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 …

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 …

“Max’s Bunny Business” by Rosemary Wells is a brand new Max & Ruby book published in 2008. It is big and bright and has a cute story, although it is not as funny and charming as some of the other stories. However, my daughter loves all that is …

While I still think Bram Stoker’s Dracula is the ultimate Vampire book, I have to admit one of the stories he drew inspiration from is pretty good too.
Sheridan Le Fanu’s novella Carmilla is an awesome story and, if I didn’t already know it was about a vampire, would have …

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 …

I recently bought “The Stinky Cheese Man” for a children’s literature class, but I first read it in elementary school. The book is full of wackily illustrated fractured fairy tales, which give a new and strange perspective to the classics. The book is illustrated by Lane Smith and won …

Batman & Daredevil: King of New York is an interesting story published jointly by DC and Marvel Comics. It was published in 2000, written by Alan Grant and illustrated by Eduardo Barreto.
The story is your basic superhero team-up, although thankfully the writers do not have Batman and …

In the age of the global warming and the BP oil spill, more and more people, myself included, become interested in behaving in a more eco-friendly manner. And although I sort my trash and don’t use plastic bags for my shopping, I suspect there are a lot more …

Amy Dorrit, a young lady of twenty two, was born at the Marshalsea Prison where her father had been placed many years ago for his debts. The family had been living there ever since. Amy’s mother died shortly after the girl’s birth, her father strains to keep what is …

I recommend The Giver because this book is a big “WOW!!!”. It talks about a teenage boy who lives in a Utopian world. I’m sure that every single human being want to be in that sort of world. I thought it was the perfect place to be, but I …

Ultimate Spiderman 10: Hollywood
This is another great trade paperback in the Ultimate Spiderman line as Spidey has to once again face off with the menace of Dr. octopus.
Spiderman heads west to put a stop to an “unauthorized” movie about his life and who doeshe happen to cross paths with? …

Promise Not To Tell by Jennifer Mcmahon is a very chilling story; one that I am still remembering days after I have finished reading. You can say that this book has a certain impact on me. This book is about a killer that had never been found. …

The Wheel of Time is an immersive series of novels. Robert Jordan’s masterpiece begins, obviously, with the first volume, The Eye of the World. Full of mystery and intrigue, the characters find themselves being driven headlong into a world full of conflict and strife. The introspective way in which …

I felt that this book was just ok. I thought it kind of dragged on until the last few chapters which is when the book got really exciting and became a page turner.
The book is centered on two people named Roche Savage and Bleu Labeau. Blue was …

When I picked up The View from Saturday by E.L. Konisburg, I half expected it to be the same as From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler. The two books are similar, but E. L. Konisburg goes in a different direction and with a completely new …

I have read the book —˜The password to Larkspur lane’ written by Carolyn Keene. This book is one among the Nancy Drew series. This book is a good book and interesting to read. The mystery is very thrilling and Nancy certainly has been very daring in this story. Even …

This children’s book by Eva Ibbotson is a clever, funny book about a wizard who wants to get married and how he chooses which witch to marry.
There is the usual cast of funny characters and strange creatures, as well as a few strange coincidences. The part I think was …

I grabbed the Hungry Girl cookbook because it seemed like a cute approach to cooking. The book cover actually looks a little like one of the Rachel Ray cookbooks and the author has apparently read her books because it has a lot of things in common with her books. …

This book is really great for kids. It’s a mystery book and it makes one’s mind think and be creative, and I value this book because it lets kids be smart and lets them analyze this book while still having fun.
The book is all about the Wakefield twins having …

This is the second young adult novel I read by Paul Zindel and I really enjoyed it. The plot moved at a fast pace, so this book is a real page-turner. It has everything you could want in a good story: mystery, scary thrills, adventure and even a dangerous …

The Pagan Stone is the final installment in the Sign of Seven Trilogy. And I gotta say, this final installment simply rocks!
The first 2 books focused on Cal & Quinn, Fox and Layla. No surprise then, that this book sees more of Cybil and Gage. i love both characters …

The latest entry in the Sookie Stackhouse series, From Dead to Worse, takes place a few months after the explosion in the previous novel. This book is quite a bit slower than the previous books in the series, even though it is longer. Much of the first part of …

I LOVED this book.
I LOVE Laura’s radio show, though, so it didn’t surprise me. It was a surprisingly fast read, for something that includes so many facts. After reading each chapter I felt I was really armed with information to argue Conservative viewpoints with others. Laura is a …

Despite the fact that it isn’t Christmas time, I still enjoyed this book. Dr. Jeffries and Katherine O’Connor are the main characters. They are brought together by fate. It was foreseen in Katherine’s neighbor’s box of kitty litter. They discover right away that they believe …

Little men is the second book about the three surviving March sisters. Little Women saw them all married and happy, in Little Men we mainly follow Jo and her boys as she runs a boarding school in the house she inherited from aunt March. The old house is filled …

Leslie Marmon Silko’s Native American 1977 classic entitled “Ceremony” is truly a masterpiece. Her novel, which follows a World War II vet as he returns to the reservations and struggles with what we would now term Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), brilliantly weaves together description, emotion, and narrative.
One of …

‘You can’t scare me!’ is a book written by R.L. Stine. This is a horror story and quite interesting to read. There is a girl whose name is Courtney. She is quite popular girl. Now there are four kids who are mischievous, two boys and two girls. These kids …

I have read the book, A Promising Man, and About Time too. If you are a fan of chick lit, it is more than likely you will like this book. Being a fan of chick lit myself, I really liked it.
The basic plot is a woman who meets a …

Bloodline is another fascinating novel by the author Sidney Sheldon. As his other works this one too provides a fantastic read from the very beginning where the story begins with news of death of Sam Roffee, the president of a multinational company set by his ancestor. With his sudden …

The Nameless (written by Ramsey Campbell and published by MacMillan Publishing, 1985)
The story started with a seemingly unrelated interview of a killer by another psychopath, Kaspar Ganz, in the guise of a psychiatric doctor. Ganz seemed excited when the killer related the details of his …

Immediately following the epic conclusion to the Zero Year story line issue #34 has Batman compelled to stop a serial killer who is targeting homeless and the otherwise “invisible” people of Gotham. As is the case with many one-shot stories that fall between major story lines, readers may feel …

“The Open Window” written by H.H Munro is about a man named Framton Nuttel who has ventured to a new town to endure nerve cure treatments. His sister does not want him going to the new town and closing himself off from the other town people; she sends him …

I recently read the book “City of Oranges” by Adam Lebor and believe it is an important book to read given the state of politics in the Middle East. LeBor subtitled the book “An Intimate History of Arabs and Jews in Jaffa.”
The book begins in Jaffa (part of today’s …

“For The Love of Letters: A 21st-Century Guide to The Art of Letter Writing”
Samara O’ Shea
Non-Fiction
ISBN: 978-0-06-121530-8
Frankly speaking, I like to write, and I’m not sure if I’m any good at it; however, I like it just the same. I was looking for a how-to book on letter writing …

“Behemoth” is the second book in the fantasy trilogy by Scott Westerfield that started with “Leviathan”. After reading the book I can say it is worth buying it. At the end of “Leviathan” prince Alec, the rightful heir to the throne of Austria-Hungary, escapes with his men on board …

This Aliens novel is a real treat; not only offering a pretty interesting story, but managing to deliver some fiction that doesn’t stray too far away from it’s source material. It feels very much like an Alien movie - the characters all seem like they could appear in the …

I am an absolutly huge fan of the harry potter series. Ive beenr eading them since day one, and was at the bookstore at midnight to pick up this latest olume in the series. I think that this book, book 6 is one of the best in the entire …

Models don’t eat chocolate cookies by Erin Dionne is a sweet novel for teenage and preteen girls. The plot, a young teen’s struggle with self confidence and her weight seems like it’s going to be an after school special but the book is actually quite in depth and well-written. …

This comic was a tad on the incomprehensible side. Spawn turns violent as he interrogates the angel who has confronted him. Sara calls him to warn about the men who inquired about his whereabouts last issue.
He finds a man in the hallways of their apartment …

This is a great exercise book for guitar players. It is basically broken down into a few sections.
The first part of the book covers basic guitar fundamentals like how to read tablature and gives a few basic warm-up exercises for you to play.
Part II we move into covering …

This is a very useful type of receit book. Instead of having to write out the information on the side as well as on the actual receipt, it makes a yellow copy of each white receipt you write. There is a flap that you place behind the yellow copy …

Ultimate Spider-Man #9 “Ultimate 6″
This volume in the Marvel remake series is quite interesting as it recreates Amazing Spiderman Annual 1, a magazine that was written forty years ago. That annual, to put it bluntly, was awful.
In it, readers were introduced to the Sinister Six, a group consisting of …

Tragic Wand was written by James Tucker and published by Onyx in 2000.
It took me two years to read this book. I started the first chapter, then put it aside; then tried to restart a number of times, until recently I managed to plod past the first third; …

“The Sinner” is a third novel in the series that feature Boston PD Detective Jane Rizzoli and Medical Examiner Maura Isles. But at the same time, it’s a first one that isn’t really connected to the villain introduced in the very first book, “The Surgeon”. And that’s what makes …

The Quickie by James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge is about a hardworking career determined woman who thinks she had the perfect life. Her husband and her children were happy and there was no hint that
anything was wrong. She was wrong. While she was out one day, she spotted …

Nickel and Dimed, or (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenreich, Henry Holt and Company, 2002, 240 pages.
Ehrenreich is a well-known writer and social commentator who writes for top magazines (Atlantic Monthly, New York Times, Ms. Harper’s, etc.) who went undercover as a low-wage worker all over America: …

Kate Hardesty meets Ky Silver in this novel. Kate returns to the town where Ky lives, and where they met 4 years before. Kate is a Literature professor at Yale while Ky is the owner of a small town restaurant and 2 boats.
As you can probably guess, there are …

I recieved this book from my sister several years ago becuase I greatly like prose. To give a bit of information this book deals with the lead character named Mac Mordon. Mr. Mordon has recently lost his wife to cancer and this book deals with his loss and the …

The winner of The Man Booker Prize 2008, The White Tiger is a novel that keeps the reader addicted to it from the moment he reads the first page. I bought this book recently and found it to be an above par book. The attractive hard cover as the …

My Sweet Audrina is a novel by Virginia Cleo Andrews. Audrina Adare is pretty young girl who has an unreliable memory. She lives with her parents, aunt, and her aunt’s daughter Vera. She is deprived of knowing precise dates including her birthday though Audrina knows she is born on …