I recently downloaded a book called “The Master Key system” by Charles f. Haanel which was available for free through “The Secret” website. The book is 214 pages printed, and I printed it out, and bound it in a notebook in order to make it easier to read, …

Jeanette Winterson has come to be one of my favourite writers with a great deal of resistance on my part; some of her novels I’ve loved, others I found masturbatory and self-involved. I cannot agree with her ideologically, since her claims of beauty and art’s primacy in life appear …

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Christopher Paolini has become one of the most literate writers of our time. With an exceptional vocabulary and outstanding imagery, he has come a long way for a beginning career in writing. His previous two books, Eragon and Eldest, had many …

I recently found out that there is going to be a new Sweet Valley Series coming out next year and I was excited beyond belief! It’s called Sweet Valley Confidential, and it will show the main characters, twins Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield, as yuppies.
I grew up with Sweet …

There may be a lot of horror novels out there about demons, but this one takes on a very realistic approach that is rather refreshing. Instead of having an actual demon with jagged razor sharp teeth and a pointed tail, we have a powerful creature that is never actually …

Last week my mom bought a new pattern book called Victorian Pins for crochet at Hobby Lobby in Cookeville, Tennessee. The booklet was printed and designed by Nanttee Seale and Jeanettte Crews Design. It cost 6.99 for the booklet which is not too bad. It contained patterns for …

The book “Stories for the Heart” was published by the Lighthouse books publishing and is compiled by Alice Gray. The book is a collection of very short stories which is packed with inspiration about life, career, parenthood, student life, etc and some ordinary stories which are narrated by …

If you like books full of statistics, The Tipping Point is definitely for you. Malcolm Gladwell’s book goes into areas of human behavior patterns, a subject that seriously excites me. This book kept the excitement alive for me because it read like a novel, even though it had a …

New Moon tells the life of Isabella Swan after abandoned by Edward Cullen. Day after day passed with depression and emptiness. Charlie almost sends Bella back to Phoenix because it did not bear to see her daughter like a zombie. Bella still continues to live and do the usual …

The book “Our Friends of Long Ago: Part 1″ was a small thin story book I was given by my aunt in the nineties when I was about eight or nine to read. When I got it, I wasn’t too interested in reading it, since it looked more boring …

Batman Issue 500 is a landmark issue in the “Knightfall” story arc featuring Bane’s famous defeat of Batman, breaking his back in the process. Bruce Wayne is forced to choose a replacement Batman, the former assassin known as Azreal.
Issue 500 features a fantastic extended fight between the new …

I knew Jhumpa Lahiri since I watched “NameSake”, her book which is filmed. There are 9 stories in this book with different aspects of India. For me, the great thing about this book is how Jhumpa Lahiri makes a simple situation becomes a wider one. As example, for …

I read Angels and Demons after having watched the movie. I am very glad that I watched the movie first because I would have been very dissapointed if I had read the book first. The book is very different from the movie. I don’t know …

In eighth grade, a friend lent me The Green Rider by Kristen Britain. I was hooked. Though I had read The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien the year before, the series which Britain claimed to base her story on, the first novel thrilled me. Briefly, the story …

In Country is a book written by Bobbie Ann Mason. I found this book at a going out of business sale for $2. The summary caught my attention. I’m glad I got this for $2, because if I had paid any more for it, it would have been a …

Sex, Love and Dharma by Arthur Jeon is an overrated book but at the same time, having some very good facts and knowledge and definitely insights for me reading it as an individual reader.
My friend loaned it to me, and she said that since the title is pretty subjective, it …

I’ve now read a couple of Julia LLewellyn’s books, The Model Wife being the second that I’ve read. While the storyline is different, the feel of the books is the same - in both the Love Trainer and The Model Wife a woman must reinvent herself despite not having …

This book is an interesting book for older kids to read. The struggles of the main character are interesting and you have to keep reading to find out what is going to happen.
It can be a bit difficult at times to follow which side the title character is on. …

This story is one of the pure romance novels by Sandra Brown. In this story, Erin O’Shea meets macho Lance Barett when she goes looking for her long-lost brother.
Erin is an orphan, and together with her brother, was given up for adoption when they were children. When she arrives …

Gone by Michael Grant. This book is written for pre-teens. I’m a fourty year old adult reading this book. I actually enjoyed this book. It’s starts of with kids sitting in a classroom when all of a sudden the teacher disappears. Soon, the kids …

I feel that the Dream Journal by Klutz Press had the potential to be a journal that I would treasure for years and years to come, but quite unfortunately, the journal suffers from a rather silly flaw that could have been easily avoided. This journal comes with a special …

There is no denying that currently Narendra Modi is the most talked about politician of India. Being a supporter of the BJP, I am also expecting him to become the Prime Minister of India in 2014. Recently, I went through a book on Modi by Kingshuk Nag. I have …

This is the fourth book in the C.S. Lewis Narnia series. It is one of his best works, and it right up there with his best-loved works; The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe; and the Last Battle. I thought that a seafaring novel was going to be boring, …

I have never come across a book this short and so fairytale-ish that made my jaw drop. Animal Farm is an unbelievable story. I have seen so many copies of the new version with the pink pig on the cover and I thought, “Well, isn’t that a cute little …

I love coming to this store. It’s so easy to get to and conveniently located. There’s always ample parking and since everything is so inexpensive I sometimes come here just to browse for books or workout videos on the weekends when I’m bored and have nothing else to do. …

This book is so popular among children and adults that it’s going to be a major motion picture soon. When I asked a friend what she thought about the series, she said that it was good but claimed that it will make you believe in finding that one special …

This book is the first book in the Deltora Shadowlands trilogy. This trilogy is the continuation of the adventures in Deltora Quest. It is a great book for kids.
This book I actually enjoyed a bit more than the Deltora Quest books. It moves very quickly, and a lot of …

I took a Spanish Class this year at college and I hated it. I have had other Spanish classes before but I feel like I learned nothing at all in this class. I think it was a waste of my time because the teacher was using the worst Spanish …

M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action is the 9th in Robert Asprin’s Myth Adventures series, and the second of the M.Y.T.H. Inc. variety (which means it is narrated by someone other than the normal protagonist, the Great Skeeve). The book is told from the perspective of one of Skeeve’s two …

This book should be made into a movie, it has all the elements of a good action and suspense movie - it’s the Pelican Brief crosses with Absolute Power. The basic plot is that a couple of senior congressional staffers are feeling a little jaded and start …

The Book of General Ignorance is an awesome coffee table book, party tool and boredom breaker. As a book that contains a lot of random facts presented in a comedic fashion, it doesn’t come off too serious or too silly. I found it to be a tough read as …

“Yoko” is a children’s book by Rosemary Wells. Wells does a great job of telling a story of how it feels to be different when you are young.
Yoko is a Japanese kitten who likes to eat sushi for lunch. Her mother packs her a very …

In the 1960’s and 1970’s, African American superheroes were virtually non-existent on the comic scene. In 1971, Luke Cage Hero For Hire debuted not only a new African American hero, but also one of the most well written Marvel books of the 1970’s.
The collection starts out with origin time: …

Mercy is by Julie Garwood. I’ve read other of her works and enjoyed them all. They are lighthearted tales of life and love.
Mercy is about Theo Buchanan who works for the justice department. While in New Orleans to give a speech in recognition of an award from capturing some …

This book, Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan, is the fourth book in the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. The events in this books were much foreshadowed in previous books, and it is becoming a bit obvious as each book seems to be a lead in to …

This is another fun historical book that I read, and sort of an autobiography of the dead. Ha, it is called The Erotic Adventures of King Arthur, written by Tremaine Eleanor.
As you all know, King Arthur was England’s King before, and a sexy one at that. This …

This book is written by Edith Hamilton. This book covers some of the ancient mythologies. The author has written thourougly about Roman and greek myths, which are very interesting ones. Jupiter, Mars, Zeus etc.. are some of the gods about which the author has written. This book is a …

What can I say about Twilight that hasn’t already been said? What you have never heard of Twilight by Stephanie Meyer? What planet have you been living in? Twilight is possibly one of the most popular vampire books ever written and that is because of the great love story that …

John Grisham takes us in the offices of one of the richest men in United States, Troy Phelan. It seems that Phelan’s family was not a family but a group of weird and crazy people. Troy is an eccentric man, never loved by any, but everyone loved his money. …

I love good books. One of my all time favorite books to read children is called “The Mine-o-saur”. It is by Sudipta Bardhan-Quallen and illustrated by David Clark. It is a great book for all young children to add to their personal library because it teaches …

“The Very Sleepy Sloth” is a children’s book written by Andrew Murray and illustrated by Jack Tickle (yes, that is apparently his real name). It was published in 2003.
I liked this book because it features animals, it has cartoonish art, and it teaches a lesson in a …

The title alone of this mystery novel should have been a clue as to what I could expect from this author. I had never read an M.C. Beaton book before, although I knew she was a popular writer. What I discovered in this debut novel in the Agatha Raisin …

The book’s content was useful in giving the reader a basic understanding of who were the movers and shakers at the beginning of our countries inception. It is not, by no means a definitive study of the times but does provide a framework for future exploration. A good easy …

Dare to Succeed is a book that contains and has a theme of mainly about inspirational quotes and events and about wisdom for life and career.
I got this book as a gift from my manager last Christmas cause he knows that I have a hobby of reading books …

I’ve never read a story about infidelity as crystal clear as this kind of story, The Infidelity Chain by Tess Stimson before. There are 5 characters that are all linked by the word infidelity and they are all in one way or another having this problem as well as …

The Ranger’s Apprentice: Book 3: The Icebound Land has Will and Evalyne are taken to Skandia while Halt is stripped of his status as a Ranger after they refuse to let him search for Will. Horace accompanies Halt in the search for their friend.
This book was fantastic. …

This issue goes back and covers the origins of this incarnation of Nightwing and Flamebird. I’m not too familiar with the characters, I just know that they were guardians of Kandor. Here, Flamebird is shown to be a mystical entity, sort of like the Phoenix. There’s …

A fantastic script written by Eric Roth and directed by David Fincher, ‘ The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’ hit theaters with a bang! From the moment I saw the trailor it sparked my interest and pulled me in. Putting a spin on the norm, Benjamin Button is …

Authors: George Papajohn, Eric Zorn, and Joel Kaplan
It is indeed difficult to feel sorry for the murderer or her family in this story. I would rather reserve my sympathies for the innocent victims who were killed or injured, and those who had been hounded by the murderer’s acts …

In the House of Night series, by P.C. Cast, your introduced to the students of the school House of Night, where fledglings are trained to become full vampires, after being marked with a tattoo that signifies the Goddess Nyx has taken them into her fold. This series definitely puts …