This is the first book in the popular kids’ series, The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes. Abby is a happy, friendly girl who in the beginning of this book is starting 5th grade. She has the usual anxieties about making and keeping friends, and generally wants this year to …

You know, people don’t write stories like this anymore. We are more enthralled by action espionage thrillers, politically correct views on racism and discrimination, and fantasy fiction filled with horror and romance. The old days of writing are gone.
Instead of telling a story, authors today tend to put more …

The Bluest Eye intrigued at the first sentence. It started out differently than most books; it started out with a similar form of “See spot run,” but with the stereotypical name of Jane. That first couple pages was to identify a young black girl’s dream: To have a loving …

“Paladins of Shannara” is a series of stories dedicated to some of the most famous characters from the world of the Four Lands, the scene of action in the eternal saga ” Shannara” of the best-selling author of “New York Times” Terry Brooks.
Allanon’s Quest is the first story of …

This book Skinny Dipping by Connie Brockway is funny and simply entertaining. I feel like I watched a movie or something when I read this book and it is filled with lively and interesting characters.
Mimi Olsen is a lady that is truly determined to get the family …

I adore this book. I’ll say it again - I adore this book. I hate the movie but the book I have read several times in my lifetime and I’m only 27 years old lol. It is a really thick book but it is so well worth it. The …

Forest of Secrets is yet another great book that has been written by Erin Hunter. I have bought the entire original version, and have bought Twilight from The New Prophecy. I am in the process of buying the other New Prohecy ones, and preordering Sunset which I will review …

I don’t know why but I have always had a soft spot for Deadpool. In fact, when I had pretty much stopped buying any Marvel comics titles altogether, I still went down to my local comic shop every month just to buy the newest issue of Deadpool. …

Velocity is such a good book! I really enjoyed it and will more than likely read it again.
The story starts with lead character, “Billy” just working his usual shift as a bartender when a strange man comes in and orders a drink.
After his shift ends and he is ready …

Breaking Dawn is the fourth and last installment of the Twilight Saga Series writtten by the now famous novelist Stephenie Meyer.Just like the first four books,the story revolves around the vampire Edward Cullen and the love of his life, the human Bella Swan.
The Story:
In this book,Bella and Edward are …

‘The magic of thinking big’ is a book written by David Schwartz. This is a self-help book and the author has written it in a very good manner, in a manner easy to be understood by people. He explains to us that our thoughts are very important and are …

“The Open Window” written by H.H Munro is about a man named Framton Nuttel who has ventured to a new town to endure nerve cure treatments. His sister does not want him going to the new town and closing himself off from the other town people; she sends him …

The book How to Ruin Your Life by Ben Stein is fantastic. It has a very nice tongue-in-cheek approach to life in general and basically to life itself. I find the book to be very funny and I had a blastful time reading from page 1 till the …

To be absolutely sure that you are right, and also to be sure that the whole world is wrong, is not easy at all. But just such characters can be found in the book “The Big Short: Inside the Doomsday Machine” by the writer Michael Lewis. And they are …

Shopaholic Takes Manhattan has to be one of my favorite books. I love all the books in the Shopaholic series, but this one is one of my favorites. It follows Becky Bloomwood and her boyfriend Luke as he decides to launch a career in New York City. Becky decides …

The Chrysalids is a post apocalyptic science fiction novel which was written by the well known author John Wyndham and first published int he year 1955. When I first heard of the novel, I had gotten it one summer since it was one of the books I was to …

This story is also about historical romance and it is about duty to the Crown of a Duke for honor and duty versus his love for a lady that he truly loves. If you were to ask me in this modern day, whether there is such a thing, …

Here I am coming with a very good Physics book from Griffiths. Wanted to master Electrodynamics.., then this is the best book you can think of. First let me talk about the structure of the book it first starts teaching you the very basic mathematics required and general physics …

This book has changed my mind set about money. The book tells a story of two dads. The first was an educated professor, while the other was a dropout. In their lives, these two dads had different opinions about money. The educated one tended to say that he can’t …

When I read the book “The Schoolmaster” by the Caribbean author Earl Lovelace when I was in high school, I found that I wasn’t very interested in reading more of his books since at the time I found his works boring. Thus, I was not too excited to find …

Friday Night Knitting Club is a book written by Kate Jacobs and the author is actually a New York Times bestselling author from a previous novel. In this story, it is about Georgia Walker and she has this particular yarn shop that takes a pretty deal out of …

Vladimir Nabokov never ceases to amaze me with his absolute understanding and use of the English language, which he picked up after learning Russian and then French. “Lolita” is a terrific and rather controversial love story written from the perspective of an aging Humbert Humbert examining his brief …

Before I Die by Jenny Downham is a very sad story, and be prepared to shed a bit of tears for readers out there whom have a very sensitive feeling. This story is about Tess, and she only have a few remaining months to live.
When I read …

Now it seems that all and sundry now write detective stories. We have to focus on the annotations for the book, which, as we know, does not always correspond to the quality of the product.
And since recently there are not so many good books, despite the seeming abundance, I …

I thought I had seen enough concentration camp movies to desensitize me from any more stories related to that horrible time in the world’s history. Apparently I wasn’t prepared for this book that although extremely short, packed so much terror and violence that would literally make you shudder thinking …

Anne of windy poplars is about a girl going out into the country to teach a wonderful school. it is charming and very old fashioned. anne of windy poplars is by L. M. Montgomery and this book is part of a series. my favorite part of this book is …

I think Reader’s Digest will have no substitute - ever. The contents are so informative that even a kid can learn from it. They have different categories such as a love column (Ask Aunty), laughter columns, medical and health updates, business news, and of course, food! Personal stories from …

I’m a longtime King fan. I started reading his work in elementary school and have been enjoying it ever since. I’m such a fan that I write soley about Stephen King related material for Examiner.com. As I discuss the books, I’ve been reading them so that …

This was one of the first makeup books I purchased, and I still keep it in my collection as a great bit of reference. Although I don’t think it’s entirely up-to-date, at least 80% of the makeup tips and tricks contained within can apply to any period. This is …

Wuthering Heights is a classic book written by nineteenth century Victorian writer Emily Bronte. In fact, as far as I know this book is the only novel book written by her although she have wrote some well known poems during her time. In my own personal opinion, …

The Tipping Point is the second book already of Malcolm Gladwell. This self-help book is a very good read. I’ve always loved and admired the logic of Malcolm Gladwell. He has a way of explaining things that’s very easy to understand.
This book basically talks of a social phenomenon …

Dione Kelly is a woman constantly seeking one more victimized patient to recover as a therapy nurse. When Richard Dylan seeks her out to help his brother-in-law, Blake Remington, Dione can’t help but become involved. Convinced that Remington is giving up on life after a tragic accident …

This is the third and final installment and novel on the Jessica-Clay-Nick Fox triangle and just when Nick Fox has enough evidence to throw Clay behind bars, he will have to testify against him, and that’s when he has no choice but to enter the witness protection program as …

I know this may not be a very popular opinion, but I didn’t care for this book. I had to read it for summer reading, and I just had a hard time getting through the book. I’d finished the first book pretty quickly, even though it was long, because …

Ursula’s Story by Sandra Howard is a good story again about marriage women and their woes. There is something that I truly love about marriage and women in general and that is something devastating about being married to someone for years and years and after having their children, then …

I am a Phammacy student and I have been using the Australia Medicines Handbook (AMH) 2003 for quite some time now. I got it for a cheaper price from my senior so it was definitely worth buying it. This handy book contains all the major information that a pharmacist …

Usually, I review books that my daughter brings home from the library. But, last night, she attended a book fair and bought the book Where’s My Mummy.
It’s actually not a bad book.
Basically, you have a baby mummy playing hide and seek with his mom. In the process, he ends …

I read “Quicksand” written by Iris Johansen, this was another fast paced novel featuring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan.
I thought this was a well written book.
Henry Kistle is a psychopath who is playing mind games with Eve. Taunting her. She has sought her daughter Bonnie’s remains for …

Before The “Da Vinci Code” is written,”Angels And Demon” came first.I didn’t put down this book until the very end.I keep thinking of who really is the culprit,but still I can’t guess who he is.Dan Brown is great for writing Angels and Demons.I would surely recommend this to all …

In the 12th volume of Nodame Cantabile, Chiaki comes back to France after the world tour. He comes to conduct an orchestra too there, and, although it was clearly visible that he was little by little falling by Nodame too, in this volume we finally see proven that Nodame’s …

Triple Your Reading Speed, By Wade Cutler,is a book that shows you how to read faster. It contains useful eye exercises to expand your vision and increase your reading speed.It also contains many drills for practicing block reading. It includes many comprehension passages followed by multiple choice questions that …

Markus Zusak’s Book Thief (2005)
Set in Nazi Germany Zusak’s novel Book Thief is a wonderfully written piece of literature about life and death or should I rather say Death. You may wonder why is so. The answer is simple: the main narrator is Death itself. Who else would tell …

When I was growing up in the 1970s I adored The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton and used to read it over and over. This is the second book in a series, the first of which I used to read as well which is called The Enchanted …

Fashion Victim by Sam Baker is a good book on fashion backdrop, what goes on behind the scenes perhaps in reality and many more juicy details.
However, this fiction story is uncanny and has a voice of mystery and bit of thriller to it. You get fashion-packed laced with murder …

Lamb is a best selling novel written by hilariously funny Christopher Moore, my favorite author. It details the early life of the Messiah as seen through the eyes of his best friend, Levi Who Is Called Biff. At 464 pages, it is not too terribly long of a read, …

X-23 #10 Marvel Comics
Writer: Marjorie Liu
Artist: Sana Takeda
The cover is very well done and would be a really neat piece to have framed and put on your wall if you ever got it signed at a convention. You have X-23 in what appears to be a sewer tunnel. …

Strange killings are taking place in Mississippi. It appears that people are being drawn into the river, and, strangely, with little resistance - according to the witnesses. The severely mutilated remains are later washed up on the shore. The witnesses are unable to give a clear description of the …

If you need motivation, this is a very good book for you.
The English is simple, and the way the author presents makes it easy to read and understand the contents.
You will not feel bored when you read it.
There are many famous quotes which help you to motivate yourself. I …

This book is totally intense! This is the 121st installment in the Sweet Valley High series and it’s so intense and dangerously exciting that I only read this in less than an hour! The story is about flirty and wild Jessica Wakefield rubbing shoulders (and more!) with their High …

If you’ve been a fan of Kindaichi Case Files series, then you’ll be very familiar with Takato Yoichi. Takato is the antagonist and mastermind behind many of the crimes and cases in the series. He is smart, talented, manipulative, evil but also very charming.

In this standalone, one-book story, Takato finally …