On the Way to the Wedding by Julia Quinn is a romantic love story, and I think it is pretty similar to the movie, ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’. A bit different here and there, but the concept is the same.
Gregory is a man that thinks that his options are …

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, …

I read Red Dragon by Thomas Harris recently. I’m sure you’ve seen the movie starring Edward Norton and Anthony Hopkins. Well usually the movie is a much less detailed description of events than the book, however in this case, I would give both the film and novel an A+.
The …

Looking Forward through Childhood and Adolescence is a textbook by Candida Peterson that is required for studying early childhood. This book is approximately 450 pages, with some coloured pages and a huge amount of information. This book helps people understand the developmental stages of children from when they are …

High Recommend, especially for moms!
Robin McGraw, Inside My Heart, Choosing to Live with Passion and Purpose. Robin is the wife of Dr. Phil McGraw (from TV). This is her first book.
So far, this is already my BEST Summer read. Robin begins by giving a basic introduction …

As far as Conan-Doyle’s mysteries are concerned, The Man with the Watches is one that is actually not very good. I figured out the solution; or at least the bulk of it, within a few paragraphs of the story and the ending only added a few details that I …

‘You shall be as Gods’ is a book written by Erich Fromm. This book is a radical interpretation of the old testament of the bible and its tradition. In this book, Erich Fromm explores the evolution in the old testament of the basic concepts of God, man, sin and …

“The Drowning Man” is the twelfth book in the Father John O’Malley-Vickie Holden mystery series. I found “The Drowning Man” to be an interesting, believable and timely book. The Wind River Reservation has been attacked. In a remote canyon where the Ancients had created petroglyphs in the sheer cliffs …

The name of the world-famous writer Kurt Vonnegut has been familiar to me for many years. “Cat’s Cradle” is the novel that I chose to know Kurt Vonnegut. The work is very complex and multi-layered.
Vonnegut mesmerized me on the first page. I’ve never been particularly fond of games, …

I think this would’ve worked better as a novella rather than a full-fledged novel. It’s not that there’s a whole lot of padding, but there isn’t much of a story here either. Like with Godfather Part II, I found the flashback sequences to be much better than …

I always love motivation and inspiration stories and that’s why I always love to read books about it. Purchasing this book introduces me to Zig Ziglar, a great motivator with so many great motivation books.
Something Else to Smile About is actually a continuation for “Something to Smile About” but, …

Thomas Ligotti is a relatively little known horror writer, who has his sort of cult following, though. His prose might be considered a bit difficult, however, after some time it sinks, so to speak, into a reader, or rather it gathers its strength gradually in order to grip and conquer …

“One More Year” is Sana Krasikov’s debut collection, telling the contemporary stories of immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Born in Ukraine and grown up in Georgia and the United States, the young writer has developed the mature eye of an outsider between cultures who can observe details with …

I found “The Autobiography of Foudini M. Cat” at the library and was immediately intrigued. Especially because it wasn’t in the children’s section. I would have expected a book written from the point of view of a cat would be considered a children’s book. But, it …

Frederick Forsyth’s The Fist Of God is a story woven around the Iraqi invasion and occupation of Kuwait, and it’s eventual liberation by the Coalition forces, led by the United States. A British Major from the SAS is called in to run a super secret agent in Baghdad by …

I bought ‘Psychic Healing: Using the Tools of a Medium to Cure Whatever Ails You’ because it is written by Sylvia Browne and I have read some of her books. This is a book in fact for those who suffer from severe pain or physical problems that are not …

Kiss and Angel was the first book I read from Susan Elizabeth Phillips. This was recommended to me by a few friends who were totally obsessed with it. They’d been telling me to read for so long, but it didn’t really caught my attention cause it’s a little bit …

This collection of short stories by Isaac Asimov is great. All of the stories are clever, and there are several which are play on words, as well as the ones which predict the future. It is amazing the ideas Isaac Asimov had about computers and robots before there even …

Have you ever met a person so self absorbed and out of touch with reality that you just wanted to throttle them?
Me too.
Usually I don’t meet them in print form, between the pages of what should have been a very entertaining book. Unfortunately, said book turned out …

Dreamcatcher was a novel King wrote while recovering from a car accident (where a drunk ran him over) the book reflects his dark feelings, the novel takes place in the woods, where some friends get together to go camping in the woods, they discover a sick disoriented man …

‘Breaking Dawn’ is a satisfying close to the amazing Twilight series by Stephenie Meyer.
As usual, this book presents a roller coaster of emotion. You’re happy then you’re sad, worried then relieved. The twists and turns of the book are in some cases predictable, depending on what experiences you have …

Linda Howard’s novel, Drop Dead Gorgeous is the second novel in her Blair Mallory series. The heroine, Blair Mallory is not only sexy and gorgeous but also hilariously funny. This is one of the top Linda Mallory books to read. It’s not only a romantic book but also a …

Nightrise is a novel by Anthony Horowitz, and is the third book in “The power of five” series, after “Evil Star” and “Raven’s Gate”.
Unlike the two books preceding it, this book follows Scott and Jamie Tyler, telepathic twins. I find this strange to have two of the five in …

—˜The Diary of Anne Frank’ is quite easily among the most celebrated written works of the Twentieth Century, being studied at universities and school all over the world, adapted into critically acclaimed stage plays, films and television serials and specials, and becoming apart of history and of Western culture. …

Weddings nowadays are so unlike last time. The modern thimes, which is now, is filled with lots of up to date stuffs that one can never possibly imagine. And with the help of this book, The Modern Bride Survival Guide by Antonia Van Der Meer, I manage to …

After not reading for awhile, this is the first book I picked up to start back up again. I typically read fantasy and YA fantasy, but I like the occasional historical fiction or fiction if it looks really good. This volume looked like it had a unique …

Escape from the Island of Aquarius, Book 2 of Frank Peretti’s Cooper Kids Adventure series, continues the story of the family-team of archeologists - Dr. Cooper and his two teenage children, Lila and Jay. This time, the Coopers set out to find a missing missionary who had been serving …

Mr. Murder is one of Dean Koontz’s earlier novels that has recently been re-released by Berkley books. It was originally released in October of 1993 by G.P.Putnam’s Sons.
Like mmost of Koontz’s books, I enjoyed it. It was a fast paced story and I didn’t put it down until I …

Like nearly everyone else who read the book, Twilight, I hadn’t had enough of the characters. Therefore, I bought and read New Moon, the sequel to Twilight. The book has the same characters with some new ones and expansions on some old characters. Readers of this …

If you are into magic and adverture this is the book for you.
Sabriel, a girl of 18, has been given the bells of the Abhorsen and must find her father who has been trapped in Death. She must make her way through the unforgiving terrain and creatures of the …

Batman: Year One is a graphic novel by Frank Miller and Illustrated by David Mazzucchelli. It’s the story of Bruce Wayne’s first year as Batman and how he put on the cape and cowl to fight crime and how James Gordon came to Gotham City.
This is a terrific …

‘The Alchemist’ is a magical fable about fulfilling your dream. Full of optimism, it’s a story told very well by author Paulo Coelho.
‘The Alchemist’ is the story of Santiago, an Andalusian Shepherd boy who gets repeated dreams of an hidden treasure awaiting him at the Egyptian pyramids. He yearns …

I read this book as my hubby recommended it.It was fantastic and each page has twists and turns which made me not to keep the book inspite of my busy work schedule.The story starts with the murder of two justices–Abe and Glenn Jensen.The FBI cannot even able …

This book will appeal to children who like stories about animals who get along. The animals in this book can all talk to each other, just not to people. They become friends, and when one of them has babies, they are all very excited.
The conflict in this story is …

This book has over 5,000 general knowledge questions in it. For a trivia junkie like me it is a fantastic book. The sections include Books & Literature; Cinema & Television; History; Music & Culture; People & Places; Science & Nature; Sports & Leisure; Mixed Bag …

Agatha Christie is one of my favorite writers ever since I was a child. I liked to imagine I was myself one of the characters of her books and I was helping Poirot or Miss Marple solve the mysteries and crimes lied ahead.
Though I have read most of her …

The 2,548 Best Things Anybody Ever Said is a book that I find the most beautiful and smartly written, compiled and a bit of darn and cute too. The whole of my family members have take turns reading this book, which was bought for about $9.99 only.
There are …

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 …

Margaret Peterson Haddix has a knack for bringing history to life for the teen aged readers. By putting young people into historical situations, she makes history less stuffy and more personal. Her latest work, Uprising, tells the story of one of the worse disasters in American history, …

This book was very hard for me to enjoy and oddly enough I really wanted to enjoy it. I had heard such good things about it from others that when I finally picked it up and started reading I was underwhelmed.
It started off talking about a whole lot …

I’d already read the first book in this trilogy, and although I thought the first book was a bit slow, I did enjoy it. I liked the characters, concept and ideas. It definitely could have been better, but I really was looking forward to reading the second book. This …

Teaching English to high-school students is a challenge, no matter how you slice it. You learn very quickly that they are there against their will, and they will take every opportunity to demonstrate how bored they are and how boring you are. Thus, you are met with …

So you think you could write a great children’s book? Believe your words will delight millions of youngsters, but you just don’t know how to get the job done?
As author of The Writer’s Guide to Crafting Stories for Children, Nancy Lamb says, “The fact is, we all have great …

Four mothers, four daughters, four families, and a mosaic of stories. The Joy Luck Club presents the tales of Chinese immigrant women and their American-born daughters, living Americanized but principled as Chinese. While the generational differences are like those experienced by other mothers and daughters, the cultural differences add …

The Dear America Series has such a wonderful collection of books for young people and should not be passed up. It is written in diary form for children, but every adult should read these books for themselves or with their own child. It takes you through the daily life …

This is a golf book, which is not normally something I would read, since I do not play golf. However, I do like to read, and sometimes I just pick up the closest available book and flip through it. This is my husband’s book. He likes golf, strangely, and …

Have you guys ever read the story, Mariah Carey: Her Story by Chris Nickson before? If you have not yet, then it’s time you should. This book is awesome and it features everything about my favorite singer; Mariah Carey. This book is like the shortcut route to …

Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse by John Joseph Adams, is a collection of post-apocalyptic short stories by a multitude of authors. Some of the better recognized of these are Orson Scott Card, Stephen King, and Gene Wolfe. But there are plenty of others to enjoy. The stories contained in …

“A Clash of Kings” carries us into an amazing , forgotten land of dissipation and revenge, witchcraft and wars. A tale in which noble virgins feast with madmen, where a brother wiles against his own brother, and where the dead are raised, to go into the night. Here a …

Too Much Happiness written by Alice Munro is a wonderful collection of stories. Even though I am not very clear why such a title for this book, I like the title of the book. The story inside the book is ten variety stories. All the stories are delightful reads. …