Books Reviews
The Great Cow Race - Jeff Smith
The Great Cow Race is the second book in the cartoon series Bone made by Jeff Smith. The Bone cousins are now well established in Barrelhaven, and the antics of Smiley Bone and Phonicle Bone. Both the drawings and the story are made by Jeff Smith, and I like …
The clue in the old album book
I have read the book —˜The clue in the old album’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is one among the Nancy Drew series and is interesting to read. As usual, the main character is Nancy Drew and she is quite daring in this adventure. Rose is another character who …
The Right Hand of Evil by John Saul
My first book by John Saul, and I was enthralled it persuaded me to try his other works on horror. The building of the suspense, and the vivid descriptions of evil lurking around hidden corners is really amazing!
Ted Conway, addicted to his love of alcoholic …
The Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
This is the latest fiction I’ve read, by Michael Chabon. It’s a few years old and it won the Pulitzer prize, so you probably don’t need me to tell you it’s probably going to be good. However, I will tell you that it is good; not great, …
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day novel
I tend to avoid watching movies once I’ve read the book, or reading books if I’ve seen the movie. Mostly because they’re never the same and I am always disappointed. But I enjoyed the movie so much that I picked the book up, and I’m pretty glad that I …
Book: Tomorrow’s Promise
Sandra Brown, the New York Times’ bestselling author of Honor bound, has done it again with her new novel Tomorrow’s Promise. From the mysterious streets of New Orleans and through the power-hungry corridors of D.C., to the gorgeous city lights of Paris, this author spins us into her web …
Red Crystal , by Clare Francis book
I am quite surprised to say that I loved this book. Realism normally isn’t my thing, living real life 24/7 I seek books to change scenery and imagine.
This book, set in the student riots of the 1960s, follows young Gabrielle on the path to becoming the heart of a …
The Bellmaker by Brian Jacques
I can’t say that this is one of the author’s better books. I wasn’t to impressed with this one as I was with all the others from the series that I have read. I borrowed this book from a friend from school because it was one of the only …
Dorling Kindersley Illustrated Oxford Dictionary
This edition is absolutely great. It is fantastic. It is so useful, so educational. It is a real great find.
This is an Oxford Dictionary, the concise version of it. But if you are going to buy this book, you are not going to buy it just for the definitions …
Age of Bronze vol. 1 - A Thousand Ships book
Eric Shanower, author of the comic who came from the United States, formerly known as the creator of Oz graphic novels, intended to describe the War Troy as comics, when he listened to an audio book The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam, written by Barbara W. Thucman. …
Calculators in Classrooms: Using them sensibly
Calculators in Classrooms is a book that is about using calculators in the primary math classrooms. It is an excellent resource for teachers. The book is published by Paul Swan in 2007.
There are many exercises and games that can be found in this book. Most of the activities …
Book: The Sorcerer’s Circle by Michael Siverling
The Sorcerer’s Circle by Michael Siverling is a compelling mystery that keeps the reader guessing until the murderer is revealed. The protagonist of the book is Jason Sterling, who, along with his mother and several other people, makes up the Midnight Agency. One night, an elderly man comes to …
Killing Monsters by Gerard Jones
Every once in a while, you will come across an extremely well written book that really knocks you off your feet. Such is the case with the very excellent book by Gerard Jones entitled KILLING MONSTERS which tries to explain why children watch violent horror films and play violent …
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
This was a best-selling novel written by UK author Paula Hawkins in 2015. Something of a publishing sensation for a first novel, it was top of the New York Times fiction best-selling list for 13 weeks and has since been made into a film starring Emily Blunt. …
Eat This, Not That book
I think that “Eat This, Not That!” is a reflection of the miserable state of the American diet. I heard this book discussed on a talk radio show and thought that it seemed like an interesting read.
Essentially, all the book does is give you a choice between the …
Phaniyamma By M.K. Indira
Moving at once, that it makes be satisfied at once as for Phaniyamma because of you. Meaningless rule and rule and caste system and prejudice it is closely examined, does outline of the microscope of society Phaniyamma succeed with two methods? First being delicate, and for concept of the second …
Eragon: Inheritance Series
I recently finished reading Brisingr, the most current book in the Eragon: Inheritance series and decided to write a review in case others are wondering if they should read it. I am a huge Harry Potter fanatic and I have been struggling to find a book or series that …
The Long Patrol by Brian Jacques
Coming home from Christmas vacation on a 10 hour trip is no fun if you don’t have some source of entertainment. Thankfully me and my family stopped at a small plaza in town and I visited a second hand book store. Here I found this book for a very …
Dawn Book 1 California Diaries
Dawn, Book 1. From the California Diaries collection. Author is Ann M. Martin.
This is actually the first book of the whole California Diaries series.
These books are intended for the young pre-teen age leve. I’m a 40 year old parent. So, my perception of the book may be …
Cowboy Bebop episode 3
Welcome to an episode full of shady characters, dark blackjack tables, and a single casino chip. This is episode 3 of Cowboy Bebop, otherwise known as “Honky-tonk Woman”. Staying true to the bebop theme, this episode opens to a dim grimy Chinese shop with a woman dressed in less …
Song Of Solomon (Toni Morrison Novel)
Song Of Solomon is a novel by Toni Morrison which focuses on a family known as The Dead family, primarily the youngest son, Milkman Dead. To be extremely brief with the plot of this novel, Milkman goes on a hunt for gold from his father and aunt’s childhood after …
Youngblood 2.0
Youngblood 2.0 is a book which compiles the best Youngblood articles ever contributed in the years 1997 and 1998. In case you don’t know, Youngblood is a column where young people from all walks of life can submit an essay or article on any topic that concerns them. This is …
The Sword and the Flame by Stephen Lawhead
“The Sword and the Flame” by Stephen Lawhead, Book 3 of the Dragon King Series, puts Quentin, the protagonist, through a real test. The story had started with Quentin as a young boy serving as an acolyte in a temple of Arin. Since then, Quentin has found the true …
Kirsten Learns A Lesson
recommended ages: 7 and up
Kirsten Larson starts school in America with excitement and nervousness.The new teacher is new and very strict and says Kirsten needs to learn to speak English better because she needs to recite a poem in front of the class. One day Kirsten meets an indian …
The Da Vinci Code book
I consider myself to be a busy girl with a full plate of things to do, which is great but leaves me little time to read. Reading is a past time that I find pretty darn enjoyable, and I like tackling books that have a little meat to their …
Force Heretic I : Remnant - Dix and Williams
This book as the first part of the Force Heretic trilogy, a part of the Star Wars “The New Yedi Order” series. There’s three parallel stories in this book, one in which Han and Leia with help from various people are trying to find out how the worlds cut …
The Scorch Trials by James Dashner book
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 …
Murder List by Julie Garwood
The book title, Murder List written by Julie Garwood is something that I truly enjoyed reading so much. It feels like reading something truly exciting and this is one of the most amazing thriller books that I’ve come across; ever.
It is not only a suspense novel (thriller), but also …
Envy by Sandra Brown
Don’t underestimate this book, Envy by Sandra Brown. Everyone can use a good book for reading and that’s what I see in this story. It is a very good and fast-paced book and author Sandra Brown just know the right buttons to push. This book is challenging, …
Burial of the Rats by Bram Stoker
Wow, just when I thought I couldn’t read any thing that would creep me out any more, I come across Bram Stoker’s short story Burial of the Rats and have to say I got chills.
The story, which is about an Englishman who is traveling through France and accidentally comes …
On Dublin Street, novel by Samantha Young
On Dublin Street was the first Samantha Young book that I read. And I loved it! I’d seen a lot of her books on Goodreads, but they never really called to me. However, when I saw the cover of On Dublin Street, I just had to read it. I …
Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin Shaw
Rich Man, Poor Man chronicles the lives of three siblings from the 1940s to the 1960s. The story is so riveting that the book’s 665 pages flew through my fingers. The book does take time to get you invested in the characters, but once you do it’s hard to …
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
This book was as disturbing as it was entertaining. Memoirs always creep me out, just because this is a real story, like you might read in the newspapers. And, Alcoholic parents or mentally ill parents are a lot more common then we think. I learned all about that in …
Java: How to Program Fifth Edition
When I started doing Computer Science when I first went into sixth form, I was instructed to buy the book “Java: How to Program Fifth Edition” since I was told it was a necessity for the course I was doing. At first when I got it, I thought that …
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson
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 …
Franz Kafka’s A Hunger Artist
Franz Kafka’s “A Hunger Artist” makes use of characterization in order to reveal an existentialist point of view in the main character of the story. This is evidenced by numerous areas in the Hunger Artist’s stream of consciousness, one of which is quoted above. Such stream-of-consciousness portrayals of characters …
The Bafut Beagles, a novel by Gerald Durrell
Gerald Durrell has written many books, I have already written about his book “My Family and Other Animals.” If you want to learn about the African country Cameroon, not only that its national team is good at soccer, then the book “The Bafut Beagles” will help you a …
Think Rich, Pinoy! by Larry Gamboa, PhD
I have read Robert Kiyowsaki’s best selling Rich Dad Poor Dad series of books and all of them are very educationbal and thought provoking. It gave new insights on how to earn and or getting rich through real estate. The only hitch I thought was that Mr. Kiyowsaki’s setting …
The Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
I bought this book for about $8.00, and I wasn’t aware at the beginning that the author, Ernest Becker, was dying of cancer. My heart went out to him the minute I found out the truth.
This Book, The Denial of Death, won the Pulitzer prize in 1974, and …
The Old Man and the Sea
This novel is a famous novel written by Ernest Hemingway and entitled, The Old Man and the Sea. This novel has become one of the classic novel, which will continue to be read and interpreted, because the message is trying to convey, is a universal message that will not …
Dean Koontz The Vision
Having read that book I must say I was a little disappointed. After reading two of Dean Koontz’s books I got accustomed to his storytelling skills and although I was aware of the fact that it wasn’t a great writer, his books seemed a good fun. No more. ‘The …
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks book
“Dear John” is one of the most unique lovestory written in history.
This is one of the most heart-breaking romance novel written by Nicholas Sparks. Though a movie has been released that made the book even more popular, nothing compares to the original story one can read from the book.
The …
The Hunger Games- Post-apocalyptic Teen Novel- Suzanne Collins
At first, I wasn’t sure if I should read the book The Hunger Games. I’m so glad I did. The Hunger Games follows a teenager named Katniss Everdeen in the post apocalyptic country of Panem, or present day North America. In Panem, there are 12 districts, and each year, …
A Wizard of Eathsea
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula le Guin is a story told in the manner of a storytellers. It sounds like a prequel, referring to a future tale as if this future tale is one that everyone knows and the current story is rounding out a hero’s childhood for …
Have a Little Faith: A True Story by Mitch Albom
Mitch Albom is a gifted author in that he has this ability to tell stories that touch your soul. My father gave this book to me because of my own battles with my faith. By reading this book, I was once again justified in my thinking that God is …
Orson Scott Card “Ender’s Game”
Having recently read Suzanne Collins’s two young adult novels, I felt like refreshing one of the oldies of the genre, which I felt might have been a major influence on “The Hunger Games” —“ namely, Orson Scott Card’s well-known “Ender’s Game”. The novel (and the eponymous short story from …
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