Oyayubhime Infinity is a charming manga by Toru Fujieda which DC Comics is now putting out, translated into english, in North America. The story involves a young up-and-coming japanese idol, Maya, who’s public identity which she creates for herself is radically different from who she really is. The bulk …

After my frustrating experiences reading “Evermore” by Alyson Noel, I probably should have known better than to read “Blue Moon.” But I’d already bought it, so I wasn’t going to let that money go to waste!
If the plot for “Blue Moon” were done slightly differently, it would have …

The Cunning Man by Robertson Davies starts off like any good mystery novel, with a death. Specifically, the death of a well-loved priest named Father Hobbes. Unfortunately, as the reader continues deeper into the novel with high hopes of an intriguing mystery, he is first sorely disappointed and then …

Often I catch myself wanting to go off into the wilderness and live as a hermit. But I think that’s too radical because you never know what kind of help you might need.
In 1990, 22-year-old Christopher McCandless rejected all the material values of modern society, gives away all his …

Where Shadows Fall was written by Judith Kelman and published by Berkeley Publishing in 1987.
It was supposed to be a tale of heartbreak and loss; somehow this story is unable to stir up any sympathy that one would usually feel for a mother who had lost her child .
Sarah …

This is a sweet fun novel about being different than everyone else and the problems that it causes. Raven is a teenage girl who loves vampires and dreams of being a real vampire someday, even if she knows vampires do not really exist. The story is well written and …

It’s another tough week at the office for Harry Bosch, homicide detective with the Los Angeles Police Department. His bureau commander is desperate to get his “solved cases” percentage up to the 50% level to avert a public relations fiasco. He doesn’t want the newspapers and TV news gleefully …

Elizabeth Kostova brings us an exotic and elaborate tale surrounding the Dracula legend, following the adventures of its central, unnamed character trying to uncover the mystery of her missing father, his secretive work and the long standing mystery of her long vanished mother.
The book’s very much a slow …

John MacArthur, as well as being a pastor, is the president of master’s College and Seminary and the Bible teacher of radio’s “Grace to You”. He is an amazing writer. He has taken on of the most difficult books in the Bible and broken it down into …

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 recently bought the fourth book in the Twilight Saga, Breaking Dawn. Of course, my purchase came immediately following the prior three books. I wanted to find out the conclusion of all the characters I had come to appreciate reading about. I have to say, I …

“The I Love Lucy Quizbook” by Bart Andrews is a fun little book that is filled with quizzes spanning the years that the show was on the air. I found this book fun to read through on my own as well as to quiz other Lucy fans on. What …

I love writing, I love drawing and doodling and just otherwise destroying/defacing or, as I like to think of it, making my many many note/sketch books more awesome. Well this is the first book I have EVER bought that tells me to do the things I love in …

I first heard of this book series written by Charlaine Harris only after I started watching the first season of the series “True Blood” on HBO. I just finished the first one which is entitled “Dead Until Dark” last week, and thought that it was not half as bad …

‘Also sprach Zarathustra. Ein Buch f’r Alle und Keinen’ is one of Nietzsche’s most controversial works. Part poetry, part parody, the book is, as a matter of fact, a philosophic dissertation and what I’ve discovered rather with amazement is that the book addresses questions I wouldn’t dare to ask …

This somewhat PG book (there are a few rather descriptive bits, although nothing too drastic, is a well-written tale of an author’s wife and an author. It portrays a rather fascinating although uneducated and actually not all that pretty woman, and her relationships with several men. It is told …

“Tales From the Captain’s Table” by Keith R. A. DeCandido is a book that is a collection of small, mini-stories that focus on a particular character, like Picard, Archer, Riker, Shelby, Kira, Klag and so on. For each character, the book looks at a specific time of his or …

Chasing the Dead by Joe Schreiber was a considerable let down. Granted this is his first book but the whole idea seems as if it were originally a short story. It works hard to be a cross between Stephen King and Richard Laymond but falls short. It …

I actually borrowed this book from my local library and ended up enjoying it very much. This story is about a young woman (Susannah) whose main goal for her life is to work her way up the corporate ladder. She has no desire for marriage or kids and …

The Clutter-Busting Handbook by Rita Emmett is just something random I picked up because I thought that it might help me to become more organized. (Of course, it does become another item in my place, so it could be counter-productive).
There’s lots of helpful ideas for how to get …

I never thought that a man can really be so profound and inspiring even in his daily life, until I read Paulo Coelho’s Like the Flowing River.
Before I read this book, I have read Coelho’s other books like “The Alchemist” and “By the River Piedra, I Sat Down and …

Between the Lines is a book written by Jodi Picoult and her daughter. The story is told in three different points of views. At the beginning of each chapter, the story is told from the point of view of someone reading the fairytale in the book. Then there is …

What comes to mind when someone thinks of magic? A wizard waving a magic wand and turning lead into gold, or perhaps turning a frog into a prince? Well, that’s fine for some fairy tales, but the land of Xanth is no fairy tale. The book opens up with …

Jennifer was born 25 years ago with down syndrome. Dire predictions of doctors with her, that she expected to be deaf, blind, and mentally retarded just before the age of two years. But Jennifer became one of the best graduates in high school and then go through her first …

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton is one of the remaining greatest literature from Africa, one of those that concerned about the most exposed, critical and sensitive issue in the country; apartheid. Like many twentieth-century African novels, Cry, the Beloved Country is the story of a journey, both …

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 …

Nourishing Traditions is an awesome book of recipes of traditional cultures. The author, Sally Fallon is involved with the Weston A. Price Foundation, an organization that is trying to educate people about a more healthy way to eat. Not only does the book give easy to follow recipes, but …

City of Souls is book four in the Signs of the Zodiac series by author Vicki Pettersson. In this book, the main character Joanna Archer, who is the Archer (Sagittarius) in her Zodiac of Light troop, which is basically comprised of several super hero types of people who all …

If you enjoy reading romance novels with some action and suspense mixed in, then this would be the book for you. This was a beautifully written book by a very talented author who has a sense of humor. The chemistry and heat is so strong between the …

This is one book every aspiring manager, for that matter every manager should read. Jo Owen strips the management jargon of its fallacies and outright lies. The terminology so passionately used by the ‘gurus’ is exposed expertly, at times funny and many times very serious. When you complete reading …

Dim Sum Terakhir (The Last Dim Sum) was probably the best book by the female author Clara Ng. I had more books which were written by her, but nothing was as moving as this one. To be honest, this kind of book is kind of rare to be found …

In my review of Lick (Stage Dive #1), I told you a little bit about Mal, who is the drummer of the band and my favorite character from the whole book, the one that stole my heart like not even the hero in that book did. So that’s why …

The story revolves around a teenager Tiana and her friends. They are studying in a boarding school but far from school life is fun for them. Tiana loves her friends and enjoys everything they do until one day she tries to discover her own self and makes her own …

‘The Minister’s Black Veil ‘ is one of those symbolic stories that lingered in my mind for a long time after I read it. There was something in it that made it very close to my heart and I can say I deeply emphathized with the main character. Hooper …

I finished the novel and Brave New World became my favorite book. When asked why it was, I at first had no clear answer, but after reading it a second time, I realized why I love it so much: it depicts the flaws of our living generations, the obsessions …

The action is back in full in this thrilling continuation of Stephen Coonts’ Deep Black series following the National Security Agency’s covert operations team: ex-Marine sniper Charlie Dean, his girlfriend ex-Delta leader Lia DeFrancesca, and funny man Tommy Karr. Even though the previous four books in the series all …

This is the first book I have bought and read in a ongoing series of comic book short story anthologies. I had heard much on the internet from artists and from readers in stores about the quality and creativity on display in these collections. After reading it, I couldn’t …

Breaking Dawn is the last installment of the Twilight Saga Series.In this book,Bella and Edward were about to get married.The occasion was very grand and all their love ones were present in the occassion.Little did they knew that this wedding was also Bella’s goodbye party for her love …

This book is very similar to most spiritually enhancing books you read based on the Eastern Traditions. What he does in the book is tell you these revelations or lessons were derived internally. That is to say that he did not study or learn about his concept …

In The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, you get to read about depression and this topic has been lingering in my mind for days now. The author, Sylvia Plath shared her painful path of depression journey in this book and I really applauded her courage in that sense, for …

Like most of others I read Angels and Demons after reading later works of Dan Brown. As a thriller I feel Angels and Demons will be the best work so far from Dan Brown. But in other aspects like symbology and intrinsic suspense Angels and Demons is not a …

My 9-year-old daughter absolutely loves High School Musical, so when I came across this High School Musical box set, I knew she would love it.
I bought the box set at a loal book store for the great sale price of £3.99 reduced from £11.97. Since I bought it …

Before I begin the review of Spirits from Beyond, the fourth book in the series Ghost Finders, I would like to clarify something. I truly, no matter how ridiculous it may sound to me, am afraid of ghosts. I do not know if they even exist. I hope not. …

In the 16. book in the series about the medieval investigator Hugh Corbett, the year is 1304 and Corbett is now the Kings emissary. One of England’s many manor lords is refusing to fulfill his promise to return a ornate cross he stole during the Crusades. He stole it from …

I have just finished reading The Cater Street Hangman, by Anne Perry.
I really enjoyed this book. I believe Ms. Perry writes about strong characters.
I liked meeting Charlotte and Thomas. Whom I am aware are in a whole series of these books. It is always nice to read the …

The Great Gatsby is a well-known classic, more recently popularized by the movie in 2013, and most likely the best book that F. Scott Fitzgerald’s has ever written (regarding my previous experience with Tender is the Night by the same author). The plot revolves around a man by the …

Roswell High was a series of books published in the last 1990’s. The popularity of the books led to a television show on the now defunct WB network that was later moved to UPN after fans protested its cancellation. The show itself took the basic characters of the book, …

Up From Eden is a book written by Ken Wilber which looks at evolution from a transpersonal psychological point of view, although he doesn’t simply examine the issue and prove his points through transpersonal psychology. After reading a few Wilber books I decided to try this one, which was …

A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking is a classic. Everyone should have this book on their bookshelf. You don’t have to be a science geek to find this book fascinating and thought provoking.
If you have ever wondered why time runs forwards instead of backwards or how the …

The WAG’s Diary by Alison Kervin is amazing but a lot of my friends do not like this story at all. They say it’s trashy, but I argued with them that we have to see from the contents’ point of view, rather than just discriminating the title. Perhaps …