Before I started reading Sustained, I had my doubts about whether I was gonna like it or not. I’ve read four Emma books before this one. The first one was Tangled, which I enjoyed tremendously, then came Holy Friggin’ Matrimony, which I thought was OK, and then Twisted, which …

‘Rich dad, Poor dad’ is a book written by Robert Kiyosaki. In this book, the author speaks about what the rich people teach their kids about money that the poor and middle class do not.
The author says that he had two fathers, a rich one and a poor one. …

I just recently read Skinny Bitching by Jenny Lee. I found this book in the humour section of the bookstore, and while it was never laugh out loud funny, it is entirely amusing.
The writing is quick and carries you along - you don’t really have to read too …

Now I can’t even remember how long ago I read a book as emotionally heavy as this one. Children in the War, children during the war, children who lost their parents, starving children - all this is significantly better to live through and scroll through in your head.
If …

“Dead as a Doornail” is the fifth book in the Sookie Stackhouse novel series written by the popular author Charlaine Harris. I didn’t think that this one gave me as much of an adrenaline rush as “Dead to the World” though, but it still was packed with suspense and …

“Pearl” by Lauraine Snelling is Book 2 of the Dakotah Treasures series. Pearl is a young woman living in Chicago, an heiress to a wealthy industrialist. When her father starts pushing her into an unwanted marriage, Pearl decides to run away. She goes west and settles in North Dakota, …

Though it has been a long time since Stephen Covey’s book —˜7 habits of highly effective people’ came out, the impact of its content is still as strong and meaningful as it was when it had newly hit the bookstores.
The writer takes a very unconventional approach that contradicts the …

What can you say, it is a Tom Clancy original. I had never read any of Clancy’s older books until this one this summer. I have heard they are his best, and I definately have to agree. I found this book to be a fascinating glimpse into how the …

When I was a kid I never was interested in reading books because at that time I was too busy playing the Sega console or the Playstation 1. But these series of books were an exception though for me.
I was first introduced to these books by my brother. He …

The Funny Book of Cricket is a nicely produced little hardback book containing a number of cartoons, quotations and humorous comments relating to the sport of cricket. I thought it was well put together and although not particularly original in its content was well worth the couple of pounds …

Raptor by Paul Zindel is a fast-moving young adult novel and I really loved it. I actually read the entire book in just a few hours one evening. I’ve always loved dinosaurs and I try to read all the novels I find that have them in it. This book …

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 …

I saw the cover of this book by Susan Mallery at my local Books A million and the title just captivated me. I picked up the book and began to read the excerpt on the inside cover flap. I read it and knew that I just had to read …

‘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 …

Synopsis:
Tom Ward, the seventh son of the seventh son joins Gregory to become a spook. He learns from the country spook about witches, boggarts, ghasts, and ghosts, and about girls wearing pointy shoes. When Tom realizes his mistake bringing blood cakes to Mother Malkin (imprisoned in Gregory’s property), which gives …

The Chronicles of Narnia is a about a magical world with all sorts of creatures. There are lions, centaurs, minotaurs, and a lot more unique creatures. You could say that it’s a bunch of kids’ stories, but even adults may like to read it. …

‘Mystery of the strange messages’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. It is one among the five find-outer mystery series. This is not very interesting. A little dry to read. It is also not much of a mystery. Someone is leaving strange messages around Mr Goon’s house. Mr …

Together But Something Missing by Ben Renshaw is written by a speaker that loves to give inspirational speeches. I think he has given a pretty concise views and opinions on how to improve relationships and stuff to the next deeper level, rather than keeping those just pretty stagnant and …

Caught up in the tragic story of Darth Vader, few of the spectators turned any attention to these words of the sinister Darth Sidious or just explained them to themselves as simply a part of the manipulation through which the treacherous dark lord attracted the unsuspecting young man to …

Backup is a novelette set in Butchers Dresden files universe. In this book it isn’t Harry Dresden who’s the main actor, but his vampire half-brother and side-kick Thomas Raith. He is off on an investigation on his own, which becomes entangled with an investigation of Harrys.
The novelette is written …

I love this book, Don’t Stop Me Now by Jeremy Clarkson so much. You don’t have to be a car enthusiast to appreciate the writings of this book. Jeremy Clarkson is a very humorous and good author and if you have yet to read any of his books, …

I have read the book ‘Fun for the secret seven’ written by Enid Blyton. This is not much of a story, but much better than many of the other secret seven series.
Jack is one of the secret seven. Jack’s friend, Bob says that he needs the help of the …

I felt that this was a very long book and would be better suited for kids who know how to read on their own rather than a book a parent reads to their kids at bedtime or naptime. It follows the cartoon movie to a T, so if …

I have read a book that I really enjoyed. The title of the book was Tweak and was written by Nic Sheff. Sheff wrote a book detailing his yeers of drug addiction primarily to methamphetamine. He talks about the progression of his use and dependency starting with …

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 …

Wuthering Heights is a classic book written by nineteenth century Victorian writer Emily Bronte. In fact, as far as I know this book is the only novel book written by her although she have wrote some well known poems during her time. In my own personal opinion, …

Ann Coulter is certainly controversial and her new book, Godless, has spent quite a few weeks at number one on the New York Times best seller list. (It sold 45,000 copies in one week)
Coulter is popular. Right wing books are popular. (Leftist Al Franken’s recent book saw a first …

Sixpence House is a mesh of literary exploration and personal experience. You are past the tenth chapter before the title is even explained. The book details the journey of author, Paul Collins, along with his wife and baby son as they attempt to relocate from the crowded …

“Animals On Board” is a children’s book written by Stuart Murphy and illustrated by R.W. Alley. I am a bit confused about why it took two people to create this story. I can understand that maybe Mr. Murphy is not an artist, but at the very least you …

This book, A Very Special Delivery by Linda Goodnight in my opinion has its good and bad points. Seems like the very special delivery is in irony for the self-miserable Molly whom keeps blaming herself for a certain circumstance.
I believe in life that we can blame ourselves up to …

I really enjoy reading. Especially at night before bed. I like Christian Fiction the best. I just finished a novel, The Crystal Cavern. It is written by Hannah Alexander. The novel is 364 pages. It went by too quick.
The Crystal Cavern …

The fourth novel of the Discworld series is also the first book in the Death’s saga, I mean, the group of novels with Death as the main character.
Death of Discworld is a seven-foot-tall skeleton that wears a black robe and rides a white horse called Binky. His job consists …

Lady Chatterley’s Lover is a literary novel famous, now has become a novel classic. This novel was written by D.H. Lawrence who came from England and was first published in 1928. This novel became controversial, because description of sex between two people which different social strata so vulgar. That …

This exciting yet strange piece from the colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a story about a small, south american plantation called Macondo. It is a story of heartache, rivalry, incest, desire, love, hate and everything in between.
The book is written in a way sobthat it is telling us …

Ralph Waldo Emerson is his infamous essay, “Self Reliance” strives to instruct the imperative paradigm that the innermost thoughts of man are not to be taken lightly. Instead, as opposed to looking outward for inspiration, Emerson elucidates the paradigm that conscience is the preeminent voice of reason and …

My favorite Danielle Steel book has got to be “Family Album”. I started reading her books when I was in junior high and she is still one of my favorite authors just because she always has great story lines. “Family Album” was no different.
Faye Price was a …

I was reading halfway through this book title, The Art of Coming Home, written by Craig Storti the other day and I had the idea of going for an overseas working experience or something. And that made me wonder what it would be like when I have gotten …

The book title, The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies is kind of boring and I did not have the desire to really complete it. I unfinished it because the plots were starting to get boring.
First of all, the settings of the story and all is alright and I’m …

Uncle is a children’s book written by J.P. Martin, and illustrated by Quentin Blake. It was first published in 1964. The Red Fox edition is copyright 2002. It can be found in good bookshops for £4.99 or for 9.99 candadian dollars. The book is about an incredibly wealthy Elephant …

I am aware of the Semi-Homemade franchise because the series is a regular on the Food Network channel. Sandra Lee is all about making great food but in half the time which is where the semi-homemade aspect comes in because half of the dishes are from scratch and the …

Few aspects of the Christian walk are as simple and yet as personally challenging as prayer. I know in my own life I often struggle with not only carving out the time for prayer but also in simply remembering to do it. Pastor David Jeremiah adds good insight and …

This book gave me so many new insights about the way people think and they way people eat. Basically the book is about healthy eating and healthy living. The woman who wrote it runs retreats and in the book she talks about what goes on at …

I consider myself to be a busy girl with a full plate of things to do, which is great but leaves me little time to read. Reading is a past time that I find pretty darn enjoyable, and I like tackling books that have a little meat to their …

Sensational Games for Your ZX81 will of course be of most interest to those people who (like me!) are interested in old micro computers, whether through the medium of emulation or on the original hardware. We’re a large community nowadays! This book was published by Addison-Wesley (not exactly a …

This review is not about the series, Ugly Betty, but it is about Ugly Betty The Book. Yes, in case you have not heard of it before, it does exists. I bought this book because number 1: I’m a fan of Desperate Housewives and the 2nd is that …

This is a book packed full of recipes under each day of the year, and it has full course meals for each day. It really does make planning meals easy. I think this cookbook is easily one of my favorites. It not only includes recipes, but tons …

To say the least, Savage Dragonbert is an interesting entry into the history of comic books. It originally started as a piece of fan art in the pages of Savage Dragon by Erik Larsen, and eventually became a regular feature before becoming a special comic book release which …

Ah, Master and Margarita, my all time guilty pleasure. I make sure to re-read it at least once in two years. I have read it first when I was in high school. It was one of the required readings in my Russian class. Once I started I could barely …

I find it remarkable since it’s release thirteen years ago, the first Harry Potter novel has managed to sell over 975 million copies worldwide and has been translated into many languages. Because off all the appeal i decided to give the first book a try and have to admit …

I was pleasantly surprised when I downloaded this free book from Barnes and Noble website. It’s called Regina in the Sun, Children of the Goddess series, book one, by R.G. Alexander, and it starts out with action from page one.
Regina is a vampire who has been wounded by …