In The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, you get to read about depression and this topic has been lingering in my mind for days now. The author, Sylvia Plath shared her painful path of depression journey in this book and I really applauded her courage in that sense, for …

This is a paperback book that was published by Popular Library in 1971 and authored by the writers of “All in the Family”. The problem with it being published in 1971 is that it only encompasses the first one and a half seasons of “All in the Family”. Now …

Olivia Morrison was a rebellious child. Her mother died when she was very young leaving her to grow up in the care of her step-father. They treated her well and kind but she remained defiant of her family. Her step father is from the Archer clan who was an …

Recommeded ages 7 and up
Addy Walker is a slave girl in Pre-Civil War North Carolina.Addy works on the plantation with her Mother, Father, her older brother Sam, and her baby sister Esther.
One night Addy hears her parents talking about escaping north to freedom Addy knows that if anyone finds …

Today I am reviewing a book by Japanes manga artist Osamu Tezuka. The book is called MW. The book is about two life long friends who first met on a remote island in Japan. On that first meeting, they were the lone survivors of a US military poison gas …

In the horror-fantasy genre Stephen King is undoubtedly one of the most well known and reputable authors, and for good reason. ‘Salem’s Lot is one of King’s earliest novels and is one of my personal favorites. Set in the remote and isolated town of Jerusalem’s Lot this novel follows …

Affiliate Masters Course by Ken Evoy is a handy book which teaches internet marketers how to succeed at affiliate marketing. First of all, when I was starting out as an affiliate marketer, this was one of the first books I ever read. The guide was really comprehensive and the …

I decided to read “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” by Barbara Robinson when I learned that some of my children might be trying out for the play version of the novel at our local community theater. What I discovered was an entertaining, funny, and thought-provoking tale that left me …

I love reading about dating, relationships, the brain on love, etc., so I happily picked up this book and read it. No joke, it changed my life. Before reading this, I was always in the mindset that it was perfectly okay for me to yearn for a guy, hoping …

Happy are Those Who Mourn (written by Andrew M Greeley and published by Jove Book, 1995)
This is a story of interesting contradictions —“ not what one would have expected from a Catholic priest or the church. I suppose they frowned upon affairs and treated human failings so …

The West End Horror (A Posthumous Memoir of John H. Watson, M.D.) is a Sherlock Holmes pastiche novel by Nicholas Meyer, published in 1976.
This story is different from the Sherlock Holmes’ genre I am used to - those written by Sir Conan Arthur Doyle. It is however, …

I love the book Diary of a C-list Celeb by Paul Hendy very much. Paul Hendy is a very awesome author and he had written concise, amazing and truly clear story and I felt like reading this again one of these days.
I was laughing so hard at …

The Glitter Dome (by Joseph Wambaugh)
A brutal story about policemen and their work routines; it described the main protagonists Al Mackey and his partner Marty Welborn. They were known for their ability to —˜fix’ crimes (not solve them) - creating solutions to fit the crimes. …

The Nick Jr. The Backyardigans “Rescue Patrol” by Catherine Lukas is a beginner reading book which is part of the read-to-read book series. This particular book is based on the children’s show “The Backyardigans”, and the characters will be familiar to both children and parents if they are familiar …

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 Police Cloud is a children’s book written and illustrated by Christoph Niemann. It is a new book, published in 2007. It is a charming little story about a cloud who wants to become a police officer.
The story is actually longer than I thought it would be. …

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) …

When I read the book title, Whiteout written by Ken Follett, I am reminded so much of stories like Mist and also Heroes. There is a certain similarity to it all. At first I don’t like the descriptions in this book. It is actually about this virus …

The baby sitters club portrait collection, Stacey’s book by Ann m. martin is all about Stacey McGill. Stacey is a thirteen year old girl who belongs to a club named the baby sitters club. Stacey is from New York city and is a diabetic, so she can not have …

Star Trek: Nemesis Novelization is superior to the film in my eyes because the novelization is able to dedicate more time to the things that could have made the movie a better one: character development for Shinzon and character moments between the crew. Shinzon’s motives are a little more …

Adrian is approaching his twenty four birthday. Entering into the hardest age in life of a man, and although apparently fully mature, mentally, still in the dark days of growing up, filling the pages of his journal, directory, fears and obsessions, decent full of complexes teenager. His mature works …

Aidan, a high school kid, feels very lonely when his family moves to his grandpa?s house. Aidan never had many friends to begin with, he was only accepted by the popular crowd since his best buddy was a part of it. Now, after moving away, Aidan has lost whatever …

This is the coolest game to play ever, it is so entertaining for all ages. I used to think that it was just for kids until I got it as a gift from one of my close friends and I fell in love with the game. You can actually …

Diary of a Mad Bride by Laura Wolf is a very nice and funny title. I enjoyed reading this book like tremendously. Before you start reading this novel, take a look at the illustration and you will either have a small laugh, smile or chuckle. I chuckled …

Paddington’s Cartoon Book, although dating back to the far-off days of 1979, can still easily raise a smile or two if you are in the right mood, and it certainly does so for me! I can’t actually remember where I got my copy, but it is actually quite possible …

Since watching Ironman in 2006 and being awed by the participants, I decided to try and conquer this sport. I have been going to the gym regularly for the last decade or so and an avid biker. I got some books for triathlon, and beefed up my collection with …

I have read the book ‘Awaken the giant within’. The author is Anthony Robbins. The author says that your life is your life, it is your business. Therefore, you have to take care of your life. You have to be your own boss. You have to be the master …

I received this book as a bonus with my copy of the special edition DVD of At World’s End (the highly anticipated epic conclusion to the Pirates film series, starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightley and others). The book is really a great little gem for the true …

Moral of the story St.Vladimirs Academy is a boarding school for moroi vampires to learn the way of magic and half human Dhampirs training to protect the moroi vampires. Its got a lot of fighting in this book and the love between gaurdians. Meet Moroi Lissa Dragomir, she …

If you’re planning on traveling to Peru then this book is the perfect guide book. It’s a little old, yet it’s chock full of important information. It has relevant pictures and maps, it covers the country and its inhabitants, certain main cities and regions including Lima, the north/south Pan-American …

I have a great passion for reading and it’s always been like that. It’s one of my absolute favorite things to do in my free time and believe it or not, I used to hate reading anything romance-related. However, things have changed, and this book, has changed …

Predators was written by Daina Graziunas and Jim Starlin (published by Warner Books in 1997)
Originally published as Thinning the Predators, this is one of the numerous books about vigilants dispensing justice where the courts failed. It is a wonder that the police or the FBI wasted so much …

Disease Leukemia is the most bad news, if it happens to us. Moreover, if you have to imagine living life to count the days and through the days of suffocating. However, Sam McQueen who wrote the story in his book “Ways to Live forever, trying to overcome all the …

At first, I wasn’t sure if I should read the book The Hunger Games. I’m so glad I did. The Hunger Games follows a teenager named Katniss Everdeen in the post apocalyptic country of Panem, or present day North America. In Panem, there are 12 districts, and each year, …

ROPE was written by Michael Newton, and published by Pocket Books in 1998.
A very disquieting story of a killer at a time when serial killers and mass murderers were uncommon. Harvey Glatman was not a born killer; in fact his parents were both normal people, an indulgent …

Sorceress of Belmair is written by Bertrice Small and I apologize to all readers who feel that they have a certain interest to read this book. I find this book truly a bore. Don’t get me wrong; I love magic books and stories alike, but this one …

This is a collection of eighteen, mostly short stories from the famed author, Margery Allingham. Though the stories are dated (published in 1975), they feature some of the best detective and horror stories I have ever read.
Most of the stories were highly entertaining, especially those which …

Cinder is one of my favourite books ever. No doubt about it. Cinder is a cyborg mechanic in New Beijing who is very talented at what she does. New Beijing is a place which is suffering from a plague which threatens the lives of it’s population. One day Cinder …

This book is an inspirational story by Ben Sherwood. Everyone is a survivor, if they believe in themselves. As humans, we all wonder what it takes to survive a crisis. This book goes through stories of survivors and what they did. Also! We get a test so we can …

Stephen Coonts has many successful books, most of them based on war, and the Vietnam War in particular. While these books are good the whole ‘war novel’, especially Vietnam, has been done and redone ad infinitum, so it was refreshing to see a new kind of novel from an …

This book is a sequel to the children’s book, the Frog Princess. In this book, the Princess Emma is now the Green Witch, and must find a way to remove or cure the family curse before she turns 16 and becomes susceptible to it, for her aunt has fallen …

In general, Orwell was right to die of consumption. Thanks to it, he did not have time to see to what extent he was right.
There are books, movies, ideas. Ideas that the Greek Plato, famous for his doctrine of the ideal state in which the place of government is …

‘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 …

I must say, this is way different than Twilight and in my opinion, a lot better. It targets a more mature reading audience and manages to keep your attention throughout the pages. You can’t really decide whose side you are on until the very end.
It deals with a little …

‘Five get into trouble’ is a book written by Enid Blyton and is one among the famous five adventure series. This is one among the most interesting adventure series. This book is very exciting and full of mystery and adventure. The four children, Julian, Dick, George and Anne join …

This children’s book by Roald Dahl is not quite as funny as some of his others, but still contains many of his zany ideas and funny words.
The story is of a boy, who Dahl does not give the name of, whose parents unfortunately die in a car accident. He …

This book, Italian Grill by Mario Batali is cool. Anyone who would want to learn how to cook should buy this book and keep it.
I love this book so much because there are so many grilling methods that people like me truly love and that includes barbecue …

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 …

While I absolutely fell in love with William Goldman’s screenplay of “The Princess Bride”, his abridged 25th anniversary edition of S. Morgenstern’s novel came as a slight disappointment. There were a combination of things that did not sit well with me about the book that I feel lead to …