People who read this book will either be (i) Rutherfurd fans, (ii) Irish history students or (iii) Random readers of historical fiction.
If you are an existing Rutherfurd fan and enjoyed his earlier books you are going to be disappointed. This latest work is turgid, slow moving and fails to …

Forest of Secrets is yet another great book that has been written by Erin Hunter. I have bought the entire original version, and have bought Twilight from The New Prophecy. I am in the process of buying the other New Prohecy ones, and preordering Sunset which I will review …

Invisible Monsters follows a former fashion model who is in an accident that leaves her disfigured and mute, and her relationship with a transgender.
This novel is twisted an unpredictable and I love it. I love Chuck Palahniuk’s style. If you have never read one of his novels, prepare to …

Japanese author Miyuki Miyabe’s novel The Devil’s Whisper is a mystery featuring a young boy who tries to solve a series of bizarre happenings. He works in a book store that has recently purchased a closed-circuit TV system. Videos show in the store. After the screens go up, some …

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 found “The Autobiography of Foudini M. Cat” at the library and was immediately intrigued. Especially because it wasn’t in the children’s section. I would have expected a book written from the point of view of a cat would be considered a children’s book. But, it …

The kids of all ages love to draw pictures. They love to fill the paints and colours in Figures. The kids love to hold the pencils in their hands. My kids are very young. My daughter is age 5 and my son is 4. Both of them like to …

This is a Business Management book, and although it is not a textbook, it is intended for college and university students taking up their first course in Management. I am not a Management student myself; I am working and recently seeking ways to understand Business Management in the Philippines. …

Author: Minnette Meador
Publisher: Resplendence Publishing
Genre: Historical fantasy/romance
Release Date: Out now
OK I admit, being a guy I’m not a big fan of romance novels. When I read the blurb for this book, however, I was very much intrigued and just had to review it. Now I’m glad I did.
It’s 6.0. AD …

I am reviewing the book, Beads on an Anthill, written by Delphine Red Shirt in 1998. Delphine Red Shirt is a Lakota woman who grew up in Nebraska and on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota in the 1960s and 1970s. In this book, she talks …

In her own words, Reba McEntire shares the very memories that have shaped and inspired her life as well as her music. Reba also personally selected more than 140 family photos to share with her fans in this book.
Reba shares with us the values that she is very …

The book Speak was adapted into a movie that really is better than the book. Both are a little confusing and slow, but the book really is worse. It is alright with the story, and the girl trying to get over being attacked and all, but it just kind …

The New Year Eve’s Murder (by Lee Harris, published by Ballantine Books, 1997)
This is my first Lee Harris book, and it was a real surprise. Lee Harris was a pseudonym for a romance writer, and I thought that this could be one of those simple-to-solve mysteries to …

This book seems to me during the first time I picked it up; like a boring book. But in fact, Jinx by Meg Cabot is a good story and the character main nickname is Jinx. Her name is actually Jean, but read on to find out how she …

“Silent Thunder” is the ninth Amos Walker, hard-boiled detective book by Loren D. Estleman. Once again Walker enters the world of illegal weapons trafficking. In “Silent Thunder” Walker is hired by Ernest Krell, the head of Reliant, a security/private detective firm he sometimes freelances for. His mission is to …

I Hunt Killers focuses on Jaser “Jazz” Dent, son of the most famous serial killer. Billy Dent (Jazz’s father) has killed more than 120 people, and despite being safe and sound behind bars, he still stalks Jazz. Jasper tries to be a normal boy, he has a girlfriend, a …

“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 …

Mark Hogan has killed his pastor Reverend Daniel Glory - at least he thinks he has.
Mark Hogan has it all - great job, great family, great church and a position on the church board the only thing missing is a boat. He dreams, he searches boat lots and decides …

Gawain, a goose, serves in the Royal Treasury as a guard. He is honest and proud of his service to the king, Basil the bear. One day, Gawain notices that some rubies are stolen from the treasury. He runs to the king to report the theft. King Basil trusts …

I found myself reading the latest and most current Ella Clah novel with mixed feelings. Typically, I will read a series of mystery books by reading the newest book in the series from the New Books Section of the library, then if I like it, I’ll read the entire …

Lolita is a tragic love story. This novel tells of a professor and writer named Humbert. Because the memories of his past romance with a girl, Annabel, he is obsessed with a teenage girl named Dolores Haze. To be close to Dolores, Humbert eventually marrying the girl’s mother, Charlotte …

I’m not a typical Irvine Welsh fan. In fact, I didn’t manage to finish the novel “Trainspotting” and I kind of hated the movie, even with Ewan McGregor. I am not particularly in love with his stylization either - the mannerisms can be annoying and his tendency to write …

This book is written in the same manner of Michael Chrichton’s medical science fiction thrillers. This book I think is better in a book format rather than its online version. At 52 chapters it is just too long to have to read online. This is a …

Nightwing: Year One is a graphic novel by Chuck Dixon and Scot Beatty and illustrated by Scott McDaniel. It tells the story of how Robin, also known as Dick Grayson, leaves behind the old persona and becomes Nightwing after being “fired” by Batman after he botches a mission. …

Terrible Tiger is the reading book that my son recently brought home from school. He has just turned 6, his reading is progressing well and he is now on the colour scheme blue, which his teachers tells me is pretty advanced for his age.
Wrote by Julie Jarman and Priscilla …

I’ve always been interested in makeup for as long as remember, and I’ve only started using it a couple of years ago because I was so lost on how to use it. My mom found a book for me called Pro Makeup: Salon Secrets of the Professionals by Kit …

The 14th Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, is an amazing person, and for a student of Buddhism, his summation of that religion when asked as “My religion is kindness” is a great inspiration. I would really recommend that you look into Buddhism if you haven’t already done so - I …

I bought a book “The Secret” written by Rhonda Byrne few days ago. I read the book and the book is a great book. “The Secret” is a book that teaches people to think positively, remove all pessimistic thinking from our mind and become a more successful person.
I am …

The first book in J. K. Rowling’s series about an orphaned boy who finds out that he is a wizard is the perfect setup for what has become one of the most successful series of books in literary history. Sorcerer’s Stone chronicles Harry Potter’s first of seven years at …

I will be the first person to tell you that I am a big fan of anything and everything self-help oriented. I think it stems from my love of psychology and the latter. But, this particular book provided nothing extraordinary or inspiring. It tells you the same thing that …

I have read this book, Avalon High by Meg Cabot and it is super awesome. I don’t care if people thinks that this book is suitable for young teenagers and all that, I still dig this book very much.
It is about Ellie and her new school and the people …

The Complete Book of Business Plans is the ideal book for business owners struggling to write their business plan. The book was written by two professional business plan writers, so when you follow through each chapter they are guiding you with their expertise to give you a winning business …

The Body Finder, by Kimberly Derting, is a fantastic book about a girl named Violet, who has the ability to locate the bodies of people who have been murdered. The story also includes a growing sense of “more than friends…” feeling between Violet and her best friend Jay. The …

Well, to be saying the truth I started reading with Harry Potter thanks to miss Rowling but I proceeded my rading habit with Dean Koontz’s books and the first of them was The Watchers. In my opinion its awesome and a must read by all people from the age …

Child of Time by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
ISBN: 0330322702
Genre: Sci-fi
This is an extended version of a short story called “The Ugly Little Boy”, written by Isaac Asimov and initially published in 1956. It is the second collaboration between Asimov and Silverberg, the first being “Nightfall”, also an extended …

As a big city that became one of the center of modern human civilization, the City of New York as the sugar that can attract ants to come. But the state turned out to not only attract people in general, but also triggered a series of
security threats from certain …

I have always been interested in knowing the value of my Intelligence Quotient score, and since we had never been tested at school, what I have always had to resort to was finding free IQ tests on the internet. Nevertheless, those online IQ tests generally end up disappointing me …

I’m gonna start by saying that Tarryn Fisher is a scary lady. Every time she comes out with a new book I just get the chills, and that’s a good thing, of course, books are supposed to make you FEEL. Every book that I’ve read from her was left me …

SACRIFICE was written by Andrew Vachss, and published by Pan Books Ltd in 1992.
Burke lived on the edge of life, battling the evil surrounding children. He hated pedophiles and child abusers with a vengeance; a vigilante reaching beyond where the police could not go, bound by laws and …

The Adventures of Blue Avenger is a novel by Norma Howe about a high school aged boy detirmined to always do the right thing.
In an effort to become a superhero, David Schumacher changes …

This is a book by Anthony Capella which explore a maiden voyage of Laura, an American, twenty-something girl. Her destiny is Italy and in Rome she is mesmerised by the culture, and tradional background. As it has to be, she fall for Tomasso a chef at a Italian restaurant …

Myth-ing Persons was my second foray into the wonderful world of Robert Asprin’s Myth series. My first was Myth Directions, the third book of the series. Keeping with my tradition of never reading a series in perfect chronological order I skipped ahead to the 5th book in …

My job entails lots of traveling. In a month, most of the days are spent overseas. That is why when I saw this book while I was in forage for some materials to read on my next rip, I grabbed it and immediately paid for it. As I enjoy …

“The Battle” is the third book of “The Adventures of Jecosan Tarres” trilogy. It would be futile to try to re-tell you the plot; besides, I don’t think it would be fair. The story has so many unpredictable turns, just when you think you know things will go a …

The Learning Curve by Melissa Nathan is something that I will put in my bag-list of most favorite novels. The story plot is very sweet and I love the colorful illustration pretty much.
It is about Nicky Hobbs and how much she loves and having a passion to teach. …

Four centuries of Southern Indians is a book that consists of collections of essays written by several different authors about Indians of the south. In the introduction Charles M. Hudson suggests that Indian culture, especially southern Indian culture has not been studied effectively. Hudson has compiled essays …

I am convinced that feng shui works. But, I’ve always hoped for a scientific and more practical explanation of just how feng shui works. Finally, I found this little book that confirmed for me that feng shui is more than just the superstitious use of coins and crystals.
The authors …

This book should be made into a movie, it has all the elements of a good action and suspense movie - it’s the Pelican Brief crosses with Absolute Power. The basic plot is that a couple of senior congressional staffers are feeling a little jaded and start …

The Colour of Magic is the very first in the hugely successful Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. As such, it is the book that many new fans read first, which in some ways is a shame because it is by no means the best novel in …

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 …