Blink (Revised) version, written by Malcolm Gladwell, is the perfect book life and reflection. Blink takes us to analyze things in life that we have to make decisions on, like within the blink of an eye, a lot of decision makings could be affected, whether it is from …

Sometimes, I do wonder how successful people become more successful after a certain period of time. I read this book, What Got You Here Won’t Get You There: How Successful People Become Even More Successful by Marshall Goldsmith and Mark Reiter and I have a better view on the …

The Railway Auntie is a story found in the anthology Delhi Noir. This book contains stories written by Indian authors. All of the stories in the collection take place in Delhi.
The Railway Auntie is narrated by a young Indian man. He lives with his grandmother and is very poor. …

I used this book as one of my sources to help me complete my Caribbean Studies SBA when I was in my final year of sixth form. I found it to be very beneficial in the sense that I was doing my SBA on a topic dealing with herbal …

I have read every book that Jan Karon has ever written. She is the master of the easy reading genre. If you have not read her Mitford Series, then get over to the library and read all seven of them You will fall in love with Father Tim, …

Vulcan’s Soul Trilogy Book Two, is written by Susan Shwartz and Josepha Sherman. This is a book on War peace and a clan involving the mysterious Watraii. There is a secret trail regarding the Watraii and the characters Surak and Vulcan are at crossroads from succumbing to …

The No Cry Sleep Solution, written by Elizabeth Pantley is a good light blueish nice cover book that is good for expectant mothers to read and those who already have children. It is also useful for all women out there to read, pregnant or not.
The effective ways in …

The first book was such a great success that Megan Cabot kept going on and so far, there are at least 6 books in the whole collection, each one advancing more and more. For those of you who don’t read this, it is about a 15 year old girl …

The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (written by Colin Dexter and published by Ballantine Books, 1997)
The book opened with a meeting of the academics on the appointment of a member to the examinations board. There were three candidates and the secretary had tried to push his choice on …

Three Coffins by John Dickson Carr is a novel about the seemingly impossible murder of Professor Grimaud. The victim is found dead inside his room, his door locked from the inside, and it soon becomes clear that the criminal could not have escaped through either the window or the …

Coordinating travel schedules is one of the hardest things to do. The degree of difficulty increases exponentially as the number of people traveling together increases. That is why I choose to travel solo whenever I can. I found this book at Fully Booked which has helped me a lot …

The story in such many places, before in Bangladesh in Pakistan in Bombay ending after all for the second time in Bombay moves, and, it starts in Bengal. Quality the similar people where it can withstand everything at the same day him to experience, or what to explain that travelling. …

Tolkin spent over 20 years writing his epic tales of elves, wizards and the adventures of the Hobbits. He is said to be as much as a scholar as he is a literary writer. Tolkin extensively research when creating the background mythology of middle earth and the beings that …

The Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning is the sixth book from her Highlander series. Technically all of her highlander series can stand alone but it’s a much better if they were all read in the order that they were released,
it’ll fill in any gaps and answer any questions …

Author, preacher and inspirationalist Joel Osteen is back at it again: he has written and published Become A Better You. I read Joel Osteen’s book about Your Best Life Now and was totally impressed with the author’s easy reading style and great suggestions. Become A Better You will not …

‘The man-eater of Malgudi’ is a book written by R.K. Narayan. This is the story of Nataraj, a man who is a printer in Malgudi. Nataraj and his close friends find themselves disturbed when a taxidermist named Vasu moves in. In this story, a man gets murdered and Nataraj …

I just finished The King Imperiled by Deborah Chester which continues the story of King Faldain and his family. As usual, it was strongly written and quite enjoyable. However, be warned, the publisher may or may not continue to publish any more stories about King Faldain. Chester has stated …

‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’ is a book written by Susan Jeffers. This is a self-help book. It is written in an excellent manner. I liked it very much. The author has presented opinions in a wonderful and simple manner, easily understandable by readers. The various exercises …

I am so glad I read this book now. It has the power to take people back to their childhood! Despite the seriousness of the narrative and the events in the second part of the work, the first part took me back to my carefree years.
When you perceive everything …

While My Pretty One Sleeps is one of Mary Higgins Clark earlier books. The story is a little over 200 pages long, so very easy to read in one sitting. I love her writing and enjoy reading all her books, whether they are her earlier ones or …

This book is definitely not very modern. The Hardy Boys series was written in the 50s and 60s, and you can tell by the way that mention of people who are Asian, Indian, or Native American is handled. Also the roles of males and females.
Other than that, and the …

I have read the book ‘Wherever you go, there you are’ by Jon Kabat-zinn. The author is a meditation teacher and this book is a very helpful and good book for all those who have taken interest to walk on the spiritual path.
The author tells us about non-doing. …

Superstar India is a very different book from famous columnist Shobhaa De. There is no big story in the book. It is more like her feelings about India. Frankly this some times make the book dragging as chapters look alike. But I did complete reading the book in around …

A Spell of Winter weaves a tale of romance, incest, hardship, horror and the darker side of humanity. Set in England, ages past, the novel is narrated in the first person by a young woman named Cathy (yes yet another Cathy in a tale of incest) who suffers a …

I have been reading Louisa May Alcott books since I was a young girl. I absolutely fell in love with little women and recently have had the opportunity to read “The Inheritance”. Interestingly, the inheritance was Ms. Alcott’s first book as it was written when she was …

The first time I read Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy, it was required reading at school. It seemed then a difficult book to read and I did not understand it. The novel was first published in 1891 and concerns the seduction of an innocent country girl by …

I dream of Jenny By Sidney Sheldon : One fine day, Captain Nelson, simple man, an officer in NASA by profession, finds a Jenny. What happens next is a new adventurous every day, which is mostly fun! Sidney Sheldon is known for his suspense thriller writing, but he …

‘The sea of adventure’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is a very interesting book, as interesting as any of the other adventure series written by Enid Blyton.
The children decide to go on a good holiday. They decide to go with a certain Mr John, who …

2220 Simple Siddha Medicine Tips Book is a superb book and it having 2220 simple home remedy tips to cure all kinds of disease like headache, fever, cold, cough, asthma, nervous system problems, back pain, throat pain, tooth pain, pimple problems, sleeping problems, eye problems, hair problems, obesity problems, …

“The Sword and the Flame” by Stephen Lawhead, Book 3 of the Dragon King Series, puts Quentin, the protagonist, through a real test. The story had started with Quentin as a young boy serving as an acolyte in a temple of Arin. Since then, Quentin has found the true …

Wimpy kid Diary —“ Rodrick Rules is the second book from “Wimpy Kid Diary” series, by Jeff Kinney. This series was starts as posts in a blog, and it became so famous that the story was changed in books. Jeff is the author and the illustrator of the blog …

I love to rummage and see what I can find and this week I choose to go to Mckays used bookstore. I was so pleased that I found so many great books that are out of print and that are not stocked in the new book stores. I do …

The Way Through The Woods was written by Colin Dexter and published by First Ballantine Books in 1994.
Colin Dexter’s famous protagonist, Inspector Morse, has always been an enigma to me —“ his deductive skills are exceptional. Even his superior at work, Superintendent Strange has to accede to that, …

Magneto’s daughter The Scarlett Witch uses her latent powers to create an alternate world where everyone gets their deepest desires.
The result of this is her father’s desire to have mutants rule over humans becomes a reality and none of earth’s heroes are aware of anything prior to the world …

A Perfect Groom, written by James Samantha, is a good historical romance. But I get a bit bored because I was actually wanting another title historical romance, but it was already taken from the 2nd-hand bookshop that I frequent. So, I settled for this, and after finishing …

I haven’t read book for more than three months now, since I finished the Twilight Saga. And I hadn’t plan on reading one soon, but yesterday, my flatmate handed me a book which she just read and she thought might interest me. I really had no intention of reading …

Three cheers to Marvel Comics for releasing new horror tales under the old title monicker of Legion of Monsters. Marvel had a tough time resurrected their old monster line time and time again, but this time they have opted to utilize a continuing anthology which features some of …

When it comes to anything related to cooking, I feel as if I am always the last to know about amazing cooking products or great cooking television shows. America’s Test Kitchen has been airing on PBS since 2001, and I just discovered it a few months ago and fell in …

I picked up a copy of this book at a used books store, an older copy (dating back to the 60’s, just a couple of years after it was originally published). The front cover promises that this is the most originial science-fiction novel I’ll ever read. The …

My new home has a water pond set up already but it didn’t have any landscaping what so ever, nor was the water garden alive anymore so I knew I had to do something. I found a collection of books I really liked and the one was Better …

Ralph Roberts is a 70 years old recent widower living in Derry, Maine. Still grieving over the loss of his wife and trying to adjust to his new, lonely life, he has trouble sleeping, which he thinks is normal for his age and may also be a part of …

This is the first book that I read by Alan Dean Foster in a long time and I must say I really enjoyed this story. It starts out a tad slow (the first few pages) but the pace quickly picks up and I soon found myself very hooked. It …

I avoided watching the movie Precious until I read that book that the movie was based on, Push by Sapphire, because I generally enjoy books more than the movies. As well, having heard about, read about and seen information about the content of the movie, I did not think …

This well-made Christian movie tells a story of two twin brothers, a criminal and an Episcopalian priest, who accidentally trade places. ?Oh, that beaten-to-death switched twins trick,? you might say? Well, yes, the idea is not very original ? but the rest of the movie is, and that?s the …

I first saw Anne Lamott on a TV talkshow, wiht her dread locks and warm personality, I put this book on that mile long list in my head of books to get and, eventually, read. It was quite some time after, I was getting books to take withme …

This is the second book in the Harry Potter series. I enjoyed it because it played to a more mature crowd than the first one. There is a darker more eerie theme to this one, totally different then the almost carefree nature of the first book. Because of its …

Caught in a Lie by Sylvia McNicoll is a YA novel, geared to teenage and perhaps preteen girls. I found it interesting, mostly because it described life from the point of view of a girl who thought school was not very important as she wanted to be a model. …

“The Master Executioner” is, naturally, a story about Oscar Stone, a man who stumbles into the career of executioner. During the American Civil War Stone was a private with the Union Army. In the course of his duties he was forced to witness the lynching of five men, two …

The author J.R.R. Tolkien is very well known for books like The Hobbit or The Lord of the rings. I can understand the fame of this author, as the books that he has written are a completely different world.
About The Hobbit, this book was published in 1937, and relates …