I recently read this interesting book about competitive eating written by author, Jason Fagone. He attacks the sport of competitive eating on a global scale and investigates it as an avid journalist would, immersing himself, and his gullet by taking some hits and hot dogs for …

Bao Ninh, former North Vietnamese soldier, writes a compelling and vivid description of the Vietnamese war from a perspective rarely shown. The story he weaves is a short one that pulls no punches, and leaves the reader somewhat winded at the end. War and love go hand …

Alan Greenspan claimed to have contributed to the economic turmoil that occurred in the U.S. Policy makers in government, economic actors, economic analysts, and anyone, can learn from the strengths and mistakes, to Greenspan. From the book about Alan Greenspan, I became quite understand that the financial crisis in …

“Mr. Icy Cold and Other Stories” is a book of Enid Blyton’s children stories. There are thirteen short stories contained in the entire book, and all of them focus on enchanting plots which appeal to young children’s imaginations. I think it would make for a great Christmas gift for …

The Food You Crave, authored by Ellie Krieger, is a cookbook with a collection of recipes. Food Network’s chef, Ellie Krieger, is a firm believer of keeping food in moderation, keeping it fresh, and keeping it authentic.
The Food You Crave Luscious Recipes For a Healthy Life
The Food You Crave …

I am reviewing the book, Mirror’s Edge, written by Carol Davis in 2000. It has a length of 304 pages, and is based on the once popular television show Quantum Leap.
Anyone familiar with Quantum Leap is familiar with Dr. Sam Beckett and Admiral Al Calavicci, not to mention …

I am not particularly a royalist but I do have an inquisitive interest in life behind palace doors and I enjoyed this book immensely. This is written by Paul Burrell who started life in a coal mining village, became footman to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and ended …

This is the first novel by James Patterson that I’ve ever read or tried to read. Beach Road is coauthored by Peter de Jonge, so maybe it is different from other Patterson novels.
I found it difficult in the beginning to keep the story and the characters straight. Each chapter …

The Real Floppy is a great little reading book for children. Based around the topic of going to the beach with friends and family, it’s something that you know your child will be likely to have an interest in.
If your child is around the ages of 6-7, it will …

Beloved by Toni Morrison is a must have and a must read!! I find this story to be categorized as one of the classics of all time and there’s a certain flow to the pace of the book, if you look closely and read on further.
The book was …

When I was in high school, I remember how much of a pain in the neck studying for SATs were. However, my least favorite part of the whole thing was studing for the verbal part of the SATs. This of course meant going through a long list of words, …

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan is a wonderfully crafted novel filled with light hearted humour and powerful characters. It’s a great novel for Book Clubs, for teaching and for women of all ages. However, I’m sure there are a few men out there that will admit to …

I recently read this book, Oh, Life Relax Please written by Swami Sukhabodhananda. This book gives a vision for managing life. It talks about the basic reasons for our struggles and also gives solution to manage and overcome our difficulties. The book is not written only with words but …

I thought that when my friend talked about the sexual scenes in this book, it was over the top. So when I read Forever by Judy Blume, I was enthralled by the moral education that teenagers could get from reading the story.
Though my friend is right, perhaps …

This book is really great. It has comphrehensive information on ways to lower bad cholesterol and increase good cholesterol. After reading the book, I became well informed about foods to avoid and foods …

I’ve always been a big fan of Donny and Marie and even over the years, I’ve read stuff about them on the newspapers, magazines, watched them on TV and I even have watched certain interviews that they had been on. But I am also very aware that they are …

The Book On The Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are is the first Alan Watts book that I’ve been privileged enough to read and in this book Watts presents some very interesting views. The book is primarily just a philosophical work where Watts presents …

This is one of my first Sweet Valley books ever, and it didn’t disappoint me. The title is called The Haunted House, and personally although I thint the titled should have been more interesting than this one, the story is better than the title itself.
The book is all about …

“Faefever” by Karen Marie Moning is third book in her Fever series. This book continues where the last one left off. We’re finding out what the Sinsar Dubh really is, how it’s been getting around and how truly evil this “creature” really is. We also find out in this …

I found myself having a variety of emotions with reading Battleship Sailor. The book is a memoir by Theodore C. Mason of his time in navy before, during and after the Bombing of Pearl Harbor. He was serving on the battleship California when it …

Rage is a novel written by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, published in 1977 this book is about a troubled high school senior who takes a gun to school. While negotiating with police Charlie starts a therapy session and forces his classmates to tell their deepest secrets, …

First of all, if you have not read the first two books of this trilogy, you will probably want to do so before reading this book. There are complex characters that you will really want to know the backgrounds of to be able to understand them the best. Or, …

Murder Must Advertise was written by Dorothy L Sayers, and published by HarperCollins Publishers.
A copywriter fell down a spiral staircase on the premises of Pym’s Publicity, and died immediately. His sister handled over an unfinished letter that he had earlier written, to Mr Pym, the owner of …

I recently discovered a new writer to read and couldn’t be happier. I’ve started reading some of Joy Fielding’s books and have been pleasantly surprised.
Lost takes place in Toronto. Cindy Carver is a divorced mother of two daughters both of whom live at home. It’s not an auspicious beginning …

The title of this book, which is published by the team from the BBC Radio 4 panel game “I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue”, is very obviously a take off of the Oxford English Dictionary, with the first word replaced by the Middlesex town which many of the show’s …

Beautiful Creatures is the first book in the four book Beautiful Creatures series. Ethan Wate begins to have strange dreams about a girl who he has never met. Things get even stranger when the girl from his dreams shows up in his town. Ethan is drawn towards the girl …

Three Months in the Southern States is the publication in book form of a journal penned by a British soldier named Arthur J.L Fremantle. He describes in great detail the places, people and things he saw in his three month tour of the Confederate States of America.
Witnessing great …

I have to wonder to myself, why don’t people learn? It’s been well established since the early days of the 20th century that just because something is popular, or works, in one medium, that doesn’t automatically mean that it will work in another. Yet we still have dozens of …

A classic McBain story of the 87 Precinct police —“ a curious rigmarole of incidents and occurrences that were part of the policeman’s routine.
The city had been subjected to a rash of inane crimes —“ killing of graffiti killers and dumping of old people. To add to their problems, …

Obernewtyn Chronicles Book1 - “Obernewtyn” - By Isobelle Carmody
Genre - Fantasy/Science Fiction
To quickly sum the book up, the main protagonist (Elspeth Gordie) is a young orphan girl who has ESP (called ‘Misfits’ in the series) who lives in a post apocalyptic dystopian world reminiscent of medieval times (complete with …

Barnes and Noble bookstore is seriously, one of my favorite places to be! I love it! It’s big and there are sooo many books and I just love walking in and spending time walking around looking at books. In my opinion it definately beats the mall bookstores. Aside from …

This is the first novel that I read by Clive Cussler. I had seen his books in the library many times but never realized that they were adventure stories. I wish I had known that sooner, as I love adventure stories, especially if they are related to the …

I’ve just finished reading “Gone With the Wind” for the second time. I’m not going to lie, it’s a commitment to read it. It’s a little over 1000 pages, but when I start reading, it’s more like getting back to my favorite movie than any kind of work.
The …

These three books — The Hunger Games, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay -—“ are spectacular! The trilogy takes place after the destruction of North America by a global war. In the ruins, the nation of Panem emerged with 12 surrounding districts controlled by the Capitol. As punishment for a rebellion …

I read this book for a few reasons: everyone was raving about it, it had a beautiful cover, a catchy title,and it really looked awesome. It’s YA fantasy, 352 pages, and the first in a saga that chronicles the stories of different characters. I’m not sure if …

The Rift by Walter J Williams must be the thickest book I have ever read as it’s like 800 pages. This is one super-long story and it is quite scary as something like this could really happen. The story is about the New Madrid Fault down in Missouri, so …

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 …

Velocity is such a good book! I really enjoyed it and will more than likely read it again.
The story starts with lead character, “Billy” just working his usual shift as a bartender when a strange man comes in and orders a drink.
After his shift ends and he is ready …

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. …

Dracula is often associated with the figure always bloodthirsty. History records, Dracula was a prince who came from Wallachia (Romania) and named Vlad Tapes. This vampire legend was adopted by Bram Stroker for his novel titled Dracula (1897). Although the novel does not mention the name of Vlad Tepes, …

“Malekith” is a name destined for elven kings. Such is the name of the super-villain of “Marvel”, who appeared in the second film of Thor , but it is also the name of the nobleman from the world of Warhammer, who put an end to the golden age of …

Just Me by Sheila Hancock makes me cry buckets of tears. It is a writing of how Sheila related to her widowhood and celebrate her own life; in a lonely but happy way nevertheless. That makes me reminded of my own non-marriage life yet. Would I be …

I was waiting for Scion of Ikshvaku since the day it was announced by Amish Tripathy. I had read all three books of his previous Shiva series, the blockbuster which have sold more than 60 million copies.
Scion of Ikshvaku is the first book of another series by Amish. It …

I have read The Princess more than ten times since I bought the book way back in 1994, and even if I have read and re-read it several times already, I am always captivated by this novel and I cannot put it down until the last page is turned.
The …

“Secret Garden” tells a story of Mary Lennox, a ten year old girl who lives in India with her rich English parents. Her father is a diplomat preoccupied with his work, and her beautiful mother has a busy social life, so the girl is pretty much being raised by …

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 …

The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana is the fifth novel by Umberto Eco, an Italian philosopher and writer. This book tells the story of an antique book, Giambattista Bodoni, commonly called Yambo based on cartoon characters, which lost his memory after suffering a stroke. although his cultural memories still …

I just finished reading The Door Within. The Door Within is a fiction novel written by Wayne Thomas Batson. I bought it from Christian Book Distributors. It was marked down to $6.99. I have never heard of Wayne Thomas Batson. However, the reviews were …

I’ve read and reviewed several of Jennifer Crusie’s novels, and while they are all very similar, they are still quite fun to read, with amusing dialogues between the characters.
In this one, the entire book is based on a bunch of coincidences which are later explained. The main relationship is …

Dave Ramsey’s book “The Total Money Makeover” has changed the way I think about my financial situation. The book is so motivating and smart. My husband and I have been trying to get out of debt for a while now but can’t seem to even make a dent …