This exciting yet strange piece from the colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a story about a small, south american plantation called Macondo. It is a story of heartache, rivalry, incest, desire, love, hate and everything in between.
The book is written in a way sobthat it is telling us …

After doing a bit of light summer reading and watching I decided it was time to once again dip into some more serious writing. “The Shia Revival: How Conflicts within Islam Will Shape the Future” by Vali Nasr certainly qualifies.
In this book Nasr rehearses the history of the …

‘The confidence plan:How to build a stronger you’ is a book written by Tim Ursiny. This is a book which aims at making us stronger and successful. It is written in short chapters. In each of the chapters, the author has written interesting guidelines to be followed if we …

I picked up Stephen King’s “On Writing” out of sheer curiosity at a second hand book store I frequent. When I was a child I would devour King’s books, always waiting impatiently for my grandmother to pass the next one on to me. As I grew older …

I love reading good books, especially books which are related to self improvement or psychology. From all books I have read, I can surely say that this book is the most great book I ever found. I read this book when I was in first semester at the university, …

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 kids of all ages love to draw pictures. They love to fill the paints and colours in Figures. The kids love to hold the pencils in their hands. My kids are very young. My daughter is age 5 and my son is 4. Both of them like to …

I had read reviews of Mary Higgins Clark’s latest book, I’ll Walk Alone. None of them were very good. But I thought this is Mary Higgins Clark, I love all of her books. So I bought it anyway and sat down to read it as soon …

The Batman graphic Novel “Hush” Volume 1 starts out when Batman has to rescue a hostage boy from Killer Croc and after defeating Croc, chases Catwoman who stole the ransom money. While chasing her, someone cuts his Batline, causing him to plummeting down to the streets below. …

“Astonish Yourself” is a self-help philosophy book, something rather unique in my experience. Don’t let yourself be frightened away by the word ‘philosophy’, it’s really a very accessible read. The book is made up of a series of experiments meant to makes us think of our place in …

“A stranger in the mirror” by Sidney Sheldon. This is a novel that revolves around the life of two characters, namely Toby Temple and Jill Castle. Toby is a small-fry wannabee comedian who dreams of making it big by entering into the Hollywood. He struggles a lot early on …

The Real Floppy is a great little reading book for children. Based around the topic of going to the beach with friends and family, it’s something that you know your child will be likely to have an interest in.
If your child is around the ages of 6-7, it will …

Quote: “An economic system can remain viable only so long as society has mechanisms to counter abuses of either state or market power and the erosion of the natural, social and moral capital that such abuses commonly exacerbate.” Korten, David. “When Corporations Rule the World”
Argument: David Korten …

I’ve always loved The Black Stallion novels by Walter Farley, but it’s been years since I read any of them so it was a true treat when I found this one in my local library. No one brings life with a horse alive better than he does. And no …

Batman & Daredevil: King of New York is an interesting story published jointly by DC and Marvel Comics. It was published in 2000, written by Alan Grant and illustrated by Eduardo Barreto.
The story is your basic superhero team-up, although thankfully the writers do not have Batman and …

I bought this book for my daughter’s ninth birthday. With her hitting puberty and her always being “Daddy’s Girl”, I figured that this would be a great way for us to reconnect on a very personal level. I am pleased to report that I was correct.
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I had never heard of the book The Phantom Ship before. But, I found myself bored one weekend and figured I would sit down and read it; assuming I probably wouldn’t get past the first couple chapters.
I found it actually was pretty good, even though it tended to drag …

Going Coastal is about a girl who gets fed up with her job so she quits. For good, this time. I liked the fact that it’s not a typical chick lit book in that she’s not a girl who went from a small town to big city, or someone …

When I first picked up single white vampire a vampire romance book by Lynsay Sands I was quite sceptical about it’s content, as I have read quite a few of these types of book’s and sometimes they did not float my boat so to speak. My first impressions of the …

The book “Play Or Be Played” by Tariq Nasheed (you might know him as “King Flex”) in my opinion its a most have for all the ladies across the world.
It teaches and educates ladies from all cultures in how to be successful with the opposite sex.
I’m a man and …

Twilight of the Idols and The Anti-Christ are apparently two books published together as one as basically The Anti-Christ follows on from Twilight. When I was young I was introduced to this book by someone who told me that ‘Nietzsche thinks he is the anti-Christ, this guy is …

John le Carre is perhaps the master of the spy novel. His books deal with the inner workings of British Intelligence that is completely different from the James Bond stories. His characters are real, with human weaknesses and behaviours. His stories are not simple, and often lack …

One for the Dough was the first Janet Evanovitch book featuring Stephanie Plum as a bounty hunter. In previous books the author had focused on romance, but these books were a lot better. The first book was such a hit that she turned it into a series and all …

I have to wonder to myself, why don’t people learn? It’s been well established since the early days of the 20th century that just because something is popular, or works, in one medium, that doesn’t automatically mean that it will work in another. Yet we still have dozens of …

This is an old-fashioned crime story by Simon Brett, with a protagonist similar to Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple. However Mrs Melita Pargeter was a more flamboyant lady, rich and vocal. Furthermore she had inherited not only wealth from her dead husband, but his professional skills, …

Seduction of Peter S was written by Lawrence Sanders and published by Berkley Book in 1983.
Lawrence Sanders’ novels are often brilliant; however this is not one of them, though it was lightly entertaining. I have enjoyed his other stories featuring Archy McNally and Timothy Cone; but the protoganist of …

‘Dare to prosper!’ is a book written by Catherine Ponder. In this book, the author writes that prosperity comes not by chance, but in accordance with natural law. The peace, health and abundance of prosperity must come through prosperous thinking. The author does not speak only about prosperity in …

I had decided to read Outlander when the announcements of the Outlander TV show had just started. Gabaldon published this book in 1991 so I wasn’t too upset about being so oblivious about it even though it dealt with time travel. I love time travel. I dived right in …

I am a huge fan of the Twilight series. New Moon to was the boring book of the four. But it was still an amazing book. It sets up every thing for all the events that take place in the third and fourth book.
In this book Bella is having …

This is the last book in the author’s Boreal Moon trilogy. It took me a while to finish this series, for although there are several good points about these novels, I had a few problems with the style of the writing.
First off, the good points. May has …

Eric Tyson put this book together for fans of the …for Dummies series and, quite hoesntly, he dumbed down the topic to a degree that makes it pretty much worthless.
The basics are covered here: real estate, IPO’s, Certificates of Deposit, but none of it really amounts to a comprehensive …

High Society is the second volume of Dave Sim’s Cerebus series. In some ways it is markedly different from the first, in that it is all a self-contained, single story (which stretches over 30 issues). It is also much more political than the first volume (although the …

Lady Luck is a story about two elderly sisters who live in a retirement village in two separate apartments. Martha, the older sister, is jealous of her younger sister Alice. Alice has a nicer apartment, and throughout her life, has used manipulation and cunning to always get her …

Why men love bitches? At first the title may seem startling, even controversial. Yet if given a closer look, this book can and will change your life. This book allows every girl and women to transform themselves from a doormat to a dreamgirl. Filled with over 100 “Attraction Principles” …

I found this book in the library about two months ago. I was just browsing, and this book happened to be on display. So I read the blurb, and it did seem relatively interesting, so I decided to take it out and see if it would be any good. …

I just finished reading The Door Within. The Door Within is a fiction novel written by Wayne Thomas Batson. I bought it from Christian Book Distributors. It was marked down to $6.99. I have never heard of Wayne Thomas Batson. However, the reviews were …

I borrowed this book from the local library. I stumbled across by accident and the summary on the inside of the cover grabbed my attention immediately. I didn’t realise until I was at home that the book is actually the large print edition. It is a …

I’m not too fond of dark, heavy books, works that emanate from hopelessness. Why, then, did my choice end up in Tommy Orange’s book - There We Become Different? It’s simple: curiosity overpowered. The cover abstract promised unambiguously to debunk the “romanticized image of the Indians” in the readers’ …

My daughter and I went to the library the other day to borrow some books. She went through the throngs of books there and picked up one for me to read to her. It was entitled Charlie Moneky. It wa attractive because there were eye capsules with movable eyes …

Backpacking in the 90’s is a book that was written by Victoria Logue. This book gives some great tips and secret from experienced backpackers for the inexperienced as well as the experienced backpacker. After all you can always learn something new. It discusses possible locations and talks about different …

The Half-price book store is a great place to buy books and media like DVDS, CDS and cassettes. The store has two desks. The one near the entrance is where you buy your books while the one in the back is where you pick up an order you made …

I just finished reading a book called Chester’s Way with my six year old and my one year old. I really enjoyed this book and it captured the attention of both of my children through the pictures and through the magnificent story line. The book is about a little …

Since my son is a huge fan of SpongeBob, we have a lot of SpongeBob books. Vote for SpongeBob was the latest addition we added to out collection. I really liked the illustrations in this book because they look exactly like the characters in the TV series.
The …

Brad Meltzer’s graphic novel, Identity Crisis, is a true masterpiece. This story, published by DC, features a heartbreaking murder mystery and features slews of favorite Justice League characters. Rags Morales pencils the graphic novel, and his work is divine. I would recommend this story to any …

As always, the shopaholic series has always been a pleasure to read! I love the character; Becky as she embraces motherhood/pregnancy. I reckon Sophie Kinsella did it again! She continues to make a great comeback with this piece of novel that keeps getting better, funnier and wittier.
This time, our …

Any reader has encountered a character like Ciaphas Cain at least once, as long as they have been able to read a good story flavored with humor at some point. Ciaphas Cain is a Commissar in the world of Warhammer 40,000 (WH40K), a fictional universe of the future …

Reading has always been one of my favorite hobbies. I’ve discovered so many things by reading all different kinds of books of any genre. This book captured my eye by the distinctive cover and the fact that it is written in verse.
This Full House is the conclusion to …

Who knows Palahniuk? He will understand from the first lines � It will be a crazy story! Of course, it’s a brain-wracking story. It’s beyond reason, but it’s an exciting book in some places. Unpredictable and exciting, with unique undertones.
The author has not strayed from his style. The …

I have read the book ‘True Love: A practice for awakening the heart’ written by Thich Nhat Hanh. This book as the name says, is about love. The author speaks the truth about love. He says that love is not something that has to be sought elsewhere, but love …