Blood Test (written by Jonathan Kellerman and published by Atheneum Publishers, 1986)
Jonathan Kellerman books are intriguing and gripping, charged with emotion and suspense. This story is no exception.
Five year-old Woody Swope was dying from an illness but his parents were reluctant to let him continue with …

James Howard Kunstler’s latest book, A World Made by Hand, is essential reading. I loved this book, the first work of fiction by the author of The Long Emergency and The Geography of Nowhere.
You will be amazed how realistic his portrayal is of a sort of Mad Max …

This diet was developed by Tessa Cooper and Glenn Cooper and anchored on an assumption that anyone can stay on a diet for two days. I tried the diet for several months and it was a great success! I lost more than fifty pounds in six months. I think …

I’m a big believer in both the “Complete Idiot’s” and the “Dummies” books. They provide a very good introduction to almost everything. The Complete Idiot’s Guide to The Civil War, by Alan Axelrod (ISBN 0-02-862122-0) is no exception.
Most of us learned some things about it while going to high …

This book is quite a bit of fun for kids, but can be a bit complicated for less experienced readers, as is it is in the form of a bunch of letters. You pick up the events of the story from the letters and notes that the children and …

The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Psychic Awareness, is another great mini-book put out by the AMI (American Media Inc.) in digest Version. Designed to give a thumbnail sketch on Psychic Awareness and the branch of Psychology that studies it, this 94-page book retails for $3.95CDN.
I have always been interested …

I absolutely loved this book, which I thought was a fascinating insight into the life of Mary Shelley, the author of Frankenstein.
The daughter of the philosopher and writer William Godwin and the women’s reformer Mary Wollstonecraft, Mary Shelley lived a life full of tragedy. With her mother dying after …

In this opportunity, J.R. Ward gets away from the paranormal genre that has brought so much happiness to her and her fans, to focus now in the secrets and ins and outs of a wealthy family, The Bradfords, giving this story a feel of a telenovela, with its complicated …

I really enjoyed reading this book. You call the shots recounts the story of Cameron Johnson, who started his first business at age 9. The amazing thing about Cameron is he did it all by himself. He didn’t use his parent’s money (except when he was nine they gave …

This book is a great read! It features a new kid named Brian Boyd who’s very popular at Sweet Valley Middle School as he’s really rich, cool, and mean! The kids love him and although he’s a bully, Jessica Wakefield’s boyfriend Aaron Dallas has cozied up to him as …

When looking at the cover of this novel which was published in 1980, the first thing which struck me was the title of the book which was written in old English text. What was so fascinating about it too was the fact that I found that I was unable …

Sophie Kinesella is the type of writer that can make you really believe in the characters she creates. I first found one of her books completely by accident. I was looking for a good chick lit book that I could read quickly. I picked up Confessions of a Shopaholic, …

In this volume Nodame, Chiaki, Tanya and Kuroki go to the castle where Nodame’s recital will be hold. Although the owner of the castle seems to be a Mozart maniac, Nodame’s recital ends up being a success.
I think this volume is one of the funniest that I have read …

Hello there! I want to share my thoughts on a book that has become very popular lately. I’ve been seeing it all around instagram, youtube, goodreads and all that good stuff fot the last year or so. Actually, it claims to be a collection of poetry and prose and I …

The book The last song was written by the famous author Nicholas Sparks who also wrote The notebook and a walk to remember. The book was written to fit Miley Cyrus in as the lead role in the movie also titled The last song which was released in April …

Vladimir Nabokov never ceases to amaze me with his absolute understanding and use of the English language, which he picked up after learning Russian and then French. “Lolita” is a terrific and rather controversial love story written from the perspective of an aging Humbert Humbert examining his brief …

I have read five points someone in my college years. In fact, this is book specially written for college going students. This is one of the best books that I have read. I like this book not because this is a novel on a very touching yet interesting story …

This book, The Photographer’s Website Manual by Philip Andrews is very interesting and definitely gorgeous and full of graphics. This book teaches how to create a photographer web site interestingly and attractively. There are lots of color combination, remapping of colors and I love the transparency designs as …

I got this book as one of the three Christmas gifts presents given to me by my husband. Actually, it is the very first Christmas gift that he gave me as a married couple. I find reading the book very interesting and inspirational; it’s like a daily …

Fifty Shades Darker is the second book in the Fifty Shades Trilogy. I’ve read the first book, which of course led me to the second one of course. I have to say after reading the first book and experiencing it, the second book is actually a bit of a …

Young Allies is another one of those series that got pulled to quickly in my opinion. Marvel has cancelled or put on hiatus a number of good series that just did not get the recognition they deserve. First you had Atlas, then Hawkeye & Mockingbird and now Young Allies. …

‘The divine romance’ is an anthology of talks by Paramahansa Yogananda, who is a spiritual man of India. In these talks, Yogananda speaks to the deepest needs of the human heart and soul. He says that we have to awaken the divinity which is within each one of us. …

If you think that life is not sugar, try reading this novel. That thought will leave you for a long time: poverty, the alcoholism of the father, the creative mother, the hostility of the other children.
It is the real story of the author, journalist Jeanette Walls. The writer’s childhood’s …

‘The Palace’ is the sequel to ‘The Journey’ by Laura Lond, a part of her ‘The Adventures of Jecosan Tarres’ trilogy. As I had said in my review of Book 1, it ends with a cliff-hanger: the protagonist, Jecosan, who is sent to the king’s palace with a very …

I have purchased a couple eBooks on this site. I have never been referred by anyone to this site. But this site always pop in first on Google search whenever I search for title of eBooks that I want to buy.
I have experienced purchasing ebooks from a couple other …

I am not a huge fan of self-help books, but I am a huge fan of this one; Emotional Intellignece by Daniel Goleman. I have read this book several times, and although it is now 12 years old, it continues to fly off bookstore shelves at a rapid speed.
Emotional …

This A-Rod book has gotten a lot of publicity due to the fact that the author, Selena Roberts, is the writer that broke the A-Rod steroids. Since I am not a fan of the Yankees or A-Rod, this book was sort of a cheap thrill.
Although Roberts seems obviously …

“Zen Solutions to Real Problems”
Most self help books fall well below their lofty promises. This is one self help book that actually delivers.
Written over 15 years ago and still in print…and still selling…Chuck Norris’ treatise on zen and his life experiences is an interesting and fun read.
The book also …

A compelling thriller story with a main story about a mysterious murder. With early indications are very minimal and subtle, the case was very complicated to uncover. Quite complicated to find the people, who have the motivation to kill Katie. Is ex-boyfriend? old enemy of his father? or people …

“Two for the Lions” is the tenth book in the Falco series of humorous detective novels by Lindsey Davis. These follow the adventures of Roman private eye Marcus Didius Falco, his usually unreliable family and the love of his life, senator’s daughter Helena Justina.
In “Two for the Lions”, Falco …

When I was in Australia, I made quite a number of friends. And everyone was really friendly. I always get lost in finding the roads and so my parents gave me a navigator as a gift. My Aussie friends really noticed it and so everytime we don’t have classes, …

Aftermath was written by Peter Robinson and published by Harper Collins Publishers in 2001.
The story started off with very gruesome violence in the house of Terry Payne two police constables had found his wife, Lucy, unconscious and Payne in the basement with a dead girl. Payne …

The book about Oliver Twist is one of Dickens most well known novels. It’s full title is Oliver Twist or the Parish Boys Progress. It tells about the life of a young boy named Oliver Twist. He grows up in an orphanage/workhouse, but runs off and is taken in …

This book is really great for kids. It’s a mystery book and it makes one’s mind think and be creative, and I value this book because it lets kids be smart and lets them analyze this book while still having fun.
The book is all about the Wakefield twins having …

Fullmetal Alchemist Manga Volume 2 begins with Ed reporting to Colonel Roy Mustang concerning the events in Liore. Mustang directs them to a bio alchemy expert named Shou Tucker, Ed hopes to find a way to get their bodies back. They go there and meet Shou and …

This book, Queen of the Big Time by Adriana Trigiani is rather pretty disappointing for me after I have finished reading. The story has a perfect introductory and I was quite fascinated into thinking that perhaps it is one of those feel-good stories and I could tear myself out.
But …

I am an international student so when I was in Queensland, Australia, I didn’t had a chance to bring all my books and my personal computer.
At first it was difficult for me in doing researches because I didn’t have my books or my PC. Then, while I was walking …

This is the eight installment of Sweet Valley’s The Unicorn Club series, and it features Kimberly Haver’s story. Kimberly is a skilled horsewoman ever since she was s child, and this time she’s taking the Unicorns for some fun at a weekend ranch to have some fun and some …

Tess Gerritsen is said to be one of the greatest writers of medical thrillers. On the cover of that book she is compared with Michael Conelly and Dennis Lehane. However, the publisher forgot to explain that this is one of her first
novels written for Harlequin series and although it …

I have read the book —˜Hidden window mystery’ written by Carolyn Keene. I did not find this book to be very interesting, but it is not bad either. Some of the content in the book is certainly exciting and thrilling to read. As usual, Nancy shows her determination and …

Inside Chinese Business is a book written by Ming-Jer Chen for managers worldwide. The book talks about on how Chinese conduct their business and how the westerners conduct business should with these Chinese companies. This book is very important to me because in my line of work, I often …

This is probably the scariest book I have ever read in my entire life. I haven’t read much horror, probably only H.P.Lovecraft, really, and this book has not converted me to reading it, in that I doubt any horror book will ever be as abjectly terrifying as this book …

Khuswant Singh is one of the best writers of India, who has given us great works like Train to Pakistan, which was a masterpiece novel, about the partition of Indian, and The History of Sikhs, that is again, a work, worth noted for its accountability. So, when he wrote …

This book is basically a book full of advice which aims at teenaged girls and women. The book is written by a woman who worked as a columnist addressing various issues which concern her own readers. This book should be classified along with the “Chicken Soup For The Soul’ …

A 1985 publication by S and A Gibbs, Mastering Music is rather ponderously subtitled “Programming Sound on the BBC Model B Micro”. It is an official guide, as is indicated by the words “Published by the British Broadcasting Corporation” on the copyright page, something which I always feel gives …

I bought this book because I was in need of an up-to-date animal encyclopedia. I was tired of having to go to the library to read up little blurbs of whatever creature. Animal: The Definitive Visual Guide to the World’s Wildlife was informative. It covers all the animals out …

Invisible Monsters follows a former fashion model who is in an accident that leaves her disfigured and mute, and her relationship with a transgender.
This novel is twisted an unpredictable and I love it. I love Chuck Palahniuk’s style. If you have never read one of his novels, prepare to …

Of all the Doctor Seuss books I read to my daughter, his book One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish is my least favorite.
It�s an OK book but I just don’t enjoy going from one subject to the next in it. It’s almost as though he wrote it …

Here! Here! Let’s all hear it for for RJ Reynolds and Randy Baer for their compilation of horrible wrestle angles (storylines) and characters who stunk up TV airwaves!
All that is lame in pro wrestling is referenced for your reading pleasure. You can now relive The Gobbledygooker, Papa Shango, and …

I picked this book up while I was browsing through the life / religious section of the bookstore, it was written by David Gregory and published by Random house. I was really down that time, so I decided to check out some self —“ help and motivation books. I …