Mario Party 2 Prima’s Official Strategy Guide is not quite as impressive as the BradyGames strategy guide for a couple of reasons, although nonetheless I still enjoyed looking through it. I was disappointed that there was not as much storytelling and information on the boards as there was in …

“Swallows of Kabul” is a short book with a cleverly constructed plot and a beautiful language, written by a former Algerian military, Mohammed Moulessehoul, known by his female pen name, Yasmina Khadra.
The author introduces us to the history of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, first under the Russian …

The Snake in the Hen House is a short story by Elnora Watters. The story starts out with Snake that managed to sneak into the hen house. He was thinking of stealing an egg so he went up to the nest but he saw a big hen. Snake was …

Freckle Juice by Judy Blume is a great kids’ book for kids aged 7 - 9 (or even 10 year olds might find it funny). I had almost forgotten about it until a student handed it to me a couple of weeks ago. Even though it was written many …

The War of the Flowers by Tad Williams is kind of unique among his novels in that it is a standalone - not part of a larger series. However, it is still a remarkable work of fantasy. Williams has a talent for creating new and fascinating worlds, …

Background on the author
John Saul has been a New York Times bestselling author since 1977. He has written 37 thrillers and novels under various pen names. His novel Blackstone Chronicles was made into a video game and his novel Cry for the Strangers was made into a movie.
Setting
The book …

Who doesn’t believe that The Appeal by John Grisham is a good book perhaps haven’t really read this book that well. I find this book totally enchanting and definitely amazing.
The stakes are high and lots of corporate companies are involved and it involves a company that have …

This is the eight installment of Sweet Valley’s The Unicorn Club series, and it features Kimberly Haver’s story. Kimberly is a skilled horsewoman ever since she was s child, and this time she’s taking the Unicorns for some fun at a weekend ranch to have some fun and some …

“If You’ll Be My Valentine” is a children’s book written by Cynthia Rylant and illustrated by Fumi Kosaka. It was published in 2005 by HarperCollins Publishers. It is a cute Valentine’s Day story about a little boy that manages to be sweet without being too sappy. My little …

The Guy Not Taken, by Jennifer Weiner, was not what I expected having read several of Jennifer Weiner’s full length novels. I found these short stories to be more like little character or event sketches than actual short stories. Each story was well written and it was, especially after …

I think everyone needs self-help books at times, and I have this book that I would like to recommend to everyone out there. It�s called Getting Things Done, written by David Allen.
On the front cover page of this book, you have the mantra �The Art of Stress-Free Productivity� …

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 …

“Digital Fortress” by Dan Brown is the third Dan Brown book I have read. Although “Digital Fortress” has a much different plot compared to reader favorites “The Da Vinci Code” and “Angels and Demons”, it is still a fast-paced action/adventure book that keeps you hooked in until the end. …

I recently got this book as a birthday gift from a couple of my very good friends.Its the first work i have read by Kim Edwards.
“The Memory Keeper’s Daughter” is the story of a doctor who conducts his own wife’s delivery on a stormy night in 1964.His wife has …

I love this book, as it is one of the crazier of the Goosebumps series. Not to mention, the book contains some neat twists. It made it to TV, and at times, I do watch the episode.
The story’s plot is set around a girl whose name is Lucy. She …

I got this book after reading all the Maximum Ride novels, which I greatly enjoyed. I’m usually interested in all these young adult novels that deal with some science fiction or perhaps some supernatural element. The cover was interesting with the flames and the two faces on …

I wasn’t expecting much from this book - it seemed a bit gimmicky - a child with a special ability is sent away to a special school. Sound familiar?
But Victoria Forrester managed to make the story dynamic and interesting, with a sweet, somewhat naive main character, Piper McCloud …

Nora Roberts second book of her “In the Garden” trilogy entitled “Black Rose” struck me as yet another novel that she can add to her brilliant works collection. While I didn’t really care for the main character, and found her to be very set in her ways as well …

James Patterson’s “Big Bad Wolf” is the latest adventure of Alex Cross, formerly a detective with the Washington DC PD, now a new member of the FBI. While still in his orientation phase, he is assigned to a case called “White Girl”, a series of abductions-for-slavery incidents.
The protagonist …

I recently read the book The Alchemist by Michael Scott. Although it was technically meant as a book for older teens, I found it a wonderful “beach read” book as an adult!
This book contains true people from the past, such as Nicholas Flamel …

Mario Party 3 Prima’s Official Strategy Guide proved to be an enjoyable read as it featured some impressive artwork of the characters and boards that cannot be found anywhere else but in this guide. That is one of the main reasons that I purchase strategy guides: I like to …

It’s been awhile since I read a book purely for fun so I approached Loren D. Estleman’s “Sudden Country” with eager anticipation. I was not disappointed.
“Sudden Country” is a short western (182 pages) set in the last decade of the nineteenth century. The main character is David Grayle. …

No Boundary, one of Ken Wilber’s earlier books, and also my first introduction to this very interesting writer is a nice blend of psychology and religion to present Wilber’s views on the human condition and also ways to improve the condition. Some books manage …

There are a large number of books of games listings and programming tips for Sinclair ZX81 enthusiasts, and as such they are mostly fairly easy to get hold of even for those who are part of the computing hobby scene today. However, many ZX81 books in particular do suffer …

Ever since I got my little pug, I have been researching and studying dog behavior. The one person’s name that kept coming up was Cesar Milan, the Dog Whisperer. I caught one episode of his show on the National Geographic Channel and I liked it. I wanted to …

I have read the book —˜Nancy Drew and the hidden staircase’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is a fictional mystery story. It is an interesting book and worthy to be read by every person who is interested in mystery stories. I enjoyed reading this story. The book gets more …

I am currently enrolled in Spanish 2 and I wanted a quick, easy reference book. Another reason I wanted to get a phrase book is so I can start getting ahead of what I am learning now. I got this book because it looked easy to understand and when …

This book, Out, by Natsuo Kirino, is a chilling tale. The writing makes everything seem very believable and real, and I was very absorbed in the events of the book. I actually found myself feeling angry at how one person was treated. The omniscient narrator made each character feel …

My friend dislikes this book, Celebrity Sells by Hamish Pringle. But I have the contrary opinion though. I think one doesn’t have to be involved in a specific form of career to be reading about a specific career journey or books on capitalizing on something. This is …

Queen of Sorcery is the second book in David Edding’s Belgariad series. As the sequel to Pawn of Prophecy, this book takes up a short time after the conclusion of the first book. The plot centers on Garion’s introduction to his sorcerer powers and his maturation towards …

Odd as it may sound, there was a time when the Justice League of America was not made up of DC’s biggest heroes. On the contrary, it was populated with lesser known characters and even took on a more comedic tone.
Now, those comics are great and I highly recommend …

Spontaneous Combustion is a book that is well written and an easy read. I do, however, feel it lacked the action you think the book will contain based on the description on the back cover.
It takes place in a town called Courage Bay where the main character named …

The Book of Lost Things tells the story of a young boy, David, set in England during World War II. Central to the plot is his love for books, deeply ingrained by his mother who passed away following a long battle with cancer, presumably. He hears his beloved books …

This is a standard textbook for learning the C program. It is written by the world reknowned author, E Balaguruswamy. The book is written in a format that is very simple to understand. It begins for the very basics of programming. What is better is that you need not …

I didn’t know that Love Is Not Enough: The Smart Woman’s Guide to Money by Merryn Somerset Webb could be that really good. There are lots of tips inside that one would really be amazed at and this book is specifically targeted for women and how we can make …

Cintapuccino is one of the Indonesian Chicklit that I feel so touch my heart. This chicklit is really has a same story with my life. First time I read it, I don’t know how’s the story because i don’t even read the synopsis, and I only borrow it from …

This was a fun to read paranormal romance set inside a haunted castle in Scotland. While the story was not scary, it was very entertaining and intriguing. I read the entire story in less than a day as I was really hooked on this excellent ghost story. There is …

Elizabeth Zimmermann is a famous knitter, well-known for her ability and her problem solving techniques as well as her ingenious knitting patterns. Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Knitter’s Almanac therefore can be expected to have great patterns and some neat ideas for different ways of doing things.
And of course, the Knitter’s Almanac …

I was bought this book for my 20th birthday by my friends who know how much of a fan I am of this woman, and from an avid fan’s perspective I definitely think it’s worth the read, and even to someone who simply wants to read a good book …

“One More Year” is Sana Krasikov’s debut collection, telling the contemporary stories of immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Born in Ukraine and grown up in Georgia and the United States, the young writer has developed the mature eye of an outsider between cultures who can observe details with …

The Case of the Horrified Heirs (by Erle Stanley Gardner, 1974)
Legal thrillers are sometimes hard to digest, especially when they engage a lot of legal jargon and gibberish. However Stanley Gardner stories are amazingly comprehensible and greatly enjoyable!
Virginia Baxter encountered a series of puzzling and unfortunate events. …

The Joy Luck club novel was written in the late 80’s by Amy Tan. It’s about 4 women who form a club and call it the Joy Luck Club. Like most friends, they get together every so often to play a nice game and then share several …

The Toyota Way: 14 Management Principles from the World’s Greatest Manufacturer by Jeffrey Liker, McGraw Hill, 2003, 330 pages.
Liker is an engineering professor at the University of Michigan, and he has his work cut out for him. He has studied Toyota, whose dust the other American automakers are …

I read this book as my hubby recommended it.It was fantastic and each page has twists and turns which made me not to keep the book inspite of my busy work schedule.The story starts with the murder of two justices–Abe and Glenn Jensen.The FBI cannot even able …

Spell of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning is the seventh and last book so far in her Highlander series. We meet another MacKeltar in this book, one that’s not like any of the others and he’s much older, primal and sexier. Cian
MacKeltar is the original MacKeltar. He’s the …

Le Mot Juste, edited not by a single person but by an editorial panel of no fewer than six people, is subtitled “A Dictionary of Classical & Foreign Words & Phrases”, which in all honesty I think is likely to prove a more immediately understandable description to most people of what the …

Even the cover of the novel STARGIRL by Jerry Spinelli is unique. It is turqoise blue with a star above a yellow stick figure of a girl. This novel is beloved by teenagers and adults.
STARGIRL tells the story of a young girl who frequently changes her name …

This is one of Steinbeck’s best novels. A novel which has been expressed with friendship, hatred and luck. The great thing about this Novel is that it was set back in the 1930s which really shows how life was like especially with women and black people and how they …

This book is the 2nd book in the popular Madison Finn series of books by Laura Dower. These books are great for preteen girls. Madison is a 7th grade girl attending Far Hills Junior High. She and a couple of her friends are very interested and skilled with computers, …