Humor & gore in 1? Yes, chick lit and murder mystery come together in this 2006 release by Christy Barritt.
Gabby St. Claire runs a rather unusual business: crime scene clean-up. This gory work is the closest thing to her dream job - that of a forensic scientist - so …

The Bone Collector was written by Jeffrey Deaver and published by Signet in 1998.
I love Lincoln Rhyme’s mysteries, though I wish I had read this before The Empty Chair. This story came out as a poor second to the Empty Chair, which really had me on edge throughout …

In order sufficiently to show the description of Calvin and Hobbes, as for me as for that in order for I to find the fact that it is the most appropriate description of Calvin, freedom of Watterson quotation of the author building is taken. Large number of struggle …

In this volume of Nodame Cantabile the story focus mainly in the two main characters, Chiaki and Nodame. Chiaki performs a concert with Rui, and it’s exactly the song that Nodame was so excited and that really wonted to perform with Chiaki. Once Nodame listens to their performance she …

William Shakespeare wrote for the masses, a fact which is central to Bob Smith’s poignant memoir. Specifically, Smith uses Shakespeare to anchor his memoir and to create a reading narrative, relating passages from the plays and the sonnets to significant moments in his life. The title comes from …

Did you ever hear of a female dragonslayer, one that is really a royal princess in disguise? Well, that is what this fantasy novel is about. A princess gets bored with her life of gossiping and fancy gowns so she runs off to lead her own life. After trying …

My favorite book, which I have read over and over repeatedly throughout the years, would definately have to be Stephen King’s ‘Misery’. I love this book! It is about a writer named Paul Sheldon who ends up in deep trouble in a snow-blinded Colorado, and he’s in a car …

I love witchy plots. So full of mystery, witches all bear an aura of otherworldliness, an ethereal quality that the ordinary often lack. Mysterious, they sit with one foot in our world, one in what is called the shadow world. Witches are something we …

‘Meeting God : Elements of hindu devotion’ is a book written by Stephen Huyler. The author has written about the devotional life of the hindus in India. In India, majority of the people are hindus. Hinduism is one of the ancient religions of the world and the devotional life …

This is the second book that I read by Ann Rinaldi and this author is quickly becoming one of my favorites. The story was both captivating and realistic, the past coming to life before my very eyes thanks to the talented writing skills of the author. The story centers …

John Green’s most recent young adult novel, The Fault in Our Stars, is a magnificently engrossing book. I’m not someone that reads a lot of novels, but the story is so interesting that I couldn’t put it down. The book was sold out at every store in my area …

Last year I read an article about this book called Father Knows Less or Can I cook my sister? by Wendell Jamieson. The book sounded pretty interesting, so I pre-ordered it. The book was about all the questions that this guys son would ask him. Instead …

I only picked up this novel because it was lying around and I had nothing else to read. I had bought it years ago at a book sale (for close to nothing), but I had forgotten all about it. Needless to say, I had no expectations when I started …

I recently purchased a copy of Ani’s Raw Food Desserts by Ani Phyo, being an excited fan of her first raw food book. I was a little disappointed with this book though. I do not like using agave syrup, and almost every single recipe in this book contains agave …

Saffy’s Angel by Hilary McKay is a fun and amusing book for 9-12 year olds.
The book is funny because Saffy’s family is so unusual, from Caddy’s adventures in learning to drive, and her animals, to Rose the artist who wants her pictures back. It is also a very …

The Amulet by Joanna Wayne is part of the Harlequin Intrigue series.
I just found out it’s the last of a series of three. The other two books have different authors. Just look it up on google if you are interested.
Joanna Wyanne is from Harvey LA. This …

The comedy, The Taming of the Shrew, by William Shakespeare is a play within a play. The play starts off with a tinker, Christopher Sly, being laughed at and then abducted by a Lord. He is then compelled to watch a play, The Taming of the Shrew. The theme …

I have read the book —˜Teach yourself body language’ written by Gordon Wainwright. This is an excellent book. The author has done a great job. Everyday, we come across other people and we look at their bodies, but the vast majority of us do not make any attempt to …

This book called The Beauty Buyble, which costs about $10.95 has the best 4 authors that I have ever seen. They are Maureen, Regan, Paula and Conway. This book is the perfect solution for those who, like me, dread to go to the beauty counter and get …

I just read this book that I was hearing very good things about. Tweak is a memoir written by Nic Sheff about “growing up” on methamphetamine. In my opinion the book is mediocre at best. Although I thought it was well written,the title of the book leads you into …

Chuck Palahniuk’s latest book Pygmy is told from the first person about a foreign exchange student who works as some sort of terrorist documenting for his home country (they never really say where he is from) the book has been praised for the style it is written in, every …

Book-Maus Part 1
Author-Art Spielgelman
There are many stories and books,and movies,and even games,about World War 2.And many of it takes place with the soilders or the Nazi or even Hitler himself.And all of them hope to reach the level of showing people how horrible the war was.But I think that the …

“The Autumn House Anthology of Contemporary American Poetry” by Sue Ellen Thompson is a poetry book that I enjoyed quite thoroughly. This book is really packed with poetry at nearly four hundred and fifty pages! That is a lot of poems to take in and think about! The wonderful …

Watership Down is a classic children’s novel that has been around for over a generation. It is an excellent novel. I read it for the first time when I was 10, and then again in sixth grade. I read several more times, most recently a few …

I think it was around late 1999 or early 2000 that I first read the Lemony Snicket Series of Unfortunate Events books. The Bad Beginning is the first book in the 13 part series.
In the Bad Beginning, the Baudelaire children become orphans and are shuttled to …

Lori Schiller first heard the voices demons at seventeen, when she followed the summer camp. Before this incident, there is nothing wrong in her, she was born of a harmonious family. However no one expected, after the terrible events in the summer, her life became a mess. Various treatment …

When their father is accused of a crime that he did not commit, Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis have to leave their happy life and go to live in a small house in the country, where their mother has to work (as a writer) and they cannot go to school …

I can not remember anymore how long I waited for there on the market to show up a book like “Rise of the Wolf”. After I grew up with the novels of JRR Tolkien, Terry Brooks and David Eddings, I became a certified fan of epic fantasy adventure. But …

This book is really funny! It features twins’ Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield being challenged by the boys at their school to a scare war ever since the boys started the scare war at the girls’ bathroom at Sweet Valley Middle School, and the girls are testing out the tricks …

This book contains 321 pages full of information that was the key for me getting through University. As a single man who went to live away from home for the first 3 months I ate really rubbish food and I did not eat very well. I am not a …

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane is an extremely good book and if I could recommend to schools for ordering a form of book for literature lessons, then this should be it. The author of this book is none other than Kate DiCamillo and the name itself represents …

Married women and those embarking on one would definitely enjoy reading Love and Other Infidelities by Helen Townsend. That’s what I feel; because my current status is attached and I love reading about what marriage might entail; the life ups and downs and all.
This book has 2 characters namely …

Charles Dickens is the author of the classic novel, Oliver Twist. His career as a fictional writer started in 1833 when his most stories and essays appeared in periodicals. In 1836, he married the daughter of his friend George Hogarth, Katherine Hogarth.
The story is about a poor orphaned …

I didn’t know how I could talk my young acquaintance out of becoming a veterinarian in the future. So I began to search for something about the profession purposefully. And you can imagine, my joy was boundless when I found a book on this very subject, also written with …

Jessamy Harrison is the daughter of a father who came from England and the mother who came from Nigeria. Jessamy always felt different from other children. She always fears and when she feels angry, she would scream. Because it is, she does not have any friends. Jess invited her …

Blood Promise is the fourth book in the Vampire Academy series. Rose Hathaway’s world turned upside down during the last few pages of the previous book, Shadow Kiss. Ever since she found out that Dimitri had turned Strigoi, Rose has had her mind set on saving him. Saving him …

Changes is the latest in the critically acclaimed Dresden Files series by Jim Butcher, first published in 2010. Fans of the series are already familiar with Butcher’s character, the modern-day wizard Harry Dresden. Walking a fine line between the magical and the mortal worlds, Dresden always manages to …

I’d read some sample chapters of Christopher Reich’s “Rules of Deception” and was impressed by the exciting storytelling, and the authority with which Reich described a mountain climbing excursion gone awry. I felt that the author definitely had mastered the thriller genre.
Quick research on Reich revealed that he’d already …

This is another of Terry Pratchett’s popular Discworld books, this one based upon the witches who live in Lancre. There are several other books featuring these witches, all of which are funny. This one is amusing as well, although not quite as funny. It connects well with small mentions …

Wild Ride by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer has a similar feel to Don’t Look Down and Agnes and the Hitman. Like these and other Jennifer Crusie books, there is a kooky cast of characters and a strong female protagonist. With Bob Mayer, you add a male lead who …

The Master Bedroom by Tessa Hadley is a book that I have read sometime ago and this book just gets me lost. I must say that I chose this book to read because of its very gorgeous cover and the cover is in pink color. Very nice and …

This is the third book in this kids series by Emily Rodda. In this book, Lief, Barda, and Jasmine are looking for a gem they think can be found in the City of the Rats. They encouter a group of people who are terrified of Filli, Jasmine’s small furry …

I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron is unique and awesome. Nora Ephron is a cool name for an author and this book gives out a uniques message of releasing stress and at the same time, having a good and fun time reading.
I really respect the author …

Let me start off by saying that the cover art of this book is just stunning. “Mona Lisa Craving” by Sunny is the third book in her Monere: Children of the Moon series. This book continues to follow the story of Mona Lisa, the first mixed-blood queen of the …

I finished the novel and Brave New World became my favorite book. When asked why it was, I at first had no clear answer, but after reading it a second time, I realized why I love it so much: it depicts the flaws of our living generations, the obsessions …

I think there are about six or seven books in this entire series of educational books, and judging from the picture on the cover from books one to six, my first guess was that the books were written some time in the seventies. In fact, when I looked on …

I started diving years ago after discovering how beautiful the marine world is in my country. In all the years that I have been diving and snorkeling here, I noticed that there is a dearth of good marine maps and guides, and I therefore made it my mission to …

One of my local comic stores decided to add “Spawn” to my pull file when the “endgame’ arc started. I didn’t ask, but I didn’t really mind. I had heard Spawn was a good comic and picking up a new title only speeds up my catching up …

Margaux Sullivan is at the top career as a fashion designer: her designs are featured in the top fashion magazines, her recent collection during New York’s Fashion Week received rave reviews. Things couldn’t be better for Maragaux until she discovers her husband has cleaned out all of their bank …

This book The Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory, is sort of the sequel to the book title, ‘The Other Boleyn Girl’, which is also by Philippa Gregory.
In this Boleyn Inheritance, the story goes by several characters and the old and really disgusting King Henry. I am not …