Timothy’s Files was written by Lawrence Sanders. (published by New English Library in 1988)
I didn’t realize I’m going to enjoy this book so much I actually spent the whole night just reading it. The author had created a truly sad but likeable character, in Timothy Cone, …

I’ve read the novels by J.R.R Tolkien I swear it be hundreds of times by now. And each and every time, I find myself delved so deep into the story of Middle Earth, it’s hard to retrieve my mind from fantasy back to reality. These novels were written in …

Kiss and Angel was the first book I read from Susan Elizabeth Phillips. This was recommended to me by a few friends who were totally obsessed with it. They’d been telling me to read for so long, but it didn’t really caught my attention cause it’s a little bit …

The first thing to realize about Jones’s books is that they’re actually quite hard to understand. Every time I re-read her books, I’d find out something new which I had missed before. Therefore, it is important to read her books ‘carefully’.
About Howl’s Moving Castle, I’m sure some of you …

I became a fan of Christian novelist Jacqueline Thomas after reading her book “Jezebel.”
The main character of “Redemption” is the beautiful Marin, a well known actress, who meets, falls in love with and marries Warner, a well known preacher and evangelist. Despite his sister’s disapproval, he believes that God …

The Borders Books in Colleyville (5615 Colleyville Blvd) is a welcome addition to the area. I find that in most cases, this Borders has better prices than Barnes and Noble as well as a better selection. The magazine section of Borders is much larger than any of the other …

Who Switched Off My Brain is an awesome book by Dr. Caroline Leaf. This book offers practical advice on how to control toxic thoughts. From a thought’s very conception to its maturity, the reader is taken on a tour of the brain through the thought’s paths. …

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is the sixth book in the bestselling series, Harry Potter. In this book, Harry is back at Hogwarts. Voldemort is back, and his followers are causing havoc everyone, even in the muggle (non-magical) world. The wizarding community finally believes what Harry has …

This book was recommended to me by a friend who shares my taste for post-apocalyptic literature. I found the book very interesting and sort of low key. This was refreshing as most “end of the world as we know it” books tend to take themselves very seriously. There was …

Beginner’s Greek, written by James Collins, is a book about another man having a loser start for his love life. I notice that there is an increasing trends of modern love cum romantic comedy type of novels and I think it goes well by me. And the characters …

This novel is written by Nita Trismaya. I read this about two weeks ago when I came to my aunt’s house. This is actually my cousin’s novel. She’s still teenager, no wonder she likes this kind of teenlit. I read it for killing time, while waiting for my aunt …

Ah, Dumas. How could I not adore you? After finishing The Count of Monte Cristo, I figured that nothing in the world could possibly get better. I was wrong. I’ve recently finished The Three Musketeers and found it to be the most fantastic story I’ve ever read. Set in …

Paperback swap is one of two book swapping websites I’m currently using, the other is the superior Bookmooch.com.
The idea behind the site is this: you make a list on the website of books you own and want to get rid of. Another user on the site decides that …

For ladies especially, I’ve read this book, Better than Beauty: A Guide to Charm and it is so charmingly lovely and amazing. I cannot put the book down at all. The color of the book enticed me totally that I took it just by the first glance and …

I had never heard of the book The Phantom Ship before. But, I found myself bored one weekend and figured I would sit down and read it; assuming I probably wouldn’t get past the first couple chapters.
I found it actually was pretty good, even though it tended to drag …

The latest “Vampire Academy” novel, Spirit Bound, is once again a remarkable piece of work. Instantly Rachelle Mead draws readers into the book and keeps you there until the very last page.
What I love about this series is that all the paranormal fantasy elements involved, but it is …

This book is quite closely based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, practically mirroring it in some situations, as well as adding in a play that is being performed - an adaption of Pride and Prejudice.
There isn’t really a strong plot in this book, because a lot of the …

At close to forty dollars per copy, with a rather funny looking front cover and a horrendously short back blurb, is the final Harry Potter book worth it?
In the end, that’s up to you. The book itself is well-written, although very dark and literally covered in death and fighting. …

“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 …

I was so fascinated with the sport of triathlon that I started reading up on it. I decided to try training for this event and picked up a triathlon book (see my review of Swim, Bike, Run by Glenn Town and Todd Kearney). After training for a while, I …

The novel which this vividly is produced is written on modulation and the non-linear format. With the slowly small dose quality makes clear, happens in advance in the novel to be possible thing is explained greatly afterwards. When the past of quality of elegant coefficient of fluidity differs, it …

“Saladin” by author: Anne-Marie Edde. The book is translated from the French by: Jane Marie Todd. (Harvard University)
Saladin: in 1187 (the Muslim Militaristic leader) was able to capture the city of Jerusalem. He captured the city from the descendents of the Christian crusaders. …

William Shakespeare wrote for the masses, a fact which is central to Bob Smith’s poignant memoir. Specifically, Smith uses Shakespeare to anchor his memoir and to create a reading narrative, relating passages from the plays and the sonnets to significant moments in his life. The title comes from …

Sumire 17 is a manga by Nagayoshi Takeru that is one of the best manga that I have read aside from its sequel, Sumire 16. The story revolves on the life Sumire, a seventeen year old high school student that is very perky and just wants to make new …

I really didn’t care for this book very much. I just read it a few days ago and I can barely remember what had happened in it and I think that clearly says something about the plot. I remember the beginning, where they found a murder victim buried in …

The Brown Recluse is a short story by Davis Grubb. It appears in the anthology Shadows Three which was edited by Charles Grant. The anthology is a horror themed one but this particular story is more of a mystery than a horror story. The story revolves …

Too Much Happiness written by Alice Munro is a wonderful collection of stories. Even though I am not very clear why such a title for this book, I like the title of the book. The story inside the book is ten variety stories. All the stories are delightful reads. …

One Night With You is a very sweet and romantic novel that I have just recently completed reading. The characters are very “engaging” and it is about Lady Jane Guthrie who feels that she is a prisoner in her own family. They treated her like she is …

This book is not a feminist one, but rather it ascertain the rights of women in Wall Street and other lines, or rather, the lack of it. I was surprised to read about the revelations of real life scenarios that portrayed the biased of different situations and the discriminations …

The Gift by Cecelia Ahern is awesome. I would say that this is such a magical book with lots of nice plots here and there. It appears to have a very nice plot and yet again, Cecelia the awesome writer has done it again this time. First …

I’ve just finished reading The Appeal by John Grisham with nothing worth mentioning at the end of it all, except that the ending really wasn’t what I expected at all. It really, well for lack of a better word, “sucked”!
Basically, it is a story of big business and politics …

When I discovered that there was a series called “Fall of Cthulu” I was intrigued. While I’m not what you call a Lovecraft fan, I am fascinated by the mythos that the man created.
While this is the fourth in a four issue arc, it’s one of …

This book, a “chic lit” is about a financial journalist named Rebecca Bloomwood who struggles with her day to day living because of her being a shopaholic. The Irony of it is that she gives advices on how to save money, and yet she can’t control her natural urges …

Written by Ed McBain and published by Avon Books in 1989.
Ed McBain’s stories have been consistent so far that is, they have never disappointed me. In fact, the author sometimes delivered delightful surprises, as he wrote about the team of the 87 precinct and their investigations. …

Heretic is a novel that takes the background in 1584. This novel shows a lot more special things as a novel, with a clever story because of the presence of Elizabeth as a little girl that the multi talents. Elizabeth was also able overcome the historical problems around it …

Carla Neggers is a well known and popular author of romantic suspense novels. In Dark Sky she combines action, drama, suspense and romance to create an interesting plot. Deputy US Marshal Juliet Longstreet returns to her apartment to find her doorman dead, the victim of a …

This is a fantastic book that will touch the hearts of many. If you are a foster mom/dad or work in the social services field - I recommend reading this book. It gives so much insight. I felt like I was writing passages of this book …

When I first saw the author to this book, I was sure I was seeing things. The author is Max Brooks, Mel Brooks’ son. I had been looking for the book because I had heard people talking about what a great book it was. I was just surprised it …

This is the third book in the X-wing series from the Star Wars expanded universe. It is about 5-6 years since the ending of the Return of the Jedi, the Rebel Alliance is turning into the New Republic and they have taken over the Imperial capital, the city-planet Coruscant. There …

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 …

Vision in White is a new release by Nora Roberts - the first book in the Bride’s Quartet.
Roberts’ recent series were mostly trilogies and all related to the supernatural or involving some kind of danger element. This quartet comes as a refreshing change as it focuses on love and …

Star Trek: Klingon Novelization is a novelization of the CD-ROM game by the same name. There is, as the name suggests, an intense focus on the Klingon culture in this novelization, however, characters from other species do appear, from both the Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: …

Okay, this book, Small Business Management: Launching and Growing New Ventures, Fourth Canadian Edition looked and felt to me like a textbook - but a really interesting textbook. I found lots of information that was useful to me, as well as some things I hadn’t even thought about so …

Billion Girl is a ten volume long manga by Sakai Miwa. The manga has the genre of comedy, drama, mature, romance, shoujo, and school life. I think it can also be labeled on tragedy because a lot of situations in the manga are really too tragic. The story runs …

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 …

The Christmas Cricket is a children’s book written by Eve Bunting and illustrated by Timothy Bush. It was published in 2002. The story tells of a little cricket who sneaks inside a home and treats the family inside to a special Christmas song.
The story does a nice job …

I have read plenty of cake decorating books that promise step-by-step instruction, only to give the first two set of instructions while leaving me lost and mystified to figure out the rest. The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating is nothing like that, and the author makes sure every step …

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 …

Greg Iles has given us another great thriller just like his previous ones that have landed on the New York Times best seller list. All of the action in Third Degree takes place in one day, and once you start reading, that is about how long it will …

This part memoir, part how to guide by Stephen King is a great read. Even if you’ve no aspiration to write yourself, the opening stretch where King recalls his childhood, his difficult years spent working night shifts and the beginnings of his alcoholism whilst waiting for his break and …