I was quite excited when I found this book on the library shelf as I have enjoyed most of the novels by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. In my opinion, they have a knack for writing thrilling stories that take unexpected turns and have surprise endings. Most of their …

“Star Trek: Starship Spotter” by Adam Lebowitz and Robert Bonchune is a book that I did not enjoy very much. The reason that I did not enjoy the book too much is because, for whatever reason, the makers of this book made the very poor decision of taking each …

I found East Tower on Amazon. Basically, it is an adventure story for 9-12 year olds (and my nephews and niece loved it!) but I started reading it and couldn’t put it down!
It’s set in the 1950’s and it left me wishing that I had lived then. The main …

Hardcore History: The Extremely Unauthorized Story of ECW by Scott Williams
With the apparent rebirth of Extreme Championship Wrestling looming on WWE TV, Scott Williams’ book chronicling the rise and fall of ECW could never be more timely.
There are several ECW books and history DVD’s on the market these days, …

The hype surrounding this book and the others in the Millennium Trilogy drew me to pick it up and I thought it would be an intense, suspenseful story that would educate me about some of the horrors of the world. Instead, I was faced with paragraph after paragraph of …

I don’t read many romance books, most of the time they are mostly about sex and I feel pretty sleazy reading them. It’s like, I don’t care to hear about anything —˜throbbing’. But from time to time I do enjoy a good historical romance. Well written ones have …

Test Cricket Lists, by Graham Dawson and Charlie Wat, was published under the auspices of the Daily Telegraph newspaper quite a few years ago now, and of course not only is some of it now out of date but the simpler lists included are now much more easily perused …

I bought for my sister this book that I have read before called You - On A Diet, which costs about $16.99, written by Michael Roizen and Mehmet Oz. Both of these are a team of doctors from America, and they are writing to translate why that dieting …

This is a supernatural teen thriller / horror story. This novel is about how cruel some people can be to others, sometimes for no real reason at all. At the same time it also shows that others can be kind-hearted and helpful, even to those that are different. The …

Sophie Kinsella’s first book featuring the shopping crazy Rebecca Bloomwood has since been made into a number one smash box office hit film. In this first of the five very sucessful ‘Shopaholic’ books, we meet the main character Rebecca Bloomwood. Rebecca or ‘Becky’ works for a financial magazine, …

‘Dangerous girls’ is a book written by R.L. Stine. This is an interesting and scary story. This is a sort of horror story. The story is about two girls, Destiny and Livvy. These are twin sisters and they look alike. They look so identical that it is difficult for …

I am reviewing the children’s book, Elmo Loves You! This is a paperback book that I purchased at Target for about $3.15 about a month ago.
The book basically goes through and tells how everybody loves something. For example: babies love toys, pigs love mud, etc. Then it says …

I was looking for a daily devotional book for a long time. The ones I found were so cheesy they made my brain hurt when I read them. It’s like, can’t we be realistic? Life isn’t all flowers and candy! I needed something that was going to make me …

I really enjoyed reading this book, even though I had watched the movie on my ipod before reading it. I got so hungry for diner food that I think my fiance and I went to Waffle House at least 2 different times the week I was reading this book …

Star Trek Phase Two: The Lost Series
Judith Revees-Stevens. Here is a book that covers a fairly unknown period in Star Trek TV history.
In the 1970’s, the original series was doing very well in syndicated re-runs, Filmmations animated series was capturing new viewers and the early days of Star Trek …

Kitty is a werewolf. Who also happens to have her own late-night radio show.
This caught my interest from the very beginning. A werewolf premise. With a twist. Very nice.
The plot of this story starts off in a small town called Pueblo, but the main character, …

Slave to Sensation, the first book in Nalini Singh’s Psy/Changeling series, was a delightful surprise. This Fiji-born writer has created an amazing world of the future where three races co-exist: Humans, Psy (humans with powerful psychic abilities) and Changelings (shapeshifters). The story follows the relationship between Psy …

I am reviewing the last book in the Twilight series, Breaking Dawn, written by author Stephanie Meyer. In this book, there is war threatening the lives of Bella and Edward all around, in the form of the frightening Volturri. Bella and Edward get married at last, and …

The bad news is that “Nothing but Trouble” the tenth book in McGarrity’s Kevin Kearny series is the last book that has been published. The good news is that “Death Song” is slated to be released this year (2007). I’ve seen hints about it and from what I gather, …

Bod in the Park is a small paperback book for young children written and illustrated by Michael and Joanne Cole and first published by Methuen in 1975. If, as I was, you were a big fan of the Bod cartoon series on TV, then you are likely to have …

Todd PArr is one of my favorite authors and illustrators of children’s books! I recently checked out several different books on the topic of families, to read to my four-year-old niece, who comes from a family that is structured in a nontraditional way. Of all the family books I …

This was the first book I read in the series and it definitely would not be the last. I woke up Christmas morning and my mom handed me a present. I ripped apart the wrapping paper and pulled out this book. I was immediately impressed with the book cover …

The Scorch Trials is the second book in the Maze Runner series. Even though Thomas and some other Gladers managed to solve the maze, they are still not finished. Escaping the maze showed the real world, which had been changed into a harsh environment. A new disease now spreads …

“Cowgirl Rosie And Her Five Baby Bison” is a children’s book authored and illustrated by Stephen Gulbis and published in 2001. It is a cute book about a little cow girl that my daughter liked quite a bit. She has made several requests for the “cowgirl book.”
Pros: …

This is quite the tome. It weighs in at over 600 pages, but within those pages is the single most comprehensive look at sea serpent from Antiquity to about 1965. Bernard Heuvelmans, the author, holds nothing back in this book and crams in as many sightings as he …

So, we come to the end of this five book, unnecessarily drawn-out series. After four books, none of which I enjoyed, we come to the final (hopefully, considering Kiera Cass enjoys extending her book series) installment of ‘The Selection’ series. The first three books focused on America Singer and …

I have read the book —˜Instant self-hypnosis: How to hypnotize yourself with your eyes open’ by Forbes Robbins Blair. This is a highly interesting as well as helpful book. This is a book which can change the life of the reader, although not easily. If one has to follow …

Monk’s hood is the third book in the series about the Benedictine monk brother Cadfael. An elderly couple comes to the abbey as paying lifelong visitors, but very soon the husband dies, poisoned by monk’s hood oil. The concoction is from Cadfael’s workshop, and when it turns out that the …

The Catcher in the Rye is a modern classic by JD Salinger. It focuses on the journey of Holden Caulfield as he tries to understand his transition from childhood to adulthood. He is kicked out of school, but fearing the reaction of his parents, he embarks on a three …

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 …

Rob Zombie and Steve Niles team up once again in a follow up to their previous teaming for the excellent “The Nail.”
This time, they bring a new mini series (four issues) dealing with a man’s revenge againt (you guessed it) BIGFOOT! Bigfoot murdered his dad and raped and murdered …

I so want the story, Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler to be better. But it did not as the pages went by.
Being the less of an author, I thought I had the plots in my head but it is not easy being an author, that much I …

Dark Assassin is a fast and furious story, written by Anne Perry. This story costs about $6.99, and the story revolves around good and evil which are unfolding inside London’s lavish mansions and teeming slums. The author, Anne, has cleverly written a book that revolves around a …

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 …

Snip It! is a book full of fine motor skill activities that are actually designed to improve a number of skills in young children from preschool all the way up to the second grade. The program was designed by Mead with the assistance of Occupational Therapist Toni M. Schulken, …

When J.K. Rowling first came out with Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, I was not one of those who eagerly anticipated the release. My friends kept discussing Harry Potter but it was not enough to arouse my interest. I thought I was too old for witches and wizards, …

I really love reading this book by Anne Tyler called Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant. This book is a very heartwarming story, and it is especially a very useful read for children of broken families.
Though I am not one from a broken family, I really feel that I …

I have been reading fantasy for many years. It is, in fact, the genre that I write as an author. When I came across the His Dark Materials series by Phillip Pullman, I was a little bit wary, however. I knew that the books had caused a lot …

“This is not the book I meant to write” was the singular sentence that compelled me to want to read more. I wasn’t officially looking for Life From Scratch, in fact, I was looking for cookbooks when this book showed up in my search results. Once I read a …

I would recommend the entire Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling to readers who want a good story about friendship, bravery, loyalty, and sacrifice. Each book in the series hooks readers and teaches them qualities of heroes. The third book in the series, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of …

This book is about how a snowman is built and how it comes to life. In front of one house are a snow mom, snow dad, and two snow kids. The kids ask their parents how they were made which starts a silly story about snow. …

I love this book, Makeup Your Mind by Francois Nars. Reading this, I have a very great insight on the before and after of a make-up and this is especially handy because I’m always looking forward to having a perfect made-up face. I love experimenting with make-up and …

I recently purchased a copy of Ani’s Raw Food Desserts by Ani Phyo, being an excited fan of her first raw food book. I was a little disappointed with this book though. I do not like using agave syrup, and almost every single recipe in this book contains agave …

Two years ago when I was in the college, I have to read computer networks as this was given in my syllabus. This was the first time when I had encountered something like network in my educational career. This made me impatient as it is becoming quite tough to …

This book is written by Dolf de Roos and Gene Burns. It is basically a book which teaches how anyone can acquire real estate fortune. It is written when the two authors acquired 52 homes in 52 weeks and made money from them, just as the book’s title implies. …

My brother loves reading books by James Patterson, and so does my boyfriend. Both of them have a copy of this book, The 6th Target, and I just don’t get what is so fun about this book. Hence, I’ve started reading and have had good reviews about …

I checked this book out for my four-year-old niece, right around Mother’s Day, with a bunch of other mother-themed books. Of all the mother-themed books we looked at, my niece and I agreed that this one was our favorite! The story contains beautiful, colorful, realistic illustrations of different kinds …

The jungle of Sumatra in Indonesia is the primary setting for this story. It is where Dr. Jonathan Rhodes has set up his makeshift research facility to conduct studies on the medicinal plants in that area. It is his hope that he can convince an over-consuming planet the benefits …

I am not actually a fan of Sandra Brown and I have never been one, as her books are too tasteless for me. In fact, I have avoided reading her books for a very long amount of time, but this changed when I discovered Led Astray.
The first chapter of …

I have read the book —˜mystery of the moss-covered mansion’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is one among the Nancy Drew series. However, I did not like this book and the content in the book is not that good. The story is rather monotonous and not interesting.
The story starts …