What does two, outspoken hairstylists, a handsome new doctor, a rich girl financially cut off, and missing horses add up to? A great plot in a romance novel; it’s one of five in a series of the Domestic Equalizers.
Paige McBride has everything: Good looks, excellent taste in fashion, and …

I’m sure many of you have heard the name of Ellery Queen, at least by your ancestors. Or his books at least must be in the libraries around you. Who, exactly, was Ellery Queen? You have heard of Sherlok Holmes and Dr. Watson. Well, Ellery Queen was Holmes and …

Grow Taller 4 Idiots is a book that teaches how adults can grow an inch or more from exercises. I followed the tips from this book so let me give my review.
The book lays out some guidelines on various areas which affect growth. First, it addresses nutrition and …

Wisconsin is the home to some really weird stuff, ranging from the world’s largest six-pack of beer to a special museum dedicated to squirrels and chipmunks. When I first saw this 267-page book on the shelf of my library, I grew quite excited. I had wanted to read it …

The fifth novel in the Harry Potter saga is one of the best. It is by far the most action packed and has the most complex story line. Of course, Harry is now in his fifth year and with the every rising threat of Lord Voldemort’s return, action must …

Originally intended as a teen read, Kristen D. Randle’s “The Only Alien on the Planet” is a moving, powerful, and insightful look into the long term effects of child abuse.
Ginny Christiansen is new in town, having recently moved from the warm, western United States to the eastern half of …

Guinness World Records 2010 uses the tagline “The Book of the Decade” on its cover. This is a rather meaningless phrase, really, since it doesn’t really make any sense. After all, does it mean that only records set since 2000 are eligible? No. So why use it? This, unfortunately, is rather …

This book is the first book of the H.I.V.E series, one that I’ve just read and already one of my favorite series. The main character’s name is Otto Malpense.
Otto is a 13 year old teenager who is drugged, kidnapped and taken to a secret school on an unknown island. …

Thriller is really by a large list of some of the best thriller novel writers out there today. James Patterson is the one that edited the book. It is a collection of 31 short stories written by 31 different great writers. James Patterson edited them all together for this …

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 …

A number one New York Times Bestseller from the queen of suspense Mary Higgins Clark. Daddy’s little girl is a book I would see as a twisted mind of an evil psychopath. Rob Westerfield is a rich high school student who murders the sister of then teenager Ellie Cavanaugh …

“Little Pea,” writen by Amy Krouse Rosenthal and illustrated by Jen Corace, is a cute little book about a young pea (gender undisclosed by the author) who must eat candy in order to get her desert.
Rosenthal cleverly reverses roles with the pea. First of all, since we do …

The title book, Pride & a Pregnancy Secret is a really good love story. The author of this book is none other than Tessa Radley and she has written very well that I enjoyed reading this love novel pretty much.
In Pride & a Pregnancy Secret, it starts off …

21 Stories (Graham Greene, Bantam Books 1966)
This is a curious combination of short stories, some of which were quite interesting while others were rather perplexing. Though I enjoy reading short stories, I found these quite a challenge to read and complete.
My favorite among these stories …

Hey, cheer up! Is it continuing our acquaintance with a review of the fascinating books, in my opinion? The next piece will be the story LITTLE LIFE.
This is something that will amaze you even more, storyteller!
I got acquainted with this book thanks to my best friend’s advice. …

The story is set in 19th century England. It begins with Pip, an orphan boy, sitting in the church yard and contemplating the graves of his father, mother, and four brothers. Pip is startled by a rough-looking man with shackled feet - an escaped convict. He grabs the scared …

Set in the future time of back to the future sort of story, Death’s Head is really lost on me. In fact, totally. And in actual fact, I did not read the book until finish, because I’m really lost for words on this book. I really don’t …

Why Dogs Chase Cats is a story retold by S. E. Schlosser that I got to read on the internet. The story is about the married life of Dog and Cat where Cat keeps saying that she’s too sick to work and Dog had to make dinner aside from …

Emily Goldberg Learns to Salsa by Micol Ostow is a light, fun read for teenagers. I read this very quickly, and enjoyed how the main character felt very real - she had strong opinions but was unable to express them because she was shy. I also thought that the …

Yell Oh Girls by Vickie Nam
This is a brilliant collection of essays by Asian-American female teenagers that should be on anyone’s bookshelf if they have even a passing interest in material written by Asian Americans or teens. What makes this book so special is the raw emotion that it …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Perchance to Dream in some ways reminds me of an episode from the show’s fifth season: Darmok. Both the episode and novel have a loose set of similarities: Captain Picard and a captain from an alien ship are both transported to the surface …

I have purchased this book a month ago and I am still reading it. From the first page on, I have had hard time putting it down because it has such a clear language and friendly approach that the author makes you feel as though she has just stepped …

The book Solar Heating and Sun Heating was written by George Daniels. It is a book for everyone who is concerned about the high cost of heating a home today and might be considering alternative options. This book is written in a very simple format that the average person …

This site is the best book buying site that you can ever find. I have bought a lot of the Warriors books by Erin Hunter and am thinking about buying the Hardy Boys collectors edition. This place is quick shipping as well as you can save about two dollars …

Yes, there is such an animal, and it is of certain strictly definitive aspectual characteristics. The study of Paxman unfortunately covers only the British political system, but also in this way provides interesting observations about the government of one of the countries that is considered as one of the …

Me: Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn is a simple book, filled with nice and simple entries. It feels like reading into a nostalgic book and the stories that Katharine Hepburn have gone through are so called related here. If you are a big fan, you will …

Seduction of Peter S was written by Lawrence Sanders and published by Berkley Book in 1983.
Lawrence Sanders’ novels are often brilliant; however this is not one of them, though it was lightly entertaining. I have enjoyed his other stories featuring Archy McNally and Timothy Cone; but the protoganist of …

Rolling Away by Lynne Marie Smith
Unlike “Generation Ecstacy,” Smith’s autobiography truly gives one a feel for the subculture that gets caught up in the drug Ecstacy.
Sadly, such a treatise is delivered as we see her pain and alienation and descent into drug problems.
It’s hard to not like Smith. She …

There are a lot of things we can get through reading books, magazines, newspapers, pamphlets etc. Let us juts be thankful for many books writer, they give us more strength, motivations, knowledge for every readers. They show hoe life is great.
I read lots of books and I really …

This fairy tale defies all tradition, somewhat a-la Shrek; the trend of taking a classic story and turning it upside down seems to be popular today. Here we have a beautiful princess, Elizabeth, engaged to a prince; the beginning is nothing unusual. Then a dragon shows up, burns the …

I am reviewing the book, Search and Rescue, written by Melissa Crandall. This book was written in 1994, and has 232 pages to its length. Anyone familiar with Quantum Leap is familiar with Dr. Sam Beckett and Admiral Al Calavicci, not to mention Gooshie, Ziggie, and all …

Infinite Jest is a great literary achievement. David Foster Wallace’s magnum opus contains themes from such diverse sources as competitive tennis, Quebecois independence movements, twelve-step programs, illegal drugs, existentialist philosophy, and the effects of technology upon a mankind. In short, Infinite Jest is a book about the pursuit of …

I really never thought of Small Pox or Variola playing such a deep role in history. I knew the role it played in American Indian History before I read Pox Americana, but I never really thought about the impact it was doing to the Revolutionary War. It is a …

‘Five go down to the sea’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. It is a nice book and is one among the famous five adventure series. The children go off on a trip to Cornwall. They finally reach Tremannon farm in Cornwall, where they had intended to stay. …

I love this book title, Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy very much. The story is about Grace Calhoun and the 5 Reeves boy. Grace is forced to marry Daniel and he is the father of these 5 rascals.
The book is very funny and sometimes made me …

“Five Quarters of the Orange,” though not as well known as some of Joanne Harris’ other novels, is, in my opinion at least, one of her best. It has been a year since I first read this incredible novel, but I still have vivid memories of its finely drawn …

In this volume of Nodame Cantabile the story focus mainly in the two main characters, Chiaki and Nodame. Chiaki performs a concert with Rui, and it’s exactly the song that Nodame was so excited and that really wonted to perform with Chiaki. Once Nodame listens to their performance she …

I am a huge fan of Suzanne White, an experienced and respected astrologist who although an American, lives in Paris, France.
The reason why I became a fan was when I ran across her tome entitled: The New Astrology - A unique synthesis of the world’s two great astrological systems: …

I do not know much about Southern Living the magazine; however, I do know a lot about Southern Living and I was definitely interested when I read the title of the book which is based on Southern desserts. Southern cookbooks are ubiquitous, but only a handful of them actually …

I recently began reading the Twilight saga of books, and I decided to watch the movie right after reading Twilight. I discovered that it mostly follows the story line of the book, though it strays from it a little bit. While some Twilight
readers are disappointed by that, …

The print on this book caught my eye on the book stand at our bookstore, it featured a woman in an elegant eggplant cocktail dress sitting on couch, her legs were spread evenly and casually and you can’t really see her face as it’s only half-shown, but I could …

Author: Kim Kang Won
Korean (Manga-style) Novel
Genre: Romance, slice of life
I.N.V.U, pronounced like the phrase ‘I envy you,’ is a Korean manga-styled novel by author Kim Kang Won. I say manga-styled merely due to fans of manga out there that are insulted that Korean authors are allotted the …

This was Stephen King’s third novel, released in 1977. The story is about a writer named Jack Torrance, who works as a hotel caretaker in a Colorado resort. It is understood that after he and his family moves in they will be snowed in, and they are fine with …

I recently discovered Paul E. Erdman’s books. I fell in love with them and read six of them within a few days. For those of you who don’t know his work, Erdman rights “financial thrillers.” I didn’t even know there were such things. I’ve never been very interested in …

Tiny but concise, this book is a great travel companion for anyone who’s on the way to Seoul. This book has it all - shopping, hotels, transportation, restaurants. In true Lonely Planet fashion, the book begins with a section on history and culture, great reading for anyone who is …

Moon Knight was a funny character in the world of Marvel Comics as he was primarily an obvious rip off of Batman, but the quality of writing was excellent so he was not dismissed by readers. However, since the 1970’s, the character had several shots at having his own …

Linda Howard is another new author to me that I discovered through the only email club I belong to.
I generally don’t like science fiction or anything close to it, by “Killing Time ” is different. I’m not sure exactly why I wasn’t put off by the time travel, but …

A friend recommended this book to me after having read it herself, saying that the plot was quite different to many others she had read before. So I went to the library and picked it up, had a read of the blurb, and decided to give it a go. …

The Colour of Magic is the very first in the hugely successful Discworld series of fantasy novels by Terry Pratchett. As such, it is the book that many new fans read first, which in some ways is a shame because it is by no means the best novel in …

“Aha! The Most Interest Book You’ll Ever Read About Intelligence” by Trudee Romanek is a children’s book about how the brain work and what exactly is intelligence and where does it come from. I would categorize this book in the age range of six and above because there is …