Books Reviews
Savage Dragonbert
To say the least, Savage Dragonbert is an interesting entry into the history of comic books. It originally started as a piece of fan art in the pages of Savage Dragon by Erik Larsen, and eventually became a regular feature before becoming a special comic book release which …
Cecile: Gates of Gold
This is a story of Cecile Revel, a twelve-year-old peasent girl, who lives in France, who ends up living in the court of King Louis XIV of France.Known to history as the “Sun KIng”.
Cecile’s job is to care for Madame’s dogs,(who brought her to court after Cecile …
Night Smoke by Nora Roberts
Night Smoke is the fourth story in the Night Tales series written by Nora Roberts. And once again, it’s a hit!
In this story, we meet Ryan Piasecki and Natalie Fletcher. For those of you who have read the first story in the series, you would know that Natalie is …
Where Serpents Lie by T. Jefferson Parker
Where Serpents Lie was written by T. Jefferson Parker (Hyperion 1998)
This book would have been spectacular if the author had not written so many pages on snakes. The suspense was fine, the buildup of characters was alright, but the descriptions of snakes and their habits were downright boring …
World of New Krypton 2
The comic opens on Oa, where even the guardians take notice of the appearance of New Krytpon. They fear that they may have to send in a brigade of Green Lanterns but hold off for now.
We then see Kal adapting to his new life quite well. He proves …
Children’s Book: Sometimes I’m Bombaloo by Rachel Vail
“Sometimes I’m Bombaloo” is a children’s book by Rachel Vail and illustrated by Yumi Heo. This is a wonderful book that teaches children about tantrums and how to handle them. Parents will really appreciate this book as well. My daughter loved it so much she requested …
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
This book is the story of Catherine Morland, who, while not my favourite Jane Austen heroine, is a fun, happy girl. She is one of Jane Austen’s younger heroines, which means that many of her problems are of her own invention and due to her own naivete. Miss …
Matt Damon a Biography by Maxine Diamond and Harriet Hemmings
Honestly speaking, I thought this book, Matt Damon a Biography by Maxine Diamond and Harriet Hemmings is going to be a boring one about him. But actually, I enjoy reading it fully and there are just lots of things that I do not know about this great actor. …
The Green Rider Series by Kristen Britain
In eighth grade, a friend lent me The Green Rider by Kristen Britain. I was hooked. Though I had read The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien the year before, the series which Britain claimed to base her story on, the first novel thrilled me. Briefly, the story …
“The Life of an Immigrant” by Rosa Cassettari
In the case of Rosa Cassettari, she was forced into a life of imprisonment and a life controlled by others when she was abandoned at birth. She was passed along from mother to mother until she was finally taken in by Mamma Lena. This proves that from a very …
Daredevil Issue 274
Daredevil issue 274 was published in 1989, towards the end of Ann Nocenti’s stint as writer for the series. I enjoyed Nocenti’s writing at times, but the art by John Romita, Jr. always turned me off to the extent I had a hard time enjoying even a good …
The Ghosts of Trianon by Elinor F. Jourdain
I have read quite a number of books on haunting, ghosts and many more. And this is also considered scary to me. The title of the book is The Ghosts of Trianon by Elinor F. Jourdain. This book is something which makes me definitely believe in time …
The Easy Step by Step Guide to Being Positive and Staying Positive
The Easy Step by Step Guide to Being Positive and Staying Positive is a book written by Pauline Rowson and this book is truly inspirational and it teaches me to think positive and look ahead for positive answers in life whenever there is a stumble block of difficulties and …
The Wide Window book
The Series of Unfortunate Events are a series of children’s books that are a bit dark in nature, and are written by Lemony Snicket (pen name). This book is the third in the series.
The Baudelaire children are orphans because their parents were killed. They were once in …
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code
Artemis Fowl: The Eternity code was a great book, and I truly liked it. It is the third book in the Artemis Fowl series, and I highly recommend reading it, along with all of the other books in the series.
After managing to save his father and the fairy world …
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, this is a book that was given to me by a very good friend of mine. I really loved and enyoyed reading because this book is full of words of wisdom. This is now the secret of my life.It encouraged me to work hard …
Super Biz Buzz book
I was amongst the first people who got to read Super Biz Buzz by Abhishek Kapoor. After reading it, I have to say this is one of the greatest Business Marketing books I have read since quite some time. It comprises of 50 amazing real business success stories. Each …
Dogs and Goddesses book
This seems to be a really popular book, considering it got up to 24th on the New York Times list. But Dogs and Goddesses by Jennifer Crusie, Anne Stuart, and Lani Diane Rich, didn’t feel like a bestseller to me.
The story itself was good, with interesting events and …
Tricks by Ed McBain
Written by Ed McBain and published by Avon Books in 1989.
Ed McBain’s stories have been consistent so far that is, they have never disappointed me. In fact, the author sometimes delivered delightful surprises, as he wrote about the team of the 87 precinct and their investigations. …
The Secret of the Caves
This book if the seventh Hardy Boys book written by Franklin W. Dixon in the 50s and 60s. While many of the ideas are old fashioned, and it is especially amusing to read about the “high tech” stuff the boys have or discover, they are, in general, good books …
The Tipping Point Book
The Tipping Point is the second book already of Malcolm Gladwell. This self-help book is a very good read. I’ve always loved and admired the logic of Malcolm Gladwell. He has a way of explaining things that’s very easy to understand.
This book basically talks of a social phenomenon …
The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests
My eldest brother loves books written by Philip Carter, and he always buy books written from him and put it in our family library. The latest that he bought was The Complete Book of Intelligence Tests, which costs about $14.99.
This book has a lot of mental exercises that …
Habits and Love
Habits and Love, written by Rod Schumacher is a nice book. I mean it. I take pride in my book reviews and rarely do I read books that have no meanings to it. I try my best, though sometimes I do come across books that are really …
The Talisman: The Road of Trials, Graphic Novel
After Marvel’s comic book adaptations of Stephen King’s “The Stand” and “Dark Tower” books took off, Del Rey decided to get a piece of the action and do a comic book adaptation of another Stephen King fantasy door stopper, “The Talisman”.
The novel, like this comic, follows young Jack …
The Discovery of the Titanic Written by Dr. Robert Ballard book
The Discovery of the Titanic. This was the first book I had ever read about the Titanic. It was written by Dr. Robert Ballard, who is credited for discovering the Titanic’s resting place. And it was written before the movie ever came out. It was printed back in 1987 …
Trans-Siberian Handbook
Bryn Thomas has produced an outstanding guidebook to the Trans-Siberian route, covering Beijing to Saint Petersburg and everything in-between. I loved this book, and found it truly indispensable whilst traveling through China, Mongolia and Russia. I found that it had the most consistently accurate information of any …
Choa Chu Kang Community Library
Recently I went to a nearby library to apply for a library card for my daughter. It was a weekday afternoon, so it was not as crowded as the weekends. I went to the counter and told the librarian that I would like to register my daughter as a …
The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts by Gary Chapman
Wow! I have to say this was one amazing book. While I was already familiar with the concept of people having different needs in relationships, this book helped explain a lot of misunderstandings in relationships to me. There are five main ways people give and receive love, usually one …
Marvel Essentials Spectacular Spiderman
Today, if a superhero is popular he ends up getting a ton of monthly titles in order to cash in on his success. In the past, this never happened. Even the super popular Spiderman had one monthly title for an entire decade before getting a second book where he …
Database Systems by C.J. Date
Database Systems is by far one of the worst books ever. Database Systems is a book intended to explain relation databases, instead by chapter 2 you forgot what you were reading. I think the author just assumes anyone reading this book is a genius. If you …
Tuesdays with Morrie By Mitch Albom
After reading “The 5 people you meet in Heaven” and “For one more Day”, I couldn’t resist the temptation to purchase “Tuesdays with Morrie”, and after reading the book, I’m glad that I had bought it, for it was entertaining, educational and motivational as well. And the most impressive …
Goosebumps Horrorland Series
This branch of the Goosebump series is one that brings adventure. This was a big favorite among m friends and I, and we still go back and read them again and again for the sake of childhood memories.
It all started with Welcome to Horrorland and Return to Horrorland, …
Batman: A Death in the Family Graphic Novel
Batman: A Death in The Family by Jim Starlin is a graphic novel that has one of the most memorable Batman stories in it, the death of the second Robin Jason Todd.
This is a great graphic novel, it was well written, had good characters, and a tragic ending …
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand book
Anyone who wants to understand where the world is headed today and why, should read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
A daunting one thousand plus pages, Atlas Shrugged opens with the sentence that is to become the catchphrase of the book and that is, “Who is John Galt?”
Well John Galt …
Stephen King’s “IT,” on audio cd
I’ve always been a big fan of Stephen King and recently listened to “It” on audio format. Steven Weber is the reader and does a fabulous job. He gives added depth to each character and I love the many different voices he gives Richie’s unique radio personalities. …
Line of Fire by Julie Elizabeth Leto book
I felt that the book titled Line of Fire kept you on your toes and always had you guessing what was going to happen next.
It starts off with the main character, Faith who is a defense attorney, getting her latest client George Yube acquitted of murder charges due to …
Seeds of Evil book
Seeds of Evil (written by Carlton Smith and published by St Martin’s Paperback, 1997)
This is a true crime account which highlighted the reality of today’s young and wealthy —“ people to whom money comes with minimal or no effort. One wonders if the parents or guardians had …
Carter’s Advanced Accounts: Seventh Edition
This university term would be my first time doing Financial Accounts, or any other business subject. Therefore, at the beginning of the term I found myself very anxious about doing the subject, since I was unsure if I would need a background in the subject to be able to …
Miranda Lee “The Blackmailed Bridegroom” book
Antonio Scarletti has risen from a low-ranking position in Fortune Productions to being the boss’s, Conrad Fortune, right-hand man. However his boss drops on him a bomb: the security of his job in exchange for marrying his rebellious daughter, Paige. Conrad tells him that if he doesn’t marry his …
Kerouac:Mexico City Blues
Jack Kerouac has written this rather unknown to the wide public book of poetry - if one has to categorize it to a section of literature - ten years before his death, on 1969.
Kerouac, never clear and concise in his writing style, yet mesmerizing and captivating as always, has …
Natural Causes by Michael Palmer book
Just seeing the front cover of this paperback novel, and reading the small summary at the back was enough to make me interested in this novel that I found in my aunt’s bookshelf some years ago. Although I thought the book was somewhat interesting, I thought the writing was …
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin
Like a lot of people my favorite past time is reading. I would much rather do that then watch television or a movie. It just allows me to relax and put myself into another world. I think that one of my all time favorite books has got to be …
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