Reading is a thing that I enjoy but really (as many) think I have not got the time for it. I rarely read a book to be honest but this year my luck changed and I was having a lot of spare time and some of it was allocated …

I read the Patriot, a book that was based on the movie that you may have seen. While might not believe me, but I read the book before I ever saw the movie, and I am sure glad I did. For one, I was never a reader and I …

Unfinished Business is one of the stories in the series ‘Going Home’ by Roberts.
In this story, our characters are Vanessa Sexton and Brady Tucker. The former a world renowned pianist and the latter a doctor in the town that they grew up in.
When Vanessa returns to find the mother …

Out of Boneville is a cartoon by Jeff Smith. The series has received several prices, among them 10 Eisner awards. Fone Bone and his cousins Phoncible P. “Phoney” Bone and Smiley Bone are thrown out of Boneville. They are all white, bald caricatures whose main characteristic is their big …

In 1998, Tori Amos released my favorite of her albums to date: From the Choirgirl Hotel. And as both a Tori fan and a new pianist, a couple years ago I purchased via Amazon a copy of her sheet music book for the album, which I believe is now …

I saw the cover of this book by Susan Mallery at my local Books A million and the title just captivated me. I picked up the book and began to read the excerpt on the inside cover flap. I read it and knew that I just had to read …

This story, Major Crush by Jennifer Echols brought back old memories for me from my high school days. Enter 2 characters, Drew and Virginia. Both of them have crushes towards one another in the middle of the story, but not without Virginia having a major, major crush on …

Title: The Powerbook
Author: Jeanette Winterson
I enjoy reading language like that of Jeanette Winterson, because she very much goes beyond just stating. She creates many detailed imageries that help readers picture the scenarios vividly. More significantly, Winterson draws plenty of parallels in her writing that somehow manages to embed the parallels …

Let me start off by saying that the cover art of this book is just stunning. “Mona Lisa Craving” by Sunny is the third book in her Monere: Children of the Moon series. This book continues to follow the story of Mona Lisa, the first mixed-blood queen of the …

This is the eleventh installment of Sweet Valley’s The Unicorn Club seventh-grade series and it’s titled Angels Keep Out! I think the title is quite childish and corny and the title says it all. Both the Angels Club and the Unicorn Club have a party showdown just to prove …

I picked up this book because I like Jennifer Crusie novels - I’d never read anything by Bob Mayer before. It does read like a typical Jennifer Crusie novel, although there is a lot more information about guns and more violence in this one.
I liked this book, although …

This 3rd book of Circle of Magic Quartet, starts off not in the location of Winding Circle, but the Gold Ridge Mountains, where the 4 young mages with their teachers, traveled together with Duke Vedris IV, ruler of Emelan, (and also Sandry’s great-uncle) to help the people of the …

I have taken to reading the entire series written by James Patterson about The Women’s Murder Club. I first became intrigued by it when I watched the TV series based on this book, which had a very short run, and to date, I have not heard if it will …

A Sight for Sore Eyes (written by Ruth Rendell and published by Arrow Books, 1999)
This is a story of two people with different backgrounds, growing up amidst unhappiness and trauma. Anyway, they met and were attracted to each other. It was supposed to be a fairytale of …

My Vintage Summer by Jane Elmor is something like the movie ‘Ya-Ya Sisterhood of something’, only that there are certain elements of seriousness in this novel.
I thought that I can relate to a lot of things in this story, but I can’t. The stories have lots of reminisce to …

I was introduced to the works of Brandon Sanderson on the XI annual awards of the National Club of Fantasy and Horror. The publishers of “Artline” made an effective presentation of his upcoming novel “The Way of Kings.” My wonderful impressions of their previous projects came true and a …

This is the first book of the series “Dragonlance”, which describes the path of the better known shady characters of the story of the darkness. The first story about the sinking into darkness villain is that of Lord Verminaard, an antagonist in the first and original book of the …

I’ve just purchased Aaron Wall’s SEO book. It was my Xmas gift for my websites and blogs. I had time to go over the first two chapters and I am already happy! It’s worth every penny! As a matter of fact, it is worth even more. I higlhy recommend …

A young American is killed in a brutal manner in Bosnia during the ethnic cleansing by Serbian paramilitaries. His billionaire grandfather seeks to have the killer, a notorious Serbian gangster, brought to justice, but fails as the man has vanished into thin air and all the agencies of the …

I am reviewing the book, Dearly Devoted Dexter, written by author Jeff Lindsay. This book has recently been transformed into the hit Showtime series, Dexter, starring Michael C. Hall.
In this book, readers are introduced to sociopath Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter expert for the police department. As a …

‘Five on a secret trail’ is a book written by Enid Blyton and is one among the famous five adventure series. This is quite an interesting book. The children are enjoying their holiday, camping out near an old cottage. This cottage is empty. Nobody lives in it. Naturally, the …

This is the third and final installment and novel on the Jessica-Clay-Nick Fox triangle and just when Nick Fox has enough evidence to throw Clay behind bars, he will have to testify against him, and that’s when he has no choice but to enter the witness protection program as …

Sometimes in life, we are faced with different kinds of situations that are going to make us feel awkward and feeling out of place.
If you read the book “Excuse Me, But I Was Next…”: How to Handle the Top 100 Manners Dilemmas by Peggy Post, you will get …

This has to be an essential component of any artists bookshelf, whichever medium they chose to work in. I found this book spoke to me like few other books have. The story follows the childhood and adolescence of Stephen Dedalus, as he grope his way confusingly through the Ireland …

The Betty Crocker cookbook called, “The Big Book of Slow Cooker, Casseroles and More” is and interesting mix of meals that look appealing by the mere sight of the picture next to the recipe, and are easy to make with easy to
follow instructions. Also, this cookbook has a metric …

The fact that Jennifer Love Hewitt wrote a book at all is a pretty amazing feat. It’s a book on relationship advice and coming from someone who has had her fair share of break ups I’d tend to listen to what she has to say.
Jennifer confesses to be …

The Merriam Webster’s 11th Edition (collegiate) dictionary is designed to help students and professors to easily find words, look up their meaning (s) and origin (s). I have owned my dictionary for 2 years and I find it easy to look up any word because of the tabs on …

This is a Business Management book, and although it is not a textbook, it is intended for college and university students taking up their first course in Management. I am not a Management student myself; I am working and recently seeking ways to understand Business Management in the Philippines. …

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 …

Nightmare In Pink , written by John MacDonald, was published by Ballantine Books in 1995.
Travis McGee was requested by his war buddy to help his sister, Nina. Her fiancé had been killed in a mugging. He had worked for Armister-Hawes, an investment company handling the …

I wanted to instill in my child the love for reading, so even if he is still a baby, I started buying baby books for him. The Sesame Beginnings Baby Books are a few of the books I bought for him.
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When I was still in third year High School, my English teacher required me to make a reaction paper about the book entitled “The Heavenly Man” that was written by Paul Hattaway. At first, it was a big mystery for me on what the book is all about, …

I read the book “Thinner” by the popular horror writer Stephen King a couple years ago when I was fifteen. At first I didn’t want to read it since I thoguht that the book would probably be the first lame stephen King novel I had ever read especially when …

One of my favorite authors is Sophie Kinsella, and I got her book Twenties Girl for Christmas. Once I started reading it, I didn’t want to stop! It is about a girl who just happens to be in her twenties (though that isn’t what the title is …

Joshua Harris wrote about his story on dating, how he faced the temptation of engaging in casual sex prior to marriage. His one experience led him to dedicate his life to God and to keeping himself pure for his wife. This book is a useful, engaging and humorous account …

Living History tells us the life of Hillary Rodham Clinton from a Chicago suburban girl to the first lady in Whitehouse, then the New York senator. It was released in June 2003. I find this book quite personal, engrossing because Hillary tells her story from an ordinary person’s perspective …

I read this book sometime back and it is The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne. Have you ever wondered like how kids last time coped with their surroundings, be it wartime or something bad in their country; like people invading and all that..? This book …

Like a lot of people my favorite past time is reading. I would much rather do that then watch television or a movie. It just allows me to relax and put myself into another world. I think that one of my all time favorite books has got to be …

J.D Salinger’s first and only novel “The Catcher In The Rye” 1951 won critical acclaim and devoted admirers specially among the post World War II college students. This novel was a gift from my brother on my marriage anniversary.
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This book has changed my mind set about money. The book tells a story of two dads. The first was an educated professor, while the other was a dropout. In their lives, these two dads had different opinions about money. The educated one tended to say that he can’t …

While reading this book, there was a predictability which is meant. I thought of that I have known it was the expectation which this story ends somewhere. My center we wanted winning Lutie sort, destitution, and vis-a-vis the fight of discrimination. The fact that the fact that in the …

I recommend reading Girl In A Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold. Even the cover of this book is blue. This is a story on the journey of this woman, how she went through a marriage and how she felt worthless or should I put it, not valuable at …

“Star Trek 101″ by Terry J. Erdmann may or may not be worth a fan’s time and money. I borrowed the book from the library and I enjoyed it, but I doubt I would spend money on it. The reason I would not purchase this book is because a …

This book, No One Cares What You Had for Lunch: 100 Ideas for Your Blog by Margaret Mason gives no indication that it’s going to be a technical one for me. When I first took a look at the title, I already sense that this is going to be …

Like most people, I have a slight fascination with pirates and, when I came across the 1837 book The Pirates Own Book written by Charles Ellms, I had to give it a read.
Overall, it’s not a bad book. There are quite a few detailed stories about pirates from around …

This 1884 by author Edwin A. Abbot in what is by far his most recognized work, Flatland, bills itself as “A Romance of Many Dimensions.” Few are the cases in which a book so accurately describes itself. For all its talk of two-dimensionality Flatland is a novel …

This is the second book about seven-year-old Jordan March, who suffers from precocious puberty. In this one, young Jordan is sent off to live with her great aunt Francis, whom she had never met. Francis lives on a run-down farm with a weed-filled yard and the house itself is …

Many and varied answers given when people asked what he wanted to achieve in this life, ranging from the wish to have a house, luxury cars, the kids are smart, promising career, and others. All these answers if further attention, will lead to
one answer, happiness. Everyone wants to be …

This is one of the best books I ever read by the bestselling author James Patterson. It is the story of Max, a genetically modified girl who escapes from a clandestine laboratory in the wilderness of Colorado. She is then discovered and cared by Frannie O’Neill, the local vet …

Grounds For Love is a nice, good book for the soul and written by Maureen Mackey. This book is about a romantic comedy that I could see somewhere in theaters as well. Jenny Vaugh is a very highly-spirited and independent woman and she has her own desktop …