“The Girl with Braided Hair,” by Margaret Coel, Berkley Prime Crime, 2007, 293 pp. ISBN-978-0-425-21712-2
“The Girl with Braided Hair” is the thirteenth book in the series featuring Catholic Priest Father John O’Malley and Arapaho lawyer Vickie Holden. The book takes place on and near the Arapaho-Shoshone Wind River Indian …

Every year, kids have to do science fair projects. There are lots of books about science fair projects, and this book, Championship Science Fair Projects by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen, has a lot of good projects for kids to do. A big advantage of this book is that each project is …

Lord of the Rings is one of the best known fantasy books, written straight after the second world war by JRRTolkien. It has been the inspiration of many other fantasy books and quite a few films, amongst them several animated films and the hugely popular ones made by Peter …

On this Tintin adventure book, narrated that his friend, Bianca Castafiore and twin detectives captured by General Tapioca as they do in San Theodoros tour of South America. They put in prison for charges of rebellion to the government. Because of this, Captain Haddock rescue plan Castariofe. At first, …

This book is a collections of short stories about what a special, powerful and even magical influence horses can have on our lives. Featured in this book famous horses such as Seabiscuit, Ruffian, and Funny Cide as well as everyday horses like yours who have …

I felt that this was a very cute book to read to a child between the ages of two to five years old. It was very short, so your kids shouldn’t loose interest in hearing the story.
The story is about five little monkeys whose mother has …

Opposite to the previous volumes, in the 5th volume of Nodame Cantabile there’s only a storyline, the school festival. By the beginning of the manga, the S orchestra will play for the first time in front of their school mates. They decided to play wearing costumes, to keep with …

I love this book by Martina Cole. This is one of her No.1 Bestsellers and is a really powerful story. It is about a woman called Sue Dalston who has been part of danger and violence during her East End upbringing. She was unloved by her …

Vernor Vinge has written so far about five novels, three of which have won the Hugo (A Fire Upon Deep, A Deepness In The Sky and Rainbow’s End).
Still he has two Hugo awards for short stories, so he is a very popular science fiction writer in America.
Vinge was the …

This bbook is a great read. It shows the research whose Brown is hard in all pages of this book. The right gorgeousness how speaking simply, being, there is Christ’s history which interwinds from the gorgeous information which flows the recall has been done their lives as the monolog of …

“Talion: Revenant” written by Michael Stackpole, is a fantasy fiction novel that tells the story of how a young boy named Nolan overcomes tremendous odds (the death of his family and the annexation of his nation) to become a “Justice” (the highest order of the Talions who keep peace …

Last few years, there are many books about the rise of China heavily written and published. The presence of China as a global power is seen with a sense of awe and anxiety. The atmosphere that appears, the communist country, will eventually shift the dominance of the U.S. as …

“Fear Street” was a series of books written by R.L. Stine, the same author who wrote the series of Goosebumps novels for children. Although the two sets of books were similar, the difference between the two was that the “Fear Street” set of novels was written specifically for teenagers …

Too Wicked to Tame is another great novel book that is written by the all so cool author, Sophie Jordan. She writes great novels and most of her stories work fine by me. But I noticed a certain pattern. She loves to write historical romances which …

Following “For One More Day”, I was itching for more of Mitch Albom’s best sellers and hence I snatched up “The Five People YOu meet In Heaven”. I remembered using much of my time within a 1 week frame to finish the book.
Written in memory of Edward, Mitch’s uncle, …

I have loved watching Fushigi Yuugi when I was still in high school. So when I stumbled upon the manga of Yuu Watase, I knew I just had to read it. If you love reading a manga full of action, adventure, romance, and mystery, and if you love Miaka’s …

Honus and Me, an adventure book by Dan Gutman is really a great book about the old baseball legend Honus Wagner. If you love baseball books that have a good story line then you will love “Honus and Me”. I love how Dan Gutman really got inside of …

If you are a fan of romances set in Victorian England, check out “The Proposal” by Lori Wick. Jennings, a businessman and a bachelor, is determined to never get married. Things change when he unexpectedly “inherits” three young kids, James, Penny, and Thomas. Having reluctantly accepted the role of …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Fortune’s Light is a different type of Star Trek book. It is not so much a science fiction story and more of a detective and character story. The character story focuses on Commander Riker and his re-visit to a planet that he had …

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 …

This is my favorite book of all time . It is passionate and a little twisted . A very good read .
After the death of their father ,Corrine , is forced to take her four children : Cathy , Chris , Carrie , and Cory to live with her …

“Happy Thanksgiving, Emily!” is lift-the-flap children’s book by Claire Masurel and illustrated by Susan Calitri. It is a perfectly cute and harmless, slightly boring little book.
There is not much of a storyline in the book. Basically we see Emily enjoy a variety of Thanksgiving events including going to …

Light Thickens was written by Ngaio Marsh (published by Berkley Publishing Group in 1982)
Quite a formidable story; it is quite a challenge for me to start the book and read on until the detection and investigation came into the picture. The first half of the story is about …

City of the Dead was written by Herbert Lieberman (published by Hutchinson & Co Ltd in 1976)
Paul Konig, forensic pathologist and Chief Medical Examiner for the city of New York a brilliant man who was able to match forty eight pieces of amputated body parts, construct their …

The first time this book was in print, I bought about 2 dozen of them in hardback. The book no longer comes in hardback, I am sorry to say. Still, it is the most ‘knowledgeable’ and caring book I have ever owned. It sounds as though it is a …

“Bad Childhood Goodlife” is a very wonderful book to help get through some of the feelings of loss when we have had a bad childhood.
I initially bought the book to read so I could help a young girl get a good start in life after having a …

There are some stories you read that illicit a sigh of satisfaction. This is one of those books. This is the third book in a series by Jayne Ann Krentz that does not require you to read the other two books in the series to follow the …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - The Wake is a story that features Scotty, McCoy and Spock, but takes place in the 24th century. Both Scotty and Spock visit McCoy at his home and discuss the events that occurred in Star Trek: Generations, including Kirk’s first supposed death, then …

After watching the movie “The Notebook” and listening to many women sing praises over Nicholas Sparks’ work, I decided to read The Notebook and see what all the fuss was about. Acquiring a copy was simple enough. My mother has two or three of his works in her bookshelf. …

Having visited West Virginia countless times practically since I was born, this book was a refreshingly informative source of information about places that even I had not seen. Although the book is small, it packs a lot of information into a small book. Perhaps it’s because these are places …

The Mortal Instruments series by Cassandra Clare has everything a fantasy lover could want. I went into the books expecting nothing. I came out of them totally in love with the story.
The series is in three parts: The City of Bones, The City of Ashes, and The City …

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 …

A few months ago, a friend of mine that is trying to learn Spanish, asked if I’d help him out by going through language exercises with him and administering little tests here and there, and this is one of the books he loaned to me so that I could …

This book has been written by Dale Carnegie, who is a world famous writer of self improvement books. Like the tile of the book says, this book is for those who find it hard to give impression to other people. In this book Dale Carnegie tells about what does t …

This is the second book in the Millennium trilogy by the Swedish author Stieg Larsson. It continues a year after the first book, and starts with re-introducing all the characters from the first book. It’s nice to get an update on what they have done before the action starts. …

The best way to describe this book is VERY complex and a little unbelievable even for a science fiction time travel adventure. The main character Ross is a seasoned criminal who is given the option of going into the Rehabilitation Service - something he does not know anything …

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 …

We went to a book store on the boardwalk at tour beach vacation recently and I told my toddler he could pick out a new book. He went over to the shelf and immediately, without hesitation, went straight for this book. He is a major dinosaur enthusiast …

I admit I wasn’t too sure what this book was about when I picked it up. Something about the book’s title drew my attention and I liked the dark, grayish cover image it has. It looked a bit creepy and I liked that. The fact that the doorway the …

It’s a Mall World After All is a really good book by Janette Rallison. It is written for teenagers, and the author has a really good sense of humor. When I first saw it at my school’s book fair, I thought (based on the title) that the book would …

Just listen by Sarah Dessen is a book you just can not pass up. Annabel the main character is going through a denial stage where she does not want to tell the truth about what happened to her to anyone. Then everyone at school hates her. It all changes …

If you enjoy reading romance novels with some action and suspense mixed in, then this would be the book for you. This was a beautifully written book by a very talented author who has a sense of humor. The chemistry and heat is so strong between the …

I read a book called “The Fallen” which was written by T. Jefferson Parker.
In this book a homicide detective, Robbie Brownlaw is trying to catch the killer of another cop, Garrett Asplundh who was actually an honest cop who it seems stumbled on to severe corruption in the city …

The Real Bettie Page by Richard Foster
This biography of the legendary pin up queen is revealing in more ways than one.
Page had fallen off the face of the earth shortly after her glory days as a 1950’s pin up queen and biographic data was quite sketchy. In the late …

Paul Sheldon is a writer who has established his name by writing popular novels about the adventures of a 19th century woman named Misery Chastain. The Misery series has thousands of readers and brings a lot of money, but Paul hates it and he hates the heroine who is, …

“Turquoise Girl” is the thirteenth book in the Ella Clah series written by Aimee & David Thurlo. For those who haven’t read any of the preceding twelve books, Elah Clah is a special investigator for the Navaho Indian Tribe near Shiprock, New Mexico. In “Turquoise Girl” Valerie Tso, a …

Loyalty Myths: Hyped Strategies That Will Put You Out of Business is written by Timothy L. Keiningham, Terry G. Varva, Lerzan Aksoy, and Henri Wallard. I had a copy of this book and think it is a good read to those who are in business or who want to …

After the book “Path of the Warrior” sparked in me an interest in the dark, futuristic world of Warhammer 40,000 in particularly to the mysterious Eldar race , I continued to look for books about them, and I found the novel “Eldar Prophecy” of Cassern S. Goto. The book …

The book Seabiscuit, by Laura Hillenbrand is a book about the life of the great racehorse Seabiscuit and the characters around him.
The story is based on the a racehorse back in the 1930’s named Seabiscuit, a thoroughbred racehorse that has failed to amount to anything. That changed when …

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 …