Books Reviews
The Wrinkle Cleanse book
I read the book The Wrinkle Cleanse by Cherie Calbom, and thought it was interesting, engaging and a very informative book about aging and beauty in general. While the concept of the book is not at all original, I think this is one of the few books which really …
THE YEAR OF PLEASURES by Elizabeth Berg
I found the book THE YEAR OF PLEASURES enchanting. This novel tells the tale of a protagonist who loses her husband to cancer and begins a new life that involves major emotional and geographical changes. It is a fascinating read to watch how a woman …
Sebastian by Anne Bishop
This is a dark fantasy novel about an Incubus (a male sex demon) named Sebastian who has fallen in love with an innocent human woman. I don’t think I ever read a story about an Incubus before and I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it turned out to …
The Weather Maker by Tim Flannery
I found a book with the title The weather maker.It was made by Tim Flannery.He is a famous writer,scientist,conservationist and explorer.We are all facing Global warming and we saw a lot of signs that proves it.Global Warming is a trial that we need to face besides it’s our fault.
Many …
“A Little Princess” by Frances Hodgson Burnett
This is a story every girl should read. Sara Crewe is a lovely, bright girl who has lived with her father, Captain Crewe, in India. Her father is a widower. His career has been very successful, so they are rich, and little Sara has everything she could wish for …
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
What can I say about Twilight that hasn’t already been said? What you have never heard of Twilight by Stephanie Meyer? What planet have you been living in? Twilight is possibly one of the most popular vampire books ever written and that is because of the great love story that …
Mckays used book store
I love to rummage and see what I can find and this week I choose to go to Mckays used bookstore. I was so pleased that I found so many great books that are out of print and that are not stocked in the new book stores. I do …
Ttyl
Ttyl by Lauren Myracle is book I like a lot because it is told completely in text and IM lingo. It also shows you can keep in contact with your friends without being there with them or talking to them on the phone. That is why the internet is …
“Little Black Dress” (2005) by Loren D. Estleman
“Little Black Dress” places hit man Peter Macklin in great danger. He meets his mother-in-law Pam Ziegenthaler, a woman nearly his own age. Like good mothers-in-law everywhere Pam takes an instant dislike to the man who married her daughter. Their relationship isn’t helped when Laurie and Peter meet …
City of Widows by Loren D. Estleman
I had never heard of Loren Estleman before I read “City of Widows,” so I didn’t know quite what to expect. I was pleasantly surprised. Instead of the simply formal fiction of some western writers, I found Estleman’s book to well-plotted, engaging, and an excellent read.
The book features Page …
The Tuscan Sun Cookbook by Frances and Edward Mayes Book
The Tuscan Sun Cookbook is a random cookbook I found while browsing the Italian cooking section. I think my obsession with the Italian dessert, cannoli, is why I’ve become more interested in learning to prepare Italian food, and not the kind that is drowning in sauce served in chain …
The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
After watching the movie “The Notebook” and listening to many women sing praises over Nicholas Sparks’ work, I decided to read The Notebook and see what all the fuss was about. Acquiring a copy was simple enough. My mother has two or three of his works in her bookshelf. …
Wimpy Kid Diary - Rodrick Rules book
Wimpy kid Diary —“ Rodrick Rules is the second book from “Wimpy Kid Diary” series, by Jeff Kinney. This series was starts as posts in a blog, and it became so famous that the story was changed in books. Jeff is the author and the illustrator of the blog …
Ian Fleming - From Russia With Love: A James Bond Novel
I borrowed from my sister this book, and it is a James Bond spy kind. It is a good and fun read.
Do you all know that Ian Fleming is the creator of “James Bond”? Now, we are all so ever hyped about James Bond the movie sequels …
Chronicles of Narnia Pop up Book for Children
Children love pop up books. They bring the stories to life. Even today I can remember enjoying them as a child, reading them over and over and over again and now one of the most popular stories of today, The Chronicles of Narnia, is now available in a …
Faster than a Kiss manga
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 …
The circus of adventure
‘The circus of adventure’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is a very interesting book, although the book is not as interesting as the other adventure series.
Bill wishes to take the children on a trip up to the cottage in Little Brockleton. Bill also brings another boy …
Fateful by Claudia Gray book
Fateful follows a maid named Tess Davies who is a passenger on the Titanic. She works for the nasty Lady Regina, who is a first class passenger aboard the Titanic. Desperate to escape her life as a maid, Tess plans to run away when the Titanic arrives in New …
Chameleons by Becky Barker
I borrowed some books to be read almost every night, before I go to sleep, and the book Chameleons is about 2 souls who pretended to be someone else.
The hero’s character is Ryan Havens, and he is a very good looking and sexy cowboy, and he pretended to be …
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button book
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1922. I read this story while using my husband’s Motorola Android phone’s Aldiko e-book reader application. Before seeing this book on Aldiko, I did not realize it was a book since a movie was …
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett
Pyramids by Terry Pratchett is one the earlier Discworld novels. It is set the Kingdom of Djelibeybi, and ancient land dominated by its pyramids. It tells the story of Teppic, the young Pharaoh, who has just completed his schooling in Ankh-Morpork as an Assasin, and has returned …
The Prodigal Daughter by Jeffrey Archer
The author, Jeffrey Archer presents us with a plot about the life of a Polish family immigrating to America and the challenges ahead. In “The Prodigal Daughter” we see how is the fast successful story of a girl named Florentyna from aging to school, youth, marriage, business, politics and …
Killer Cruise by Laura Levine Book
This was the first mystery novel I read by author Laura Levine and I fell in love with her books right away. The story was just so humorous and entertaining that reading one of them just wasn’t enough. So far of the three that I read, this one is …
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma novel
The Mysterious Benedict Society and the Prisoner’s Dilemma by Trenton Lee Stewart is a fun book for kids. Similar to the Mysterious Benedict Society, there are fun puzzles - which I found easy but they still add a nice element to the book for children - and lots of …
Horror novel: Ghost Monster by Simon Clark
Ghost Monster is a horror novel about a woman named Pel who is on an archaeological expedition to dig up relics from the past in a small town in England. In the cemetery near the dig, there is a mausoleum with a huge mosaic of a man who terrorized …
Thank You, M’am by Langston Hughes
“Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes is a story about a woman who takes a boy home with her after he tried to steal her purse.
First, the story begins with a woman walking down the street with her purse over her shoulder. Suddenly, a young boy tries to snatch …
Cujo: A Novel by Stephen King
The book is a disappointment as compared to other novels by Stephen King. Cujo is a two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard (basically it is a very big dog). He is a gentle dog in spite of his huge size. However, one day he becomes very sick, which makes him act wildly. …
Smart Cooking for Men by Karen Anand
My Husband gifted me this book “Smart cooking for Men” by Karen Anand on my birthday. I was surprised to receive it as the title suggests it is for Men but one look and this is was the cook book I wanted. This is a excellent cook book for …
Afterburn by Zane
Have you read Afterburn by Zane? This Author is known for some of her incredible work such as: The Sex Chronicles, The Heat Seekers, Gettin’ Buck Wild and much more. But her book, Afterburn, might be the best of all; the way she brings her characters’ Rayne Waters and …
In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies
Written by Tom Peters, this is one excellent book for managers. In fact, In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies was required reading when I was trying to become a manager at San Miguel Corporation, the Philippines’ biggest and most influential corporation. As such, I …
Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings By Charles H. Hapgood
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. …
Janet Evanovich Stephanie Plum Series
I always hated to read. Reading puts me to sleep. I didn’t read the required material in college. I used to try and read Stephen King then lost interest as I got older. A neighbor gave me some Harlequin novels to read. I …
The Fallen by T. Jefferson Parker
I read a book called “The Fallen” which was written by T. Jefferson Parker.
In this book a homicide detective, Robbie Brownlaw is trying to catch the killer of another cop, Garrett Asplundh who was actually an honest cop who it seems stumbled on to severe corruption in the city …
Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban
Another stroke of genius by JK Rowling. Harry, Ron & Hermoine are in their 3rd year at Hogwarts. The school is playing host to the Dementors, the guards of the wizarding prison Azkaban, because Sirius Black a reknowned Death Eater and ex friend of Harry’s parents as well as …
The Constant Princess by Philippa Gregory
Synopsis
Betrothed at the tender age of three years to Prince Arthur, the son and heir of Henry VII of England, Katherine of Aragon is raised to be Princess of Wales. She grows up knowing and believing that it is her destiny to rule that far-off, wet and cold land.
Her …
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (Novel, 2011)
This book was recommended to me by a friend and I’m glad I took a chance on it. The book is a fantasy novel but not in the way most fantasy novels are these days. It takes place in our world but doesn’t present us with cliched quests and …
Tall Poppies by Louise Bagshawe
This book is really easy to read and is a proper chick book. I first read this book when I was 17 years of age and I remember lying in my mums back garden not being able to put it down!
The author is Louise Bagshawe, and since reading this …
Everything I Want To Do Is Illegal book
Having watched Food Inc., then read “Omnivore’s Dilemma,” I was curious about the Joel Salatin guy that was so funny and interesting in the movie, and clearly ran a really interesting farm and was thoughtful and very outspoken in Pollan’s book as well. I considered buying his book …
“Old Man Logan” Comic Book
I had the pleasure of reading all 8 of the Old Man Logan series recently. This story is written by Mark Miller and drawn by Steve McNiven. Basically, the story is about Logan aka Wolverine, and one day all the bad guys ganged up on all the superheroes and …
The Story of Music book
The Story of Music is a children’s book that I have loved for many years. A classic in the Ladybird series of children’s books, this is a small hardback of about 50 pages first published in 1968 but enjoyed by children for many years since then. Even if you …
Mean Streets novellas
Mean Streets is a anthology with four novellas by four bestselling authors, Jim Butcher, Simon R. Green, Kat Richardson and Thomas E. Sniegoski. Each novella is about 80 pages, so it is perfect book to divide up on four evenings. I had only read books by Jim Butcher when …
Vellum “Quote Stacks” by DCWV (Wedding and Romance)
These booklets of quotes, called “Quote Stacks” are really quite useful. I bought mine at Michael’s craft stores. They are a bit on the expensive side, considering that they could be made on your computer, but it is hard to print things neatly on vellum.
Each stack has 48 sheets. …
Masterpieces in Miniature book
This book, Masterpieces in Miniature by Agatha Christie, is a collection of short stories. Many of them are mysteries featuring her main detectives - Hercule Poirot, Parker Pyne, Harley Quin, and Miss Marple. Some of them are not really mysteries so much as interesting things the characters do - …
Useless Knowledge Book
Useless Knowledge is a cute little book that I picked up a few years ago. The book was co-wrote by two authors: one man is a humorist, while the other is a founder of the website by the same name. The book is cute because it is divided into …
Shadow Leader by Tara K. Harper
“Shadow Leader” is the sequel to “WolfWalker” written by Tara K. Harper.
This book is a Science Fiction novel.
Ember Dionne (Dion) is the scout and healer for a group of rebels fighting to save her world from the armies of the evil Longear. Dion along with Aranur …
The House of Hades, Book By Rick Riordan
All seems lost after the ending of “The Mark of Athena”, the third book in the series of the Heroes of Olympus by Rick Riordan. The seven of the prophecy, who alone can stop the revival of Gaia, the ancient and vengeful goddess of the Earth, are separated and …
Einstein by Walter Isaacson
This book is written by Walter Isaacson, and it is all about the ever famous, Einstein. I have a very interesting time reading the whole of this book. And if you have questions like what made him a genius? And how did his mind work? If so, …
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