This book is translated by Barbara Miller. Originally, Bhagavad-Gita is one of the hindu scriptures and is ancient wisdom. The book is good to read, but I must say that Miller has not done a very good job of translating it. Some of what is written is misleading. However, …

By the early 70’s, The Amazing Spiderman’s popularity far exceeded Marvel Comics expectations an was on track to becoming of the most endearing figures in pop culture. Yet, during the character’s first decade in print never branched out into having various monthly periodicals dedicated to him. The only notable …

If you like legal and psychological thrillers, and if huge books do not overwhelm you, then Eyes of a child by richard north patterson is a must read.
Without giving away any spoilers, let me tell you about the plot of the book.
The book, the so-called sequel to “Degree of …

I have read plenty of cake decorating books that promise step-by-step instruction, only to give the first two set of instructions while leaving me lost and mystified to figure out the rest. The Complete Photo Guide to Cake Decorating is nothing like that, and the author makes sure every step …

This is another one of Gail Carson Levine’s mixed up fairy tales for children. The Princess Test is a variation on the classic Princess and the Pea tale, only extended with more of a background into the princess and why the test is occurring.
Gail Carson Levine has written a …

This is a great novel and is one of my favourite books. I end up reading it about twice a year, and despite the fact that I already know all the story, I just can’t get enough. The books is filled with adventure, tension and most of all the …

This is a diary of Esme Raji Codell’s first year of teaching. In the book, she’s a brash, creative, outspoken woman in her early 20’s, who is hired to teach fifth grade in Chicago. In the book she deals with an unsympathetic principal, kids with poor reading …

The baby sitters club portrait collection, Stacey’s book by Ann m. martin is all about Stacey McGill. Stacey is a thirteen year old girl who belongs to a club named the baby sitters club. Stacey is from New York city and is a diabetic, so she can not have …

This book, Exploring the Darker Side of America: Strange Highways: A guidebook to American mysteries & The Unexplained by Jerry D.Coleman could actually be better. The pictures are quite in handy, and in depicting the story, I sort of understand what the author was trying to talk about. …

As always, the shopaholic series has always been a pleasure to read! I love the character; Becky as she embraces motherhood/pregnancy. I reckon Sophie Kinsella did it again! She continues to make a great comeback with this piece of novel that keeps getting better, funnier and wittier.
This time, our …

The horse and his boy is the third installment of what I consider to be C.S. Lewis’ best series. It takes place in the magical land of Narnia. It is a little less action-packed than the rest of the books, and sadly the movie producers thought so too and …

This was a fun vampire story that asks a simple question: how far would you go to avoid dying of cancer and would you give up your old life (including your family) to become a vampire? Poppy has just that problem and luckily for her, her best friend (a …

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 …

The Cat Who Smelled a Rat is the twentythird book in Lillian Jackson Braun’s The Cat Who series, and Qwillerian, Koko, and Yumyum are just as cute and fun as they were in the first book. Okay, Yumyum wasn’t in the first book. But she’s still cute.
The stories in …

After reading a lot of positive critique about the novel, I bought a copy and read it eagerly the moment I took hold of it. I’ve seen the movie long before I read the book. It was the movie that captured my interest and based on my experience, the …

I recently finished reading The Snowball Effect. I loved this book for a number of reasons. By the time you’re finished with this review, you will want to read this book too!
Lainey Pike is an ordinary high school graduate until her mother suddenly commits suicide. Things gradually get worse …

Anyone who has travelled to a foreign country and does not fluently speak the language understands the importance of a good phrase book and or dictionary. This book is perfect for taking along with you on your adventure to any French speaking country. I will outline …

Jamila Gavin’s novel —˜The Wheel of Surya’ is a mind blowing book. It was the runner up for the 1993 Guardian Newspaper Children’s Fiction Award. A big part of the novel is set in a village in Punjab. One can get a beautiful glimpse of rural India with …

Daredevil Issue 297 set the stage for Daredevil to finally get revenge on Typhoid Mary and Daredevil’s biggest villian, the Kingpin. Over the course of the previous five years, the Kingpin had methodically destroyed almost every element of Matt Murdock’s life.
D.G. Chinchester wrote the issue, and Lee …

1984 is a book nobody should miss. It is so captivating, so well written, a novel one will never forget. The skill of the author in creating the dark and gloomy atmosphere of a dictatorial society is amazing. You identify with the main character in his strive to retain …

This is a really fun calendar that is unlike a lot of other calendars that I have come across. Every page is dedicated to a day and a certain location from across the globe. The location has a color picture as well as a brief paragraph describing something about …

Prior to purchasing this book, I bought a prep book to study for my SAT out of without any other clases or anything, and reading through the prep book helped me a lot with my SAT scores. I could of seen myself doing much worse without the books and …

I love this book!! I’ve read it multiple times now and still enjoy it as much as I did when I first read it, perhaps even more. A slightly tongue-in-cheek look at the “bohemian” lifestyle and sub-categories of bohemians, the book examines such basic topics as bohemian housing, …

A book written by Steinbeck can not be mistaken. In the series “East of Eden”, “The Grapes of Wrath”, “The Winter of Our Discontent” and all the other books, “To A God Unknown” gets in as a piece of a great puzzle to complete one more small part of …

The Sunday Times Guide to Movies on Television may not be the newest film guide around - in fact it was first published in the 1970s - but I still really like it because (except, obviously, for new films) it is pretty comprehensive and gives a handy reference to …

This book is the story of Catherine Morland, who, while not my favourite Jane Austen heroine, is a fun, happy girl. She is one of Jane Austen’s younger heroines, which means that many of her problems are of her own invention and due to her own naivete. Miss …

So begins a six issue arc called “The Six Gun War”. This is notable as Jonah Hex’s major strong point has been that it contained one issue stories that all worked on their own. Occasionally a 2-parter would pop up, but it was like Dini’s Detective Comics …

I absolutely loved this book by Philip Yancey. This book is one of many that he has written that focuses on Christianity. I don’t like to read a lot of Christian books besides the Bible but I would definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves Christianity. When I …

An Accidental Woman is written by Barbara Delinsky. This book is very much a romance/drama.
The main plot of the book is about Heather Malone. She moved to town fourteen years ago and settled down. She’s a kind gentle person that everyone in town loves. She lives with …

This book, The Frog Princess by E.D. Baker, is an imaginative spin on the classic story of the frog and the golden ball - the one in which a girl is playing, drops the ball she is playing with into the well, a frog rescues it, and the frog …

Bentilee Library used to have its own building but it is now located within the new Bentilee Neighborhood Centre in Dawlish Drive. I started to take advantage of the facilities at this library when I lost my job last year and I lost my internet connection at home. …

I love words. I’m sometimes accused of making up a few of my own when I’m upset about something. With this being said, any book that talks about words and usage, I’ll snap it up and read it without hesitation.
I stumbled across this book in the local book store …

Heat is Bill Buford’s story of his late in life transition from a well paid food writer to a restaurant chef. He begins as a kitchen slave in Mario Batali’s New York restaurant Babbo and journeys throughout the world of food, at a small town Italian restaurant and …

The House of Chains, the 4th novel in Steven Erikson’s Malazan Book of the Fallen, introduced the Malazan 7th Army, an untested force of recruits with a scattering of veterans, which formed to return to the Seven Cities and defeat the uprising of Shaik. That was done in …

Jude Deveraux has once again created a masterpiece in this book. With a touch of romance, comedy, fantasy and magic, Wishes is a story of a modern-day Cinderella that will surely captivate each reader’s heart.
Set in Chandler, Colorado in 1896, Wishes is the story of Nellie Grayson, a fat …

Skelter (by Michael R Perry)
Manson and fiends like him continue to attract believers and admirers long after they are dead or locked away from society. As it is, the story exploited on the probability of Manson’s supporters perpetuating his name and fame through acts of comparable, …

I think it is the duty of anyone living in the western world post-9/11 to read this book. With all the intense discrimination going on towards any person who even LOOKS like they may be from the eastern part of the world (the countries where these terrorists came …

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 …

In The Book Thief, Death narrates the story of a young German girl, Liesel, and her life in a small German village during the time of WWII and the holocaust. Considered a young adult book, I found this to be one of the best written books I have ever …

This was an odd sort of book for me. Eckhart Tolle is one of the most spiritual and new agey people out right now. He has written and published a number of books and being spiritual. He is a big believer in present awareness and the like. This book …

Anita Shreve’s bestseller All He Ever Wanted caught my attraction mainly due to its catchy simple title. But after I started reading I understood that this book is not as simple as its title. The story is all about depicting complex human emotions especially when it comes to love. …

I have read the book ‘Well done, secret seven’ written by Enid Blyton. This book is not so interesting, but the story line is good.
The seven children roam around the woods in search of a strong tree in order to build a tree house. They find such a tree …

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 …

This is the second Mercy Thompson book that I have read. I started to read this series because it contained vampires, werewolves and all the creatures that go along with their world. I wasn’t sure about the character at first, but I am growing to like her more and …

I don’t often read true crime novels, but I picked this up the other day and decided to skim a bit of it. Before I knew it, I had read the entire book. Worth More Dead and Other True Cases by Ann Rule is vividly real.
Ann Rule carefully …

This children’s book is the story of Dorrie, who has the typical childhood problem of her best friend moving away. The twin boys who move into her best friend’s old house drive her nuts, which of course her parents do not understand.
This is a very happy story. Nothing very …

“Hungry Hen,” written by Richard Waring and illustrated by Caroline Jayne Church, is a morbid little story about a fox who wants to eat a big fat hen. The overall plot struck me ad disturbing considering this is a children’s book. The author does not attempt to shy …

I went to the Woodlands Community Library with my daughter to borrow some books for her. Even though I have visited this library several times before, I have never actually been to the Children’s section.
But first, let me describe to you the interior of the library. The library is …

The Original Sudoku Puzzle Book by Nikoli Publishing is a wonderful sudoku book. I love that its packed with puzzles made by people and not by machines. This company was the first to make sudoku puzzles and it is reflected in this sudoku book. It has many …

Beast Master is a manga by Motomi Kyousuke. The manga is composed of nine chapters which includes two side stories. It is filled with comedy but of course, there’s also a lot of romance. The story starts on Yuiko, a high school girl who loves animals but unfortunately, the …