Books Reviews
The Screwtape Letters by C.S Lewis
C.s Lewis is one of my favorite authors. He always finds a way to inspire us.. his readers. I just finished reading his book “The Screwtape Letters” It’s all about Screwtape’s (The Demon) letter to his apprentice Wormwood. Screwtape was giving advices to Wormwood on how lure us to …
Skim, Scan, Scroll- A Quick Guide to Web Writing By Jyotsna Atre
Skim, Scan, Scroll- A Quick Guide to Web Writing by Jyotsna Atre is good and valuable book for web writers and is published by Pustak mahal.
For the first time when I went through this book I found that it provided an indepth view on the various topics relating to …
Mystery at the ski jump book
I have read the book —˜mystery at the ski jump’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is quite a good book and is one among the Nancy Drew series. This is an interesting book and is full of suspense. I liked it very much.
There are many interesting things in this …
Monster by Frank Peretti Book
“Monster” was released in 2005, after quite a long time without a new book from Frank Peretti, who is sometimes called the father of Christian fiction. I had read and enjoyed Peretti’s previous books, and I looked forward to reading this one. Somehow, I had the feeling that it …
The Room on the Roof: Debut novel by Ruskin Bond
The Room on The Roof is the first novel by Ruskin Bond. It is the story of Rusty who is a 16 year old boy. After his parents died he was living with his English Guardian. He was quite unhappy with the ruthless ways and strict rules of his …
Star Wars: Darth Plagueis Book by James Luceno
Caught up in the tragic story of Darth Vader, few of the spectators turned any attention to these words of the sinister Darth Sidious or just explained them to themselves as simply a part of the manipulation through which the treacherous dark lord attracted the unsuspecting young man to …
1,000 Places to See Before You Die Page-A-Day Calendar 2010
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 …
IPFW Bookstore (Follett’s)
I have been a student at IPFW for many years (sad but true) and I love their bookstore. It’s on campus, and near the food court. It’s in the main building, also, so it’s very well located. I love the fact that they have many deals …
Mystery of Tally-ho cottage by Enid Blyton
‘Mystery of Tally-ho cottage’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This book is one among the mystery series of the five-find outers. This is quite an interesting book. Larkins are the people who are living in a cottage in the Tally-ho grounds. In the Tally-ho house live the …
The Family Book by Todd Parr
Todd PArr is one of my favorite authors and illustrators of children’s books! I recently checked out several different books on the topic of families, to read to my four-year-old niece, who comes from a family that is structured in a nontraditional way. Of all the family books I …
The Mediator books
The book series The Mediator is a great set of books. I have read them all at least twice and wish there was more to it because they were so good. They pulled me right in with the plot and characters. I loved the …
Unwind by Neal Shusterman book
Over this past summer I read the book Unwind by Neal Shusterman. I found this book to be a great, easy read. The book takes place in the future after a war between Pro-Choice and Pro-Life had taken place. The result was horrific in my opinion. It resulted …
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
I have read The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald many times. It is one of the prime possessions in my personal library. Going through this book always give me reason why it is considered as one of the best American novels.
The story of the book revolves around …
A Notorious Proposition By Adele Ashworth by Adele Ashworth
This book, A Notorious Proposition By Adele Ashworth by Adele Ashworth is a sweet romance, but it tends to get a little boring, because the plots are predictable. But historical romances tend to be that way, so it can’t really be helped.
The characters are Ivy Wentworth and she has …
Playing with Fire by Katie MacAlister book
“Playing with Fire” is the first book in Katie MacAlister’s Silver dragon series. Honestly I picked up this book out of curiosity. I’ve never really been into multi-racial romance novels or dragons. I like dragons but I never understood how they could be sexy. Nothing wrong with a multi-racial …
Cintapuccino by Icha Rahmanti
Cintapuccino is one of the Indonesian Chicklit that I feel so touch my heart. This chicklit is really has a same story with my life. First time I read it, I don’t know how’s the story because i don’t even read the synopsis, and I only borrow it from …
The Railway Auntie by Mohan Sikka
The Railway Auntie is a story found in the anthology Delhi Noir. This book contains stories written by Indian authors. All of the stories in the collection take place in Delhi.
The Railway Auntie is narrated by a young Indian man. He lives with his grandmother and is very poor. …
Killing Orders by Sara Paretsky
Killing Orders was written by Sara Paretsky, and published by Dell Publishing in 1993.
I had been persuaded by a friend to read this book - I was not keen on Paretsky’s stories since I read Indemnity Only. This book at first started off well, until her protagonist, VI …
Children with Autism: A Parent’s Guide
When my son was diagnosed with autism, the doctor gave me “Children with Autism: A Parent’s Guide” to help me get a better understanding of what my family would be facing. Right from the beginning, as I was reading the forewords and introductions - written by autistic parents …
Thuringowa City Library
I am an international student so when I was in Queensland, Australia, I didn’t had a chance to bring all my books and my personal computer.
At first it was difficult for me in doing researches because I didn’t have my books or my PC. Then, while I was walking …
Bad Luck and Trouble by Lee Child
Another novel that I read written by Lee Child would be Bad Luck and Trouble. It costs about $17.95, and I am not really sure whether this is the continuation story or not. It involves Reacher, still, and this time, Reacher is again plunged into the heat …
DragonQuest by Donita K. Paul
“DragonQuest” by Donita K. Paul is Book 2 in the DragonKeeper fantasy chronicles. In Book 1, titled “DragonSpell,” we were introduced to the main character, Kale, a fourteen-year-old girl who is a village slave - an orphan raised and provided for by the village in return for work. Kale, …
The Dragon Reborn
The Wheel of Time series enthralls readers, and Robert Jordan never fails to weave a masterfully crafted web of entrigue and energy. The Dragon Reborn is the culmination of the first two books of the series, coming together in an explosion of realization and the story’s evolution.
If by now …
Mother Warriors by Jenny McCarthy book
This is an absolute must read book for any mother of an autistic child or anyone that has been touched by autism in some way or another! In this book Jenny McCarthy explains what she went through with her son, Evan. To say her journey has tugged …
Multiple Blessings by Jon and Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson
This book gives me lots of perspectives, lessons learned and many more. Multiple Blessings: Surviving to Thriving with Twins and Sextuplets by Jon and Kate Gosselin and Beth Carson. I highly recommend reading this book because it is such a good book, laced with realism and lots of …
Woody Allen Beyond Words by Robert Benayoun
I have been a Woody Allen fan since I was a little girl and many years ago I bought myself a great book called ‘Woody Allen Beyond Words’ by Robert Benayoun. This is a large hardback book that I enjoy flicking through frequently, with that classic picture of …
The Other Side of Ethel Mertz: The Life Story of Vivian Vance
“The Other Side of Ethel Mertz: The Life Story of Vivian Vance” by Frank Castelluccio is a book that I enjoyed quite a lot, although I have to say that it does drop the ball at a certain point and never quite recovers. By that, I mean at the …
Microsoft Access 2000/2002 Made Simple by George King
Some time near to when I was supposed to do the CXC exam in high school, I remember that one of the books on my book list, along with one that taught me how to use Microsoft Excel, was a book called “Microsoft Access 2000/2002 Made Simple by George …
Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows
I just finished reading the book, and boy was I disappointed. Yes, all the questions that have been bugging half the world was answered in book 7 and the promised revelations were there. But the book was utterly depressing to read. The story just dragged on and on about …
Stay, novel by Deb Caletti
I’d never read anything by Deb Caletti before. Stay was the first and it really surpassed my expectations!
When Clara and Christian meet each other, the attraction is immediate. From the very first time their eyes meet, they know they HAVE to be together. Clara used to be shy, …
Vetrikku Viraindidu Book
Vetrikku Viraindidu is a superb Tamil book from Sri Ramakrishna Madam, Mylapore, Chennai. Swami Vimurthanandhar wrote this book. The meaning of ‘Vetrikku Viraindidu’ is ‘Hurry up towards Victory’ in English. This book following the approach of Vivekanandhar ‘Be a good human being before you …
Revelation Space by Alastair Reynolds
This book is the beginning of a four part series. Not a general sci-fi book, this book falls under the category of space opera. This means that there are many characters and intertwined story lines with the setting and timeline being very large scale. This book …
Cloud Atlas Book
Cloud Atlas is unlike any other book that I have ever read. It is truly an exercise in plot building and writing style. The book is structured with five separate stories, taking place in different time periods, shaping around a sixth and central narrative. Each of the five breaks …
“The Road” By Cormac McCarthy. A Book
I had the opportunity read “The Road” while traveling about a year ago. I can honestly say that this book scared me. I have read it once and only once and will not read it again. It is just too heart wrenching for me. I have to admit that …
Christmas Letter by Debbie Macomber book
Despite the fact that it isn’t Christmas time, I still enjoyed this book. Dr. Jeffries and Katherine O’Connor are the main characters. They are brought together by fate. It was foreseen in Katherine’s neighbor’s box of kitty litter. They discover right away that they believe …
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent Novelization
Star Trek: The Next Generation - Descent Novelization follows the episode script fairly closely, although it does succeed in expanding upon some of the characters’ back stories and provides some additional character development for Hugh and Lore. Much of what appears and is said in the two part episode …
World Without End book
Is the book too thick? Are the letters printed small? The answers in these questions are both “Yes”. So why bother to read the book? Because the story is certainly as thick as the book and the details are as fine as the letters.
The author, Ken Follett, is …
The Millionaire Next Door Book by Stanley and Danko
During a plunging economy I find myself attracted to educational type books that appear to be missing the ordinary get rich hype so common these days. Not too long ago I came across the book entitled The Millionaire Next Door. I sat down and read the entire book in about …
Mario Kart 64 Nintendo Players Guide
The Mario Kart 64 Nintendo Players Guide is a real handy guide to have because it provides racers with complete and detailed images of all the race tracks and all the battle maps. This means a racer can see every shortcut and be aware of every obstacle. Not only …
Icon by Frederick Forsyth
A file is stolen by an old cleaner from the office of the man touted to be Russia’s next President, an ultra - fascist. The file finds it’s way into the hands of British Intelligence. The contents of the file are terrifying. But, when both the American and British …
Marked - House of Night Series
House of night series is a series of fantasy based novels by P.C. Cast and Kristin Cast. The novels are based on Vampyres as their main theme. Vampyres is not spelling mistakes since the main creature in the saga are referred to as Vampyres and not Vampires!
Marked …
Costume Jewelry by Judith Miller book
Learning more about collectible costume jewelry has been sort of a hobby of mine for years. Unfortunately, I don’t get enough opportunities to collect or buy the better pieces out there. Often, I must make do with books on collecting costume jewelry. This can become an expensive hobby too, …
Aurelia book
Danger, suspense, mystery, romance—¦this book has it all. It opens in mystery, and then there is the plot all throughout and trying to figure out who is trying to kill the princess, it is a must-read and is absolutely one of my favorite books of the year! There are …
Black Rose (A Novel by Nora Roberts)
Nora Roberts second book of her “In the Garden” trilogy entitled “Black Rose” struck me as yet another novel that she can add to her brilliant works collection. While I didn’t really care for the main character, and found her to be very set in her ways as well …
A thousand splendid suns
thousand splendid suns
I read this novel early this year which is authored by Khaled Hosseini who also wrote the other popular novel which is the Kite Runner. In my opinion, the novel is nicely written which I think is rhetorically done which tells about a poignant story about a …
Dracula (Horror fiction by Bram Stoker)
This was the first English book that I read in my life which was not in my school curriculum. So I thought it should also be the book that I should first review.
As mentioned in the title Dracula is a horror novel by Bram Stoker. What you will find …
Night Warriors: Darkstalkers’ Revenge (VIZ graphic novel)
I have to wonder to myself, why don’t people learn? It’s been well established since the early days of the 20th century that just because something is popular, or works, in one medium, that doesn’t automatically mean that it will work in another. Yet we still have dozens of …
Black Rose by Nora Roberts
To be honest, Black Rose was the first book by this author that I have read, and I only read it at my MIL’s insistence…When you see each other as frequently as I do these topics come up in conversation. I found the book great light reading and entertaining. …
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