Can a cat and a rat really be friends? If you want to find out, read this sweet children’s book! Mr. Cat and Mr. Rat are a little bit like Tom and Jerry in the beginning of the story, always trying to injure each other! But, because of a …

The Caller was written by Mary-Rose Hayes, first published in 1979 by Pinnacle books.
A night predator was prowling the streets and pubs, searching for the woman in his life. His targets are women who looked like ‘Lisa’ to him; once he had a target, he would either …

About a year and a half ago I finally started taking the universe of Warhammer 40,000 seriously. Previously, the galaxy in which the main characters are soldiers known as “space marines” did not attract me with absolutely anything and I was happy to ignore it completely, indulging instead into …

I have long been a fan of author Sophie Kinesella, ever since I stumbled upon her first US book Confessions of a Shopaholic. I’ve followed her books carefully, grabbing each one as soon as it was released. Some of her books have only been so-so, but I had high …

The Gathering Storm is the twelfth book in the Wheel of Time series, partially written by Robert Jordan before his death and completed by Brandon Sanderson. In The Gathering Storm, Brandon Sanderson proves that he has just as much skill in crafting a great story as the late …

Having visited West Virginia countless times practically since I was born, this book was a refreshingly informative source of information about places that even I had not seen. Although the book is small, it packs a lot of information into a small book. Perhaps it’s because these are places …

The first thing that is unexpected about this book is the author, Roald Dahl. Tales of the Unexpected by Roald Dahl is not at all like Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Witches, or James and the Giant Peach, children’s books for which he is famous. These tales are …

I read this book, Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell the other day and have completed reading it. It is highly recommended personally in my opinion for the fact that one has a fresh view and perhaps getting some line of thought on why certain people are …

The War of the Flowers by Tad Williams is kind of unique among his novels in that it is a standalone - not part of a larger series. However, it is still a remarkable work of fantasy. Williams has a talent for creating new and fascinating worlds, …

This book very quickly earned a place on my picky shelf of favorite books. It was originally published as the two separate books ‘Crown Duel’ and ‘Court Duel’, but I bought it as the re-published, combined version. And I’m glad I did —“ if I hadn’t, I’m …

I have a friend that always gets beaten up by her boyfriend, and it is so painful and saddening to see her in that state. She refuses to leave him, thinking that he will change someday for the better and that she loves him so much. It’s …

I was loaned a novel called “The Shack” by WM. Paul Young and immediately put it under some of the papers on my bookshelf to soon forget it existed. A time later, while fishing for other books to read, I lifted the papers and found the novel I …

This is a great book to read if you like reading about murder mysteries. I felt that this book started off pretty slow until the middle part of the book. That is where things really picked up and it suddenly became a page turner until the very …

I have read the book —˜The civility solution: What to do when people are rude’ written by P.M. Forni. The author has written many good points in this book. However, it is not something easy to follow the suggestions of the author in this book. Rudeness is a fact …

Dark Assassin is a fast and furious story, written by Anne Perry. This story costs about $6.99, and the story revolves around good and evil which are unfolding inside London’s lavish mansions and teeming slums. The author, Anne, has cleverly written a book that revolves around a …

Pour Your Heart Into It by Howard Schultz and Dori Jones Yang, Hyperion, New York, 1997, 351 pages.
This is a biography of Schultz, the founder of Starbucks, and the Starbucks Coffee Company itself. If you want to know how Starbucks invaded every known street corner in almost every …

Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O Toole is considered one of the prime examples of great humour in American Literature. It revolves Around Ignatius J Reilly an enormous educated and arrogantly ignorant man with a PhD and impeccable mastey of the English Language living at home with his …

The Lord of The Rings is a trilogy of books which was later made into a trilogy of films. I love both, though for sheer richness of imagery and depth of wisdom, the book is unbeatable.
The author, Tolkien, was a professor of Anglosaxon and studied ancient languages. His …

202 Jokes of Mulla Nasiruddin : Osho : Osho is one of the most influensive spiritual teacher of this century. He has spoken on almost every aspect of life. He is known for is outspoken and bold outlook towards the conservative topics like sex. He is also known for …

This I think is one of the best Memoirs that I have ever read in my lifetime. It’s very compelling and heartbreaking, that you really just can’t put the book down after you have started reading it, and you’ll want to read it again and again. The story is …

I’m an English major and part-time Grammar Nazi, but I can’t possibly know everything about grammar. The English language is, to be blunt, terrifyingly messed up. More than half of our words come from Latin, but the rest are a hodgepodge assortment of bits and phrases from the rest …

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 …

In higher secondary exams it is very hard to pass the exams following the school books and in the case of maths subject, already the subject is very hard for many students and is very complicated in 12th standard.
So all the students were compelled to refer other books like …

I was so thrilled when my friend introduced me to this book. I hadn’t heard of it, and I was a huge dragon fan (and overall fantasy fan). The cover art was unique and I loved the blue theme, which just made me more exciting to get …

As a huge fan of the first book in the King-Killer Chronicles (The Name of the Wind), I was so excited to finally read the sequel, The Wise Man’s Fear.
In this installment, Patrick Rothfuss does not disappoint. He tells just as good a story as the first, and …

This is the third and final installment and novel on the Jessica-Clay-Nick Fox triangle and just when Nick Fox has enough evidence to throw Clay behind bars, he will have to testify against him, and that’s when he has no choice but to enter the witness protection program as …

I purchased this for my niece. I liked this little book, it reminded me of a book I had when I was a child, the idea was similar, it was a book that was also used as a toy. I enjoyed the story that my mum had to read …

In reading some of Arthur Conan Doyle’s other mysteries, I’ve been a bit disappointed I haven’t come across a murder mystery; until I read about the Black Doctor. And, I’ll admit, even though I had some suspicions, I didn’t predict the ending.
The story centers around a doctor of South …

I’m not a vegetarian by any means; however, I do like to maintain a healthy diet while still being able to eat the things I want. I’m currently cooking my way through all of Martha Stewart’s cookbooks, and this meatless cookbook is a recent one I found.
For a meat …

If you are looking for a decent mystery, I suggest that you pick up a copy of Mary Higgins Clark’s “Weep No More, My Lady. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it a 7. While it was not Mary Higgins Clarks best work, I …

Charles Dickens is the author of the classic novel, Oliver Twist. His career as a fictional writer started in 1833 when his most stories and essays appeared in periodicals. In 1836, he married the daughter of his friend George Hogarth, Katherine Hogarth.
The story is about a poor orphaned …

Thief of Time by Terry Pratchett is yet another installment in his popular discworld series. The novel features the return of Susan, the grandaughter of Death and Lu-Tze, the master monk. It involves a nefarious plot by the evil Auditors to end the world by stopping Time …

The first issue of Marvel’s new mini-series “Civil War” is one of Marvel’s best story arcs to come around in a long, long time. It is so good, in fact, it can actually remove some of the stench of Marvel’s House of M Travesty that stunk up the …

I avoided watching the movie Precious until I read that book that the movie was based on, Push by Sapphire, because I generally enjoy books more than the movies. As well, having heard about, read about and seen information about the content of the movie, I did not think …

I have really been enjoying the Fear the Fever collection of short stories. But when I came to “The Sinister Woods” I was at first intrigued. The story seems to deal with the repercussions a young man must endure once his father finds out that he’s …

This was the first Harry Potter book that I read and at first I did not like the smart alec little boy. However as I got into the book, the charchter Harry Potter grew on you
I enjoyed how the relationship between Ron, Hermonine and Harry grew. I enjoyed …

We have viewed all of the Harry Potter movies to date and my son and I agree that although this movie tried it was more of a bridge beteen the last book and the upcoming books. The acting was well done, and there weren’t as many special effects …

My son is a big fan of SpongeBob. He watches all of their cartoons and pretty much has all of the words memorized. One night, they had on a SpongeBob show called “Who Bob What Pants” which my son loved. So you can imagine how excited …

Pretty sad story here that I’ve read, which is The Last Year of Being Married by Sarah Tucker. It is about the characters of Sarah and Paul and their 7 year marriage is somewhat at stake, and there are lot of issues that they have to think through and …

In the last few days I read this very interesting book. I don’t think I like conspiracies, but the search for truth, understanding secrets and mysteries have always attracted me. In this sense, I liked the book. Although I still do not know what to think about most of …

This book, Love in the Driest Season written by Neely Tucker is truly a very bittersweet and heart-wrenching story. I cried for a bit while reading some chapters in this book and Neely related his story in this kind of auto-biography about his journey with his wife, Vita in …

This is one of those books than you must ‘read before you die’, High praise indeed and justly deserved.
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“See dying vegetables life sustain”
“See life dissolving vegetate again”
“All forms that perish other forms supply”
“By turns we catch the vital breath and die”
“Like bubbles on the sea of matter borne”
“They rise; they …

Three Nights of Sin is a romance novel set in a historical setting. The heroine is Marietta Winters and the hero is Gabriel Noble. Both are gorgeous and handsome respectively.
Marietta’s brother has been arrested and charged for murder leaving Marietta shun out of society and being the past …

We got this book for my 2.5 year old as part of his Easter basket and he loves this story. If you are familiar with the step into reading series, you should already know that it is tier based depending on your child’s level of reading. This …

I recently took a flight from Bangkok to Singapore by Swiss Air. That was in fact my first flight with Swiss Air, and it was absolutely a very enjoyable experience.
Starting from the checkin desk at Suvarnabhumi …

I really liked the way Allan Mazur structured his book. I liked how it was structured was almost like a court case hearing each side for better or worse. Each chapter I read it seemed like everyone else was the bad guy and …

Written by Rita Rudner, Tickled Pink is a bittersweet story that I could learn a thing or two from these 2 female friends naming Mindy Solomon and her friend, Ursula Duran. They have stand during the worst times in their lives when their careers aren’t working the way they …

William Young’s The Shack was quite a disappointment, especially after hearing all of the hype surrounding this story. It chronicles a father losing his faith after the horrifying death of his daughter and the subsequent confrontation by God about the loss of his faith.
Laying aside all the theology, …

I have started reading these books and cannot stop. I liked Twilight ok, and am into the whole vampire thing now, and these books are great to help feed that vampire addiction. I like it because the main character, Rose, is so well drawn out. She is tough and …

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 …