I like this episode in the Ella Clah series by Aimee and David Thurlo. Since her near death experience in an earlier book, Ella is different. She’s less confident that her FBI training will solve all the crimes she confronts and is more willing to recognize the parts of …

Vernor Vinge has written so far about five novels, three of which have won the Hugo (A Fire Upon Deep, A Deepness In The Sky and Rainbow’s End).
Still he has two Hugo awards for short stories, so he is a very popular science fiction writer in America.
Vinge was the …

Miss Pym Disposes was written by Elizabeth MacKintosh under the pen name of Josephine Tey. It was first published in 1988 by Collier Books (244 pages).
Miss Pym was invited to Leys, a physical training school for girls. Her old friend, Henrietta Hodge, who was the principal of …

The Great Pretender by Millenia Black an early book that I read on this author before the recent The Great Betrayal by the same author which I’ve read too.
I think the formula for this is quite a becoming formula for Millenia and she excels on writings like this, …

I wasn’t expecting much from this book - it seemed a bit gimmicky - a child with a special ability is sent away to a special school. Sound familiar?
But Victoria Forrester managed to make the story dynamic and interesting, with a sweet, somewhat naive main character, Piper McCloud …

What can you say, it is a Tom Clancy original. I had never read any of Clancy’s older books until this one this summer. I have heard they are his best, and I definately have to agree. I found this book to be a fascinating glimpse into how the …

Express Lane Meals by Rachel Ray is a cookbook which is based on meals that can be prepared in 30 minutes. It states that these are the easiest 30 minute meals ever. This I doubt, as most of the recipes seem to take more effort than can …

If you are interested to learn CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) but don’t know where to start, this book is for you. SAMS Teach Yourself CSS In 10 Minutes is a book which, apparently is all about CSS. However, don’t let the title fool you. It is not true that …

To be honest, Black Rose was the first book by this author that I have read, and I only read it at my MIL’s insistence…When you see each other as frequently as I do these topics come up in conversation. I found the book great light reading and entertaining. …

Queen of Sorcery is the second book in David Edding’s Belgariad series. As the sequel to Pawn of Prophecy, this book takes up a short time after the conclusion of the first book. The plot centers on Garion’s introduction to his sorcerer powers and his maturation towards …

This book is really funny! It features twins’ Jessica and Elizabeth Wakefield being challenged by the boys at their school to a scare war ever since the boys started the scare war at the girls’ bathroom at Sweet Valley Middle School, and the girls are testing out the tricks …

The best way to describe this book is VERY complex and a little unbelievable even for a science fiction time travel adventure. The main character Ross is a seasoned criminal who is given the option of going into the Rehabilitation Service - something he does not know anything …

I think there is a powerful voice of writing in Trespass by Valerie Martin very much. The story is amazingly written and I think there are lots of elements of self-reflect as well as lots of self-thoughts.
The story is about the normal life of an American family who lives …

Ever since i was a small child, i have always loved reading the Nancy drew series. My friends have also loved them. Fast forwarding into the future, my kid sister even loves to read the books. Why do we love these books so much? There are many reasons.
One thing …

If you have Photoshop CS3, you know that reading lots of good Photoshop books will help you expand your knowledge on this software. One of the helpful guides I recommend you to read is Photoshop CS3 For Dummies. It is not really anything special, but it will somehow take …

I love the National Parks. I love the idea of the National Parks and I truly loved reading The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (2009) by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns. This is a chronological account of how our National Parks came into being and when …

Joseph Connolly’s book is fully titled “Modern First Editions: Their Value to Collectors”, which gives a pretty good idea as to the main focus of this particular reference work. The book, which has gone through several editions of its own since its initial publication in 1977, consists largely of …

This is a young adult novel about a young black man during the days of segregation, who enrolls in a boarding school up north - a school where he’s the first black student.
I stumbled on this book at the library and couldn’t put it down. It deals with …

This is the third book in the trilogy and I must say the most surprising of the three. There were things in here that really shocked me. And I also feel that now the story has come full circle, with the Smoke movement growing stronger as the people move …

My favorite types of cookbooks to read are ones that involves southern cuisine. Being from the south I just feel connected to the recipes because they are ones that I either grew up on or currently prepare for my own family. Although southern cuisine is a guilty pleasure I …

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 …

Anne of windy poplars is about a girl going out into the country to teach a wonderful school. it is charming and very old fashioned. anne of windy poplars is by L. M. Montgomery and this book is part of a series. my favorite part of this book is …

“Clockwork Princess” is the third and final book in the series “Infernal Devices” by Cassandra Clare, a story about the Shadows Hunters from the late 19th century, which carries us into a magical London, populated by demonic creatures, wars with angelic forces and mechanical creations that threaten all the …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - A Rock and a Hard Place is a novel that I found to be fairly enjoyable and memorable. Fans of the character known as William T. Riker will get a definite kick out of this novel because a large portion of it focuses …

The Chronicles of Narnia is a series of books written by C.S. Lewis. If you like the books from J.R.R. Tolkien, you’ll probably like the books from C.S. Lewis, as his style has similarities. This book has a really mature feeling, even if many people classify it as a …

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 …

The World’s Religions is a book by Huston Smith where he goes into detail about seven wisdom traditions from around the world: Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Islam, Judaism, and Christianity. There is also a short section about what Smith deems “primal religions”. Huston Smith has been regarded as one …

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 …

In higher secondary exams it is very hard to pass the exams following the school books and in the case of maths subject, already the subject is very hard for many students and is very complicated in 12th standard.
So all the students were compelled to refer other books like …

Often I catch myself wanting to go off into the wilderness and live as a hermit. But I think that’s too radical because you never know what kind of help you might need.
In 1990, 22-year-old Christopher McCandless rejected all the material values of modern society, gives away all his …

Vertical Run is the first book I’ve read by Joseph R Garber and it was a decent thriller. The story starts right away and it grabbed my attention, hanging on securely, until the very end. I also liked its fast pace. This book also made me think about a …

Daredevil Issue 297 set the stage for Daredevil to finally get revenge on Typhoid Mary and Daredevil’s biggest villian, the Kingpin. Over the course of the previous five years, the Kingpin had methodically destroyed almost every element of Matt Murdock’s life.
D.G. Chinchester wrote the issue, and Lee …

This severely underrated novel by the late Amanda Davis remains with me from the summer I read it two years ago. Though it was simply circulated in the front of the library amongst the other contemporary fiction that tend to come and go, never enjoying longevity, this novel has …

This was the first time I’d read anything by the novelist Ken Follett. I was encouraged to read “The Pillars of The Earth”, by a family member who knew I was interested in historical movies and books. Even though I don’t usually review books I found this one …

This book is the ninety-fourth novel in the Sweet Valley Twins Middle School series and it features a new guy named Brian Boyd who just moved in Sweet Valley and he’s been mean and a bully —“ he’s been nothing but trouble ever since he got here, but Elizabeth …

I love reading the book called Business the Richard Branson Way, written by Dearlove, Des, Coomber and Steve. Richard Branson is someone that I know who created the Virgin Group like Virgin Records etc. He is basically an opportunist that sniffs out great business deals, and in …

Halo, one of the world’s first First-Person Shooter game to be released and arguably the most successful video game thus far, was and still is a craze around the world. However, I felt that this game’s popularity could have not been achieved without its unique and in-depth lore, …

My wife had read this book first, and then she gave it to me saying that I was going to like it. I smiled at the title. But from the very first pages, I really did like the book. Dr. Laura is not picking on us primitive husbands or …

Pursuit of Honor is only a fair attempt from Vince Flynn which is in lines of several terrorist chasing stories that I have read. But what Vince Flynn has successfully done is making a run of the mill kind of story into a thriller which kept me hooked to …

Star Fox 64 Survival Guide by Sandwich Islands Publishing is not only a rather dull read but also, the strategy guide is not too helpful when it comes to the levels. For one thing, while maps of the levels are present, they are not too detailed or accurate. They …

This is a true story about the men of Combat Team 28 whom, by all historical military accounts, fought the bloodiest battle in Marine Corps history. Most all American military historical readers are familiar with the story of the battle of Iwo Jima during WWII that took place …

This is the first book in the popular kids’ series, The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes. Abby is a happy, friendly girl who in the beginning of this book is starting 5th grade. She has the usual anxieties about making and keeping friends, and generally wants this year to …

Rarely do I find a series of books that appeals to more than one or two people in my household. John Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprentice series has the honor of being enjoyed by so far three with the possibility soon of a fourth family member. While technically classified as juvenile …

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 …

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni is my favorite Indian author. Mistress of Spices is the third book of her I read and it is one of the most enchanting book I have ever read.
The story is about Tilo, a girl who is chosen to be a mistress of spices. Mistress of …

I picked up this book because I knew I wanted to read it before the movie came out. Memoirs of a Geisha is what I call a ‘lazy river’ book. I liked it; it carried me slowly along till the end; I didn’t want to put it …

I was attracted by the book’s cover, which was very different from other books, and which made me buy this book. This is Jenny’s second book, and it scored high. This book is also the Winner of the Guardian Children’s Fiction Prize, which was an add for me to …

I borrowed this book from a friend who received it as a gift, because I could never quite tell from the description on the back if it was worth buying or not. It always looked interesting, but like it might not live up to itself. Having read …

As a huge fan of the first book in the King-Killer Chronicles (The Name of the Wind), I was so excited to finally read the sequel, The Wise Man’s Fear.
In this installment, Patrick Rothfuss does not disappoint. He tells just as good a story as the first, and …

Title: The Powerbook
Author: Jeanette Winterson
I enjoy reading language like that of Jeanette Winterson, because she very much goes beyond just stating. She creates many detailed imageries that help readers picture the scenarios vividly. More significantly, Winterson draws plenty of parallels in her writing that somehow manages to embed the parallels …