I finished reading a novel called “Close to the Bone” which was written by David Wiltse.
In “Close to the Bone” a trouble shooter named Becker matches wits with an assassin name of Bahoud. Becker feels that he may be just as bad as the killers he stalks, during …

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. …

I enjoy reading this book, Seventeen by Booth Tarkington. Seventeen refers to the Seventeen years old.
Seventeen years old is the time when puppy love occurs. I enjoy reading about all the silly things that this seventeen years old, William Baxter, did when he was in puppy love.
The …

Jamila Gavin’s novel —˜The Wheel of Surya’ is a mind blowing book. It was the runner up for the 1993 Guardian Newspaper Children’s Fiction Award. A big part of the novel is set in a village in Punjab. One can get a beautiful glimpse of rural India with …

Dead or Alive, written by Geoff Thompson is a good book that everyone lady needs to have. The subtitle to this book is written as The Choice Is Yours and there are steps to self-protect oneself in this book. There are lots of methods actually and …

I read this book and I was having my own comments and thoughts and feelings. If you are someone who loves to read tabloids from magazines and stuff like that, then The Last Days of Dead Celebrities by Mitchell Fink might work for you. It is not a …

In the second year of my graduation, I was supposed to study psychology. When I started to read it I found that this subject is not made for me. It was too tough to understand for me. The study material of my college was not interesting.
Then I was told …

Laugh ‘n’ Learn Spanish by Lynn Johnston and Brenda Wegman is not just another Spanish learning book. With the help of the famous comic strip For Better or For Worse, Laugh ‘n’ Learn Spanish is exactly as the title says. If you are not familiar with the comic strip …

Are You My Mother by P.D. Eastman is a beginner reading book which is part of the Dr. Seuss Beginner Books. The cover has that same green metallic color with the baby bird on top of the lazy dog. It’s exactly the same as I remembered when I was …

This is the kind of a book that hooks you from the start. Imagine this: a guy comes out of a bus and suddenly sees his own self walking the opposite side of the street. Not only that, he soon learns that he is no longer who he was …

How to Simplify Your Life is a book written by Tiki Kustenmacher and Lothar J.Seiwert. This book is a great self help book for people who think they are easily exhausted by daily activities, have a messy relationship around you, have many burdens to carry or lost your way …

For the young ones and beginners, if you want to learn magic you must read this book by Marvin Berglas. It is a book that contains over a 110 magic tricks that can be done with everyday objects like pencils, spoons, cups etc. The tricks are actually very easy …

Rise and shine by Anna Quindlen is a book on sisterly love. It is special and I really love it; definitely has a special place in my heart. 2 sisters, naming Meghan and Bridget.
Bridget is more of the introvert type while Meghan, the extrovert. She …

For a teenage novel this book is quite dark. I loved the unique writing style and the odd line breaks are part of what make this book so hard hitting. The odd style make your head spin for awhile and make the ideas in the book seem a little …

Lately, all I wanted to read is the Dresden Files. I just love the whole back ground. I love all the characters. And I love to learn new things that his dog can do!
Deadbeat is the eleventh book in the series. Harry is pretty comfortable with his life. He …

The 3rd volume of the popular manga called Nodame Cantabile starts with a lighter short story to make us have an easy beginning. Nodame and Mine are having problems passing their exams, so they ask for help to Chiaki.
He has no other choice but to help them, and they …

The book Twilight by Stephanie Meyer is a great read. There are four of these books in the series, which continue from Twilight. These are Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse and the last one Breaking Dawn. I found Twilight to be much better than the film, as …

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 …

I almost wanted to put this review under ‘religion’ for that is how deeply affected I am by this incredible woman’s poetry.
I first discovered Anne Sexton when I became a member of allpoetry.com (see review of this site in my collection), and after reading a piece entitled “Buying the Whore” …

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 …

“Dinosaur!” by Peter Sis is a complete waste of time. I can hardly even call it a children’s book. This book apparently retails for an astonishing $16.99 in the United States. Anyone who would pay that price for this book must be insane. It is not …

For anyone who is curious about what it is like to grow up in a large family, The Color of Water beautifully describes the life of a huge family struggling to make ends meet. James McBride tells the tale of his bi-racial family growing up in New York …

What won’t you do for love? The question is rhetorical. You’ll do anything, and more. This is what the book is about, where on the one hand, forgery turns from a means to get love into the main obstacle in its realization, and on the other hand, how forgery …

There are many characters in this book. And I believe you will love almost everyone of them. At least I do.
It’s one of the novels that span across a number of years. Emma McAvoy, the main character in this story, grows up in the story. The book starts when …

Furies of Calderon is the first book in the first fantasy series by Jim Butcher, who has also written the Harry Dresden series. The series is called the Codex Alera after the fantasy world Alera where it all happens. Butcher is a huge Tolkien fan, but luckily the series …

The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg is a great book. I am an avid book reader and my niche is to find the perfect books for most of you out there, if may it be. I love reviewing books that I’ve read, because I find the joy …

Book one of the Gideon series was not too bad. There are four books in total. Eric Jerome Dickey is an African American author and the main character of this series is the same race. The story is about a hit-man named Gideon and his exploits in his job …

This book title, I Love You But I’m Not in Love with You: Seven Steps to Saving Your Relationship by Andrew G. Marshall is a must read for those of you having problems in your relationship right now and who would want to improve them. I find relationships something …

I read this book three months ago, I am still reading it and will keep going through it. This is the basic theme of the book. If you keep going through its pages in regular interval, it will certainly help you in every area of your life. That is …

Who’s In The Bathroom is a children’s book written by Jeanne Willis and illustrated by Adrian Reynolds. It is a newer book, published in 2006. It is a very funny story that had my daughter smiling and laughing as she guessed who was in the bathroom. It …

“Danger in the Shadows” by Dee Henderson is a suspense/mystery novel telling the story of Sara Walsh, a woman living under the FBI witness protection program and in constant fear. What happened to her happened a long time ago, when she was only 6, but the terror lives on …

I am a big fan of Dawn French so eagerly downloaded her new novel ‘A Tiny Bit Marvelous’ onto my Kindle. Well I am afraid to say it was just ‘A Tiny Bit Tedious’.
The book is written from the point of view of three characters, Mo, …

“Mr. Icy Cold and Other Stories” is a book of Enid Blyton’s children stories. There are thirteen short stories contained in the entire book, and all of them focus on enchanting plots which appeal to young children’s imaginations. I think it would make for a great Christmas gift for …

I’ve always been a fan of alternate history books. Usually, we get to see the point of divergence play out or the story will at least take place not long after it. Steve White presents for us a combination of alternate history and science fiction which sees the British …

The Cat Who Smelled a Rat is the twentythird book in Lillian Jackson Braun’s The Cat Who series, and Qwillerian, Koko, and Yumyum are just as cute and fun as they were in the first book. Okay, Yumyum wasn’t in the first book. But she’s still cute.
The stories in …

It really worth the time and effort for me to borrow 100 Questions and Answers About Acne by Doris Day. You see the library is located quite a distance from my house and you have to walk qite a distance to the borrowing section.
Presenting the information on acne in …

ROPE was written by Michael Newton, and published by Pocket Books in 1998.
A very disquieting story of a killer at a time when serial killers and mass murderers were uncommon. Harvey Glatman was not a born killer; in fact his parents were both normal people, an indulgent …

I have just finished reading Radio Goes to War, written by Gerd Horten. The book touches on the role of domestic radio in the United States during the Second World War.
The writer suggested that radio broadcasting had been used as propaganda in Government before in wartime America. Gerd …

Chuck Palahniuk with last years attempt to shock people and stir up enough controversy to cash in and pay the bills. I picked this up dirt cheap and read it, it reads like the script from a cheap porno. The story is about an old lady who is trying …

This is a book review on Slummy Mummy by Fiona Neill. I had reviewed before the other story with a pretty similar title by the same author, Fiona too. And that title is The Secret Life of a Slummy Mummy.
However, this time round, I am reviewing the novel …

This book is the second book in the five book series about Taran, an orphan who lives on a farm with an enchanter, a man named Cool, a princess and an oracular pig.
In this particular book, Taran joins a quest to recover and destroy a cauldron from an evil …

This is a brilliant book! Written by Michael Masterson a guy who doesn’t just teach, but a guy who practices what he preaches and makes money from it too.
Michael divides this book into four easily digestible sections of business development, they are called starting out, the fast-growth stage, the …

The Sleeping Doll was written by Jeffery Deaver. It is a crime/suspense novel featuring Kathryn Dance.
I really enjoyed this book. It is the first that I’ve read by this author, and I plan to read more. Anyone who likes crime or suspense novels should enjoy The Sleeping Doll.
The …

Julie Morgenstein is a remarkable organizing professional and is known in her industry as such based on her system of successful organizing. I, personally, had no idea who this woman was until I was in need of help with getting organized to control the chaos in my life which …

—˜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 …

Andrew Carnegie is written by David Nasaw and though this book costs slightly expensive; around $30, I certainly love reading it so much. This is a good biography book that describes or tells the tale of one of the great business legends known as Andrew Carnegie. He is …

This book, written as if it were a preteen girl’s diary, is a somewhat good book for girls. The main character, whose diary is being read, is a curious girl who wants a certain boy to like her.
Particularly funny ideas occur in the books, such as Zone-Shampooing. Also, these …

I am a great fan of autobiographies and politics, so I have finally got around to reading a (huge, long) book that I received a few years ago. My husband purchased My Life, Bill Clinton’s autobiography, for me because he is well aware of my admiration for what this …

I picked up a copy of this book at a used books store, an older copy (dating back to the 60’s, just a couple of years after it was originally published). The front cover promises that this is the most originial science-fiction novel I’ll ever read. The …

The Lions of Al-Rassan by Guy Gavriel Kay tells the story of three characters in a historical fantasy recreation of that period of Spanish history where Muslim rule was in decline and the Christian rule was moving down from the north. Kay has minimally masked the Muslim, Christian …