The book titled New Moon by Stephanie Meyer is the second book in the series of the Twilight Saga. I read this book and was amazed how different it was from the first book. The story is more focused on Jacob’s character rather than Edward, but still …

I have never read any of Paulo Coelho’s books but I never forgot what my mentor told me before. We were discussing about great books to read and he always would mention the book “The Alchemist” because he said that it taught him great virtues in life and that …

I am a huge Leonard Cohen fan; I like his music, his poetry and anything else he decides to do. His talent is endless and, in my opinion, ageless. I heard about a book launch party at a book store in Calgary, Alberta, for a book which is a …

‘The Minister’s Black Veil ‘ is one of those symbolic stories that lingered in my mind for a long time after I read it. There was something in it that made it very close to my heart and I can say I deeply emphathized with the main character. Hooper …

Every single book that I’ve read by Kelly Oram I’ve devoured and enjoyed, and obviously, Cinder & Ella wasn’t the exception. Cinder & Ella turned out to be a very pleasant and entertained journey that shows the growth that a character can have.
Cinder & Ella met through her …

UFC 60 between icon Royce Gracie and then Welterweight Champion Matt Hughes was the first MMA fight I’d ever seen. From that point on I was drawn in. I watched and read anything I could about mixed martial arts.
I read the magazines and order the fights on …

Brandon Sanderson is one of the most popular writers of epic fantasies today, but few people know that he also writes books for children and teenagers. As a fan of this type of literature with great interest I went through the different pages of the novel ” Alcatraz versus …

Tim Green wrote the novel The Fourth Perimeter and I thought that it was going to be a very boring read. This book was borrowed to me by my colleague at work and we have this tendency to exchange books that we have read. In this political novel, …

Crispin, the Cross of Lead, by Avi is a great book for kids aged eleven and up, full of adventure with a bit of fighting and mystery. It’s also a bit educational, as the story is set in feudal England and so you can see a little of what …

This is a good book to read to your kids at bedtime. The theme does center around Christmas, but it can be read throughout the year because it isn’t saturated with Santa Clause or getting presents.
This book is about a little boy and what I assume is his …

Super Smash Bros. Brawl Prima Official Game Guide turned out to be a disappointing guide. The reason I found it to be disappointing is because the layout and overall presentation seemed relatively sloppy. The places in which character art is placed and the text blocks, it just was not …

The Boy Called It is the first in a set of three, written by David Pelzer. The story is written completely through the eyes of a child. The first story, beautifully written but absolutely heartbreaking. It is unbelieveable to think that something like this could go on. I was …

You have to give Laura Ingraham a lot of credit because her new book POWER TO THE PEOPLE provides more than just a whining, complaining monologue about the problems facing folks in society today. Instead, it provides an insight into the valuable course of action people should take to …

Buy this book, The Skin Type Solution by Leslie Baumann or loan it if you must. This a skin book that all women should have. Personally, in my point of view, that is.
I know there are already countless books out there, but how can one misses a book …

I usually don’t read books like this where it is sure to be sad, because I get emotional pretty easily I guess you could say, and I don’t usually enjoy crying when I’m reading. But I when I was at the theaters a few months ago, I saw the …

‘Five go down to the sea’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. It is a nice book and is one among the famous five adventure series. The children go off on a trip to Cornwall. They finally reach Tremannon farm in Cornwall, where they had intended to stay. …

I was checking on my cousin’s blog site and I came across this article by Paulo Coelho. It is entitled “Closing Cycles”. While imparting his thoughts on “closing cycles” you will come up with a realization that in one way or another, each one of us experienced closing cycles. …

I’ve long been a huge fan of Diana Gabaldon’s “Outlander” and “Lord John” novel series. So when it was announced last year that Ms. Gabaldon will be releasing a graphic novel set in the first novel, I — like many other fans — eagerly awaited the finished product, especially …

The Partner is another excellent novel by John Grisham. As usual, Grisham is highly involved in writing stories based on the legal environment, may I add, with a lot of twists and drama.
Patrick Lanigan is a former lawyer and an upcoming partner in a Mississippi Law firm. Lanigan was …

Welcome to an episode full of shady characters, dark blackjack tables, and a single casino chip. This is episode 3 of Cowboy Bebop, otherwise known as “Honky-tonk Woman”. Staying true to the bebop theme, this episode opens to a dim grimy Chinese shop with a woman dressed in less …

This is the second book about the medieval sleuth Hugh Corbett, who works for the Chancellor of England. He is sent to Scotland in the spring of 1286 because the Chancellor wants him to find out what he can about the death of the Scottish King Alexander III. Corbett is …

Fairy Tail Manga Volume 2 by Hiro Mashima has Lucy, Happy and Natsu taking a job trying to recover a book from a millionaire, but unbeknownst to them, the man’s killed any wizard who has ever come to his house.
This was a great manga volume. The story was …

This book is the 5th book in the Deltora Quest series, and it has some of the neatest animals in the series. Or maybe they are people. At any rate, Leif, Barda, and Jasmine get to fly in the pouches of the kin, as well as save the Dread …

Carrie Bebris has taken two favorite, classic characters and written new books about them. She has taken Mr. and Mrs. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice and written new stories about them after their wedding. However these new stories are all mysteries and Mr. and Mrs. Darcy are the ones …

‘Royal Wedding’ by the well-known ITN newscaster (well, he was well known at the time), Gordon Honeycombe is a commemoratative book to celebrate the wedding of Lady Diana, as she was then, and Prince Charles in 1981. It is a large, hardback book with a lot of good …

Malcolm Campbell’s first published novel, The Sun Singer (2004), is a wonderful debut novel. Published by iUniverse, Inc., it follows the journey of Robert Adams — all the way into another dimension.
Robert is possessor of, or perhaps possessed by, a special power, the power of foresight/insight through his …

Mortal Causes was written by Ian Rankin (published by Simon & Schuster, 1995)
When I started this book, I found it slow moving; moreover I was not very keen on stories about terrorists and their activities. With their worldwide notoriety and atrocities, I have already passed them off as worse …

This was the first novel that I read by Heather Graham and it has made me a fan of her books. It is expertly plotted with enough of suspicious characters to make you question just which one is the criminal. The main plot is simple enough: a young woman …

As a kid, I remember reading Anne of Green Gables and how it instantly became my favorite book. I was probably 10 when I read it, which is about the age the book is intended for (give or take a few years). I decided to read …

The Thirteenth Tale: A Novel by Diane Setterfield quite a scary story altogether. There are simply too many mysteries to uncover that you will find yourself pretty scared. I was reading some pages at night and I got a bit creep out, really. And then, I had …

‘The obsession’ is a book written by Kim Chernin. The author reflects on the tyranny of slenderness. The book is an analysis which is beautifully written. The analysis is about our society’s increasing demand that women be thin. The author says that men have encouraged this obsession and women …

Wings Income tax Booklet is a wonderful to know about Income tax. I am having poor knowledge in finance sector. But I am very eager to know about that field. That’s why I bought this book. This book contains some highlights of the Indian Union …

The fourth novel of the Discworld series is also the first book in the Death’s saga, I mean, the group of novels with Death as the main character.
Death of Discworld is a seven-foot-tall skeleton that wears a black robe and rides a white horse called Binky. His job consists …

The Fact-a-Minute Book is, I am pleased to be able to say, exactly what it says it is! It is a children’s book, a fairly slim paperback written by Paul James and published by Sparrow Books in 1982, which contains one thousand, four hundred and forty interesting and bizarre …

The “Poems that Live Forever” book, with the combined poems from America’s favorite poets, is a real inspiration even to someone like myself who does not enjoy poetry on any given day. Through high school I had trouble with poetry, and it wasn’t until college that I began to …

This book, Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan, is the fourth book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. The events in this books were much foreshadowed in previous books, and it is becoming a bit obvious as each book seems to be a lead in to …

Project Gutenberg is amazing. I have been, and still am, a great reader throughout my life. When I was a kid I always looked forward to visiting the library where the entire universe lived. I used to dream about owning all of those books and having them to read …

Ernst Breisach’s Historiography: Ancient, Medieval, & Modern, 481 pp., ISBN 0-226-07278-9, is no lightweight history book. Instead, it is a book about the writing of history: historiography. Written for graduate level students, Breisach presents a comprehensive coverage of western history that assumes some knowledge beforehand, but it could, with …

Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs is the fourth installment of her Mercy Thompson series. For those that are new to the series or have never read it, Mercedes Thompson is a VW mechanic working in the Tri-cities in Washington. She’s
also a shape shifter, turning into a coyote at will, …

This issue was far more straight forward than the one that came before. Hellboy and Alice trek through the bizarre landscape to encounter a strange imp like creature who claims to be an Englishman.
Hellboy and Alice assume it’s a guide and follow him. It turns …

My son, who is almost 22 months, absolutely loves reading this book along with mommy and daddy. It’s very simple to understand for a little guy who is really just getting into books. Any type of book with interaction is a major plus in my opinion to …

In the volume number 17 of Nodame Cantabile we finally get to know Chiaki’s father. He’s forced to go to see his son’s concert, and when Chiaki notices in the middle of it, he gets so nervous that he fails at his conducting. That will make him behave in …

Parallel Lies is by Ridley Pearson. I absolutely love his books! He is one of my favorite writers of all time. I like the way he writes, the characters he employees, and the meaning behind his plot lines.
Parallel Lies is about a large company that caused an accident that …

Into the Dark is a compilation of three stories by Gena Showalter plus some extra tidbits about her Lords of the Underworld series, like interviews and descriptions of the Lords by William the immortal warrior and honorary Lord. Into the Dark contains one of Showalter’s Atlantis stories and two …

I’m a big fan of supernatural romance fiction and J.R Ward is one of the best authors that I’ve read in a long time. Out of the books of hers that I’ve read so far Lover Unbound is the one that really stood out for me.
I’ve enjoyed all of …

while this book does not have a twisted ending like most of Stine’s other books, I liked this book because one of the main characters defeats the one causing all of the evil–King Jellyjam. Not to mention, chapters end in cliff hangers making you want to keep on reading …

This book, the first one in Karen Hancock’s “Legents of the Guardian King” series, is a masterpiece of Christian fiction, and a long awaited one, I might add. It’s about time the genre of Christian fantasy comes back to life and takes its rightful place on the bookstore shelves.
Abramm …

At first, I was just so attracted to this book’s cover because it’s so cute and it’s about witches so I thought it could be interesting. I know it’s a children’s book but it really looks interesting to me so I read the whole book. It’s about a boy …

BradyGames Star Fox Adventures Official Strategy Guide turned out to be a pretty disappointing strategy guide. Not only was the guide missing information on certain areas and not only did the guide in some instances skip over a necessary task and jump forward, but also, it was pretty poorly …

‘Learning to love yourself’ is a book written by Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse. This is a book based on self-love. Sharon says that we have to love ourselves and gives valuable information on how to love oneself. Sharon says that the most important thing is love of self. Sharon also says …