The book ‘Beautiful Creatures’ was an incredible tale that took you on an adventure with the main characters and makes you forget they only live in a book. I truly felt as if Lena and Ethan were real people and telling me their story themselves. The two teens take …

This story had me a little bit on edge. I will say it’s probably because I am a woman who has had gynecological exams before. But anyway, the reader quickly learns in this story that the protagonist has a “thing” for getting pap smears. In fact, …

After reading the final paragraph of Nietzsche’s, “On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense,” I felt somewhat lied to. Throughout this text the author attempts to take an all-knowing position as if he is an omniscient narrator of the world in front of him. We are urged to …

Bunny School is a children’s book written by Rick Walton and illustrated by Paige Miglio. It is a day-in-the-life story of an elementary school class that just happen to be bunnies.
The story is pretty straightforward and describes the entire day, from art class to recess to science lessons. …

Anyone who wants to understand where the world is headed today and why, should read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
A daunting one thousand plus pages, Atlas Shrugged opens with the sentence that is to become the catchphrase of the book and that is, “Who is John Galt?”
Well John Galt …

The novel “Club Dead” is the third one in the Sookie Stackhouse series written by the well known author Charlaine Harris. I also thought that it was a little better than the first two novels as well since the writer seems to be bolder now and I think the …

Hilarious cover and content, this book, This Diary Will Change Your Life 2009 by Benrik Ltd is the icing on the cake for the days that I need humor in my life. Whenever I am stressed up or just plainly bored, I would read this book. It has all …

As I mentioned in a previous review, in high school one of my subjects was Chemistry, but unfortunately I found that I was not understanding some of the themes and concepts being taught. I also did not have very good Chemistry teachers to make things worse, so I realised …

I love Duran Duran, but I have to say that I was slightly disappointed with this book. I was expecting lots of lovely early photos of the band, and even though there are, there are also far too many pictures of people who were associated with the 1980s club …

101 Things to do with Meatballs is a handy book to keep around for the meatball lovers of the world, of which I am one.
Compiled by Stephanie Ashcroft, 101 Things to do with Meatballs is about five by seven inches and is a half-inch thick. It contains 128 …

I bought this book because I have been working on learning to sew. I already can sew a little bit, I just wanted to be able to do other stuff as well, and this book seemed to be a good fit.
Even though the title is Bend the Rules Sewing, …

I didn’t think for a second that I could be reading a book like this, and enjoying it. My boyfriend questioned me for reading a book about defending paperback historical forms. He thought it word being so.
I thought not. I felt that by reading this long …

A few months ago, a friend of mine that is trying to learn Spanish, asked if I’d help him out by going through language exercises with him and administering little tests here and there, and this is one of the books he loaned to me so that I could …

At first, I didn’t know about Paulo Coelho until a friend of mine introduced me to one of his novel entitled “By the river of piedra I sat down and wept,” I found his work quite simple yet very inspiring with its wit and wisdom. So, I look for …

Thinking Through the Past, 3rd edition, Volume II by John Hollitz is a supplemental book for U.S. History. It presents political arguments and asks the reader to compare and contrast them to primary sources of the time. This book is intended only to supplement a regular textbook …

I was able to read the prequel of Kamichama Karin Chu (which was Kamichama Karin) and I really enjoyed reading it. However, reading Kamichama Karin Chu was a bit disappointing and it really wasn’t able to catch my attention unlike its prequel.
Kamichama Karin Chu follows after the prequel, where …

In the little Ontario town of Dunnsville, a terror sleeps waiting to awaken and claim more victims. It seems that in Dunnsville a past horrific tragedy is linked to a monster that dwells in a well. This monster is once more set free when a group of boys stumble …

Austere Academy is the fifth book of the Series of Unfortunate Events series. It examines the Baudelaire Orphans (as Lemony Snicket calls them) under the glare of a boarding school. This book I felt was important in the series because it marked the beginning of two things. The first …

This book by Parthasarathy gives insight views of the ancient Hindu Philosophy called Vedanta. Vedanta means a culmination of knowledge. It is a set of eternal principles. If you have a spiritual or philosophical bent of mind, this is an excellent book which makes you understand the true …

The Good Samaritan is a short story by Elnora Watters. The story starts out by a black mother bear and her cub walking through the forest. Mamma Bear was teaching his son how to take care of himself. After Mamma Bear taught his son how to choose what he …

I read Dan’s Brown latest book “The lost symbol” more out of curiosity then genuine interest on the topic or the gender of the book. Actually read is not correctly said, because I preferred to listen the book in audio format.
I had to take many long trips during February, …

This novel was released along with The Regulators by Richard Bachman in 1996, putting the two covers side by side you get a complete picture that fits together. The novel follows a group of people who are pulled over and framed by a psychotic state patrolmen, who is gigantic …

Among members of the Left, A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn is probably one of the most popular history books of all time. Perhaps the most popular. It takes a brand new take on the history of the United States, trying to give …

Emergency by Neil Strauss is not quite like his other books in topic, not that his books topics are very similar to each other, but because this is more about an adventure and a journey that he, Strauss, had.
The idea behind the book is that in the event …

This book is amazing. I started to read it and I was instantly hooked right in. Tess Gerritsen keeps you guessing, so that you have no idea who the killer really is until she wants you to. I didn’t know, and I usually have a knack for that sort …

Ken Blanchard became famous for his runaway best seller The One Minute Manager way back in the 1980s. This book seems to have been written with the same gung ho spirit: turn your customers into raving fans. Yes, this is a cheerleading book, co-authored by Blanchard, the …

‘Start where you are’ is a book written by Pema Chodron. In this book, Chodron tells us how to live in a meaningful manner. Chodron teaches us how to cope with emotional stress and other anxieties of life. The main purpose of this book is the way to awaken …

Todd PArr is one of my favorite authors and illustrators of children’s books! I recently checked out several different books on the topic of families, to read to my four-year-old niece, who comes from a family that is structured in a nontraditional way. Of all the family books I …

Do you ever wonder why the best fictional adventures seem to happen to the same class of people over and over again? Most fairy tales involve the fey folk interacting with poor, honest families. The child protagonist is usually highly moral yet misunderstood. Well, author Holly Black stuck to …

Internet search engines are amazing tools for helping find specialist items. We stumbled on this antiquarian bookseller in Hay-On-Wye by `Googling`.
Hay-On-Wye is 2 miles from the A438 which runs between Hereford and Brecon. You can park in the main council car park and the shop is just about 10 …

Icarus was written by Russell Andrews (published by Pocket Books in 2002)
I almost didn’t want to continue with this book the beginning was boring - about Jack and Caroline Keller; their courtship, marriage, business venture and success. The tempo only started picking up when Kid …

I myself have never been to London or traveled into the far north, but Northern Lights makes you feel like you have been there all along. Philip Pullman imagined the genius that is Northern Lights, Pullman was born and raised in Norfolk in the United Kingdom. This is where …

Most if not all Filipino accountants knows the name Conrado Valix even though they haven’t met the person. It is because of his book, Theory of Accounts, a reviewer for the Certified Public Accountant Board Examination. His name has become a household word in review schools and accounting classrooms. …

I just finished reading The Help by Kathryn Stockett and I have to say that it is one of the best books I have ever read. It is US Today’s Book of the Year 2009, a New York Times Bestseller, and is a popular choice of book …

I have read the book —˜Science of being and art of living: Transcendental meditation’ written by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. While this book is a good, interesting read, it is not of help because transcendental meditation has to be done under the instructions of a master. Only a master will …

Another book in my collection of human behavior research. This is more of a sociological reference though. Why do drug dealers still live at home? Why are crime rates down? Are some of the issues covered in this book. The title makes it sound like a humor book. It …

Brad Hill’s Blogging for Dummies, 368 pp., ISBN 0-471-77084-1 is an excellent introduction to the art and craft of blogging, the phenomenon that is sweeping the world. Written with the typical Dummies Books humor, Hill takes the reader from being completely ignorant about how to blog to a well-trained …

Khuswant Singh is one of the best writers of India, who has given us great works like Train to Pakistan, which was a masterpiece novel, about the partition of Indian, and The History of Sikhs, that is again, a work, worth noted for its accountability. So, when he wrote …

This is a very comprehensive tome on ways to reduce household toxins through simplifying cleaning techniques. The book details various ways to complete daily household cleaning techniques, with a focus on the kitchen and the bathroom, without using toxic chemicals. The author, Ellen Sandbeck, an expert on …

The Catcher in the Rye is a modern classic by JD Salinger. It focuses on the journey of Holden Caulfield as he tries to understand his transition from childhood to adulthood. He is kicked out of school, but fearing the reaction of his parents, he embarks on a three …

The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of books written by C.S. Lewis. If you like the books from J.R.R. Tolkien, you’ll probably like the books from C.S. Lewis, as his style has similarities. This book has a really mature feeling, even if many people classify it as a …

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 …

I absolutely love the stories of Narnia by C.S. Lewis. My husband started me reading them when were dating many many years ago. I just read one book after another. I had never read a series of books so fast. I know once my daughter …

90 Minutes in Heaven by Don Piper was a really inspiring book. My preacher at church had several copies of it that he lent out to the congregation and I couldn’t put it down once I began reading it.
Honestly, I don’t know if this man really spent 90 …

If I could describe this book in one word, it definitely it would be “extensive.” Extensive as a notion, as issues that are presented and also as a contrast between communities and races. The whole concept is a combination of multi-layered thoughts, descriptive differences in the warring races and …

Eldest is the second book in Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance trilogy. Unfortunately, this book was a major disappointment. While in Eragon it was possible to see the ties between Paolini’s work and the masterpieces of Tolkein, in Eldest I just feel like everything in it has been done before’and it’s …

Fairy Tail Manga Volume 2 by Hiro Mashima has Lucy, Happy and Natsu taking a job trying to recover a book from a millionaire, but unbeknownst to them, the man’s killed any wizard who has ever come to his house.
This was a great manga volume. The story was …

I have used many Thesauruses to complete my work in my many years as a student. However, I think I could rightfully say that this one is one of the best I have used. It has many features which make it both user friendly, and at the same time …

Eric Moore’s life is perfect for many people. He has a business, have a wife who loved family, and the boy who was always obedient. However, when everything looks perfect, Eric Moore destruction of life began to happen. Everything begins with the disappearance of Amy Giordano, the son of …

I checked out this book from the library because I usually enjoy reading about science, especially astronomy. I also enjoy finding out more about important discoveries of space than what little the headlines and newspaper reports can tell. I figured out very quickly, though, that this book was …