Alexi Stanislaski meets Bess McNee in this very interesting story in the Stanislaski series.
Bess is a soap-opera writer and Alex is a cop. The duo met because, well, because Alex arrested Bess. It is actually quite funny how they meet and how they end up with each other …

This book is quite good. It describes about society’s attitude towards disabled people and how we as normal people should be sensitive towards the employability options of disabled people and also regarding their concerns and issues.
A good instance would be like an organization such as Mc’Donalds who employ disabled …

“Gone” by Michael Grant tells us the story of a 15 year old boy named Sam who tries to keep law and order in the small town of Perdido Beach, California, after everyone over the age of 16 disappears in a blink of an eye. When life as you …

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes mysteries are always an enjoyable read, and The Sign of Four is no exception. I particularly enjoy this mystery because I think Dr Watson is kind of funny in it.
The two characters are ever the same - Sherlock Holmes is always right …

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 …

A Guilty Thing Surprised was written byRuth Rendell, published by Ballantine Books in 1975.
There is always a cache of hidden secrets in Ruth Rendell’s stories - unsavory and ugly, even among the rich and beautiful. The ugliness here involved a seemingly naïve but vain, pampered woman, who …

In contrast with other fictional novels from Haruki Murakami, I was not quite that happy with The Wild Sheep Chase. The usual Murakami elements were present: the unassuming, usually divorced or about to be divorced, nameless, told-in-the-first-person hero thrown into a sudden adventure, the usually plain sidekick achieving …

The book “Sweet Revenge” by Nora Roberts is nothing short of wonderful, just as many of her other novels are. I found it hard to put this book down and to even stop thinking of it after each chapter. It was very compelling and gave me a taste of …

In Larry Winget, we have a great book out in the market You’re Broke Because You Want To Be - How To Stop Getting By and Start Getting Ahead. This is of one the most straight-forward book about managing finances which I have ever encountered. This is the book …

This is one of my favourite books. Actually, I really enjoy this author. I found the pace of the book very fast, and read the entire book in one sitting.
The main characters, Min and Cal, are cute and funny, and I especially liked their best friends, Liza and Tony. …

My boyfriend got me a copy of this book for my birthday.
I just finished it and I have to tell you it was pretty good. I haven’t seen the movie yet. I have no idea how all that is going to translate into a film.
Back to the …

In Freedom Manifesto, British author Tom Hodgkinson lays out a part Anarchist, part Self-Help, part Existential blue print for the pursuit of freedom. Freedom from what? Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, Work, and Waste.
Although he tackles these subjects with a unique …

Lucky is a weird book I decided to buy one day when I was at the local discount book store. I thought the title to be interesting so I had to give it a chance and read the book. Lucky is about this boy named Sam who did not …

‘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 …

The Master Bedroom by Tessa Hadley is a book that I have read sometime ago and this book just gets me lost. I must say that I chose this book to read because of its very gorgeous cover and the cover is in pink color. Very nice and …

This is a wayward romance story, I would say. My mom and my sister love reading this sort of historical romance books, and we will always exchange with one another to read. The book Not Quite a Lady, which costs about $6.99 was borrowed to me by …

YA readers of the female variety probably have already heard of or even read a few of the popular works of Sarah Dessen. Like the rest of her acclaimed works, Dessen weaves the story of a teenage girl, the plot of which is, naturally, romantically-centered. However, unusually for the …

Rainy Day Kisses by Debbie Macomber. This is a Novel with kissing in the rain during the holidays in mind. Published in 2007. Genre Romance Expect the Unexpected and Comedy.
I just loved the title of this book. This was another book that I had picked …

I find the cover book of the title, Death by Darjeeling by Laura Childs pretty strange. And at the same time, I enjoyed this story pretty much. Laura Childs is a good author and in this book, the settings are mainly in a particular tea shop owned by …

This is a great novel and will be of great interest to anyone interested in Woman and the Middle East. Although fictional, the feel of reality in this novel is stunning, to the point you empasise, feel and want a happy ending for the heroin, like any good …

The reason I picked this book up was because it seemed so interesting. The whole concept of ’slating’ criminals (erasing their memories) in order to give them a second chance in life was something I found really intriguing.
The book is about Kyla, a girl who was apparently previously …

6502 Software Design is a very well known book in the classic computer area, which was written by Leo J. Scanlon and first published as long ago as 1980 - though it went through a lot of printings, which is testament to its popularity. Although, if I am to …

At times, Gretchen Rubin comes across as whiney. She has had so many amazing opportunities and is very privileged and yet here she is complaining about not being happy. Some of her epiphanies are over used and common in all self help books. However, as much as it pained …

I found that book 6 is slightly different from the others i nthe series. This is because unlike how the previous five books talk so much about puberty and social and physical development of teenagers, this book, which is addressed to parents talks about drugs, its dangers the signs …

‘The Minister’s Black Veil ‘ is one of those symbolic stories that lingered in my mind for a long time after I read it. There was something in it that made it very close to my heart and I can say I deeply emphathized with the main character. Hooper …

Like most ladies I’ve dieted many, many times. I’ve tried everything from Atkin’s to diets that came directly from hospitals for heart patients. I have made the switch lately to try not dieting. I just want to change the way I eat daily.
I try not …

If you are interested to learn CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) but don’t know where to start, this book is for you. SAMS Teach Yourself CSS In 10 Minutes is a book which, apparently is all about CSS. However, don’t let the title fool you. It is not true that …

I give the book “MAKING A LITERARY LIFE” a 10 rating. I learned a lot from this book. I have already re-read it once to gain new inspiration.
This book provides invaluable tips about information only a well-published writer like C.See could know. The author provides …

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 …

In the volume number 17 of Nodame Cantabile we finally get to know Chiaki’s father. He’s forced to go to see his son’s concert, and when Chiaki notices in the middle of it, he gets so nervous that he fails at his conducting. That will make him behave in …

Buried at Sea is the second novel that I read by Paul Garrison. While it is just 53 pages longer than “Sea Hunter”, this novel seemed much longer somehow to me. Still, I think this book teaches some important things and that makes it worth reading.
The first thing …

Do you have the confessions of a shopaholic? Well, then you’re not alone. In the book series of Sophie Kinsella about shopaholic Rebecca Bloomwood we follow the young woman through her needs and thoughts about the world, boys, fashion, work and well, shopping. It consists of six different books;
- Confessions …

The Robb Report styles itself as a magazine for the ultra-rich. When I say ultra-rich, I mean that you would not flinch at the $8.99 cover price for the magazine, and also that you could actually afford to buy any of the ridiculously overpriced products featured in the …

10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget is the financial advice book written by the folks at Wise Bread, one of the biggest personal finance blogs around. I recently acquired a copy because I was looking for some additional ways to trim my (already pretty small) …

I sometimes get bored so I like to read books and usually have no idea what to read! I am a pretty versatile reader although I am not much into the horror genre!
Anyway, while browsing through my local library’s books I came across one that is entitled 100 Greatest …

This book, Room to Grow: An Appetite for Life by Tracey Gold is synonym to the illness that Tracey had been going on before in her life, which is none other than anorexia. I’d say that this book is best recommended to everyone whom have suffered from this illness. …

Cooking has become one of my favorite hobbies—”since learning how to do it correctly, and for the past few months I have wanted to start a food blog, but the problem is I didn’t know where to begin. I’m familiar with blogging platforms and writing, but other than that …

House of Chains by Steven Erikson is the fourth novel in the Malazan Book of the Fallen. Here the action returns to the Seven Cities, where the second novel, Deadhouse Gates, was based. A new army, led by Tavore Paran, has been formed to quell the rebellion …

This is the last book in the author’s Boreal Moon trilogy. It took me a while to finish this series, for although there are several good points about these novels, I had a few problems with the style of the writing.
First off, the good points. May has …

Blackgas was sent to me out of the blue. I’ve never heard of this six issue mini series from Avatar Press. What I did know, from looking at the cover only, is the creators name, Warren Ellis is a genius, his creations, for the most part, are not to …

I’ve been into reading since I was about six or seven years old and we all know that old habits die hard. I remember reading anything from pocketbooks (like Sweet Valley, the Unicorn Club, The Baby-sitters Club) to cookbooks to kiddie books.
But among all the books I read as …

A friend had recommended this book to me, and she said it was a light read. It was very difficult to find, but I did manage to pick it up in a library further away, and I started to read.
The whole book takes place over just one full day, …

The time for a rhyme is a collection of some of the traditional nursery rhymes of all time which includes the famous nursery rhyme Little Miss Muffet, Humpty Dumpty and Hey diddle and many more. This book is authored by J. Tanner. I actually got …

A classic in the fantasy genre and a veteran in the writing of bestsellers, Terry Brooks brings joy to his fans for nearly three decades with exciting fantasy novels, among which I can mostly point out the novels from the series “Shannara”. They are the most known and most …

Eleven Minutes by Paolo Coelho is a truly good novel. The book is about the point of view of a prostitute named Maria in sex, life and love. I had purchased this book last week and finished it in less than one week. I always read it before I …

I love this book title, Calico Canyon by Mary Connealy very much. The story is about Grace Calhoun and the 5 Reeves boy. Grace is forced to marry Daniel and he is the father of these 5 rascals.
The book is very funny and sometimes made me …

I’m a big fan of Roald Dahl’s writing and Quentin Blake’s illustrations. Roald Dahl has written many funny children’s books such as The BFG, The Twits, James and the Giant Peach, The Witches, and Charlie and the Chocolate factory.
Rovolting Rhymes is a compilation of six nursery tales including Cinderella, …

The Sunday Times Guide to Movies on Television may not be the newest film guide around - in fact it was first published in the 1970s - but I still really like it because (except, obviously, for new films) it is pretty comprehensive and gives a handy reference to …

Dombey and Son was published under the full title Dealings with the Firm of Dombey and Son: Wholesale, Retail and for Exportation. It tells the story of Dombey, a rich owner of a shipping company. He’s main dream is to have a son that continue the trade. He already …

Tom Clancy’s Executive Orders runs down the well worn path treaded by Clancy in Debt Of Honour. This time, Jack Ryan,
Clancy’s blue - eyed boy, is President, no less, of the US. Again, the author tries to tell a story about a small nation attacking the US, only, this …