Blood Promise is the fourth book in the Vampire Academy series. Rose Hathaway’s world turned upside down during the last few pages of the previous book, Shadow Kiss. Ever since she found out that Dimitri had turned Strigoi, Rose has had her mind set on saving him. Saving him …

The second installment of C.S. Lewis’ series is even better than the first. The new characters are just like ordinary children, and their path through Narnia is so epic, that they change the course of history there forever, as well as alter their lives in our own world. All …

I have read the book ‘The bungalow mystery’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is a book among the Nancy Drew series. As all other Nancy Drew books are, this book also is very interesting and captivating.
This mystery is a different sort of mystery. The mystery element differs from …

The first thing to realize about Jones’s books is that they’re actually quite hard to understand. Every time I re-read her books, I’d find out something new which I had missed before. Therefore, it is important to read her books ‘carefully’.
About Howl’s Moving Castle, I’m sure some of you …

Haunted was the very first Chuck Palahniuk book I encountered. I saw it staring at me in one of my usual trips to the bookstore. I thought the cover was intriguing enough, with an all-caps Parental Guidance posted on one corner of the book. Later, after I have read …

‘Improving your relationship through communication’ is a book written by Tony Gough. The book is entirely about communication and the benefits of communication towards human relationships. The author says that communication is the key to a relationship.
Tony caters to the institution of marriage and in this book, he is …

In contrast with other fictional novels from Haruki Murakami, I was not quite that happy with The Wild Sheep Chase. The usual Murakami elements were present: the unassuming, usually divorced or about to be divorced, nameless, told-in-the-first-person hero thrown into a sudden adventure, the usually plain sidekick achieving …

I love reading this book. I have read it twice, in fact. A fantasy story, but nevertheless, an easy read, and makes me laugh at the cuteness of the plot, and the loveable characters. The story tells about the woman character, E-V-E; in short for Emergency …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Survivors is a great novel for those fans of the show that liked what they saw of the Tasha Yar character and wanted to learn more about her. This is a story that is primarily about her as well as her difficult and …

I love reading books, even in this digital era where we can find a vast amount of reading material online, I still prefer buying books and carrying them around with me wherever I go. Over the weekend, I have discovered a wonderful bookstore close to my house in …

I have been reading the book Acne for Dummies, written by Herbert P. Goodheart, for a few years now, and have developed a deep understanding on acne and the causes of it. I was surprised to learn for a fact that acne is not hereditary, and that most …

‘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. …

Sensational Games for Your ZX81 will of course be of most interest to those people who (like me!) are interested in old micro computers, whether through the medium of emulation or on the original hardware. We’re a large community nowadays! This book was published by Addison-Wesley (not exactly a …

Star Gazing by Linda Gillard is a romantic story filled with uncertainty and about being blind. Marianne Fraser has been blind since she was a baby and her plight is very pitiful, that my heart truly went out to her character.
The story is set when Marianne ages into …

The Elephant and the Tiger chronicles the complete history of the Vietnam War including its prehistory and events leading up to the U.S.’s involvement and to great detail covering the entirety of the war and concludes with the U.S. ceasing its involvement in the conflict.
While the book …

Cardington Crescent was written by Anne Perry and published by Ballantine Books in 1988 .
Anne Perry’s historical mysteries are really fascinating, as they not only blend the suspense of murder and detection, but set in olden times, it is an eye-opener into the culture and behavior of people then.
Handsome, …

The Silent Bride was one of Leslie Glass’ creations, featuring the lover-detective duo April Woo and Mike Sanchez. It was first published by Onyx in 2002.
Two brides were killed on the days of their respective weddings, one in a synagogue and the other outside a cathedral. …

I am the Running Footman was written by Martha Grimes. (published by Dell Publishing in 1990)
Martha Grimes has an engaging style of writing that brings out the best in her characters, making them endearing, no matter how prepossessing they are, and her stories are really a delight to read! …

The book “Play Or Be Played” by Tariq Nasheed (you might know him as “King Flex”) in my opinion its a most have for all the ladies across the world.
It teaches and educates ladies from all cultures in how to be successful with the opposite sex.
I’m a man and …

Lately, I have had a strange relationship with books. If I think that the book is promising, I often remain disappointed. If I do not expect anything special, I get absolute pleasure from reading.
Something like this happened with this book. I did not expect anything from this book and …

Fruits Basket Manga Volume 3 begins with Yuki and Kyo participating in a long distance endurance run at school. Yuki isn’t feeling very well and Tohru meets another member of the Sohma family Hatsuharu Sohma, and after Yuki recovers they all celebrate, or deal with Valentine’s Day.
This manga …

“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 …

Peter Sacks, disappointed with the newspaper industry, decides to step outside his comfortable zone into the world of teaching which will demand more of the once introverted news reporter. In this book, he undertakes a refreshingly honest and deep examination of …

As someone who has gone through a whole lot of cars in my life, and someone who will continue to do so probably for as long as I live, the AutoTrader Magazine has been a big part of the process.
I usually buy cars for the love I have for …

Who doesn’t like a good ghost story? Whether it is around the campfire or on a howling, windy Montana night, ghost stories are always in style. This particular book was actually a reprint of stories that appeared in Big Sky Ghosts (volumes one and two, 1993 and …

This cute book, The Pigeon Loves Things That Go! by Mo Willems is very gorgeous looking. It has an illustration of a little pigeon in front of the book and in blue. It’s something which I have read my niece before and she loves it so much. …

Chasing the Dead by Joe Schreiber was a considerable let down. Granted this is his first book but the whole idea seems as if it were originally a short story. It works hard to be a cross between Stephen King and Richard Laymond but falls short. It …

This book is at the core of me and my father’s knowledge on electronics. It has become, for me at least, an electronics Bible of sorts. Basic Electronics really taught me the basics of electronics.
This book is written in …

McGarrity continues to add stellar novels to his Kevin Kerney series, this time “The Big Gamble.” As usual McGarrity has written a tale that weaves multiple, seemingly independent threads together. Kerney’s role again plays a major role as his until recently unknown son Clayton and he work together to …

In their book, “WIRED FOR A LIFE OF WORSHIP”, Louie Giglio and Stuart Hall takes young people into the depths of God’s plan for us. He uses real life examples to put into layman terms what it means to “worship”.
The authors accomplished the focus of worship …

“Pip & Squeak” is a children’s book by Ian Schoenherr about two mice trying to bring the perfect present to their friend named Gus. We do not know who Gus is, or whether he is even a mouse, and we do not meet him until the last page …

Fans of Haruki Murakami’s brand of literary excellence may be disappointed in Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World. Although there is much to recommend the story at the onset, lack of interesting development as well as countless pages devoted to the “technical” details of this imaginary world …

Paperback swap is one of two book swapping websites I’m currently using, the other is the superior Bookmooch.com.
The idea behind the site is this: you make a list on the website of books you own and want to get rid of. Another user on the site decides that …

“Lucille: The Life of Lucille Ball” by Kathleen Brady is a book on Lucille Ball that I was unsatisfied with. The reason I was not satisfied with this book is that I felt it did not seem to have much order to it or a theme. It really is …

I really enjoyed reading this book. You call the shots recounts the story of Cameron Johnson, who started his first business at age 9. The amazing thing about Cameron is he did it all by himself. He didn’t use his parent’s money (except when he was nine they gave …

In this book, the ninth book in the Hardy Boys series for preteen boys by Franklin W. Dixon, Frank and Joe Hardy are yet again involved in a mystery. They have been hired to find out what is happening to plane shipments - shipments are appearing at their destinations …

Jonathan Livingston Seagull By Richard Bach tells you a straight stroy. As for that the story concerning of a certain specification which is it does not direct abnormal because of normal it is normal. He is not satisfied high that of life with standard and the goal which are limited. …

The Recycle Barn is a great place to get used books at a reasonable price. It is also a great place to trade in those books on your shelf that you’re not reading.
Occasionally, I used to pass by the old location in Bethlehem, but it was …

While I absolutely fell in love with William Goldman’s screenplay of “The Princess Bride”, his abridged 25th anniversary edition of S. Morgenstern’s novel came as a slight disappointment. There were a combination of things that did not sit well with me about the book that I feel lead to …

This is the first novel by V.C. Andrews that I read and it was truly superb. The suspense in the story was so good that I actually read the entire book, all 423 pages, in a single afternoon. While I have read many great books in the past few …

The book City Slackers, written by Steve McKevitt, is actually a pretty nice book. The book is actually a study on the City Slackers, whom are people who are not doing hard work, but getting credit for it. Sounds familiar? I love the way the author …

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 …

Jura books is a well stocked and organized anarchist bookshop, library and community space. A lot more than just books.
I was not sure what to expect from an anarchist bookstore since the impression that I had of anarchism was simply that it is a point of view that does …

I think this is one of the only memoirs I have ever read and been impressed with. Leap of Faith: Memoirs of an Unexpected Life details the life of Queen Noor of Jordan. This memoir is so well written that I was able to relate to so …

Second only to Tomb of Dracula, this was Marvel’s best horror series mainly because it STAYED a horror series with only occasional forays into storylines that were similar to a hero story line. (The one example is the two parter featuring villain The Hangman, and he’s so creepy the …

Darkness Falls by Margaret Murphy is a suspenseful novel about a prominent lawyer and prosecutor named Clara Pascal who is kidnapped by a mysterious man and held captive in a dark basement. The novel alternates back and forth between the police who are trying to find her and …

Every once in a while, I’ll come across a Sherlock Holmes adventure that has a case so realistic, I can’t help but wonder if it was really based off of some sort of top secret incident.
The Adventure of the Bruce Partington Plans is just such a story. It revolves …

The history of Philippines reveals the influence of Spain in our culture, food and language. Filipino, my native language, has numerous words taken from Spanish; otherwise if the Spanish word was passed on the modern time, these words possess different meanings. The similarities of Filipino and Spanish encourage me …

The audiobook on CD “Host”, by Stephanie Meyer is a very good book. It is unabridged and on CD. The total playing time is twenty three and a half hours. This book was read by Kate Reading who is a reader of many …

A story of a vengeance well taken. This just about sums up the story of The count of Monte Cristo. If the law can’t help you gain justice, you have to help yourself, is the message this story sends out. The book, written by Alexandre Dumas The book tells …