I had wanted to read ‘The Five Love Languages’ by Dr Gary Chapman for a very long time. Each visit to the Bookstore found me picking up a Copy and setting it back down. The cost of the Book ($12.99) wasn’t the factor, well maybe for me it was …

I was introduced to Linda Howard when I read the book that she wrote with Linda Jones titled, “Warrior Rising”. It was a pretty good book and though I was unfamiliar with Linda Howard’s work I figured I’d give her a shot. My leap of faith was rewarded. …

Romeo X Juliet is a popular anime series from Funimation Entertainment, but it is also a manga, or graphic novel written and illustrated by COM. In Neo Verona, Lord Montague kills the Capulet family, except for Lord Capulet’s only daughter Juliet. Fourteen years later, Juliet masquerades as …

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! …

Victor Mancini is a medical school dropout who has found a way to pay for his mother’s expensive health care; he chokes. In this story, the main character named Victor goes to a variety of restaurants such as Chinese, Greek, Spanish, and more. He proceeds to order a plate …

This is my favorite Star Trek novel and over the years I’ve read it countless times. If you’re a fan of classic Star Trek with Captain James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. Leonard McCoy, then you should read this fun novel. In case you don’t know, Jean Lorrah …

This was the first mystery novel I read by author Laura Levine and I fell in love with her books right away. The story was just so humorous and entertaining that reading one of them just wasn’t enough. So far of the three that I read, this one is …

This is a golf book, which is not normally something I would read, since I do not play golf. However, I do like to read, and sometimes I just pick up the closest available book and flip through it. This is my husband’s book. He likes golf, strangely, and …

The Super Mario 64 Nintendo Power Strategy Guide is one that I purchased not because I needed help beating the Nintendo 64 masterpiece, but because I loved and enjoyed the game so much, I wanted it to just read through and have. Although Super Mario 64 is typically a …

Daughter of Smoke and Bone has been one of my favorite fantasy books of all time, if not my favorite. Everything about it was a discovery to me, it was well-written, well-thought and the facts that it told caught me completely from the very beginning. And it’s really surprising …

This second book of the Landon Snow fantasy series is even better than the first, although the title still suffers from the same “Harry Potter Ripoff” syndrome, as you can see. Landon goes to visit his grandparents again, and he looks forward to maybe getting into the fantasy world …

I have read the book ‘Hindu Goddesses’ by David R Kinsley. As the title suggests, this book is about the hindu goddesses. In this book, the author has not written anything devotional about the goddesses. He has not written anything based on the religious point of view. He has …

This book is the sequel to Something Borrowed, and somewhat overlaps it. However, in Something Borrowed, the main character and POV is Rachel, a straight laced lawyer who tries to do the right thing.
In Something Blue, the main character is Darcy, who is portrayed throughout Something Borrowed as being …

Read this book with a heart of 17 year old children. Halley is the age, but to him speaks the family which concerning is not. As for the people thing he who is their methods for that to go out because of that circumstance celebrating, however it is his …

Up From Eden is a book written by Ken Wilber which looks at evolution from a transpersonal psychological point of view, although he doesn’t simply examine the issue and prove his points through transpersonal psychology. After reading a few Wilber books I decided to try this one, which was …

One book in my writing collection, I bought it from Barnes and Noble on a vacation to see my sister. I was browsing through their reference section and came across it. After reading the back I thought it was what I was looking for.
I have to say I was …

A few days ago I was at Indigo and I happened to run across a book titled ‘Dracula Doesn’t Drink Lemonade’ from the series, ‘The Adventures of The Bailey School Kids’. This series was extremely popular when I was a child (personally I was obsessed with the series) and it …

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 …

‘Unlimited Power’ is a book written by Anthony Robbins. In this book, Anthony Robbins gives the message that with the power of the mind, one can do, have, achieve and create anything one wants for one’s life. Robbins tells us how to find out what we really want , …

When my daughter turned one year old she became interested in books, although she can’t read yet she loves to scheme through it. when she turned one year and six months somebody offered me an encyclopedia package but then again I can’t afford it One time we went to …

Dawn, Book 3. From the California Diaries collection. Author is Ann M. Martin.
These books are intended for the young pre-teen age level. I’m a 40 year old parent. So, my perception of the book may be a little different than a teenagers. The format of the …

Maeve Binchy can be counted on for a new book just about every two years. Her first book, Light a Penny Candle came out in 1982, her latest, Whitethorn Woods, came out in 2006 and she has a new one coming out in 2008.
Her books are so consistent in …

“Talion: Revenant” written by Michael Stackpole, is a fantasy fiction novel that tells the story of how a young boy named Nolan overcomes tremendous odds (the death of his family and the annexation of his nation) to become a “Justice” (the highest order of the Talions who keep peace …

“The Nancy Drew Mysteries” written by Carolyn Keene are timeless classics that I grew up enjoying. I admit at times if I can find nothing to read I still read them.
I began collecting the series in the mid seventies when I was 8 years old.
I …

Many comic events suffer from the problem of being “too big” —“ “Secret Invasion” and “Civil War” had key events and plot points in other books answering the questions raised in the main series, as did “Infinite Crisis.” While having multiple tie-ins expands the readership potential, they run …

After having acquired my set of the Webster’s Family Encyclopedia more than fifteen years ago, I still find this set of reference books very informative, relevant and very helpful.
I usually use the Encyclopedias to make reference to historical activities as well as to get a brief summary of an …

This book, a children’s book for age 8-10, is quite fun. The kids I read it with enjoyed it because they liked the idea of talking to dragons.
The main character has a funny name, and the way he keeps getting into odd situations because of the other kids is …

I enjoyed reading Legend by Jude Deveraux. It is one of her books with a time travel plot wherein the heroine travels from one time to another, meeting lovers and changing the history. Legend is so entertaining that like every other books written by Jude Deveraux, I also cannot …

One weekend, while I was on a visit to Bangkok, Thailand, I wanted to visit some bookstores where I could buy some books about Southeast Asia. With the suggestion of a friend, I went to the Emporium shopping mall.
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“The Adventurous Four” was a book I received as a present many years ago a little before I became a teenager. It was the first novel I had seen written by Enid Blyton, as I was used to seeing books with collections of short stories written for children by …

“Water for Elephants”, a novel by Sara Gruen, has become my all time favorite novel that I have come across to date. The way the author captured my attention and really brought me into her story to the point of feeling like a spectator of the events that took …

I was checking on my cousin’s blog site and I came across this article by Paulo Coelho. It is entitled “Closing Cycles”. While imparting his thoughts on “closing cycles” you will come up with a realization that in one way or another, each one of us experienced closing cycles. …

Sorceress of Belmair is written by Bertrice Small and I apologize to all readers who feel that they have a certain interest to read this book. I find this book truly a bore. Don’t get me wrong; I love magic books and stories alike, but this one …

Whitley Strieber’s ‘The Forbidden Zone’ is the most frightening horror story I’ve ever read. Streiber is the man behind the the movie ‘Communion’, based on a book detailing his experiences with supposed extraterrestrial visitors.
‘The Forbidden Zone’ isn’t your typical horror story, and you could call it suspense, because there …

This is the second book written by Frederick Forsyth that I read. My previous book, The Fist Of God was a stunner so I decided to sample more of his works. Turns out, this book is equally, if not more colourful than my previous …

Jack Canfield was the co-creator of the bestseller series, Chicken Soup for the Soul and so when I saw ‘Key to Living the Law of Attraction’ I could not resist reading it. It is perhaps the only book of its kind and is written in simple and understandable manner. …

The WordPress 24-Hour Trainer book is the best introductory book that I have found on learning to use WordPress. I had read on the Internet that WordPress was easy to use and understand. That I should have just been able to jump on the forums and everything would become …

I heard about the book BLUE OCEAN STRATEGY a long time ago. Now having read it, I immersed myself in the subject even more. The book turned out to be quite valuable. The general direction and methodology can help form a strategy, even if it is not a …

I have read the book —˜The haunted bridge’ written by Carolyn Keene. This book is one among the Nancy Drew series. As are all other Nancy Drew books, this book is also an interesting one and a typical mystery story.
The title for the book suits it well. Nancy …

It’s a well known that fact that everyone would be healthier if we switched to a strictly plant based diet. But, its another well known fact that it’s extremely hard to adapt to a life that way. But, despite having that work against me, I’ve started reading different books …

Julia is a truly scary and disquieting novel by horror great Peter Straub. It was written in the 1970s but stands the test of time and is still very readable and enjoyable today. You can tell it was written in the past because of the way the characters are …

I think that book fans all over the world would most probably have read Memoirs of a Geisha ever before. I had before, and that was years back, when this book was just released and was really ‘hot on the market’.
My friend was like talking about it …

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 …

‘As Sure As the Dawn’ is the third part of Francine Rivers’ trilogy ‘Mark of the Lion’. This time the plot is centered around Atretes, the German warrior took captive by the Romans in the first book. After being told by the slave Hadassah that his son is still …

I am halfway reading the novel of EL James, Fifty Shades of Grey and I was awe-struck on how an innocent girl smitten by a mysterious businessman Christian Grey. Basically, this book is not just your average, romantic kind of novel. It’s more than that. Steamy, kinky and hot. …

Creation in Death is about NYPD Lieutenant called Eve and who is haunted by those people that she could not save. The is a good officer but there was one particular case whereby she couldn’t capture the killers.
There appeared then to be a young brunette who …

Atlantis Prophecy, written by Thomas Greanias is a kind of a fantasy cum thriller type of movie but filled with action sequences which I find interesting and not bored reading at all.
It is something like Twister meets The Da Vinci Code at its best and I find the elements …

This is a great book, written by one of the greatest performers of all time in the wrestling industry, Chris Jericho.
The book starts off by telling us where Jericho grew up, what he used to do when he was a teenager, and how he got into wrestling in the …

The secret life of Oscar Wilde by Neil McKenna, is a biography about the famous playwright, author, and poet Oscar Wilde. I previously, knew very little about Oscar except that He wrote poetry, and was An contemporary of the famous playwright George Bernard Shaw, …

I don’t know what your name is, but I know who you are - and on this principle Susan Jeffers may be said to speak to us all as she writes Dare to Connect. For despite the many surface differences we manifest as human beings, one would hope we …