This book is very interesting. It has the top 10 places in Madrid that you would love to visit. I would love to go to Madrid someday, and check out these places. They are divided into 6 manageable areas, and also include some places of interests …

“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 …

I ran across this book while I was book shopping. I’m one of those people who love to do adventurous activities when I travel. I do not appreciate going to another part of the world just to shop. This book helped me a lot in deciding where to travel …

When I first began traveling the world, I was clueless as to how to know the country I would be visiting, and how to get around once I got there, without missing important sites. A friend of mine lent me my first Eyewitness Travel Guide before I went to …

I came across this book one year ago. This is the best book available on the constitution of India. I still keep this book with me in spite of the fact that the syllabus is already completed. To understand the intricacies of the constitution of India, this book must …

The Bookseller is the used bookstore inside Central Library (the main library of the Milwaukee Public Library system). It sells ex-library books that have been discharged from the system, lightly used books that people have donated to them as well as a few new books. The store is very …

Well, this will be the first Stephen King book I’ve reviewed, but it certainly isn’t the first one I’ve read. Ever since I first read Carrie when I was ten (and wondered what the hell, really, was going on in that opening segment!) I was pretty much hooked on …

Eight Days a Week has left me with a HUGE smile con my face. I loved this book from beginning to end. What’s not to love, really? There’s no other way to describe it. I just loved it. I loved every feeling and sensation that I felt when …

They (who, exactly?) tell us we should not judge a book by its cover, but I give you leave to judge this one as such. One look at the cover - an almost photorealist depiction of a graying man who looks like a little boy playng dress-up in a …

This book is all about the twins’ birthday as they are turning seventeen, and they want to have the most special birthday ever! Jessica Wakefield wants to plan a big birthday bash for her twin Elizabeth, but there’s only one problem —“ Elizabeth already had the same plans in …

PROLOGUE
A FAREWELL TO ARMS, by the American Hemingway, Aldington’s DEATH OF A HERO, by the British, and Remarque’s ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT the German Remarque. Do you know what these three books about the lost generation and World War I have in common? Well, except for the general …

The Colour of Magic is the very first in the hugely successful Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. As such, it is the book that many new fans read first, which in some ways is a shame because it is by no means the best novel in …

The first issue of Marvel’s new mini-series “Civil War” is one of Marvel’s best story arcs to come around in a long, long time. It is so good, in fact, it can actually remove some of the stench of Marvel’s House of M Travesty that stunk up the …

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 …

Snip It! is a book full of fine motor skill activities that are actually designed to improve a number of skills in young children from preschool all the way up to the second grade. The program was designed by Mead with the assistance of Occupational Therapist Toni M. Schulken, …

I have read this book and the author is Tony Gough. This is a good book and it tells you that communication is very important. Without good communication, a relationship will not be stable. The book mainly deals with marriage. It says that the main reason for the breaking …

Jeremy, a 17 year old boy, is left quite alone in the world when his mother dies of cancer. In a touching letter his mother has left for him, she urges Jeremy to find his uncle Aiden, a man who had disappeared when Jeremy was 7 and had no …

I’m a big fan of Roald Dahl’s writing and Quentin Blake’s illustrations. Roald Dahl has written many funny children’s books such as The BFG, The Twits, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, and Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
Rovolting Rhymes is a compilation of six nursery tales including Cinderella, …

This review is not about the series, Ugly Betty, but it is about Ugly Betty The Book. Yes, in case you have not heard of it before, it does exists. I bought this book because number 1: I’m a fan of Desperate Housewives and the 2nd is that …

I was a little skeptical when I first heard about this book, because it is for all intensive purposes a zombie book, and I am not a zombie fan, but I decided to give it a try due to most everybody else claiming that even non-zombie-fans like themselves ended …

There are 2 book titles here, which I am going to review. One is on the NYT Best Seller List, and the other one is a book on political views.
The first book is Rich Dad, Poor Dad. The title itself is enicicing, and one comes to wonder …

I am collecting writing books. I have been a writer for the past twenty years of my life. I have notebooks full of stories. And I have found that one of the most difficult things when writing a story is the master plot. This book gives you twenty plots …

This book titled Forget You Had a Daughter is a story of Sandra Gregory was caught smuggling heroin through Bangkok airport in 1993.
In 1993 she was arrested at Bangkok airport for carrying 89 grams of heroin for her companion then. Instead, she was sentenced by the court in …

This book is a must have for all those who wants to end up looking fresh-faced, and made up like a celebrity. This book is written by Jane Cunningham, and could be bought for a nice price of $8.99. There are so many methods in this book …

‘Medalon’ is the first book in a trilogy that is a sub-series to a larger series. I first developed an interest in it because it had a catching cover —“ beautiful artwork. The blurb on the back also sounded interesting, but I ended up going with another …

I’ve never been a huge Dark Romance fan, I’d only read a couple and they were very light in the darkness department, but Tarryn Fisher is a name that stands out a lot in this particular genre. I read a trilogy from her before, which I loved, but when I …

This is the first installment of Sweet Valley’s The Frightening Four series and it’s very creepy and a nice read for teens. The story is all about an abandoned Victorian mansion which becomes sold to a very large family, and Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield are hired as babysitters for …

Anne Elliot is a twenty eight year old lady from an aristocratic but impoverished family. Her father, Sir Walter Elliot of Kellynch Hall, has wasted his fortune by the life of luxury and uncontrollable spending, which he nevertheless intends to continue, somehow, relying on his name and connections. He …

This funny sequel to Bridget Jones’ Diary is not quite as good as the first book. While funny, and definitely still fun to read, some of the events which occur are a bit too much of a stretch.
It’s hard to believe that the characters could yet again allow so …

What really motivates us? Daniel Pink wrote this book around that basic principle. The first half of this book had some good insights on how people can be motivated. The last part read mostly like a self-help book. And that’s good if you want to take a step for …

Marked is the first book of the House Of Night series by PC Cast and Kristin Cast. The story is based upon the idea of humans and vampires coexisting amongst each other. Instead of the sterotypical idea of vampires being born from another vampires bite this book makes the …

I’ve been trying to read a few different authors, so I picked up A Tasty Way to Die by Janet Lawrence. I figured I’d enjoy it because a good murder mystery is always a nice cosy read. It’s a bit of an older book - none of the characters …

As far as vampires are concerned, Sir Francis Varney (the title character from Varney the Vampire) has to be one of the meekest I’ve ever read about.
Varney comes off as an evil villain early on in the book but, the more you read about him, the more you learn …

The Chimes: A Goblin Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year in, is as short novel by Charles Dickens. It was written the year after the more famous A Christmas Carol, and is the second in a series of Christmas books. …

Arts and Crafts is a short story that can be found in the collection Sisters in Crime volume 3. Sisters In Crime is an organization of female mystery writers. The anthology series features stories from these writers that have been chosen from a large pool of applicants. …

“Stone Butterfly” is the tenth official book in the Charlie Moon series. I saw official because one book that could and perhaps should be considered part of the series, “The Night Visitor” is not, at least not according to the online catalog at my local library. However man of …

Simon R. Green is one of the authors that I really like and one of the few that I follow regularly in the sense that I read almost everything published. I first started reading his works in 2001 when I read ” Hawk and Fisher ” then I liked …

Thomas Ligotti is a relatively little known horror writer, who has his sort of cult following, though. His prose might be considered a bit difficult, however, after some time it sinks, so to speak, into a reader, or rather it gathers its strength gradually in order to grip and conquer …

If you are one whom love to read stories about friendship lost and formed and being put into test, then read this book: Black Hills by Nora Roberts. The story basically revolves around the two characters; Cooper and Lil. I won’t say about the love part for I …

A THOUSAND SPLENDID SONS is an astonishly beautiful book by Hkaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner. This new novel tells the story of life in Afghanistan and how it changed once the Taliban arrived. The author is from Kabul, Afghanistan so he …

The Dust Bowl by Donald Worster was a very interesting book in a way that it told the whole history of the plains and how it happened. I liked how it focused the link in the Great Depression and Dust Bowl hitting at the same time. The economic problems …

Australia is an attractive island which is a continent and a country as well. It is located between the south Pacific ocean and the Indian ocean. I have learned various kinds of exciting material from reading Walkabout such as the Aboriginals were one of the oldest tribes of Australia. …

Did you ever hear that saying that authors shouldn’t start their story too soon? Well, apparently this author hasn’t, as the actual plot doesn’t start until halfway through the book. As the title suggests, this is supposed to be a story about getting lost in the freezing, icy wilderness …

Another book in my collection of human behavior research. This is more of a sociological reference though. Why do drug dealers still live at home? Why are crime rates down? Are some of the issues covered in this book. The title makes it sound like a humor book. It …

I’m not ashamed to admit that the only reason I originally ordered the book Navigating Your Health Benefits for Dummies was the fact I was able to find it free online and I like freebies. After all, the health insurance company Aetna provides the book, and I just figured …

“Dead to the World” is the fourth book in the Sookie Stackhouse novel series written by the popular author Charlaine Harris. I also think that it was even better than the first three novels, and even more interesting than all of them put together. This was mainly because of …

First of all, I am not a huge Dean Koontz fan. I enjoy the genre and I like similar authors such as Stephen King, but I’ve never been able to really get into Koontz. His ideas are usually quite good but his writing style has never fully …

If you read the Sherlock Holmes stories, you would never think Sir Arthur Conan Doyle had a twisted mind. But, his story, The Case of Lady Sannox will convince you otherwise.
I wasn’t sure what to think when I was reading this story. I knew something bad was going to …

‘Pride and Prejudice’ like other novels of Austen have narrow physical setting. The story revolves round Netherfield Park, Longbourn, Hunsford Parsonage, Meryton and Pemberley. In an era when the English Romantic writers like Wordsworth, Coleridge, Byron, Shelley, Keats and others were in love with external nature, Jane …

I have just finished reading the final installment(up to now anyway) of the fantastic ‘Shopaholic’ series.
‘Shopaholic and Baby’ by the talented Sophie Kinsella is just as good as it’s predecessors and is highly recommended!
We catch up with Becky as she is preparing to become a mother for the first …