Books Reviews
Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber
This is a sweet fun novel about being different than everyone else and the problems that it causes. Raven is a teenage girl who loves vampires and dreams of being a real vampire someday, even if she knows vampires do not really exist. The story is well written and …
Weep No More, My Lady by Mary Higgins Clark
I highly suggest you read “Weep No More, My Lady” by Mary Higgins Clark. It is a really great book that I found to be fast moving.
The book is about Elizabeth Lange trying to find out who murdered her sister. All fingers point to Ted Winters, her …
A Stitch in Time by Allison Bottke
If you enjoy Christian chick lit, engaging, witty, and clean, check out this book, “A Stitch in Time” by Allison Bottke. Dee, the main character, finds all of her life changed. I mean, ALL of it. She converts to Christianity; she undergoes a weight loss surgery and loses 150 …
The Engines of God - a book by Jack McDevitt
The concept that we are not alone in the universe has been the common theme of most science fiction ever since the very first outer space novel. Equally rehashed is the idea that advanced alien races existed thousands of years before mankind learned to master fire. Jack McDevitt is …
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is an excellent book which is a very worthy successor to the orginal book in the harry potter series, Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone. I loved this book and found it very comforting somehow, a very gentle and fun fantasy to …
Love and Other Infidelities by Helen Townsend
Married women and those embarking on one would definitely enjoy reading Love and Other Infidelities by Helen Townsend. That’s what I feel; because my current status is attached and I love reading about what marriage might entail; the life ups and downs and all.
This book has 2 characters namely …
Beautiful Creatures, By Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl book
The book ‘Beautiful Creatures’ was an incredible tale that took you on an adventure with the main characters and makes you forget they only live in a book. I truly felt as if Lena and Ethan were real people and telling me their story themselves. The two teens take …
The Colour of Magic, by Terry Pratchett book
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 …
A Bad Business by Anton Chekhov
“A Bad Business” by Anton Chekhov is about a graveyard watcher who stumbles upon a mysterious, old man.
First, the story begin when a graveyard watchman is working his shift when he hears someone in the dark. He calls outs for the person to come forth, and out appears an …
Vernon God Little By DBC Pierre
As for a certain book when doing to the movie, the clear monetory purpose is evident Te bar non God falls a little exactly in the section. Like the script almost you read the part where that is large. As for the bar non God it is considered you …
Eating Fire and Drinking Water book
I was on my 8th month of pregnancy and hoarding books I can read as soon as I start my maternity leave from work when I came across Eating Fire and Drinking Water by Arlene J. Chai in a local bookstore.
At first I was hesitant to buy the book …
Super Biz Buzz book
I was amongst the first people who got to read Super Biz Buzz by Abhishek Kapoor. After reading it, I have to say this is one of the greatest Business Marketing books I have read since quite some time. It comprises of 50 amazing real business success stories. Each …
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Johnathan Foer
I recently read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Johnathan Foer as an assigned reading for an English course. I really enjoyed this book, possibly more than any other book I have read. It was both engaging and easy to relate to in many respects.
It is the story of …
Mystery of the moss-covered mansion book
I have read the book —˜mystery of the moss-covered mansion’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is one among the Nancy Drew series. However, I did not like this book and the content in the book is not that good. The story is rather monotonous and not interesting.
The story starts …
The food of love
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 …
Sweet Valley High: A Deadly Christmas (Book)
This book is a Sweet Valley High Deception Thriller series and it’s very exciting. It has a very matured side and unlikely of the Wakefield twins to encounter on their everyday lives as it features clumsy yet innocently-in-love Jessica Wakefield falling into the deceptive hands of handsome Jeremy Randall …
The Little Book of Flirting by Stewart Ferris
There is this book that I have just bought for my brother, and it is called The Little Book of Flirting, written by the popular author that has appeared on a lot of TV and radio for around 5 years or so. He is Stewart Ferris, and he …
Children’s Book: Bunny School by Rick Walton
Bunny School is a children’s book written by Rick Walton and illustrated by Paige Miglio. It is a day-in-the-life story of an elementary school class that just happen to be bunnies.
The story is pretty straightforward and describes the entire day, from art class to recess to science lessons. …
Better than Beauty: A Guide to Charm
For ladies especially, I’ve read this book, Better than Beauty: A Guide to Charm and it is so charmingly lovely and amazing. I cannot put the book down at all. The color of the book enticed me totally that I took it just by the first glance and …
Letters to A Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke
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 …
Flight into Danger Book
Flight into Danger is a page turning thriller of a book. The story describes a chartered flight full of football fans going to Vancouver to catch a big game. On a stopover at Winnipeg, a truck salesman named George Spencer boards the flight, and is seated next to a …
Companion Book bookstore
I first thing I noticed about this bookstore when it opened was the smell of pine. The next was that I could actually see around the entire store. I like this bookstore because it’s well organized, no hunting for a section, or an author, or trying to …
Kill The Messenger by Tami Hoag
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 …
The Wheel of Surya novel
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 …
My Sister’s Keeper
I was stunned when I read My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. First because I had never heard of the book or its author. Secondly, because this was an outstanding book. So good that I’m tempted to put it in my personal list of bestbooks.
This book tells the story …
My Spy by Christina Skye book
If you enjoy reading romance novels with some action and suspense mixed in, then this would be the book for you. This was a beautifully written book by a very talented author who has a sense of humor. The chemistry and heat is so strong between the …
Spoken English learned quickly, book by Lynn Lundquist
I have read the book —˜Spoken English learned quickly’ written by Lynn Lundquist. This is a good and helpful book. This book is certainly of help to anybody who is interested to improve his or her fluency in English. In my case, it was certainly helpful. Throughout the book, …
The Undead Next Door by Kerrelybn Sparks
What happens when you take an ancient vampire clothing designer and stick him in a small town in Texas to hide? Lot’s of laughs in the pages of Kerrelyn Sparks latest book. Poor Jean Luc has never felt as out of place in all of his years as he …
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
Gardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson is the first book in his truly remarkable series The Malazan Book of the Fallen. His novels are the only ones that I need to buy as soon as they come out. Most other books I wait until they are …
Dare to Succeed by Mark Burnett
Dare to Succeed is the biography of Mark Burnett, the producer of Survivor. The biography is framed as a self-help book, with seven principles that will help you to achieve your goals. Although I did not think that the self-help slant was valuable, I did enjoy the …
Bitter Virgin manga by Kusunoki Kei
Bitter Virgin is a manga by Kusunoki Kei. It is a four volume long manga with the genre of drama, mature, romance, school life, seinen, slice of life, and tragedy. The manga is about the relationship of high school student Daisuke Suwa and his classmate Hinako Aikawa. Daisuke is the …
Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates
I have never read a book by Joyce Carol Oates before in my life, but now I am a sit-on-the-fence fan. I could take her or leave her. Some of her books I finish-some I rip through. Thank god for the library, because if I paid …
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult book
I must say that “Sing You Home,” is one of the most inspiring books I’ve read in the past several years. The novel’s exploration of the difficulties involved in being gay in today’s society is, in my opinion, both fascinating and truly moving. Despite having a number of other …
Hotter Than Hell by Various Authors
Hotter Than Hell by Various Authors is such a good book and I think I might go for a second round for reading it. The book is laced with paranormal plots, of course and there are around 4 authors in all. The stories are not those novel types, …
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World by Harry Browne
If you want to fully understand the concept of freedom then you simply have to read How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World - A Handbook for Personal Liberty.
How I Found Freedom in an Unfree World has to be the most inspirational book that I have ever read …
Smile across your heart
‘Smile across your heart’ is a book written by Laurie Martin. Martin gives you simple tools through which you can create new healthy healing patterns. This book will help you to improve your emotional health. Martin has explained beautifully the ways and methods through which we can heal ourselves. …
The White Dragon: Book
Once again, with her Dragonriders of Pern novel The White Dragon, Anne McCaffrey takes us through a magical, mysterious world of dragons, noble heros, and memorable situations. With every single one of her stories, we remember the time the hero saved the day; the first single, wonderful moment of …
Three Cups of Tea
Three Cups of Tea (One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace…One School at a Time) is a memoir by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin about Mortenson’s efforts to make a difference in the Tribal Areas of Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is an inspiring and illuminating story of how …
I’m A Believer
This is another story from my favorite author, Jessica Adams. The title is I’m A Believer, and it tells of a very good novel about life after death. This story is about Mark Buckle, an ordinary person and a teacher in South London. He teaches Science …
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
I thought this story was very confusing. In order to understand everything that happened in it I read it twice, looked it up on Wikipedia, read it a third time, then discussed it in my Literature class. After that I found it a bit better to understand, and then …
Raising Hope by Katie Willard
This book, Raising Hope by Katie Willard is to be applauded. It is a great-feel book that rises hope in me as well as a woman after I have finished reading. In fact, whilst reading, I could picture myself being in the situation of either Hope (the main …
Suze Orman’s 2009 Action Plan by Suze Orman
I know that there are most times that we should not let the issue of money to get the better of us, but on certain times, especially in recent times and right now even, when there are so many recessions going around and especially with the economic downturn and all, …
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy book
If I were to be stranded on an island and had to choose only one book with which to while away the days and months of being cast away, I’d pick Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy in a heartbeat. It’s simply that funny, even when read …
The Killing Doll by Ruth Rendell
The Killing Doll was written by Ruth Rendell, and first published by Arrow Books in 1985.
Before he was sixteen, Pup had sold his soul to the devil. His first wish was to grow taller, and he did. He had aspired to be a magician, or rather, a …
United Eden by Nicole Williams, 2011 Book (Eden #3)
Although I disliked the first and second books in the Eden trilogy, I did pick up the final book. Because, what’s the point in reading two awful books if you don’t read the last one? I also somehow had a little glimmer of hope. Maybe Bryn would mature just …
Sweet Valley’s The Unicorn Club: Too Close for Comfort Book
This book is the seventh installation in Sweet Valley’s The Unicorn Club series and it’s titled Too Close for Comfort. This is quite a mature story for the Unicorn Club and I can totally relate to the feelings implied here. When the new Unicorn club has disbanded with the …
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