The Fire Opal is a fantasy novel about Maeve O’Tullagh, a fisherman’s daughter who lives in a cottage on the shore of Donegal with her parents and older twin brothers in 16th century Ireland. As a child,Maeve plays about the ancient ruins near her house with her brothers, …

This YA book is a fairly good book for boys or girls aged 10 - 13. The story is based on a good idea: twins John and Phillipa Gaunt discover that they are djinn, with magical powers to grant wishes, and many other skills that they don’t know about.
They …

This is a diary of Esme Raji Codell’s first year of teaching. In the book, she’s a brash, creative, outspoken woman in her early 20’s, who is hired to teach fifth grade in Chicago. In the book she deals with an unsympathetic principal, kids with poor reading …

Lance Armstrong’s –it’s not about the bike is one of the best sports books ever published. the book is unique because the magic that we see in books like harry potter and other fictions actually is real in this book.
the book very well potrays how lance armstrong is always …

I was checking on my cousin’s blog site and I came across this article by Paulo Coelho. It is entitled “Closing Cycles”. While imparting his thoughts on “closing cycles” you will come up with a realization that in one way or another, each one of us experienced closing cycles. …

Models don’t eat chocolate cookies by Erin Dionne is a sweet novel for teenage and preteen girls. The plot, a young teen’s struggle with self confidence and her weight seems like it’s going to be an after school special but the book is actually quite in depth and well-written. …

“Hattie Hippo” is a children’s book written by Christine Loomis and illustrated by Robert Neubecker. It was published by Orchard Books in 2006. The book is really a small collection of short stories about a cute little girl hippo. My daughter loves hippos and liked the book.
Pros: …

I picked up this book because I like Jennifer Crusie novels - I’d never read anything by Bob Mayer before. It does read like a typical Jennifer Crusie novel, although there is a lot more information about guns and more violence in this one.
I liked this book, although …

I love reading A Darker Domain by Val McDermid. This book is basically a thriller book and whenever I read thriller or crime books genre, I always look for the main plot. Like in this case, a cold case comes in highlight and when you are looking up …

Arcade is definitely one of the most generic villians in the history of the Marvel Universe. Arcade, whose real name has never been revealed to my knowledge, is a skinny little guy who wears a white suit and a top hat with a large bow tie. He has …

‘Disclosure’ is a recent novel of Michael Crichton, the author of world famous ‘Jurasic Park’. Michael Crichton is one of the best-selling writers of America. Though he is a reader like author, he is not known for using the same typical tactics in his writing. He is known for …

I had watched the movie The Perfect Storm several years ago and, therefore, had some expectations for the book. Since the movie dealt exclusively with the adventures of the crew of the Andrea Gail swordfish boat before and during a terrible storm, I excepted the book to read …

He Loves Lucy by Susan Donovan is a book that falls into the chick lit category. Only, don’t let that sway you from reading it, as it is at the very top of that category. The book is about Lucy, a PR rep who has to lose weight in …

Baby’s First Toys is published by Hinkler Books. It comes in a series and besides toys, there are other topics such as animals, colours and words.
Baby’s First Toys is a wonderful picture book for babies. As they love colorful pictures, this book will entertain your children and give them …

I picked up Stephen King’s “On Writing” out of sheer curiosity at a second hand book store I frequent. When I was a child I would devour King’s books, always waiting impatiently for my grandmother to pass the next one on to me. As I grew older …

Loving Time was written by Leslie Glass and published by Bantam Books in 1996.
I had enjoyed reading the Silent Bride featuring April Woo; but in this story I find too much emphasis on Woo’s mother, a maddening harridan who took up unnecessary pages and time. I …

The master of horror fiction makes a return to the short story format in this latest collection of stories, released in 2008. There are 13 stories in total, some of which were previously published in magazines and other literature, but collected into a published anthology for the first time ever. …

Rob Zombie’s film, The Devil’s Rejects was one of the most stunning horror films of the last twenty years. This comic book tie-in, also written by Zombie, is pretty forgettable and totally underwhelming for fans of the film.
Released just before the film debuted in theaters, this book features a …

The Guy Not Taken, by Jennifer Weiner, was not what I expected having read several of Jennifer Weiner’s full length novels. I found these short stories to be more like little character or event sketches than actual short stories. Each story was well written and it was, especially after …

I am a Phammacy student and I have been using the Australia Medicines Handbook (AMH) 2003 for quite some time now. I got it for a cheaper price from my senior so it was definitely worth buying it. This handy book contains all the major information that a pharmacist …

Star Fox 64 Totally Unauthorized by Brady Games is really a fun guide to look and read through! Why? Quite simply, this guide gets a lot of names and descriptions wrong and the writers take a creative approach with the text that almost sounds as if this guide was …

Since watching Ironman in 2006 and being awed by the participants, I decided to try and conquer this sport. I have been going to the gym regularly for the last decade or so and an avid biker. I got some books for triathlon, and beefed up my collection with …

Published in 2010, “blueeyedboy” is one of Joanne Harris’ most recent novels. As a long time fan of her work, I cannot help but feel that it is also one of her best. Though I read this novel for the first time over a year ago, I still have …

Thomas Ligotti is a relatively little known horror writer, who has his sort of cult following, though. His prose might be considered a bit difficult, however, after some time it sinks, so to speak, into a reader, or rather it gathers its strength gradually in order to grip and conquer …

The “Global Marketing Management” by Warren J. Keegan is a great book to have for the management students, teachers as well as corporates. The book enables us to think in different angles and helps us design a plan and strategy in order to market a product globally. …

In this volume of Nodame Cantabile Chiaki decides to move to another apartment, as he can’t concentrate with so many musicians surrounding him -ironic for someone who works as a conductor-. Also Son Rui makes her appeareance, having an important paper this time. She will deal with her insecurities …

Well, this will be the first Stephen King book I’ve reviewed, but it certainly isn’t the first one I’ve read. Ever since I first read Carrie when I was ten (and wondered what the hell, really, was going on in that opening segment!) I was pretty much hooked on …

“Black” by Ted Dekker, Book 1 of the Circle trilogy, introduces us to Thomas Hunter, a man who becomes trapped between two realities that keep switching on him. Every time he falls asleep or passes out in one, he wakes up in the other. One world is the contemporary …

In this book, author Richard L. Moore outlines a scientifically proven program for preventing strokes and minimizing heart disease. Moore first analyzes the perplexity of the current status quo or specifically, how drug treatment in the U.S. has gotten out of hand and how the faith …

Dan Brown’s books are now read and praised all over the world and all of that is because of his bestseller “The Da Vinci Code”. Because of that every new book that famous American writer releases automatically gets a crazy amount of attention, as well as the pressure to …

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is my favorite book of the series!! I absolutely love this book! It is a bit longer than the first two and is a bit darker, but this book is soooo good! Once again, we start off at Harry’s aunt and uncle’s …

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 …

This is another historical suspense novel from Steve Berry. In this novel, again, he brings readers’ imagination to visit exotic city in French and Denmark. The time difference is connected by a research book, Pierres Gravees du Languedoc, that written by husband of Stephanie Nelle, from Department of Justice, …

For a long time i’ve been waiting to come across a writer and book like this. This book by Boris Akunin,as well as his other books from the same series,all connected chronologically following the life of the main character Fandorin,is a complete suprise to me- in the most positive …

After reading about Brigadier Gerard in Arthur Conan Doyle’s book The Adventures of Gerard, I was quick to also read the remaining stories in The Exploits of Brigadier Gerard.
Even though I do enjoy the character, I think I preferred the other book to this one.
Much like in The Adventures …

I just downloaded this free script of the first episode of The Glades, written by Clifton Campbell, through Barnes and Noble for my nook e-reader. I wasn’t sure what to expect, and had no idea what the show was about or what the storyline entailed, but I have to …

Maeve Binchy can be counted on for a new book just about every two years. Her first book, Light a Penny Candle came out in 1982, her latest, Whitethorn Woods, came out in 2006 and she has a new one coming out in 2008.
Her books are so consistent in …

Nora Roberts second book of her “In the Garden” trilogy entitled “Black Rose” struck me as yet another novel that she can add to her brilliant works collection. While I didn’t really care for the main character, and found her to be very set in her ways as well …

I have finished this book last year. It is a gift from my husband on my birthday and this is a first book of Robin S. Sharma that I have read. This book really affects a lot on my ways of thinking and doing things.
The book was about the …

This is a book that made me realize once again that it is easy to get whatever we want, as long as we appeal to the others in a certain way. The Art of Seduction is an excellent book and I enjoyed reading it from cover to cover. What …

Strata is the first book of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld series. I was first turned onto Pratchett by a friend who had read book eight and was following them from there. She loved the characters and the quirky governments. And this was a friend who hated to read, so that …

This is Elizabeth’s Secret Diary, and it’s all about her deepest and darkest secrets that we wouldn’t have thought she has! Everybody thinks she is Miss Perfect —“she is smart, nice, caring, beautiful, athletic, and loved by everyone. You might think her diary is boring, but it’s just as …

I had to read Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier for summer reading. At first, I had heard a lot of stuff about this book that it was boring and bad. I read this book and I thought it was pretty good. The book was really descriptive and it made …

Guinness World Records 2010 uses the tagline “The Book of the Decade” on its cover. This is a rather meaningless phrase, really, since it doesn’t really make any sense. After all, does it mean that only records set since 2000 are eligible? No. So why use it? This, unfortunately, is rather …

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 …

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Manga Volume 2 continues Syaoran’s journey to retrieve Princess Sakura’s memories that have vanished in the form of feathers. In the Hanshin Republic Syaoran, Fai and Kurogane search for the feathers while using strange weapons called Kudan to fight off rival gangs who want to …

I think ‘American Gods’ by Neil Gaiman is one of his finest works. The British author writes a story that is so distinctly American in it’s intense local flavors. It’s about a non-stereotypical convict who gets out of jail under strange circumstances and begins an epic journey that he …

My wife had read this book first, and then she gave it to me saying that I was going to like it. I smiled at the title. But from the very first pages, I really did like the book. Dr. Laura is not picking on us primitive husbands or …

This is the second installation in Sweet Valleys’ The Frightening Four series, and the first book shows that Juliana wasn’t really dreaming at all and someone was really attacking her in her dreams or when she wakes up, as she has deep scratches on her back.
Now that Elizabeth is …

This book is probably the BEST pregnancy book out there. It tells you what to expect month to month. Basically, if you have a question it has the answer. It also has information on what the best diet is, how to choose doctors, stuff about breastfeeding. EVERYTHING you need …