The Chaos Gate trilogy are fantasy novels written by Louise Cooper,
The Deciever,
The Pretender,
The Avenger.
Are the titles of each book in this trilogy.
In the Deciever, Ygorla who is the half human half demon daughter of a minor Chaos demon is poised to try to take over the world.
Tirand the High Initiate …

Deviant (Edward Gein), written by Harold Schechter was published by Pocket Books, 1989.
Are monsters made or born? Many such —˜monsters’ have blamed their heinous acts on their upbringing, childhood, parents and families. Could a child in a dysfunctional family or an abusive relationship turn out to be …

My husband loves reading Dick Francis books and here is a review of the last one he read. Odds Against, is a thriller written my ex jockey Dick Francis. The book is a excellent read it has lots of twist and turns and will he or wont he …

Well it looks like I have discovered another mystery series to read. “Serpent Gate” by Michael McGarrity is the third in the series about New Mexico law officer Kevin Kerney. Like the period of time between the first book “Tularossa” and the second “Mexican Hat,” Kerney has lost the …

Margaret Peterson Haddix has a knack for bringing history to life for the teen aged readers. By putting young people into historical situations, she makes history less stuffy and more personal. Her latest work, Uprising, tells the story of one of the worse disasters in American history, …

The “Poems that Live Forever” book, with the combined poems from America’s favorite poets, is a real inspiration even to someone like myself who does not enjoy poetry on any given day. Through high school I had trouble with poetry, and it wasn’t until college that I began to …

“The Last Song” by Nicholas Sparks is one of the many that I have read by this author. My boyfriend picked up this book for me and although it took me a while to get around to reading it, I finally did. I finished it cover to cover in …

I wrote for Review Stream recently where I wrote about what a great book “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini was. About halfway through the book I visited my local library and put in a hold request for Hosseini’s second book “A Thousand Splendid Suns.” I’m happy to say, …

Can you believe it when I say that I cried in the midst of reading Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult? Yes, I did and this author is really great and I bought it at a market price of close to $20. This novel is really touching and …

I never read anything from this author before Better Off Friends, so I didn’t know if I was gonna like it. It caught my attention because I love this best-friends-who-fall-in-love type of stories, so I was excited for it. I ended up really enjoying it; it was a very …

This book is the 2nd book in the popular Madison Finn series of books by Laura Dower. These books are great for preteen girls. Madison is a 7th grade girl attending Far Hills Junior High. She and a couple of her friends are very interested and skilled with computers, …

One of China’s history is revealed that less re-education for adolescents. Re-education by sending their teens to villages. Very few books or movies that describe the real system for adolescents and their families. This book is one that successfully describes the experiences of a teenager who does not …

Basically, Man and Wife by Tony Parsons is about family life, or how a widower named Harry (from the previous book character of Man and Boy) having to struggle his new life without a wife, love issues and family of course. I respect Tony Parsons for being able to …

Germ Line is a fasinating book by Nelson Erlick. This book is a fictional work about the future of genetics and being that I love the study of genetics it was a slam dunk decision to buy. For me it is important that a book use imagery so you …

The Rider’s Fitness Program by Dianna Robin Dennis is an excellent, excellent little book that can help all riders to stay fit and be able to ride their horses to the best of their ability. It is no secret among riders that in order to be a good rider, …

Evolution from Space is a classic work of popular science, and although its conclusions - that life on Earth originated far out in the universe, and was brought here by cometary impacts and so on - have never won widespread acceptance, that does not make the book any less …

Marked for Murder (written by William X Kienzle and published by Ballantine Books, 1989)
A very tricky story —“ simply devious and brilliant! When I thought the story had ended with the arrest of the murderer, it turned out that he was only a copycat. How interesting! …

The book “Halloween Crafts: Eerily Elegant Decor” (2001) is not worth purchasing. Although many of the artwork is cute and some of the vintage images are nice, the general photo quality and lists of ideas are really mediocre. The book does include a lot of information on some Halloween …

I love entertaining at my home! It’s a great way for me to bring my close friends and family together over similar interests: great food, awesome decor, and a few adult beverages.
I had been looking online for some help in stepping up my skills when it comes to hosting …

This is a book packed full of recipes under each day of the year, and it has full course meals for each day. It really does make planning meals easy. I think this cookbook is easily one of my favorites. It not only includes recipes, but tons …

In this volume of Nodame Cantabile finally after so many chapters waiting that Chiaki will be able to go to Europe to study conducting, he finally reaches his dream and goes to France. We get to know new characters, like their new apartment mates. Chiaki involves in a conducting …

This used to be my favourite book when I was in grade 4 - and still remains as one of my old favourites. Ella Enchanted is about a 15 year old girl Ella who is under a curse of obedience. This curse makes her obey any command given to …

Tragic Wand was written by James Tucker and published by Onyx in 2000.
It took me two years to read this book. I started the first chapter, then put it aside; then tried to restart a number of times, until recently I managed to plod past the first third; …

I didn’t really become interest in Texas cuisine until after I read a fiction book that featured both cities. The book didn’t include the famous barbeque these two cities are known for, but rather a fast food joint all the locals would frequent. It wasn’t until I was watching …

Daredevil Issue 291 shows the beginning of the Kingpin’s plan to not only control the media, but outright purchase the media. Little does he know that he himself is being tricked by a more powerful villian in the form of Hydra.
This issue is one of the last to …

I read one book called seven habits of highly effective people by stephen covey. It is a book for personality development for modern world. The author describes in early days to archive success only character ethic counts . A person who had good character ethic and followed good …

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 …

This book has been seen on Oprah and has made it’s way into her book club, and it definitely deserves it.
I picked up the book shortly after I saw it on T.V. and began reading. It was a little hard to start at first but once you get going …

Grow Taller 4 Idiots is a book that teaches how adults can grow an inch or more from exercises. I followed the tips from this book so let me give my review.
The book lays out some guidelines on various areas which affect growth. First, it addresses nutrition and …

What motivates Macbeth to commit all those murders and become such an evil king? His devolution can be traced through many phases of change. The witches prophesy that he will become Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland first started his temptation. At first, he was sceptical whether to …

In the 12th volume of Nodame Cantabile, Chiaki comes back to France after the world tour. He comes to conduct an orchestra too there, and, although it was clearly visible that he was little by little falling by Nodame too, in this volume we finally see proven that Nodame’s …

The plot of the book I’ve read; The Emperor’s Children by Claire Messud is not lost on me. This is a story that has a certain number of characters in it.
The author had arranged them in such a way that it caters to the Marina, the gorgeous …

I have read the book —˜The mystery of the ivory charm’ written by Carolyn Keene. This book is one among the Nancy Drew series. This book is quite interesting. The story line is good and the way the author has written it is also good. As usual, Nancy shows …

A Royal Duty book is authored by Paul Burrell, one time personal footman of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England and who became the loyal Butler of the late Princess of Wales, Diana, when her marriage to Prince Charles became intolerable. This book is more of a biography …

This book is a must read for all managers. The author Lloyd Merritt Smigel has several years of experience in the management aspects and the book written by him spills out his experience in a great manner.
The topic of the book says it all. The book provides you training …

Night Smoke is the fourth story in the Night Tales series written by Nora Roberts. And once again, it’s a hit!
In this story, we meet Ryan Piasecki and Natalie Fletcher. For those of you who have read the first story in the series, you would know that Natalie is …

I just finished reading “Kill The Messenger” which is a novel of suspense written by Tami Hoag.
In “Kill the Messenger” a young man, Jace Damon who is a bike messenger finds himself in trouble when he is suspected of murdering a sleazy attorney, he is afraid …

I was a bit skeptical about the Crochet Answer Book (by Edie Eckman) because I thought that it was a bit overly ambitious - according to the front cover, it has the “Solutions to Every Problem You’ll Ever Face” and the “Answers to Every Question You’ll Ever Ask”. While …

Book Two in the Sabriel Trilogy by Garth Nix.
Lirael is born into the Clayr. The Seers of the Old Kingdom. She is shunned by majority of the Clayr due to the fact that she doesn’t have the sight and of her looks. Most Clayr have blonde hair and skin …

I enjoy getting into mini mysteries when the spring flowers start blooming. Sullivan’s Last Stand has a mystery to solve and an old romance is rekindled. What more can you ask for? I found that initially the book was hard to follow. That really disappointed me. …

The story is set in 19th century England. It begins with Pip, an orphan boy, sitting in the church yard and contemplating the graves of his father, mother, and four brothers. Pip is startled by a rough-looking man with shackled feet - an escaped convict. He grabs the scared …

“New Choices In Natural Healing” was written by Doug Dollemore, Mark Giuliucci, jennifer Haigh, Sid Kirchheimer and Jean Callahan. It was edited by Bill Gottlieb and is one of the Prevention Magazine Health Books published by Rodale Press.
This is an excellent reference book for those who regularly use …

This book is about 300 pages. I checked it out from my local library. I learned about the book from Amazon.com. They have a list of books recommended for reading. I really like the style of Emily Giffin. She also has other book out …

Normally people believe when they actually see it. In this book, Dr. Wayne Dyer propounded a theory that when you a start believing it, you actually see it. This is one of those brilliant books written by Dr. Dyer meant for your personal transformation.
The principle in this book starts …

The first edition of this book was just impressive that I decided to buy the second edition. I am using the books as my handy refence inside and outside my office.
At first glance and reading the first few pages of the …

Curious George “Pinata Party” by Marcy Goldberg Sacks is a children’s book based on the animated series “Curious George” on PBS. It’s a level one reading book which a great for beginning readers, and the book is based on a particular “Curious George” episode.
Curious George “Pinata Party” by …

‘The Dice Man’ is quite an original book, although people have been tempted by the power of the dice for ages. The main character decides to let the dice take every decision for him. Thus he absolves himself of any responsability of decision and lives his life having no …

My favorite Danielle Steel book has got to be “Family Album”. I started reading her books when I was in junior high and she is still one of my favorite authors just because she always has great story lines. “Family Album” was no different.
Faye Price was a …

I recently read Henry Ford’s book “My life and work”. The book was written in a very businesslike and substantive manner, with no goofy deviations. “Pouring water” is not his method, only a businesslike approach and proper expenditure of resources, whatever it is: time, money, words.
It is …

The Princess Academy is an amazing book by Shannon Hale that received an Newberry Honer Award. It was well earned. This book was riveting, exciting, and fun! Once I started reading it I couldn’t put it down. The main character is a girl named Miri, after a tiny mountain …