Kristy’s worst idea by Ann m. martin is the hundredth book in the baby sitters club book series. This book about how Kristy the club president thinks it is time to give the club a rest because every one is too busy to keep up going to the meetings. …

Aftermath was written by Peter Robinson and published by Harper Collins Publishers in 2001.
The story started off with very gruesome violence in the house of Terry Payne two police constables had found his wife, Lucy, unconscious and Payne in the basement with a dead girl. Payne …

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 …

In the children’s illustrated book, Not One Damsel in Distress:World Folktales for Strong Girls, Jane Yolen again demonstrates her diverse ability to tell all sorts of tales.
Having collected and retold tales from around the world in this book, Yolen says in her Open Letter, “This book is for you …

Easier than you Think because life doesn’t have to be so hard (The Small Changes that Add up to a World of Difference) by Richard Carlson, Ph.D, was a book that I found at my library that turned out to be just as I expected, a nice little motivational/inspirational …

Long before Chef Gordon Ramsay decided to feature Whistler, BC’s Araxi restaurant in his reality television show, he called Araxi the best restaurant in Canada. And before the winner of the show started his year-long stint at the restaurant, James Walt was the executive chef and winning many honours …

Spiderman Issue 44 was written and inked by Howard Mackie and Tom Lyle, and marks a very boring period in Spiderman’s run in the mid-1990s. The art is very generic with no real edge or creativity. The writing is boring and does not give you a chance …

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 …

The Penguin has always been one of my favorite comic book villians. Oswald Chesterfield Cobblepot is a villian you can understand. He was made fun of as a child. With a name like that, this comes as little surprise. He was short and chubby, and …

The Princess Academy is an amazing book by Shannon Hale that received an Newberry Honer Award. It was well earned. This book was riveting, exciting, and fun! Once I started reading it I couldn’t put it down. The main character is a girl named Miri, after a tiny mountain …

Those of you whom are fans of ghost books, then you should read this, Ghosts Caught On Film by Melvyn Willin. I had and I must say that this is one of the best book on ghosts ever. And the author certainly knows what he is writing without …

Ballet Shoes by Noel Streatfeild is a very good book. It was first published in 1937, and keeps being reprinted so more generations of kids can enjoy it. This copy of the book has 281 pages.
Ballet Shoes is the story of three orphan girls who …

My five year old son has been diagnosed with autism and I have been having problems getting services for him. I have called numerous local agencies and due to funding issues the waiting list can vary from six months to two years before he can be seen to …

I borrowed this book from the local library. I stumbled across by accident and the summary on the inside of the cover grabbed my attention immediately. I didn’t realise until I was at home that the book is actually the large print edition. It is a …

My youngest brother ran track all through high school. I always watched from the sidelines and wished that I could be able to run like that. I admired the sleek, lean muscled bodies and the amazing endurance that these runners possess. So when I found this book, Born to …

Scott Pilgrim is a graphic novel created by Bryan Lee O’Malley. It consists of 6 books and has received a lot of positive acclaim, and even more attention after the 2010 movie “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”. I loved and completely recommend them both, they are a joy for …

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 …

This book was recommended to me by a friend and I’m glad I took a chance on it. The book is a fantasy novel but not in the way most fantasy novels are these days. It takes place in our world but doesn’t present us with cliched quests and …

Spirit Bound by Richelle Mead is the fifth book in the Vampire Academy series. The book starts off after Rose recently returned to St. Vladimir’s Academy, after a long journey to save the soul of Dimitri, which nearly resulted in her death. Unfortunately, Rose’s previous journey failed, meaning Dimitri …

A young American is killed in a brutal manner in Bosnia during the ethnic cleansing by Serbian paramilitaries. His billionaire grandfather seeks to have the killer, a notorious Serbian gangster, brought to justice, but fails as the man has vanished into thin air and all the agencies of the …

This book is definitely not very modern. The Hardy Boys series was written in the 50s and 60s, and you can tell by the way that mention of people who are Asian, Indian, or Native American is handled. Also the roles of males and females.
Other than that, and the …

I think I have underestimated the awesomeness of Pretty Little Liars by Sara Shepard. I thought it is just another bimbo type of story and I was wrong. This story has contents and a great plot.
It shows how a perfectly made up town and a posh one at …

Darian Spenser was raised in a world of social correctness, manners and cotillions. Her mother’s plans certainly did not include Darian’s college sweetheart, Davis Chancellor. Yet, it would be Davis, who nurtures and releases Darian’s inner vixen. Darian learns there’s more to life than where to place and how to …

I had heard about Paulo Coelho and his novels for a couple of years, yet I never had the chance nor, to be honest, the interest to read any of his books. One day, however, while on a bus ride, I overheard a discussion about the author and it …

Jude was one of the first books I read under the New Adult genre, and even thought I feel like this book wasn’t as bold as I thought it was going to be with that new genre, I really enjoyed it, it touched some new subjects and had a …

The First Days of School is an excellent book that every teacher should have.It is good for teachers who are completely new for the profession as well as those who have been teaching for a few years.It is full of great ideas and sugegstions that any educator can implement …

The Next Accident is a novel by Lisa Gardner. I had not read too much by her in the past, but picked up The Next Accident at a library book sale. It was a great find. The novel is very entertaining and definitely MUCH better than most romantic thrillers.
Romantic …

This was one explosive book and I was very hooked on it, reading it while I should have been doing other things. As I flipped the pages the tension kept increasing, as things grew worst for the four teenage Rosewood girls Hanna, Aria, Emily and Spencer. I really sped …

Compared to the Kindle, the Nook is simply so much better. The Kindle offers 3G, but it only works well if you connect to their online book store. There are two versions of the Nook. There is the one with wi-fi and the one with wi-fi and a 3G …

I highly recommend people to watch The Sea Is Watching. It’s a Japanese story with the main actress being Misa Shimizu. This story is set in such a strange environment with lots of troubles brewing, with nature being its number 1 cause.
This love story is between this very …

This is the third book in this kids series by Emily Rodda. In this book, Lief, Barda, and Jasmine are looking for a gem they think can be found in the City of the Rats. They encouter a group of people who are terrified of Filli, Jasmine’s small furry …

I have a friend that always gets beaten up by her boyfriend, and it is so painful and saddening to see her in that state. She refuses to leave him, thinking that he will change someday for the better and that she loves him so much. It’s …

This story, Here’s the Story: Surviving Marcia Brady and Finding My True Voice by Maureen McCormick. This is such an amazing story and for those of you out there aspiring to become a celebrity, this book is a must read. It is a very honest rendition and a …

Many and varied answers given when people asked what he wanted to achieve in this life, ranging from the wish to have a house, luxury cars, the kids are smart, promising career, and others. All these answers if further attention, will lead to
one answer, happiness. Everyone wants to be …

I have read the book ‘Puzzle for the secret seven’ written by Enid Blyton. This is not so exciting and the story line is not good, and as in several other secret seven series, the style is also not so interesting to read.
One day, the secret seven children got …

Play With Us is the very first book (labelled as book 1a) in the classic Ladybird Key Words Reading Scheme, which for many years was extremely popular in both schools and homes in the United Kingdom. It was first published as long ago as 1964, but continued to be …

Like many people, my first introduction to Sherlock Holmes was through Arthur Conan Doyle�s book The Hound of the Baskervilles. And, it still remains one of my favorite mysteries.
The thing I like about this book, versus most other Sherlock Holmes books, is the reader is introduced to most of …

This book title, How To Keep Your Man: And Keep Him For Good by Darren G. Burton is a good read. Average - good. There are so many self-help books in the market on how to snag that man, get that man for yourself, hitch a mate and …

This is the second book about seven-year-old Jordan March, who suffers from precocious puberty. In this one, young Jordan is sent off to live with her great aunt Francis, whom she had never met. Francis lives on a run-down farm with a weed-filled yard and the house itself is …

I am a pretty advaint reader of Fantasy/Fiction and have read hundreds of books. And i have to say R.A Salvator is as of now my favorite writer of all time. His Dark Elf Trilogy (which is only just the begining of a epic 28 book series i believe) …

Snowbound Heart is written by Jennifer Blake and this is a nice, heartwarming story that I really love reading. Clare Thornton wants a very pure relaxation in the form of mountain vacation and she badly wants to learn how to ski.
Then, an unfortunate event happens, and …

This is an amazingly interesting book, evolving around the protagonist —˜Christopher Boone’, a 15 year old boy, suffering from Autism. This is a hugely important fact to consider about the book, not only is it from a child’s perspective, but an autistic child, making it all the while more …

I have just finished reading the final installment(up to now anyway) of the fantastic ‘Shopaholic’ series.
‘Shopaholic and Baby’ by the talented Sophie Kinsella is just as good as it’s predecessors and is highly recommended!
We catch up with Becky as she is preparing to become a mother for the first …

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 …

“The Oath” by Frank Peretti is a Christian novel that can be described as a supernatural thriller with elements of horror. Steve Benson, a wildlife biologist, comes to the small town of Hyde River after he’s been informed of his brother’s death. Supposedly, his brother was killed by a …

Ever heard of the saying, ‘be careful of what you wish for?’ It is happening in this novel, It’s a Kind of Magic by Carole Matthews. I enjoyed reading this novel very much. It is about Emma and Leo, and their almost dying relationship. Leo is …

I have read the book ‘The secret’. The author is Rhonda Byrne. This book is supposed to be a self-help book, but the author has done a rather poor job of it. I was not much sastisfied with this book.
The author speaks about the law of attraction in this …

After watching and re-watching Bones, I finally figured out that the television series that I dearly loved was based on the novels and characters of Kathy Reichs. Dr. Tempearance Brennan was bragging about it to Boothe in one episode saying “I’m a best-selling author. That gives me elevated status …

I used this book as one of my sources to help me complete my Caribbean Studies SBA when I was in my final year of sixth form. I found it to be very beneficial in the sense that I was doing my SBA on a topic dealing with herbal …