Probably the two best things about Steeple Hill’s Love Inspired books are the fact that they are incredibly easy to read and that they usually contain a few spiritual insights that can enrich or challenge your walk with God. Unfortunately, many of the offerings in the imprint are rather …

Most engrossing, vast, and unique. I could stop there but won’t.
I am an avid Science Fiction fan due in no small part to this single book. Written by Frank Herbert, adored by many, spawned movies, video games, and a new standard of the Science Fiction genre.
Frank’s writing …

Pillow Talk by Freya North is charming, sweet and funny. This book is good for insomniacs like me, because the character in the story, Petra Flint is suffering from it. And she has this ‘teenage love’ sweetheart before with Arlo Savidge (a very nice name) but their love …

This well-made Christian movie tells a story of two twin brothers, a criminal and an Episcopalian priest, who accidentally trade places. ?Oh, that beaten-to-death switched twins trick,? you might say? Well, yes, the idea is not very original ? but the rest of the movie is, and that?s the …

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince is the most recent book in the Harry Potter series. It is also the second to last book of the series to come out. And yes, I was there at midnight at Barnes and Noble eagerly standing in line waiting for my …

I picked up Rich Name, Poor Name because I have always been interested in the meanings of names since looking for baby names years ago. I don’t know that I believed that any name is necessarily a rich name or poor name but I did agree with the …

I hope that you have not yet fallen into slavery to robots and at least sometimes look up from the screen of your smartphone?
Isaac Asimov is my favorite writerscience fiction writer, popularizer of science, and biochemist. He is the author of about 500 works, mainly fiction, primarily in the …

Eight Million Ways to Die was written by Lawrence Block, and published by Avon Books in 1993.
Matt Scudder, an ex-policeman, had just been discharged from the hospital, for an alcoholic drying out. A hooker, Kim Dakkinen, who wanted to leave her pimp, Chance, had employed Matt to be the …

Stay hungry stay foolish is the latest nonfiction book by Rashmi Bansal a former IIM student. The book showcase the 25 people from IIM ahmedabad who didnt take up the usual campus placement and high paying secure job, instead of that they their own …

Jimi Hendrix is one of the world’s most known guitarists. When I chose to learn more about Hendrix I bought this biography “Room Full of Mirrors” to learn more about him. What I read in this book was nothing close to what I was expecting. This book was beautifully …

I’ve being thinking since a long to get hold of a really interesting novel by an Indian author. And finally my quest paid off. This is the first time I’ve come across an Indian writer who can match Salman Rushdie and William Dalrymple. I’ve heard of his previous books …

I originally picked this book because I enjoy the subtext on the Xena show and wanted to read a novel that was slightly different, but similar at the same time. There are dozens of novels in this particular genre to choose from. Jo and Cadie are very believable characters …

Of the Bram Stoker books I have read, the Lair of the White Worm is definitely the most confusing; yet I will say it is also worth reading.
Stoker does a great job of telling a story about good versus evil without really revealing the full extent of what the …

A great play that presents the woman role in the society, the New south through the analysis of a number of characters:
Elysian field is between the river and railroad in a poor quarter of New Orleans, desire.
Represented by Stella, Stanley, Eunice, and Steve.
Blanche, is the opposition. …

If you were to look at only one book on economics, I would suggest ‘Economics For Dummies’! I enjoyed it because it covers nearly every aspect of economics, extensively, and in basic terms. It’s simple, well-organized and easy to read. I like the …

I enjoyed “Personality Plus” by Florence Littauer. The book is subtitled “How To Understand Others by Understanding Yourself,” and it did help me to understand myself better. The book explains four different personality types - Sanguine, Melancholy, Choleric, and Phlegmatic - and points out strengths and weaknesses of each …

Having visited West Virginia countless times practically since I was born, this book was a refreshingly informative source of information about places that even I had not seen. Although the book is small, it packs a lot of information into a small book. Perhaps it’s because these are places …

Author: Charles Dickens
Published in: 1859
Straight Say: Worth trying
Bored of Hindi triangular love story? This novel offers something more. If you are a book hunk and can spend two hours a day for a month, a tale of two cities is worth trying. Though not the best …

For a very long time now, “Car” is a magazine that has been a regular feature in my life in that it offers great practical solutions in the form of useful information, concerning the everyday challenges faced with motorists. Furthermore, I also get access to all the latest information …

Where You Are is Between The Lines’ sequel, and what a sequel! It a common saying that the second book it’s never going to be as good as the first, but I actually think this was equally if not better. In this book, love triangles become even bigger geometrical …

Peter Sacks, disappointed with the newspaper industry, decides to step outside his comfortable zone into the world of teaching which will demand more of the once introverted news reporter. In this book, he undertakes a refreshingly honest and deep examination of …

‘How to win friends and influence people’ is a book written by Dale Carnegie. In this book, Carnegie tells us how we can attract people, the easy method to make a lot of friends and the art of impressing and influencing other people. He has given tips to influence …

I am reviewing the book, The Last of the Mohicans, written by James Fenimore Cooper. Coming in at 448 pages, this book is Cooper’s literary masterpiece. In this novel, the reader is introduced to several key characters, a few of whom were actual historical figures. Cooper …

Meet nick Bryson a secret service agent who is in retirement and is teaching at a university until his life is turned upside down one day when a CIA agent comes to look for him at his work place. Bryson realizes that the past is not what it seemed …

The Running Man was the fourth novel published by Stephen King under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman. (His fifth and final before the Regulators some ten years later was Thinner). It is also one of the better Stephen King novels I have read.
While Stephen King can write …

I bought this book sometime in 2006 in one of the book store in New Zealand when I found out from my doctor that I have a thyroid problem. I instantly got so interested about finding out all about thyroid problems and there causes, prevention and remedy and …

I love to read and so my kindle gets a lot of use. Mysteries are one of my favorite types of books and I had heard good things about this e-book. I saw it online and decided to order it since most of what I heard and read were …

A Series of Unfortunate Events is a 13 book series written for children by an author under the pen name of Lemony Snicket. The Austere Academy is Book $5 in the series.
The Baldelaire children are orphans, their parents having been killed in a fire caused by the evil …

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares sounds mostly like your typical novel aimed at the preteen to teenage girls market. You have a group of girls, summer vacation, and boys. The connection between the girls, besides their lifelong friendship, is a pair of pants.
This book …

My daughter recently purchased the book Happy Holidogs at a book exchange at her school. I wasn’t sure what to expect from it, but it did turn out to be a somewhat decent book.
Don’t get me wrong, this isn’t Moby Dick or anything like that. But, it is a …

The English Bookstore in the heart of the tourist district in Quito is more than a place to buy and sell travel guides. It is a valuable resource for travelers and residents. The owner knows guides, local business owners, volunteers, and tour operators. When visiting the …

I think this would’ve worked better as a novella rather than a full-fledged novel. It’s not that there’s a whole lot of padding, but there isn’t much of a story here either. Like with Godfather Part II, I found the flashback sequences to be much better than …

Before I opened it for the first time, I expected that book four would be full of some kind of advice or scientific explanation as regards to several issues resulting from the changes a child’s body goes through in puberty. However, I was quite surprised to find that book …

Out of Boneville is a cartoon by Jeff Smith. The series has received several prices, among them 10 Eisner awards. Fone Bone and his cousins Phoncible P. “Phoney” Bone and Smiley Bone are thrown out of Boneville. They are all white, bald caricatures whose main characteristic is their big …

The Dark tower series is arguably the best story ever woven together by the horror legend that is Stephen king, yet it is far from a horror story.
The dark tower tells the story of Roland and his hunt for the ever elusive Dark tower. It consists of seven volumes …

Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa by Micol Ostow is a light, fun read for teenagers. I read this very quickly, and enjoyed how the main character felt very real - she had strong opinions but was unable to express them because she was shy. I also thought that the …

The Bishop and the Beggar Girl of St Germain was written by Andrew M Greeley, and published by Tom Doherty Associates in 2002.
This story reminded me of Anne Perry’s A Breach of Promise; where a female had to disguise as a man to fulfill her ambition as an architect. …

The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen is a book about thrill, mystery and having an investigative nature. I was quite disturbed to read about the medical descriptions as well as some of the gruesome diggings and what perhaps went through.
A woman was gardening and found a skull lying …

I am reviewing the last book in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, written by author Stephanie Meyer. In this book, there is war threatening the lives of Bella and Edward all around, in the form of the frightening Volturri. Bella and Edward get married at last, and …

This book (which has been made into a movie), is like most of Grisham’s novels in that once started, it is hard to put down. Good pacing and suspense keeps you wanting to read just one more page, until you realize that it is 4 in the morning …

This book is the sequel to Confesssions of a Shopaholic, and while it is not quite as good, merely because the main character repeats the exact same behaviours which caused her to get into trouble the first time, the strange situations she gets into are different and in the …

“Men at Arms”, by Terry Pratchett, is the second installment of his ‘Night Watch’ series of books. And of course, by ‘Night Watch’, I mean Corporal Carrot (a 2 meter high dwarf), Sergeant Colon, Nobby Nobbs (In Pratchetts words, ‘Disqualified from the human race for shoving’), Lance-constable Cuddy …

Interesting the everything of that very harry potter, that cruel uncle and the aunt this you have lived is the orphan who has been troubled. He is not given well and, you must sleep with the china cabinet. Cousin Dudley of that fat quality suffocates him in all explanations. …

Never had I expected to be entertained by Rex Stout in this collection of three short stories, featuring Nero Wolfe and his long-suffering assistant, Archie Goodwin. No doubt Nero Wolfe was endowed with exceptional mental powers, however he seemed a most unpleasant man with …

Lisa Jackson wrote Left to Die. A thriller/drama takes place in the wilds of Montana.
A serial killer is on the loose. He shoots the tires of cars that select women drive, forcing them into accidents. He then nurses them back to health gaining their trust. Once trust is …

This story is great for kids, although a couple of the kids found it a bit difficult to get through. The story features Despereaux, a small, big eared mouse who falls in love with a human princess. He must save her from the evil plots of a rat.
Despereaux is …

I picked this book of several months ago and read it from cover to finish in several days, This 1995 Stephen King classic became a favorite of among many favorite novels by King, it is about a woman named Rose who is abused for years at the hands of …

One of my favorite authors, New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen (Harvest, Bloodstream, The Surgeon, The Sinner, among others) gives us another suspense-filled, action-packed thriller that keeps us riveted from the first page to the last. The Mephisto Club is a story about a serial killer who tortures …

“Yoko” is a children’s book by Rosemary Wells. Wells does a great job of telling a story of how it feels to be different when you are young.
Yoko is a Japanese kitten who likes to eat sushi for lunch. Her mother packs her a very …