The Reader by Bernhard Schlink starts off as a very unassuming book, even if you just judge it by its understated covers.
I found the book very compelling. There isn’t really anything that makes you think, wow, but before you know it, you are drawn in. The writing is …

‘Gulliver’s travels’ is a book written by Jonathan Swift. Originally, this is a satirical narrative. Jonathan Swift has rewritten it in beautiful style. This book relates to us the adventures of Gulliver. The way in which Gulliver encounters the various obstacles fills the reader with inspiration and admiration.
The first …

The Next Accident is a novel by Lisa Gardner. I had not read too much by her in the past, but picked up The Next Accident at a library book sale. It was a great find. The novel is very entertaining and definitely MUCH better than most romantic thrillers.
Romantic …

I checked this book out for my four-year-old niece, right around Mother’s Day, with a bunch of other mother-themed books. Of all the mother-themed books we looked at, my niece and I agreed that this one was our favorite! The story contains beautiful, colorful, realistic illustrations of different kinds …

Blood Test (written by Jonathan Kellerman and published by Atheneum Publishers, 1986)
Jonathan Kellerman books are intriguing and gripping, charged with emotion and suspense. This story is no exception.
Five year-old Woody Swope was dying from an illness but his parents were reluctant to let him continue with …

When i saw this book in the bookshelf, i wanted to read this because and only because of one thing, the movie “Silence of the Lambs” which is the prequel to this book. I really liked the movie and especially the …

This was a delightful collection of short fantasy stories involving frogs. The stories are very clever and fun to read. I found them humorous and light-hearted as well, even thought some of them teach lessons to the reader. Teaching lessons is always good, but it’s even better when those …

Drop Dead Beautiful by Jackie Collins is a book that I’ve read recently. However, the character in question is Lucky Santangelo, and Jackie loves featuring Lucky in her novels. I think that this is definitely a good selling point and I have read another of her novel featuring …

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 …

I had read Steinbeck’s East of Eden before coming to this novel, so I was expecting something engaging. I wasn’t disappointed. The Grapes of Wrath is an excellent novel. The fact that one of the first chapters was wholly devoted to a tortoise moving along the road had me …

This movie is the 42nd installment in the Sweet Valley University series and it features Jessica Wakefield eyeing a new hot guy on campus, and her boyfriend Nick Fox has to be careful or else Jessica can give in to temptation and leave him behind.
On Jessica’s twin Elizabeth Wakefield’s …

I have just finished reading Never Lie to a Lady, written by Liz Carlyle. The book was bought around $6.50, and it has a romance genre. I really love the plots in this book and my experience reading it could be described as somewhat exciting and fun.
The …

Elizabeth Zimmermann is a famous knitter, well-known for her ability and her problem solving techniques as well as her ingenious knitting patterns. Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Knitter’s Almanac therefore can be expected to have great patterns and some neat ideas for different ways of doing things.
And of course, the Knitter’s Almanac …

Olivia Morrison was a rebellious child. Her mother died when she was very young leaving her to grow up in the care of her step-father. They treated her well and kind but she remained defiant of her family. Her step father is from the Archer clan who was an …

KING OF THE RING: THE HARLEY RACE STORY
Probably the most dissapponting pro wrestling autobiography on the market. A major, major letdown.
Harley Race, as all pro wrestling history afficionados know, was the 8 time NWA World Heavyweight champion who was one of the all time greatest in ring performers and …

I was quite excited when I found this book on the library shelf as I have enjoyed most of the novels by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. In my opinion, they have a knack for writing thrilling stories that take unexpected turns and have surprise endings. Most of their …

Do you like green eggs and ham? Well, just ask Sam I am! Dr. Seuss has created many best selling children’s books, and for good reason. He makes the text easy to read, the illustrations meaningful and fun to look at, and the book a real …

Books like this title, The Hour Before Dawn by Sara MacDonald are really gripping and having a tight plot. Maybe I have a personal liking especially due to the fact that the story is settings include Singapore. And the rest are parts of New Zealand as well as …

Yell Oh Girls by Vickie Nam
This is a brilliant collection of essays by Asian-American female teenagers that should be on anyone’s bookshelf if they have even a passing interest in material written by Asian Americans or teens. What makes this book so special is the raw emotion that it …

In the book The Ambivalence of Abortion, Linda Bird Francke tells the stories of women who have had abortions, the men who are their partners, and the clinic workers and who deal with abortion on a day to day basis. She gives an inside look at what women go …

Boring Postcards sounds like a very dull title for a very dull book. It even looks uninteresting, with a plain grey cover. But in fact, this landscape format hardback book is much more worthwhile than that, and if you are in the right frame of mind for it, it …

I was sold on this young adult series by Kelly Armstrong the minute I saw who the author was. I’ve read all of Kelly Armstrong’s adult books, centered around a mystical theme, and knew that these Darkest Powers books would be something to behold. Her characters are always very …

At the end of last issue Tony Stark and Peter Parker were off to Washington for a hearing of some kind. This issue we find out what the hearing is about. The government is trying to pass a bill that will force superheroes to reveal their true …

The original book is called “Onze minutos” and was written on 2003.
I want to start this review by saying that I am not a fan of Paulo Coelho, I do like the things he writes about but I do not like how he writes. Nevertheless, this does not mean …

If you want a book that will make your mind twisted or shall we say a book that will make you think and will make you recall the recent chapters that you read.. Then I suggest you to read Haruki Murakami’s The Wind Up Bird Chronicle.
A compelling book. …

“Stardust” is a beautiful fairytale about the town of Wall in England, and a young boy on a journey into manhood. Many may know the story from a recent movie adaptation but would do well to give the book a thorough read through if for nothing other than a …

I read Red Dragon by Thomas Harris recently. I’m sure you’ve seen the movie starring Edward Norton and Anthony Hopkins. Well usually the movie is a much less detailed description of events than the book, however in this case, I would give both the film and novel an A+.
The …

Recently I had read online that many people have pet hedgehogs, so I decided to read a bit about these prickly animals. While this book is not about keeping hedgehogs as pets (the author strongly disapproves of such behavior towards a wild animal), it was very informative and sweet. …

I bought the book called Fit and Fabulous in 15 Minutes by Teresa, Tapp, Barbara and Smalley features the most popular fitness program, called T-Tapp. This is actually a fun workout to do, and my colleague at work recommended me to this video. I wanted to burn …

I have relatives living in UK, and occasionally when my family and I go there, we live to visit London in the process. We would always bring this guide-book which is called England For Dummies, written by Donald Olson. This guide-book is very helpful. There are …

I enjoyed the first book in this trilogy, but I was majorly disappointed by the second book. I was really hoping for the third book to resurrect the trilogy, and I was expecting a major turnaround and a fantastic, nail-biting finish to the trilogy.
Unfortunately, this book managed to be …

Stephen Coonts has many successful books, most of them based on war, and the Vietnam War in particular. While these books are good the whole ‘war novel’, especially Vietnam, has been done and redone ad infinitum, so it was refreshing to see a new kind of novel from an …

This is a story of a girl named Patty Bergen a jewish girl in Akransas, who lives near one of the U.S. P.O.W. camps for german soldiers of World War II.The summer that Patty Bergen is twelve is one she nor no one else in America will forget. It …

Protein Power by Margaret Leeming is a recipe book with a difference. It is aimed at both vegetarians and those wishing to provide wholesome, healthy meals.
I am a vegetarian and although other members of my family are carnivores, they are happy to eat meatless meals too. …

My daughter ended up buying a book the other day that I didn’t think much of at first; Priscilla and the Pink Planet. But, after taking the time to read it to her (while feeding my other daughter), I realized it wasn’t too bad of a story.
Basically, the book …

You would imagine a book with such a decisive title as “Twentieth Century Children’s Writers” to be a fairly definitive work, and such this book mostly is. I don’t think it is by any means perfect, especially in some of the decisions made about which authors to cover, but …

Star Trek: The Next Generatrion - The Eyes of the Beholders is a novel that I found to be lacking in some ways. In this novel, a number of Federation and Klingon vessels disappear, so the Enterprise D is sent to investigate. Upon arrival in the sector where the …

Messages From Your Angels, by Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.is an inspiring, uplifting book for anyone who is spiritual, or anyone who is looking for a new approach to dealing with the hardships that life throws at us.
Doreen Virtue is a kind, inspiring and talented woman who has the ability 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 …

First of all, I would like to congratulate Mr Barack Obama for winning the Presidential Election. Way before he won, I have read this book by him, Dreams From My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama. It is a must-read and I highly recommend …

Saw an episode of Oprah where Geneen Roth was talking about her book. I thought the idea of women and their relationship with food was very interesting. I mean what woman wouldn’t want to know why we are so attached to food and can’t lose weight? And if Oprah …

I love to read books, of fiction and non-fiction. Recently, I was reading a series novel, and it was the first series, called the Rookie Club (Signet). This story made me read it on and off, and after about 2 weeks, I have finished reading it.
This story …

“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 …

New Moon is the second book in the Twilight series written by Stephanie Meyer. I don’t personally like this book too much because it is filled with sadness. In most of the book, Bella is alone without Edward who left Forks. Bella was crushed after that and even started …

I have recently read all three books in the ‘Dark Materials’ trilogy by Phillip Pullman. All three books were equally interesting, it wasn’t one of these series where the first book seems good and then the rest fall flat and the story line was well maintained through all …

The Tuscan Sun Cookbook is a random cookbook I found while browsing the Italian cooking section. I think my obsession with the Italian dessert, cannoli, is why I’ve become more interested in learning to prepare Italian food, and not the kind that is drowning in sauce served in chain …

“The Little Big Book of Christmas” by Lena Tabori is a book that can be purchased for nineteen dollars and ninety-nine cents. While that may sound like a lot for a book, there’s a great deal of content waiting to be enjoyed within the book, spread out across a …

Pandora’s Box by Elizabeth Gage is one of those glamorous, racy suspense novels that I imagine my mother hiding under her pillow when I was a child because she didn’t want me to get my hands on it. Elizabeth Gage is one of my guilty pleasures. I save …

It does pain me to give an overall bad review of a Stephen King novel. I have very much grown up with his works. I became interested in Horror movies before I became a teenager, but I was not allowed to see most of the ones I was interested …

“Vernika Decides to Die” is a kind of book where you just don’t get tired of reading. Every time you read it, you get new insights or you find a sentence you don’t ever remember reading before.
I have read this book years ago and I was happy with …