This is a story, a true story about Elissa Wall’s journey the a polygamous life and family life.
She and her family belonged to the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS). The beliefs of this group was such that men could have multiple wifes. The men …

The Edge Chronicles # 1: Beyond the Deepwoods is illustrated fantasy novel by author and illustrators who came from England that is, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddel. This book tells the adventures of twig, a child thirteen years old with setting a very strange land called The Edge. …

I love my edition of the Marvel Encyclopedia, published in 2006. It is over 350 pages thick and is loaded with entries of hundreds of Marvel Comics villians and heroes from over the past forty years. I like it just a bit less than the DC Encyclopedia …

Dan Brown is one of my favorite authors. I just recently finished reading Angels and Demons. I should have read this before I read The Di Vinci Code, also written by Dan Brown. In Angels and Devils is where Rabert Langdon was first introduced. He is a Harvard Sybololigist, …

In the third installation in the Mercy Thompson series, Patricia Briggs does not disappoint. It’s really the first time we get to see Mercy, the shape shift coyote mechanic, at a vulnerable place, and really see her fight with her own nature and the nature of the world into …

The Woman Upstairs is one of the most interesting psychological thrillers that I have read. Claire Messud, the author of this novel, kept me spellbound with his unique style of storytelling. I have already read this book two times. I could not keep up with the pace of the …

There’s a bookcase in my apartment that is sadly not visited all that often. I don’t know about you, but most of the books I’ve thought of as page turners didn’t really involve any page turning, just screens from various reading devices. A Killer’s Kiss is special to me …

“A Child Called It” will tear your heart out! - The true story of David Pelzer - a child who was severly abused by his alcoholic mother while the passive alcoholic father sat by and did nothing. This book is SO sad, but I promise you will …

My youngest brother ran track all through high school. I always watched from the sidelines and wished that I could be able to run like that. I admired the sleek, lean muscled bodies and the amazing endurance that these runners possess. So when I found this book, Born to …

This book is the second “cozy mystery” in the “Teddy Bear” series featuring Bradley Lamb and his wife, Ashleigh. In this book Brad and “Ash” are at a teddy bear show in Baltimore where they encounter a couple with an abusive husband and scheming wife who make, display, and …

The first time I read a Harlan Coben book I was preparing for a long bus ride from New York City and needed something to read really quickly. I saw a book with a bright orange cover that caught my eye and I figured I’d give it a shot. …

“That Costly Ride” by Guy de Maupassant is about a man who ends up being taken to the cleaners–financially wise–because of an accident.
First, the story introduces us to, Hector de Gribelin, who is a husband and father of two, and is going through financial hardship because of the decline …

After reading Holly black’s debut novel, “Tithe,” I wrote a review saying that despite the flaws in her first book I would probably read her sophomore work. That work is called “Valiant,” and while it has many of the same objectionable notes as her last book it also shows …

Author: William R. Forstchen
This book was impossible to put down.
The premise is the United States is struck by an EMP nuclear attack, destroying our technology and throwing us back into the 19th century. One of the things I appreciated about this book is that the author did not …

Minor spoilers in this review:
City of Fallen Angels is the fourth book in the Mortal Instruments series. This book picks up where City of Glass left off after the war against Valentine, who was defeated. Clary has begun to train as a Shadowhunter and she is finally dating Jace. …

Good Things by Mia King is one of those feel-good stories that one must read and having a nice feeling and hence, smile here and there as the story unravels.
The main character is Deidre McIntosh and with her mature age of being 40, and single and living with her best …

Adult coloring books have started up a soft craze in the country and bookstores have stocked up with various books from Mandalas to Norwegian Designs to Japanese Secret Gardens to Anime style coloring in designs.

My friend mentioned to me how much her office mates raved about these adult coloring …

The book series The Mediator is a great set of books. I have read them all at least twice and wish there was more to it because they were so good. They pulled me right in with the plot and characters. I loved the …

I love this book. It is totally useful in times of my need when I just don’t know what the heck is going on with my boyfriend. My boyfriend is the real silent type and I just can’t figure out whether he is sometimes angry or depressed or …

I really laugh a lot when I read this book title, The Love Trainer by Julia Llewellyn. I finish it in just 3 days and it’s such an amazing book about the character in question, Katie Wallace.
She is actually just a cleaner, and you will be amazed …

In this new tale by the author Patrick Rothfuss, the sometimes ambiguous lines between poetry and prose begin to blur. Indeed, often, the reader wonders if The Name of the Wind is poetry or prose, because the language used by Rothfuss is singularly, and poetically elegant and beautiful.
He creates …

Charles Dickens is the author of the classic novel, Oliver Twist. His career as a fictional writer started in 1833 when his most stories and essays appeared in periodicals. In 1836, he married the daughter of his friend George Hogarth, Katherine Hogarth.
The story is about a poor orphaned …

I was reading the Kite Runner a couple of months ago when Amazon.com started recommending Water for Elephant for me everytime I logged onto their website. I usually read bestseller books so I didn’t want to read another bestseller and be disappointed that it didn’t live up to …

The first novel in Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages give us a hitherto unexplored perspective on one of Star Treks least explored races, The Romulans. Or, as they call themselves, The Rihannsu.
The novel follows the Romulan, Commander Ael t’Rllaillieu as she attempts to prevent her people going down a dark …

This book is really easy to read and is a proper chick book. I first read this book when I was 17 years of age and I remember lying in my mums back garden not being able to put it down!
The author is Louise Bagshawe, and since reading this …

“Season of Passion” is a novel about a young woman, who disowned by her parents because of her marriage, ends up being a nurse to her husband who after shooting himself twice turns into a vegetable. I have to say that as far as Danielle Steel novels go this …

Batman: Cacophony is a graphic novel by director Kevin Smith and is about Batman trying to capture a killer who hunts criminals while trying to figure out who’s been turning Joker’s lethal laughing gas into the hottest drug on the black market.
This graphic novel is pretty good. …

In Terry Goodkind’s seminal “Sword of Truth” fantasy series, the forces of good and evil: their natures and their struggle against one another are just one of the themes explored. The story of a young woods guide named Richard Cypher begins when he meets a young, dangerous woman named …

I didn’t have much expectations when I opened this book because I wasn’t entirely pleased with his other work, The Stranger. I just thought it would be good to understand some more his idea of existentialism.
The setting of the story was set in Oran, a city in Algiers. I …

“Double Indemnity” is a crime novel written by James M. Cain in 1936. This is the era the publishing of many crime novels that are considered contemporary classics. I will start of from the beginning in saying that there are no spoilers in this review. The novel is a …

The first book was such a great success that Megan Cabot kept going on and so far, there are at least 6 books in the whole collection, each one advancing more and more. For those of you who don’t read this, it is about a 15 year old girl …

I’m a big King fan. After I finished reading the seven book Dark Tower series, I wanted to go back and read the books that were tied to this. I read Black House (review of that coming soon!) and I picked this up on tape. …

Ouran High School Host Club Volume 1 is a manga by Bisco Hatori. It follows Haruhi Fujioyoka, a high school student who gained a scholarship to the elite Ouran Academy, a high school for the very rich who have too much time on their hands. Seeking …

“Yvette Samoris” by Guy de Maupassant is about a young girl who killed herself because of the type of life both her and her mother had.
First, the story begins with two men talking amongst each other at a funeral. You’re not sure of who the funeral is for until …

This book was written by Rhonda Barfield. It covers strategies for creating tasty balanced meals on a budget of $84.00 a week which is equal to $12.00 a week for a family of six with four teenage kids. With two of them being boys they eat like horses. This …

“Looking For A Moose” is a children’s book written by Phyllis Root and illustrated by Randy Cecil. It was published in 2006. There is no real plot in this story. Essentially, some crudely drawn children search for moose in different types of terrain. They find …

I wanted to read this book a long time ago. One morning I wake up, I made coffee and began to read. And I could not let it go. I didn’t get up from the bed until the evening. The book just did not want to let me …

UFC 60 between icon Royce Gracie and then Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes was the first MMA fight I’d ever seen. From that point on I was drawn in. I watched and read anything I could about mixed martial arts.
I read the magazines and order the fights on …

This is the first part of the history of Dell’s growth is huge and therefore have no way unique to Dell made a success or MD (Michael Dell to us for convenience to allow the phone!) — The broker cut money raised was not disclosed whether the mandate to …

This Marya Hornbacher novel is a memoir about her journey through a life of anorexia and bulimia and back again. This memoir is said to be a favorite among the eating disorder population of today’s youth. The author likens eating disorders to Alice going down the rabbit hole and …

The Last Valentine was written by James Michael Pratt. It is a love story that is dated back to World War II yet the story line continues into the present.
I first read this book about 10 years ago when I was in high school. I was more into …

Me: Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn is a simple book, filled with nice and simple entries. It feels like reading into a nostalgic book and the stories that Katharine Hepburn have gone through are so called related here. If you are a big fan, you will …

Duma Key is one of Stephen King’s latest novels. I usually enjoy reading his work. This particular book will cost you around twenty dollars in hardback at Walmart. It is a pretty good story but not worth twenty dollars.
The story opens with the lead character at his job site …

“Beggars in Spain”, a novel by Nancy Kress, starts with an interesting idea. What if some people never needed to sleep? The story explores the implications of such a breakthrough from the perspective of one of these new super-humans. The writing itself is unobtrusive, which I appreciated, but the …

Having read all three earlier books by Sarah Waters, I was fairly certain I knew what to expect from her fourth, Booker Award-nominated novel, “The Night Watch”. Fortunately, I was proven very wrong indeed —“ Sarah Waters has changed more than settings in moving her novel from the by …

This is probably the most important work by Osho. Although Osho has given thousands of commentaries , and tackled every spiritual , and scientific, and philosophical subject, yet, this vision for sex, and sexuality, is more popular and also controversial, and most of the people, who do not know much …

This book Love Story by Erich Segal is highly recommended to all romance readers out there. If you are a die-hard romance fan and love to read about love, the gushes and the sadness and happiness of it all, read this book. It is too fascinating to put …

Luring a Lady is the second installment in the Stanislaskis series. Again, it turned out to be a hit. Roberts has really got this family series down pat. The story is simply great!
Sydney Hayward is the president of a major real estate company and she encompasses elegance and sophistication, …

Following to the theory of Maslow, in order for these basic necessity to fill up those, then it is not filled up, one can certainly give motive. Until one satisfies basic necessity in existence, a higher necessity or respect like social necessity are not verified. As for safety, one …

The book 2012: The War For Souls is the latest installment in a series of fascinating stories by the renowned and famous writer Whitley Strieber. I am a huge fan of all Whitley’s work and have read and re-read his books many times. This book is certainly one that …