Books Reviews
Poetry collection GLOSSARY OF THE NIGHT by Milan Dezinsky
Interpretation according to traditional literary theory introduces the Glossary of the Night as the poetry collections reflecting the heaviness of possibility for human maturnity in the society. This is based on own author experience and society determination. Observations are carried out through formal temperance …
My Sweet Audrina by Virginia Cleo Andrews novel
My Sweet Audrina is a novel by Virginia Cleo Andrews. Audrina Adare is pretty young girl who has an unreliable memory. She lives with her parents, aunt, and her aunt’s daughter Vera. She is deprived of knowing precise dates including her birthday though Audrina knows she is born on …
Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Story summary:
This book is about a boy who lived in the era of government dominated by the English witch who thirst of power. The smart boy named Nathaniel who was sold by her parents to the government to be a witch government agents, and sent in under the guidance …
How to Train Your Dragon book
This book, a children’s book for age 8-10, is quite fun. The kids I read it with enjoyed it because they liked the idea of talking to dragons.
The main character has a funny name, and the way he keeps getting into odd situations because of the other kids is …
Mystery of the Whale Tattoo The Hardy Boys by Franklin Dixon
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 …
Vampire Knight Manga Volume 1 by Matsuri Hano (Graphic Novel)
Vampire Knight Manga Volume 1 tells the story of a high school girl named Yuki Cross and how she is part of the Disciplinary Committee who separates the human Day Class from the vampire Night Class.
Vampire Knight Manga Volume 1 by Matsuri Hano tells the story of a …
William Faulkner’s A Rose for Emily
In William Faulkner’s short story entitled “A Rose for Emily”, the point of view that was presented is one of the elements that make the story extremely unique. With the point of view of an anonymous and ponderous townsperson, who resides around the same area that Emily does, the …
Curries without Worries by Sudha Koul
Indian cooking and recipes have become very popular everywhere in the world. In some corner of some town in every country there will be an Indian Restaurant selling you their brand of ?curries?, ?rotis? and ?Chicken tikka masala?. Correspondingly Indian recipe books have become very popular.
My favourite Indian …
Rich dad, Poor dad by Robert Kiyosaki
‘Rich dad, Poor dad’ is a book written by Robert Kiyosaki. In this book, the author speaks about what the rich people teach their kids about money that the poor and middle class do not.
The author says that he had two fathers, a rich one and a poor one. …
Heal Your Body by Louise Hay
I am a big fan of Louise Hay, and I love her book entitled Heal Your Body. I am very, very fortunate that I have not had to endure a long standing illness or lots of serious health problems, but I still think that Heal Your Body is a …
The Ersatz Elevator book
This book is Book # 6 in the Series of Unfortunate Events children’s book series, written by Lemony Snicket.
This book picks up where the last left off, with the Baudelaire orphans on a journey to another guardian’s house. After their parents were murdered by a fire, …
Mud Vein, novel by Tarryn Fisher
I’ve never been a huge Dark Romance fan, I’d only read a couple and they were very light in the darkness department, but Tarryn Fisher is a name that stands out a lot in this particular genre. I read a trilogy from her before, which I loved, but when I …
Simon Says book
This was one of my favorite books by Lori Foster. It is about a young woman named Dakota Dream. The story is about how she meets a fighter named Simon after her step-father asks her to find him. Her step father tells her that Simon is …
Only the Good Spy Young by Ally Carter book
Only the Good Spy Young is the fourth book in the Gallagher Girls series. In this book, Cammie finds herself in trouble and constantly under protection from the Circle of Cavan, who are after her. However, Cammie soon meets Joe Solomon who is now on the run after being …
Eldest by Christopher Paolini
Eldest is the second book in Christopher Paolini’s Inheritance trilogy. Unfortunately, this book was a major disappointment. While in Eragon it was possible to see the ties between Paolini’s work and the masterpieces of Tolkein, in Eldest I just feel like everything in it has been done before’and it’s …
Getting Started In Technical Analysis by Jack Schwager
I got my first book on technical analysis a while back. It was called “All About Technical Analysis” by Constance Brown. I actually wrote a review on it a while back, but I overall didn’t like the book. There was a heavy emphasis on the use of the relative …
Darkness by John Saul
Darkness tells the story of a group of people living in a small, ritzy community in Florida. A young woman living in the swamp discovers that a Dark Man is taking people’s children and turning them into zombies and wants to do whatever possible to stop them, even though …
Ultra Maniac manga
I have just finished reading Ultra Maniac manga and well, I guess it was okay. It wasn’t something that really moved me with it’s story but I did enjoy reading it up till the end. Although I like fantasy stories when it comes to manga I found this story …
The Crystal Cavern by Hannah Alexander
I really enjoy reading. Especially at night before bed. I like Christian Fiction the best. I just finished a novel, The Crystal Cavern. It is written by Hannah Alexander. The novel is 364 pages. It went by too quick.
The Crystal Cavern …
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
I have been a fan of the series ever since the first book was published and I, instantly, fell in love with it. I was eleven years old at that time and I really wanted to be a wizard when I finished reading the book. The book was so …
Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs
SEX DRUGS AND COCOA PUFF by Chuck Klosterman
Where to magazines like Spin and Rolling Stone find writers like this? Allegedly Chuck is a humorist and his book is about pop culture and his book is about pop culture and how it relates to the average male. What it never …
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SONS by Khaled Hosseini
A THOUSAND SPLENDID SONS is an astonishly beautiful book by Hkaled Hosseini, the author of The Kite Runner. This new novel tells the story of life in Afghanistan and how it changed once the Taliban arrived. The author is from Kabul, Afghanistan so he …
Dewey the Library Cat,A True Story by Vicki Myron and Bret Witter (2010)
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 …
I Love Lucy Sound Book (Hardcover Edition)
The “I Love Lucy” Sound Book is simply incredible! I love everything about this book - from the cover, which features the iconic scene of Lucy, Ricky, Fred and Ethel in the Ricardo’s car as they all sing “California, Here We Come” to the actual content of the book, …
Sookie Stackhouse and True Blood
I just recently finished reading all the Sookie Stackhouse books they have out right now: Dead until Dark, Living Dead in Dallas, Club dead, dead to the world, Dead as a doornail, definitely dead, All together dead, From dead to worse, dead and gone, and A touch of dead. …
Book email list (read-it-first.com)
I am a great lover of books and often feel overwhelmed. Not only do I have all of the books from the past to read, I have those that come out on a frequent basis. I try to read at least 100 pages per day, but that doesn’t seem …
The Book People
I have had one of the most pleasant shopping experiences of my life with the book people. I ordered a set of books from them as a christmas present. The book set was so much cheaper than it would have been in the shops and I was very pleased …
Cintapuccino by Icha Rahmanti
Cintapuccino is one of the Indonesian Chicklit that I feel so touch my heart. This chicklit is really has a same story with my life. First time I read it, I don’t know how’s the story because i don’t even read the synopsis, and I only borrow it from …
Children’s Book: Monster Mess!
“Monster Mess!” is a children’s book written by Margery Cuyler and illustrated by S.D. Schindler. It was published in 2008.
I did not care for this book at all. The story is told in odd little sentence fragments instead of proper English. There is no real plot to …
The Life Cycle Library for Young People and Parents: Book 5
The first thing I noticed about this book was not only that it was thinner than the rest, but it was also a different colour; but when I opened the book; just the topics on the contents page alone told me that this book was specifically addressed to parents. …
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box
Whenever I talk to people about Sherlock Holmes, I have a few that say they would read it if they found a story that was more like the crime dramas they see on television.
The Adventure of the Cardboard Box is one of those stories that fits that description.
Much like …
Book : Social Psychology by Baron
I have recently read Social Psychology by Baron as a course material in my psychology syllabus. Ever since I have read the psychology by Baron, I have become a fan of him. However, this book is far much better than any book of Baron.
The real attraction of this book …
Babysitter’s Summer Vacation
The babysitter’s club has found the most fun thing to do for the summer, go to camp. The whole club is going even some of the charges they babysit are goint to go. This time though the babysitters are going to be CIT’s even stacy. Only two are not …
The Smart One by Ellen Meister
The Smart One by Ellen Meister is a book about 3 sisters and each of them have a very distinctive character and they don’t really see eye to eye on most things anymore due to some circumstances.
The first is Clare, and she is really gorgeous but she seems …
Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Do you like green eggs and ham? Well, just ask Sam I am! Dr. Seuss has created many best selling children’s books, and for good reason. He makes the text easy to read, the illustrations meaningful and fun to look at, and the book a real …
In the Dark of the Night by John Saul
The content of this book is very disturbing and that makes it great horror. It basically is about abusing power and what makes it even more ghastly is the fact that it is priests that are doing it. The parents in this book were depending on the priests and …
Blue Like Jazz
I was recently handed a book by the title Blue Like Jazz from a closer friend of mine. After hearing the book was about religion I was less than enthused by the idea of reading it, however once I got past my initial prejudice of the book I found …
Night Kites
Night Kites is a very sad yet great book. It was released in 1986 but I didn’t read it until about the year 2000. It’s a really good book that talks about love and life. I thought the story about Erick and Jack and Nikki was sad. I think …
(Book) The Art of Make-Up by Kevin Aucoin
Well, I’m addicted to makeup, the new brands, the gloss, shadows and eyelashes mascaras !!!!!
From this hobby my family and friends get benefited when they have a special event like a wedding, special dinner, etc., and so they all come to me and I, within my limitations of amateur-daily-and-happy-practitioner,never …
Maggie Stiefvater’s Novel, “Linger”
The 2010 novel, “Linger” by Maggie Stiefvater is the second book in her teen wolf romance trilogy. While I think that this novel is not as whimsical as the first novel of the trilogy, “Shiver”, I found myself swept up into the lives of Sam and Grace and the …
Secret seven on the trail
I have read the book ‘Secret seven on the trail’ written by Enid Blyton and this book is quite a piece of work. It is interesting to read and the theme of the story is very good.
Susie is a rival to the seven children and she has formed her …
The clue in the crumbling wall book
I have read the book —˜The clue in the crumbling wall’ written by Carolyn Keene. It is a Nancy Drew book. The story is a mystery story. However, I did not find this book very interesting. Parts of it are good and well-written. But overall, I cannot say the …
Tori Amos: From the Choirgirl Hotel Sheet Music book
In 1998, Tori Amos released my favorite of her albums to date: From the Choirgirl Hotel. And as both a Tori fan and a new pianist, a couple years ago I purchased via Amazon a copy of her sheet music book for the album, which I believe is now …
Nickel and Dimed, or (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenreich
Nickel and Dimed, or (Not) Getting By In America by Barbara Ehrenreich, Henry Holt and Company, 2002, 240 pages.
Ehrenreich is a well-known writer and social commentator who writes for top magazines (Atlantic Monthly, New York Times, Ms. Harper’s, etc.) who went undercover as a low-wage worker all over America: …
The Little Book of Humorous Quotations
Random House published the Little Book of Humorous Quotations, a bright little orange book that holds, you guessed it, a bunch of different humorous quotations.
The book is organized by category, running the gamut from politics and philosophy to the arts to marriage to women to sports and everywhere in …
Sing You Home by Jodi Picoult book
I must say that “Sing You Home,” is one of the most inspiring books I’ve read in the past several years. The novel’s exploration of the difficulties involved in being gay in today’s society is, in my opinion, both fascinating and truly moving. Despite having a number of other …
Talion: Revenant by Michael Stackpole novel
“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 …
A Tiny Bit Marvelous book
I am a big fan of Dawn French so eagerly downloaded her new novel ‘A Tiny Bit Marvelous’ onto my Kindle. Well I am afraid to say it was just ‘A Tiny Bit Tedious’.
The book is written from the point of view of three characters, Mo, …
Fatal Voyage by Kathy Reichs
I was intrigued by the works of Kathy Reichs even since I learned that my favorite TV series Bones is based on her novels. The novel and the books have interchanged the characters; the novel’s heroine is Dr. Temperance Brennan and the author is Kathy Reichs, while the series …
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