I’m the present owner of a 2004 Honda Civic DX, and it’s been very reliable to my use for these four years I’ve had it. Its shown me that its excellent on gas mileage and with that only is the primary factor to way I’m choosing to drive it …

A coworker and I were chatting not too long ago, and she was talking about an amazing little book she had just finished, Five People You Meet In Heaven. I said that I would have to read it, and she said that she would be happy to pass her …

Calculators in Classrooms is a book that is about using calculators in the primary math classrooms. It is an excellent resource for teachers. The book is published by Paul Swan in 2007.
There are many exercises and games that can be found in this book. Most of the activities …

Pandora’s Box by Elizabeth Gage is one of those glamorous, racy suspense novels that I imagine my mother hiding under her pillow when I was a child because she didn’t want me to get my hands on it. Elizabeth Gage is one of my guilty pleasures. I save …

In Edgar Allen Poe’s short story entitled “The Cask of Amontillado”, the setting works efficiently to depict the nature of the plot and the characters. Fortunato and the narrator both have qualities that can be shared with the setting of the story.
For one, the scene with the carnival can …

Weddings nowadays are so unlike last time. The modern thimes, which is now, is filled with lots of up to date stuffs that one can never possibly imagine. And with the help of this book, The Modern Bride Survival Guide by Antonia Van Der Meer, I manage to …

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 …

I am a Jude Deveraux fanatic and her book - A Knight in Shining Armor is one of the books she had written that I like best. It was actually the first book written by her that I read and it was this book that introduced me to Jude …

This is one of Robert Scott’s best crime books —“ it was well written, full of suspense interjected with amusing incidents in which the killer tried to show off his shooting skills or mercenary knowledge. The killer had later tried to carry out a murder with some accomplices, but …

Into the Dark is a compilation of three stories by Gena Showalter plus some extra tidbits about her Lords of the Underworld series, like interviews and descriptions of the Lords by William the immortal warrior and honorary Lord. Into the Dark contains one of Showalter’s Atlantis stories and two …

I’ve been reading Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch mystery novels in the order they were written. Each novel has its own self-contained story, but reading the novels in order gives them an extra dimension, making each seem like a chapter in a larger story: Detective Harry Bosch’s uneasy relationship with …

Callander Square, written by Anne Perry was published by Random House, 1980.
Anne Perry’s stories often fill me with awe - she could so clearly describe the women and their society during the Victorian times, and yet spiced it up with mystery and suspense. It is an education …

I got a Teen People subscription a year or two ago, and it used to be okay. It actually had interesting articles such as how to eat healthy and dealing with school stress or whatever. Now I’m buying the magazine a lot less. Any page I flip to has …

Lilly lives often migrate. Her parents came from Europe. Lilly was born in Yugoslavia, moved to Ukraine, Corsica, Sicily, Al-Gharb and Spain. When starting a new best friend, Lilly’s life should be filled by foreigners. Lilly lives almost stopped when her parents died for no apparent reason. Lucky, there …

The word Nike is on everyone’s lips today; it is a successful, large company whose history began in 1964, and over half a century has reflected many economic processes. It is a story of how passion and love for one’s passion help build a successful business despite serious competitors …

This book features superstar’s Todd Wilkins’ side. Todd Wilkins is the greatest basketball player in their varsity team, and everything is in perfect order —“ he has a nice girlfriend, reporter Elizabeth Wakefield, a nice group of friends, a great scholastic record, and an even greater soaring career playing …

Alpha Flight was the first superhero team created in Marvel Comics that took place outside the United States, specifically Canada. I only read a few Alpha Flight comics when I was younger and only appreciated them after realizing the storylines were more mature and realistic than most other …

Did you enjoy reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown? I did. I loved the story of the adventurous symbologists nerd Robert Langdon. I was taken back to the time when I watched Indiana Jones several times so much that my eyes watered. Langdon’s adventures are the modern …

Ivan T. Sanderson is a legend in the cryptozoology field. He investigated so much and wrote so much on the subject that his books are not hard to come by and often fairly costly. Although there has been a recent reprint that you might find somewhere I have a …

If you have ever eaten at Los Barrios in San Antonio, Texas, then you know how good the food is! Now they have a cookbook with many of the restaurant recipes as well as many of their family recipes! The book also has an introduction by Emeril. The recipes …

The Shoestring Girl How I Live on Practically Nothing and You Can Too! By Annie Brewer is a book that Ms. Brewer self-published through Smashwords.com. The book is available through Smashwords and on Amazon.com. The book can be obtained for the kindle for $2.99 and now in Paperback for …

“The Gift” is by far my favorite Danielle Steel novel. It is short but the 270 pages of which it consists really touched my heart and quickly secured it’s place as my favorite. This story is about life in 1952 for two families who are 250 miles apart. …

John Gardner ‘Grendel’. Probably, most people heard about Grendel, an infamous monster, a half-human who used to terrorize Dans’ villages. It’s considered to be one of the first and fundamental texts of English literature. In fact, it is written in Anglo-Saxon, which is completely incomprehensible for us …

Note: This Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone book review may contain spoilers.
I watched the movie version of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone before I’d read the book. Well, I actually didn’t technically “read” the book; I listened to the Jim Dale audio version of it first. When I …

I should preface this review by stating clearly that this is a work of erotic fiction, so you should stay away far away from it if you are easily scandalized.
Disclaimers aside, I think Hart is one of the best erotica writers out there today. She understands that the …

To begin, I must state that I am a huge history buff. I’ve pretty much read everything on the Tudor dynasty, romped through the Napoleon era through the French Revolution, dabbled here and there on Roman and Ancient Greek and of course, drank in American tales of valor and …

This book Skinny Dipping by Connie Brockway is funny and simply entertaining. I feel like I watched a movie or something when I read this book and it is filled with lively and interesting characters.
Mimi Olsen is a lady that is truly determined to get the family …

The Great 88 is a book about exclusive sales strategy of the two authors, Robin Lent and Genevieve Tour. The two authors are experts luxury sales worth for example of success in sales of luxury goods. This book contains a variety of personal experiences in developing sales strategies, …

Bao Ninh, former North Vietnamese soldier, writes a compelling and vivid description of the Vietnamese war from a perspective rarely shown. The story he weaves is a short one that pulls no punches, and leaves the reader somewhat winded at the end. War and love go hand …

Ashes to Ashes by Richard Kluger
What is supposed to be the definitive chronicle of the cigarette business in the United States from its glorious rise to it apparant fall truly falters almost from the outset.
The problem with the book is that he tries to compensate for for any criticism …

“King of the Corner” by Loren D. Estleman is one of his Detroit books that started out as a trilogy and ended up as a series of seven books. “King of the Corner” was originally supposed to be the third book in the trilogy.
In 1990 Doc Miller, …

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is one of the best books of all time. Austen does a fantastic job of developing the characters and drawing the reader in. When reading the novel, one actually feels as if you are sitting in the Bennet household listening to Mrs. Bennet …

I had to read this book for school, and in my opinion it is inappropriate for young audiences. I would recommend it to people who are having a rough time in life. I was going through a major depression when I was reading this book. It really helped me …

This book is supposed to be a blend of myth and events in a small town in Canada. I didn’t quite find it that way. While I could clearly see how the myth was incorporated, I kind of felt like characters in the book were using the story of …

“Dream Factory” is a fiction novel about a group of teenagers who get summer jobs at Disney World as the Disney characters while the regular employees are on strike.
I visited Disney World for the first time recently, but I had always wanted to go. That’s why …

This book (which has been made into a movie), is like most of Grisham’s novels in that once started, it is hard to put down. Good pacing and suspense keeps you wanting to read just one more page, until you realize that it is 4 in the morning …

I am a major fan of cooking from scratch. Whenever I have time, I am always looking through the cookbooks around my house to find new and exciting meals that my family can enjoy. One cookbook that I have really grown to love and have gotten a great deal …

There are some stories you read that illicit a sigh of satisfaction. This is one of those books. This is the third book in a series by Jayne Ann Krentz that does not require you to read the other two books in the series to follow the …

Better Than Chocolate by Susan Waggoner is about food writer Annie Wilkins and her mad scientist of a husband, Tom. This story is very funny and has its ups and downs. The author had cleverly concocted the plots in such a way that they piled up above one …

This thriller was not very thrilling at all and I found it a huge disappointment. “Survival Games” was the first novel I read by Charles Gaines and I don’t think I’ll bother reading any others by this author in the future. This book clearly proves that trying to judge …

This book title, Notes from an Exhibition by Patrick Gale gave a lot of insights on what perhaps goes in the minds of different artists at any given time. The time set is not in this modern era, but rather a time long before us.
An artist has …

The book City Slackers, written by Steve McKevitt, is actually a pretty nice book. The book is actually a study on the City Slackers, whom are people who are not doing hard work, but getting credit for it. Sounds familiar? I love the way the author …

I really Love Irshad Manji. How she brought her opinion to the world. How she’s not afraid to tell what she thinks. How she proudly reveals her sexual preferance without any fear that the fact she is a muslim woman. This woman is just amazing. Personally, I like her.
I …

Three Mistakes of my Life by Chetan Bhagat was his previous book that is set in typical Chetan style narrating. Even though this book did not entertain me as he entertained me with his previous books, Three Mistakes of my Life was an interesting story with lot of youthfulness …

Most of the people I know who have read The Hunger Games Trilogy like the second book best. However, in my opinion, I still like the first book “The Hunger Games” better, although Catching Fire is undoubtedly very good as well.
Catching Fire is actually the start of the …

The book turned out to be my first glimpse at the Communist China. The author is not a professional hystorian but rather a woman that was caught up in the events of the Cultural revolution. Being branded as a “capitalist-roader” and a “foreign spy” due to her education abroad …

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde is a book purely on fantasy, but a literature fantasy. Can you imagine that? That is what I first come across when I read this book. It is full of magical fantasy and that is something that I truly admire the …

Bleach Manga Volume 1 tells the story of Ichigo Kurosaki, a 15 year old high school student who has the ability to see and talk to ghosts. One day he sees a Soul Reaper, who is tracking down an evil spirit called a Hollow, Soul Reapers help the …