The Betty Crocker cookbook called, “The Big Book of Slow Cooker, Casseroles and More” is and interesting mix of meals that look appealing by the mere sight of the picture next to the recipe, and are easy to make with easy to
follow instructions. Also, this cookbook has a metric …

Eva Ibbottson’s Dial a Ghost, much like her Secret of Platform 13 and Island of the Aunts, is full of funny coincidences. Like the others, it is a comfortable story with clear good guys and bad guys, great for kids to read. I think both boys and girls would …

I received two books as a gift from a friend, and one of them was The Undomestic Goddess, by Sophie Kinsella. The book only took me two days to read because I enjoyed it so much, I couldn’t put it down. This book and the other book …

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 …

Why Dogs Chase Cats is a story retold by S. E. Schlosser that I got to read on the internet. The story is about the married life of Dog and Cat where Cat keeps saying that she’s too sick to work and Dog had to make dinner aside from …

Over the years I’ve read all of Agatha Christie’s mystery books, some of them several times. Despite this, every once and awhile I pull one out of the basement and read it. It’s almost like comfort food, especially those books featuring Miss Jane Marple. “At Bertram’s Hotel” by Agatha …

This book is absolutely the Bible for wannabe freelance writers. Even without all the useful tips (there are plenty of those!), the book is great as a primer on what to expect as a freelance writer and good as a confidence-booster. The greatest worry for any freelance writer is …

Icarus was written by Russell Andrews (published by Pocket Books in 2002)
I almost didn’t want to continue with this book the beginning was boring - about Jack and Caroline Keller; their courtship, marriage, business venture and success. The tempo only started picking up when Kid …

The WordPress 24-Hour Trainer book is the best introductory book that I have found on learning to use WordPress. I had read on the Internet that WordPress was easy to use and understand. That I should have just been able to jump on the forums and everything would become …

“Men at Arms”, by Terry Pratchett, is the second installment of his ‘Night Watch’ series of books. And of course, by ‘Night Watch’, I mean Corporal Carrot (a 2 meter high dwarf), Sergeant Colon, Nobby Nobbs (In Pratchetts words, ‘Disqualified from the human race for shoving’), Lance-constable Cuddy …

I recently gave birth to a baby and was on maternity leave for 3 months and took an additional 1 year to look after her. After a few months recuperating at home, I was wondering why I have been unproductive. I had wanted to find opportunities on …

The Posthomus Papers of the Pickwick Club is Dickens first novel, and is more commonly known as The Pickwick Papers. It tells of the adventures of four members of the Pickwick club as they explore the remote areas of England. As the gentlemen haven’t traveled a lot, this means …

“Lucille: The Life of Lucille Ball” by Kathleen Brady is a book on Lucille Ball that I was unsatisfied with. The reason I was not satisfied with this book is that I felt it did not seem to have much order to it or a theme. It really is …

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 …

I bought this book by Susan Forward after 13 years of turmoil with my own mother-in-law. I purchased it at Books A Million for $13.95. It is the paper back edition and is 286 pages long.
This book has been my life saver. The author gives numerous situations and …

Word Smart I and Word Smart II, publishes by The Princeton Review, are for anyone who wishes to build up a more sophisticated vocabulary.The books claim, rightfully so, that better vocabulary gives you an edge, both socially and professionally, over someone with just a basic vocabulary. If you have …

“Heavier Than Heaven” by Charles Cross is an essential book to add to any Nirvana fan collection. This is an extremely well written biography of the life, career, and final demise of Nirvana front man, Kurt Cobain.
The thing that struck me the most about this book was the …

Are you surrounded by stress or tension or anxiety and need help? - Read “How to Remain Ever Happy” by MK Gupta. This book was suggested to me by my friend at a time when my life seemed to me a burden. Surrounded by some never ending problems coupled …

Because I am not a heavy reader, I am very critical when it comes to reading materials. I only read those that capture my interest upon reading the first few chapters. Otherwise, I would give no chance and dump it. Tuesdays with Morrie, written by acclaimed author Mitch Albom, …

To put, full particulars it is easy with linear motion and brief method. The family enters those opposition of the communism person, how, it owns the factory of the pickles, works with that. Around the same time, the family waits for the arrival of the English of the child of …

I had the idea that the original ‘Fitness for Dummies’ that was published in 1996 was a real step forward in the field of fitness and gave the reader a complete idea of the basics in a very simple and uncomplicated way. And this second edition is just an …

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 …

‘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 …

Looking for a suspenseful quick read that brings out your emotions as you read? Well “The Bully” by Paul Langan offers just that. The book is about a boy who has become the laughing stock of his high school because the new kid he once harshly bullied, stood up …

The book, like the rest of Meg Cabot’s creations is the perfect company during summer vacations. The story is full of cheeky remarks from beginning to end. The story revolves around this girl who tries to break free from what is expected of the women in their …

Jennifer Crusie is a genius in romance novel/chick lits! It is said that she applied her knowledge on psychology and popular fictions to create a story with characters and plots that any women search in reading these genre of book. It is common to find the characters of ex-boyfriend, …

“Witch” is a fantasy novel written by Marie Brennan. I have to say it started off slow but built up nicely.
In this book the hunter who was originally Mirage as a Doppelganger and Miryo as a witch has merged and become Mirei. She has undertaken a mission to …

I was loaned a novel called “The Shack” by WM. Paul Young and immediately put it under some of the papers on my bookshelf to soon forget it existed. A time later, while fishing for other books to read, I lifted the papers and found the novel I …

This book is much better than the title suggests. Frankly, the title does not provide the slightest hint about what type of book this is (a futuristic science fiction adventure with a touch of romance) nor does it entice anyone to want to take a chance on it. …

Most of Bram Stokers stories are about death and horror. The Gipsy Prophecy is similar to this, but has a twist at the end that makes it slightly different from the rest.
This is one of the shortest short stories I’ve ever read but very entertaining. You have a newly …

As many of you probably know Stephen King is like the most popular writer of today. He’s known for writing great thrillers. But my favorite story of his was the Langoilers. It all starts when this pilot lands his plan and is ready to go home for the night. …

First off, let me say that I am not a political person. I\’ve never put a political bumper sticker on my car, and I’ve certainly never worked on a political campaign. Most politicians have about all the appeal and honesty of the old snake oil salesman.
But having …

I found this book in the business and marketing section of the library, but I actually picked it up because it was interesting, not because I expected to learn anything applicable to my business in it.
My Secret Life on the McJob - Lessons from Behind the Counter Guaranteed …

In this short story the two main characters are looking for a way to come up with two thousand dollars. The believe the only way to do so is by committing the criminal act of kidnapping a wealthy family’s child and send a letter asking for two thousand …

At an age of 8 , hatred, anger and the race superiority complex, self central principle, unexplored state and the epic which reaches in tragedy take the indomitable opinion of this Judean person, and the persecution of the Judean person ever since far former times, because - from first countryside …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Exiles is a novel that could have offered an exceptionally entertaining read that also offered solutions to problems that have and continue to plague humanity to this day, but instead, the novel ultimately offers up nothing more than grand yet empty messages and …

Confessions of a Street Addict is very real, spot-on and very inspirational. This is not your normal street addict book on drugs or bad stuff, but this is actually the book on James J. Cramer, who is the co-founder of this particular site called thestreet.com.
A word …

My dad brought this book from Britain, when he was on a job trip to London.
The books is awefully big, 10 thousand jokes is allot, and this fills up over 1000 pages, but what the book has in quantity it lacks in quality.
Hundreds of pages filled up with lousy …

I love the Mercy Thompson series by Patricia Briggs. I didn’t think I was going to get into it as much as I have because the idea of an anti-feminine heroine didn’t really appeal to me. Mercy is a mechanic and a kind of nobody in the shape shifting …

If I was afraid of zombies as a somewhat legitimate monster after “Resident Evil,” I’m absolutely horrified of them after reading Jonathan Maberry’s “Patient Zero.” George A. Romero doesn’t have much on what I really feel is the up-and-coming Godfather of the Hard Science Fiction Zombie. Romero’s claim to …

Do you continually feel yourself being put down? Do you find that you just cannot manage to get anything right? Are you always stuck in a mess? Are you just wandering about life not knowing what to to do or how to do it? You constantly find yourself lacking …

Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning is the fourth book in her Highlander series. I’ve mentioned this in my previous reviews, although each Highlander book can read alone and stand alone they all have common elements that
tie them all together and it makes the whole world and …

The Edge Chronicles # 1: Beyond the Deepwoods is illustrated fantasy novel by author and illustrators who came from England that is, Paul Stewart and Chris Riddel. This book tells the adventures of twig, a child thirteen years old with setting a very strange land called The Edge. …

This has to be one of the best books in the series and I think it’s also one of the most graphic and violent. But I like that. I got this book from my grandpa as a gift when I went to visit him. He said that it looks …

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix is of course a great book. It is much longer than the others as it contains a great deal of information and this book is also much darker, not in a scary way though. Harry, having recently seen voldemort come back …

Shopping and F***ing by Mark Ravenhill has a WOW! title. Really, no kidding and 90% is the main reason that I chose this book to read in the first place. The title is really suggestive and it’s easy to get curious as to what the contents are. …

Busman—˜s Honeymoon (written by Dorothy L Sayers and published by Avon Books, 1968)
This would have been an amusing book; however there was too much saccharine for me. It seemed Lord Peter Wimsey turned slightly idiotic because he was on his honeymoon, after having married Harriet Vane, the …

Recently I had read online that many people have pet hedgehogs, so I decided to read a bit about these prickly animals. While this book is not about keeping hedgehogs as pets (the author strongly disapproves of such behavior towards a wild animal), it was very informative and sweet. …

Most people know Dan Brown through his ultra successful and more than just controversial novel The Da Vinci Code. But Angels and Demons was written and published first. It first introduces the main character of the next book Robert Langdon. It is a mystery detective story dealing …

In classic Torchwood tradition, the story begins with a bang and just grows from there. Ianto Jones, intent on helping to solve an on-going mystery, finds himself transformed into a woman…a perfect vision of a woman… and the fun just keeps on coming as he…she learns to deal with …