Books Reviews
Confessions Of An Impatient Bride by Rissa-Singson Kawpeng
I bought this book as a birthday present to a single friend who was celebrating her 29th birthday. While I was looking at the inspirational section of a popular bookstore, I came across this one when it caught my attention with its cute cover. When I read the …
That’s Another Story: The Autobiography by Julie Walters
I love this book, That’s Another Story: The Autobiography by Julie Walters. Julie Walters is not only an awesome actress, this autobiography depicts life according to her own words.
You can read so many things about her in this book and she shared many things like her joy and laughter, …
Teen Idol by Meg Cabot book
Teen Idol is about a girl named Jen Greenley. Everybody likes Jen Greenley and she’s everybody’s best friend. She can keep a secret and is a very good listener. In fact, Jen’s so good at keeping a secret that she is asked to look after the famous movie …
One Inch Tall By Shel Silverstein
“One Inch Tall” is one of the most successful products of Shel Silverstein’s clever yet silly ideas. Considered an all-time favorite, Silverstein retells the childhood dream of seeing the world as a one inch tall figure in an imaginative first person poem. Despite having a laid-back and conversational style, Silverstein …
Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover
This book will change your life! That is, if you want it to. He does not offer a get rich quick, or an easy way out. . . but what he DOES offer is structure and guidance on how to get debt free. His plan is amazing. He uses …
And Then There Were None book
AND THEN THERE WERE NONE. by: AGATHA CHRISTIE (1939)
Agatha Christie was always known for her ability to write in the genre of mystery and crime, granting herself the title as “Queen of Crime”. Her books and works are wildly popular, selling over 1 billion copies, and only beaten by …
History Book
I’ve just bought a book called “Le Pazze” by Daniela Padoan. It’s about “Madres de Plaza de Mayo” who lost their children during the miltar ditactorship. It tells us about the political history of the country (Presidents, dictatorships, etc.) to help us to understand why so many people were …
Positive Energy by Judith Orloff book
Judith Orloff’s “Positive Energy: 10 Extraordinary Prescriptions for Transforming Fatigue, Stress, and Fear into Vibrance, Strength, and Love” is a book that is close to my heart. This book helped me out of a bad time. I was depressed and feeling so alone. Anxiety and panic …
Stephen King’s “IT,” on audio cd
I’ve always been a big fan of Stephen King and recently listened to “It” on audio format. Steven Weber is the reader and does a fabulous job. He gives added depth to each character and I love the many different voices he gives Richie’s unique radio personalities. …
A street car named desire by Tennessee Williams
A great play that presents the woman role in the society, the New south through the analysis of a number of characters:
Elysian field is between the river and railroad in a poor quarter of New Orleans, desire.
Represented by Stella, Stanley, Eunice, and Steve.
Blanche, is the opposition. …
Nervous- A Novel by Zane
This is one of the books that I really enjoy. They are such a page turner I could not put them down. They have great plot and the scheme of the story is so clever. The author is so good at enticing me letting me wanting to know more. I …
A Chance In Time by Ruth Ann Nordin book
A Chance In Time by Ruth Ann Nordin made you just fall in love with the characters. In many parts of this novel you could really feel for them. This is a romance novel that is often over looked, but …
False Impression book
Jeffrey Archer’s False Impression is a book best avoided. Indeed, it is difficult to believe how one of the best authors of this era could have come up with useless twaddle like this. The book purports to tell the story of a conniving and cunning New York banker who …
The Boleyn Inheritnace
The Boleyn Inheritance is the follow up novel to Phillipa Gregory’s bestselling novel The Other Boleyn girl. While The Boleyn Inheritance is not quite as entertaining as The Other Boleyn Girl it is still worth reading.
The book is written from three different points of views, those of Jane …
My Experiments with truth
My Experimental truth is auto biography of Mahatma Gandhi. It covers the whole life of mahatma Gandhi till 1940. This novel was written by Gandhi when he was in jail. Mahatma Gandhi has written about his personal life incidents very honestly and with out any hesitation accepted his drown …
Sweet Valley High: A Deadly Christmas (Book)
This book is a Sweet Valley High Deception Thriller series and it’s very exciting. It has a very matured side and unlikely of the Wakefield twins to encounter on their everyday lives as it features clumsy yet innocently-in-love Jessica Wakefield falling into the deceptive hands of handsome Jeremy Randall …
Dawn Book 1 California Diaries
Dawn, Book 1. From the California Diaries collection. Author is Ann M. Martin.
This is actually the first book of the whole California Diaries series.
These books are intended for the young pre-teen age leve. I’m a 40 year old parent. So, my perception of the book may be …
Bite in 2 edited by Cecil Gray
Although I didn’t actually study it, I was instructed to buy the book “Bite in 2″ by Cecil Gray when I was in my first or second year of high school. I wrapped the book and it lay unopened for a very long time, as I was not particularly …
Every Breath You Take by Judith McNaught book
I have read every book written by Judith Mc Naught and I have done so because her works are really amazing. Every Breath You Take is one of my favorites. I love Kate’s and Mitchell’s characters.
Their love story started which started in Anguilla is very romantic and poginant. …
Border’s Books of Knoxville TN
Borders Books is one of my favorite places to shop for books, movies, and music in Knoxville. I’ve gotten into something of a routine. I like to go in and get a tall coffee from their cafe, then walk around and pick out a few good books …
Grave Peril - Jim Butcher
Grave Peril is the third book in the Dresden files, Jim Butcher’s series about the Wizard Harry Dresden. In Grave Peril Harry has to face down some tormented ghosts while trying to find out who’s torturing them.
Some important characters are introduced in this book. First time I read …
F. Scott Fitzgerald - The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald focuses on a man named Jay Gatsby who tries to win back a past lover, Daisy Buchanan. I will admit that on first read, I absolutely hated reading this book and I thought it was …
Lost and Found by Alan Dean Foster book
This is the first book that I read by Alan Dean Foster in a long time and I must say I really enjoyed this story. It starts out a tad slow (the first few pages) but the pace quickly picks up and I soon found myself very hooked. It …
Slightly Wicked
Slightly Wicked, written by Mary Balogh, is a very satisfying read for me, but minus the racy scenes. But as an avid reader like me who is really passionate about good story-lines and books, I find Slightly Wicked to be very interesting and a very good book at that. …
The World of Narnia Collection
I absolutely love the stories of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. My husband started me reading them when were dating many many years ago. I just read one book after another. I had never read a series of books so fast. I know once my daughter …
A Woman in Amber by Agate Nesaule
This is a very heart-warming novel based on Agate Nesaule’s true story during the horrifying World War 2. I always get a mixed feeling everytime I scan the pages of this masterpiece. I feel like I wanna throw up with those Germans who took advantage of women in the …
The Great Pretender by Millenia Black
The Great Pretender by Millenia Black an early book that I read on this author before the recent The Great Betrayal by the same author which I’ve read too.
I think the formula for this is quite a becoming formula for Millenia and she excels on writings like this, …
Superman 689
There’s really not a whole lot to say about this comic. Mon-El flies around the world, teaming up with heroes and doing good deeds. None of it is ever really fleshed out, it’s like a 15 page montage.
That’s pretty much all there is in this comic. …
Kingdom Come
When comic readers try to justify their hobby (which if you think about it is patently ridiculous) and tell people that comics are literature, they will usually point to a handful of examples. The primary one is Watchmen, others will cite Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns. …
Book: Rachel’s Tears by Beth Nimmo and Darrell Scott
Rachel’s Tears is a book written by the parents of Rachel Scott, a teenager who lost her life during the shooting at Columbine. Scott was a young student at Columbine high school who was very religious. The book has excerpts from her private journals where she wrote about dedicated …
Out There by Susan Glaspell
“Out There” by Susan Glaspell is about a mysterious painting that continues to drawn in a young woman off the streets.
First, the story begins with a art store owner, who comes in possession of an expensive painting. The painting is of a forest and a river, with a mountain …
Tightwad Gazette
This book is a compilation of Amy Dacyczyn’s newsletters and ideas on how to be thrifty and save money. I found it to be informative and a bit entertaining - a look at how someone else runs their household and their life. And a look at how she and …
Magician’s End Book by Raymond E. Feist
Thirty books. Thirty years. The end of the greatest adventure of the epic fantasy, the grand epic of the Riftwar by Raymond Fiyst has arrived. The legend of the Master Magician and his most faithful friend, the Dragon Rider, is over. The Last battle. The Fatal clash. The ending …
The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
The book “The Adventures of Doctor Dolittle” by Hugh Lofting if one of the greatest American masterpieces—as far as literature is concerned. Its premise is very interesting, and it is a great tale for all ages.
I thought that Dr. Dolittle’s ability to speak to animals was the best …
Super Memory Super Student by Harry Lorayne
I know that there are many students out there who wish that they could rememeber study material more easily.
Harry Lorayne’s book Super Memory Super Student teaches many valuable tricks that can help many student remember a great deal more information more quickly and more easily.He teaches students how …
Digital Photography for Next to Nothing by John Lewell
This book which was first published early in 2010 covers topics such as how to get good value for money when buying a camera, choosing lenses, making ones’s own accessories and free or low cost software. There is a good section on lenses and in particular a …
The 5 People You Will Meet In Heaven
This book written by Mitch Albom is a very interesting book to read. Mitch Albom is know for his stories about death, heaven and what lies for men in the next life. The story is very interesting, just like his other books.
In this book, Eddie, a maintenance head in …
Simple Sewing
This isn’t really a book, perse, so much as a collection of patterns and the instructions for making the patterns. The pattern pieces are, of course, included, and all of the items are fairly easy to sew, especially with the step by step instructions, although some of them are …
Don’t Be That Girl by Travis. L Stork
Don’t Be That Girl is a book that when I read, I feel like it has got something to do with me. Because, I won’t say which, but I fall into 1 kind of category as described by the author in this book; naming Travis. L Stork. …
F*ck Love, novel by Tarryn Fisher
I’m gonna start by saying that Tarryn Fisher is a scary lady. Every time she comes out with a new book I just get the chills, and that’s a good thing, of course, books are supposed to make you FEEL. Every book that I’ve read from her was left me …
The complete book of Pilates for men by Daniel Lyon JR
I have to admit that until couple of days ago I had never really considered Pilates as an exercise for men. To me the term Pilates conjured up images of Woman in the gym following the latest exercise fad. How wrong I was.
After reading about Pilates online …
Five on a treasure Island by Enid Blyton
‘Five on a treasure island’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is a book meant for children. This is the first book among the ‘famous five adventure series’ books. This is an adventure story and very interesting to read. Though the book is meant for children, adults …
He’s Just Not That Into You (book)
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 …
A Seperate Peace
A Seperate Peace by John Knowles is a very sad book in a lot of ways because of how there is a war going on and a kid dies. I enjoyed reading A Seperate Peace more than any book I have read so far. The book starts out about …
Dracula’s Guest
Since I’ve gained a renewed interest in Bram Stoker and his works, I’ve found myself spending a great deal of time reading some of his short stories.
One of these, Dracula’s Guest, gives a better understanding of his views toward vampire legends and provides the reader with some entertainment in …
Britannica
Encyclopaedia Britannica 2007 Deluxe Edition is one of the most complete encyclopedia I have ever used. I can find almost anything of human and natural history in the software. Besides the rich content, it is also very well designed, user friendly and easy to navigate.
There are five sections …
Flicker, a Novel By Theodore Roszak
Several months ago I took advantage of a free autumn afternoon by enjoying a luxuriously aimless browse through Powell’s City of Books here in Portland (a ten star rating if ever there was one, but that is another review). As I slunk through the racks my attention was …
‘Chobits’ manga by Clamp
‘Chobits’ is a seven part Japanese manga series by the group of female artists called “Clamp”. Chobits is about love, and what it means to be in love. I definitely got more than I expected with this series.
‘Chobits’ is brilliantly drawn by Clamp. The anonymous ladies focus on lush …
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