Books Reviews
Simple Abundance
When Sarah Ban Breathnauch published Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy in 1995, she probably had no idea how successful it would be. It almost has a cult following now. There is a website, online magazine and even community groups that teach the Simple Abundance principles. Written …
Angels and Demons book
I read the book few 2 years ago. All I can say is that that book is always better that the movie version and that goes for the entire book that made into movie films.
The movie pertains to science vs. …
Reader’s Digest Complete Guide to Needlework
The Reader’s Digest Complete Guide to Needlework is one of my favorite books and one that I actually purchased for my home use instead of just checking it out from the library. I do not do a lot of needlework but when I do I sometimes need some …
Love Story By Erick Segal
Segal that kind of beautiful word, with someone the origin designates which is written in a trance as the novel. As for this novel very the important lesson life the doctrine the simple story so how you feel because it is in love. There is no abundant boy, it …
Out of Boneville - Jeff Smith
Out of Boneville is a cartoon by Jeff Smith. The series has received several prices, among them 10 Eisner awards. Fone Bone and his cousins Phoncible P. “Phoney” Bone and Smiley Bone are thrown out of Boneville. They are all white, bald caricatures whose main characteristic is their big …
Linda Howard “Burn” novel
Jenner Redwine got the biggest break in her life when she hit the jackpot of a lottery game she entered. Suddenly her friends and dad wanted her to pay for their bills every time. Jenner didn’t want to be broke in 5 years just because people keep mooching from …
Remember Me? by Sophie Kinesella
I have long been a fan of author Sophie Kinesella, ever since I stumbled upon her first US book Confessions of a Shopaholic. I’ve followed her books carefully, grabbing each one as soon as it was released. Some of her books have only been so-so, but I had high …
Tatiana and Alexander by Paullina Simons
‘Tatiana and Alexander’ by Paullina Simons is a beautifully written epic regarding love and II World War above all. It is considered to be a part of Simons’ trylogy consisting, apart from this reading, of ‘The bronze Horseman’ and newly published ‘Summer Garden’.
The author tells us a story of …
Making a Literary Life by Carolyn See
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 …
Database Systems by C.J. Date
Database Systems is by far one of the worst books ever. Database Systems is a book intended to explain relation databases, instead by chapter 2 you forgot what you were reading. I think the author just assumes anyone reading this book is a genius. If you …
FAHRENHEIT 451, Ray Bradbury’s dystopia about total stupefaction
Lately, everyone around us has stopped reading books. People are constantly staring into their smartphones, giggling at stupid videos. Any party ends with the guests watching a new TV series on the laptop.
On such occasions, I always think of Ray Bradbury’s great book FAHRENHEIT 451.
The author tells …
Danielle Steel “The Wedding”. A book
Like a few of her other books Danielle Steel’s “ The Wedding” irritated me. I really cannot say that this was favorite of mine, it was actually on the other end of the list under the category of “not impressed”. Let me be clear that I do like …
It’s Never DULL by Debbe Magnusen
This is an wonderful book about being a foster family and about saving abandoned babies.
Debbe and her family started off being approved as a foster family. Their desire was to adopt a baby to add to their family of 2. Well of course, that doesn’t always work …
Five People You Meet in Heaven
I bought this novel because I saw it in the bestseller book section and the title itself caught my attention and when I read at the synopsis, it’s not that bad and quite interesting as it talks about life and death.
“Five People You Meet in Heaven” is about …
Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa book
The Iron Daughter by Julie Kagawa is the second instalment in the Iron Fey series. For some odd reason, The Iron Daughter was my least favourite book in the series. It took me a lot longer to read this one, with the other three books in the series it …
Wormwood by G.P. Taylor
I recently finished reading Wormwood. Wormwood is a book written by G.P. Taylor. I really like Christian fiction novels. However, Wormwood left me feeling uneasy.
Wormwood is about people living in London in 1756. It is a battle between good and evil. The …
The Grocery Store Myth book by Eve Clark
There are a lot of books on the market about good health. I’m happy to see that and I bet you are too. Nothing is more important than our health. However, finding information about how to shop my local grocery store for the right foods that will build a strong …
Mourning Dove by Aimee & David Thurlo
I found myself reading the latest and most current Ella Clah novel with mixed feelings. Typically, I will read a series of mystery books by reading the newest book in the series from the New Books Section of the library, then if I like it, I’ll read the entire …
The Princess and the Goblin by George MacDonald
Evil goblins who live underground are plotting to kidnap the king’s daughter, Princess Irene, and force her to marry a goblin prince. Fortunately, the princess has a friend, a young miner named Curdie who overhears the plan while working in the mines and decides to thwart it.
Like all other …
Professional Visual Basic 6 XML
This book has been very helpful to me when I studied about visual basic 6 and XML. I worked for a data processing company before that specializes in data conversion into a XML format. The book is quite thick; around 725 pages in all but do not let the …
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The book title, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini is a darn good book and I spent my sleeping nights trying to complete it. This is a book based on certain aspects of the real world of Afghanistan currently, especially what women are surfacing up to over there. …
User’s Guide To Antioxidant Supplement
I do really appreciate the book User’s Guide To ANTIOXIDANT SUPPLEMENTS written by Jack Challem and Melissa Block and published by Basic Health Publications.The book is highly informative and really very helpful.It contains information on different kinds of antioxidants which include vitamins and minerals, antioxidants made in the body …
The Father Christmas letters - JRR Tolkien
The Father Christmas Letters are a collection of letters that Tolkien wrote to his children when they were young, they are either from Father Christmas or one of his helpers and tell about the preparations for Christmas and everyday life on the North Pole. They are filled with Tolkien …
Malaprop’s Bookstore and Cafe
This is my favorite bookstore and cafe in the Asheville area because of its local vibe and inventive coffee creations. With ample seating and a nice selection of books, this local book shop is the perfect place to while away the hours, reading a book and sipping your coffee.
Malaprop’s …
13 to Life by Shannon Delany (book)
One of the best werewolf books I have read in a long time, 13 to Life has a little bit of everything. All of it is well written. Shannon Delany, a debut author, knows how to tell an amazing story.
The main character, Jess, is your average girl who …
Fruits Basket Manga Volume 2 (Graphic Novel)
Fruits Basket Manga Volume 2 begins with Tohru Honda telling her two best friends, Arisa Uotani and Saki Hanajima that she is staying with the Sohma family. They want to see where she’s staying so they decide to have a sleepover at the Sohma house, which is really …
The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets
“The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets - Shambhala Centaur Editions” by Sam Hamill is a lovely poetry book that is decorated with beautiful haiku that capture simple moments in nature and enrich those moments with vivid details and expressions. If you have relatively …
Youth By J M Coetzee
Perhaps, that perhaps may be deliberate or it is non consciousness, but although those rather literally are the same, there is the difference which becomes aware in two novels. Actually, as for prose, style and writing at the present place which never does not finish to change as for …
Guillermo Del Toro Cabinet of Curiosities book
In many ways, this book shares similarities to “Hyrule Historia”. Both are tomes custom made for geeks; chock full of information, sketches, and interviews; and both are put together in big, high quality hardcover collections. This book even comes in plastic wrapping as the “Zelda” book did. …
Twilight by Stephanie Meyer
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer is an amazing book. I feel in love with this book and it’s sequels. It takes a lot to keep me interested in a book. I have never been much of a reader but Twilight captured my attention and I could not put …
Promises in Death by JD Robb book
Promises in Death is the latest instalment in the In Death series written under Roberts pseudonym.
After reading the excerpt, I had kinda high expectations for this book. And I’m glad it turned out this well.
First and foremost, the thrill factor that seemed to be lacking in the previous …
Herman Melville’s, “Hawthorne and His Mosses”
Many of us walk through life with blinders on, choosing to see only what we wish to see. “An Eagle’s Flight is out of Sight” is depicted to represent the letter E in the poem published in “The New England Primer”. This moral is used to illustrate the manner …
Two Women by Martina Cole, book
As far as books are concerned i love a good read that i can’t put down, a good sensational thriller that keeps me thinking. This is what i found while reading this book.
Is tells the tale of one women who was beaten and abused throughout her whole life …
Magnolia, book by Kristi Cook
What would’ve happened if Romeo and Juliette’s story would’ve been different? What if their families were so close that they planed their wedding since before they were born? What if it was them who hated each other? Well, Kristi Cook had those exact questions, so she decided to write …
Discovery of India book
Discovery of India is a historical book for India, in a sense, as it is written by the first Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru. I have recently read this book. The book contains an authoritative account on India and took the reader on the path of evolution …
Espanol para la Vida (Book 1) by Zena Moore
The book “Espanol para La Vida” is a text book that I used for Spanish when I was still in first form. How I came to get it was that at the time, there was a book rental system in most high schools then, and my school did not …
The Clique 2 book
This is the second girls novel form the Clique series. This one is called Best Friends fro Never. It is in Westchester duing the times of Hallowen. Massie is planning a boys girls party. Thats when the bega of the Pretty Committee finds a new friend and starts her …
Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates
I have never read a book by Joyce Carol Oates before in my life, but now I am a sit-on-the-fence fan. I could take her or leave her. Some of her books I finish-some I rip through. Thank god for the library, because if I paid …
Faking It by Jennifer Crusie
A literal collision in a dark closet in someone else’s house leads Tilda Goodnight into Davy Dempsey’s arms. Both have broken into the house in order to rectify some wrongs.
Tilda is after a painting that is a key to the secret locked in the basement of her family’s art …
The Chaos Gate Trilogy by Louise Cooper
The Chaos Gate trilogy are fantasy novels written by Louise Cooper,
The Deciever,
The Pretender,
The Avenger.
Are the titles of each book in this trilogy.
In the Deciever, Ygorla who is the half human half demon daughter of a minor Chaos demon is poised to try to take over the world.
Tirand the High Initiate …
Until Dark Mariah Stewart
In my opinion, Mariah is the female version of John Grisham. I loved this book. Where did this author come from? Great mystery story. Easy to follow and read.
The characters are Kendra and Adam. Kendra is one of those artists that sketch out suspects and Adam …
R.L. Stine: Haunted (Book)
This book was one of my first R.L. Stine books and I had no regrets buying this one. This is one of the few books that R.L. Stine has ever written which quite deviates from the usual weird and creepy novels he writes as this book has some science …
Man Woman and Child By Erick Segal
As for the story of the book the family as monopolized ones, the child .How it accepts, approximately considerably simplicity So the heroine who is how accepts the child, more seriously. I do not live more in the story! You could do that to the gorgeous movie. Actually the movie …
The Perricone Prescription Program
Almost everyone wants to always look young and healthy, especially women. To get all of that, they did not hesitate to spend big enough. Starting from traditional treatments, chemical peeling to laser treatment and even surgery. In fact, the problem of aging is a natural process, which must be …
Big Sister, Little Sister by Marci Curtis
I checked out this book along with my four-year-old niece, who happens to be the big sister of an 11-month-old! Of all the books we checked out that day… all on the topic of families… this one was my niece’s favorite! I think she liked it because she’s so …
Hitts & Mrs
The latest that I have finished reading would be the book title, Hitts & Mrs, written by the very amazing Black writer, Lori Bryant-Woolridge. She has received an Emmy before for her writing and I salute her.
This novel is a romantic one at that, but not really laced …
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