‘A boy with a will’ is a book written by St John Bosco. This book consists of the life of St Dominic Savio. This is a small book and there is nothing much of interest. But the book gives a clear picture about the life a saint.
Dominic Savio was, …

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 recently purchased a copy of Ani’s Raw Food Desserts by Ani Phyo, being an excited fan of her first raw food book. I was a little disappointed with this book though. I do not like using agave syrup, and almost every single recipe in this book contains agave …

City of Glass is the third book in the Mortal Instruments series. Clary is desperate to wake her mother from the coma state she is in and to do so, she must travel to the City of Glass. Entering the City of Glass is forbidden unless you have permission …

Want to get into running for fitness but don’t know where to start? Running for Mortals is the book for you. The full title is “Running for Mortals: A Commonsense Plan for Changing Your Life With Running,” and it is written by a pair of running experts, John Bingham …

A Guilty Thing Surprised was written byRuth Rendell, published by Ballantine Books in 1975.
There is always a cache of hidden secrets in Ruth Rendell’s stories - unsavory and ugly, even among the rich and beautiful. The ugliness here involved a seemingly naïve but vain, pampered woman, who …

Searching for Dragons, book 2 of The Enchanted Forest Chronicles by Patricia C. Wrede is a delightful book which follows the same pattern as the first book in the series, Dealing with Dragons.
This book continues the adventures of the unconventional Princess Cimorene, who must find the missing dragon, Kazul. …

This was a fun and quick read. I read the entire book in just a few hours. The story was very absorbing and I kept turning the pages to see what would happen next. In the last few weeks I have been reading a lot of novels by Heather …

‘Woman as force in history’ is a book written by Mary R. Beard. This book discusses the varied contributions of women since the beginning of recorded history. It also explains the women’s rights movement. It also analyses the effects of laws upon the status of women.
Mary R. Beard …

Writing the Action Adventure Film by Neill D. Hicks
Could a book with the words “action” and “adventure” in the title possibly be more “boring?”
This is another in a seemingly endless line of “How to write a screenplay” books. What separates this title from other screewriting books is that it …

I learned a great deal from the book Microsoft Office 2007 Quick Steps, just recently when I was trying to perfect my test for this software with the employment agency. Thanks to this book, I got a 92 percent rating in my Microsoft Word exam.
What I like about …

20 Days to English Vocabulary written by J.S.Bright is really a great book to improve your vocabulary to a great extant in a short period of time. It contains 20 lessons and each lessons can be finished in a day in just one or two hours. Each lessons contains …

Friday Night Knitting Club is a book written by Kate Jacobs and the author is actually a New York Times bestselling author from a previous novel. In this story, it is about Georgia Walker and she has this particular yarn shop that takes a pretty deal out of …

Sophie Kinesella is the type of writer that can make you really believe in the characters she creates. I first found one of her books completely by accident. I was looking for a good chick lit book that I could read quickly. I picked up Confessions of a Shopaholic, …

Miss Pym Disposes was written by Elizabeth MacKintosh under the pen name of Josephine Tey. It was first published in 1988 by Collier Books (244 pages).
Miss Pym was invited to Leys, a physical training school for girls. Her old friend, Henrietta Hodge, who was the principal of …

“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 …

This book was given to me by my uncle when he came to visit from Detroit. He knows I love to read and that I love this series so he bought the book and gave it to me. I was impressed as soon as I saw it. The author …

I’ve read a few novels by Nicholas Sparks, and while I find them to be a bit predictable - you always know how the book is going to end - and they’re often sad endings, it’s still always an enjoyable read. The characters, setting, and story always mesh well, …

I wasn’t expecting much from this book - it seemed a bit gimmicky - a child with a special ability is sent away to a special school. Sound familiar?
But Victoria Forrester managed to make the story dynamic and interesting, with a sweet, somewhat naive main character, Piper McCloud …

Kristy’s worst idea by Ann m. martin is the hundredth book in the baby sitters club book series. This book about how Kristy the club president thinks it is time to give the club a rest because every one is too busy to keep up going to the meetings. …

I was recently handed a book by the title Blue Like Jazz from a closer friend of mine. After hearing the book was about religion I was less than enthused by the idea of reading it, however once I got past my initial prejudice of the book I found …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Old Debts is a comic book that follows up on the episode “Relics” as well as the original series episode “The Trouble With Tribbles”. In this comic book, Scotty along with Robin Lefler who was in a few Star Trek: The Next Generation …

This is a story every girl should read. Sara Crewe is a lovely, bright girl who has lived with her father, Captain Crewe, in India. Her father is a widower. His career has been very successful, so they are rich, and little Sara has everything she could wish for …

“Behemoth” is the second book in the fantasy trilogy by Scott Westerfield that started with “Leviathan”. After reading the book I can say it is worth buying it. At the end of “Leviathan” prince Alec, the rightful heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, escapes with his men on board …

I first encountered this book when I enrolled in a creative writing class in college. I wanted to learn as much about being a writer and Letters to A Young Poet fast became one of my favorites.
What I love about this book is that it cuts across the …

I can’t speak for this particular edition, but we used the Classroom in a Book series in the classroom when I was studying for my associate’s degree in graphic communication/electronic prepress. It was great! Really taught the tools well. The book enabled us to work independently at our own …

I’m currently a college student majoring in the business field and I want to say that this book was very informative. I would recommend it to anybody that’s in a field relating to business. This book was first published by Warren Buffett in 1998. It really …

I actually found the book “The Long Dark Night” by the late author Joseph Hayes in my late aunt’s bookshelf with many other old paperback novels. I remembered I had read it quite a few years ago, and it had kept me up for about two nights, so I …

This book for youths, the beginning of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, starts the series off strong. Rick Riordan has created an interesting main character, although the foreshadowing is really strong, and a somewhat new plot.
Arguments among the Greek gods and the Greek gods or other …

“The Fairytale Cake” is a children’s book written by Mark Sperring and illustrated by Jonathan Langley. It is a relatively new book, published in 2005.
This book features tons of fairy tale characters as they bake a cake and deliver it to a birthday party. The idea itself has …

The World’s Religions is a book by Huston Smith where he goes into detail about seven wisdom traditions from around the world: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. There is also a short section about what Smith deems “primal religions”. Huston Smith has been regarded as one …

My Diamond days with Osho has been written by one of the Sanyasin of Osho Ma Amrito. it narrates the experience of the time spend by her with Osho a master. The book is basically a ordinary effort and the writer scenes . Osho and his every about him. …

Artemis Fowl is one of my all-time favorite books! There is a total of 7 books in the series, and this is the first one. I highly recommend reading these books! The book has even been said to be the “next Harry Potter”!
The books are about a 12-year old …

Most people know Dan Brown through his ultra successful and more than just controversial novel The Da Vinci Code. But Angels and Demons was written and published first. It first introduces the main character of the next book Robert Langdon. It is a mystery detective story dealing …

When a fiction writer is starting out, one of the pieces of advice he or she is given on how to make characters come to life is for the author to write out a character’s entire life history. “You may not use a word of it in the finished …

“Curious George And The Pizza” is a children’s book featuring the iconic Curious George the monkey. This is one of the shorter Curious George books I have read, and since I am not a huge fan of the monkey, this is a good thing.
The plot of this story …

I’m an avid reader and I tend to read a variety of subjects, and I had never even heard of The Power of Purpose or its author. However, the title alone made me think it would be a good read which is why I gave it a test drive …

I love this book from beginning to end. The whole story of Jane Austen’s “Pride and Prejudice” is retold from Darcy’s point of view. It begins sometime before Darcy and Elizabeth Bennet’s first meeting, and it continues into a few months after their wedding.
I recommend reading this book with …

Ok. 2nd book of the Circle of Magic quartet. After the damages from the earthquake (read this in Sandry’s book), Winding Circle’s defenses are now weak. Of course, the pirates are taking advantage to this. Therefore all 4 of our young mages - Tris, Sandry, Briar and Daja - …

Mysterious Circumstance by Rita Herron. This is from the harlequin intrigue series. It is in paperback form. It is a masterful suspense and quick read.
A virus is loose and Olivia Thornbird’s father has been infected and has died. He committed suicide. As Olivia begins to …

“Tularosa” is a fast paced mystery written by Michael McGarrity.
The mystery is for Kevin Kerney to find his missing godson, a soldier stationed at White Sand Missile Range in New Mexico.
He meets Captain Sara Brannon, who is investigating what was thought to be a simple AWOL case. This …

If Harry Potter has his magic wand to weave magic and drive away his enemies Nathaniel “Jon Mandrake” has Bartimaeus to do his bidding and drive away his enemies for him. Very cool way of becoming the hero of the story. The book by Jonathan Stroud is …

As those of you who have been reading my reviews lately know, I discovered the writings of Loren D. Estleman earlier this year. Estleman writes with a quirky style and viewpoint that mark him as special among current popular fiction writers. In the past I’ve favorably reviewed some of …

I have only recently discovered the work of the Norwegian playwright, Henrik Ibsen, and I am glad I did. I like his values and for me, it makes him even more commendable that he tended to cause outrage with his plays in his own time and clearly struck …

“Dragon Avenger” is a sequel to “Dragon Champion,” a story of a young dragon Auron who is left to survive on his own after a bunch of dwarfs invaded his family’s cave. Book 2 begins with the same dwarf attack in which Auron’s mother is killed and he is …

The Savage Dragon Issue 1 was published in 1993 and was one of Image Comics’ first big hits. Erik Larsen wrote and illustrated the issue, which he did for quite a while in the series. For some reason, I absolutely loved this issue of Savage Dragon.
The art …

This book is the 6th book in the Hardy Boys series, although it does not really matter in which order you read the books. This book has a fun amount of mystery for preteen boys, even though it was written in the 60s and so has a very different …

I read this book, Talking in Bed by Antonya Nelson and if you like to read books about affairs and how the people in the affair deal with things, then this book is a must read for you.
I find the storyline a bit boring and a bit too …

The reason I picked this book up was because it seemed so interesting. The whole concept of ’slating’ criminals (erasing their memories) in order to give them a second chance in life was something I found really intriguing.
The book is about Kyla, a girl who was apparently previously …

I love this book so much. It is The Little Lady Agency by Hester Browne and the storyline is so darn sweet and funny and at the same time filled with romance too.
This is the story of a woman trying to balance off her alter-ego and her …