More than 2 years ago, in the Internet appeared the trailer called “Deceived”, advertising the upcoming video game “Star Wars - The Old Republic”. In it we saw the grim similar to Darth Vader Sith Lord who ravaged the Jedi Temple on Coruscant , as we’ve never seen before. …

John Taylor is a private detective who seems as one who has come out of an old detective story - not very nice looking, deep in debt and persistently seeking the truth , whether his customers really want it or not. That’s why John never gets rich, he lives …

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 …

Throughout the years I had heard many mentions of the persona H.P. Lovecraft, however, despite my usual willingness to learn about anything that piqued my interest I never did investigate. It was a close companion, my boyfriend, who eventually got me to understand who this great man was, …

The book “Sweet Revenge” by Nora Roberts is nothing short of wonderful, just as many of her other novels are. I found it hard to put this book down and to even stop thinking of it after each chapter. It was very compelling and gave me a taste of …

If you’re familiar with Louis Theroux than you’ll no doubt love this book. For a start, it doesn’t only continue on his trademark style, but it marries together countless themes and his many interview subjects together in one enjoyable read that manages to retain the vibes of his documentaries.
A …

Most of the books that you have to read in high school are just stupid. They say that it will heighten your intellect and help you learn all about the important things in life, but only a few have really meant anything to me. One of them was “Speak”. …

Mercy is by Julie Garwood. I’ve read other of her works and enjoyed them all. They are lighthearted tales of life and love.
Mercy is about Theo Buchanan who works for the justice department. While in New Orleans to give a speech in recognition of an award from capturing some …

My three year old daughter loves books. She does love the TV, my laptop and my phone but she has a special interest in and loves books. I have been trying to find educational books that are fun and engaging.
Also, when looking for books I try …

Field Guide to Candy: How to identify and make every candy imaginable
By Anita Chu
“Field Guide to Candy: How to indentify and make every candy imaginable” by Anita Chu is a book part of the “Field Guide to” series which is all about identifying candy, and how to make it. …

This book has been our guide during my wife’s pregnancy. It is a very informative book and we have been using this book since my first born until the birth of my daughter. Heidi Murkoff, Arlene Eisenberg and Sandee Hathaway wrote the book and were published by Simon & …

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 …

Strong Medicine was written by Arthur Hailey. It’s about the pharmaceutical business, specifically one woman who works her way up the ranks of a pharmaceutical corporation during a time when women in power was unheard of.
Celia Jordan started with the pharmaceutical corporation as a saleswoman. During her time as …

I appreciate publishers as much as the books that they put out. The binding, the cover design and typeface are things that attract us to a book and judge on the merits of the publisher. I particularly like NYRB (New York Review of Books) paperbacks, and want …

I am often quite partial to books about anthropomorphic animals, which is to say those which have at least some human characteristics, such as speech or reasoning, or even wearing clothes. So when I found Aeron Clement’s 1987 novel about the lives of a group of badgers, “The Cold …

Point of Origin was written by Patricia Cornwell and published by Berkley Books, 1998.
The story could have been good, if not for the dreary medical and forensic jargon and unnecessary details of tedious proceedings. These do not impress; I suspect these are to fill up space for …

I have a cookbook idea, but the problem is that I’m not a wonderful cook. In fact, I’m a lousy cook. I borrowed this book for two reasons. First of all, I had wanted to see the feasibility of my cookbook idea. The second thing that struck me was …

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 …

“Definitely Dead” is the sixth book in the Sookie Stackhouse novel series. I just finished reading it just last night and I think that it was the best book so far, even though I thought that the book started out as slightly drawn out, complicated and boring. This is …

Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox is the last book in the Artemis Fowl series so far, and is one of my favorite books of all time!
If you aren’t familiar with this series, it is based around a boy named Artemis Fowl II, a child genius, and his knowledge …

The last time I had seen or heard of Haylie Duff prior to purchasing her cookbook, ‘The Real Girl’s Kitchen’, she was acting in ‘7th Heaven’. The book came as a complete surprise to me. I had not seen any promotional material for it, and I had no knowledge …

Clutch of Constables (written by Ngaio Marsh, published by Jove Book, 1969)
This is an old-fashioned but intriguing story; one of the many Roderick Alleyn stories which I found entertaining and pleasing.
Superintendent Alleyn was lecturing a group of constables and quoted the case of an international forger and murderer, …

Having Chris Claremont comes back and continues the story after Magneto’s death. Magneto has died and come back so many times, the man even lost his powers and got them back. What makes this so much different than all of those other moments? Maybe the fact that Claremont is …

Before there was “Good to Great,” there was “First Break all the Rules.” This book, produced by two authors with the renowned Gallup polling organization, makes most of the same arguments that Jim Collins makes in his seminal book.
Having read both now, I find that Collins found a great …

In the fourth and final story of Keladry of Mindelan, Kel faces all out war, and the also faces the fact that she wont see the gloriously bloody battles she trained for as a Knight. Instead, Kel is assigned to run a refugee camp in the northern part of …

Arts and Crafts is a short story that can be found in the collection Sisters in Crime volume 3. Sisters In Crime is an organization of female mystery writers. The anthology series features stories from these writers that have been chosen from a large pool of applicants. …

If you are interested in traveling to the Philippines for some adventure, this book, Action Asia Adventure Travel Guide to the Philippines is a fairly accurate representation of what this beautiful country composed of more than seven thousand islands can offer a traveler. It is actually a summary of …

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers is the second book in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy by J.R.R. Tolkien. The Fellowship has been split up, Aragorn, Legolas and Gimli are searching for Merry and Pippen, who have been taken by Saruman’s Uruk-Hai. Meanwhile, Frodo …

The Pilot’s Wife is the story of a woman woken up in the middle of the night to be told that her husband has died in a car accident and she has been left alone with her teenage daughter. Living in New England, in a small coastal town, …

This book will keep you guessing until the very end to the point of frustration! Any time you have a small town you have to deal with secrets, but its like there are so many secrets you don’t know who is more likely to be guilty! The main character …

The second book by Ian C Esslemont set in the Malazan Empire, writing in parallel to his colleague Steven Erikson.
Esslemont’s first book in this world (Night of Knives) was set in the past and only gave interesting background, however this one is set in the “current time” and covers …

Scott Lazenby used to be a city manager for a small city in real life. He wrote this book, “Playing with Fire”, as a fictional account of the goings on within city government. From the very beginning Lazenby grabs your attention with tles of the wild people city officials …

Into the Night, written by Suzanne Brockmann is a suspense romance and Joan Da Costa, a White House staff is assigned to solve a mystery case known as SEAL. She comes face to face with Mike Muldoon and Mike is a very strong and very stubborn man, filled with …

I appreciate fiction since it elevates imagination. I personally feel imagination stimulates your mind. I wanted to read this award winning book during the first two months of its release,but never had the chance until recently.
As a reader I was captivated by Pi’s (the protagonist)survival saga stranded on a …

A story of young love and life as how we make it. That is how I describe the story of “A Walk to Remember” by Nicholas Sparks.
“A Walk to Remember” is actually a flashback of the main character, Landon Carter, during his teenage life in the 1950’s. It tells …

Well everyones favourite spending queen is back! Yes Becky is back in the fourth, very funny book by the fantastic writer Sophie Kinsella.
The book picks up a few months from the previous one (Shopaholic ties the knot), and we catch up with Becky who is on her honeymoon with …

Service Of All The Dead was written by Colin Dexter, and published by Ballantine Books, 1996.
Colin Dexter’s endearing and morose protagonist, Inspector Morse seemed married to his work, so I can’t imagine him on vacation. I wonder what a diehard workaholic like him would do on holiday. …

I absolutely love my copy of the DC Comics Encyclopedia that I bought online about a year ago for a great price of $19.99. This is a thick book detailing hundreds of characters and events in the DC Universe. It features so much artwork from so many …

Finger Lickin’ Fifteen by Janet Evanovich was in the Top 10 of the New York Times Bestsellers list when I purchased in July 2009. A beginning writer myself, I was eager to study contemporary fiction paperback bestsellers in order to establish just what kind of fiction is currently being …

Reading Fat Envelope Frenzy really helped me a lot on my college admissions. Yes, it really gives one student the rations needed in order to be in the best position for a dream college. But one has to face the fact there is certainly no best formula in order …

I had two major gripes with this book. The first was that it felt way too rushed. There was too much happening in a short amount of time. What’s the big deal you ask? Well we get cheated on the descriptions and details. There is no real interaction with …

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula le Guin is a story told in the manner of a storytellers. It sounds like a prequel, referring to a future tale as if this future tale is one that everyone knows and the current story is rounding out a hero’s childhood for …

Stephen King is known for writing long books. Two of his most classic works, “The Stand” and “IT”, both broke the thousand page mark. Once again, King goes for a sweeping epic with his latest novel, “Under the Dome”.
The story concerns a small town that is suddenly …

I have read Robert Kiyowsaki’s best selling Rich Dad Poor Dad series of books and all of them are very educationbal and thought provoking. It gave new insights on how to earn and or getting rich through real estate. The only hitch I thought was that Mr. Kiyowsaki’s setting …

It is unavoidable not to come across unfamiliar words, whether I am watching movies, reading books or conversing with friends; I always learn new words. Consulting Collins Dictionary and Thesaurus has been included in my routine. I’ve acquired Collins for only Php 100 and yet it has given me …

Paperbackswap is a site where you can swap the books you’ve finished reading for books you want. There are, in fact, a few sites online where you can do this, but Paperbackswap is by far the best.
First off, it is the biggest. This means it has the largest selection …

The Reader is a novel written by Bernhard Schlink. It follows the thoughts of a German boy named Michael who falls in love with a woman twice his age, Hanna. Before he knows it Hanna disappears. Years later while in law school he sees Hanna again, …

Twilight is a love story. About a vampire and a normal girl. It’s a “Teen Fiction” book translated into the Big Screen. Now, I personally loved the book. I loved Edward. I loved the setting. I loved the concept. And so when I heard, it was going to be …

My daughter had library at school the other day and brought home a new book to read called So Hungry! This book was definitely meant for younger readers (and she was able to read it herself though she insisted I read it to her) but, at the same time, …

I wasn’t sure what to think about this book at first. Joyce Meyer’s books are more of a motivational nature and sometimes she preaches to you. This book was an actual story with references of God and how he helps us in the everday things we do.
It starts …