I used to adore John Grisham novels. His first books: A Time to Kill, The Firm, The Pelican Brief, and The Client — were exciting, enthralling novels. Grisham’s experience in law gave him the background to write legal thrillers, and his personal talent made them good ones. Over the …

Horsemanship by Waldemar Seunig was originally published in 1956. I found this treasure on classic riding by lucky chance and have never let the book out of my sight. This is a comprehensive look at English riding beginning with the origin, history and then practical application of taking a …

I recently read Kevin Trudeau’s first book on natural cures. I could not put the book down once I started reading it. It is very compelling. One part that I found fascinating was the discussion on conspiracies going on to prevent people from acquiring the knowledge necessary to cure …

What’s Shakin in Snowflake City is perhaps one of my favorite children’s stories. It was given to my son for his first Christmas by my great aunt and we read it all the time. Even though it is a book perfect for Christmas and winter, our family …

What a cute manga story about love, loss, betrayal, and good winning over evil. Alice 19th is a popular manga that was one of the first mangas I have ever read and it was just on a whim. I was passing the graphic novel section in Borders, when it …

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 …

Trace was written by Patricia Cornwell, and published by Time Warner in 2005.
Patricia Cornwell’s books are difficult to start I often have this problem with her books. I read the first two chapters of this book, and only returned to finish it half a year later. …

Vampire Academy is the first book in the Vampire Academy series, which consists of six books. In Vampire Academy, you have three types of vampires: Moroi (mortal vampires who have powerful magic), Strigoi (immortal vampires who are evil and love to drink moroi blood) and Dhampir (half human, half …

“Bear Stays Up for Christmas” by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman is a charming, short Christmas story that tells of a bear that refuses to hibernate so that he can spend Christmas with his forest friends. This is a book that’s definitely geared toward young kids, but adults that …

Many people have probably heard of James Herriot and the wonderful books that he has written. However, what some people probably do not know is that this was a pen name that he used to avoid any chance of what could be construed as advertising for his office located …

As far as Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s short stories are concerned, his story, The New Catacomb, isn’t as scary as I think he intended on it being, but it is a great story to read.
The thing I like about this story is none of it makes any sense until …

Nevermore is the title of this amazing book by Kelly Creagh which is also based on some of Edgar Allan Poe’s pieces as well.
The story begins with Isobel,our protagonist, who belongs in the crowd.She is popular, hangs out with the popular kids and is dating a jock,of course this …

I have read A Good Girl Comes Undone by Polly Williams before. I love the cover actually and this is a book that is perfect for your summer read or for a beach read.
This novel is very funny and with Polly’s style of writing, you can never …

I love this book, as it is one of the crazier of the Goosebumps series. Not to mention, the book contains some neat twists. It made it to TV, and at times, I do watch the episode.
The story’s plot is set around a girl whose name is Lucy. She …

Angela’s Ashes is a memoir of known author Frank McCourt. The story is about McCourt family amidst hardships and tragedy, the agony of having a good for nothing father depicts real life happenings even in present time. The story is set in America and Ireland particularly in Limerick in …

Celebrating its 30 year anniversary, V.C. Andrews first published novel is infamous for its themes of incest and infanticide. It is looked at with derision but still manages to be one of the most popular novels ever written, despite its risky subject matter.
Trust me: The paperback copy at my …

In the first chapter of “The Scarlet Letter” titled “The Prison Door”, Hawthorne addresses the prospect of utopia by pointing out the blatant realization that all societies, regardless of their intentions must face the harsh realities of life. Therefore, Hawthorne suggests that the prospect of utopia is in fact …

I don’t buy many poetry books myself, although I am a fan of the genre. Recently I purchased Persephone’s Dream and Other Tales by Persephone K Vandegrift, from ebook bookstore seller www.todaybooks.com.
This ebook of poetry is wonderful, I haven’t read anything in years that made me laugh, cry think …

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“The mark of Athena” is the third book in the series by Rick Riordan about the Heroes of Olympus and perhaps the most highly anticipated title of these book series. With an initial print run of 3.5 million copies of the new novel about Percy Jackson outstrips even the …

Recently I’ve gotten into the habit of re-reading my old John Saul books. Most of them I’ve had since high school, but haven’t read in several years and that was the case with Second Child. The book follows Melissa and her domineering mother as well as her loving father …

Just seeing the front cover of this paperback novel, and reading the small summary at the back was enough to make me interested in this novel that I found in my aunt’s bookshelf some years ago. Although I thought the book was somewhat interesting, I thought the writing was …

James Patterson’s “Big Bad Wolf” is the latest adventure of Alex Cross, formerly a detective with the Washington DC PD, now a new member of the FBI. While still in his orientation phase, he is assigned to a case called “White Girl”, a series of abductions-for-slavery incidents.
The protagonist …

When I first heard about Virgin Comics I was intrigued. A new line of comics written and drawn by Indians, incorporating Hindu mythology into some of the well-developed norms of modern superheroes? It sounded quite interesting, and the one that sounded most interesting of all was the …

I love to read books on relationships. This one, 10 Great Dates to Energize Your Marriage by David Arp and Claudia Arp is another great book ever written and it shares 10 great dates that you can share with your partner or bring your partner to whenever you feel …

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 …

For anybody interested interested in the philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche, or perhaps looking for some challenging - though not difficult to read - material, the book “Thus Spake Zarathustra” makes for an excellent book, though perhaps not so much an excellent starting point in the philosophy of Nietzsche.
Though Nietzsche …

My co-worker loaned me this book and did tell me up front that it was a difficult book to get through.
Although the subject matter is difficult to read, I couldn’t put the book down and didn’t put it down until I was finished. I was a little tired …

I-SPY Above Your Head is a book in the popular I-SPY series published by Michelin. The book isn’t really a book, more of a cross between a game and a guide, suggesting things for you to find, in this case things that are above your head, hence the title …

“Maths on the CBM 64″ is what it says on the spine of this book, and so it is what I am using as the title here, but on the cover itself you get a much longer version: “Mathematics on the Commodore 64: Essential Routines for Programming”. That makes …

Reading this book, Viva El Becks: An Intimate Portrait of the World’s Favourite Football Star, I was wondering whether it’s an official or a non-official book. Anyway, I got my dosage of the life of David Beckham and his lovely wife, Victoria.
Most of the pages are filled …

After acquiring and effectively using the Franklin Covey personal organizer, I couldn’t help but associate great things with a book I came across, entitled Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Steven R Covey.
Since I naturally made an association of quality with the Covey name I thought that this …

This series has been continuing on from the 80s. The awesome thing is that the author still manages to stay up to date with legal and other types of things that revolve around criminal justice. That being said, this particular book is not one of her best. The plot …

I enjoy eating meat, but I thought I would try a vegan cookbook to cut down grocery costs. This book is great! There are so many delicious recipes to try, and not all of them contain tofu. There are recipes for basics, like making tortialls, bread, pasta sauce, and …

I read Daniel X: Alien Hunter Graphic Novel by James Patterson one day while volunteering at my local library. It’s about a boy named Daniel who is an alien, but his superpower is his ability to imagine anything and it will happen.
James Patterson’s first superhero story is …

I think that most people know their sign in the Eastern Zodiac. Whenever I talk to someone about astrology we usually come to the topic of Chinese astrology. I realized that we don’t know much about it except for our signs. It’s easy to figure it out since the …

Fiddlehead is my first experience with Cherie Priest’s Clockwork Century series. The novel is set in the United States during the height of Civil War. In traditional steampunk style, history within the Clockwork Century has taken a few strange turns with the advent of new and often dangerous technologies. …

The behaviors observed within both “John Barleycorn”, by Jack London and “The Lost Weekend”, by Charles Jackson make evident the notion that although both characters suffer from alcoholism, the disease affects each individual in a notably distinct and divergent manner. Careful examination in regard to the mindset and psychological …

Eric Bana
To complete Beatles lyrics book
It might sound strange that a young girl would be excited to receive a book containing lyrics of a 60s band. And you might ask yourself, why would anybody want to purchase a book containing information freely available online. But the truth …

I found this book a valuable part of my writing collection, it has simple step by step contents page and each section is in short easy to read paragraphs. The writer, Susan Page, has taken each part of how to write a book, from the first word to publishing …

I picked up Rich Name, Poor Name because I have always been interested in the meanings of names since looking for baby names years ago. I don’t know that I believed that any name is necessarily a rich name or poor name but I did agree with the …

Pattern Crimes was written by William Bayer and published by Nal Penguin Inc in 1988.
A rather difficult book to start it took a number of times before I could manage to continue with the rest of the book. The beginning was strange and slow; maybe there …

The Da Vinci Code is a suspense, mystery thriller that starts with the gruesome murder of a museum curator. This book is an international detective story that brings the reader to a race across France and the United Kingdom through a covert world of puzzles, anagrams and hidden messages. …

The author J.R.R. Tolkien is very well known for books like The Hobbit or The Lord of the rings. I can understand the fame of this author, as the books that he has written are a completely different world.
About The Hobbit, this book was published in 1937, and relates …

Being a big Sherlock Holmes fan, it would be a sin for me not to read the very first book that featured him; A Study in Scarlett. But, as far as Sherlock Holmes stories go, this is actually one of the worst.
The book takes place in two parts. The …

Bianca Olivier has just started at the school, Evernight. Everything about Evernight seems perfect; the school is beautiful, the students are well-groomed and the lessons are interesting, but Bianca just does not fit in. Then Bianca meets the mysterious Lucas and is immediately attracted to him. However, at Evernight, …

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. …

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. …

This new SVU book series is apparently all about love, friendship, and freedom, but I think Sweet Valley creator Francine Pascal has gotten things way out of hand. The writer, Laurie John, is also different from the ones like Sweet Valley High and Sweet Valley Teens, and I honestly …

The sense of loss and hopelessness that people who lose family members is created so vividly in this book. It’s about a 18 year old girl who vanishes while she is away at college and the aftermath it causes. It’s like going into the mind of a mother who …