Unlike the first two books in the series, this one does not center around Mr. Amory’s cat Polar Bear, a stray he had rescued. There are still some very nice Polar Bear stories, but for the most part the book is autobiographical. Mr. Amory shares about his student years …

I was loaned this book by a friend but you can buy it from Amazon at the moment second hand or a penny plus postage and packing of course, or you could loan it from the library, good bookshops also stock this for around 6 pounds.
I am a coward …

The book turned out to be my first glimpse at the Communist China. The author is not a professional hystorian but rather a woman that was caught up in the events of the Cultural revolution. Being branded as a “capitalist-roader” and a “foreign spy” due to her education abroad …

This book takes place in the Pennsylvania Dutch country. The main character, Fiona Flanagan, moves there to open her own midwife clinic. Fiona is half Amish, so this move is also important to her so she can get to know her Amish family and learn more about …

“Pearl” by Lauraine Snelling is Book 2 of the Dakotah Treasures series. Pearl is a young woman living in Chicago, an heiress to a wealthy industrialist. When her father starts pushing her into an unwanted marriage, Pearl decides to run away. She goes west and settles in North Dakota, …

I started reading this book without any hopes. It was recommended matter-of-factly to me and to be honest, I didn’t expect much.
The Hunger Games Trilogy is about the young Katniss Everdeen who is forced to take part in the gruesome Hunger Games. It is set is the future …

The book titled New Moon by Stephanie Meyer is the second book in the series of the Twilight Saga. I read this book and was amazed how different it was from the first book. The story is more focused on Jacob’s character rather than Edward, but still …

Stephen King is my favorite author. I have read every single one of his books and for the most part they are all fantastic. But there is one that pales in comparison to the rest, and I had the hardest time trying to read it, and that book is …

The best place to buy books in bargain! Say goodbye to ebay for book bargain; half price for secondhand book? Not anymore, browse in the Book depository and buy a NEW book for less than in-store RRP! I have no idea how would they cover their cost but book …

Vincent Luca, the protagonist of Son of the mob by Gordon Korman, has now graduated from high school and is off to film school as far away from his dad and the “vending machine company” as he can get.
Fortunately for the readers and unfortunately for Vince, his brother, …

I am not a big fan of ‘How To’ Series of books. However, I found this one in one of my cousins house. He was doing MBA, and this book was recommended to him as a part of his study. I learned that it’s a bestseller and was quite …

Cowboy in My Pocket is a truly delightful novel. Written by Kate Douglas, it tells the story of a sweet romance for the young as well as the old.
Michelle Garrison is a novelist of a romance genre and suddenly, her books aren’t selling like hot cakes …

Larry Brown was raised in Mississippi where he worked various jobs and eventually stuck to being a fireman, eventually becoming the chief of the Oxford Fire Department. While he worked various jobs to support his wife and children, he taught himself how to write and wrote hundreds of …

Caught in a Lie by Sylvia McNicoll is a YA novel, geared to teenage and perhaps preteen girls. I found it interesting, mostly because it described life from the point of view of a girl who thought school was not very important as she wanted to be a model. …

The Penguin Atlas of Medieval History is one of that exalted band of reference books that I dip into time and time again for the simple pleasure of reading it. It has been through several editions since it first came out in the 1970s, but has not departed very …

SEX DRUGS AND COCOA PUFF by Chuck Klosterman
Where to magazines like Spin and Rolling Stone find writers like this? Allegedly Chuck is a humorist and his book is about pop culture and his book is about pop culture and how it relates to the average male. What it never …

I just finished The King Imperiled by Deborah Chester which continues the story of King Faldain and his family. As usual, it was strongly written and quite enjoyable. However, be warned, the publisher may or may not continue to publish any more stories about King Faldain. Chester has stated …

This is an awesome example of where suspense and romance meet to make a very interesting story that you will find difficult to put down!
Meg awoke to no memory of her recent accident, her identity or her reason for visiting the isolated mountain where Glenn Bridgman stayed. When …

Species that usually arises in the case of classifying “Gone with the Wind” is having an affair. Such assignment is so ungrateful that the affair is often associated with literature, not top-flight. It might seem more legitimate after seeing the film, which in the early 90s the last century …

Guilty as Sin is a crime/suspense novel by Tami Hoag. I’ve only recently got into Tami Hoag’s books, but so far I like what I’m reading. I know I’m going to be searching out her books the next time I’m in the library.
Guilty as Sin is about a lawyer …

The Old Curiosity Shop is the story of a young London girl called Nell Trent, who lives with her grandfather in his shop. He loves her, but she has only one friend on her own age and lives a quite lonely life. She’s very good and virtuous, almost boringly …

Shopping and F***ing by Mark Ravenhill has a WOW! title. Really, no kidding and 90% is the main reason that I chose this book to read in the first place. The title is really suggestive and it’s easy to get curious as to what the contents are. …

A Chance In Time by Ruth Ann Nordin made you just fall in love with the characters. In many parts of this novel you could really feel for them. This is a romance novel that is often over looked, but …

I borrowed this book from a friend who received it as a gift, because I could never quite tell from the description on the back if it was worth buying or not. It always looked interesting, but like it might not live up to itself. Having read …

In comparison with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who created the Sherlock Holmes, I’d rather choose the Hercule Poirot character which was created by Agatha Christie. They both actually are my favorite authors for Detective’s novels. But no matter how I read all the novels, I always amazed by the …

One of my favorite Batman villians is the Riddler, otherwise known as Edward Nigma. This is a guy with style who just refuses to be ignored. If the Joker’s crazy and the Penguin’s greedy, then the Riddler is a gloryhound. What else can you say about …

This was another excellent paranormal story by Heather Graham. This one involved a ghost that looks almost exactly like a man the main character knows. I also thought this story was a bit more complex than the others, as there is a lot going on in this book: ghosts, …

I read the first book of this series and loved it. This book however, I did not enjoy very much. Because it is written in the first person, I felt overloaded with Bella and her —˜hole’ in her chest. I had to stop reading it and walk away for …

There’s no doubt that Dungeons and Dragons is the biggest and most popular role playing game of all time. However, I personally like the smaller, or less well known ones, such as Ironclaw, a furry-themed RPG where people play as anthropomorphic animals. This does have a pretty big following, …

This is a book by Anthony Capella which explore a maiden voyage of Laura, an American, twenty-something girl. Her destiny is Italy and in Rome she is mesmerised by the culture, and tradional background. As it has to be, she fall for Tomasso a chef at a Italian restaurant …

The fate of the vampire may seem attractive to the human being whose life path is like a blink in eternity, but it is a terrible fate for a representative of the wonderful world of the Elves, creatures also beautiful and graceful, but dedicated entirely to light and life. …

I was very excited about reading this book. The legend of Atlantis is an enduring one and under the subtitle of “History’s greatest secret has finally been revealed”, “Atlantis” ticked all the boxes for me.
The novel’s hero Jack Howard is a diver who stumbles across a Minoan shipwreck where …

Sue Townsend is one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She is known in the world primarily as the author of a series of stories about Adrian Mole that it opened by a “Secret Diary” of full of complexes teenager and continued by my …

This story, Here’s the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice by Maureen McCormick. This is such an amazing story and for those of you out there aspiring to become a celebrity, this book is a must read. It is a very honest rendition and a …

Hissing Cobras is one of the stories in the collection Delhi Noir from the publishing company Akashic Books. Each one of the stores in this anthology is by an Indian writer and takes place in the city of Delhi. The story Hissing Cobras is a tale about murder and …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Masks is an intriguing novel that offers a storyline that is pretty unique. This is one of the few instances in Star Trek where we see an example of Starfleet going undercover. In the case of this novel, the characters go undercover by …

Sura’s House Keeping and Beauty and Health Tips Book is a very useful book from Sura’s Publications. Authour Prithiviraj Verma compiles this book. This book contains so many tips on various topics like beauty, health, medicine, hygiene, baby care, kitchen care, jewellery care, bathroom care, footwear care, …

Estleman continues his quirky view of the American West with “Black Powder, White Smoke.” Three main plot threads weave together to form the book. First is Honey Boutrille a black man who owns a “saloon” in New Orleans when the story begins. Honey’s parents had been slaves. Early in …

I absolutely love my copy of the DC Comics Encyclopedia that I bought online about a year ago for a great price of $19.99. This is a thick book detailing hundreds of characters and events in the DC Universe. It features so much artwork from so many …

I am a big fan of Dawn French so eagerly downloaded her new novel ‘A Tiny Bit Marvelous’ onto my Kindle. Well I am afraid to say it was just ‘A Tiny Bit Tedious’.
The book is written from the point of view of three characters, Mo, …

“There are stories, Christmas stories that are stored away like boxes of garlands and frosted glass ornaments, to be brought out and cherished each year.” - Richard Paul Evans
“Finding Noel,” written by Evans, is one of these stories. It’s a heart warming tale about being in the right place …

This is the third and final installment and novel on the Jessica-Clay-Nick Fox triangle and just when Nick Fox has enough evidence to throw Clay behind bars, he will have to testify against him, and that’s when he has no choice but to enter the witness protection program as …

Robin: Year One Book 4 of 4 concludes the Robin: Year One miniseries written by Chuck Dixon and Scott Beatty. Dick Grayson has infiltrated a group called the “Vengeance Academy”, lead by a man named Shrike. It’s a school for young assassins and their target is Two-Face. …

Death Walker is the second book in the Ella Clah series that takes place in NW New Mexico on the Navaho Reservation. I started reading this series several months ago and have read many of the books.
I really enjoy the SW landscape and the bits of Navaho Culture I …

The Dear America Series has such a wonderful collection of books for young people and should not be passed up. It is written in diary form for children, but every adult should read these books for themselves or with their own child. It takes you through the daily life …

The Da Vinci Code is a good read to be safely enjoyed as a sort of intellectual roller coaster pretty well programmed.
One of those historical who-dun-its or hybrid literatures looming out of misty and unlikely clues, this story, as superbly demonstrated by ‘Jurassic Park’, has successfully drawn a flimsy …

I was inspired to read this book because I have been a huge fan of Anderson Cooper’s prime time CNN show, AC360, for quite some time. It quickly became my favorite book. Mr. Cooper clearly inherited the great writing talents of both of his parents, as he …

“Turquoise Girl” is the thirteenth book in the Ella Clah series written by Aimee & David Thurlo. For those who haven’t read any of the preceding twelve books, Elah Clah is a special investigator for the Navaho Indian Tribe near Shiprock, New Mexico. In “Turquoise Girl” Valerie Tso, a …

From the day I bought this book I knew it would be sad and touching. Even the synopsis on the back of the book cover tells us about that.
This book was written as if it was a diary of a young kid. Sam, the main character of the story …

This book title, Loving Him Without Losing You by Beverly Engel (well actually part of it). The whole title is just so long. It goes something like empowering relationships or something. Loving Him Without Losing You is just the main heading title of the book. And …