“Monster” was released in 2005, after quite a long time without a new book from Frank Peretti, who is sometimes called the father of Christian fiction. I had read and enjoyed Peretti’s previous books, and I looked forward to reading this one. Somehow, I had the feeling that it …

Fourteen year old Trixie Belden an amateur detective lives in Sleepyside near the Hudson River in New York. This story entails the strange happenings at the Lisgard house where Fay Franklin lives. Fay Franklin just moved to Sleepyside, when she hears stories about Lisgard house being huanted but she …

‘Woman as force in history’ is a book written by Mary R. Beard. This book discusses the varied contributions of women since the beginning of recorded history. It also explains the women’s rights movement. It also analyses the effects of laws upon the status of women.
Mary R. Beard …

There’s no doubt that Dungeons and Dragons is the biggest and most popular role playing game of all time. However, I personally like the smaller, or less well known ones, such as Ironclaw, a furry-themed RPG where people play as anthropomorphic animals. This does have a pretty big following, …

This book features Jessica Wakefield being a main suspect of being involved in a cocaine bust and her boyfriend Nick fox who is a detective, is having trouble who to believe. This book also features Enid Rollins having some evidence that can free Jessica out of jail since she …

I just had to read a book for school that really got my attention, It is called “Who Moved My Cheese” by Spencer Johnson, M.D.
Foreword by Kenneth Blanchard, Ph.D.
This book is short and it is basically just a story of two mice and two little people and how their …

Matthew Reilly…….Ice Station………….does’nt ring any bells??
Well it should because this is one of the most action packed, adventurous piece of fiction that you are EVER going to get a chance to read. Matthew Reilly has done it again and he is on a hot streak with this follow up[not …

I read this book for my school book review and was under the impression that it will be very boring but to my amazement I really enjoyed it!!! It is a story about a young boy named pet named Pi whose father is a zoo owner. He spends his …

Bleach Manga Volume 2 begins with begins with Rukia going after Chad after he tries to protect a bird with a human soul from a Hollow that he can’t see. Ichigo helps his sister get back home when she’s not feeling well and Ichigo learns something about the …

This children’s book by Roald Dahl is not quite as funny as some of his others, but still contains many of his zany ideas and funny words.
The story is of a boy, who Dahl does not give the name of, whose parents unfortunately die in a car accident. He …

I’ve had a love for history since I was a small child. I’ve studied it most of my life, but my curiosity on the historical effects, implementations and consequences of torture and other forms of corporeal punishment were brought together by “The History of Torture” by Daniel P. Mannix.
I …

This set was recommended to me to read. The No. 1 Ladies, Detective Agency is a set of books written by Alexander McCall Smith. There is a set of 5. They are quite interesting reading.
These books are about Mma Ramostwe, a woman who lives in Botswana. The …

The Sword in the Stone is the first book in T.H. Whites 5 book series “The Once and Future King” about King Arthur and Knights of the Round Table. In the first book, Arthur is still a boy living with his adopted uncle and cousin; he’s called Wart and …

The Last Battle is the last and seventh book of the Chronicles of Narnia series. Unlike most chronicles or series this does not end answering a lot of questions instead it brings a close to the world of Narnia in an epic battle that divides the total world.
I …

Laugh ‘n’ Learn Spanish by Lynn Johnston and Brenda Wegman is not just another Spanish learning book. With the help of the famous comic strip For Better or For Worse, Laugh ‘n’ Learn Spanish is exactly as the title says. If you are not familiar with the comic strip …

This is the third and final installment and novel on the Jessica-Clay-Nick Fox triangle and just when Nick Fox has enough evidence to throw Clay behind bars, he will have to testify against him, and that’s when he has no choice but to enter the witness protection program as …

The book is about self development, motivation and thinking positively in life. It encourages people to not fall in sorrow and frustration by having positive life. By using simple words in giving interpretation of Quran verses, the author succeed in establish and encourage the readers to follow his tips. …

Darkness tells the story of a group of people living in a small, ritzy community in Florida. A young woman living in the swamp discovers that a Dark Man is taking people’s children and turning them into zombies and wants to do whatever possible to stop them, even though …

This book is great fun, except for people who worry about getting any diseases that they’ve read about. The “Hypochondriac’s Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have” was written by Dennis Diclaudio and is sold at most bookstores for $14.95 in the United States, $19.95 in Canada. …

Strangely enough, this book was not the worse of the Goldy Bear series. But, it was a far cry from the worst. I wanted it in hardcover, because I have other books of the series in them, but I just can’t justify spending the money anymore. I thought long …

Lacey Armstrong is living a very ordinary life: single mom, great friends, difficult mother, and a business owner. Her day to day life is mundane with no excitement or change. However, all those things come to a standstill when Hurricane Damien levels Lacey’s home, which actually turns out to …

Mark Hogan has killed his pastor Reverend Daniel Glory - at least he thinks he has.
Mark Hogan has it all - great job, great family, great church and a position on the church board the only thing missing is a boat. He dreams, he searches boat lots and decides …

Okay, this book, Small Business Management: Launching and Growing New Ventures, Fourth Canadian Edition looked and felt to me like a textbook - but a really interesting textbook. I found lots of information that was useful to me, as well as some things I hadn’t even thought about so …

I was strolling inside a bookstore when I saw this book, Quick and Easy Chinese Cuisine. And of course, the foods here are all Chinese recipes. I browsed it using one of their open examples and found the recipes inside. I read a few and made me …

I hated this book. I hated the fact that the cover was so much better than the rest of the book. I initially borrowed this book from my dorm mate because my cousin told me that it’s a nice book. Well it’s not. Let me tell …

The other day, my daughter brought home a book from the school library (she brings home two a week) and told me it was one she has been wanting to check out for some time. I can only assume that’s because it was a book that was read in …

William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Prince of Denmark may very well be the best play in western literature. It certainly is the most written about play. For much of my adult life it has been my favorite play. I’ve seen it performed live five or six times and have always enjoyed …

I’ve long been a huge fan of Diana Gabaldon’s “Outlander” and “Lord John” novel series. So when it was announced last year that Ms. Gabaldon will be releasing a graphic novel set in the first novel, I — like many other fans — eagerly awaited the finished product, especially …

Winter’s Passage is a book from the Iron Fey series by the author Julie Kagawa. I downloaded this book for free for my nook from Barnes and Noble website, and was a little disappointed to discover that it’s really just a short story. It doesn’t even qualify as a …

I enjoyed “Angela’s Ashes” by Frank McCourt, a Pulitzer Prize winning memoir about the author’s poverty-stricken childhood and coming of age in Ireland. Frank was born in America, where he thinks his family should have stayed - and I believe he is right. But it was the time of …

Diary Of A Wimpy Vampire is a hilarious book about a vampire called Nigel Mullet, who has not been blessed with vampire abilities. He was transformed into a vampire at the age of fifteen, so he will have to deal with bad acne and a breaking voice for eternity. …

After Marvel’s comic book adaptations of Stephen King’s “The Stand” and “Dark Tower” books took off, Del Rey decided to get a piece of the action and do a comic book adaptation of another Stephen King fantasy door stopper, “The Talisman”.
The novel, like this comic, follows young Jack …

‘The inscrutable Americans’ is a book written by Anurag Mathur, an Indian writer. This book speaks about the experience of an Indian student in United States when he is studying there as a student on a small university campus for one year. The student comes out of a small …

Lolita is a tragic love story. This novel tells of a professor and writer named Humbert. Because the memories of his past romance with a girl, Annabel, he is obsessed with a teenage girl named Dolores Haze. To be close to Dolores, Humbert eventually marrying the girl’s mother, Charlotte …

Did you enjoy reading The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown? I did. I loved the story of the adventurous symbologists nerd Robert Langdon. I was taken back to the time when I watched Indiana Jones several times so much that my eyes watered. Langdon’s adventures are the modern …

Albert Jack has made a name for himself writing books that provide the background to the stories, phrases, urban legends and even pub names that we are all so familiar with but never really know where they originate and I just love stuff like that and find it quite …

In Country is a book written by Bobbie Ann Mason. I found this book at a going out of business sale for $2. The summary caught my attention. I’m glad I got this for $2, because if I had paid any more for it, it would have been a …

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 …

Wow—¦ what a cool book. This is an illustrated novel put together by Brian Selznick. In my opinion, there really aren’t enough of these. It might seem a bit childish, and it may be difficult for some to take seriously—¦ but the pictures are adorable, and …

Arrow’s Fall is the third novel in Mercedes Lackey’s Arrows trilogy, set in the fictional location of Valdemar. It is conclusion of the cycle and therefore brings resolution to most of the subplots of the series, culminating in the protagonist’s eventual happy matrimony to her one true love. Naturally, …

One summer day of my vacation, I was looking for a book to read. Hence, I search in forums to read comments about a good book to read. After browsing I decided to purchase a book by Cecelia Ahern entitled Rosie Dunne. While I am on the first page …

So begins a six issue arc called “The Six Gun War”. This is notable as Jonah Hex’s major strong point has been that it contained one issue stories that all worked on their own. Occasionally a 2-parter would pop up, but it was like Dini’s Detective Comics …

I have been reading the book Acne for Dummies, written by Herbert P. Goodheart, for a few years now, and have developed a deep understanding on acne and the causes of it. I was surprised to learn for a fact that acne is not hereditary, and that most …

Database Systems is by far one of the worst books ever. Database Systems is a book intended to explain relation databases, instead by chapter 2 you forgot what you were reading. I think the author just assumes anyone reading this book is a genius. If you …

My favorite Danielle Steel book has got to be “Family Album”. I started reading her books when I was in junior high and she is still one of my favorite authors just because she always has great story lines. “Family Album” was no different.
Faye Price was a …

Batman: Under The Hood Volume One by Judd Winick tells the story of Batman’s battle with the mysterious Red Hood who is killing criminals in Gotham, and who he is under the hood, is truly surprising.
This graphic novel is very well written. Judd Winick writes a good Batman …

1984 is a book nobody should miss. It is so captivating, so well written, a novel one will never forget. The skill of the author in creating the dark and gloomy atmosphere of a dictatorial society is amazing. You identify with the main character in his strive to retain …

This is for me the worst of the James Patterson YA novels i have read. I finished the Maximum Ride series, which I immensely enjoyed. I thought that Daniel X would be similar, but I was wrong. The book started out on a very fuzzy note. …

One of my favorite things to do when I was a child was dot to dot. There was never enough of those pages! So when I became an elementary teacher, I gave dot to dot pages to my students; nobody ever turned up their noses at them. …

It’s Great to be Three: The Encyclopedia of Activities for Three year olds is a good resource book for preschools to have. This 640 page book is edited by Kathy Charner and Maureen Murphy. It is a Gryphon House book.
This book is divided into 24 chapters, …