Books Reviews
Children’s Book: Bunny Mail by Rosemary Wells
“Bunny Mail” is a Max & Ruby children’s book by Rosemary Wells. My daughter absolutely loves Max & Ruby and she loved this book in particular and it is very cute. I highly recommend it.
It helps that the premise of this book is pretty cute. Max …
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chains of Command
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Chains of Command is a novel that is appealing in some ways, yet disappointing in many others. It is appealing, in part, because of the aliens that are created just for this story: they are a race of intelligent avian, or bird-like, creatures. …
Children’s Book: Brian & Bob by Georgie Ripper
“Brian & Bob” is a children’s book written and illustrated by Georgie Ripper and published in 2003. The book is pretty short at about 24 pages and can be read in just a couple minutes, which makes is a good last book for the night when your …
A Pocket full of Rye by Agatha Christie
“A Pocket Full of Rye” written by the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie is a mystery featuring Miss Jane Marple.
Rex Fortescue has been poisoned Inspector Neele has been called in on the case. Surprisingly a pocket full of rye is found in his suit pocket.
Two …
Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
‘Breaking Dawn’ is a satisfying close to the amazing Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.
As usual, this book presents a roller coaster of emotion. You’re happy then you’re sad, worried then relieved. The twists and turns of the book are in some cases predictable, depending on what experiences you have …
13 to Life by Shannon Delany (book)
One of the best werewolf books I have read in a long time, 13 to Life has a little bit of everything. All of it is well written. Shannon Delany, a debut author, knows how to tell an amazing story.
The main character, Jess, is your average girl who …
Anne of Green Gables book
As a kid, I remember reading Anne of Green Gables and how it instantly became my favorite book. I was probably 10 when I read it, which is about the age the book is intended for (give or take a few years). I decided to read …
Hush Hush, book By Becca Fitzpatrick
Hush Hush by Becca Fitzpatrick in short is a fictional book written about a girl who at first found it hard to like any boy- then finds herself falling in love with a boy angel. Literally an angel who fell from heaven itself!
What can I say about this book? …
Sidney Sheldon:Are you afraid of the dark
A good read.. no actually a fantastic read if you are into woman power. This book captures the essence of desperation with fast pacing action. It gives you the feel of what the world would be like if man could control the weather.
In a weird yet wonderful sense …
Dyslexia In The Workplace by Diana Bartlett and Slyvia Moody
This is basically a good book and I could relate to this book a bit because as a child, I have suffered a minor dyslexia. But now I’m pretty much OK and not like some other victims. So, I could imagine pretty much how these victims feel; those …
Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince
I recently read Harry Potter and the Half blood Prince. This is the sixth book in the series of Harry Potter books. Having read the other five and finding each book stimulating and entertaining and just about the best books I have ever read. I didnt …
Dark Nostalgia by Eva Hagberg book
I’m an avid collector of interior design books and I have quite a collection at home. When I was browing the home decorating section of Borders last month, this one popped out at me immediately because it was so different looking. Glancing at the cover, this book struck me …
Confessions Of An Impatient Bride by Rissa-Singson Kawpeng
I bought this book as a birthday present to a single friend who was celebrating her 29th birthday. While I was looking at the inspirational section of a popular bookstore, I came across this one when it caught my attention with its cute cover. When I read the …
DC Comics Encyclopedia
I absolutely love my copy of the DC Comics Encyclopedia that I bought online about a year ago for a great price of $19.99. This is a thick book detailing hundreds of characters and events in the DC Universe. It features so much artwork from so many …
Secret seven on the trail
I have read the book ‘Secret seven on the trail’ written by Enid Blyton and this book is quite a piece of work. It is interesting to read and the theme of the story is very good.
Susie is a rival to the seven children and she has formed her …
MARTIN EDEN, a novel by Jack London
The name of the writer Jack London is firmly associated with adventure literature in readers. Well, who hasn’t read books about the Wild West, Alaska, gold prospectors, pirates, sailors, and cowboys cutting across the prairies? But, the skill of the author is not limited to the adventure genre. Some …
Flight volume 3 [comics]
This is the first book I have bought and read in a ongoing series of comic book short story anthologies. I had heard much on the internet from artists and from readers in stores about the quality and creativity on display in these collections. After reading it, I couldn’t …
Houses of History book
Houses of History: A Critical Reader in Twentieth-Century History and Theory Anna Green and Kathleen Troup
Finally I think I understand! I?m taken a graduate level class in historiography and have read three textbooks on the subject. With each, I understand a little bit more.
This book is excellent. Unlike others …
Izzy, Willy-Nilly by Cynthia Voigt novel
“Izzy, Willy-Nilly” is a young adult novel about a girl who loses a leg in a car accident. The author, Cynthia Voigt, is one of my favorite writers. I found this book to be interesting, although not as richly written as the author’s Tillerman saga.
The character of …
Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford
The cover illustration of the book, Love in a Cold Climate by Nancy Mitford is really very lavender, colorful and kind of funny.
The story is about Polly Hampton and she has this stiff-upper lipped type of parents and the story is so funny, I laughed so many times …
Killer Poker Online 2 by John Vaurhos
This is the fourth book in John Vaurhos’ ‘Killer Poker’ series, and while this one picks up where the others left off, it also contains enough information from the previous books to allow an average player to benefit from it without having read the previous books.
John is a natural …
My Diamond days with Osho
My Diamond days with Osho has been written by one of the Sanyasin of Osho Ma Amrito. it narrates the experience of the time spend by her with Osho a master. The book is basically a ordinary effort and the writer scenes . Osho and his every about him. …
Ruby Holler book
Ruby Holler, a book by Sharon Creech, who was the winner of the Newberry Medal for her one of her other books, Walk Two Moons was a great story that was very, very beautifully written, and it makes you feel like your really there, I loved it when I …
Rich Dad’s Cashflow Quadrant
After reading Rich Dad’s Cash Flow Quadrant, I get a better idea the cash flow of an employee, businessman and so on. In this book, I learn a lot about cash flow and how to manage cash flow. Now, I can have better management of my cash flow.
Proper cash …
Blaze by Richard Bachman as read by Ron McLarty
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 …
Romeo by Elise Title
Romeo was written by Elise Title, and published by Bantam Books, 1998.
My first reaction when I read about the vicious killing of the smug psychologist, Dr Melanie Rosen, was that she deserved it. She had capitalized on the wave of terror created by Romeo, the killer who took …
I-SPY Above Your Head
I-SPY Above Your Head is a book in the popular I-SPY series published by Michelin. The book isn’t really a book, more of a cross between a game and a guide, suggesting things for you to find, in this case things that are above your head, hence the title …
The World of Narnia Collection
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 …
Excel Years 9-11 Step-by-Step Algebra 3 Workbook
This book is priced at $16.95(AUD) online. It’s the last book in a series of three books and as its name suggests, it focuses on algebra.
Maths has always been my weak subject and I have had a lot of difficulty understanding how algebra works, which is why I …
Angels and Demons Dan Brown book
A prequel to the hugely popular and controversial book ‘The DaVinci Code’ by author Dan Brown, ‘Angels and Demons’ introduces us to the character of Robert Langdon, a Harvard Professor who is drawn into a labyrinthine web of murder and conspiracy that reaches into the upper echelons of the …
Spawn 193 comic
Clown positions himself as a possible friend to Spawn. Long time readers will know that it’s all a trick as he’s simply trying to harness the power to his own means. The other figure shows himself to be on the right side as he warns Spawn not …
Nodame Cantabile volume 10
In this volume of Nodame Cantabile finally after so many chapters waiting that Chiaki will be able to go to Europe to study conducting, he finally reaches his dream and goes to France. We get to know new characters, like their new apartment mates. Chiaki involves in a conducting …
1001 Most Useful Spanish Words
This is one of the books that a friend of mine loaned me so that I could help him study the Spanish language so that he could verbally speak and even write in Spanish. The author of the book is Seymour Resnick and the publisher is Dover Publications. I’ve …
Michael Crichton’s Timeline
Packed with more screams and thrills than Jurassic Park and Lost World combined, Michael Crichton’s Timeline is, to understate it a ‘nice read’. Crichton successfully combines futuristic quantum technology with fourteenth-century European history and creates a highly informative and highly entertaining piece of art.
The story sets off in Dordogne, …
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan book
Glow by Amy Kathleen Ryan is the first in a trilogy of books called The Sky Chasers. Glow was not your typical book though it did remind me a bit of the book Across the Universe by Beth Ravis. The plot follows two main characters: a girl named Waverly …
The Screenwriter’s Workbook by Syd Field
This is a great no-nonsense how-to approach to screenwriting. Field’s other book, _Screenplay_, is a more broad approach to the general idea of screenwriting, and _The Screenwriter’s Workbook_ is for the person who is ready to write.
Every chapter addresses a specific next step in the screenwriting process and …
Five Minute Facelift by Reinhold Benz
Everyone is guilty of aging they become older and older as years pass by, but it doesn’t necessarily means that we should also look old. Some people tend to delay the effects of aging trough different methods. Some used to go in dermatologists, other may prefer to apply some anti …
The Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
In contrast with other fictional novels from Haruki Murakami, I was not quite that happy with The Wild Sheep Chase. The usual Murakami elements were present: the unassuming, usually divorced or about to be divorced, nameless, told-in-the-first-person hero thrown into a sudden adventure, the usually plain sidekick achieving …
Ann Eliza Young’s “Wife No. 19″ book
With the recent arrest of Warren Jeffs and the TLC show “Sister Wives” polygamy has gained a forefront in the news. I actually saw this book at my local library a few weeks ago and decided to read it. It was written by Ann Eliza Young and it talks …
Betty Crocker 1 dish meals
Betty Crocker one dish meals is a cookbook that retails for about fifteen US dollars. I purchased a soft back version of this book that has 330 plus pages and quite an assortment of recipes. I thought when I bought this book that it might help me create nutritious and …
Twilight Saga by Stephenie Meyer
Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer.. :-
I heard about this from many of my friends. But I was reluctant as I thought it won’t be of my type as it is a romantic theme and I like fantasies, magical things like Harry Potter. I was free and one of my …
Trinny And Susannah: What You Wear Can Change Your Life
For my fashion questions and needs, I rely on my fashion magazines. I always feel that they are up-to-date. I believe that fashion is too fast for a book to keep up with, and magazines are the ones who can do this. However, after watching Trinny Woodall and Susannah …
The miracle of motivation by George Shinn
‘The miracle of motivation’ is a book written by George Shinn. This book is nothing but a guide to happiness and success. The author says that motivation is a miraculous power because it is motivation which helps you to succeed, to overcome problems, to achieve your goals, to work …
The Fourth Perimeter by Tim Green
Tim Green wrote the novel The Fourth Perimeter and I thought that it was going to be a very boring read. This book was borrowed to me by my colleague at work and we have this tendency to exchange books that we have read. In this political novel, …
Corduroy by Don Freeman
Call me a kid who never grew up, but I think this book is wonderful. It tells a heart-warming story of a toy bear, Corduroy, who wants a home, but there is a missing button on his shirt, so nobody buys him. There is one little girl who wanted …
The Bafut Beagles, a novel by Gerald Durrell
Gerald Durrell has written many books, I have already written about his book “My Family and Other Animals.” If you want to learn about the African country Cameroon, not only that its national team is good at soccer, then the book “The Bafut Beagles” will help you a …
A Voice In The Wind by Francine Rivers
‘A Voice in the Wind’ is the first book of Francine Rivers’ trilogy entitled ‘Mark of the Lion’. The first thing that crossed my mind when I started to read it and I figured what it was all about was that it was very much like ‘Quo Vadis’, even …
Prayer: Does it Make Any Difference by Philip Yancey
Pondering the thought of prayer is sometimes a frustrating topic to consider. Yet, this book makes questioning prayer an easy task to accomplish. Throughout this book Mr. Phillip Yancey talks to many different people around the world about prayer. He gives the Bible’s interpretation of prayer and he even …
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