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 …

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 …

What Every BODY is Saying has lots of good ‘catch’ in it. Written by Marvin Karlins and Joe Navarro, it has lots of good elements that could be useful for readers like you and me out there to ‘detect’ honesty and looking through more than the body language …

Anne Frank is probably one of the most famous people of World War II. The diary she wrote while in hiding has been translated into many languages and been made into more than one movie. But, Anne did more writing. She wrote stories, essays, and even …

To Green Angel Tower is the sprawling conclusion to Tad Williams’ trilogy Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. And sprawling is an understatement. Unlike the first two novels, the finale, at least in its paperback form, covers two large volumes of more than 800 pages. Yes, this is …

This book is an inspirational story by Ben Sherwood. Everyone is a survivor, if they believe in themselves. As humans, we all wonder what it takes to survive a crisis. This book goes through stories of survivors and what they did. Also! We get a test so we can …

1500s, Scotland. Regan, a 17 year old girl, has just gotten married and is preparing for her wedding night while her new husband, Roddy MacLaren, is still celebrating with friends. Regan is an orphan; the MacLaren clan has been her family. She does not really love Roddy, he’s been …

I was completely blown away by this first installment of the Legends of the Guardian-King series. Fantasy as a genre, and especially Christian fantasy, is often considered to be children’s books, some sort of fairy tales that serious-minded adults don’t need to bother with. The Light of Eidon by …

Slave to Sensation, the first book in Nalini Singh’s Psy/Changeling series, was a delightful surprise. This Fiji-born writer has created an amazing world of the future where three races co-exist: Humans, Psy (humans with powerful psychic abilities) and Changelings (shapeshifters). The story follows the relationship between Psy …

Description-Barnes and Noble is a huge book store that every book lover will enjoy. They stock thousands of books, some music and they offer a number of different services to make the store one of the best books stores in the United States. It is a chain store that …

I have had this book on the shelves of my bookcase for a while and it was one of those which stayed there and never got read!
I’m sure that I bought it because it was advertised in a railway magazine and at the time I thought that it …

The Shape of Snakes was written by Minette Walters, and published by Berkley Publishing Group in 2002
A thoroughly gripping book kept me up all night wondering at the conclusion, so absorbed in following the investigation of a brave, though neurotic woman who did not let up in …

If you are reading this review you are probably older than me. Because if this book was not a school assignment I would never have heard, or read about it. But, it was a school assignment. And, im very glad it was a school assignment because, unlike many books on …

Nicholas Nickleby is Charles Dickens third novel. It is the tale of Nicholas Nickleby and his sister, who are left penniless when their father dies. The main antagonist is their uncle Ralph, who is a mean old man and doesn’t try to make life easier for his niece and …

‘Major Hindu Festivals’ is a book written by Subhash Anand. The author has written about the major festivals of Hindus, who consist of 80% of the population of India. The author writes about the ancient origins of the major feasts of the hindus. The author says that these feasts …

Odd One Out by Lissa Evans is a very funny book filled with fun-filled, annoying and definitely weird characters. Odd one out is actually referring to a particular character in the story and you have to read on to figure out who she or he is. Not easy …

“The Guardian” by Dee Henderson is Book 2 in the O’Malley series featuring seven orphans, Kate, Lisa, Jennifer, Rachel, Marcus, Jack, and Stephen who had decided to be “adopt each other” and be a family and took the family name of O’Malley. Each book focuses on one of the …

As many of you probably know Stephen King is like the most popular writer of today. He’s known for writing great thrillers. But my favorite story of his was the Langoilers. It all starts when this pilot lands his plan and is ready to go home for the night. …

The book title, I Hate Conflict! is something that I will always have to read out aloud on days that I have a bit of a problem dealing with the people in my life. There are just a lot of people that I consider being out to destroy me, …

Many times I’ve heard that Sally Rooney’s novel NORMAL PEOPLE is one of the bestsellers of the last decade. And one day, my girlfriends got into an argument about that book’s content. Then I decided to read it to see for myself who was right.
This novel raises important …

I love reading good books, especially books which are related to self improvement or psychology. From all books I have read, I can surely say that this book is the most great book I ever found. I read this book when I was in first semester at the university, …

The Neverending Story, written by the German author Michael ende, is one of those books that marked my childhood, making me read it many times.
Summarizing the story, Bastian Baltasar Bux is a kid who’s bullied in his school. One day while running away from some bullies he got into …

The Hunger Games is a trilogy of books by Suzanne Collins. The first book in the series, simply just called The Hunger Games is my favourite book in the series. The plot follows a sixteen year old girl named Katniss Everdeen, who bravely volunteers to take her sister’s place …

In Freedom Manifesto, British author Tom Hodgkinson lays out a part Anarchist, part Self-Help, part Existential blue print for the pursuit of freedom. Freedom from what? Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, Work, and Waste.
Although he tackles these subjects with a unique …

One of my favorite books of all time has always been, and always will be, Meg Cabot’s Airhead series. It’s filled with drama, teen love, and something most books just don’t offer. Adventure. Meg Cabot always starts each book off with a grip, and this, is by far no …

If you have young children, nieces/nephews, or grandchildren who enjoy bedtime stories before bed (or any part of the day, really), this collection of stories is perfect! Instead of having your kids watch the movies for all the fairytale stories you grew up with yourself, why not read it …

This novel, In One Year and Out the Other, is a collection of short stories. Most of them are about finding new romance or boyfriends.
It isn’t really the most interesting collection ever. Many of the stories are a bit disjointed and fairly short. They don’t really have any character …

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 …

This book can be taken in so many ways. On one hand, you can read it and feel compassion for the Lacks family and they went through and the love Rebecca Skloot held for them. Or, you can get angry about the unfairness of how the cells were taken …

Daredevil Issue 235 was written by Danny Fingeroth and published in 1986. Steve Ditko was the artist. This is a good old fashioned issue that focuses on the hero overcoming great odds in the form of one of Marvel’s most powerful super villians, Mister Hyde.
The issue shows …

Furies of Calderon is the first book in the first fantasy series by Jim Butcher, who has also written the Harry Dresden series. The series is called the Codex Alera after the fantasy world Alera where it all happens. Butcher is a huge Tolkien fan, but luckily the series …

This is another of Terry Pratchett’s popular Discworld books, this one based upon the witches who live in Lancre. There are several other books featuring these witches, all of which are funny. This one is amusing as well, although not quite as funny. It connects well with small mentions …

I enjoyed reading ‘Neuromancer’, a science fiction novel written by William Gibson. It was published in 1984, and the ideas expressed in this book came way before their time. Gibson coined the term “cyber space” with this novel, which is one of the very first considered a part of …

Comedy —“ you won’t be able to stop laughing at the vicissitudes of Adrian Mole
Passion of maturation has never been so painful - and so funny - as in the famous secret diary of Adrian. Persistent pimples and parents marriage crisis, failures in the field of literature, and usually …

Paul Sheldon is a writer who has established his name by writing popular novels about the adventures of a 19th century woman named Misery Chastain. The Misery series has thousands of readers and brings a lot of money, but Paul hates it and he hates the heroine who is, …

Cowboy in My Pocket is a truly delightful novel. Written by Kate Douglas, it tells the story of a sweet romance for the young as well as the old.
Michelle Garrison is a novelist of a romance genre and suddenly, her books aren’t selling like hot cakes …

“Fantasy and Your Family” by Richard Abanes analyses popular fantasy novels like “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Chronicles of Narnia” from a Christian perspective. I have met some Christians who are wary of these books and even fantasy as a genre, thinking that it is for some …

I hadn’t read a detective for a very long time, so I decided to relax, take a break. But with THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN it was hard to relax.
This book can hardly be called a detective. It’s more of a dramatic story. Three women, three personal tragedies that …

This book, The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker, is an imaginative spin on the classic story of the frog and the golden ball - the one in which a girl is playing, drops the ball she is playing with into the well, a frog rescues it, and the frog …

The Dear America Series is a collection of books for children and adults. It is a child’s trip through different periods of American history through the eyes of a young child ages 12 to 15. It is written in diary form and is a wonderful way to learn truths …

I bought the Total Immersion (Ti) Extra Ordinary swimming for everybody in June 2009 from the TI website. Amazingly, this is the most influential material, I identify, I have ever had with me.
I bought it after; I had a sample material on it from TI website. It is copyright …

‘Empowering women’ is a book written by Louise L. Hay. This book is basically for women, though it can be read by men. The book is a message that all should experience self-love, self-worth, self-esteem, and a powerful place in society. The author offers insights into how women of …

The books first few pages had me captured in laughter. The main character Samantha Sweeting is at a type of relation place but with her job as a top lawyer at Carter Spink she cant relax. They have a rule at the spa no cell phones or blackberrys or …

It is rare when you have a book that contains and melds such diverse and complex genres as history, horror, and incredible poetry. Such a tome is Margaret Atwood’s legendary ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’, and is perhaps one of the most ingenious novels I have ever had the pleasure of reading. …

This is one of those books that most kids in school are forced to read as part of the English classes. It’s one of those books that is thought of as a classic and just because of that, everyone else is being forced to read it. And that’s how …

One of my favorite authors, New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen (Harvest, Bloodstream, The Surgeon, The Sinner, among others) gives us another suspense-filled, action-packed thriller that keeps us riveted from the first page to the last. The Mephisto Club is a story about a serial killer who tortures …

I had a chance to go through this book written by John Wright –The former Coach of Indian Cricket Team.There was much hype for this book.But i don’t think this has the content as expected.May be the media is the reason for the artificial hype.John Wright in his …

I love a good mystery and one of the best mystery writers that I am a fan of is Dean Koontz. My son tries to buy me at least one of his books each Christmas as a present. This year I received the bok entitled The Darkest …

Book Two in the Sabriel Trilogy by Garth Nix.
Lirael is born into the Clayr. The Seers of the Old Kingdom. She is shunned by majority of the Clayr due to the fact that she doesn’t have the sight and of her looks. Most Clayr have blonde hair and skin …

Author: William R. Forstchen
This book was impossible to put down.
The premise is the United States is struck by an EMP nuclear attack, destroying our technology and throwing us back into the 19th century. One of the things I appreciated about this book is that the author did not …