This mystery novel for boys features the Hardy Boys, the teenage sons of a famous detective. The boys must figure out a very strange and puzzling mystery, wherein actually they do not figure out themystery until the very end, because they don’t actually discover how the messages are sent …

Second Chance - Living with a Rescued Dog was written by Judy and Larry Elsden who wanted to produce a guide to the owner or prospective owner of a rescued dog, there is no doubt that they have succeeded and surpassed themselves.
A small book in size (with the most …

Lori Wilde did a good job in writing this novel. This is a story of a struggling videographer, Tish Gallagher, who is trying to get out of debt. She was able to get a client, the daughter of the president, Elysee Benedict. Tish was chosen as the official videographer …

This novel is the second book by Gregory McGuire, which takes place directly after “Wicked”. And while that first book gave a new an interesting light to the story of Oz and the Wicked Witch of the West, sparking the inspiration for the play, this second novel, “Son of …

I remember the first time I took my first glance on this book. I was in a local bookstore and was looking for the bestsellers which I could probably borrow from the library in school. And then I chanced upon this book where the cover is a little Asian …

This book is great fun, except for people who worry about getting any diseases that they’ve read about. The “Hypochondriac’s Pocket Guide to Horrible Diseases You Probably Already Have” was written by Dennis Diclaudio and is sold at most bookstores for $14.95 in the United States, $19.95 in Canada. …

The Body Finder, by Kimberly Derting, is a fantastic book about a girl named Violet, who has the ability to locate the bodies of people who have been murdered. The story also includes a growing sense of “more than friends…” feeling between Violet and her best friend Jay. The …

Out of Nowhere by Rebecca York. This is part of the Harlequin Intrigue series. It is the 43 Light Street series. I must be addicted to FBI novels. This was a great book by Rebecca York.
Out of nowhere, a beautiful lady appears and who should see …

This book by Francine Ward is totally inspirational on one part for me and the other part is quite sad and really challenging. I was very surprised to read about the author’s journey; how she has gone through in life from being at the lowest phase of her life; …

In this novel from the Star Wars series The New Yedi Order, the New Republic and their enemies, the Yuuzhan Vong, are at a standstill. Han and Leia’s son Jacen turn up after every one thought him dead while his sister Jaina continues going on suicide missions against the …

Our protagonist, Marie, has just left her husband, an abusive and too dominant man. She decided to move in with her brother to the trailer where they grew up, which only brings bad memories from her past, but it’s better than the present she was living. Everything goes well …

Artemis Fowl: The Time Paradox is the last book in the Artemis Fowl series so far, and is one of my favorite books of all time!
If you aren’t familiar with this series, it is based around a boy named Artemis Fowl II, a child genius, and his knowledge …

Cooking has become one of my favorite hobbies—”since learning how to do it correctly, and for the past few months I have wanted to start a food blog, but the problem is I didn’t know where to begin. I’m familiar with blogging platforms and writing, but other than that …

Miyamoto Usagi, a samurai who lived in the late 16th century. Way of life full of battles. He lived at a time, which the landlords have to fight for land, and power. Usagi devoted himself to Lord Mifune. In a fierce battle, Usagi had to lose his master was …

Not Dead Enough by Peter James is special in its own way. I am not surprised if there are people hating this book and finding it a bit of a chore to read. I sort of agree actually, but I decided to give this book a chance and …

My Woman, His Wife by Anna J. is strictly for entertainment purposes only. This book was seriously crazy. It starts with this couple.
The man and the wife agree to have a threesome, after the husband begs and begs. Then after their erotic encounter, the woman requests a one …

I picked this children’s fantasy novel up on a whim and I’m glad I did, as it’s truly an excellent book. Although fantasy, it was the mystery aspect of it that kept me reading. It shows how age isn’t important and that even a twelve-year-old child can be a …

‘Brave New World’ is a classic masterpiece of dystopian literature. It’s the book for everybody who wants to understand more about the world we live in. Written in the 1930’s as a kind of prophesy and warning, it contained many predictions which actually turned out to be true or …

On this Tintin adventure book, narrated that his friend, Bianca Castafiore and twin detectives captured by General Tapioca as they do in San Theodoros tour of South America. They put in prison for charges of rebellion to the government. Because of this, Captain Haddock rescue plan Castariofe. At first, …

Star Trek Destiny takes place in three main time-periods so i’m going to break it down and give everyone a synopsis of the different time-zones as best I can
Present (2374/2375)
The Borg launch a full scale attack on the alpha quadrant.
They send 7000 cubes into the alpha quadrant via …

The title book, Ladies of the Night and other stories really entices me. The author being Prince Althea, it some more intrigues me, because the name is really exotic. And when I read this book, it is indeed true. This book is awesome in the elements of …

I absolutely loved this book by Philip Yancey. This book is one of many that he has written that focuses on Christianity. I don’t like to read a lot of Christian books besides the Bible but I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves Christianity. When I …

American Psycho is a graphic novel told through the eyes of a serial killer. Set in the 1980’s, American Psycho details the life of Wall Street Yuppie Patrick Bateman, who, in his free time, engages in extremely violent and sexual acts, oftening culminating in murder.
Bateman is the embodiment of …

Child of Time by Isaac Asimov and Robert Silverberg
ISBN: 0330322702
Genre: Sci-fi
This is an extended version of a short story called “The Ugly Little Boy”, written by Isaac Asimov and initially published in 1956. It is the second collaboration between Asimov and Silverberg, the first being “Nightfall”, also an extended …

Strong Poison was written by Dorothy L Sayers and published by HarperCollins Publishers in 1995.
Dorothy Sayers’ novels often start off at a slow pace then it picks up and the suspense builds up till the end. It’s just that I must have the determination to plod …

If you like learning about another culture, reading a few romance scenes and enjoy a splash of suspense, then this is the perfect book to read. The Dowry Bride is about a girl, Megha, who becomes a target for murder by her husband and mother-in-law just because her family …

A Horn Book Award title called The Dark Is Rising, written by Susan Cooper, is definitely an interesting read, by far. I love reading books of any genre at all, as long as it is interesting and nice.
This book is about fantasy that may or may not interest …

“People are only mean when they’re threatened.”
This is one of the wonderful lessons that I’ve learned with the book. ‘Tuesdays With Morrie’ is truly a remarkable book. Unlike any other best-selling books, this one has a different kick on the audience. Some books may have challenged the intellect of …

Dean Koontz’s “Velocity” is a fast-pacing marvellously written thriller full of unexpected twists and surprising situations. Although the book is five hundred pages long, it’s possible to read it in no more than one or two days. The suspense is skillfully built from the very first pages, when Bill …

The Bad Mother’s Handbook is a novel by Kate Long. This is a story about the life of three women from three different generations talking about how to survive being mother and daughter. Charlotte who got pregnant by accident, Karen who tried so hard to get things right for …

I was recently handed a book by the title Blue Like Jazz from a closer friend of mine. After hearing the book was about religion I was less than enthused by the idea of reading it, however once I got past my initial prejudice of the book I found …

While this book deals with a very different topic and has quite a different feel to it than Gary Paulsen’s other books such as Brian’s Winter and Hatchett, it still has his easy flow from event to event and is definitely based upon an interesting idea. Like many of …

Invisible Prey is a book written by John Sandford and is a good, suspense, thriller book. I was on my edge’s seat the whole time and the author really knows how to tell a good story, for I was very shocked and amazed at the great, amazing pace …

“Motown” is the second entry into what was to be Estleman’s Detroit crime trilogy. The book takes place in 1966 on the eve of the 1967 Detroit riots that were to change downtown Detroit forever. The mid-1960s were the height of Detroit’s influence on the car world. Muscle cars …

The Death of Common Sense by Philip K. Howard
“How Law is Suffocating America”
It’s no surprise this book was a New York Times bestseller. Our chronicles a great deal of ridiculous situation in America where people’s obsession with lawsuits has led to a major decline in the way people conduct …

Judith Orloff’s “Positive Energy: 10 Extraordinary Prescriptions for Transforming Fatigue, Stress, and Fear into Vibrance, Strength, and Love” is a book that is close to my heart. This book helped me out of a bad time. I was depressed and feeling so alone. Anxiety and panic …

Jessamy Harrison is the daughter of a father who came from England and the mother who came from Nigeria. Jessamy always felt different from other children. She always fears and when she feels angry, she would scream. Because it is, she does not have any friends. Jess invited her …

Does the idea of Marvel heroes being displayed in a 17th century Elizabethan setting interest you? If your answer is yes, you will like Marvel 1602. If your answer is no, then this probably isn’t the book for you.
It is rare that I pick up a comic …

Book of finansial revolution writen by Tung Desem Waringin. He is a famous business consultan. In this book explained how we can change our financial situation become better. This book explained how to improved our hundred of thousand percent even better. Truly remarkable, given how simple but quite …

Anthony Everitt’s new book, Augustus is a biography of the first Caesar that manages to do what so many other books on Augustus have not. He manages to bring the read a fresh spin on the man who may have been the greatest politician the world has ever known.
I …

Dark Needs at Night’s Edge, written by Kresley Cole is an author that personally to me, could follow the steps of other successful vampire novel authors.
This story is laced with the storyline of vampires and the likes. If you must know, there is the character of …

Like most people, I have a slight fascination with pirates and, when I came across the 1837 book The Pirates Own Book written by Charles Ellms, I had to give it a read.
Overall, it’s not a bad book. There are quite a few detailed stories about pirates from around …

Carol Berkin’s book, “A Brilliant Solution”, is an in depth look at how the United States Constitution was formed, and what sort of people formed it. Berkin describes with detail the characteristics and some life experiences of the founding fathers of …

The second installment to Linda Howard’s Mackenzie series, Colonel Joe Mackenzie is one of the best in his field. He’s doing what he’s always wanted - to fly. Everyone else is in awe of this quietly assured and strong man. Caroline Evans has a doctorate but …

The Big Book of Experiments is a book originally by Paola Cocco and a team of assistants. It was translated into English by Maureen Spurgeon. The English edition is copyright 2000. The book is aimed at children, and lists 200 exciting experiments. The experiments cover a wide range of …

This fairy tale, loosely based on Cinderella, is a good book for girls to read. Ella, cursed by a fairy to be obedient, must obey anything she is told. This is of course a very inconvenient and at times dangerous curse.
She decides to find the fairy who cursed her …

When life gets difficult from tragedy or illness, we are almost always led to the question, “why?”. Dr. James Dobson points out what the Bible has to say about these inexplicable events with his book “When God Doesn’t Make Sense”.
Surprisingly to me, Dr. Dobson admitted very …

The Shaman Sings is the first in a mystery series by James D. Doss. The series takes place on the Southern Ute Reservation in Colorado. Daisy Perika is an elderly Ute shaman who sees visions and uses the information she gets from the vision to help the police discover …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Fortune’s Light is a different type of Star Trek book. It is not so much a science fiction story and more of a detective and character story. The character story focuses on Commander Riker and his re-visit to a planet that he had …