I kind of like this IT GIRL series, and Reckless by Cecily Von Ziegesar is one of it. I have read the other series, which is Gossip Girl also by the same author and now, it’s Reckless. This story is mainly about college drama or something and I …

Brookstone is the best place to shop for the unusual. The newest gadgesst, the items you cannot find anywhere else. We have been shoppoing there fot too many years to remember and have never been dissapointed. Their stores are nice, but they are not big enough to …

I have read five points someone in my college years. In fact, this is book specially written for college going students. This is one of the best books that I have read. I like this book not because this is a novel on a very touching yet interesting story …

Over the past 22 years, I have heard and read Little Women by Louisa May Alcott four times. The first time, my mother read the novel to me, as my school required her to read something to me. I could hardly stand the novel. I vividly remember lying on …

I love my edition of the Marvel Encyclopedia, published in 2006. It is over 350 pages thick and is loaded with entries of hundreds of Marvel Comics villians and heroes from over the past forty years. I like it just a bit less than the DC Encyclopedia …

I have always been an avid gamer, so when I discovered that a book on the creation and history of the popular Legend of Zelda video game series had been published, I was ecstatic. I was so eager to purchase The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia that I …

This is a truly fantastic adventure story and one that is well written. It has danger, excitement, bravery and a lot more. The story moves fast, especially once they get on the ship heading for space. The characters seem like real people, each with his or her own personality, …

Treasures by Nora Roberts is a treasure for me to read. Now I roughly know why author Nora Roberts is so successful and has lots of bestselling books under her belt. She writes with a certain manner that you could really sunk yourself into and her characters are …

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 …

Making Toast is a wonderfully written touching book written by Roger Rosenblatt. This is a true story of how Roger and his wife Jinny lost their thirty eight year old daughter after she collasped and died on a treadmill in her home. It goes on to tell of how …

Do you believe in love? If you do or if you are just wanting to find out more about love and its definition and etc, this book is for you. The title is Love: What Life Is All About by Leo F. Buscaglia. Unique book, I believe this …

General Studies (GS) is an integral part of majority of competitive examinations in India which are organized for government jobs. Indian Economy, Indian History, Current Affairs, Indian Polity, Geography, General Science and Current Affairs are part of GS. Hence it is quite bulky. I have appeared in many competitive …

Anyone who has travelled to a foreign country and does not fluently speak the language understands the importance of a good phrase book and or dictionary. This book is perfect for taking along with you on your adventure to any French speaking country. I will outline …

I love to read book, especially a thriller but romantic drama book. After heard some chit chat talk about the twilight tetralogy, i finally decide myself to read them. Twilight is one from four books of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight saga (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and Breaking Dawn).
I try to …

This book, A Very Special Delivery by Linda Goodnight in my opinion has its good and bad points. Seems like the very special delivery is in irony for the self-miserable Molly whom keeps blaming herself for a certain circumstance.
I believe in life that we can blame ourselves up to …

Did you ever hear of a female dragonslayer, one that is really a royal princess in disguise? Well, that is what this fantasy novel is about. A princess gets bored with her life of gossiping and fancy gowns so she runs off to lead her own life. After trying …

I do really appreciate the book “User’s Guide To Brain-Boosting Supplements” written by James Gormely and Shari Lieberman and published by Basic Health ublications.I find the book highly informative and very helpful. It contains a wealth of inormation on best brain-boosting dietary supplements including vitamin C, vitamin E, amino …

What comes to mind when someone thinks of magic? A wizard waving a magic wand and turning lead into gold, or perhaps turning a frog into a prince? Well, that’s fine for some fairy tales, but the land of Xanth is no fairy tale. The book opens up with …

Al Roker’s Big Bad Book of Barbecue is a compilation of recipes from Al, himself, with a lot of influence from his family and friends. My brother and I discovered this book several years ago when my husband decided he wanted to get into smoking meat. We …

What does two, outspoken hairstylists, a handsome new doctor, a rich girl financially cut off, and missing horses add up to? A great plot in a romance novel; it’s one of five in a series of the Domestic Equalizers.
Paige McBride has everything: Good looks, excellent taste in fashion, and …

“Animals On Board” is a children’s book written by Stuart Murphy and illustrated by R.W. Alley. I am a bit confused about why it took two people to create this story. I can understand that maybe Mr. Murphy is not an artist, but at the very least you …

I found this hardcover book at a local grocery store clearance rack. $6.99 was the price, I took it home thinking it would be some light reading that I could do a few minutes here and there. Boy, was I wrong! From the moment I opened the book, I …

There’s no doubt that Dungeons and Dragons is the biggest and most popular role playing game of all time. However, I personally like the smaller, or less well known ones, such as Ironclaw, a furry-themed RPG where people play as anthropomorphic animals. This does have a pretty big following, …

This book written by Mitch Albom is a very interesting book to read. Mitch Albom is know for his stories about death, heaven and what lies for men in the next life. The story is very interesting, just like his other books.
In this book, Eddie, a maintenance head in …

The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay is book one of the Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy. It is a fantasy novel that begins the tale of five university students from Toronto. They are invited by a mysterious stranger to visit the Kingdom of Brennin in the land of …

“Goodnight, My Duckling” by Nancy Tafuri is an adorable children’s story that is perfect for a before bed time book, or for young readers who are trying to perfect their reading skills. If the easy to read text isn’t something that your children will love to read, then the …

Today, if a superhero is popular he ends up getting a ton of monthly titles in order to cash in on his success. In the past, this never happened. Even the super popular Spiderman had one monthly title for an entire decade before getting a second book where he …

This book is translated by Barbara Miller. Originally, Bhagavad-Gita is one of the hindu scriptures and is ancient wisdom. The book is good to read, but I must say that Miller has not done a very good job of translating it. Some of what is written is misleading. However, …

The first thing that is unexpected about this book is the author, Roald Dahl. Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl is not at all like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Witches, or James and the Giant Peach, children’s books for which he is famous. These tales are …

—˜The epic of Gilgamesh’ is a translation by N K Sandars. The author has written this book in a style very interesting to read. The epic of Gilgamesh is one of the most interesting. This book is a very good one and it is worthy to be read for …

Billy Budd, a classic by Herman Melville, is by far the WORST book I’ve ever read.
For starters, Melville died while the book was still in progress. That means that those of us who decide to read the novel are stuck with more than a few paragraphs and chapters that …

Lemony Snicket’s ‘The Bad Beginning’ is the first book of his ‘Series of Unfortunate Events’ books series. This book takes a first look into the Baudelaire children and the troubles that will soon befall them.
The writing style of Snicket could never be mistaken for anyone else’s. He mixes vocabulary, …

I took up the Bachelor of Science in Accountancy. And I must admit that I had a hard time while taking this study. I always have my ups and downs in this course. In our country, Accountancy students are prepared for different specializations in the field of Accounting. …

The life and the history of Tudors thrills a lot of people and countless movies, books, conspiracy theories and TV shows about them clearly state that. I’ve never particularly been a history nerd, but I noticed that books based on a real story, especially, when it’s something that happened …

Test Cricket Lists, by Graham Dawson and Charlie Wat, was published under the auspices of the Daily Telegraph newspaper quite a few years ago now, and of course not only is some of it now out of date but the simpler lists included are now much more easily perused …

I love this book very much. It is an adaptation of the game show itself, Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader? I thought that I was smarter, but apparently at times, I think a fifth grader is more clever than me. If you think the games …

The first-time traveler! That’s the first hitman in the history of world literature. A certain Yankee who got hit on the head with a crowbar in a fight woke up in 6th century Britain during the reign of King Arthur.
That is, he went thirteen centuries back from the …

Three weeks ago my partner and I agreed to meet at Megamall to watch a movie. I arrived 30 minutes early, so I sent him an SMS to tell him I’d wait in Powerbooks instead so I can pass the time browsing on some titles.
I strolled from bookshelf to …

I’m always hesitant to read books like this. I never read Marley and Me, a book that’s very similar in spirit to this one, because I ultimately know how it’s going to end. As an avid dog lover it seemed a bit masochistic to put myself through …

The Tales of Beedle The Bard is a really fantastic book written and illustrated by J.K. Rowling, and published by Bloomsbury. The book costs £6.99 from most major bookstores, and £1.61 from the sale is donated to Rowling’s own charity, The Children’s High Level Group (CHLG). The book is …

The Grim Grotto is the eleventh book in the series of unfortunate events series and it is the beginning of the fast track of events that lead to the end of the series. The Baudelaire children aboard a ship crewed by a woman named Fiona, Captain Widdershins, and a …

National Bookstore is a well-known bookstore that has a branch in Recto, Manila. It is a super branch because it has over 3 floors, unlike the other branches in malls with only one floor and very limited space.
It is a great bookstore that carries a wide range of …

I have read most of Stephen Kings work, and while I have often complained about his difficulties in ending stories there are only a few of his books that it has actually ruined for me. Under the Dome is one of those few.
The book has an interesting and …

Bod in the Park is a small paperback book for young children written and illustrated by Michael and Joanne Cole and first published by Methuen in 1975. If, as I was, you were a big fan of the Bod cartoon series on TV, then you are likely to have …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Imbalance is a novel that I really had a lot of difficulty finishing. The reason this novel proved to be a forgettable and tiring read is because the story progressed at a snail’s pace and as the plot progressed ever so slowly, not …

Donnigan Harrison is a successful farmer and a good and handsome man. He would like to get married and start a family, but there is a problem: his prairie farm is in the middle of nowhere, and there are simply no women to marry in the area. Some of …

My favorite book, which I have read over and over repeatedly throughout the years, would definately have to be Stephen King’s ‘Misery’. I love this book! It is about a writer named Paul Sheldon who ends up in deep trouble in a snow-blinded Colorado, and he’s in a car …

The BC Health Guide is a fantastic health reference, containing authoritative explanation from cancers to something as basic as acne or even regular wound dressing or the common cold. It was produced by Healthwise, a non-profit organization devoted towards helping people make better health decisions. It is …

As far as Conan-Doyle’s mysteries are concerned, The Man with the Watches is one that is actually not very good. I figured out the solution; or at least the bulk of it, within a few paragraphs of the story and the ending only added a few details that I …

I have read the book —˜The ghost of blackwood hall’, written by Carolyn Keene. This is one among the Nancy Drew series. I have to say this book is not interesting to read. It is a poor book and I could see certain flaws in the story. Although the …