I had to read this book for school, and in my opinion it is inappropriate for young audiences. I would recommend it to people who are having a rough time in life. I was going through a major depression when I was reading this book. It really helped me …

This resource book is by far the best Autism resource book that I have found so far!
I am a mother of a seven year old autistic boy and I first came across this book in my local library and borrowed it. I was so amazed with all the …

Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier is one of my favorite books. This is actually one of the few young adult books I actually enjoy. It is actually an interpretation and retelling of the old tale “The Twelve Dancing Princesses.” I loved that story as a child, it was one …

Simon R. Green is one of the authors that I really like and one of the few that I follow regularly in the sense that I read almost everything published. I first started reading his works in 2001 when I read ” Hawk and Fisher ” then I liked …

The novel The Dallas Women’s Guide To Gold Digging With Pride written by J.C. Conklin is not the typical type of book I grab. I was at the library and decided that I needed a couple of books that were “light reading” and this was one that I …

My younger brother gave me this book for my last year�s birthday. It�s a tongue-in-cheek book called The Rules for Online Dating: Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right in Cyberspace. I laughed like crazy when I opened up my birthday present and found this book, written by …

This series has been continuing on from the 80s. The awesome thing is that the author still manages to stay up to date with legal and other types of things that revolve around criminal justice. That being said, this particular book is not one of her best. The plot …

One of my friends had gifted me The Immortals of Mehua during the last summer holidays. This is the first book of now famous Shiva Triology by Amish Tripathy. I had heard a lot about this book and hence completed it in one week. My experience with this book …

The Darkest Night is my favorite book ever! I have read it at least seven times. And each time i cry at the end. The way Maddox treats Ashlyn is breath taking. And truth be told it makes you crazy jealous that you don’t have a handsome lord of …

Eventhough there are now several huge book companies that are pretty comon in today’s societies, I am still the biggest fan of Borders. I have found Borders to be the most organized in terms of how they arrange various book topics, and I have found their employees to …

Diamond In The Rough by Marie Ferrarella is a book about love in the most unexpected way between a businesswoman Miranda Shaw and sportswriter Mike Marlowe. Their love is unconventional and unexpected.
It stared out with Miranda Shaw’s family business going bust and years later, there’s this particular …

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 …

Checkmate is one of those books which make us laugh out loud after finished reading. This book can’t be categorized into any particular category as it is just a different story. This is a short story from the collection ‘A Twist in the Tale’ written by the master storyteller, …

An Accidental Woman is written by Barbara Delinsky. This book is very much a romance/drama.
The main plot of the book is about Heather Malone. She moved to town fourteen years ago and settled down. She’s a kind gentle person that everyone in town loves. She lives with …

I have read A Good Girl Comes Undone by Polly Williams before. I love the cover actually and this is a book that is perfect for your summer read or for a beach read.
This novel is very funny and with Polly’s style of writing, you can never …

Al Roker’s Big Bad Book of Barbecue is a compilation of recipes from Al, himself, with a lot of influence from his family and friends. My brother and I discovered this book several years ago when my husband decided he wanted to get into smoking meat. We …

Siren by John Everson is a horror tale with a unique “monster.” The mysterious and beautiful Ligeia haunts the shoreline of the small port town of Delilah, California. The main character in the story is a man named Evan. Suffering from aquaphobia, an intense fear of …

Susan Hill, the author of “The Woman in Black,” has written this Gothic novella as a “ghost story.” As a chilling, Gothic tail, it works well. I read it in one sitting on a sunny spring day instead of a cold winter’s night, but I found it to be …

I’ve been looking for a new fantasy series for a long time. The last fantasy series that I was really into was the Inheritance Cycle and since then I’ve been hunting for a new series to start. Then I heard of a novel called ‘The Queen of the Tearling’ …

The Last Valentine was written by James Michael Pratt. It is a love story that is dated back to World War II yet the story line continues into the present.
I first read this book about 10 years ago when I was in high school. I was more into …

I’m starting to get a little frustrated with James Patterson, and beginning to wonder if he even bothers to write anymore. Many of his recent books have been “co-authored” with another writer, and I recently learned how this works.
Basically Patterson comes up with an idea, and turns it …

I like this episode in the Ella Clah series by Aimee and David Thurlo. Since her near death experience in an earlier book, Ella is different. She’s less confident that her FBI training will solve all the crimes she confronts and is more willing to recognize the parts of …

This book was at the top of my summer reading list, as it had been pushed back and pushed back during the school year. As a summer reading book, it performs its function well; however, it is a little more lacking in plot and substance than I would …

Vampire Academy by Richelle Mead is a world wide best seller. Its about a half vampire girl, known as a Dhampire, whose role is to protect a full Vampire princess. It has 332 pages (Paperback) and was Published August 16th 2007 by Razorbill.
Vampire Academy is a one of those …

Time Power is a book I have read which is written by Brian Tracy. This author is a very smart writer and he has given a wonderful insight on time management and how by dividing and planning your time wisely, one could effectively possibly earn more in the …

This story is also about historical romance and it is about duty to the Crown of a Duke for honor and duty versus his love for a lady that he truly loves. If you were to ask me in this modern day, whether there is such a thing, …

In the second volume of this popular manga some new characters will make their appearance. Firstly the timpanist Masumi Okayama, who is a student at the same school than Chiaki and Nodame, and who has a gay crush on Chiaki. He will torture Nodame as he thinks she’s too …

“How corporate America Destroyed Professional Wrestling.”
Ole Anderson has been called bitter by many because of his outspoken nature against the changes in professional wrestling starting with Vince McMahon’s territorial expansion in the early 1980’s.
After reading his book on his wrestling career, a great deal of Ole’s feelings are …

Originally a serial novel, Stephen King�s �The Green Mile� is a touching but horrifying look into human nature. This novel is told from the perspective of Paul Edgecombe: an elderly man spending his last years in a Georgia retirement home. But when Paul was young, he was in charge …

This is an excellent book that you should read if you are interested to study about the concept of management. When I first read the book, management was a relatively new thing for me since my background is engineering. Fortunately, this book uses simple words that are easy to …

I read an Agatha Christie novel in eighth grade and really loved it. It was called “Ten Little Indians.” Then we read another entitled “The Orient Express,” which were my two very favorite of hers. Or some reason, I couldn’t seem to get past the other books for a …

“His Wife’s Deceased Sister” written by Frank Stockton is about how building a name–perfect reputation–that is hard to live up to can be a great thing and sometimes it can be a complete downfall.
The story is about a man who is living the perfect life: he is enjoying the …

Every novel I’ve come across by Jodi Picoult has one unique aspect: They are full of surprises, each a unique story. The Storyteller is definitely no exception; it delves into a well documented part of history- The Holocaust.
The Storyteller does an incredible job of telling …

The Pagan Stone picks up where “The Hollow” left off. For those who have already read the first two books the last book of the series is rather predictable.
I am a great fan of Nora Roberts and have every book she has written in the last …

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 …

One of my favourite John Grisham novels to date is “A Painted House”, even though it took my quite a long time to finish it because of a lack of time on my part. I liked it because it was easy to read and imagine, despite the fact that …

Brian Donnelly and Keeley Grant are the two featured in this story. Brian comes from Ireland to work at the Grant’s stables, hired on as head trainer. The first time he sees Keeley, he is struck by her beautiful and is captivated.
Keeley is Travis Grant’s eldest daughter, who happens …

I’m not sure what should be said about the novel, “Romantic Fiction” by Melanie La Brooy. It was sexy, provocative, and comedic, those were the qualities I found appealing about the novel. One quality that worked against the novel was that it began to drag on and on. The …

Murder Sees the Light was written by Howard Engel (published by Penguin Books, 1986)
There is not much ‘light’ I could see from this story I was rather confused from the beginning to the end.
Benny Cooperman, a private investigator, has been engaged to babysit a famous (or …

The book ” being a happy teenager”, written and illustrated by andrew matthews is just simply a brilliant, insightful, fun and helpful book. I believe this book could be found around the world in major bookstores and in different languages, as it is a international #1 best selling book.I …

(Ruth Rendell, published by Ballantine Books, 1975)
Among Ruth Rendell works, my favorites are the Wexford series. In this book, dear ole Chief Inspector Wexford was in one of his grumbling moods. He had to deal with a slightly willful daughter as well as the more critical concerns of …

One of the downsides of following a comic in an expansive shared universe is that even if you read all the issues in a series, you still miss out on certain plot points.
This was especially egregious when Superman had 4 ongoing titles and stories would go across all four, leaving …

Of all the Victorian Era romance/suspence novels that Victoria Holt ever wrote, my all-time favorite one, without a doubt, is The India Fan. In this 1980’s effort, Holt somehow managed to use her usual plot points and make them seem new and fresh.
When she was young, heroine Drusilla …

“A Wish to Be A Christmas Tree” by Colleen Monroe and Michael G. Monroe is a book that’s many intended for children, but I believe adults will enjoy the book as well. I personally think it’s important that adults read and look through this thirty-two page book because the …

I have read the book —˜The civility solution: What to do when people are rude’ written by P.M. Forni. The author has written many good points in this book. However, it is not something easy to follow the suggestions of the author in this book. Rudeness is a fact …

Out of Whack, written by Jeff Strand is a very funny book filled with very funny lines but there’s a downside to it that I don’t like. The racy scenes in it. But then again, at the end of it, author Jeff has given readers a moral lesson …

Dictionary is very important for me. I love to write and that is why I always want to use new words. I also love to read and there are times wherein I can encounter words which are not yet in my own vocabulary.
Last summer, there was a moving ship …

I am a big fan of the TV show House in which Laurie stars as Gregory House a somewhat snide and critical yet brilliant doctor. That being said I was very hesitant to read this novel because I was afraid that it would not be all that good …

What’s the stupidest decision a person could ever make? What has never had a good outcome for anyone who has tried it? What did Marvel Comics Editor-in-Chief Joe Quesada decide to have Spider-man do? The answer to all three questions is “Make a deal with the …