Book Description: Non-fiction biography about actor Vincent Price and his career in horror movies.
What I liked about the book: As a huge horror movie fan (especially when it comes to black and white films), I always find time for movies that have Vincent Price in them. This book gives …

The concept of “The World from Brown’s Lounge” is very interesting. Unfortunately the performance of the book does not live up to the premise. In 1972 Michael Bell was a doctoral candidate at the University of Pennsylvania. He planned on writing his dissertation based on fieldwork in Brown’s Lounge, …

It seems like viewing the recreating 1,000,000 time where reading this book is pressed does thakurs of the village, the dowry and the ordinary citizen clearly? The struggle of s for degradation, tragedy and the eighties first stage of all steps of life of the movie of …

The Miserable Mill is the fourth book of the Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket. It continues the story of the Baudelaire children who are now in the hands of an Uncle who owns a mill. Funnily enough, dispute the fact that their uncle is the owner they …

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 …

I had the pleasure of meeting Mr. Cushman this semester in school and, having learned from him, I can appreciate his work a little more than I might have before.
First off, Heart Island is a collection of poetry written in meter that pays special attention to form. Cushman, …

Books on health and well-being are big sellers these days, and Dr. Oz, the doctor made famous by Oprah Winfrey, has joined the trend by authoring, along with his co-author Michael F. Roizen, a series of “YOU” books. I have read both “YOU Staying Young,” and YOU Being Beautiful,” …

This is a fun book to read in bits and pieces. It doesn’t really have a story, it’s more a collection of anecdotes, some researched and some urban legend, about people who have removed themselves from the gene pool in rather ridiculous ways.
It’s sad to make fun of people …

Can’t Find My Way Home: America in the Great Stoned Age By Martin Torgoff
Totally brilliant! Torgoff chronicles America’s obsession with drug culture from the end of World War Two to the modern age and does so in a way avoided by many interchangable books on drug abuse: he puts …

Artemis Fowl: The Opal Deception is the fourth book in the well known series, Artemis Fowl. I absolutely loved this book, as it has a page-turning plot and a twisted ending.
In this fourth book, Artemis has forgotten about all of his friends after being mind-wiped. After Opal Koboi …

I picked up this novel for younger youths to check it out and see if some of the teens I work with might like it. R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series is very popular with children, so I thought this book, Hit And Run, also by R.L. Stine, might be good …

This is a fantastic book that will touch the hearts of many. If you are a foster mom/dad or work in the social services field - I recommend reading this book. It gives so much insight. I felt like I was writing passages of this book …

I-SPY London is part of a series of books which can be used to make journeys and trips out more interesting, as in each book, there are hundreds of different locations for you to visit. Once you visit a location, you can put a tick in the tickbox. Once …

In this volume Nodame, Chiaki, Tanya and Kuroki go to the castle where Nodame’s recital will be hold. Although the owner of the castle seems to be a Mozart maniac, Nodame’s recital ends up being a success.
I think this volume is one of the funniest that I have read …

“Girl” written by O. Henry is about a man trying to persuade a woman to come to live with him.
The story begins with Hartley–who is at his office Robbins and Harley after hours–meeting a private investigator about the whereabouts of someone he had paid the investigator to locate. The …

I appreciate fiction since it elevates imagination. I personally feel imagination stimulates your mind. I wanted to read this award winning book during the first two months of its release,but never had the chance until recently.
As a reader I was captivated by Pi’s (the protagonist)survival saga stranded on a …

“Darkfever” by Karen Marie Moning is the first book in her Fever series. It’s much different from her Highlander series that made her so famous in that it’s written in first person point of view, the main focus is on the heroine who’s telling the story and it’s not …

‘Feel the fear and do it anyway’ is a book written by Susan Jeffers. This is a self-help book. It is written in an excellent manner. I liked it very much. The author has presented opinions in a wonderful and simple manner, easily understandable by readers. The various exercises …

Like a few of her other books Danielle Steel’s “ The Wedding” irritated me. I really cannot say that this was favorite of mine, it was actually on the other end of the list under the category of “not impressed”. Let me be clear that I do like …

Shopping and F***ing by Mark Ravenhill has a WOW! title. Really, no kidding and 90% is the main reason that I chose this book to read in the first place. The title is really suggestive and it’s easy to get curious as to what the contents are. …

Having read that book I must say I was a little disappointed. After reading two of Dean Koontz’s books I got accustomed to his storytelling skills and although I was aware of the fact that it wasn’t a great writer, his books seemed a good fun. No more. ‘The …

This is probably the scariest book I have ever read in my entire life. I haven’t read much horror, probably only H.P.Lovecraft, really, and this book has not converted me to reading it, in that I doubt any horror book will ever be as abjectly terrifying as this book …

I have always wondered why when I was in a relationship or relationships before and certain guys that I was involved with would have this ‘emotionally unavailable’ syndrome. But after reading this book, Emotional Unavailability: Recognizing It, Understanding It, and Avoiding Its Trap by Bryn C. Collins, I finally …

When I was looking for more text books that could help me with a course I was doing one semester called “Principles of Management” I found a book called “ACCA Study and Revision Pack: 2.5B Organisation and Management by Roger Bennett”. I figured that despite the fact that the …

This is the second book about the medieval sleuth Hugh Corbett, who works for the Chancellor of England. He is sent to Scotland in the spring of 1286 because the Chancellor wants him to find out what he can about the death of the Scottish King Alexander III. Corbett is …

Making The Good Life Last by Merv Griffin is a good book. There is something uncanny about reading something from someone whom have gone through a batch of bad experiences and then emerging as a winner in the end.
I am certainly inspired by the writings of Merv …

The Spook’s Apprentice is based on folklore of the British nation in the past. Novel written by Joseph Delaney, is the first series in the legend Wardstone, a highest point in the County that holds a mystery. Plot of this novel centers on a boy aged 13 years old, …

I know this may not be a very popular opinion, but I didn’t care for this book. I had to read it for summer reading, and I just had a hard time getting through the book. I’d finished the first book pretty quickly, even though it was long, because …

The book is filled with confusion mystry and emotional suspenses. It starts with a murder case which turns into a life changing experience for the main characters in the film! It is something like i have read never before! The codes, the facts the fiction, you really can not …

A useful resource for any knitter is a stitch dictionary. These can be used when making up your own patterns or changing a pattern to suit your own vision.
Knitting Stitches, by Mary Webb, is a reasonably good stitch dictionary. It is nicely illustrated, so you can see each stitch …

This episode has Mon-El stepping into the role of Metropolis’ protector.
Superman asks him to take over until he returns. He even goes so far as to construct a new watch for Jimmy to call Mon should he get into trouble. He also asks John Irons …

ULTIMATE SPIDERMAN #13 - HOBGOBLIN 13 is an unlucky number for the Ultimate Spiderman line.
Here is a bit of backstory, in the original Spiderman universe, in 1974, the Green Goblin’s son, Harry Osborn, became the second incarnation of the Green Goblin but he only lasted two issues.
(He did end …

I had my doubts before picking up this book actually. It was an equal mix of anticipation and thinking that i may be wasting my time again.
So far, I’ve had my ups and downs with Howard’s books. But this one apparently was a hit!
Death Angel, being the title, already …

In the 12th volume of Nodame Cantabile, Chiaki comes back to France after the world tour. He comes to conduct an orchestra too there, and, although it was clearly visible that he was little by little falling by Nodame too, in this volume we finally see proven that Nodame’s …

“American Gods” is more than just a fairy tell set in the modern United States. I thought it to be a calling to arms over the importance of preserving the stories of the past, no matter how fantastical or uncommon to our own. Neil Gaiman gave me not only …

Just looking for a fun, relaxing read that isn’t complicated? If you said yes, the Little Lulu Comic Book Series is perfect for you. Don’t worry, it is nothing like those cheesy, no offense, super hero comic books. Little Lulu is a girl in the 1920’s-1930’s who always finds …

Wimpy kid Diary —“ the last straw is the third book from “Wimpy Kid Diary” series, by Jeff Kinney. This series was starts as posts in a blog, and it became so famous that the story was changed in books. Jeff is the author and the illustrator of the …

Dieting is the worst thing you can do to your body because you’re depriving your body with the correct / normal amount it needs for normal functioning and for normal metabolic rate. Losing weight shouldn’t be quick because your body would suffer if you try to force it lose …

How many times have you heard your friends complain about their mother in laws? It seems to be an endless battle. Is it really possible to marry a man (or be with a man in a serious relationship) without marry his mother? If you have …

This was the third book I read by this author and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Once again there are the zany situations, often embarrassing to the main character. Jaine Austen is a freelance writer in Los Angeles but she loves solving murder cases on the side (free of charge …

Istanbul is a memoir of the Nobel winners literature in 2006 who came from Turkey, Orhan Pamuk. However, unlike other memoirs, who usually prefers stories the life of the author, in this memoir, Pamuk is not only a story about the history of life. By way of telling as …

A brilliant looking cover with the words ‘Do you believe in miracles?’. Very eye catching but not the best book she has written so far. Don’t get me wrong. It’s good reading but leaves you with feeling of wanting more.
Basicly, the story is about a young …

This story is also about historical romance and it is about duty to the Crown of a Duke for honor and duty versus his love for a lady that he truly loves. If you were to ask me in this modern day, whether there is such a thing, …

Admittedly, I was skeptical when all of the teenage girl population in my high school became stuck on the Gossip Girl phenomenon. I mean, they were actually reading. Of their own accord. As jaded as I am about popular culture after thoroughly hating Twilight, I decided to pick up …

I first heard about the book, —˜Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man’ by actor and comedian Steve Harvey while watching an Oprah episode, and half-way into the show, I was laughing so hard that tears were rolling down my face. I had to buy it, even though I …

Pretties is the second book in the four book Uglies series. At the end of the previous book, Tally became Pretty do that she could try out the cure for the brain lesions. All of that is long gone now because her life is full of parties, freedom …

The Da Vinci Code is a suspense, mystery thriller that starts with the gruesome murder of a museum curator. This book is an international detective story that brings the reader to a race across France and the United Kingdom through a covert world of puzzles, anagrams and hidden messages. …

The first time I read Bram Stoker’s short story The Secret of the Growing Gold, I stopped halfway through because it was confusing me. I had expected a tale of horror and I was instead getting a tale of scandal.
However, once I did read it throughout, I found it …

A Thousand Splendid Suns is set against the backdrop of Afghanistan and the many changes that the country has undertaken over the last half-century. It follows the lives of two women brought up in very different circles but somehow end up in the same situation.
The recurring theme throughout the …

Between the Lines is a book written by Jodi Picoult and her daughter. The story is told in three different points of views. At the beginning of each chapter, the story is told from the point of view of someone reading the fairytale in the book. Then there is …