Book Description: Non-fiction biography about actor Vincent Price and his career in horror movies.
What I liked about the book: As a huge horror movie fan (especially when it comes to black and white films), I always find time for movies that have Vincent Price in them. This book gives …

Frederick Forsyth’s The Fist Of God is a story woven around the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait, and it’s eventual liberation by the Coalition forces, led by the United States. A British Major from the SAS is called in to run a super secret agent in Baghdad by …

The fifth novel in the Harry Potter saga is one of the best. It is by far the most action packed and has the most complex story line. Of course, Harry is now in his fifth year and with the every rising threat of Lord Voldemort’s return, action must …

This is a short fictional novel that is, although it has a futuristic scientific thematics, an easy afternoon read. Beware there might be a few spoilers in this review (not many though).
The novel takes us to the future introducing us with a new order of society, well not exactly …

“Fear and Trembling” by Amelie Nothomb is the epitome of a quick read. The edition I picked up had less than 150 pages, and it took me little more than two hours to read. I’m a slow reader, who really likes to take her time with the books she …

I’ve always loved books and I read every chance I get. When I visit the shopping malls, I make it a point to visit bookstores and watch out for sales. The problem is some books can be really expensive.
But when I had my first job as a Sales …

Now it seems that all and sundry now write detective stories. We have to focus on the annotations for the book, which, as we know, does not always correspond to the quality of the product.
And since recently there are not so many good books, despite the seeming abundance, I …

I have read the book —˜The clue of the black keys’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is one among the Nancy Drew series. This book is quite interesting to read. This is a good mystery. Nancy has shown great courage and tact in this mystery.
Nancy manages to find a …

Gawain, a goose, serves in the Royal Treasury as a guard. He is honest and proud of his service to the king, Basil the bear. One day, Gawain notices that some rubies are stolen from the treasury. He runs to the king to report the theft. King Basil trusts …

I am not actually a fan of Sandra Brown and I have never been one, as her books are too tasteless for me. In fact, I have avoided reading her books for a very long amount of time, but this changed when I discovered Led Astray.
The first chapter of …

“Color Me Lucy: Celebrating 50 Years Of I Love Lucy” is a coloring book that I did not purchase to color, but to merely look at, appreciate and add to my collection of Lucy books. Despite this book being a coloring book, the drawings are actually on the complex …

Kate Hardesty meets Ky Silver in this novel. Kate returns to the town where Ky lives, and where they met 4 years before. Kate is a Literature professor at Yale while Ky is the owner of a small town restaurant and 2 boats.
As you can probably guess, there are …

If some one asks me which is the nostalgic story I have read recently, my answer would be The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini. The book looks at childhood friendship in a fresh evergreen way. The way of writing of the author is very emotional style and keeps …

Iceland’s Bell is a historical novel by the Icelandic writer Halldor Killjan Laxness. It has been translated to several languages, so finding a copy in a language you can read shouldn’t be a problem. The first part is about the farmer Jón Hreggviðsson and his battle with the Icelandic authorities. …

Barnes and Noble bookstore is seriously, one of my favorite places to be! I love it! It’s big and there are sooo many books and I just love walking in and spending time walking around looking at books. In my opinion it definately beats the mall bookstores. Aside from …

I read the 50$ and up underground house book by Mike Oehler I just finished up reading it I was very excited by the prospect of having such a cheap shelter ,but all is not what it seems. So I thought a review might …

Steven Gerrard is Liverpool FC’s captain, and this is his autobiography. The book is obviously about Steven Gerrard’s life, and everything that he goes through to get to where he is today.
Enough with all the bull. This is by far the best book I have ever read. …

A very solid book. I got this book for my birthday and I am so glad that I did. My mother bought it for me and she thought I would enjoy it. Boy was she right. What an amazing book. Everything is so detailed and precise. The book cover …

People of the Lake is a book on anthropology, published a little while ago by Pelican (the former “academic” imprint of Penguin) and written by the team of Richard Leakey and Roger Lewin, that attempts to build a coherent picture of what life might have been like for the …

Couch’s book, “Chosen Soldier” is another in a long line of books on the training of United States Army Special Forces Soldiers. In it, he follows several classes, starting with a group of 18 X-rays as they leave Ft. Benning Georgia and begin the long trek through their training, …

Vampires and werewolves have been famous in the last years maybe because of the Twilight saga. But this book is also good if you’re a fan of vampires, werewolves, and also zombies. I actually laughed at the title when I first read it, it reminds me of a song …

‘The Whaleboat House’, previously published as ‘Amagansett’, was Mark Mills’ first novel and is set in 1947 on Long Island. I was not alive in 1947 and have never been to Long Island so I did hope that the author would be able to give a good sense of …

Last month, I read my sister’s novel, If You Could See Me Now, written by Cecelia Ahern. She is a young writer from Ireland, and I felt that she has truly written a good story. It tells about Elizabeth Egan, a very busy businesswoman. She is …

Just like years ago “Lord of the Rings” brought to light the genre of epic fantasy, similarly the series “Harry Potter” set up a branch of the genre of new generation, stories of young heroes studying in magical worlds. The most famous such story is inspired by the Greek …

I read this book, Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell the other day and have completed reading it. It is highly recommended personally in my opinion for the fact that one has a fresh view and perhaps getting some line of thought on why certain people are …

I started diving years ago after discovering how beautiful the marine world is in my country. In all the years that I have been diving and snorkeling here, I noticed that there is a dearth of good marine maps and guides, and I therefore made it my mission to …

There are few comic books out there that have the mystique of Cerebus. In fact, no other comic book really can. It is the longest running series ever in history to have the same writer/artist throughout, and is certainly one of the most famous independent comic books …

Jean Staker Garton, Litt.D, L.H.D., has written a book examining many of the popular slogans people use who are in favor of abortion. Garton herself admits in Who Broke the Baby that she was initially pro-choice. Around the time of Roe vs. Wade, she identified with the feminists who …

This is a book published by reader’s digest and gives about 4000 handy tips.The health hints are really good.This book gives tips on all day to day daily things we ought to know.How to go on a vaccation,How to travel with children,preparing a living will,Ear injuries …

The Complete Dream Book, 2nd edition: Discover What Your Dreams Reveal about You and Your Life - by Gillian Holloway is a very helpful book to have if you are like me and keep a dream journal and are interested in deciphering parts of your dreams to see if …

Skelter (by Michael R Perry)
Manson and fiends like him continue to attract believers and admirers long after they are dead or locked away from society. As it is, the story exploited on the probability of Manson’s supporters perpetuating his name and fame through acts of comparable, …

This was a delightful collection of short fantasy stories involving frogs. The stories are very clever and fun to read. I found them humorous and light-hearted as well, even thought some of them teach lessons to the reader. Teaching lessons is always good, but it’s even better when those …

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 …

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mysteries are always an enjoyable read, and The Sign of Four is no exception. I particularly enjoy this mystery because I think Dr Watson is kind of funny in it.
The two characters are ever the same - Sherlock Holmes is always right …

Even if you are not in the movie industry business, I find reading Movie Business Book by Jason E. Squire a good knowledge on movies in general and how the business of it goes about. You will be amazed at how these people in the movie industry have the …

The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year in, is as short novel by Charles Dickens. It was written the year after the more famous A Christmas Carol, and is the second in a series of Christmas books. …

This is supposed to be a guide for inner transformation and if you like the physic this is an interesting book, if not forget it. Going Within is supposed to be a roadmap for achieving inner transformation. In this book Shirley Maclain covers many aspects of the physic …

Kiss and Run is written by Elina Furman. I really love this book. This book is especially good for commitment phobias people out there. And this book is targeted for women especially. I have a fun time reading this book, though I am not a …

Even though I tend to frequent local book stores over chains such as Barnes and Noble, I do visit this Barnes and Noble quite a bit both for its convenience and selection. This rather large location is located within Biltmore Park, and it’s the only book store in the …

I love to read. I read about maybe a book a week or so. Rarely does a book so strike me as to make me want to take the time to write a review on it. This book is different. This book will take you way down emotionally with …

I have read the book —˜mystery at the ski jump’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is quite a good book and is one among the Nancy Drew series. This is an interesting book and is full of suspense. I liked it very much.
There are many interesting things in this …

Just looking for a fun, relaxing read that isn’t complicated? If you said yes, the Little Lulu Comic Book Series is perfect for you. Don’t worry, it is nothing like those cheesy, no offense, super hero comic books. Little Lulu is a girl in the 1920’s-1930’s who always finds …

This novel, In One Year and Out the Other, is a collection of short stories. Most of them are about finding new romance or boyfriends.
It isn’t really the most interesting collection ever. Many of the stories are a bit disjointed and fairly short. They don’t really have any character …

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is directly about vampire romance, I have to pretty much say that. It’s either you like it or hate it. If you are the vampire flick sort of reader, you might pretty much enjoy reading this. As for myself, I fall into the …

This is the book that got me into the Stephanie Plum series. My coworker told me that I could start on any of them and still be okay, but I really wanted to start from the beginning. Stephanie Plum is a very likeable character. Janet Evanovich’s writing style is …

Messages From Your Angels, by Doreen Virtue, Ph.D.is an inspiring, uplifting book for anyone who is spiritual, or anyone who is looking for a new approach to dealing with the hardships that life throws at us.
Doreen Virtue is a kind, inspiring and talented woman who has the ability to …

Stretching Living Space is published by Better Homes and Gardens. It gives ideas about decorating rooms in a fashion that makes rooms appear larger. It talks about how to use a room more efficiently by doubling its purpose. One example of that is using a couch that pulls out …

This is the first book of The New Prophecy Warriors series by Erin Hunter. This is about the cats traveling to see the badger called Midnight who knows a lot about StarClan who is their warrior ancestors who have died and are now represented by stars in the night …