This book, Love in the Driest Season written by Neely Tucker is truly a very bittersweet and heart-wrenching story. I cried for a bit while reading some chapters in this book and Neely related his story in this kind of auto-biography about his journey with his wife, Vita in …

Spiderman Issue 44 was written and inked by Howard Mackie and Tom Lyle, and marks a very boring period in Spiderman’s run in the mid-1990s. The art is very generic with no real edge or creativity. The writing is boring and does not give you a chance …

This is the second book in the series about Anne Shirley, the first is Anne of Green Gables and covers Anne’s life from she’s 11 until she’s 16. This book covers to the next two years, in which Anne works as a school teacher in the Avonlea landscape. You’ll meet …

“Daughter of Hounds” by Caitlin R. Kiernan is a novel that gnaws at you, stripping the protective layers away until its teeth reach the soft, unprotected parts within. At times literary but more often profane, the book batters the reader with its intense language and pitch-black theme.
I originally picked …

I’m a huge fan of young adult novels, despite the fact that I’m in my thirties, and when I ran across this one on sale for the nook, I went ahead and picked it up. And right off the bat I knew this was not your typical vampire story, …

Mainspring is a well-written novel worth the time it takes to read it. It also has the honor of being truly unique; something rare in the field of fantasy that’s most often dominated by elves, dragons and sorcerers. The story itself is intelligently thought out and executed expertly. What …

After the book “Path of the Warrior” sparked in me an interest in the dark, futuristic world of Warhammer 40,000 in particularly to the mysterious Eldar race , I continued to look for books about them, and I found the novel “Eldar Prophecy” of Cassern S. Goto. The book …

“Fear Street” was a series of books written by R.L. Stine, the same author who wrote the series of Goosebumps novels for children. Although the two sets of books were similar, the difference between the two was that the “Fear Street” set of novels was written specifically for teenagers …

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. …

Of all the books I’ve read, this is probably the one that touched me the most. It tells of a story about a young Shepard who had a dream about a buried treasure in the pyramid desert. So he sells his sheep, travels to the place, meets an alchemist …

The Caller was written by Mary-Rose Hayes, first published in 1979 by Pinnacle books.
A night predator was prowling the streets and pubs, searching for the woman in his life. His targets are women who looked like ‘Lisa’ to him; once he had a target, he would either …

My friend gave me a book entitled “Straight From The Heart-A Prayer Companion”. It is a compilation of different prayers. There you can find prayers to different saints like a Novena Prayer for desperate cases (St. Jude Thaddeus), Novena Prayer for cancer patients (St. Peregrine), Novena …

Tower of Destruction, by Keith Martin, is a fairly late entry in the long-running Fighting Fantasy series of solo gamebooks, having first been published in 1991 and coming in at number 46 in the original Puffin sequence. It is not one I would consider a classic, and nor does …

Despite the fact that it isn’t Christmas time, I still enjoyed this book. Dr. Jeffries and Katherine O’Connor are the main characters. They are brought together by fate. It was foreseen in Katherine’s neighbor’s box of kitty litter. They discover right away that they believe …

Collecting gem stones for the sake of having unusual, precious gems to display, to set into jewelry, and to save for expected rise in prices of gems bought at low prices that are rapidly rising in cost, has become a new ‘wave’ of a movement, all over the world. …

The Dad Library is a children’s book by author Dennis Wheelhan. It includes black and white illustrations by Tim Archbold. It is published in the UK by Young Corgi, and was first published in 1997. The book is a 95 page long paperback, but has large text, so it …

Superstar India is a very different book from famous columnist Shobhaa De. There is no big story in the book. It is more like her feelings about India. Frankly this some times make the book dragging as chapters look alike. But I did complete reading the book in around …

This is yet another book (of fiction)about the growing business of organ transplants. While the topic is familiar, the most interesting part of the book is in the Acknowledgments. Michael acknowledges “various experts in organ donation, who have asked to remain anonymous”. Of course that peaked …

This is a short fictional novel that is, although it has a futuristic scientific thematics, an easy afternoon read. Beware there might be a few spoilers in this review (not many though).
The novel takes us to the future introducing us with a new order of society, well not exactly …

The Autobiography of Special Agent Dale Cooper has the subtext —˜My Life, My Tapes’ and on the inside cover it says —˜As heard by Scott Frost’, so he wrote it. I think Dale Cooper is my all-time favourite television character so he is of course, a fictional person …

This is the second book in the series about Gil Cunningham. The year is 1492, the place Glasgow, and Gil, a young lawyer, is present when a dead body is found at is old college. With the help of Alys, his betrothed, and her French master-mason father, Gil has …

ANE’s Smart Kid Series Knowledge Book 1 is a good general knowledge book for school goings. This book gives the idea of general things we see and general people we meet daily in the daily life. That means about the Family,Five senses,Body parts,our body,Feelings,Good Habits,Good manners,About school uniform,about dress …

Let us swing back into the continuing series of Marvel Essentials Spectacular Spiderman as we get to see Spidey in a series of late 1970�s B storylines that were not critical to the character as the story arcs found in the flagship title The Amazing Spiderman. The quality of …

It would be quite unimaginable should someone not liking the book, My Point…And I Do Have One by Ellen Degeneres at all. I, for one, find the book to be totally hilarious, superbly funny and has definitely labeled Ellen as someone being a most wondrous person full of joy, …

One of my favourite John Grisham novels to date is “A Painted House”, even though it took my quite a long time to finish it because of a lack of time on my part. I liked it because it was easy to read and imagine, despite the fact that …

“The Great Gatsby” is a great novel. It has a very good depiction of life in the 1920’s, otherwise known as “The Jazz Age”, this was a very controversial period of time, a time of rebelling against the norms in society. Alcohol abuse was common, more so, during the …

Ultimate Spiderman #4: Legacy
Here is the Ultimate Spiderman debut of the Green Goblin and, personally, I didn’t like it.
It isn’t that the book is not well written because it is. I couldn’t get into because The Goblin is changed to the point he totally doesn’t resemble the original Green …

In my opinion, The Giver is Lois Lowry’s greatest novel, but Number the Stars is a very close second. This is a story of two best friends in wartime Denmark, Annemarie Johansen and Ellen Rosen. Ellen is Jewish, and the Johansen family must go on a mission …

‘On life after death’ is a book written by Elisabeth Kubler-Ross. In this book, the author says that our body is a shell or cocoon. And each of us evolves to the next stage of existence as a spirit. This is what is meant by life after death. The …

In her own words, Reba McEntire shares the very memories that have shaped and inspired her life as well as her music. Reba also personally selected more than 140 family photos to share with her fans in this book.
Reba shares with us the values that she is very …

When I first saw this book on my aunt’s bookshelf amongst the rest of the novels, I never really paid it much attention since the artist’s depiction on the cover didn’t make it seem very interesting. Nevertheless, I decided to read it and a few of the other books …

I read the first two books of the Meredith Gentry series quickly. My best friend sent them to me in a care package and I really enjoyed them. This book, number three took me forever to finish. Hamilton is an amazing writer. She has a very distinct voice and …

I am reviewing the book, New Moon, written by Stephanie Meyer. This book is number two in the twilight series of books. In this book, Edward’s family throws Bella a birthday party, a party that goes entirely wrong. When Bella accidentally cuts her hand, Jasper goes nuts …

This was a fun book and a quick read. Lawrence is a Montana author and you can tell he loves this state. Stories about murder, ghosts, mummies, Big Foot and Montana’s equivalent of the Loch Ness Monster are replete in the telling of this very entertaining book. …

I stumbled across this book (published by Da Capo Press), when it was mentioned in a newspaper article by someone who had gone to live in a remote part of France, far away from neighbours and chance intruders. “Party of One” was referenced as a kind of gospel …

This has to be an essential component of any artists bookshelf, whichever medium they chose to work in. I found this book spoke to me like few other books have. The story follows the childhood and adolescence of Stephen Dedalus, as he grope his way confusingly through the Ireland …

‘Chobits’ is a seven part Japanese manga series by the group of female artists called “Clamp”. Chobits is about love, and what it means to be in love. I definitely got more than I expected with this series.
‘Chobits’ is brilliantly drawn by Clamp. The anonymous ladies focus on lush …

I have finished this book last year. It is a gift from my husband on my birthday and this is a first book of Robin S. Sharma that I have read. This book really affects a lot on my ways of thinking and doing things.
The book was about the …

The relationship book The Truth About Cheating by M. Gary Neuman was not something I was purposely seeking out, it was just a book I found while roaming the aisles of the library. The title alone was interesting enough that I needed to read it because I think every …

I purchased the Better Homes and Gardens “More Easy Everyday Cooking” book a couple of years ago, and I absolutely love it! I still cook my meals from this book. I dont remember where I bought it and how much I bought it for. Whatever I payed for it …

This is a diary of Esme Raji Codell’s first year of teaching. In the book, she’s a brash, creative, outspoken woman in her early 20’s, who is hired to teach fifth grade in Chicago. In the book she deals with an unsympathetic principal, kids with poor reading …

Mortal Causes was written by Ian Rankin (published by Simon & Schuster, 1995)
When I started this book, I found it slow moving; moreover I was not very keen on stories about terrorists and their activities. With their worldwide notoriety and atrocities, I have already passed them off as worse …

I was stunned when I read My Sister’s Keeper by Jodi Picoult. First because I had never heard of the book or its author. Secondly, because this was an outstanding book. So good that I’m tempted to put it in my personal list of bestbooks.
This book tells the story …

I have read the book ‘Puzzle for the secret seven’ written by Enid Blyton. This is not so exciting and the story line is not good, and as in several other secret seven series, the style is also not so interesting to read.
One day, the secret seven children got …

All kids love magic, right? Well this magical adventure is a perfect introduction for all little girls into the world of book series.
Rachel Walker and Kirsty Tate meet on their way to Rainspell Island for holidays and quickly become friends. While searching for the end of a …

This book for youths, the beginning of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, starts the series off strong. Rick Riordan has created an interesting main character, although the foreshadowing is really strong, and a somewhat new plot.
Arguments among the Greek gods and the Greek gods or other …

This issue of Green Arrow is helmed by a new creative team composed of writers Andrew Kreisberg and Ben Sokolowski and artists Daniel Sampere and Jonathan Glapion. The new team has a tall order to fill as the previous creative team lead by writer Jeff Lemire and artists Andrea …

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 have always wondered where the words ‘nincompoop’, ‘dressed to the nines’ are always derived from, and this book, I Didn’t Know That, written by Karlen Evins, is actually depicting the favorite phrase you and me always use and like.
This book is a favorite of mine, and has some …

In my Bedroom, by Donna Hill is a fictional novel. The book is about a woman and her life. She suffers a traumatic event and the story centers around how she handles that event. Much of the book tells about how she relates to her family and friends. There …