Alpha Flight was the first superhero team created in Marvel Comics that took place outside the United States, specifically Canada. I only read a few Alpha Flight comics when I was younger and only appreciated them after realizing the storylines were more mature and realistic than most other …

The Wheel of Time series enthralls readers, and Robert Jordan never fails to weave a masterfully crafted web of entrigue and energy. The Dragon Reborn is the culmination of the first two books of the series, coming together in an explosion of realization and the story’s evolution.
If by now …

Once again, with her Dragonriders of Pern novel The White Dragon, Anne McCaffrey takes us through a magical, mysterious world of dragons, noble heros, and memorable situations. With every single one of her stories, we remember the time the hero saved the day; the first single, wonderful moment of …

Adopted Paws is a story by author Retz Reeves. Adopted Paws tells how Retz Reeves came to have so many animals in her life, and ultimately how she met her spouse, who is the animal lover in the family. Adopted Paws is a must read for any and all …

One of my friends had gifted me The Immortals of Mehua during the last summer holidays. This is the first book of now famous Shiva Triology by Amish Tripathy. I had heard a lot about this book and hence completed it in one week. My experience with this book …

‘Five go to Demon’s rocks’ is a book written by Enid Blyton and is the nineteenth among the famous five adventure series. Now it happens that Uncle Quentin, George’s father has a visitor. He is a brilliant professor and has come there on some important work. He has come …

I love this book, as it is one of the crazier of the Goosebumps series. Not to mention, the book contains some neat twists. It made it to TV, and at times, I do watch the episode.
The story’s plot is set around a girl whose name is Lucy. She …

Like Love was written by Ed McBain (published by Pan Books Ltd, 1980)
There is no book like a McBain mystery to spend time with. I don’t think I could ever tire of McBain classics and the characters that he had so deftly created and developed.
What a …

Timothy’s Files was written by Lawrence Sanders. (published by New English Library in 1988)
I didn’t realize I’m going to enjoy this book so much I actually spent the whole night just reading it. The author had created a truly sad but likeable character, in Timothy Cone, …

True At First Light is a wonderful memoir by Ernest Hemmingway, one of the greatest American authors of all time.
I was intially drawn to this Hemingway novel, because of the title. I am like that, a catchy title will draw me in like a moth to a flame. I …

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare is a fantasy collection for mid to late teens and up. Five of the six novels have been published, with the next due for release in March 2014.
The first of these, City Of Bones, brings us the story of New Yorker Clary …

I-SPY London is part of a series of books which can be used to make journeys and trips out more interesting, as in each book, there are hundreds of different locations for you to visit. Once you visit a location, you can put a tick in the tickbox. Once …

As soon as I heard about “The Nine” being released I signed up on my library’s waitlist so I could read it. Unfortunately at my library you can’t renew books that are new books and the checkout period is only fourteen days so I read myself into a seven-day fine …

I am a great fan of autobiographies and politics, so I have finally got around to reading a (huge, long) book that I received a few years ago. My husband purchased My Life, Bill Clinton’s autobiography, for me because he is well aware of my admiration for what this …

Following to the theory of Maslow, in order for these basic necessity to fill up those, then it is not filled up, one can certainly give motive. Until one satisfies basic necessity in existence, a higher necessity or respect like social necessity are not verified. As for safety, one …

Seth Godin subtitle’s his “The Big Red Fez” as “How to Make Any Web Site Better.” Too bad he didn’t read a book about how to make any book better, because his suffers from many faults.
With only 111 pages and a retail price tag of $11 “The Big …

The Center of Everything is a coming of age novel by Laura Moriarty.
I found the story, while simple and to be completely honest, not that unusual - a bright girl whose parents did not marry and whose father left before she was born - to still be very absorbing. …

This is a very large used bookstore located in the heart of downtown Milwaukee. It has three floors of books, magazines, DVDs, cds, comic books and records. Out of the three floors, the second floor is the smallest and mainly is just a single room. I’ve visited this store …

‘The ship of adventure’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This book is interesting and definitely worth a read.
In this book, the children are off on a cruise ship and thus, there is very great excitement. The ship sails from Southhampton to the Greek islands. They come across …

Havana Noir is a collection of short stories set in Cuba. My favorite story in the collection is called The Last Passenger. This is a very suspenseful story about a serial killer who terrorizes the city. He kills women throughout the city and the authorities have …

If you’re looking for a book that keeps you in suspense with every page you turn, then pick up this book by Lisa Jackson.
Eve must depend on her former lover, whom she thinks tried to kill her, in order to solve a mystery that revolves around the …

Carpe Jugulum is a part of Terry Pratchett’s series about Witches of Lancre. It concentrates on Three witches and a Queen (who in theory is also a witch, but since there can only be three witches in one town/city/kingdom, Magrat is no longer officially a witch) and their fight …

The Diary Of Anne Frank was written by young Anne Frank during World War II and the Jewish Holocaust. Anne Frank and her family were Jewish and all went well until they realized that they must go into hiding or they would be sent to the concentration camps and …

Nowadays it isn’t uncommon to use a computer every day. It doesn’t matter if we are working, studying or just hanging out, chances are we use a computer to do our every day, regular stuff. There are lots of different software to get a lot of different things done, …

I love this book so much, titled, The Other Boleyn Girl, written by Philippa Gregory. The cover of the book looks very ancient and nice and this story starts off with 2 sisters who sort of compete with one another for the love of a King. The …

This book was given to me as a present from my grandparents when they came to visit last month. I was quite excited that they chose this book because I had not read it and it looked really cool. I was attracted to it very quickly mostly because the …

The book ” Be a great parent” by Dr.H. Norman Wright is really a good guiding book for every parent . This book has been written with a Christian background but tells many things about raising a responsible children. It teaches how parentcan remain in …

Julia is a truly scary and disquieting novel by horror great Peter Straub. It was written in the 1970s but stands the test of time and is still very readable and enjoyable today. You can tell it was written in the past because of the way the characters are …

This book is an adaptation of the 2008 bestseller,Dewey,The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched The World,also by Vicki Myron and Brett Witter. Both volumes are tributes to a very remarkable cat named Dewey Readmore Books,the furry goodwill ambassador of the library in the small town of Spencer,Iowa,where Vicki …

The book Night by Elie Wiesel is an extraordinary book. It is amazing. It is very influential. It is very sad and emotional. But it is an amazing book. It is about the holocaust and is a true story about the author.
It starts off when the Elie is a …

If you are someone who has recently started a business or have profoundly considered going into business for yourself, then I would highly suggest you order a copy of Small Business Accounting Simplified by Daniel Sitarz. Small Business Accounting Simplified is a book for those who are do not …

The Shaman Sings is the first in a mystery series by James D. Doss. The series takes place on the Southern Ute Reservation in Colorado. Daisy Perika is an elderly Ute shaman who sees visions and uses the information she gets from the vision to help the police discover …

This story is the 47th Hardy Boys’ mystery for preteen boys. The numbers on the books do not mean much, as every book has an introduction to the characters and the sequence of events does not seem to be too connected, other than mentioning which mystery is to come …

If you have children or grandchildren in your life, you will absolutely love “Rainy Day Magic” by Joey Green. This jam packed book offers 443 simple, fun projects using many products you may already have lying around the house, such as jello, pudding mixes, cornstarch, or flour.
The book …

For Father’s Day that day, I bought for my dad the book of Many Ways to Say I Love You, written by Fred Rogers. He was so touched that he cried a bit. This book is very sweet actually. I’ve read it too, after my father …

Tales Of A Drama Queen by Lee Nichols is not that bad. It is perhaps underrated, because just at the first glance, one might think that there’s nothing really amazing about this story. Not that much a plot, and has nothing whatsoever related to the real life that …

I’ve always loved The Black Stallion novels by Walter Farley, but it’s been years since I read any of them so it was a true treat when I found this one in my local library. No one brings life with a horse alive better than he does. And no …

I hadn’t read a detective for a very long time, so I decided to relax, take a break. But with THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN it was hard to relax.
This book can hardly be called a detective. It’s more of a dramatic story. Three women, three personal tragedies that …

Title of Book: Have You Seen Me?
Author: Laura Denham
Written in an honest repository, Denham explores the basic human desire to belong, and to be loved. Have You Seen Me? offers a fresh perspective on occupations most of us would think of as lowly, and pathetic - dance hostesses and prostitutes. …

I have been a fan of Meg Cabot’s novels for quite some time now. I enjoyed every one of her teen and adult books, excluding The Princess Diaries which I never really liked. As soon as I heard about Airhead I had to buy it. The synopsis sounded intriguing …

I heard about Dale Carnegie when I started my full-time job. There was a twelve week training that was being offered to certain employees. This book was one of the required readings for the class. I didn’t actually get to take the class, but I was given this book …

I think this is one of the unique books around that adults and teenagers would really love. Making Money by Terry Pratchett is a book about Moist von Lipwig and with a name like that, it’s a wonder really. But really suits the book. He is running, …

Paperbackswap is a site where you can swap the books you’ve finished reading for books you want. There are, in fact, a few sites online where you can do this, but Paperbackswap is by far the best.
First off, it is the biggest. This means it has the largest selection …

My Mother in-law gave me this book a year ago as a gift before my husband and I moved out of state. It is put out by Hallmark books and contains many different uplifting scriptures with reflections and best loved poems.
This little book, and it is a little …

The poem “Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney had a significant impact on me due to its emotional nature and the fact that it evokes a great deal of emotion. The interesting thins is that it is able to complete this task without explicitly stating a great deal of emotional …

I got this book hoping that we would find more ideas for our grandkids to earn more of their own spending money. We have found the lack of an index page or even a good table of contents page to be totally problematic. The ideas for what the kids …

The Further Advnetures of The Wilderness Family is a continuation of the story about the Robinson Family who left the big city to move to the mountains and start a simpler life. Now winter is approaching and they are faced with the challenges of preparing for the bitterness and …

This new SVU book series is apparently all about love, friendship, and freedom, but I think Sweet Valley creator Francine Pascal has gotten things way out of hand. The writer, Laurie John, is also different from the ones like Sweet Valley High and Sweet Valley Teens, and I honestly …

My Lady Captor is an enchanting historical romance set along the English Scottish boarder in the 1380’s. The story involves an impoverished but prideful Scottish clan and a wealthy and stubborn English Knight. The story begins on the battlefield as the grave robbers take what they can …