I had heard about Paulo Coelho and his novels for a couple of years, yet I never had the chance nor, to be honest, the interest to read any of his books. One day, however, while on a bus ride, I overheard a discussion about the author and it …

The Center of Everything is a coming of age novel by Laura Moriarty.
I found the story, while simple and to be completely honest, not that unusual - a bright girl whose parents did not marry and whose father left before she was born - to still be very absorbing. …

Anne of Avonlea is the second book of Lucy Maud Montgomery’s popular series of Anne books, about the irrepressible and high spirited Anne Shirley.
Anne of Avonlea moves at a slightly slower pace than the first book, Anne of Green Gables, which took us through Anne’s childhood. Now Anne is …

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 …

I have been fascinated by Donald Trump ever since I had learn of his accomplishments in the business world. He is one of the most successful businessman in the world with business interests around the globe. I have fallen in love with business ever since my father introduced me …

Last semester I was doing the course “Introduction to Psychology” as one of the courses in my university major; and since Psychology is for the most part a reading subject, I realised I was going to need a good text book to help me with it. Therefore, a friend …

Before traveling to another country, I make it a point to check out the different travel guides. I choose the one that I will take carefully, and for my trip to Singapore & Malaysia, I chose Fodor’s Exploring Singapore & Malaysia.
I love the guides published by Fodor’s. It …

This issue was far more straight forward than the one that came before. Hellboy and Alice trek through the bizarre landscape to encounter a strange imp like creature who claims to be an Englishman.
Hellboy and Alice assume it’s a guide and follow him. It turns …

I was given this book as a gift from my cousin when I was in elementary school and it became a longtime favorite. I loved acting and theater at the time, and this book is about three children in World War II era England who were born into …

Those of you who are not yet familiar with this beautiful children’s classic are in for a special treat. Dominic, a friendly, outgoing dog decides to explore the world. He packs, leaves a note on the door for his friends, and goes. He loves being on the road; everything …

This is my favorite of Dave Barry’s books. It is screamingly, hilariously funny. It is a nice, thick book with medium sized print, so you are getting a good amount of material in one book. In his typical style, Barry takes his every day life and …

The Usborne Book of Weather Facts is a colourful paperback book for children of around middle school age, written by Anita Ganeri and illustrated by Tony Gibson. My copy was published a little time ago, in 1987 to be exact, but it hasn’t dated too badly and is still …

Magneto’s daughter The Scarlett Witch uses her latent powers to create an alternate world where everyone gets their deepest desires.
The result of this is her father’s desire to have mutants rule over humans becomes a reality and none of earth’s heroes are aware of anything prior to the world …

David’s Haircut is a short story by Ken Elkes. The story starts with David and his father having the conversation to go to the barbershop. It’s something that they always do together like a routine. David loves the barbershop because it is unique, as the author says; “it’s like …

I bought this book the other night, and it is of the genre humour. I bought it around $13+, and this book consists of a collection of essays from the author himself.
I love short stories or essays at times, as it helps me to ward off the stress …

My first thought on reading this book was quite simply “odd”! Probably because it didn’t turn out to be what I was expecting.
How to be Rich opens with Getty’s own story of how he made his first money, as a reader in the UK I found this particularly interesting …

Charles R. Cross has already written 2 books about Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. One about the band’s seminal album NEVERMIND and the other one is, of course, one of the greatest biographies ever released, ‘Heavier Than Heaven’. When asked why he released another book about Nirvana’s front man, his …

“Pearl” by Lauraine Snelling is Book 2 of the Dakotah Treasures series. Pearl is a young woman living in Chicago, an heiress to a wealthy industrialist. When her father starts pushing her into an unwanted marriage, Pearl decides to run away. She goes west and settles in North Dakota, …

John Donne’s poem titled, “Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” functions through the implementation of a compass as a metaphor describing how he and his lover will never truly be apart, as well as the paradigm that their love is both real as well as timeless. In the poem, Donne pleads with …

When I was new to my job, I unexpectedly got promoted at once, and I found myself faced with having to talk to a lot of experienced big shots who had already worked in the industry for many years. A week before my first big meeting, I got …

The Princess Academy is an amazing book by Shannon Hale that received an Newberry Honer Award. It was well earned. This book was riveting, exciting, and fun! Once I started reading it I couldn’t put it down. The main character is a girl named Miri, after a tiny mountain …

The Life And Achievements Of The Renowned Don Quixote De La Mancha, written by Cervantes in the seventeenth century, has been translated from the original Spanish into many languages. I think this is because the book is not only entertaining, but also includes many moral and philosophical issues and …

The Merriam Webster’s 11th Edition (collegiate) dictionary is designed to help students and professors to easily find words, look up their meaning (s) and origin (s). I have owned my dictionary for 2 years and I find it easy to look up any word because of the tabs on …

The book Girls In Trucks by Katie Crouch is an in-depth book that captivates the reader. It is about Sarah Walters and her quest to seek out a man for herself. It starts out as Sarah being a young girl living in the south. She attends dance classes each …

This book written by Mitch Albom is a very interesting book to read. Mitch Albom is know for his stories about death, heaven and what lies for men in the next life. The story is very interesting, just like his other books.
In this book, Eddie, a maintenance head in …

“Motown” is the second entry into what was to be Estleman’s Detroit crime trilogy. The book takes place in 1966 on the eve of the 1967 Detroit riots that were to change downtown Detroit forever. The mid-1960s were the height of Detroit’s influence on the car world. Muscle cars …

Published in 2010, “blueeyedboy” is one of Joanne Harris’ most recent novels. As a long time fan of her work, I cannot help but feel that it is also one of her best. Though I read this novel for the first time over a year ago, I still have …

I am doing grade four piano theory at the moment and ‘Master Your Theory’ by Dulcie Holland is the book I’m currently using. I have used other theory books before but this version gets straight to the point and teaches you what you need to learn right away. The …

The book Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand is a book about the life of the great racehorse Seabiscuit and the characters around him.
The story is based on the a racehorse back in the 1930’s named Seabiscuit, a thoroughbred racehorse that has failed to amount to anything. That changed when …

Thirteen Reasons Why is a 2007 young adult fiction novel written by Jay Asher. The paperback edition hit #1 on the New York Times best-seller list in July 2011.
I get to know of this book when I was working briefly as a part timer in a bookshop. First look …

The markets for western short stories is pretty limited these days. Recently I picked up a 1995 release of short westerns that were specifically written for this anthology. The book contains twenty-three new stories written by both men and women.
I loved it. It was a lot of fun. Actually, …

I really like this book, like any other teach yourself book it’s not one hundred percent perfect but you can get a lot of information out of it and come out looking pretty much like a professional. This is not a difficult book to understand. The 24 hours does …

Ray Bradbury ‘Fahrenheit 451′ is one of the classic dystopian books, by many regarded as one of the best of this kind, next to Orwell’s ‘1984′ and Huxley’s ‘ Brave New World’. The story is set in not so distant future, in the USA governed by …

‘The divine romance’ is an anthology of talks by Paramahansa Yogananda, who is a spiritual man of India. In these talks, Yogananda speaks to the deepest needs of the human heart and soul. He says that we have to awaken the divinity which is within each one of us. …

The Beekeeper’s Apprentice was written by Laurie R. King and published by Bantam Books in 1996.
Mary Russell first met Sherlock Holmes when she was 15 years old, and was introduced to his world of books, honeybees and the intricacies of the mind. Holmes found her refreshing, with …

Bluethroat Morning is a hauntingly beautiful novel set on the coast of Norfolk. Well-written, mysterious and filled with compelling characters and vivid scenic descriptions, it’s definitely one of those books you just can’t put down. I was immediately drawn in as I each character, which was so vividly portrayed, …

I recently read Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton. This book seemed interesting because it was described to me as a romance novel. It was set at the beginning of the 20th century in a small town in the WInter. There are many prominent themes such as …

Blackgas was sent to me out of the blue. I’ve never heard of this six issue mini series from Avatar Press. What I did know, from looking at the cover only, is the creators name, Warren Ellis is a genius, his creations, for the most part, are not to …

ESSENTIAL TOMB OF DRACULA VOLUME 2
Marvel continues its reprint of Tomb of Dracula comics and the legendary duo of Marv Wolfman and Gene Colan have their outstanding work on display.
The first few issues of Tomb of Dracula (published in vol one) were quite good, but the series was still …

Just Who Will You Be? written by Maria Sriver, simply is a good self-help book or an extremely good motivational book of inspiration for me. The writer, Shriver used to be the newswoman and was a successful one at that but she had to quit after her husband …

“Ivan’s Great Fall: Poetry for Summer and Autumn from Great Poets and Writers of the Past” by Vanita Oelschlager is a poetry book that I feel is terrific if you have kids and are looking to introduce kids to the world of poetry. Then again, I am no longer …

I recommend reading this book, He’s Scared, She’s Scared: Understanding the Hidden Fears That Sabotage Your Relationships by Stephen Carter and Julia Sokol. Normally, in my point of view, if there are 2 authors, chances are the book contents would definitely be super awesome.
And I’m not kidding …

This book is another of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books, although if you haven’t read any of his other Discworld books it would still make sense - it’s not heavily reliant on the setting.
In this book, a talking cat, a boy who plays the pipe, and some talking rats team …

The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde is a book purely on fantasy, but a literature fantasy. Can you imagine that? That is what I first come across when I read this book. It is full of magical fantasy and that is something that I truly admire the …

Warhol, that kind of Warhol… it is admirably beautiful that we have the opportunity to look inside a person like this. Even if you are not very interested in him or his work, you can’t help but be attracted to such an auto-prospect.
From the very first lines, …

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 …

ISBN 978-0007284146, 530 pages, cover price £7.99.
Brief synopsis
Main character, Rob Luttrell is a journalist based in London. He is an American by birth and is successful in his career. His personal life is not quite as successful, he is divorced and has a young daughter who lives with …

This book is from Steeple Hill’s Love Inspired collection which means it has references to God and isn’t saturated with sex. No one ever goes any further than kissing in these types of books. So if you are looking for more physical contact between the characters, then …

“That Costly Ride” by Guy de Maupassant is about a man who ends up being taken to the cleaners–financially wise–because of an accident.
First, the story introduces us to, Hector de Gribelin, who is a husband and father of two, and is going through financial hardship because of the decline …

This is delightful story that will paint a picture in your mind and take you back to your own grandma’s kitchen. This story is about so much more that the act of drinking tea, it tells of relationships and connection from one generation to another. This lovely …