McNally’s Secret (written by Lawrence Sanders and published by Berkley Publishing Group, 1992)
Reading about Archy McNally’s escapades always makes me feel relaxed and lazy. The rich, pleasure-seeking playboy who was surprisingly sympathetic and bighearted, is also a passable detective.
His father, Preston McNally, had a case that the firm …

Still Life With Crows is another book by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child. The story occurs right after another book I reviewed, The Cabinet of Curiosities. In this book, we are in a sleepy little town of Kansas where 7 foot corn stalks cover the landscape. We begin when …

IF THEY MOVE…KILL ‘EM The Life and Times of Sam Peckinpah”
Sam was interesting character and he was probably one of the greatest directors of the Western genre. Maj. Dundee, Pat Garret and Billy The Kid, and of course the seminal classic, The Wild Bunch are firmly entrenched in film …

I don’t usually go for books that have racial themes and what not. I don’t like to hear about people being treated unfairly when it happens enough in reality. And I hate it when people use race to justify doing evil things because of whatever their form is justice …

The Modern Middle East book is written by Mehran Kamrava. My mother borrowed this from her friend, and she recommended it for my reading, just to have another insight on The Middle East and what has been happening. She told me that it is better to read …

“The Hide and Horn Saloon” is written by JT. Edson, the fabulous author of the Floating Outfit books. A writer of the western Genre.
It is hard to find good westerns these days.
Charlotte Canary, also known as Madam Bulldog come to Tennyson, Texas to take ownership of the Hide and …

My oldest daughter has been asking for a bible to read. But, I haven’t been able to find a decent Children’s Bible in this area.
The other day, I was walking through Wal-mart and came across the VeggieTales Bible Storybook with Scripture for $13. Even though it wasn’t an actual …

I am a very big reader who loves beautiful photographic literature. While looking for an idea to use for my recent hobby of taking (really bad) photographs, I found this charming book.
I truly enjoyed this book that can only be described as a photography book about boxer shorts. …

Super Mario 64 (The Super Mario Game Series) - by BradyGames is a guide that I did not enjoy looking through so much because it really lacked a lot of things that make a collector like myself happy: namely unique and special little qualities that set one strategy guide …

A Royal Duty book is authored by Paul Burrell, one time personal footman of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England and who became the loyal Butler of the late Princess of Wales, Diana, when her marriage to Prince Charles became intolerable. This book is more of a biography …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Survivors is a great novel for those fans of the show that liked what they saw of the Tasha Yar character and wanted to learn more about her. This is a story that is primarily about her as well as her difficult and …

The Young Surgeons was written by Edith P. Begner. It is an older book but I had never read it. I can’t say that I liked the book that much at all.
The main character is Dr. George Bruneau. He is a new surgeon and has problems coping when …

A Woman Betrayed by Barbara Delinsky has a very nice book cover and this story is about Laura, whom is the woman betrayed in this story. She is someone that has a marriage life with her husband for 20 years, whom is Jeff Frye. But their happy marriage …

Marked by PC and Kristen Cast is the first volume in the House of Night Series about a vampire finishing school. This book is juvenile fiction. Although I am far from Juvenile, I enjoyed this book. I do not consider myself to be one of those …

This book is the sequel to another Brian Keene book “The Rising”. I have read The Rising before this and if you haven’t read that book before you read this, you will still enjoy this book as much as I do.
The City of The Dead is the continuation of …

Last month, I read the book written by Erik Larson called The Devil in the White City. In this book, Erik wrote about two men, each handsome and an expertise in their line of work, and represents the element that proved America’s rush towards the twentieth century.
One is …

The Broken Hearts Club (BHC) met weekly in a restaurant to talk about their broken hearts and emotions; a support group for those who were trying to recover from their failed relationships. There were four members in attendance Harris Tilman, a banker, Eric Porter, a literary …

This is a YA book where the main protagonists are 16-year-old Ethan and 15-year-old Lena. Ethan is a normal mortal while Lena is a caster (otherwise known as witch) with incredible powers. Their love is doomed by a curse on Lena’s family incurred a hundred years ago by one …

Wow, just when I thought I couldn’t read any thing that would creep me out any more, I come across Bram Stoker’s short story Burial of the Rats and have to say I got chills.
The story, which is about an Englishman who is traveling through France and accidentally comes …

Sigh! I’ve done it again. I’ve lowered my standards to read another one of Charlaine Harris’ Sookie Stackhouse novels. If I didn’t enjoy her writing and characters so much I would avoid this series like a plague. But as it is, I find myself almost compelled to read the …

My little brother borrowed from his friend this book the other day, which is actually pretty senseless to me. I don’t find any significance to this book, and it basically only describes the methods or rather, the group that has founded the word Bling! and has made this …

This should be a must have for all people. It’s a simple truth. Men and Women are different. No matter how much we want to whine and complain that we are all equal. We are equal in the respect and the compensation of jobs and life. But we do …

No Ordinary Man is written by Suzanne Brockmann and this good love story is about Rob Carpenter and Jess Baxter.
Rob is actually a new tenant for Jess and she does not know anything at all about Rob, which he finds to be full of mysteriousness and a …

The fate of the vampire may seem attractive to the human being whose life path is like a blink in eternity, but it is a terrible fate for a representative of the wonderful world of the Elves, creatures also beautiful and graceful, but dedicated entirely to light and life. …

I’ve always considered myself a nerd, so when I read the synopsis of this book, I immediately thought, why not? Despite the awful cover, I decided to give it a chance and I have to say, I had a really fun time reading it.
Maddie spend an embarrassing moment …

This is book 3 of the Rihannsu series. Also known as the Bloodwing chronicles. War is brewing between the Romulan Empire and the Federation and Kirk and his Romulan ally Ael are right in the middle of it again.
Plot-wise, this book smacks of a holding action. Little goes on …

My younger brother gave me this book for my last year�s birthday. It�s a tongue-in-cheek book called The Rules for Online Dating: Capturing the Heart of Mr. Right in Cyberspace. I laughed like crazy when I opened up my birthday present and found this book, written by …

This book lists all of the weird stuff that can be found in the state of Maryland, from legends, ancient mysteries, famous people, UFO sightings and weird things to see. On occasion I enjoy reading about weird stuff so this book was right up my alley. Besides, I have …

This is the first book in the Circle of Magic quartet. The story revolves around 4 young children who have magic and their adventures together.
This particular book focus mainly on Sandry (or Sandrilene fa Toren), a noble child with thread magic. Together with her other 3 friends - Tris, …

After the Essentials line and before the release of 5th edition, Wizards of the Coast released a couple more player books for the 4E system. One such book was titled “Heroes of Shadow”.
When it was originally released, I thought it was another title that fell under the …

Germ Line is a fasinating book by Nelson Erlick. This book is a fictional work about the future of genetics and being that I love the study of genetics it was a slam dunk decision to buy. For me it is important that a book use imagery so you …

I also got to Nabokov’s ambiguous work, which for some is a horror, for others a torment of the soul and the frank weakness of a person who could not curb his passion. It is worthy of booing or regret, whether it reeks of the novel or a genius …

This is a book packed full of recipes under each day of the year, and it has full course meals for each day. It really does make planning meals easy. I think this cookbook is easily one of my favorites. It not only includes recipes, but tons …

Lori Wilde did a good job in writing this novel. This is a story of a struggling videographer, Tish Gallagher, who is trying to get out of debt. She was able to get a client, the daughter of the president, Elysee Benedict. Tish was chosen as the official videographer …

“Haunting Rachel” is a suspense filled romance written by Kay Hooper.
Rachel Grant has returned to Richmond to bury her parents. Ten years before her fiance vanished. SHe has been mourning his loss for years.
Soon Rachel has attempts on her life and her nights are filled with nightmares. To …

I don’t really feel any urge to read a manga once I saw that the current chapters that are scanlated are already but Hourou Musuko is different. When I get to saw the manga, it was already at chapter 72 and still haven’t finish scanlating. I tried to read …

All brides to be will definitely have to take a look at this Asian Bridal Look Book: The Essential Guide to Gorgeous Hair and Make-up for Your Special Day by Nilpa Bharadia. It has been compiled in English and there are just so many tips that one could use.
Being …

I have just finished reading The Cater Street Hangman, by Anne Perry.
I really enjoyed this book. I believe Ms. Perry writes about strong characters.
I liked meeting Charlotte and Thomas. Whom I am aware are in a whole series of these books. It is always nice to read the …

The scent of Shadows is a really interesting novel writtin by Vicki Petterson. The story is about a female photographer who lives in Las Vegas. Her past haunts her as she was raped when she was 16. Little does she know shes about to be sucked into a world …

A good read.. no actually a fantastic read if you are into woman power. This book captures the essence of desperation with fast pacing action. It gives you the feel of what the world would be like if man could control the weather.
In a weird yet wonderful sense …

I was sold on this young adult series by Kelly Armstrong the minute I saw who the author was. I’ve read all of Kelly Armstrong’s adult books, centered around a mystical theme, and knew that these Darkest Powers books would be something to behold. Her characters are always very …

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 …

“Thr3e” by Ted Dekker is a thriller that will keep you turning the pages and guessing what’s going on. It tells the story of Kevin Parson, a 28 year old seminary student who finds himself stalked and threatened by a ruthless terrorist. The man first shows up when Kevin …

I have read the book ‘The glory of freedom’. This book is written by Osho, an Indian author. Osho explains the importance of freedom in life. Osho also tells us that our freedom has been destroyed by society and religion. Society has told us that we should live in …

Grave Surprise is written by Charlaine Harris and for an author, she really has a unique name. In this book she writes again a very good book which I’m not surprised if it hits the bestseller’s list like her previous novels which linger on the realms of mysteries and …

This book, one of Gail Carson Levine’s more recent young adult novels, is set in the neighbouring kingdom to the setting of the author’s Ella Enchanted. The main character is strong and well characterized, and I enjoyed the story and the flow of the plot. I think I especially …

The first time I ever saw the eye catching cover of “The Lovely Bones” by Alice Sebold was in a CVS store (or it may have been Rite Aid but it was so long ago that I can’t remember). I picked it up and began reading a couple of …

Two years ago when I was in the college, I have to read computer networks as this was given in my syllabus. This was the first time when I had encountered something like network in my educational career. This made me impatient as it is becoming quite tough to …

Robert K. Kiyosaki; the author of the best selling book ‘Rich Dad Poor Dad’ has added another book to his name. The new one is called ‘Conspiracy Of The Rich; the 8 new rules of money’ a book not on another conspiracy theory like that of ‘who killed J.F …

If those Harry Potter books aren’t encouraging the kids to read, have you considered manga? Manga is the term applied to graphic novels from Asia. Generally they’re Japanese, but most bookstores consider Korean graphic novels as manga as well. These books are every lazy reader’s dream- …