“If I Had A Robot” is a children’s book by Dan Yaccarino. It was published in 1996. This is one of Mr. Yaccarino’s earlier efforts. We have many of his stories and I do think his more recent books show an improvement over the years.
Pros: …

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 …

Last few years, there are many books about the rise of China heavily written and published. The presence of China as a global power is seen with a sense of awe and anxiety. The atmosphere that appears, the communist country, will eventually shift the dominance of the U.S. as …

Survivor tells the story of the last surviving member of a death cult. He is recording his life story into the flight recorder of a plane that he has taken over and is about to crash. He is telling the story of why he did not die with the …

Featured on Oprah Winfrey, Sarah Ban Breathnach talked about her publication that came before SOMETHING MORE. Themes of gratitude suggest that a journal of gratitude improves outlook on life when applied as an everyday ritual.
She describes in so many ways how she looked for something more in …

I love reading A Darker Domain by Val McDermid. This book is basically a thriller book and whenever I read thriller or crime books genre, I always look for the main plot. Like in this case, a cold case comes in highlight and when you are looking up …

“It is the attitude which decides your destiny but not the aptitude”
If we want to understand the real meaning of the above sentence we should definitely read the great book” The Power Of Subconscious Mind”.
…

The Witcher saga consists of two short story collections and five novels, each dealing with tales of the witcher Geralt of Rivia and his companions. The Witchers, in Sapkowski’s written world, are genetically enhanced monster slayers who are hired for money to kill the beasts that horrify the peaceful …

This book is one of the master pieces written by Dr. Wayne W Dyer on spirituality and self development and a ‘must read’ for any person wanting THE POWER OF to realize his true self and invoke the unlimited powers of his spiritual energy. The entire theme of this …

A good friend of mine from high school gave me a copy of this book Passion and Purity and my first reaction while reading this book was that it is too religious and too conservative in all each views. But I was grateful though to have read this …

This children’s novel is a heartwarming tale of a girl who lacks confidence in herself and must live with her mild but loving mother and stern grandmother. Her grandmother rules the roost, so to speak, and Jane feels inferior compared to many of the other girls at her private …

‘Mystery of the vanished prince’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is one of the books among the ‘five find-outers and dog’ series. This is a very good book, full of adventure and mystery. It is a very exciting book.
The five children, Fatty, Larry, Philip, Bets and …

It started out interesting, with an awesome opening action scene. But, unfortunately it didn’t last and I ended up reading a book that transforms into a cliché. The characters are so ordinary. Disgruntled main character, doomed side kick, child in distress. I don’t get it! Marcus Sakey had a …

I started reading this book of two hundred and eighty nine pages with much enthusiasm because the name was very catchy for me. But after reading first few pages, I did not feel much good about the book. The story is very sluggish paced and I found it hard …

Super Mario 64: Survival Guide is a pretty poor strategy guide book that I found to be really quite disappointing. The reason I found it to be very disappointing is because first of all, it is in black and white. For me, a person who generally purchases strategy guides …

Ghost in the Shell is a manga, or graphic novel, by Masamune Shirow. I was first drawn to the book by the author’s intense cyber-themed illustrations, but I found the story pretty impressive. It’s about a futuristic Section 9 police that hunts down cyber criminals. The lead character, …

Suzanne Collins’s “Mockingjay” was among the most waited for young adult novels of 2010 —“ or at least that’s what my book-related websites tell me. I have to admit they might be right, since I got my copy the day after the premiere as any fan girl would, and …

Mates, dates, and Inflatable Bras by Cathy Hopkins is the first book in her younger teen series of Mates, Dates. This book features and is written from the point of view of Lucy Loverling, a Year 10 14 year old girl who has the typical teenage problems with boys, …

“American Gods” is more than just a fairy tell set in the modern United States. I thought it to be a calling to arms over the importance of preserving the stories of the past, no matter how fantastical or uncommon to our own. Neil Gaiman gave me not only …

In the horror-fantasy genre Stephen King is undoubtedly one of the most well known and reputable authors, and for good reason. ‘Salem’s Lot is one of King’s earliest novels and is one of my personal favorites. Set in the remote and isolated town of Jerusalem’s Lot this novel follows …

Stop in the Name of Pants by Louise Rennison is a book that is filled with hilariousness and I welcome this type of genre books anytime to disperse me from my already boring and mundane life.
In this story, Georgia Nicolson is the main character and she is very …

The story is about a little mouse named Despereaux who loved the music and tale. Despereaux is rather than ordinary mice. This mouse is very small, with very large ears, and these mice also susceptible to illness so it is easy to sneeze and fainting. So like the music, …

When I had first read “Frankenstein” by Mary Shelley, I was surprised at two things: first, at the depth of the story, and second, at how badly distorted the story is in the movies. Instead of the traditional, beaten to death evil-monster-kills-everybody scenario, the novel deals with the complex …

I got this book as a present because I am planning on traveling this fall, and I have found it to be extremely helpful as both a travel guide and a cookbook. Accompanying each food’s description is a recipe for home cooks to give it a try for themselves …

Four Years as a Writer: One Woman’s Story by Annie Jean Brewer is Ms. Brewer’s personal account of her life spending the last four years as a stay at home mom while making a living as a writer. A recent visit to her website revealed that this title was …

I have always been a John Grisham fan, having read all his books and watched his movies for decades now. However, I have felt the decline of his writing since The Chamber, and I have read his subsequent books only because I cannot stand half-finished tasks and just to …

I bought this toy for my 10 month old son because he absoluetely loved it when he saw it in the store. This toy is so cute. It is a story book with interactive features on each page. It reads the story to you and talks …

This was a fun vampire story that asks a simple question: how far would you go to avoid dying of cancer and would you give up your old life (including your family) to become a vampire? Poppy has just that problem and luckily for her, her best friend (a …

Every once in a while, you will come across an extremely well written book that really knocks you off your feet. Such is the case with the very excellent book by Gerard Jones entitled KILLING MONSTERS which tries to explain why children watch violent horror films and play violent …

I began my journey into the fitness and nutrition world about 4 years ago in my senior year of high school. I’ve always been athletic but at various times in my life I’ve been too skinny and at other times too fat. I began to find nutrition very interesting, …

Four Souls by Louise Erdrich is enchanting. A female by the name of Four Souls, I think that’s really ‘rich’ and a lot to carry through. The story starts off with a narrative voice and the story brings us to places like Saint Paul as well as some …

I checked out this book from the library because I usually enjoy reading about science, especially astronomy. I also enjoy finding out more about important discoveries of space than what little the headlines and newspaper reports can tell. I figured out very quickly, though, that this book was …

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 …

I just finished reading “Savannah or a Gift for Mr. Lincoln.” Frankly I was very disappointed. I’ve heard rumors that Jakes has taken to using ghost writers. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but the quality of this book was pretty bad.
The book is supposed to be …

I love witchy plots. So full of mystery, witches all bear an aura of otherworldliness, an ethereal quality that the ordinary often lack. Mysterious, they sit with one foot in our world, one in what is called the shadow world. Witches are something we …

I’m not a vegetarian by any means; however, I do like to maintain a healthy diet while still being able to eat the things I want. I’m currently cooking my way through all of Martha Stewart’s cookbooks, and this meatless cookbook is a recent one I found.
For a meat …

I have read this book written by the well known novelist Sidney Sheldon. So far this is the only book I read that was written by Sidney Sheldon. Tell Me Your Dreams really title really catches my eye and I had read the book twice already.
The book was …

Carla Neggers is a best-selling romantic suspense writer with dozens of books to her credit. Tempting Faith is a rerelease of a book written in 1994. The book was updated and revised and released by Mira Publishing Company. Tempting Fate is the story of Dani Pembroke, …

I read this book for the first time when I was a child. When I grew up I re-read it more than once. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett is truly a timeless classic. As a child, I was thrilled by the mystery of Misselthwaite …

Love Is a Many Trousered Thing by Louise Rennison is sometimes funny, feel good but at most times it feels irritating for me reading it. I was already labeling this book as a feel good story, but it ended up getting me yawning and really bored.
It’s very …

First of all, when I read this book, How I Made My First Million on the Internet and How You Can Too!: The Complete Insider’s Guide to Making Millions with Your Internet Business by Ewen Chia, 2 things came into my mind.
Firstly; this book is targeted for those …

So my little sister reads this series of books. She’s interested in the Gossip series and you get a chance to read about the first one. The first one is just “Gossip Girls”. By the way, this is probably a girls only book, so I didnt read. But my …

‘Five on Finniston farm’ is a book written by Enid Blyton and is one among the famous five adventure series. The five go to Finniston farm for their holiday. The place looks very quiet and it is unlikely and they will fall into any queer adventure. In the farmhouse, …

Grave Surprise written by Charlaine Harris is a must must must read! This is the second book in a new series about a girl struck by lightening that can now locate the dead. What’s the catch? Well she knows how they died but unfortunatly who killed …

Snowbound Heart is written by Jennifer Blake and this is a nice, heartwarming story that I really love reading. Clare Thornton wants a very pure relaxation in the form of mountain vacation and she badly wants to learn how to ski.
Then, an unfortunate event happens, and …

When I discovered that there was a series called “Fall of Cthulu” I was intrigued. While I’m not what you call a Lovecraft fan, I am fascinated by the mythos that the man created.
While this is the fourth in a four issue arc, it’s one of …

Let me start out saying first, I LOVE this book, but it could be mainly because I love baking and chocolate. And this book is LOADED with chocolate recipes.
This book contains ANYTHING and EVERYTHING chocolate, ranging from chocolate drinks to chocolate desserts to even chocolate …

Gil Cunningham is a young lawyer who on May Day dancing at the Glasgow Cross in 14the century Scotland sees both a victim and her murderer. Together with a French master-mason and his daughter, Gil tries to unravel the murder of a runaway wife of a cruel nobleman, who …

This severely underrated novel by the late Amanda Davis remains with me from the summer I read it two years ago. Though it was simply circulated in the front of the library amongst the other contemporary fiction that tend to come and go, never enjoying longevity, this novel has …

I love the cover illustration for the book, The Wild Places by Robert Macfarlane. It has a sandalwood effect on me; very calming, gentle and soothing.
Places that are ‘wild’ in my opinion before I read this book includes terrains, caves and the wilderness. And true enough, …