circuit TV system. Videos show in the store. After the screens go up, some …

My mom is a real fan of cookbooks and she will always find that extra saving money to purchase her most favorite cookbooks or she would just borrow stuff from the library and photocopied them. However, for her previous birthday, I bought for her a cookbook and it was …

Titles can really be misleading, Jiro Matsumoto proves that on probably one of the deepest manga I read, Keep on Vibrating. The title seems to be a sex-hungry type of manga but it isn’t just senseless sex and violence. The manga contains extreme amounts of sex, violence, incense, blood, …

This is the last book i have read and i gotta tell you its one of the best i have read too. The book is about a young women named Rebecca Bloomwood who can just not stop spending and on top of that has two weddings booked on …

I’m sure lots of you out there would find the title of this book, Death by Bikini by Linda Gerber truly enticing. As for me, when I first bought this book, I was very curious for how the storyline would be like. And later part did I find …

Sigh! I’ve done it again. I’ve lowered my standards to read another one of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels. If I didn’t enjoy her writing and characters so much I would avoid this series like a plague. But as it is, I find myself almost compelled to read the …

One of my favorite books of all time is Prep by Curtis Sittenfeld. Amazingly enough, this well-written, entertaining novel was a debut from Curtis Sittenfeld. It can be found in the adult fiction section of the bookstore or some libraries. The story is about a 14 …

I have read the book —˜The clue of the leaning chimney’ written by Carolyn Keene. It is one among the Nancy Drew series. I found this book quite interesting to read. It is a good book. The story line is interesting and mysterious. I enjoyed this book very …

Edward Lee is a horror writer known for his hard-core style: extreme violence and sexual content. The Backwoods was released around five years ago, when Lee was just getting into the height of his popularity. The Backwoods is a horror novel about a young woman who returns …

I think that in this cruel world nowadays, reading Random Acts of Kindness: 365 Ways to Make the World a Nicer Place by Danny Wallace truly helps. For me, I know that is. I enjoyed reading this book by Danny and in this, are yes..365 ways on how …

I recently joined Oprah’s Book Club because I was starting to run out of books to read. One novel caught my attention, Black & Blue by Anne Quindlen. It depicts the life of Fran, a battered wife who lived in fear everyday. She felt she couldn’t go to the …

For anyone who is curious about what it is like to grow up in a large family, The Color of Water beautifully describes the life of a huge family struggling to make ends meet. James McBride tells the tale of his bi-racial family growing up in New York …

This books is created by Robert T. Kiyosaki, financial advisors of Bill Gates (the owner Microsoft Corporation). This book writes to achieve financial freedom. In his book, Robert T. Kiyosaki separated people into left-quadrant and right-quadrant. Left quadrant is people who works to get money and in the right …

When I read this book, I didn’t realize it was the third in a trilogy. It sounded interesting, and I was in need of something to read, and a friend said it was really good, so I read it. Only then did I find out it belonged …

Gil Cunningham is a young lawyer who on May Day dancing at the Glasgow Cross in 14the century Scotland sees both a victim and her murderer. Together with a French master-mason and his daughter, Gil tries to unravel the murder of a runaway wife of a cruel nobleman, who …

The book Eat To Live, written by Joel Fuhrman, has some of the best New York�s leading doctors giving some good and healthy and effective losing weight formula. The book is designed to help those who want to lose 50 pounds or more in a hurry.
The nutrients menu …

I had never read any books by David Sedaris before, even though they have been recommended to me by several friends. When You Are Engulfed in Flames was the first one that I read, and I found it simply hilarious. This book is full of essays about …

While not as good as some of his other mysteries, Arthur Conan Doyle’s story, The Beetle-Hunter is still good enough to get a good review from me; in part because you are left in wonder about the mystery itself.
The story is about a medical man with an interest in …

The author of this memoir has no doubt gotten considerable attention in the media. She was kidnapped for 18 years and only recently released from her captor. Her captor received a significant sentence—” over 100 years in prison.
I enjoyed this book mainly for its conclusion. The …

Catwatching & Catlore is an easy to read on cat behaviour by the famous zoologist, Desmond Morris. I borrowed this book years ago when I got myself two little kittens to scare off the mice problem I had in my terraced house, but if you want to buy …

Having read The Year of Pleasures novel by Elizabeth Berg, I expected a similarly satisfying experience from reading Open House by her as well. While I found the two books similar in tone and style…and even a bit similar in story, as they are both about women rediscovering who …

The novel The Dallas Women’s Guide To Gold Digging With Pride written by J.C. Conklin is not the typical type of book I grab. I was at the library and decided that I needed a couple of books that were “light reading” and this was one that I …

This book is about 300 pages. I checked it out from my local library. I learned about the book from Amazon.com. They have a list of books recommended for reading. I really like the style of Emily Giffin. She also has other book out …

True Betrayals is one of of all-time favourites by Roberts.
Gabe Slater and Kelsey Monroe are our characters in this story. Kelsey visits her mother, whom she thought was dead all along, at her farm, Three Willows. Gabe is a neighbour and owns Longshot, the farm next to Three …

Dreamcatcher was a novel King wrote while recovering from a car accident (where a drunk ran him over) the book reflects his dark feelings, the novel takes place in the woods, where some friends get together to go camping in the woods, they discover a sick disoriented man …