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Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman’s Story.
ISBN: 1-86049-960-0
This is an autobiographical account of a young woman living in Afghanistan growing up under the Taliban regime.
The first time I picked up this book, I found it quite difficult to get into, so I put …

Free Fall by Robert Crais is more like a movie than a book. The style and events are more of cinematic nature. Free Fall can not be seen as the best work from Robert Crais but it has some good elements like the way the difficulties in life are …

I joined a website called Goodreads to read reviews on books that I wanted to read, so I could see if they were worth buying or borrowing from the library. I noticed there were some writing groups on Goodreads, and I proceeded to join them because I love writing …

This story is one of the pure romance novels by Sandra Brown. In this story, Erin O’Shea meets macho Lance Barett when she goes looking for her long-lost brother.
Erin is an orphan, and together with her brother, was given up for adoption when they were children. When she arrives …

I tried not to read this book for a long time, since it’s such a long series. There are SIX books to get through. I didn’t really want to start it, but about a month ago I was feeling bored, so I picked it up and started to read.
The …

Every spring I hear birds singing, hearing birdcalls I didn’t hear for months through the long freezing winter. This March we had a few especially warm days and the familiar birdcalls started up again. I live near a park so I hear a lot of birds singing. One day …

I don’t think I can read this series anymore. The last few books I read were such a disappointment. It wasn’t even the plot that killed it. It’s the lack of development for the characters. What was funny and intriguing about them at the beginning, is now annoying and …

You know, people don’t write stories like this anymore. We are more enthralled by action espionage thrillers, politically correct views on racism and discrimination, and fantasy fiction filled with horror and romance. The old days of writing are gone.
Instead of telling a story, authors today tend to put more …

Did you ever hear that saying that authors shouldn’t start their story too soon? Well, apparently this author hasn’t, as the actual plot doesn’t start until halfway through the book. As the title suggests, this is supposed to be a story about getting lost in the freezing, icy wilderness …

This was one explosive book and I was very hooked on it, reading it while I should have been doing other things. As I flipped the pages the tension kept increasing, as things grew worst for the four teenage Rosewood girls Hanna, Aria, Emily and Spencer. I really sped …

Little men is the second book about the three surviving March sisters. Little Women saw them all married and happy, in Little Men we mainly follow Jo and her boys as she runs a boarding school in the house she inherited from aunt March. The old house is filled …

When I was still in third year High School, my English teacher required me to make a reaction paper about the book entitled “The Heavenly Man” that was written by Paul Hattaway. At first, it was a big mystery for me on what the book is all about, …

I have read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald many times. It is one of the prime possessions in my personal library. Going through this book always give me reason why it is considered as one of the best American novels.
The story of the book revolves around …

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon encompasses every genre imaginable. There is romance, history, intrigue, fantasy, suspense, paranormal, and action. This epic novel and its sequels grabbed me and would not let go. Outlander sat on my bookshelf for years before I read it. As a bookstore …

This book was recommended to me by a great friend who LOVES dark romance, so I kinda was expecting this to be really dark. The only things she told me about it were that it had a homeless girl and an autistic protagonist. It immediately caught my eye since …

I give the book “MAKING A LITERARY LIFE” a 10 rating. I learned a lot from this book. I have already re-read it once to gain new inspiration.
This book provides invaluable tips about information only a well-published writer like C.See could know. The author provides …

I tend to avoid watching movies once I’ve read the book, or reading books if I’ve seen the movie. Mostly because they’re never the same and I am always disappointed. But I enjoyed the movie so much that I picked the book up, and I’m pretty glad that I …

Most of the people I know who have read The Hunger Games Trilogy like the second book best. However, in my opinion, I still like the first book “The Hunger Games” better, although Catching Fire is undoubtedly very good as well.
Catching Fire is actually the start of the …

This book is one of the master pieces written by Dr. Wayne W Dyer on spirituality and self development and a ‘must read’ for any person wanting THE POWER OF to realize his true self and invoke the unlimited powers of his spiritual energy. The entire theme of this …

Can you believe it when I say that I cried in the midst of reading Change of Heart by Jodi Picoult? Yes, I did and this author is really great and I bought it at a market price of close to $20. This novel is really touching and …

I just recently finished a book. It is Retrovirus by T.L. Higley. Retrovirus is a Christian fiction novel. It is 367 pages.
Retrovirus was a fun book to read. It wasn’t as well written as something Huggins might write but, it was very good. …

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 …

This book has been seen on Oprah and has made it’s way into her book club, and it definitely deserves it.
I picked up the book shortly after I saw it on T.V. and began reading. It was a little hard to start at first but once you get going …

Does the idea of Marvel heroes being displayed in a 17th century Elizabethan setting interest you? If your answer is yes, you will like Marvel 1602. If your answer is no, then this probably isn’t the book for you.
It is rare that I pick up a comic …

I have read the book ‘The glory of freedom’. This book is written by Osho, an Indian author. Osho explains the importance of freedom in life. Osho also tells us that our freedom has been destroyed by society and religion. Society has told us that we should live in …

I found ‘Precious Bane’ abandoned and forgotten among other books in my father’s study. I asked him about it and his answer was ‘It’s no good.’ Later he admitted he hadn’t even read it, except for the first few pages. However, I was determined to see what it was …

Service Of All The Dead was written by Colin Dexter, and published by Ballantine Books, 1996.
Colin Dexter’s endearing and morose protagonist, Inspector Morse seemed married to his work, so I can’t imagine him on vacation. I wonder what a diehard workaholic like him would do on holiday. …

Belong to Me by Marisa de los Santos is a compelling tale. In the beginning, the story felt gossipy and like the typical tale of a group of women who are struggling for social dominance. It was actually fun to read but didn’t seem extraordinary.
After a while I began …

“Curious George And The Pizza” is a children’s book featuring the iconic Curious George the monkey. This is one of the shorter Curious George books I have read, and since I am not a huge fan of the monkey, this is a good thing.
The plot of this story …

This novel is geared toward young teenage girls - probably 12 and up. It is a wonderful story of the adventures of an American girl who goes off on what is basically a clue hunt through Europe.
The story starts when the girl seeks out some memories of her aunt, …

A writing work of this magnitude can not be covered by a single text, by any description or by any generalization. So in the beginning I recommend you see at least one more review of it to see also another point of view on the book. Because each …

Discovery of India is a historical book for India, in a sense, as it is written by the first Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru. I have recently read this book. The book contains an authoritative account on India and took the reader on the path of evolution …

I almost wanted to put this review under ‘religion’ for that is how deeply affected I am by this incredible woman’s poetry.
I first discovered Anne Sexton when I became a member of allpoetry.com (see review of this site in my collection), and after reading a piece entitled “Buying the Whore” …

The second book in the Sister Agatha series. When holy statutes that belong to the Catholic Church are disappearing from the retreat site where they are displayed, the Archbishop sends Sister Agatha to investigate.
Once Sister arrives at the retreat building on her Harley with Pax sitting in the sidecar …

The cover illustration of the book, Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford is really very lavender, colorful and kind of funny.
The story is about Polly Hampton and she has this stiff-upper lipped type of parents and the story is so funny, I laughed so many times …

Okay, now I’m really annoyed at Orson Scott Card.
Orson Scott Card is an extremely well-known and *good* science fiction writer. He did not write this book.
Invasive Procedures is a novel based on a screenplay by Aaron Johnston which was based on a short story that Card wrote in 1977. …

I love genres of books and movies that are laced with lots of romantic comedies and that includes this amazing book, The Year of Yes: The Story of a Girl, a Few Hundred Dates, and Fate by Maria Headley. This book is super awesome and it relates to how …

I have read many times this book, and it became my favorite from the first lecture. I know it’s not a book that is easy to find, but if you do find it do not hesitate to read.
The action takes you back in 1930 in Calcutta, India. Maybe …

Herbal Remedies in pots by Effie Romain & Sue Hawkey is a great book if you enjoy gardening or natural remedies, or just want to grow some of your own medicinal herbs. The first part of the book consists of 34 different pots, each with 3 - 5 herbs …

I’m sure many of you have heard the name of Ellery Queen, at least by your ancestors. Or his books at least must be in the libraries around you. Who, exactly, was Ellery Queen? You have heard of Sherlok Holmes and Dr. Watson. Well, Ellery Queen was Holmes and …

“Maths on the CBM 64″ is what it says on the spine of this book, and so it is what I am using as the title here, but on the cover itself you get a much longer version: “Mathematics on the Commodore 64: Essential Routines for Programming”. That makes …

When Paddy de Courcy decides to get married everyone gets all excited but for four certain ladies the news turns their lives upside down.
For Lola, a stylist by profession is not good news because she had always believed she was Paddy’s girlfriend, she is heartbroken and inconsolable, and the …

The Secret Between Us by Barbara Delinsky is a novel about this mother and daughter who are kept connected with this horrifying secret that they both possess. Driving along a dark country road one rainy and depressing night, Grace and her mother Deborah were on their way home from …

W. Somerset Maugham’s novel The Razor’s Edge was one of the best-selling books of the 20th Century. I discovered in more than 20 years ago, and read it once every yer before giving the copy away to someone and buying a new one.
It tells the story of a young …

So, after having managed to finish the first two instalments in the Matched trilogy, I had to finish it. If I could ditch books based on how good they are, I would have given up on this trilogy at the end of the first book itself. But, I somehow …

How To Write A Damn Good Novel is a book written by James Frey. Basically, it is about how to write a good novel which can be published and has a potential of being a bestseller.
I bought and read this book, and think it is pretty good. …

Translated from Portuguese by Geovanni Pontiero, Blindness is now a full length movie starring Julianne Moore and Mark Ruffalo.
The Blindness novel starts straight in the story with the origin of the plot within the first pages of the novel. Blindness is the story of an unexplained mass disease of …

Uglies is the first in a series of four books called the Uglies series. I took my time and really loved reading Uglies because it was so different. A girl named Tally Youngblood lives in a world where when you turn sixteen, you have a compulsory operation to make …

This is my second short stories collection by Alice Munro; the previous one I’d read, “Runaway”, was actually more to my taste than this one. However, this collection is quite notable, also for having its final story, “The Bear Came Over the Mountain”, adapted into a critically-acclaimed movie starring …

“Wuthering Heights” by Emily Bronte is not a book I would have chosen to read; I mean, I had not even heard of it before, I was introduced to it when I had to read it for my university class.
I should start by saying that I’m a …