Books Reviews
And Then There Were None book
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE. by: AGATHA CHRISTIE (1939)
Agatha Christie was always known for her ability to write in the genre of mystery and crime, granting herself the title as “Queen of Crime”. Her books and works are wildly popular, selling over 1 billion copies, and only beaten by …
The Serpent book
The Serpent was written by David Wiltse, and published by Dell Publishing, 1984
A horrifying story of a boy whose mind had turned when he was thrown into a serpent’s pit. Thomas’ mother was a country preacher, mesmerizing her audience with her powers over snakes. Thomas’ father was …
Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain
I am always looking to read a good book that is interesting, educational, and has to do with self help. I came across a book years ago and have read it numerous times over the years. It is called Creative Visualization by Shakti Gawain. This is a work of …
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the first book in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy. It is a series of three detective novels featuring the journalist Michael Blomkvist and the hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvists works on a case about a girl who went missing many years ago, and during …
Fly Solo: The 50 Best Places on Earth For A Girl to Travel Solo book
Coordinating travel schedules is one of the hardest things to do. The degree of difficulty increases exponentially as the number of people traveling together increases. That is why I choose to travel solo whenever I can. I found this book at Fully Booked which has helped me a lot …
Red Leaves : Tale of Murder and Suicides by Thomas H. Cook
Eric Moore’s life is perfect for many people. He has a business, have a wife who loved family, and the boy who was always obedient. However, when everything looks perfect, Eric Moore destruction of life began to happen. Everything begins with the disappearance of Amy Giordano, the son of …
The God of Small Thins by Arundhadi Roy
To put, full particulars it is easy with linear motion and brief method. The family enters those opposition of the communism person, how, it owns the factory of the pickles, works with that. Around the same time, the family waits for the arrival of the English of the child of …
Stoner by John Williams, Novel (NYRB Classics)
I appreciate publishers as much as the books that they put out. The binding, the cover design and typeface are things that attract us to a book and judge on the merits of the publisher. I particularly like NYRB (New York Review of Books) paperbacks, and want …
Torchwood novel: Almost Perfect by James Goss
In classic Torchwood tradition, the story begins with a bang and just grows from there. Ianto Jones, intent on helping to solve an on-going mystery, finds himself transformed into a woman…a perfect vision of a woman… and the fun just keeps on coming as he…she learns to deal with …
Once Smitten Twice Shy by Lori Wilde
Lori Wilde did a good job in writing this novel. This is a story of a struggling videographer, Tish Gallagher, who is trying to get out of debt. She was able to get a client, the daughter of the president, Elysee Benedict. Tish was chosen as the official videographer …
Secrets of Internet Millionaires Revealed by Irfan Khairi
I have been anxiously looking for this book since the Malaysian author Irfan Khairi was featured in the local newspaper. I was very excited when the book was available at a small bookstore at a bargain. It was wonderful to know that there is a Malay Internet …
Perfect Match by Jane Moore
Perfect Match by Jane Moore is near to perfect. The story is about a couple with a child and embarking on getting another baby so that the baby would in turn be able to help their son, named Ben to be cured from his illness.
They need …
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
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 …
Stop the Insanity by Susan Powter
Dieting is the worst thing you can do to your body because you’re depriving your body with the correct / normal amount it needs for normal functioning and for normal metabolic rate. Losing weight shouldn’t be quick because your body would suffer if you try to force it lose …
My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Piccoult
I’ve been Jodi’s fan since 2003. First book that I bought was Keeping Faith. It’s about a child with stigmata’s experience. I liked it so much, because of the interesting topic she bought. Topic wasn’t about love between man and women, but about family. Jodi brings unusual things to …
Shadow Souls book
This is book six in the Vampire Diaries series, which we all thought had ended at book four some fifteen years ago. The writing style changed dramatically from book four to book five and the subject matter was a little more adult to fit better into the market today. …
Being Kendra: Cribs, Cocktails, and Getting My Sexy Back book
I recently read this book, Being Kendra: Cribs, Cocktails, and Getting My Sexy Back, and I was honestly disappointed. I’m a big fan of Kendra and her first book was amazing, but this book was just wrong. I was looking forward to her usual quirky self while raising her …
Night Fall,Nelson DeMille
Night Fall tells the story of TWA Flight 800, which mysteriously crashed off the coast of Long Island in 1996. The crash spawned numerous conspiracy theories, including those claimed that the plane was shot down by terrorists or US military friendly fire. The conspiracy theories was given extra weight …
Bones by Fae Myenne Ng
Bones by Fae Myenne Ng is a touching book based on immigrants from China living in San Francisco’s Chinatown. The book touches upon many topics that immigrants living in America have to deal with including assimilation and conflicts between traditional Chinese parents and American values. I found …
Devils Knot by Mara Leveritt
This is a book that tells the true story of “the West Memphis three”.Three teenage boys who were convicted of first degree murder based solely on a confession from a seventeen year old with an IQ of 70.It is written in this book and many other places that …
The History of Torture by Daniel P. Mannix book
I’ve had a love for history since I was a small child. I’ve studied it most of my life, but my curiosity on the historical effects, implementations and consequences of torture and other forms of corporeal punishment were brought together by “The History of Torture” by Daniel P. Mannix.
I …
The Giver, by Lois Lowry book
I recommend The Giver because this book is a big “WOW!!!”. It talks about a teenage boy who lives in a Utopian world. I’m sure that every single human being want to be in that sort of world. I thought it was the perfect place to be, but I …
The Natasha book
It is a fact that can not be disproved, that more than two million people in the world, involved in the global sex trade every year, as a buyer or seller, which is business continuity, managed by the power of a business or criminal groups, which continue to move …
The Girl in the Steel Corset by Kady Cross book
I was so excited to read this book. The beautiful cover and the good reviews drew me in, as well as the interesting blurb on the cover, and so I began with high expectations. I was also excited about my reading debut in the ’steampunk’ genre, and …
Fruits Basket Manga Volume 7 (Graphic Novel)
Fruits Basket Manga Volume 7 begins with Tohru spending time with Kisa Sohma, who has become attached to her. Hiro Sohma becomes jealous because Kisa doesn’t spend time with him and confronts Tohru about it.
It’s an interesting volume because it follows the pattern of Tohru meeting another member …
Sweet Valley Twins: The Cousin War (Book)
This book is all about the twins’ cousin Robin coming to visit to Sweet Valley. Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield are psyched to see their cousin, but their brother Steven Wakefield is already dreading the day because he knows the house will be so noisy then!
When Robin arrives, they are …
In The Rain With Baby Duck by Amy Hest
“In The Rain With Baby Duck” is a children’s book authored by Amy Hest and illustrated by Jill Barton. It was published in 1995 by Candlewick Press. It is a large book physically, both tall and wide, but it is not very long. I can be …
Hangman’s Curse by Frank Peretti
The Springfield family, the father, the mother, and teenage twins Elisha and Elijah, work as undercover agents investigating peculiar, hard-to-explain situations often involving the supernatural. Their work is known as the Veritas Project, “veritas” being the Latin word for *truth*. This time, the team infiltrates Baker High, a small …
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson was truly fantastic. The book intertwines the tale of the1893 World?s Fair in Chicago with a cunning serial killer H. H. Holmes. Both stories were awesome, but the story of Holmes was riveting, this guy was so calculating …
Vogue and Butterick Step-by-Step Guide to Sewing Techniques (Book)
Vogue and Butterick Step-by-Step Guide to Sewing Techniques (Book)
By The Editors of Vogue and Butterick Patterns
“Vogue and Butterick Ste-by-Step Guide to Sewing Techniques” by The Editors of Vogue and Butterick Patterns was a surprise find when I was looking through my local library’s online database. I currently possess sewing …
Mark Levin’s Liberty and Tyranny: A Conservative Manifesto
Mark Levin has emerged as one of the most popular conservative talk show hosts in the United States. His program, The Mark Levin Show, draws in an audience upwards of 7 million regular listeners. In addition to hosting his radio program, he has authored three New York Times bestsellers. …
Rites of Passage, book by Joy N. Hensley
When I read the synopsis of this book I got really excited because it reminded me of a certain Disney movie (Cadet Kelly) that I loved in my childhood, so I jumped right in to read it! I thought I was gonna find an entertaining but light story with …
Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson
Midnight Tides by Steven Erikson is the fifth book in the Malazan Book of the Fallen, and the first set in the Lether Empire. Midnight Tides introduces many new characters, and brings the Tiste Edur, the children of shadow, to the story. The Lether Empire is expansionist, …
Mistress of the Art of Death by Arianna Franklin
There are tons of great books out there these days and it is the duty of the internet reviewer to find the books that are the best in order to save readers time and effort. Though not everyone has the same taste in books the book “The Mistress of …
Naughty Neighbor by Janet Evanovich
Janet Evanovich is a good and humorous author. She is one of the authors that I would always love to be reading her romantic love novel series. However, the other titles I’ve yet to be able to read. This title, Naughty Neighbor is a good romantic comedy …
Gossip Girl by Cecily Von Ziegesar
Written by Cecily Von Ziegesar, Gossip Girl is a good book for adolescent and certainly adults like you and me. It is full of the life of the rich and famous and certainly “privileged” kids that we came across in boarding schools and trendy schools. Up came …
Hot, Flat and Crowded by Thomas L. Friedman
In this book, Thomas L. Friedman, best-selling author and writer for the New York Times, carefully proposes ideas for a national strategy for the “greening” of the United States. He has done his research well and presents strategies that he believes will be the power sources for the …
False Impression book
Jeffrey Archer’s False Impression is a book best avoided. Indeed, it is difficult to believe how one of the best authors of this era could have come up with useless twaddle like this. The book purports to tell the story of a conniving and cunning New York banker who …
Wine for dummies by Ed McCarthy
That’s a great book for whom who actually needs just basic knowledge about wines and for whom who is looking for more professional deeper approach to this topic.
Don’t be confused with a title. It’s not really for dummies) In fact, a lot of complex information, sophisticated term and material …
Border’s Books Huntington Mall
One of my favorite places to hang out is in a bookstore. I could spend hours just walking through the aisles. It’s a great way to find interesting books. I keep hoping that one day they will put a Barnes & Noble in my area but until that happens …
The Horse and His Boy book
The horse and his boy is the third installment of what I consider to be C.S. Lewis’ best series. It takes place in the magical land of Narnia. It is a little less action-packed than the rest of the books, and sadly the movie producers thought so too and …
Ben Hogan: An American Life
Ben Hogan is widely remembered for being a man with an icy-cold personality and the ability to control the golf ball like nobody had before. He is given credit for being perhaps the best shot-maker of all time, this being due to his machine-like ball striking and labourious …
Powerbooks
I’ve always loved books and I read every chance I get. When I visit the shopping malls, I make it a point to visit bookstores and watch out for sales. The problem is some books can be really expensive.
But when I had my first job as a Sales …
Quarterback Dad by Bobby Mercer
The minute my wife found out she was pregnant she made it her mission to go and buy me a book about how to be a dad. Ok I’m with it. She came home with a nice little book called “Quarterback Dad” by Bobby Mercer and Alison …
The Goal: Beating the Competition book
There are a lot of things we can get through reading books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets etc. Let us juts be thankful for many books writer, they give us more strength, motivations, knowledge for every readers. They show hoe life is great.
I read lots of books and I really …
Ice Cream War
William Boyd has been a professional writer since 1981. His first novel, “A Good Man In Africa” was relesed to great critical acclaim in the summer of that year, winning numerous awards. His follow-up, “An Ice Cream War” took this one step further. “An Ice Cream War” was a …
A Lady of Expectations by Stephanie Laurens
I just finished reading A Lady of Expectations by Stephanie Laurens and found it to be a chore to finish. I usually love her work but this book was lacking. I found the characters to be dull and the story was lacking. Romance novels are predictable …
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde is a book purely on fantasy, but a literature fantasy. Can you imagine that? That is what I first come across when I read this book. It is full of magical fantasy and that is something that I truly admire the …
Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt
While this book promises to teach Economics in One Lesson, it is less a a book about basic economics and how the free market economy works than it is one about economic policy and how to examine its effectiveness. Henry Hazlitt wrote this little gem of a book …
Porno by Irvine Welsh book
If the infamous Trainspotting did it for you, then you have to read Porno! It is set around a decade later than Trainspotting, and features a lot of the original characters, with plenty of new ones thrown in to keep the plot from ever standing still. The …
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