Books Reviews
After the Kiss: The Notorious Gentlemen by Suzanne Enoch
The book title, After the Kiss: The Notorious Gentlemen by Suzanne Enoch has a raunchy cover. But don’t underestimate the quality contents of this book, because it is not about racy scenes only. In fact, there are elements of romance inside that I truly enjoyed reading. I …
Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude by Fabrizio Poli
Your Attitude Determines Your Altitude is a self-help book with a difference - it’s easy to read, easy to take in and is written with a sense of humour!
As a normally positive person I’d lost my way in life after a series of personal disasters. A friend gave me …
The Purpose Driven Life book
I often have question about my existence here on earth. I always try to find meaning in my life. I have received this book during my oath taking after passing the licensure exam for nurses here in the Philippines. At first I was hesitant to read it since when …
Faster Smarter ,Network + certification
Faster Smarter ,Network + certification by Melissa craft , a very innovative and high energy guide for all those who need to appear for the network+ Exam. The book covers all the major networking relating topics with smart test tips thus helps in not only securing good marks …
Chica, Chica 1-2-3
The other day, my daughter brought home a book from the school library (she brings home two a week) and told me it was one she has been wanting to check out for some time. I can only assume that’s because it was a book that was read in …
Andy at Yale: or the Great Quadrangle Mystery
When I started reading the book Andy at Yale: Or the Great Quadrangle Mystery I had absolutely no clue what the book was going to be about. In fact, several chapters into it, I still really wasn’t sure whether I was reading a mystery or a narrative of someone’s …
The Trouble with Marriage by Debby Holt
The Trouble with Marriage by Debby Holt is an engaging story. I just finished reading this last night, and spent my 3 AM finishing this. I love to read stories of a marriage life and stuff like that; although this has a non too serious voice of the …
T is for Trespass by Sue Grafton
“T is for Trespass” is, I think the twentieth book in Sue Grafton’s alphabet series. I say I think because I’ve had trouble with the alphabet ever since I studied Classical Greek in college and had to learn a new alphabet that was similar, but different from the one …
The Secret of Platform 13 by Eva Ibbotson
This children’s book will be popular with any child who likes fantasies. There is a girl who wants desperately to be a hag, a kidnapped prince who does not know that he is a prince, an invisible ogre, and a variety of other interesting creatures in this book.
Eva Ibbotson’s …
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
The book about Oliver Twist is one of Dickens most well known novels. It’s full title is Oliver Twist or the Parish Boys Progress. It tells about the life of a young boy named Oliver Twist. He grows up in an orphanage/workhouse, but runs off and is taken in …
Drop Dead Beautiful by Jackie Collins
Drop Dead Beautiful by Jackie Collins is a book that I’ve read recently. However, the character in question is Lucky Santangelo, and Jackie loves featuring Lucky in her novels. I think that this is definitely a good selling point and I have read another of her novel featuring …
Batman RIP
About fifteen years ago, the Batman line of comic books ran a storyline entitled the “Knight’s End” story arc. The subject of this story was Batman’s crippling defeat at the hands of a new archvillian named Bane. The inspiration for this story line was obviously the very successful …
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 …
Love in Idleness by Charlotte Mendelson
WOW!! This book, Love in Idleness by Charlotte Mendelson is saucy and kind of filled with controversial connotations. I would think for instance, schools having literature wouldn’t allow such a book filled with lots of desires and dreams from the girl called Anna Raine.
She lives with her aunt …
Dating For Dummies by Joy Browne
Dating For Dummies by Dr. Joy Browne is an inexpensive, but great gift for anyone with single friends this holiday season. Because my husband and I obtain virtually all single friends, I have already picked up several copies of this humorous and light-hearted book. To be quite …
The Naked Truth by Margaret Heffernan
This is a superb book and though the title is suggestive, it really is good and I think that the book has some really good contents. There are lots of examples from this book and interviews.
The interviews were made on VPs of Fortune 100 companies and also real business …
Hermits Peak by Michael McGarrity
In the fourth book in this series, Kevin Kerney becomes Deputy Chief of the State Police. Between the books, his romantic interest in third book doesn’t pan out, so he’s without a woman in his life. On the plus side he has inherited 6400 acres. Although there will be …
Five go to demon’s rocks by Enid Blyton
‘Five go to Demon’s rocks’ is a book written by Enid Blyton and is the nineteenth among the famous five adventure series. Now it happens that Uncle Quentin, George’s father has a visitor. He is a brilliant professor and has come there on some important work. He has come …
Its My Birthday by Helen Oxenbury
“Its My Birthday” is a children’s book written and illustrated by Helen Oxenbury. It was published in 1993 by Candlewick Press. This is a story about a little girl who visits all of her friends seeking help to gather ingredients to make a cake. Yes, that is …
Eight Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block
Eight Million Ways to Die was written by Lawrence Block, and published by Avon Books in 1993.
Matt Scudder, an ex-policeman, had just been discharged from the hospital, for an alcoholic drying out. A hooker, Kim Dakkinen, who wanted to leave her pimp, Chance, had employed Matt to be the …
Jesus and Muhammed by Mark A. Gabriel
Jesus and Muhammed - Profound differences and surprising simularities by Mark A. Gabriel P.H.D.
While doing a report for school, I read this awesome book by Mark Gabriel. It has this very thought provoking differences between Jesus Christ, the Christian Messiah, and Muhammed the Islamic self proclaimed last prophet.
The author …
An Accidental Woman by Barbara Delinsky
I borrowed this book from the local library. I stumbled across by accident and the summary on the inside of the cover grabbed my attention immediately. I didn’t realise until I was at home that the book is actually the large print edition. It is a …
The Glass Castle: A Memoir book
The Glass Castle is a memoir written by Jeannette Walls about growing up with non-conformist parents. Her father, Rex Walls was an alcoholic who could never hold a job, but when he was sober was very intelligent and taught his children many things that most kids never learn like …
Ghost in the Shell manga by Masamune Shirow
Ghost in the Shell is a manga, or graphic novel, by Masamune Shirow. I was first drawn to the book by the author’s intense cyber-themed illustrations, but I found the story pretty impressive. It’s about a futuristic Section 9 police that hunts down cyber criminals. The lead character, …
Maybe Someday by Colleen Hoover, book
So I’ve read this book a few weeks ago and I still can’t get over it! Some books bring out the worst, others bring out the best of our emotions. But this book brought out the most.
After reading this book I was so upset there wasn’t a sequel, …
Royal Wedding by Gordon Honeycombe
‘Royal Wedding’ by the well-known ITN newscaster (well, he was well known at the time), Gordon Honeycombe is a commemoratative book to celebrate the wedding of Lady Diana, as she was then, and Prince Charles in 1981. It is a large, hardback book with a lot of good …
Skin by Ted Dekker
You get to meet several characters all heading toward or living in a small western town. Wendy is driving into town on a very stormy night that turns out to be a level 5 tornado in a part of the county that doesn’t normally have tornado’s. She meets Nicole …
The Chronicles of Narnia book
The Chronicles of Narnia is a about a magical world with all sorts of creatures. There are lions, centaurs, minotaurs, and a lot more unique creatures. You could say that it’s a bunch of kids’ stories, but even adults may like to read it. …
Shine by Larry A. Thompson
I have read Larry A. Thompson’s book Shine, twice now and absolutely love it. Published in 2005 this book states on the front cover that its ‘A Powerful 4-Step Plan for Becoming a Star in Anything You Do’.
Larry A. Thompson has a winner on his hand with this self …
Redwall by Brian Jacques
This has to be one of the best books in the series and I think it’s also one of the most graphic and violent. But I like that. I got this book from my grandpa as a gift when I went to visit him. He said that it looks …
Dear Fatty by Dawn French
I think every woman should read this book, Dear Fatty by Dawn French without a doubt. This book is super awesome, a very great autobiography by Dawn whom has made so many of us laugh. If you don’t know who she is, well she is a celebrity worth …
Star Trek Novel: I.K.S Gorkon - Enemy Territory by Keith DeCandido
The third title in the Gorkon series. Keith DeCandido continues to explore the warrior life of the Klingons in this outing, taking us from the previous novels to a new story as the crew of the Gorkon continue to add worlds to the empire in a manner the Federation …
The Daughters of Cain book
The Daughters of Cain (written by Colin Dexter and published by Random House, 1996)
Dear old Inspector Morse at it again! Indulging in alcohol and nicotine though he knew that these will eventually kill him; he continued at it till he coughed up blood and had to …
Murder Sees The Light by Howard Engel
Murder Sees the Light was written by Howard Engel (published by Penguin Books, 1986)
There is not much ‘light’ I could see from this story I was rather confused from the beginning to the end.
Benny Cooperman, a private investigator, has been engaged to babysit a famous (or …
P.S. We`ll Miss You (Friends 4-Ever, No 1) by Deirdre Corey book
Moving away is a difficult prospect for young kids, especially those with a group of best friends. The first book P.S. We’ll Miss You, in the Friends 4-Ever series, addresses this issue for 10 year old Molly. Her family is moving to Kansas for a year, but …
Revealing Genesis Secret novel by Tom Knox
ISBN 978-0007284146, 530 pages, cover price £7.99.
Brief synopsis
Main character, Rob Luttrell is a journalist based in London. He is an American by birth and is successful in his career. His personal life is not quite as successful, he is divorced and has a young daughter who lives with …
Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson
I don’t know why I picked up this book, but I sure am glad that I did. Maybe it?s because the copy I borrowed from my library was pretty beat-up looking, and I thought to myself, ‘this book’s seen better days.’ I was hooked on page one. I sacrificed …
Dragonology: The Complete Book of Dragons
First thing, I love dragons. I just wanted to say that. I love mythology and the animals behind the stories, but my biggest love is dragons. I have posters, statues, jewelry, books, etc. One of my favorite dragon books is more of a children’s book then a book geared …
The New Science of Success
The book, The New Science of Success - How to Outsource-Proof Your Job & Prosper in a Web 2.0 Economy, was given to me as a promotional gift. And, what a gift it turned out to be!
I think any of us who regularly surf the Internet have become …
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Exam Book
Quantitative Aptitude for Competitive Exam Book is a wonderful book for Competitive examination preparations. Now I bought Third Edition of this book by Abhijit Guha. I am already having second edition of this book but unfortunately I missed the book somewhere. I really love that book. …
Lisey’s Story by Stephen King
Stephen King’s latest novel is the story of the widow of a writer and her journey towards learning to be Lisey, and not just “Scott’s wife” While King’s sense of the macabre is very much present, this is not a really gruesome book like “Pet Semetary” or “Carrie.” It …
Into the Wild
I am an avid reader, I read daily to keep my brain working as much as I possibly can. Among books that I have read and enjoyed immensely I include Into the Wild, which has been made into a motion picture.
Into the wild is a story of a young man …
Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Story summary:
This book is about a boy who lived in the era of government dominated by the English witch who thirst of power. The smart boy named Nathaniel who was sold by her parents to the government to be a witch government agents, and sent in under the guidance …
Book: Crota by Owl Goingback
Crota is a scary and suspenseful novel that won a Bram Stoker Award the year it came out. Having read it, I can see why it won this award. The novel was fast-paced and the author really knew how to tell a good story.
The story begins with a …
The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge
The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge is about a hardworking career determined woman who thinks she had the perfect life. Her husband and her children were happy and there was no hint that
anything was wrong. She was wrong. While she was out one day, she spotted …
Acts of Murder by L R Wright book
Acts of Murder was written by L R Wright and published by DoubleDay Canada in 1997.
It is amazing that even small towns have their own spate of homicides. This story is rather simple; however it provides a certain amount of mild suspense.
Mrs O’Hara was trying to dispense …
Kushiel’s Dart by Jacqueline Carey
Synopsis
Kushiel’s Dart is an epic fantasy novel written by author Jacqueline Carey. The story revolves around a young woman named Phedre no Delaunay who, by birth, has the mark of the God Kushiel, which is a tiny red dot in her left eye. Set in the world of Elua, …
Blood Ransom by Sophie McKenzie, 2010 Book
I have already reviewed the book before this one, Blood Ties. I really enjoyed the first book, as it had good characters, a gripping plot and it was written quite well. So I immediately picked up the second book of the series to see what Rachel and Theo would …
The Company of Women by Khushwant Singh
Khuswant Singh is one of the best writers of India, who has given us great works like Train to Pakistan, which was a masterpiece novel, about the partition of Indian, and The History of Sikhs, that is again, a work, worth noted for its accountability. So, when he wrote …
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