I started diving years ago after discovering how beautiful the marine world is in my country. In all the years that I have been diving and snorkeling here, I noticed that there is a dearth of good marine maps and guides, and I therefore made it my mission to …

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon encompasses every genre imaginable. There is romance, history, intrigue, fantasy, suspense, paranormal, and action. This epic novel and its sequels grabbed me and would not let go. Outlander sat on my bookshelf for years before I read it. As a bookstore …

Twilight by Stephanie Meyer is a book that once you pick up you cannot put it down. I read this book all the time and each time I read it, it gets better. The way Stephanie Meyer writes the words makes you feel like you are living the lives …

Three weeks ago my partner and I agreed to meet at Megamall to watch a movie. I arrived 30 minutes early, so I sent him an SMS to tell him I’d wait in Powerbooks instead so I can pass the time browsing on some titles.
I strolled from bookshelf to …

A Mind to Murder was written by P D James (published by Popular Library Books, 1976)
A rather slow-moving book, definitely not a page turner; I likened it to a safe, cozy story to spend time with. Though I am curious about the investigation and its outcome, I …

“An Echo in the Darkness,” book 2 in the Mark of the Lion series, continues the story of Hadassah, a Jewish young woman bought as a household slave by a rich Roman family, the Valerians, and eventually sent to the lions. Hadassah has survived the lion attack on the …

Books are a big deal for me as I am a perpetual reader on the lookout for something good. Picking up Breaking Night by Liz Murray, I was a bit skeptical because usually I prefer fiction, but something about this memoir narrative struck a cord with me. The story …

The title of this book - “Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck?” - makes the work sound as though it is going to be a rather straightforward look at how the dinosaurs were wiped out - and, indeed, the painting of a snarling dino on the otherwise dramatically black …

The Pilot’s Wife is the story of a woman woken up in the middle of the night to be told that her husband has died in a car accident and she has been left alone with her teenage daughter. Living in New England, in a small coastal town, …

This book, a classic Poirot, is a very complicated novel. One thing I really enjoyed about it is the way that, in the end, everything wrapped up so very neatly. I know that that is not how it is in real life, but it was very satisfying to be …

Because I love sewing, I thought it would be both a perfect opportunity and beneficial to my sewing skills if I learned how to knit; therefore, I went to Joann.com and purchased a knitting kit by Lion Brand.
Even though the knitting kit came a week later, it felt like …

Whenever I talk to people about Sherlock Holmes, I have a few that say they would read it if they found a story that was more like the crime dramas they see on television.
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box is one of those stories that fits that description.
Much like …

Gerald’s Game is a Stephen King novel published in 1993. Jessie and her husband Gerald play a role playing game in the bedroom, while on a weekend getaway in their secluded cabin, Jessie changes her mind, and wants to be un-handcuffed, Gerald thinks this is an act, she kicks …

Today I am reviewing a book by Japanes manga artist Osamu Tezuka. The book is called MW. The book is about two life long friends who first met on a remote island in Japan. On that first meeting, they were the lone survivors of a US military poison gas …

I borrowed from my sister this book, and it is a James Bond spy kind. It is a good and fun read.
Do you all know that Ian Fleming is the creator of “James Bond”? Now, we are all so ever hyped about James Bond the movie sequels …

Ben Hogan is widely remembered for being a man with an icy-cold personality and the ability to control the golf ball like nobody had before. He is given credit for being perhaps the best shot-maker of all time, this being due to his machine-like ball striking and labourious …

This book is not a feminist one, but rather it ascertain the rights of women in Wall Street and other lines, or rather, the lack of it. I was surprised to read about the revelations of real life scenarios that portrayed the biased of different situations and the discriminations …

This is the second book in the Star Wars X-wing series, and is set some years after the end of Return of the Jedi. The main story is about Rogue Squadrons covert intelligence mission to Coruscant. To help with the take-over, several criminals from an organization called Black Sun are …

Star Trek: Insurrection Novelization, much like the movie itself, is a story that flows fairly slowly. There is some action near the beginning of the novelization, as well as near the end, but for the most part, this novelization is about the characters and how the area of space …

After coming off Constance Garnett’s slow and dry take on The Brothers Karamasov, this was an utter joy to read. The prose is smooth and engaging.
There’s little exposition, “the Pulse” strikes almost immediately. King does a great job painting a picture of the initial chaos that occurs …

Stephen King is known for writing long books. Two of his most classic works, “The Stand” and “IT”, both broke the thousand page mark. Once again, King goes for a sweeping epic with his latest novel, “Under the Dome”.
The story concerns a small town that is suddenly …

I bought this book because I was in need of an up-to-date animal encyclopedia. I was tired of having to go to the library to read up little blurbs of whatever creature. Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World’s Wildlife was informative. It covers all the animals out …

‘Miracles through Pranic healing’ is a book written by Master Choa Kok Sui, a writer of Philippines. Master Choa is also a businessman. He is also a master pranic healer. Master Choa is an international lecturer and author.
This book deals with paranormal healing. This book is written in simple …

The reason I picked this book up was because it seemed so interesting. The whole concept of ’slating’ criminals (erasing their memories) in order to give them a second chance in life was something I found really intriguing.
The book is about Kyla, a girl who was apparently previously …

This is a superb book and though the title is suggestive, it really is good and I think that the book has some really good contents. There are lots of examples from this book and interviews.
The interviews were made on VPs of Fortune 100 companies and also real business …

In typical Jeff Long writing style Year Zero takes an interesting, one-of-a-kind plot and presents it in a philosophical fiction novel. The novel is written in such a way as to combine a lackluster writing style with a slow moving, almost uninteresting, plot and a strange desire for the …

Stephen King has been my number one storyteller ever since I read Carrie way back when I was 10 years old; to a large extent, it was Stephen King who switched me on to the world of books as I sat, wide eyed, reading a very grown up book. …

Bunny Party by Rosemary Wells is another book about Max and Ruby, two young bunnies who apparently do not have any parents but seem to do pretty well running a household by themselves.
In this story, Ruby is planning a Birthday party for Grandma. As usual, Ruby is super …

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. …

Following the 1967 Detroit riots the Motor City had become known as “Murder City.” In reaction the police had developed an undercover police unit known as “STRESS” (Stop the Robberies, Enjoy Safe Streets). STESS was an elite unit determined to get results.
Kubicek, an off-duty policeman, working security against …

Trust Me by Jayne Ann Krentz has the fun and appeal of many of her other romance novels, although reading it now, the technology is just a bit amusing. In a fun way, of course, it’s mostly funny because when it was written, PDAs were a big deal, and …

“Heaven, Texas” was the first book by Susan Elizabeth Phillips that I read. I literally read the entire book standing in the aisle of the bookstore where I first saw it and laughed out loud every once in a while which, I believe, caused people to look at me …

Battlefield of the Mind is a book written by Joyce Meyer. Normally, I love self-help books because they are very helpful and not to mention insightful as well. As for this title book, it is the more useful because the text written are inspired on some of …

I have read the book —˜The quest of the missing map’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is one among the Nancy Drew series and is somewhat interesting. The style in which the book is written is good and is worth reading. I cannot say that it is much of …

Do you ever wonder why the best fictional adventures seem to happen to the same class of people over and over again? Most fairy tales involve the fey folk interacting with poor, honest families. The child protagonist is usually highly moral yet misunderstood. Well, author Holly Black stuck to …

I found the beginning of this book to be a bit of a drag. It was hard to understand just how all of the characters were linked at first or even what category of book this was. I had no idea whether it was a mystery, a …

Ghost Rider was a pretty schizo book when it debuted in the early 1970’s. In the 1990’s, when the book made its comeback, people laughed because they didn’t think GR was anything more than a dopey character. While the 1990’s books were cool, this 1970’s version is pretty dopey.
The …

Baby Love, written by Catherine Anderson, is a love story about Maggie Stanley and her baby. It started out with her, carrying her baby who is very little and she ran off into the cold and snowy night. I was curious in the beginning as to why she …

I don’t really understand the title of this book, just because the characters, while hard working, never really seem to move that fast. I enjoyed this book. While I have found dialogue in other books by Jennifer Crusie to be more enjoyable (read: funnier), the characters are fun and …

“Elephants can Remember” is a mystery written by Agatha Christie.
This book opens with novelist Ariadne Oliver being approached at a literary luncheon by a woman who wants to know if Ariadne’s god daughters mother killed her father or her father killed her mother.
This crime had taken place many years …

C.s Lewis is one of my favorite authors. He always finds a way to inspire us.. his readers. I just finished reading his book “The Screwtape Letters” It’s all about Screwtape’s (The Demon) letter to his apprentice Wormwood. Screwtape was giving advices to Wormwood on how lure us to …

This university term would be my first time doing Financial Accounts, or any other business subject. Therefore, at the beginning of the term I found myself very anxious about doing the subject, since I was unsure if I would need a background in the subject to be able to …

Jimmy Kudo is a sixteen-year-old Japanese student that is secretly in love with his best friend, Rachel Moore. He has extraordinary deduction skills and has collaborated with the police many times by helping them to solve very complicated crimes.
He is already known throughout Japan by the nickname “The Detective/Student”.
One …

I often have question about my existence here on earth. I always try to find meaning in my life. I have received this book during my oath taking after passing the licensure exam for nurses here in the Philippines. At first I was hesitant to read it since when …

This novel titled, “HRH” by Danielle Steel is quite a good read for me. But I really recommend all who wants to read it to borrow it from friends or the library, but if you must buy, wait for it to be auctioned on ebay or your local …

This was the first ever novel that I had read of Sidney Sheldon. Ever since I read this novel i have been hooked to his work. He writes in a flawless was that is very entertaining. He covers all the aspects in his novel ranging from thrill to romance …

This book, like the first book in the series (Sideways Stories from Wayside School) is the basis of a new TV show, Wayside, although the books have been around for quite a bit longer.
This book is just as funny as the first book in the series. There are a …

Loyalty Myths: Hyped Strategies That Will Put You Out of Business is written by Timothy L. Keiningham, Terry G. Varva, Lerzan Aksoy, and Henri Wallard. I had a copy of this book and think it is a good read to those who are in business or who want to …