Books Reviews
Full Measures, novel by Rebecca Yarros (Flight & Glory #1)
On her twentieth birthday, Ember receives the news of the death of her father, an outstanding military doctor. Her life falls apart like a house of cards. Her little brother loses his father figure just when he needs it the most. Her sister starts drinking and shopping compulsively. Her …
Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover
This book will change your life! That is, if you want it to. He does not offer a get rich quick, or an easy way out. . . but what he DOES offer is structure and guidance on how to get debt free. His plan is amazing. He uses …
Emerald House Rising (book) by Peg Kerr
This is one of those little-known books that is actually very good. I bought it because it sounded unique and interesting, and I was very pleased with how it turned out. It is strange to me that I had never heard about it from anyone else, and …
The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan
This book is the second book of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians series, and is a good followup to the Lightning Thief. I think the first book was a bit better, but the Sea of Monsters is definitely worth reading and I had several students clamouring for it …
The Truth About Diamonds by Nicole Richie
I find that reading The Truth About Diamonds by Nicole Richie is quite refreshing actually. There are just lots of undeniable talent to Nicole Richie that perhaps you and me do not know. For a start, this book is understandable, has a pretty simple to understand English and …
Photoshop CS3 For Dummies
If you have Photoshop CS3, you know that reading lots of good Photoshop books will help you expand your knowledge on this software. One of the helpful guides I recommend you to read is Photoshop CS3 For Dummies. It is not really anything special, but it will somehow take …
Nicola and the Viscount-Meg Cabot Historical Novel
Meg Cabot is an amazing author, and most of her books were and are bestsellers, but not this one. That doesn’t mean it’s not good. Nicola and the Viscount follows a young girl named Nicola who lives in London in the early 1800s. She’s an orphan, and it’s her …
Gifted Hands by Ben Carson
I would recommend this book to many students of all ages, as it is one of the most motivational books I have ever read. When I was in Prep School in fact, it was put on our book list, and we were all expected to read and meditate on …
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo - Stieg Larsson
The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo is the first book in Stieg Larsson’s Millennium trilogy. It is a series of three detective novels featuring the journalist Michael Blomkvist and the hacker Lisbeth Salander. Blomkvists works on a case about a girl who went missing many years ago, and during …
Iron King by Julie Kagawa book
I can honestly say that Iron King by Julie Kagawa is one of the best books that I have read in 2013 so far. I was drew into purchasing the book because I had heard great hype surrounding it. I am very, very glad that I trusted the hype …
Dear John by Nicholas Sparks book
“Dear John” is one of the most unique lovestory written in history.
This is one of the most heart-breaking romance novel written by Nicholas Sparks. Though a movie has been released that made the book even more popular, nothing compares to the original story one can read from the book.
The …
Carrie Bebris’s Mr and Mrs Darcy Mysteries
Carrie Bebris has taken two favorite, classic characters and written new books about them. She has taken Mr. and Mrs. Darcy from Pride and Prejudice and written new stories about them after their wedding. However these new stories are all mysteries and Mr. and Mrs. Darcy are the ones …
Daughters Of Fire by Barbara Erskine
Synopsis
A novel that brings the two thousand years ago past of a Roman Britain into life of the present day, a novel where the past impacts heavily on the lives of all the characters involved in the present day.
The main character of the book, historian Viv Lloyd Rees has …
Essential words for the GRE Barron’s
Eight hundred words. This book sums up what you should memorize and what you should not. Eight hundred words are listed in alphabetically and divided into 80 units. So 1 unit has ten words and each essential word has at least one sentence as an example. This helps you …
Vernon God Little By DBC Pierre
As for a certain book when doing to the movie, the clear monetory purpose is evident Te bar non God falls a little exactly in the section. Like the script almost you read the part where that is large. As for the bar non God it is considered you …
The Old Man and the Sea book by Ernest Hemingway
This book showed me that I should not judge a book by its cover, or this case, its title. I had a preconceived idea that I would not very entertained by a story about an old man’s fishing trip but as I had not read any Hemingway before, …
Atonement by Ian McEwan
After seeing the previews for Atonement the movie I was excited to read the book. I always read the book before seeing the movie because 99% of the time the book is better. I was sadly disappointed with Atonement the book by Ian McEwan. I was …
Rich Dad Poor Dad by Robert T. Kiyosaki
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 …
Bittersweet by Danielle Steel
Bittersweet is another great romance novel written by Danielle Steel. In this novel, her writing keeps you engaged in the entire story and makes you feel as if you were the characters in the book every step of the way.
Within the first few sentences of this novel I …
Personal Finance Handbook (Book) Peter Sender
This is one of three books that I have about personal finance that I really value. There is a lot of information in this book and it is written in such a way that it doesn’t matter if the market is up or the market is down. I personally …
You Must Be My Best Friend Because I Hate You!
I really like reading the book You Must Be My Best Friend Because I Hate You! This book is written by Emily Dubberley, and has truly inspired me. This book writes about how you should behave around your best friend and whether you should dump her or …
Harry Potter and The Half-Blood Prince By J K Rowling
Interesting the everything of that very harry potter, that cruel uncle and the aunt this you have lived is the orphan who has been troubled. He is not given well and, you must sleep with the china cabinet. Cousin Dudley of that fat quality suffocates him in all explanations. …
Twilight
I can guarantee you will like this book if you are a teenage girl or around that age. Even guys seem to like this book even if they don’t want to admit it. The book is a love story of a vampire and an ordinary girl. The book starts …
A World of Prose for CXC
I used the book “A World of Prose for CXC” in my last few years of high school. We were supposed to study a few of the short stories inside so that we could choose some and use them for analysis in our Literature exam. I actually liked reading …
The I Love Lucy Book
“The I Love Lucy” Book by Bart Andrews is a book that is primarily about the “I Love Lucy” series. Although there were some aspects of the book that I found to be unnecessary, like for example the episode descriptions, for the most part, I
enjoyed reading this book because …
Knit One, Embellish Too book
I bought this book because I read a recommendation on someone else’s blog. Okay, actually, they knitted a cute hat and I wanted to knit it too. Knit One, Embellish Too by Cosette Cornelius-Bates is mainly basic patterns that I think I could probably find elsewhere. The key is …
The Ambivalence of Abortion by Linda Bird Francke book
In the book The Ambivalence of Abortion, Linda Bird Francke tells the stories of women who have had abortions, the men who are their partners, and the clinic workers and who deal with abortion on a day to day basis. She gives an inside look at what women go …
DC Comics Encyclopedia
I absolutely love my copy of the DC Comics Encyclopedia that I bought online about a year ago for a great price of $19.99. This is a thick book detailing hundreds of characters and events in the DC Universe. It features so much artwork from so many …
Phantom Prey by John Sandford
Phantom Prey, written by John Sandford is a good thriller worth reading. This story is about the investigation of some goth kids and some brutal killing believed to be done by a killer or perhaps killers. First it was 1 Goth kid being killed and then there …
Macbeth’s Motivation
What motivates Macbeth to commit all those murders and become such an evil king? His devolution can be traced through many phases of change. The witches prophesy that he will become Thane of Cawdor and King of Scotland first started his temptation. At first, he was sceptical whether to …
Choke by Chuck Phalaniuk
Victor Mancini is a medical school dropout who has found a way to pay for his mother’s expensive health care; he chokes. In this story, the main character named Victor goes to a variety of restaurants such as Chinese, Greek, Spanish, and more. He proceeds to order a plate …
The No Asshole Rule by Robert I. Sutton
This is what I call a business strategy book, and since I’m working in the advertising industry, I very much like to involve myself by reading this, and getting some useful information out of it. The No Asshole Rule written by Robert I. Sutton is a very straightforward …
The Athenian Murders by Jose Carlos Somoza novel
Jose Carlos Somoza proposes the reader a trip to ancient Greece in his novel “The Athenian Murders”. This trip could remind us that one Umberto Eco offered with “The Name of the Rose”.
The body of a young man who studied in Plato’s Academy is found on the streets of …
The Secret by Rhonda Byrne Book
The Secret is a book I had chosen to wait to read once the hype died down because I didn’t want my opinion of the book to be influenced by its popularity and by those who have nothing but good things to say. Don’t get me wrong the word-of-mouth …
Eat to Live by Joel Fuhrman
The book Eat To Live, written by Joel Fuhrman, has some of the best New York�s leading doctors giving some good and healthy and effective losing weight formula. The book is designed to help those who want to lose 50 pounds or more in a hurry.
The nutrients menu …
Letters From Camp by Kate Klise
This book is quite a bit of fun for kids, but can be a bit complicated for less experienced readers, as is it is in the form of a bunch of letters. You pick up the events of the story from the letters and notes that the children and …
A Time To Kill by John Grisham
It was not until I saw the movie, “The Client” that I became interested in reading books by John Grisham. The first one I read was his bestseller “A Time To Kill,” which was also adapted into a movie. Since that time, I have read this book at least …
The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini
If some one asks me which is the nostalgic story I have read recently, my answer would be The Kite Runner written by Khaled Hosseini. The book looks at childhood friendship in a fresh evergreen way. The way of writing of the author is very emotional style and keeps …
Broken Hearts Club
The Broken Hearts Club (BHC) met weekly in a restaurant to talk about their broken hearts and emotions; a support group for those who were trying to recover from their failed relationships. There were four members in attendance Harris Tilman, a banker, Eric Porter, a literary …
Billy Ray’s a Good Boy by C. Dennis Moore, story/book
Billy Ray’s a Good Boy is a horror story chosen as one of the best of the year by the Willow Brook Review. It is a traditional horror story in the tradition of John Saul. I compare it to John Saul because it is similar to the theme …
Love and the Single Heiress
Love and the Single Heiress, written by Jacquie D’Alessandro is a historical romance plus mystery surrounding the book and the novel itself. The writer is a real talent and the unique plot into this book has really given me a ‘eh, why haven’t I think of such a plot …
Hannibal Rising by Thomas Harris
I’m not really a big fan of books. I’m more of a magazine browser type of person but this book really got me hooked. I have already read it three times in a period of six months since I bought it …
Jerry Baker’s Lawn Book, written by Jerry Baker
Jerry Bakers’ Lawn Book is a must read for anyone who wants to maintain their lawn with minimal effort and less money than the professionals charge. Jerry Baker has a great sense of humor that comes out in this book. His practicality on how to maintain …
Anne of Green Gables, by Lucy Maud Montgomery
I first read Anne of Green Gables, the novel by L. M. Montgomery, when I was in ten or eleven years old. It is one of the best novels I have ever read. It is a very wholesome book. There is not a single vulgar or curse …
Triple Your Reading Speed by Wade E. Cutler
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 …
Night Smoke by Nora Roberts
Night Smoke is the fourth story in the Night Tales series written by Nora Roberts. And once again, it’s a hit!
In this story, we meet Ryan Piasecki and Natalie Fletcher. For those of you who have read the first story in the series, you would know that Natalie is …
Plays To Play With In Class by Sally Milgrim
If you teach Drama and/or English in any middle school or high school,you and your students will definitely enjoy this book.
Plays To Play With In Class is a book that was written by Sally Milgrim, a highly creative individual who was my college professor for a number of courses, …
Matilda by Roald Dahl book
When I was younger, I read the book Matilda by Roald Dahl and fell in love with the story. Matilda is the typical underdog hero- in this case, the child prodigy born to an ignorant, unloving family who refuses to nurture her. She makes a friend in Miss Honey, …
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