I joined a website called Goodreads to read reviews on books that I wanted to read, so I could see if they were worth buying or borrowing from the library. I noticed there were some writing groups on Goodreads, and I proceeded to join them because I love writing …

Maybe I’m just not a member of the “in crowd” when it comes to exercise, because I had never heard of plyometrics before picking up this book. However, I have to say that some of the techniques that Dr. Donald A. Chu describes in his book, “Jumping Into Plyometrics,” …

Bill Bryson’s humorous travel books have become extremely popular, and A Walk in the Woods fits very nicely into his body of work. It deals with Bryson’s attempt to walk the Appalachian Trail together with his friend (occasionally enemy!) Stephen Katz, who also featured in the earlier Bryson book …

Dan Brown is an extraordinary writer. In Angels and Demons, Brown managed to keep the reader fascinated by the way he tells architectural details of ancient buildings in Rome. The plot quickly makes the reader is not bored and want to quickly finish reading this book. Not only that, …

Timothy’s Files was written by Lawrence Sanders. (published by New English Library in 1988)
I didn’t realize I’m going to enjoy this book so much I actually spent the whole night just reading it. The author had created a truly sad but likeable character, in Timothy Cone, …

“Shadow Leader” is the sequel to “WolfWalker” written by Tara K. Harper.
This book is a Science Fiction novel.
Ember Dionne (Dion) is the scout and healer for a group of rebels fighting to save her world from the armies of the evil Longear. Dion along with Aranur …

This book lists all of the weird stuff that can be found in the state of Maryland, from legends, ancient mysteries, famous people, UFO sightings and weird things to see. On occasion I enjoy reading about weird stuff so this book was right up my alley. Besides, I have …

Sue Townsend is one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She is known in the world primarily as the author of a series of stories about Adrian Mole that it opened by a “Secret Diary” of full of complexes teenager and continued by my …

‘Five go to mystery moor’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is one of the books among the ‘famous five adventure’ series. This story is not much of an adventure, but is very interesting to read.
Julian and Dick go camping while George and Anne stay at …

Being alienated from society is neither a euphonious experience, nor a desired preference. Alienation of females from equivalent freedom is revealed through women in The Good Earth. The novel, The Good Earth, written by Pearl S. Buck, demonstrates how women were isolated from having freedom as much as men. …

I wrote for Review Stream recently where I wrote about what a great book “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini was. About halfway through the book I visited my local library and put in a hold request for Hosseini’s second book “A Thousand Splendid Suns.” I’m happy to say, …

‘Start where you are’ is a book written by Pema Chodron. In this book, Chodron tells us how to live in a meaningful manner. Chodron teaches us how to cope with emotional stress and other anxieties of life. The main purpose of this book is the way to awaken …

Fruits Basket Manga Volume 5 takes place during Golden Week and Shigure takes Tohru. Kyo and Yuki to the Sohma summer house in the mountains.
This manga was very deep and meaningful because it explored Tohru Honda’s character more. It showed that she’s not perfect and that she has …

Couch’s book, “Chosen Soldier” is another in a long line of books on the training of United States Army Special Forces Soldiers. In it, he follows several classes, starting with a group of 18 X-rays as they leave Ft. Benning Georgia and begin the long trek through their training, …

The Great 88 is a book about exclusive sales strategy of the two authors, Robin Lent and Genevieve Tour. The two authors are experts luxury sales worth for example of success in sales of luxury goods. This book contains a variety of personal experiences in developing sales strategies, …

I recently had the opportunity to read the Arthur Conan Doyle story “The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge;” which I was a bit surprised I hadn’t read before considering I love Sherlock Holmes stories.
This one is actually one of the better Holmes stories I’ve come across too. It starts out …

‘The future of love’ is a book written by Daphne Rose Kingma. This book is all about improving one’s relationships. Kingma says that in order to have a good relationship, we should have a loving and compassionate heart. Kingma says that each and every moment of human relationships serves …

Survivor tells the story of the last surviving member of a death cult. He is recording his life story into the flight recorder of a plane that he has taken over and is about to crash. He is telling the story of why he did not die with the …

In Edgar Allen Poe’s short story entitled “The Cask of Amontillado”, the setting works efficiently to depict the nature of the plot and the characters. Fortunato and the narrator both have qualities that can be shared with the setting of the story.
For one, the scene with the carnival can …

The Catcher In The Rye, by J.D. Salinger, is that famous story of teenager Holden Caulfield as he leaves his school and goes on a journey throughout New York. Although I did not really expect to enjoy this book all that much, I was …

To Green Angel Tower is the sprawling conclusion to Tad Williams’ trilogy Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. And sprawling is an understatement. Unlike the first two novels, the finale, at least in its paperback form, covers two large volumes of more than 800 pages. Yes, this is …

The Oathbound Wizard is the second book in the books written by Christopher Stasheff.
In this sequel to “Her Majesty’s Wizard”, Matthew Mantrell has stayed in Merovence and is trying to persuade Alisande to marry him.
She has hesitated for three years. So in anger, Matt swears to throw the …

Baby You are a Rich Girl is the third chapter of the manga, The World God Only Knows; written and illustrated by Tamiki Wakaki
The next chapter introduces a new character and their new target for runaway spirits, Mio Aoyama. Keima and Elsee spend time at their classroom pretty funny. …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Spartacus is a novel that I enjoyed for the most part. In some ways, it revisits themes from the following episodes of the series: “The Measure of a Man” and “The Offspring”. In this novel, the Enterprise answers a distress call and delivers …

The Dragonbone Chair is the first novel in Tad Williams’ trilogy Memory, Sorrow and Thorn. The Dragonbone Chair refers to the throne of the High King of Osten Ard, whose death from old age begins a series of events that will rock the world. And what a …

Super Smash Bros. BradyGAMES Official Strategy Guide is a guide to the original Super Smash Bros. game on the Nintendo 64. It is a guide that I found to be a little bland because it seemed to focus more on the strategies of the playing the characters properly and …

Being a fervent reader of fairy tales as a child, I picked up the Book of Lost Things with excited anticipation. The most appealing aspect of any book is to get entirely immersed in the world created by the author and this is certainly what I was hoping for …

This was the first book I ever read from Jude Deveraux and I was captivated by her charm and her wit and intelligence that I immediately bought more of her books! But as I read her other books, I simply still felt this as my favorite and the cutest …

The Mario Party 2 Official Strategy Guide from BradyGames is a fabulously designed guide that is quite enjoyable to browse through and look at. There is a lot of unique character art that cannot be found elsewhere. I also like how every board map is thoroughly detailed with specific …

Tolkin spent over 20 years writing his epic tales of elves, wizards and the adventures of the Hobbits. He is said to be as much as a scholar as he is a literary writer. Tolkin extensively research when creating the background mythology of middle earth and the beings that …

Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s, “A Declaration of Sentiments” elucidates a similar dilemma in regard to the paradigm of individual liberty versus societal norms. While society accepts men as the more competent of the genders, this instirution inhibits the individual liberty of women. Cady Stanton bolsters her argument for the individual …

I liked most of the Sophie McKenzie books I’ve read. The one’s I’ve read were all action-packed, fast-paced and very entertaining. After thoroughly enjoying the Medusa Project (another series by McKenzie), I decided to read more from the same author, and the first book I found was Blood Ties.
The …

Blackgas was sent to me out of the blue. I’ve never heard of this six issue mini series from Avatar Press. What I did know, from looking at the cover only, is the creators name, Warren Ellis is a genius, his creations, for the most part, are not to …

The Railway Auntie is a story found in the anthology Delhi Noir. This book contains stories written by Indian authors. All of the stories in the collection take place in Delhi.
The Railway Auntie is narrated by a young Indian man. He lives with his grandmother and is very poor. …

Wealth and Spirituality has long been like oil and water - they just can’t mix. That is the old fashion thinking especially by the less privilege and fortunate. Money is just evil, plain and simple and everybody rich, is just spiritual poor.
However, all those myths about money is …

Iceland’s Bell is a historical novel by the Icelandic writer Halldor Killjan Laxness. It has been translated to several languages, so finding a copy in a language you can read shouldn’t be a problem. The first part is about the farmer Jón Hreggviðsson and his battle with the Icelandic authorities. …

When he wrote it, Stephen King planned for It to be his last novel before he retired from the world of writing for a spell. As we can all pretty well figure out, the King of horror did not go through with his planned hiatus.
Looking back on it now, …

Scent of Shadows is the first book in the Signs of the Zodiac series by Vicki Pettersson. Usually, superhero books are not my cup of tea, but there was something mystical about the story line that I found immediately captivating. The book starts out with Joanna Archer on a …

The Fact-a-Minute Book is, I am pleased to be able to say, exactly what it says it is! It is a children’s book, a fairly slim paperback written by Paul James and published by Sparrow Books in 1982, which contains one thousand, four hundred and forty interesting and bizarre …

‘Smile across your heart’ is a book written by Laurie Martin. Martin gives you simple tools through which you can create new healthy healing patterns. This book will help you to improve your emotional health. Martin has explained beautifully the ways and methods through which we can heal ourselves. …

Heirs of Ravenscar by Barbara Taylor Bradford is good. I like the author B.T.B, because she really writes good stories, especially one such as a family empire business. I read this story and already I have the impression and the understanding of how it is crucial to have …

Kensuke’s Kingdom by Michael Morpugo is a beautiful story of a man who lives alone on an island in the middle of the ocean, avoiding the sadness of war and protecting animals from hunters. (And it’s a true story, which makes it even better and yet more poignant).
It is …

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 …

In the Company of Heroes
Michael J. Durant and Steven Hartov
Bantam Press 2003
In the company of heroes is the incredible story of an American Black Hawk pilot gunned down and captured as a POW (Prisoner Of War) in Somalia.
Michael Durant is the officer who experienced life as a bargaining chip …

Discovery of India is a historical book for India, in a sense, as it is written by the first Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru. I have recently read this book. The book contains an authoritative account on India and took the reader on the path of evolution …

This is a book written by Maria Shriver AND COST $20. It is basically a book that teaches you how to make money from writing for eHow. eHow.com is a website filled with short how-to articles on almost everything. There are hundreds of articles on this website, which come …

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) …

This is the very reason I got back into comics. I saw advertisements over the Internet about this series. I wasn’t sure what to expect, I always remembered the Hulk being a super hero. Boy was I in for a treat with this, World War Hulk spanned into a …

The book is a disappointment as compared to other novels by Stephen King. Cujo is a two-hundred-pound Saint Bernard (basically it is a very big dog). He is a gentle dog in spite of his huge size. However, one day he becomes very sick, which makes him act wildly. …

Malgudi Days is a collection of short stories, written by the highly acclaimed author, R.K.Narayan.
Malgudi is an imaginative town in Southern India. All the characters of this book,live in this imaginative town. All the characters of this book, are are common people. They go about their daily business …