Books Reviews

Made to Stick by Dan and Chip Heath

Made to Stick (Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die) is written by Dan and Chip Heath and I love the tongue-in-cheek approach of this book. It is something like a self-help book and at the same time depicts a lot of humor in its writing in giving a …

The Guardian by Dee Henderson

“The Guardian” by Dee Henderson is Book 2 in the O’Malley series featuring seven orphans, Kate, Lisa, Jennifer, Rachel, Marcus, Jack, and Stephen who had decided to be “adopt each other” and be a family and took the family name of O’Malley. Each book focuses on one of the …

Wren to the Rescue

Wren to the Rescue is a charming story by Sherwood Smith about every girl’s fantasy - her best friend turns out to be a princess. (Well, actually, the fantasy might be better if she herself turned out to be a princess.)
But her friend is pretending to be an …

At the City’s Edge by Marcus Sakey

It started out interesting, with an awesome opening action scene. But, unfortunately it didn’t last and I ended up reading a book that transforms into a cliché. The characters are so ordinary. Disgruntled main character, doomed side kick, child in distress. I don’t get it! Marcus Sakey had a …

Midsummer Night’s Children By Salman Rusdhie

The story in such many places, before in Bangladesh in Pakistan in Bombay ending after all for the second time in Bombay moves, and, it starts in Bengal. Quality the similar people where it can withstand everything at the same day him to experience, or what to explain that travelling. …

The Clique 1 book

This is a new series I will be writing reviews for. It began in 2001 and is still continuing. The author of this series is Lisi Harrison. It is also a New York Times Bestseller. This series has a couple of main characters. Theres 1 girl, who leads he …

The Secret

The Secret is actually a book that I have read and enjoyed so far. It costs about $15.29, and the cover is very interesting. It has a wooden color cover, with the word Secret written in the middle of the book. The word S is highlighted …

Storm by Brigid Kemmerer book

Storm is the first book in the Elemental series. Becca Chandler’s life changes the moment she saves a boy in the school car park. That boy happens to be Chris Merrick, who is unlike other boys. Chris has the power to control the element water. Chris’ three brothers are …

Wizard’s First Rule by Terry Goodkind [novel]

In Terry Goodkind’s seminal “Sword of Truth” fantasy series, the forces of good and evil: their natures and their struggle against one another are just one of the themes explored. The story of a young woods guide named Richard Cypher begins when he meets a young, dangerous woman named …

Weep No More, My Lady by Mary Higgins Clark

If you are looking for a decent mystery, I suggest that you pick up a copy of Mary Higgins Clark’s “Weep No More, My Lady. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it a 7. While it was not Mary Higgins Clarks best work, I …

A Book on Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld

To ride on heavy steel and fly amongst the clouds.To steer with cold hands and face the enemy up front. Such adventures can be seen as nothing more than a fleeting dream. However, while reading the book Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, you will pretty much find yourself joining in …

Hannibal-Thomas Harris book

When i saw this book in the bookshelf, i wanted to read this because and only because of one thing, the movie “Silence of the Lambs” which is the prequel to this book. I really liked the movie and especially the …

Meditation For Dummies Book

This is a book written by Stephan Bodian. Written back in 2005, it is a book that aims beginners and advanced users on how to meditate and everything else involving meditation. I bought and read this book because I was interested in meditation back then. The book has 6 …

On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn

On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn is a romantic love story, and I think it is pretty similar to the movie, ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’. A bit different here and there, but the concept is the same.
Gregory is a man that thinks that his options are …

The Journey, Book 1 of The Adventures of Jecosan Tarres trilogy by Laura Lond

‘The Journey’ came as a surprise: seeing that the main character was a teenage boy, I thought it was a children’s book. I was wrong. Not that the novel has some adult-only themes ‘ it doesn’t; it’s just that the story, despite its seeming simplicity, turned out to have …

I-SPY London

I-SPY London is part of a series of books which can be used to make journeys and trips out more interesting, as in each book, there are hundreds of different locations for you to visit. Once you visit a location, you can put a tick in the tickbox. Once …

Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

I am a huge fan of Sophie Kinsella and especially her fabulous Shopaholic series of books.
I adore the character of Becky Bloomwood in those books so was a little concerned I wouldn’t be able to like a totally different character in a new book..
Twenties Girl is about a woman …

“The Road” By Cormac McCarthy. A Book

I had the opportunity read “The Road” while traveling about a year ago. I can honestly say that this book scared me. I have read it once and only once and will not read it again. It is just too heart wrenching for me. I have to admit that …

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Manga Volume 1

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle is a Japanese Manga, or graphic novel that is red from right to left, instead of left to right, and tells the story of an archeologist named Syaoran and his childhood friend Sakura, princess of the country of Clow. He is busy working on an …

Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa novel

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 Richest Man in Babylon - finance book

I think most people would find this book very approachable and easy to grasp. The Richest man in Babylon by George S. Clason is a beginner’s finance book. It teaches basic lessons about saving and working, as well as very basic ideas about how to invest. It’s a starter …

“Aha! The Most Interest Book You’ll Ever Read About Intelligence” by Trudee Romanek (book)

“Aha! The Most Interest Book You’ll Ever Read About Intelligence” by Trudee Romanek is a children’s book about how the brain work and what exactly is intelligence and where does it come from. I would categorize this book in the age range of six and above because there is …

The Pelican Brief by John Grisham

The Pelican Brief is one of the best classics by Grisham. Though all his books are law related, they all tend to be different, with the respective description and twist.
John starts this story by giving information about the death of two Supreme Court justices. Their murders are connected only …

Living Dead in Dallas by Charlaine Harris book

The book “Living Dead in Dallas” by the author Charlaine Harris, is the second book in the series which the HBO original series True Blood is based off. I have just finished this book, and even though I still thought it was interesting and more unusual than the usual …

Two Way Street by Lauren Barnholdt book

This book is one of my favorites to pick up and read, if I’m feeling down or just don’t have anything to read. I love the author’s humor, and it made me laugh out loud several times when I first read it. This book is told by two characters, …

Alas, Babylon by Pat Frank

I love post-apocalyptic stories, where people band together and figure out ways to survive. The relationship dynamics and rawness of the plots of those books always excite and interest me, so I was happy to delve into Alas, Babylon, a story about the United States after a nuclear apocalypse.
The …

Mercedes Lackey’s young adult fantasy novel

Mercedes Lackey is a very prolific writer: with dozens of novels in a number of cycles, she writes fantasy novels in the romance as well as young adult genres. Having recently re-read the first trilogy of the Valdemar chronicles, with young Talia as the girl protagonist, I decided to …

Mini Office Professional User Guide

Mini Office Professional is an office suite for the classic Amstrad PCW range of word processor computers. It was a real eye opener to me when I first used it back in the late 1980s, and even today - although its features have long since been far surpassed by …

Little Lulu Comic Book Series

Just looking for a fun, relaxing read that isn’t complicated? If you said yes, the Little Lulu Comic Book Series is perfect for you. Don’t worry, it is nothing like those cheesy, no offense, super hero comic books. Little Lulu is a girl in the 1920’s-1930’s who always finds …

Black Bird Manga

I am a big manga lover. Manga being Japanese comics. I started reading the comics when I was in college and have been reading them ever since. I normally follow the romance series and sometimes fantasy or adventure. With one of my current mangas I am reading, is a …

Nodame Cantabile volume 17

In the volume number 17 of Nodame Cantabile we finally get to know Chiaki’s father. He’s forced to go to see his son’s concert, and when Chiaki notices in the middle of it, he gets so nervous that he fails at his conducting. That will make him behave in …

Eragon, By Christopher Paolini novel

Eragon is a fantasy novel written by Christopher Paolini. At first, I was skeptical about how good the novel would be after I learned about it. The thing that threw me off was that the author was only 16 when he wrote it. For this reason, I almost did …

Bartlett’s Words for the Wedding by Brett Fletcher Lauer

Bartlett’s Words for the Wedding, written by Brett Fletcher Lauer, is a very Top 10 book that my friend borrowed me. There’s all nice things about weddings that I need to know about and the best preparations for it. Not literally though because the BIG difference in …

Catching Fire, book by Suzanne Collins

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins is a book you and your teenage daughter will fight over to see who gets to read if first —“ that is if you only have one copy. In my house we almost had to buy two. The first book, …

Developing the Leaders Around you by John C. Maxwell

Developing the Leaders Around you is a very good book and guide for managers and supervisors. The book is all about helping others reach their full potential. The book was written by a renowned leadership author John C. Maxwell and published by Castle Edition. It is important for me …

Stephanie Meyer’s New Moon (Book)

Author, Stephanie Meyers, has been making waves at book stores nationwide with her new novel, New Moon. This captivating novel is bound to captivate any reader who enjoys drama, suspense, and adventure! This titilating read merges the concepts of love, lust, seduction into a romantic fantasy that …

The Life Cycle Library for Young People and Parents: Book 3

Like book one of the series, this book was written
so that both parents and their children can read about how puberty is going to affect the children and even their relationships with their family.
Unlike book one though, this book gives a little less scientific explanation about the physical …

Hellboy: The Wild Hunt 3 comic

I’m still a relative newcomer to the world of “Hellboy”. I enjoyed the movies and have picked up a few trades as well as collecting some of the recent arcs in individual issues. Still, I’m not well versed in Mignola’s mythology. As such, it made this …

The Book Thief, Marcus Zusak

I admit to choosing this book in a shop based on the cover. Rare for me a) because I preach not judging a book by it’s cover and b) I’m rarely in shops these days tending to buy most music and books on the Internet.
The UK edition published by …

Five point something by Chetan Bhagat

Five point something is a fun read all the way, the novel deals with life of students in Indian Institute of Technology, how they make it in the IIT and they struggle after the selection to cope up with the environment in the IIT, someone who has been in …

Shopaholic Abroad by Sophie Kinsella

‘Shopaholic Abroad’ is the follow up book to the hugely successful ‘Secret Dreamworld Of A Shopaholic’ by the very talented Sophie Kinsella. We pick up a few months on from the where the last book finished, with Becky Bloomwood- the queen of shoppers- taking a vacation to New York …

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 …

Ttyl

Ttyl by Lauren Myracle is book I like a lot because it is told completely in text and IM lingo. It also shows you can keep in contact with your friends without being there with them or talking to them on the phone. That is why the internet is …

Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund

Most of you know the game Halo, and have played it on different playing systems such as the PC, xbox 360, PS3, etc…
But have any of you read the book?
This book written by Eric Nylund talks about the times and periods before halo and is like a pre-sequel to …

The Bluest Eyes

The Bluest Eye intrigued at the first sentence. It started out differently than most books; it started out with a similar form of “See spot run,” but with the stereotypical name of Jane. That first couple pages was to identify a young black girl’s dream: To have a loving …

Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn graphic novel by Grant Morrison

Batman and Robin: Batman Reborn is a graphic novel by Grant Morrison and illustrated by Frank Quitely. Dick Grayson has taken up Bruce Wayne’s mantle as the Batman and dons cape and cowl while Bruce’s son Damian takes up the role of Robin.
This graphic novel is …

An Investors Guide To How The Stock Market Really Works

Fascinating, absolutely fascinating - I don’t care how old the book is, it is simply one huge must have for anyone who is seeking more information on tactics to help them make the best investment choices for themselves.
Covering matters such as what you need to know before you invest …

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is the seventh and last installment in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter series. I love this book even if this is not my favorite in the series. The development of the plot is just astonishing. I really love reading this book (in fact, I …

Star Trek: Klingon Novelization

Star Trek: Klingon Novelization is a novelization of the CD-ROM game by the same name. There is, as the name suggests, an intense focus on the Klingon culture in this novelization, however, characters from other species do appear, from both the Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: …

Eight Million Ways to Die by Lawrence Block

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 …

 
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