Books Reviews
The Summerhouse Novel - Jude Deveraux
When I read just the narration and summary of this story at the back of the cover, I told myself I needed to read this book, actually I think almost everyone will be curious to read this as the plot is all about going into the past and changing …
Blasphemy by Douglas Preston
Douglas Preston is one-half of the writing team that brought you “The Relic” and the mysterious Special Agent Aloysius Pendergast. His latest novel, “Blasphemy”, is a scientific and religious thriller which features Wyman Ford, the monk from Preston’s previous solo release, “Tyrannosaur Canyon.”
“Blasphemy” touches on the controversial subject …
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 …
Archer’s Voice, novel by Mia Sheridan
Somebody help me calm down my heart! I had Archer’s Voice in my Kindle for a long time before I finally read it, I always said I was gonna read it, but I ended up reading something else. And you know what? I now regret that! I wish I …
SVU: The Trial of Jessica Wakefield Book
This book features Jessica Wakefield being a main suspect of being involved in a cocaine bust and her boyfriend Nick fox who is a detective, is having trouble who to believe. This book also features Enid Rollins having some evidence that can free Jessica out of jail since she …
Diary of a Mad Bride by Laura Wolf
Diary of a Mad Bride by Laura Wolf is a very nice and funny title. I enjoyed reading this book like tremendously. Before you start reading this novel, take a look at the illustration and you will either have a small laugh, smile or chuckle. I chuckled …
Mexican New York, Transnational Lives of New Immigrants
Mexican New York, Transnational Lives of New Immigrants is written by Robert Courtney Smith and sometimes, I find myself in the mood to read about travel books and this one is not really the pure travel kind of book like describing about a particular place. But rather, this …
Man Of Steel, Book Adaptation By Greg Cox
Similar to the Dark Knight trilogy and its predecessor “Superman Returns”, the latest hit, inspired by the comic book universe of DC “Man of Steel” also received an adaptation of a book and its author is again Greg Cox who did a great job also with the book that …
Final Truth by Mariah Stewart
This book that I have read is called Final Truth by Mariah Stewart. The genre is suspense thriller, and I have an interesting time trying to figure out things as the characters in the story go along, and also as the plot thickened.
This is a very good and …
Comic Book: Daredevil Issue 276
Daredevil issue 276 is definitely one of the worst issues I have read. Ann Nocenti has written herself in a corner with a ridiculous plot line featuring a beautiful robot who looks like a real woman, an environmentalist whacko, the Inhumans from the moon, and Ultron, the most …
Comic Book Character: Anaconda
Anaconda was a groundbreaking character in the Marvel Universe for the sole reason that she was ugly. She was really disgusting looking. When you think about it, virtually no super heroines or super villians are unattractive. Virtually none of them are even average-looking. More than ninty …
Eragon book
Eragon is the first book in what is titled The Inheritance Trilogy. I had seen this book and heard that it was great but had never really paid too much attention to it. However I was at the book store looking for something new to read when I found …
Stop Whining, Start Living by Dr. Laura Schlessinger
I’ve never come across a more intriguing and most definite interesting self-help book ever written by an author. Stop Whining, Start Living is written by Dr. Laura Schlessinger, and the cover page itself is an up-close and personal picture of her dressed in a smart business jacket, half-body. …
Tell Me I’m Here by Anne Deveson
Tell Me I’m Here by Anne Deveson is the true story of a mother’s struggle to come to terms with her son’s schitzophrenia.
In this book, Anne introduces her son, Johnathan and his happy, delightful personality in his adolescence. As he grows, Johnathan changes into a frightening, confronting and difficult …
The Step Child - A True Story by Donna Ford
The Step Child by Donna Ford
Harrowing has got to be the word for it. It is the story of a girl, now an adult, who suffered horrific abuse at the hands of her step mother. There are a number of similar books about at the moment and it seems …
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah
Firefly Lane by Kristin Hannah is a good book that you can give your best friends. The story is very sad and it tells about the story of 2 friends, whom have been the best best of friends ever since young, but then loses the essence of friendship when …
WordPress 24-Hour Trainer Book George Plumley
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 …
Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck? book
The title of this book - “Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck?” - makes the work sound as though it is going to be a rather straightforward look at how the dinosaurs were wiped out - and, indeed, the painting of a snarling dino on the otherwise dramatically black …
Faster Than A Kiss Manga
My husband will tell anyone who asks that I love my manga. I love a good romance story where good always wins, but I also like a good storyline to go with it. Stories that have some adventure, danger, love. You know, all the good stuff. So, I am …
The Crush by Sandra Brown
The novel tells a story of a beautiful independent surgeon, Dr. Rennie Newton, who becomes the leader of juror board in a murder case trial with the defendant Ricky Roy Lozada. For the reason of having not enough evident, Lozada is finally free.
Not long after, her rival colleague, …
Nightmare Academy by Frank Peretti
“Nightmare Academy” by Frank Peretti is Book 2 of the Veritas Project series. This time, the Springfield family-team of undercover investigators of strange/supernatural occurrences works on a case of a runaway teen, found in the middle of a road with his memory completely blank. When a flicker of memory …
Meeting God : Elements of hindu devotion by Stephen Huyler book
‘Meeting God : Elements of hindu devotion’ is a book written by Stephen Huyler. The author has written about the devotional life of the hindus in India. In India, majority of the people are hindus. Hinduism is one of the ancient religions of the world and the devotional life …
“Ophelia” by Lisa Klein novel
“Ophelia,” a young adult novel by Lisa Klein, is an excellent read for any teen girls out there looking for something romantic and exciting, or anyone who is a fan of Shakespeare. “Ophelia” is the story of Hamlet told from Ophelia’s perspective, which makes for a refreshing new outlook …
The Backwoods by Edward Lee: novel
Edward Lee is a horror writer known for his hard-core style: extreme violence and sexual content. The Backwoods was released around five years ago, when Lee was just getting into the height of his popularity. The Backwoods is a horror novel about a young woman who returns …
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
I love to read Margaret Atwood�s novels, she makes the reader feel that they are right there in the Victorian world in this story, thus immerging them thoroughly in her novels and the reader feels like they cannot put her books down until the very last page. And …
Hot Property
Hot Property is a really one boring novel that I have read before. Written by Carly Phillips, it is perhaps one of the most boring book ever. No kidding. The book centers around John Roper and his failing sports career in the limelight. He is like …
Harry Potter Book 1
I absolutely adore Harry Potter and am one of his biggest fans! Those people you see on the news who go to the midnight release party, yep I am one of them. However, it has not always been that way. I only recently got into Harry Potter, after the …
The Post-Birthday World novel
The Post-Birthday World is the first book I’ve read by Lionel Shriver, who also wrote We Need to Talk about Kevin. This book (the post-birthday world) is a New York Times Bestseller, and I can see why.
The writing is smooth and flows well…you can really see what the character’s …
Supermom by Mick Manning and Brita Granstrom
Supermom is a very sweet book that compares animal mothers to human mothers. The book discusses the way human and animal mothers look, have children, take care of their children, etc. It also brings home the idea that all mothers are different in many ways, yet the same in …
39 Clues (Book Series)
The 39 Clues series is a co written book series - each book no bigger than 200 - 300 pages or so with large print written by various popular writers taking turns such as Rick Riordan (author of Percy Jackson demigod series), Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis, Jude Watson, Patrick …
My Descent Into Death by Howard Storm book
A book that I have read numerous times is My Descent Into Death by Howard Storm. This is a book that I love. In it, Howard Storm tells how he was a successful artist. While in France, he had an extreme health emergency. Hydrochloric acid …
The Brain That Changes Itself by Dr Norman Doidge
The Brain That Changes Itself is given to me by my best friend. The price is around $24.95, and could be obtained in any bookseller’s shop. I am not sure why she bought this for me, but I suppose she has a hidden message wanting to tell …
The Brain That Changes Itself Book by Norman Doidge
It is amazing how a certain book can balance between science and the almost religious belief in miracles.”The Brain That Changes Itself” of Doidge tells just such stories , border lining on real miracles - paralyzed patients who begin to use their limbs, people with great brain damages who …
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
When people talk about ‘War and peace’ today, it is usually to illustrate that something goes on and on and seems to have no end. This novel is indeed very long and in some parts - I guess - not very modern for someone belonging to the younger generation …
Bandersnatch edited by Paul Tremblay and Sean Wallace
This is a small hardcover book of thirteen short horror stories by various authors. It’s an anthology on strange, dark and unpredictable creatures - or that’s what the introduction of the book says. I think the editors went a bit too far on the strange part, as none of …
Killing Bridezilla by Laura Levine Book
This is another Jaine Austen mystery that I read, as lately I’ve been hooked on these incredibly funny books. I never knew mysteries could be funny like this and I’m glad I found this incredible author. The stories are very zany and yet believable. This one involves Jaine going …
The Places in Between by Rory Stewart
In 2002 Scot Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan. Since the United States had invaded Afghanistan and attacked the Taliban in response to the attacks of 911 one wonders why Stewart chose this time. Strangely enough this was a time of relative quiet. Stewart was the first “tourist” to visit …
A Thousand Bones, by P.J. Parrish
A Thousand Bones is a suspenseful mystery story that keeps you guessing until the end. The book was written by author P.J. Parrish. I personally found the book very eye catching just by the book cover. On the front is a dark blue cover with the shadow of a …
Vampire Academy
This book is about two girls, Lissa and Rose. They are both a type of vampire a morai and dhamphir. Lissa is considered royalty and Rose is her best friend. The morai which is what Lissa is have a strong bond to the earth and its …
The Hotel on the Roof of The World by Alec Le Sueur
One of the favorite book genres that my family and I love reading would be about traveling stories related by real people. Another book that I have read before, and would love to visit someday would be The Hotel on the Roof of the World. This book …
Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds Miniseries
If there was one complaint that I had about DC Comics’ “Final Crisis” event last year, it was the delays. Just about every book had a serious delay in the printing that led to the story coming out months late; mostly, from what I understand, the delay was …
Fairy Tail manga volume 1 by Hiro Mashima (Graphic Novel)
Fairy Tail manga volume one by Hiro Mashima is a series about a young, cute wizard who seeks to get into a powerful wizard’s guild called the Fairy Tail Guild. She meets a handsome wizard known as Salamander but also befriends a strange boy named Natsu and his …
JSA Kingdom Come Special: Superman
I’m a huge fan of the Kingdom Come story. I think that it’s one of the many comic works that shows people that it can be a medium to be taken seriously. It’s rich with symbolism and allusion as well as being a great superhero story.
When Geoff …
Deep Black: Dark Zone by Steven Coonts and Jim DeFelice
In the long awaited third book in Stephen Coonts’ Deep Black series ex-Marine sniper Charlie Dean, ex-Delta leader Lia DeFrancesca, and big funny man Tommy Karr are back in a new thrilling adventure to stop a new terrorist threat. With a nuclear warhead missing and numerous problems arising in …
Dean Koontz The Vision
Having read that book I must say I was a little disappointed. After reading two of Dean Koontz’s books I got accustomed to his storytelling skills and although I was aware of the fact that it wasn’t a great writer, his books seemed a good fun. No more. ‘The …
Photoshop CS4 100 Simplified Tips Book
Each chapter is divided into tips according to the same subjects. For example, the first chapter is devoted to tips about the user interface of the program, then proceeds with tips devoted to various Photoshop skills like Layers,Image Editing, Retouching and Enhancing Color Tones. The first few lessons are …
Monday Mourning by Kathy Reichs
After watching and re-watching Bones, I finally figured out that the television series that I dearly loved was based on the novels and characters of Kathy Reichs. Dr. Tempearance Brennan was bragging about it to Boothe in one episode saying “I’m a best-selling author. That gives me elevated status …
Jonah Hex 45 comic
This comic picks up where the last one left off. Hex is believed to be dead by his enemies and Bat Lash and Tallulah are held captive.
The comic opens with a quick introduction of El Diablo, who makes an appearance here. I know nothing of the character so …
Hard News by Seth Mnookin
Hard News is written by Seth Mnookin, and I borrowed it from the library some time back. I have a knack for reading books that play with arguments, and opinionated views.
This book touches on the deceptions of Jayson Blair, a former New York Times reporter who had made …
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