“To Tame a Highland Warrior” is the second book in Moning’s highlander series. Although each of her highlander books really stand alone and can be read as such, all of her highlander books have common elements that ties them all together. Reading one book is great but reading the …

ANE’s Smart Kid Series Best of Nursery Rhymes 1 is a very good book for playschool children.This book has 23 nursery rhymes.Each and every poem comes with pictorial representations. The book starts with the Prayer poem that teaches children how to pray god and ends up with a sweet …

Paddington’s Cartoon Book, although dating back to the far-off days of 1979, can still easily raise a smile or two if you are in the right mood, and it certainly does so for me! I can’t actually remember where I got my copy, but it is actually quite possible …

This is the second book in the series about Anne Shirley, the first is Anne of Green Gables and covers Anne’s life from she’s 11 until she’s 16. This book covers to the next two years, in which Anne works as a school teacher in the Avonlea landscape. You’ll meet …

I am currently enrolled in Spanish 2 and I wanted a quick, easy reference book. Another reason I wanted to get a phrase book is so I can start getting ahead of what I am learning now. I got this book because it looked easy to understand and when …

I saw the cover of this book by Susan Mallery at my local Books A million and the title just captivated me. I picked up the book and began to read the excerpt on the inside cover flap. I read it and knew that I just had to read …

This week I read the extraordinary novel Plain Truth Jodi Picoult and was astonished once again by her ability to completely enthrall me with her wonderful style of storytelling. I’m a huge fan of her and have read every book she’s written that I can get my hands on …

Ashes to Ashes by Richard Kluger
What is supposed to be the definitive chronicle of the cigarette business in the United States from its glorious rise to it apparant fall truly falters almost from the outset.
The problem with the book is that he tries to compensate for for any criticism …

This book is the 5th book in the Deltora Quest series, and it has some of the neatest animals in the series. Or maybe they are people. At any rate, Leif, Barda, and Jasmine get to fly in the pouches of the kin, as well as save the Dread …

Across the Universe is the first book in a trilogy. It is told from the point of view from a girl named Amy and a boy named Elder. Amy and her parents decided to be frozen in time for three hundred years, so that when they awake, they will …

In my youth, I will be honest to admit that I LOVED the movie “Tron” when it was shown in cinemas in the Philippines. While the movie does pale in comparison to the current crop of CGI fare, back then, I was completely blown away by the neon computer …

This is a truly excellent Young Adult novel. It’s a well-written mix of historical fiction and mystery. I read this entire novel in one afternoon, as I wanted to find out what the secret in this book was, so yes, it is a real page-turner. I should add the …

I had the chance to read the Maintenance Man which was written by author Michael Baisden and I thought the books was not written well but the storyline was very good. I liked the fact that I felt as if I was in the book, especially in Malcolm’s character. …

This volume it awesome! While the Hulk was a somewhat popular character in Marvel comics from the early 1960’s to the late 1960’s, the quality of th writing in many of the Hulk books were pretty poor. Sorry, it really didn’t grab me. However, circa 1972, the book took …

Here is the book version I have read, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: The Inspiration for the Upcoming Major Motion Picture by F. Scott Fitzgerald. If any of you guys have watched the movie, then it’s still perfectly alright to go reverse and then read this book. …

I love books. I love them so much that I collect them. There is a difference between going to the library to check out a book and actually owning one. We have near us here in Manchester a book shop called James Books and Novelty Shop. I love this …

I’m a die-hard United fan and I also like Keane a lot. But I would like to see things as it is. Although the book has managed to display Roy Keane with all his arrogance and his unflappable desire to win games his views and points across many issues, …

I wanted to like this book a lot. I *tried* to like this book a lot. I just couldn’t quite make it.
“Horoscopes for the Dead” is the most recent offering by the American poet Billy Collins. Collins was our national poet laureate from 2001 to 2003, and has since …

For anyone who needs a little nudge to overcome writer’s block or added punch for just the right description, “The Professional Writers’ Phrase Book” by Jean Kent might be just the remedy. This book contains thousands of entries to help writers avoid bland or trite statements.
I have used …

‘The Princess and the Goblin’ is a novel written by George MacDonald. This novel is a highly interesting novel. It is good to read this story. It is a thrilling story and it catches hold of the attention of the reader.
The princess, whose name is Irene, was a beautiful …

Hatchet is a story about a boy dealing with the trauma of his parents divorce and the ensuing difficulties that it causes. I was impressed with the way that Mr. Paulsen wrote the book. Set in the third person point of view the book is more of a narrative …

The new half price bookstore is a definite hit. I love the traditional bookstores but this place is ten time better. What makes this store unique from any Borders or Barnes and Noble is that they get their stock from their customers. Half Price Books purchases your …

Although I loved all of the other books I have read by Heather Graham, I didn’t care for this one as much as the others. It just seemed to me there was too much arguing between the characters in this book and that spoiled it for me somewhat. One …

I often have question about my existence here on earth. I always try to find meaning in my life. I have received this book during my oath taking after passing the licensure exam for nurses here in the Philippines. At first I was hesitant to read it since when …

Breaking Dawn the last installment of Stephenie Meyer’s Twilight book series is perhaps the best book in the series. It’s about love, hope and happy endings. It follows a girl who becomes a vampire. This book is written in a fast, but easy to read pace. While it’s a …

This is the fifth book in Sweet Valley’s The Unicorn Club series and right now we have an additional member namely Evie Kim. She’s a very sweet gal who is just like Elizabeth Wakefield and Maria Slater and this is her story to tell.
In this book the Unicorns are …

This book, a kids’ book about a girl who has trouble dealing with her autistic younger brother, is actually quite nice. The story flows smoothly, and you can feel the main character’s frustration, both with the fact that she feels her brother gets everything and she “doesn’t matter” to …

The Demon Spirit is the second book in the Demon Wars Trilogy. It starts off exactly where the first one ended. We join Elbryan and Pony as they set off to rejoin the villagers that they had left behind. Meanwhile the monastary has pretty much turned evil and believes …

Ashleigh is finishing off her second year of high school, and her boyfriend Kaleb has just graduated. She feels like she’s losing him, and when he decides not to go with her to her fest friend’s party, Ashleigh feels like the end of her relationship is getting close. But …

Cooking French-style cuisine is probably the only style of cooking that my husband does not do; pretty much every other ethnic cuisine he does extremely well and often. I went looking for a good cookbook to widen his repertoire of resources and to make is easier for him to …

I can’t believe that there’s such a book as this, Affair: How to Have Your Cake and Eat It by H. Cameron. Barnes. I found myself intrigued by the title and I thought that the book is about how one should handle a situation when he/she is an affair …

“The Client” is one of the best novels by John Grisham. It is a setup on a fast track and the story makes you eager to read every detail, waiting for the unpredicted. It is full of suspense and makes you smile, as an eleven year old boy Mark, …

I simply love the title to this book, Rubbish Boyfriends by Jessie Jones. No doubt about it. This story is totally about Dayna Harris. So if you are the type to not like to read about her character, the I strongly advice you to chuck away this …

“The Lost City of Z” by David Grann is a story about the search for signs of a legendary civilization believed to have been in existence between A.D.800 to A.D.1600. Described as El Dorado, by Spanish conquistadors, the description of this large city tucked away in the wilderness …

How many times have you heard your friends complain about their mother in laws? It seems to be an endless battle. Is it really possible to marry a man (or be with a man in a serious relationship) without marry his mother? If you have …

This was a very interesting book. It was full of murder suspense with a little romance thrown in to mix things up a bit. I don’t really know what my take on it is because I have never read or believed in legends and this book is …

This book is a collection of the letter written by Swami Vivekananda (one of the most dynamic and influential seers ever of India) to his disciples, brothers, friends and others. The book has a large number of letters of Vivekananda spanning across from the late 19th century to the …

My sister has started second grade and she has to have someone read to her every night. We went through all of our books and found this one. It’s a book about a dog that is named Goliath. The young boy who has Goliath would like to enter him …

When I was in high school, I remember how much of a pain in the neck studying for SATs were. However, my least favorite part of the whole thing was studing for the verbal part of the SATs. This of course meant going through a long list of words, …

The Harry Potter only becomes better and better with each book that J.K. Rowling releases. The fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, is where, like Harry Potter, I first think about an international community of wizards and witches. In the first three books, I was content …

Official Nintendo Star Fox Assault Player’s Guide is one that I definitely enjoyed looking through! There is a whole lot of spectacular character and vehicle art that simply cannot be found anywhere else! Fox and his crew and the Arwings along with the Great Fox never looked better and …

Protein Power by Margaret Leeming is a recipe book with a difference. It is aimed at both vegetarians and those wishing to provide wholesome, healthy meals.
I am a vegetarian and although other members of my family are carnivores, they are happy to eat meatless meals too. …

“The Ordinary Princess” by M.M.Kaye is a charming fairy tale about a princess who is not beautiful but ordinary, for a change. When Princess Amy is born and fairies come to bless her with special gifts, one of them happens to be cranky and gives Amy a most unusual …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Spartacus is a novel that I enjoyed for the most part. In some ways, it revisits themes from the following episodes of the series: “The Measure of a Man” and “The Offspring”. In this novel, the Enterprise answers a distress call and delivers …

This book as the first part of the Force Heretic trilogy, a part of the Star Wars “The New Yedi Order” series. There’s three parallel stories in this book, one in which Han and Leia with help from various people are trying to find out how the worlds cut …

Fit For Life, Not Fat For Life, by Harvey Diamond. I have been reading this book and incorporating the methods in it into my life, and after one month, I am starting to feel better than I have in years.
I have started to lose weight that I have …

“Cowgirl Rosie And Her Five Baby Bison” is a children’s book authored and illustrated by Stephen Gulbis and published in 2001. It is a cute book about a little cow girl that my daughter liked quite a bit. She has made several requests for the “cowgirl book.”
Pros: …

I found East Tower on Amazon. Basically, it is an adventure story for 9-12 year olds (and my nephews and niece loved it!) but I started reading it and couldn’t put it down!
It’s set in the 1950’s and it left me wishing that I had lived then. The main …

If ever there was a book that made you want to get in touch with the family and friends you haven’t seen in years it is this one! Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom is a fantastic read. This is a true story, an autobiographical account of how the …

“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 …