Sometimes a person has a lot of books that you no longer want or need. That has happened to me on occasion and it took me a while before I found a solution. I didn’t want to just throw the books away as they were still in good condition …

I would consider this book called Free Gift with Purchase as an autobiography, exclusively and honestly came from the beloved editor of Lucky magazine, Jean Godfrey. June Godfrey also helps out in the making of this book. At first, I did not have any idea who this …

The Baking Answer Book by Lauren Chattman is a little book that answers every question you have with baking especially if you’re a beginner. This little compact book is full of baking information and resources that you will feel enlightened after you’ve read it. It covers everything …

During our Literature class, one of the most catchy stories that had a great impact on me was “A Little Incident” by Lu Xun. It’s somehow a great work of art. It may be light to read but it depicts a wide range of …

The book was a natural breath of fresh air - not all is lost in the young adult world. It hasn’t finally descended into stupid vanilla and no less stupid omnipotent kids!
It seems to fifteen-year-old Anna that the whole world is against her and is alone against …

Out of Boneville is a cartoon by Jeff Smith. The series has received several prices, among them 10 Eisner awards. Fone Bone and his cousins Phoncible P. “Phoney” Bone and Smiley Bone are thrown out of Boneville. They are all white, bald caricatures whose main characteristic is their big …

Sebastian Faulks quit his career in journalism to become a professional writer in 1991. Birdsong was his fourth novel, published in 1994 and in the intervening decade, has come to be seen as a classic in the field of war literature. In contrast to the majority of books based …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Imbalance is a novel that I really had a lot of difficulty finishing. The reason this novel proved to be a forgettable and tiring read is because the story progressed at a snail’s pace and as the plot progressed ever so slowly, not …

Essential Experiments for Chemistry by Morrison and Scodellaro is a book that contains many excellent experiments that are critical to the Chemistry 12 course in the British Columbia education system (or a pre-university equivalent). It contains many laboratories from testing the boiling point of water and the formation of …

I have always looked at paintings with a deep longing for learning art. At some point, I always told myself, “I wish I could do that!” ; but having no background education on art made it impossible to achieve. Two months ago, I walked into a bookstore and I found …

Vampires and werewolves have been famous in the last years maybe because of the Twilight saga. But this book is also good if you’re a fan of vampires, werewolves, and also zombies. I actually laughed at the title when I first read it, it reminds me of a song …

In the literature we know the fable, the story that the characters of animals, but animals as a representation of human nature. This novel is unique, because a dog named Enzo became the narrator of the novel, except the last chapter. All events in this story, seen through the …

I think there are about six or seven books in this entire series of educational books, and judging from the picture on the cover from books one to six, my first guess was that the books were written some time in the seventies. In fact, when I looked on …

I recently downloaded a book called “The Master Key system” by Charles f. Haanel which was available for free through “The Secret” website. The book is 214 pages printed, and I printed it out, and bound it in a notebook in order to make it easier to read, …

Shopaholic Takes Manhattan has to be one of my favorite books. I love all the books in the Shopaholic series, but this one is one of my favorites. It follows Becky Bloomwood and her boyfriend Luke as he decides to launch a career in New York City. Becky decides …

This story, Major Crush by Jennifer Echols brought back old memories for me from my high school days. Enter 2 characters, Drew and Virginia. Both of them have crushes towards one another in the middle of the story, but not without Virginia having a major, major crush on …

“The Sands Of Time” is a 1988 novel by Sidney Sheldon, which encapsulates the lives of four nuns of a Cistercian convent in Spain who elope during a military attack on the convent by the GOE (a special group formed to pursue basque terrorists) headed by Colonel Acoca. These …

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 …

“Thank You, M’am” by Langston Hughes is a story about a woman who takes a boy home with her after he tried to steal her purse.
First, the story begins with a woman walking down the street with her purse over her shoulder. Suddenly, a young boy tries to snatch …

This cookbook is spiral bound, and hardcover. It’s divided into different categories of food, from appetizers to cakes. And, it’s all focused on foods that are fun for kids (like a pasta dish with an octopus made out of a hotdog, or a cake decorated to look …

Miriam the Medium by Rochelle Jewel Shapiro is brilliant. I’ve always wanted to find out the perspectives of a psychic and how they go about doing their business. Although I think that no one in this world could really predict anything, much less the future of someone, this …

The book is a compilation of cartoons from the Peanuts series of comics, by Charles M. Schulz.
The book is about the comedy dog Snoopy, and his owner Charlie Brown. Other characters include: Peppermint Patty, Lucy and Woodstock the canary.
The book is set out as a series of tiny comics, sometimes …

At Risk by Patricia Cornwell is a forensic crime based novel. It was on the New York Times Bestsellers list. And so I figured it would be a good, entertaining read.
The characters are well-written and dynamic. Each character seems to have their own motivation, and it’s very clear who …

In my opinion, Mariah is the female version of John Grisham. I loved this book. Where did this author come from? Great mystery story. Easy to follow and read.
The characters are Kendra and Adam. Kendra is one of those artists that sketch out suspects and Adam …

I wanted to instill in my child the love for reading, so even if he is still a baby, I started buying baby books for him. The Sesame Beginnings Baby Books are a few of the books I bought for him.
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I recently read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Johnathan Foer as an assigned reading for an English course. I really enjoyed this book, possibly more than any other book I have read. It was both engaging and easy to relate to in many respects.
It is the story of …

Those of you whom are fans of ghost books, then you should read this, Ghosts Caught On Film by Melvyn Willin. I had and I must say that this is one of the best book on ghosts ever. And the author certainly knows what he is writing without …

Law Of Attraction is book that is created by Michael J. Losier which tell us about our mind can make what we dream on can be true. Most of us have used our power of mind to control negative things come to us. We often say that we don’t …

This book is a continuation of the novel Cloud of Sparrows, with a page that is thicker and more complex story. In this book the various problems that a mystery in the first book will revealed. For example, where the descendants of Okumichi have clairvoyance, the reason for the …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Old Debts is a comic book that follows up on the episode “Relics” as well as the original series episode “The Trouble With Tribbles”. In this comic book, Scotty along with Robin Lefler who was in a few Star Trek: The Next Generation …

I really enjoyed this book. The book is about a young butch lesbian who is just trying to find her way in the world. The book is truly a coming-of-age story. After being disowned from her family she basically ends up travelling the country. A lot of the chapters …

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 …

Vladimir Lobas, a New York immigrant from Soviet Russia, wrote TAXI FROM HELL in the 1970s. It is hard to say what genre it belongs to… Traveling sketches are probably the closest in meaning. However, many top-managers speak about this book as a business-textbook. The more interesting it …

The story started out with Jackie Tate losing her son and even though she was supposed to be part of an elite detective team (along with her husband) she was unable to find her son. The explanation is about as long in the book. What happens to …

The “I Love Lucy” Sound Book is simply incredible! I love everything about this book - from the cover, which features the iconic scene of Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel in the Ricardo’s car as they all sing “California, Here We Come” to the actual content of the book, …

Thou Shalt Not Kill… My Babies is a little known book on abortion published in the 1970s, shortly after the legalization of abortion via Roe V. Wade. It was written by to pro-life authors and published by a small Christian ministry. The book discusses abortion for a …

I got this book right away after I read the first one (The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo). I was initially impressed by the author’s way of writing. It’s not very fast paced, and not too slow to make it boring to read. Things happen in a …

The Great Gatsby, a novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald focuses on a man named Jay Gatsby who tries to win back a past lover, Daisy Buchanan. I will admit that on first read, I absolutely hated reading this book and I thought it was …

I began reading Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert after having it handed to me as a loan by someone who truly cared about my well being. She just happened to be my counselor. At the time I myself was on the bathroom floor, crying out to God, …

This book, number 54 in the Hardy Boys series of books, is interesting because the Hardy Boys and their friends are on a vacation when they stumble upon a mystery. Joe, while out in a storm trying to help someone, stumbles upon a mask which is the clue to …

I purchased the Cliffs AP US History book in order to better prepare myself for the Advanced Placement test in history. CliffsNotes are basically the way I survive reading books because, I am not going to lie, and I really do not have the patience to read a …

After acquiring and effectively using the Franklin Covey personal organizer, I couldn’t help but associate great things with a book I came across, entitled Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, by Steven R Covey.
Since I naturally made an association of quality with the Covey name I thought that this …

“Look Me in the Eye” and “Be Different” are both books by John Elder Robison. I had the pleasure of recently reading both of them. The openness and honesty of the books was refreshing. Mr. Robison gives us a glimpse into his life with Asperger’s syndrome and not finding …

There is a book series called Sweep it is by Cate Tiernan! Fantastic teen series, lots of fantasy and fantastically written. It involves a teen who is adopted by a family of non magic people, and how around 16 she finds out she is adopted, she goes through this …

How little one needs to be happy! The sun would shine overhead, and the pockets warmed a bottle of wine and a fried chicken leg, and then the grass couldn’t grow, no matter what happens tomorrow. Maybe a vast meteorite will fall to Earth and destroy all life. So …

Food Lover’s Guide to Brooklyn is the perfect traveler’s book for both foodies and people traveling hoping to find some of the best restaurants to dine to blend in with the locals. There is something for everyone for all likes, and there are lists of food markets and food …

If you are interested in psychotropic plants then I think this is definitely one book you should read. I became interested in shamanism and the use of psychotropic plants in 2007 after an experience I had with psilocybin mushrooms. The experience made such a lasting impression on me that …

Before there was “Good to Great,” there was “First Break all the Rules.” This book, produced by two authors with the renowned Gallup polling organization, makes most of the same arguments that Jim Collins makes in his seminal book.
Having read both now, I find that Collins found a great …

The Dirt Eaters by Dennis Foon is the first book of the Longlight Legacy, a fantasy novel series for teens who like fantasy and adventure novels. This book is clearly the first in a series - the ending obviously shows there is more to come, and the main character’s …