The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini is a very nice story actually. I thought initially that this is a true story, but I was wrong. The settings and the country this author wrote make me believe that it is indeed like a true story.
The backdrop country is …

‘North and South’ is, above everything else, a novel about social and cultural differences and the way to overcome them. It illustrates a theme very common in the writer’s age - the conflicts between the old aristocracy (symbolized by the south) and the newly risen bourgeousy (symbolized by the …

I love reading about dating, relationships, the brain on love, etc., so I happily picked up this book and read it. No joke, it changed my life. Before reading this, I was always in the mindset that it was perfectly okay for me to yearn for a guy, hoping …

I guess I’m in a Jennifer Weiner phase or something, because I picked up this novel, Best Friends Forever from Jennifer Weiner, last week.
Despite the fact that I don’t usually enjoy books that go back and forth in time as well as switch characters, I found that I …

In her own words, Reba McEntire shares the very memories that have shaped and inspired her life as well as her music. Reba also personally selected more than 140 family photos to share with her fans in this book.
Reba shares with us the values that she is very …

This story, Lessons in Heartbreak by Cathy Kelly is a sweeping tale but then again, it sorts of bore me a bit with the writings and the plots. I think the author lacks more narration or drive. Or perhaps the best answer would be that the book lacks …

I am not a huge fan of self-help books, but I am a huge fan of this one; Emotional Intellignece by Daniel Goleman. I have read this book several times, and although it is now 12 years old, it continues to fly off bookstore shelves at a rapid speed.
Emotional …

The book is about self development, motivation and thinking positively in life. It encourages people to not fall in sorrow and frustration by having positive life. By using simple words in giving interpretation of Quran verses, the author succeed in establish and encourage the readers to follow his tips. …

The newest book by John Grisham is the best so far. I just finished it and can honestly say it was even better than I thought it would be. I have read a lot of his books and loved them all. The Innocent Man, Injustice In A Small …

This comic was a nice idea in theory. Devoting an issue to the two sidekicks of the world’s finest is a nice thought, but ultimately it doesn’t work as well as it should. Tim and Kara get together for lunch and chew the breeze and shoot the …

Jude Deveraux has always been my favorite love novel author and in this Someone to Love title, she still hasn’t managed to fail me. Well, most of the time though.
Jace Montgomery is very depressed and sad that Stacy, his fiancee, had committed suicide. While trying to cope …

James Peterson follows up his bestseller “Cooking” about everything a cook would ever want to know about savory cooking with “Baking” which teaches you about the world of pastry.
The main thing I love about “Baking” is that it follows the same format as “Cooking”: there are hundreds of pictures …

Pirates of the Caribbean is one of my favorite movies and this poster book contains images from all three movies: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Dead Man’s Chest and At World’s End. There are twelve posters to be exact and they include a variety of characters. The backside …

Dostoevsky’s existentialist work Notes from Underground is effectively used to reveal startling and unconventional view of society. Even if it was written long before today, many of the themes and messages present in Notes from Underground can be applied just as accurately to modern society as well. The timeless …

If you are already used to the basic HTML scripts in Java Programming in games specifically, you might want to get this book: Advanced Java Game Programming by David Wallace Croft.
It is super useful and there are just lots of codes and HTML scripts which you can embed …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - All Good Things… Novelization is a story that, like the episode series finale itself, all about the character of Jean-Luc Picard. Pretty much the entire novelization is presented from his perspective and thus does not allow the reader to get into the minds …

This bookstore fits the perfect picture of the used bookstore. It’s got bookshelves that tower heads over you, filled to the brim with used books. Why pay over 8 dollars for a book at other retailers when you can get them for half off or less at a place …

I recently read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Johnathan Foer as an assigned reading for an English course. I really enjoyed this book, possibly more than any other book I have read. It was both engaging and easy to relate to in many respects.
It is the story of …

This book is an interesting book for older kids to read. The struggles of the main character are interesting and you have to keep reading to find out what is going to happen.
It can be a bit difficult at times to follow which side the title character is on. …

The Usborne Book of Weather Facts is a colourful paperback book for children of around middle school age, written by Anita Ganeri and illustrated by Tony Gibson. My copy was published a little time ago, in 1987 to be exact, but it hasn’t dated too badly and is still …

I have no problem admitting that I’m an Otaku, and I pride myself on having a nearly bottomless well of seemingly random information. Every time I see a show that I love, particularly one that happens to come from Japan, I watch it, and soak up as much background …

Anthony Everitt’s new book, Augustus is a biography of the first Caesar that manages to do what so many other books on Augustus have not. He manages to bring the read a fresh spin on the man who may have been the greatest politician the world has ever known.
I …

I have read the book —˜mystery of the moss-covered mansion’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is one among the Nancy Drew series. However, I did not like this book and the content in the book is not that good. The story is rather monotonous and not interesting.
The story starts …

‘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 …

I enjoyed “Angela’s Ashes” by Frank McCourt, a Pulitzer Prize winning memoir about the author’s poverty-stricken childhood and coming of age in Ireland. Frank was born in America, where he thinks his family should have stayed - and I believe he is right. But it was the time of …

“That Costly Ride” by Guy de Maupassant is about a man who ends up being taken to the cleaners–financially wise–because of an accident.
First, the story introduces us to, Hector de Gribelin, who is a husband and father of two, and is going through financial hardship because of the decline …

Cancer has to be one of the most frightening things in this time and age. This author has been there, he suffered from recurring brain cancer. I lost a family member to colon cancer. Every time I turn around someone is being diagnosed with it. This book came to …

In the native science-fiction landscape, the Irish author Jack McDevitt is almost unknown, he is part of the new wave of relatively young SF authors who have distinguished themselves since 1990.
That does not make it less interesting though. McDevitt was a constant finalist between 2005 and 2009 in all …

Robin Year One: Book 2 of 4 is about Robin’s first year fighting crime with Batman; in this book they take on the klutzy Killer Moth and then Two-Face, who sees Robin as Batman’s weakness. Robin’s rash decision to stay away from Two-Face might cost him his life.
This …

I haven’t seen any other DVD editions of the Princess Bride, but the version I read was by William Goldman. It was one of the books I read during my freshman year and I really enjoyed, quickly becoming my favourite book. I liked it so much because it had …

Lucky is a weird book I decided to buy one day when I was at the local discount book store. I thought the title to be interesting so I had to give it a chance and read the book. Lucky is about this boy named Sam who did not …

Self-Management for Actors
Bonnie Gillespie
ISBN:9780972301985
Genre: Non-fiction/How-to
This was one of my first (required) readings for an theatre class and I loved every minute of Self-Management for Actors. This is by far one of the best books to read for people just starting out in the world of acting and it could …

This is more of a metaphysical issue. Not being well versed in Lovecraftian lore, I was a bit confused about who was who. I think I did OK.
The dreaded Cthulhu approaches and all hell is breaking loose. All of the gods scheme and plot trying to …

My Mother in-law gave me this book a year ago as a gift before my husband and I moved out of state. It is put out by Hallmark books and contains many different uplifting scriptures with reflections and best loved poems.
This little book, and it is a little …

Reading the title will remind us to a super reality show about Music named “American Idol” created by Simon Fuller but, this chicklit is not about the show and contestant but focused to Jules, a women behind the American-Idol-alike show named “Pop Star Live!” with her various problems and …

Ultimate Spiderman #4: Legacy
Here is the Ultimate Spiderman debut of the Green Goblin and, personally, I didn’t like it.
It isn’t that the book is not well written because it is. I couldn’t get into because The Goblin is changed to the point he totally doesn’t resemble the original Green …

The fifth novel in the Harry Potter saga is one of the best. It is by far the most action packed and has the most complex story line. Of course, Harry is now in his fifth year and with the every rising threat of Lord Voldemort’s return, action must …

About 25 years ago I read “The Shining” by Stephen King. I thought it was well-written - so well-written, in fact, that I swore I would never read another Stephen King novel again because it gave me nightmares for the next six months. Recently, however, a friend …

The first book in the Deathgate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman will always be a classic to me. Dragon Wing introduces many main characters that remain prominent figures throughout the following novels, and hints at other characters soon to come. We are initially brought to the assassin …

Indigo’s Star is a book by Hilary McKay, and is part of a series of books which begins with Saffy’s Angel. It’s a fun and fresh book for preteen and younger teen girls, although it is a nice read even if you are older.
In this book, the main point …

I’ve got this book as a gift to me by a friend. The manual of the warrior of light is a book authored by Paulo Coello who has also authored some bestselling books like “The Alchemist”. This author is one of my favorite contemporary writers of all …

Well my friend David let me borrow this book when we went traveling out East because I had nothing to read and was getting bored. He said he had read it and like it a lot and thought that I should give it a try. I was excited at …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Fortune’s Light is a different type of Star Trek book. It is not so much a science fiction story and more of a detective and character story. The character story focuses on Commander Riker and his re-visit to a planet that he had …

“Debt of Honor” brings Clancy’s work to a whole new level. Unlike the complicated spy games that run through his books, “Debt of Honor” brings in Clancy’s personal opinions on American Military policy and the threat of economic maneuverings going bad. I enjoyed this work, not just for excitement, …

Another historical novel from Steve Berry and the story’s background is Russian Monarchy. He started from an illustration about the assassination of Tsar Russia Nicholas II, his wife, Alexandra and His five children in Yekaterinburg, Russia. There was a mystery about his two elder children, Anastasia and Alexei. When …

When a fiction writer is starting out, one of the pieces of advice he or she is given on how to make characters come to life is for the author to write out a character’s entire life history. “You may not use a word of it in the finished …

This should be a must have for all people. It’s a simple truth. Men and Women are different. No matter how much we want to whine and complain that we are all equal. We are equal in the respect and the compensation of jobs and life. But we do …

This is one of those Newyork Times Bestselling books that I had been meaning to read ever since it came out —“ it looked awesome, and everyone was raving about it, but for some reason I didn’t get around to it until a good few years later. But, …

To say the least, Savage Dragonbert is an interesting entry into the history of comic books. It originally started as a piece of fan art in the pages of Savage Dragon by Erik Larsen, and eventually became a regular feature before becoming a special comic book release which …

As for this book J.R.R which is given to us of the lords of ring and Hobbit. Concept of vision and it reaches unlimited as LOTR which is not depended on Tolkien and operates primitively and the way in order still to be read because of everything, it is …