Gone by Michael Grant. This book is written for pre-teens. I’m a fourty year old adult reading this book. I actually enjoyed this book. It’s starts of with kids sitting in a classroom when all of a sudden the teacher disappears. Soon, the kids …

Laura Ingraham’s Shut up and Sing is a decent book covering traditional conservative philosophy that examines conservative
contentions with traditional leftist environments and, for someone who is new to political theory and science, this may be an interesting book to read.
However, if you have a background in political history, the …

I was sorry to see that the tall, beautiful, sexy FBI agent Lila Mae McTeague had been transferred from the Southern Ute Reservation in “Three Sisters,” however she is still in Charlie Moon’s heart and other body parts and I have hunch she’ll be back. Lila Mae however is …

The Ravenous Beast is a children’s book written and illustrated by Niamh Sharkey. It is a fairly short story and is playfully illustrated, but if your child has a problem with the idea of a monster eating other animals, you may want to avoid reading it as a …

It came as a surprise to me when I learned that one of my favorite writers, John Steinbeck, had ventured across America. It was almost towards the end of his remarkable life, you could say a summation. He decided to know and see a different America, not the one …

Wow! I loved this street book. I have a hard time finding books that are meant to take place on the street and that make in realistic. The characters were so flawed, but I had to like them anyway. I liked their street smarts, their broken dialog and just …

Dead Souls was written by Ian Rankin and first published by St Martin’s Paperbacks in 2000.
Inspector John Rebus was indeed worried his colleague, Jim Margolis had committed suicide; a released pedophile, Darren Rough, was staying in a community with children, and the son of his ex-flame was …

For ladies especially, I’ve read this book, Better than Beauty: A Guide to Charm and it is so charmingly lovely and amazing. I cannot put the book down at all. The color of the book enticed me totally that I took it just by the first glance and …

Darkness Falls by Margaret Murphy is a suspenseful novel about a prominent lawyer and prosecutor named Clara Pascal who is kidnapped by a mysterious man and held captive in a dark basement. The novel alternates back and forth between the police who are trying to find her and …

The book ‘Life after death’ is written by Neville Randall. In this book, the author tells us that there is a life after death. Everything does not end with death. Randall gives a clear description of life after death. Randall deals with questions such as the nature and experience …

“Red, White, and Blue Good-bye” by Sarah Wones Tomp is a heartwarming story for children that tells of not only our country, but how a child might feel if their parent or family member was to be part of the army.
This story is from a little girl’s point …

Random Acts of Heroic Love by Danny Scheinmann is a very moving story. It is about 2 men whom are lovelorn and feel love-lost. 2 men, in 2 different eras but the sadness is pretty much felt by me while I was reading the story. The 2 …

In the horror-fantasy genre Stephen King is undoubtedly one of the most well known and reputable authors, and for good reason. ‘Salem’s Lot is one of King’s earliest novels and is one of my personal favorites. Set in the remote and isolated town of Jerusalem’s Lot this novel follows …

A new manga I’m reading now is called Faster than a Kiss by Tanaka Meca. As always, after seeing that there aren’t any updates yet of the other shoujo manga I have been reading, I resorted to surfing thenet and finding other shoujo manga suggestions by other people so …

This book is a very fun kids’ book. The idea of witches being intent on removing evil from the world by using their individual and rather strange powers is cute and fun. The witch school is also a fun idea.
The story moves quickly and without any flaws or anything …

Susan Wright is the writer for this title book, Be Your Own Therapist (Recipes for Emotional Health). My friend loaned this to me and this book has a lot of self-remedy treatment that I find to be very valuable and I definitely enjoyed reading. The treatment answers …

“Immortal Quotations and Proverbs” is one of my favorite book. This book was written by the Author P.D.Sharma, he has at his credit an experience of more than 30 years of teaching. This book contains 3081 inspiring sayings on 138 Topics in English. The topics are …

Judith McNaught is one of my most treasured historical romance authors, and she does not disappoint in Almost Heaven. This romance introduces you to Ian Thornton and Elizabeth Cameron, two individuals who have had a very brief, but strongly impacting, past encounter with one another that leaves a …

I read this book along with my four-year-old niece, and I have to say that this is a really fun book! The story follows a little girl pig, who is full of good intentions to help her mother celebrate her “special day.” (It never says what special day it …

This book contains 16 of O.Henry’s short stories, I would say some of his very best. The stories included are:
“The Gift of the Magi”
“The Cop and the Anthem”
“Springtime a la Carte”
“The Green Door”
“After Twenty Years”
“The Furnished Room”
“The Pimienta Pancakes”
“The Last Leaf”
“The Voice of the City”
“While the Auto Awaits”
“A Retrieved …

Abandon is the first book in the abandon trilogy. When purchasing this book, I was choosing between Abandon and another book called Cinder. I really wish I’d made the decision to go with Cinder because I did not really enjoy Abandon. The only reason I chose Abandon was because …

“A Clash of Kings” carries us into an amazing , forgotten land of dissipation and revenge, witchcraft and wars. A tale in which noble virgins feast with madmen, where a brother wiles against his own brother, and where the dead are raised, to go into the night. Here a …

Recently I picked up the Brothers Karamazov by the great Fyodor Dostoevsky. His body of work is most clearly defined by the five amazing novels, Crime and Punishment, Demons, Notes from Underground, The Idiot, and Brothers Karamazov, which is his last great work. Having read all the others …

I recently read Kevin Trudeau’s first book on natural cures. I could not put the book down once I started reading it. It is very compelling. One part that I found fascinating was the discussion on conspiracies going on to prevent people from acquiring the knowledge necessary to cure …

This book is the second book of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, and is a good followup to the Lightning Thief. I think the first book was a bit better, but the Sea of Monsters is definitely worth reading and I had several students clamouring for it …

Cry Me a River by Cath Staincliffe is a book that I’ve recently read and was given to me by my boyfriend. He told me that there used to be a TV series or something, but I have no clue as yet. Perhaps one of these days, I …

At just under 300 pages Hapgood lays out his ideas about a civilization that he believes existed before ancient Egypt by many thousands of years. This civilization, according to Hapgood, traveled the world by sea. They produced maps by which later seamen would find their way across the Atlantic. …

This book by Sara Nomberg-Przytyk is definitely not for the squeamish or easily upset. But I for one think it’s very important to read about the Holocaust. There is an old saying that says to forget murder victims is to kill them twice. I think for the sake of …

Katie Alender’s book Bad Girls Don’t Die is about a normal teenage girl who’s life suddenly takes a turn for the worst when her sister starts acting strangely. This book is a suspenseful mystery that will have you on the edge of your seat wondering what will happen next …

‘The future of love’ is a book written by Daphne Rose Kingma. This book is all about improving one’s relationships. Kingma says that in order to have a good relationship, we should have a loving and compassionate heart. Kingma says that each and every moment of human relationships serves …

Confessions of a Video Vixen by Karrine Steffans is a true account of what Karrine Steffans had gone through from young up till now. She leaked out scenarios with celebrities and what she had did and all that, as well as what certain celebrities had offered her so that …

‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’ is a book written by Susan Jeffers. This is a self-help book. It is written in an excellent manner. I liked it very much. The author has presented opinions in a wonderful and simple manner, easily understandable by readers. The various exercises …

This was a book which I started to read purely because it was free on the Amazon store, and I could get the first book for free on my Kindle. So, of course I downloaded it and started to read it. I mean, it was free, so why not …

Vampire Knight Manga Volume 3 explores Yuki and Kanime’s past together and how she was before Cross Academy was started. Meanwhile Zero has to hunt vampires.
This was a very good manga and it was very interesting to read. The story was good and I enjoyed it a …

Well it looks like I have discovered another mystery series to read. “Serpent Gate” by Michael McGarrity is the third in the series about New Mexico law officer Kevin Kerney. Like the period of time between the first book “Tularossa” and the second “Mexican Hat,” Kerney has lost the …

This is one of the books I read shortly after becoming a fantasy fanatic, because I’d always been a horse lover and loved to read horse books, so I was trying to get my hands on ever horse-oriented fantasy book or series that I could. Arrows of the …

First of all, let me point out that I am an avid Patricia Cornwell fan. More specifically, I am an avid Kay Scarpetta fan. So I started reading Predator with certain expectations, based on Cornwell’s previous Scarpetta books. I have to say, I was thrilled in …

I bought “That’s Not in my American History Book: A Compliation of Little Known Events and Forgotten Heroes” at the Discovery Store in the mall. I love this book! The stories are so great! You get to learn about events that have been forgotten, people who played bigger roles …

This book contains 321 pages full of information that was the key for me getting through University. As a single man who went to live away from home for the first 3 months I ate really rubbish food and I did not eat very well. I am not a …

I almost find it difficult to write this review for James Frey’s lastest work, A Million Little Pieces. It is truly a memoir of great depth, raw emotion and painful truth. It is the story of a man’s struggle with himself, humanity, and the world in which …

I bought this book as a gift for a friend of mine. She and her husband are big wildlife buffs and have an extensive library of books that tells them about their favorite species. However, I felt that this book would be a great addition to their collection …

The first time I heard about the Harry Potter series, I dismissed it as a children’s books. Despite the numerous times that I heard people talk about this series I ignored it until right before the release of the first movie and I was forced out of habit to …

I just recently finished reading all the Sookie Stackhouse books they have out right now: Dead until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club dead, dead to the world, Dead as a doornail, definitely dead, All together dead, From dead to worse, dead and gone, and A touch of dead. …

Wow! Simply wow. I loved this book. I am an avid reader and enjoy everything from romance to horror to sci-fiction to fantasy. I have recently stumbled into the knowledge that I’m a fanatic for anything that’s apocalyptic in nature. I want to read …

This is a book about none other than surviving a robot uprising, meant as a humorous look at how far robot technology has come to today. It covers everything from how to spot a hostile robot to fooling robots, to surviving hand to hand combat. Scattered throughout the book …

The Top 10 of Everything 2007 is written by Russell Ash, and my family has this really big book. In fact, I have other versions as well, ranging from different year at home.
There are basically thousands of questions in this book that you will feel truly honored to …

This book, Out, by Natsuo Kirino, is a chilling tale. The writing makes everything seem very believable and real, and I was very absorbed in the events of the book. I actually found myself feeling angry at how one person was treated. The omniscient narrator made each character feel …

Ah, Dumas. How could I not adore you? After finishing The Count of Monte Cristo, I figured that nothing in the world could possibly get better. I was wrong. I’ve recently finished The Three Musketeers and found it to be the most fantastic story I’ve ever read. Set in …

John Gardner ‘Grendel’. Probably, most people heard about Grendel, an infamous monster, a half-human who used to terrorize Dans’ villages. It’s considered to be one of the first and fundamental texts of English literature. In fact, it is written in Anglo-Saxon, which is completely incomprehensible for us …