I liked most of the Sophie McKenzie books I’ve read. The one’s I’ve read were all action-packed, fast-paced and very entertaining. After thoroughly enjoying the Medusa Project (another series by McKenzie), I decided to read more from the same author, and the first book I found was Blood Ties.
The …

I have always been interested in knowing the value of my Intelligence Quotient score, and since we had never been tested at school, what I have always had to resort to was finding free IQ tests on the internet. Nevertheless, those online IQ tests generally end up disappointing me …

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 …

Anyone who wants to understand where the world is headed today and why, should read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand.
A daunting one thousand plus pages, Atlas Shrugged opens with the sentence that is to become the catchphrase of the book and that is, “Who is John Galt?”
Well John Galt …

Uglies is the first in a series of four books called the Uglies series. I took my time and really loved reading Uglies because it was so different. A girl named Tally Youngblood lives in a world where when you turn sixteen, you have a compulsory operation to make …

Freckle Juice by Judy Blume is a great kids’ book for kids aged 7 - 9 (or even 10 year olds might find it funny). I had almost forgotten about it until a student handed it to me a couple of weeks ago. Even though it was written many …

If you are only going to read one book about Europe in your life, then I’d be tempted to recommend We Europeans by Richard Hill. However, as the book is much funnier if you know something about different Europeans nationalities, it might be better to make it the second …

I found a book with the title The weather maker.It was made by Tim Flannery.He is a famous writer,scientist,conservationist and explorer.We are all facing Global warming and we saw a lot of signs that proves it.Global Warming is a trial that we need to face besides it’s our fault.
Many …

In Deer Hunting With Jesus, Joe Bageant paints a picture of working-class America in a way that I have never seen before. He is both an insider and an outsider in one breath. He has the “outside” world experience and formal education that help to give him a frame …

Yishun Community Library is one of the most hangout places that I will always be at without fail. This is the place where I loan my library books and get my healthy dosage of reading.
Can you believe it that one time, I spent my hour there just …

It came as a surprise to me when I learned that one of my favorite writers, John Steinbeck, had ventured across America. It was almost towards the end of his remarkable life, you could say a summation. He decided to know and see a different America, not the one …

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants is easily one of my favorite books, even though I’m years beyond the target reading age. I first picked up the book before the movie was released and ended up not being able to put the book down. I’ve since reread it several …

The Usborne Big Book of Science Things to make and Do isn’t that big, but it is filled with things to make. This book looks really simple and colourful on the outside. There are many activities that kids can do, which are really just science based crafts. However, this …

The New Year Eve’s Murder (by Lee Harris, published by Ballantine Books, 1997)
This is my first Lee Harris book, and it was a real surprise. Lee Harris was a pseudonym for a romance writer, and I thought that this could be one of those simple-to-solve mysteries to …

Published in 2006, The Shaolin Workout, is a book that features a unique 28-day exercise regime based on martial arts movements and stances. The book is authored by a 34th generation Shaolin monk, and founder of the USA Shaolin temple in New York, Sifu Shi Yan Ming …

Contest is the first book by author Matthew Reilly and a good insight into his writing style as a whole. As the first book he wrote it has some obvious novice-author flaws, but nothing that really interrupts the reading.
The book is a supernatural thriller poured from a generic science …

This book is the second part of Jessica Wakefield’s dilemma with bad boy Clay DiPalma, and together they want to frame and catch Clay DiPalma in the act for giving Jessica’s best friend Isabelle Ricci a drug at a fraternity party, causing her to jump off the building and …

I am convinced that feng shui works. But, I’ve always hoped for a scientific and more practical explanation of just how feng shui works. Finally, I found this little book that confirmed for me that feng shui is more than just the superstitious use of coins and crystals.
The authors …

I love books that have a reversed twist to it. What do I mean by that? For instance, in movies or in books whereby there’s a bad guy in the story, but when you look into it, actually the bad guy turns out to be a good …

The Rider’s Fitness Program by Dianna Robin Dennis is an excellent, excellent little book that can help all riders to stay fit and be able to ride their horses to the best of their ability. It is no secret among riders that in order to be a good rider, …

Barefoot in the Dark by Lynne Barrett-Lee is a story about fairy-tales which an adult like me had read and so loving it very much.
The story has a modern concept to it though. Like a modern Cinderella of some sorts. Enters the character of Hope and …

The first novel in Rihannsu: The Bloodwing Voyages give us a hitherto unexplored perspective on one of Star Treks least explored races, The Romulans. Or, as they call themselves, The Rihannsu.
The novel follows the Romulan, Commander Ael t’Rllaillieu as she attempts to prevent her people going down a dark …

This book title, Answer (Grow Any Business, Achieve Financial Freedom, and Live an Extraordinary Life) is indeed very long, but do not so called underestimate the power of this book. It is filled with lots of great wealth of information and especially tips for everyone out there to …

This is a great marketing book. The authors are marketing research professionals and the entire book is about the importance of doing proper marketing research rather than basing business decisions on gut feel. The authors give concrete and clear examples from their business experience. And included are ideas on …

I have used many dictionary in my life, one of which is Webster’s New World College Dictionary.
What I really love about this dictionary is that in addition to definitions of important words that have been in use for decades,it includes definitions to so mant words that are relatively new …

Recently, I read a book titled: “I am Number Four” written by Pittacus Lore, which was a major motion picture released in my country. Loving science fiction and fantasy novels, I was drawn into the book easily and was impressed by the strong visual descriptions, the rather unique plot …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Doomsday World is a novel that I did not like all that much. The reason that I did not enjoy reading it is because the novel seems fragmented to me. By that, I mean it does not flow well. In novels, it is …

Recommeded ages; 7 and up
Kit Kittredge is a nine-year-old girl girl growing up in the Great Depression of 1934. Kit learns that not eveything is like in the books she reads when her Father must sell his car dealership, and her older brother can’t attend college because they cannot …

I was trying to figure out just how to get a grip on my finances with all the different income streams that many freelancers have and found The Money Book for Freelancers, Part-Timers and the Self-Employed.
This book bills itself as the only personal finance system for people with …

” If someone does not stop him , two great houses will be in flames. Blood will be spilled and screams will echo forever. There are wolves in the pen and they want to destroy us all.” This ominous prediction made by Razor Eddie, a future god in Nightside, …

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 …

This book Animation: From Script to Screen by Animation veteran Shamus Culhane is a very valuable book. As a student of Animation it has helped me gain valuable information about the process of Animation.
As the cover page says this person is truely is legendary animator and he has …

‘Nineteen eighty-four’ is a book written by George Orwell. George Orwell wrote this book in 1948. This book speaks about how life would be in 1984. The book is painful to read. The author has written down a very negative description of life in 1984.
The author says that there …

Into the Void…With Ace Frehly By Wendy Moore.
Ace Frehly, as you probably know what KISS’ super guitarist during their glory days and, while you may or may not know, he
was fired in 1980 due to problems with substance abuse.
Ace returned to the KISS fold in the 1996 reunion tour …

This book was very different from the books I usually read. I felt that the book was a little longer than it needed to be and for me personally, it didn’t have enough action or drama to hold my attention for very long.
I felt that the author did …

The Uncensored Confessions by Nina Malkin is a book about a teenage band and the members that are consisted in it.
I remember those days that I was in a school band and having conflicts and secret thoughts about the band but could not for a fact communicate with …

The book “In the Forests of the Night,” by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is a great fantasy book for teens. I read this when it came out when I was young, but since there has been a lot more interest from teens in the vampire genre it would be relevant. …

This is the last and second book of the two-part miniseries in the Deadly Voyage book, and it’s titled Escape from Terror Island. Here we can see the group survives the horrible storm and they are on an island alone and they are all just relieved to see each …

Joni (Paperback) is one inspirational writing that every one should find time to read. This is one story you can’t afford to stop reading till you reach the end. The 224 pages of this Paperback will never bore you down. Tears will surely join you while …

A Ticket to the Boneyard was written by Lawrence Block (published by First Avon Books, 1991)
The sins of the past has caught up with Matthew Scudder. A man that he had put into prison has been released and he was looking for revenge. Scudder has already …

Humor & gore in 1? Yes, chick lit and murder mystery come together in this 2006 release by Christy Barritt.
Gabby St. Claire runs a rather unusual business: crime scene clean-up. This gory work is the closest thing to her dream job - that of a forensic scientist - so …

When I first picked up single white vampire a vampire romance book by Lynsay Sands I was quite sceptical about it’s content, as I have read quite a few of these types of book’s and sometimes they did not float my boat so to speak. My first impressions of the …

This is a great collection of quotations carefully selected from various segments of the Health and Home Magazine and published into a single book. The quotes are artistically presented with amazing photographs carefully picked and placed appropriately throughout the pages. I very much appreciate how nature, ranging from cute …

I really liked this book, although it is bittersweet. It is a memoir written by Martha Beck, a woman who was raised in the Mormon faith (also known as the Church of the Latter Day Saints, hence the title of the book).
The book describes how, for years, she had …

The third installment in the Night Series is about two witch cousins who are as different as night and day, one evil and one good. There is a lot here to sink your teeth into and I really enjoyed reading this one, as it was intriguing. Basically it …

I never actually bought this book, but instead received it as a gift from a friend of mine when I was about seven years old. When I got it though, I was a little turned off by the illustration on the front even though I had already developed an …

The Guy Not Taken, by Jennifer Weiner, was not what I expected having read several of Jennifer Weiner’s full length novels. I found these short stories to be more like little character or event sketches than actual short stories. Each story was well written and it was, especially after …

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 …

I received this book as a gift and to be honest I didn’t give it much of a chance. I use beads pretty much exclusively for making jewelry. I don’t have an idea that I want to attach them to a quilt or make textile art with them. Also, …

Eve Dallas is the main character star in this book, Creation In Death by Nora Roberts. But for this book specifically, she has put her pen-name known as J.D. Robb, a name that I find uniquely queer but suits the voice in her writing. Perhaps we have always …