The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami is initially a confusing book. The story begins with an unusual scene with a man making spaghetti and a woman calling him on the phone. It continues to feel surreal throughout the story. But there is something beautiful about the way the …

“Trashy Town” is a children’s book written by Andrea Zimmerman and David Clemesha, and illustrated by Dan Yaccarino. Although it is a perfectly cute little book, I am confused about why it took three different people to create it. I would like to think I could create …

I’ve been a fan of Stephen King for *nearly* as long as he’s been publishing, so of course I had to read the new novel, 11/22/63, as soon as I could get my hands on it. It’s never going to be one of my favorite Stephen King novels, but …

In this volume we get to know a little more about Franz von Stresemann and his reasons, unknown so far, go to to Japan. Two new characters appear to help solving this mistery. Elise, his secretary, is one of those, who came to Japan looking for him but ended …

OK, I’m a screaming feminist, but I’m reading away at this book about hackers figuring out that the NSA’s computer is now being compromised. Here’s the book’s heroine, all in heels, being escorted around by the hero.
Dan Brown falls into the guy trap where he invents a smart woman …

Family Doctor Home Advisor book has some cool authors that are mostly Doctors. I can’t really remember the names of the authors, but what I do know is that humorously, an apple a day keeps the doctors away. Therefore, a compilation book which is a man-child by …

Marked by PC and Kristen Cast is the first volume in the House of Night Series about a vampire finishing school. This book is juvenile fiction. Although I am far from Juvenile, I enjoyed this book. I do not consider myself to be one of those …

I have lots of James Patterson novels, and he is the author that I would someday like to meet and salute. I really respect his writings, and his stories are very movie-inspiring. He should make his books into movies.
The title of this book is Cross, and it …

Written by Claire Cook, Life’s a Beach is a very nice feel type of book that I really love pretty much.
This is one of the best genre types of books that I really love and it is a romantic comedy about this particular woman who is single and …

After seeing the huge improvement from the first to the second book, I was rather excited about what would happen in the third instalment of the Gallagher Girls series. So I picked up the third instalment and got reading as soon as I finished the second one.
This part of …

If all qualities are the human, as for all qualities envy, you get angry, permit and or exactly it is policy, it is the complicated quality which feels all of feeling. As for the fight of Pandavas in them themselves you introspect entirely mainly in itself life and the decision …

The novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty is one of the rare well-known novels not actually known for being a book. The Academy Award winning film adaptation of this tense story of faith versus skepticism has so overshadowed the original form that the novel is often ignored by …

I came across Janet Evanovich’s Stephanie Plum series several years ago. My first book, “Ten Big Ones”, however, was an audio book read by Lorelei King. Ms. King’s reading made this book come to life. The voices of Stephanie, Lula, Gramma, Ranger and Joe were all …

This book is quite closely based on Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice, practically mirroring it in some situations, as well as adding in a play that is being performed - an adaption of Pride and Prejudice.
There isn’t really a strong plot in this book, because a lot of the …

Yoshi’s Story Nintendo Official Player’s Strategy Guide is a fun strategy guide to look through, and that is the reason I purchased it. I did not “need” any help beating this game as I suspect a majority of people did not, either, as this game has a notorious reputation …

Batman: The Long Halloween is a graphic novel by Jeph Loeb and illustrated by Tim Sale. It’s the story of Batman’s war on two of Gotham’s most powerful gangsters, Carmine Falcone and Sal Marone. In Gotham City, there’s a mysterious serial killer, nicknamed “Holiday” who is murdering …

Robert Crais’s award winning novel ‘The Last Detective’ narrates a story never which one of its kind with nothing even coming close to such a well thought setting. Crais is at his best as he narrates the experiences of private investigator Elvis Cole. Cole is looking after his girlfriend’s …

I did not get this book by choice, trust me i would not spend 9.99 on a grammar book if i did not have too. I actually had to get it for a school honors English summer reading project. We are going to go in-depth in grammar and they …

This isn’t the best translation of the Papyrus of Ani/Coming Forth by Day (Egyptian Book of the Dead) that’s available. But, it is (one of) the very first that was ever translated. I bought it primarily for that purpose, for it’s historical value.
So, if you’re going primarily …

‘The miracle of motivation’ is a book written by George Shinn. This book is nothing but a guide to happiness and success. The author says that motivation is a miraculous power because it is motivation which helps you to succeed, to overcome problems, to achieve your goals, to work …

In My Wildest Dreams is a wonderful combination of humor and romance set in England in the 1840’s. This novel introduces us to Celeste daughter of the Throckmorton gardener and hopelessly in love with the younger Throckmorton son. Celeste leaves the estate at seventeen to attend the …

A Year in the World is a beautifully written book that makes you want to travel. It is written by Frances Mayes, who is the author of Under the Tuscan Sun (which is different from the movie, by the way), and A Year in the World is her story …

The literary voice in the book Incurable by John Marsden is truly strong and I could feel goosebumps when reading it.
Story’s main character is Ellie and your heart will really go to her as she struggles certain issues in life and having to deal with so many. As …

I am a big fan of Dawn French so eagerly downloaded her new novel ‘A Tiny Bit Marvelous’ onto my Kindle. Well I am afraid to say it was just ‘A Tiny Bit Tedious’.
The book is written from the point of view of three characters, Mo, …

What happens when you take an ancient vampire clothing designer and stick him in a small town in Texas to hide? Lot’s of laughs in the pages of Kerrelyn Sparks latest book. Poor Jean Luc has never felt as out of place in all of his years as he …

A hard cover book written by Benita Brown.
This 346 page long book engrossed me from beginning to the end. A very powerful story of a young woman, not liked by her own family. Melissa learns her craft of dressmaker from her mother, who dies before her time. …

Last semester I was doing the course “Introduction to Psychology” as one of the courses in my university major; and since Psychology is for the most part a reading subject, I realised I was going to need a good text book to help me with it. Therefore, a friend …

“Bark George” is a book by Jules Feiffer about a dog named George who can not bark. His mother asks him to bark, and rather than your traditional “arf” he instead moos, quacks, and meows. His mother doesn’t know what to do with him, so she takes him to …

This is a cook book teaching you how to make all things chocolate! It was a perfect present for my chocoholic husband, and we’re planning on working our way through the recipes.
The book begins with instructions on how to make chocolate decorations and then some tips of cooking …

Plastic Girl is a manga by Furuya Usamaru. This one shot has the genres of drama, josei, psychological, seinen, and a bit of gore. The manga talks about the life of a girl who is a bit of mystery. According to her, her father was afraid and her mother …

Books are a lot of fun at the Neopets web site. They always have clever titles, and sometimes the artwork on them is pretty cool. You can’t actively read the books, of course, but you can collect them. You can also read them to your Neopets, thus …

“Beggars in Spain”, a novel by Nancy Kress, starts with an interesting idea. What if some people never needed to sleep? The story explores the implications of such a breakthrough from the perspective of one of these new super-humans. The writing itself is unobtrusive, which I appreciated, but the …

I have just recently finished reading the book, Goddess Games by Niki Burnham. And it was a real disappointing read. I don’t know that the book was going to be a real bore. Bore meaning that the contents are kind of childish, but then again, I blame …

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, …

The Harry Potter only becomes better and better with each book that J.K. Rowling releases. The fourth book, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, is where, like Harry Potter, I first think about an international community of wizards and witches. In the first three books, I was content …

Allow me to preface this review with a healthy bit of disclosure: I am not a fan. Really, I am not. I am also a woman, and though I don’t think it matters, evidently it does as most assume those with an adverse opinion of this book is male. …

For anyone who needs a little nudge to overcome writer’s block or added punch for just the right description, “The Professional Writers’ Phrase Book” by Jean Kent might be just the remedy. This book contains thousands of entries to help writers avoid bland or trite statements.
I have used …

‘Death of a Writer’ by Michael Collins is a shocking and riveting tale of a writer who just couldn’t catch a break. He is down on his luck, lonely and ready to give up- and in fact he tries to give up. An attempt at suicide leaves him in …

The book was written by a Swedish professor, Anne Sofie Roald, who converted to Islam. She did research in several regions from Africa, Asia and Europe. This book is really informative and gives the well balance information from academic perspectives.
The book is giving academic views about women position …

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey is super amazing and up till now, I have a copy of this book and not intending to lose it at all. In fact, I dare to say that this book is like my role model and if …

If you haven’t heard about this book, The Jabez Prayer Experiment, you’ve got to run out and get it. There is so much depth to this book that I have picked it up a hundred times, read a portion, then put it down to think and pray on what …

This is my first reading from Geoffrey Archer. He made it compulsory for me to continue reading without stopping till I finished reading this book. Geoffrey’s book is rich in technical details and composition. He is so good in his narration, that it makes you feel you are part …

To be absolutely sure that you are right, and also to be sure that the whole world is wrong, is not easy at all. But just such characters can be found in the book “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine” by the writer Michael Lewis. And they are …

‘Self-defeating behaviours’ is a book written by Milton R Cudney. The author tells us how much negatively we lead our lives. The author tells us that we use negative words numerous times per day. We think negative about ourselves. Therefore, it is not a wonder that many of us …

‘Five go to Demon’s rocks’ is a book written by Enid Blyton and is the nineteenth among the famous five adventure series. Now it happens that Uncle Quentin, George’s father has a visitor. He is a brilliant professor and has come there on some important work. He has come …

My son received this story book kit for this first birthday and throughout the past year he has really become quite attached to it. It is such a simple, yet positively brilliant idea. It is a story about a tickle monster that comes from planet tickle and …

Reading Fat Envelope Frenzy really helped me a lot on my college admissions. Yes, it really gives one student the rations needed in order to be in the best position for a dream college. But one has to face the fact there is certainly no best formula in order …

When I was doing Chemistry in high school, I realised I needed all the help I could get since I could not understand most of the times what was being taught in class. Therefore, although I got extra classes after a while, before that, I also looked for Chemistry …

My Woman, His Wife by Anna J. is strictly for entertainment purposes only. This book was seriously crazy. It starts with this couple.
The man and the wife agree to have a threesome, after the husband begs and begs. Then after their erotic encounter, the woman requests a one …

“Froggy’s Baby Sister” is a children’s book authored by Jonathan London and illustrated by Frank Remkiewicz. It was published in 2003. It is a really cute book with a cute frog family, a good amount of dialogue, funny and original character names, and a nice lesson in the …