Circle of Friends by Maeve Binchy is a special book about friendship that I truly love. The settings are mainly in Dublin, Ireland and a countryside setting as well. This is a story of 2 women, both the best of friends while growing up, and the story …

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A FAREWELL TO ARMS, by the American Hemingway, Aldington’s DEATH OF A HERO, by the British, and Remarque’s ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT the German Remarque. Do you know what these three books about the lost generation and World War I have in common? Well, except for the general …

Grave Peril is the third book in the Dresden files, Jim Butcher’s series about the Wizard Harry Dresden. In Grave Peril Harry has to face down some tormented ghosts while trying to find out who’s torturing them.
Some important characters are introduced in this book. First time I read …

Wuthering Heights is a classic book written by nineteenth century Victorian writer Emily Bronte. In fact, as far as I know this book is the only novel book written by her although she have wrote some well known poems during her time. In my own personal opinion, …

Aside from a small notation on the back of the book, “The Zombie Survival Guide” looks and feels like an honest survival guide. If it weren’t for its subject matter, the book might be taken more seriously. Unfortunately, there are those who–upon gleaning out the zombie lore–feel that Brooks …

Photoshop CS3 is a complex program to some people, and thankfully, there are countless books which cater to every skill level. This book is right for beginners who are starting to learn their way around Photoshop CS3.
The title sounds like you can really learn in 24 hours. When …

Cowboy in My Pocket is a truly delightful novel. Written by Kate Douglas, it tells the story of a sweet romance for the young as well as the old.
Michelle Garrison is a novelist of a romance genre and suddenly, her books aren’t selling like hot cakes …

This series has been very popular among the fantasy genre but I hadn’t read them simply because I don’t feel as drawn to angels as I would’ve like to, but this days I kinda wanted to read something different and I found this on my to-read list, so I …

The “Life After Lucy: The True Story of “I Love Lucy’s Little Ricky” is a book that I think will be of interest to fans of the television series because it explores the life, the career, the hopes and the dreams of Keith Thobodeaux, the actor that portrayed Little …

Wow —“ this was a really good book! One could say it was a superb murder mystery with a supernatural twist. The truly bizarre deaths —“ how people were cooked from the inside out but with the outer skin mostly untouched —“ really had me hooked from the first …

I undertook this book because I know very little about Scandinavians and their cultures. But, having acquaintances in a number of these countries, I heard things from them that appealed to me. For me the book opened a window for understanding the specificity of the Scandinavians, the possible reasons …

When I received the book ‘Childhood’ written by Bill Cosby (yes the same one who used to be on TV), I was so not interested that it stayed unread on the shelf for about three years. It was only one sleepless night that I was forced to read …

“Out There” by Susan Glaspell is about a mysterious painting that continues to drawn in a young woman off the streets.
First, the story begins with a art store owner, who comes in possession of an expensive painting. The painting is of a forest and a river, with a mountain …

To be honest this is a review of a review, let me explain: my sister told me to read Entering The Circle by Olga Kharitidi because, she said, I would get something significant from it, so I did as I was told.
Set in Siberia the story begins mundane enough …

“Swallows of Kabul” is a short book with a cleverly constructed plot and a beautiful language, written by a former Algerian military, Mohammed Moulessehoul, known by his female pen name, Yasmina Khadra.
The author introduces us to the history of Kabul, capital of Afghanistan, first under the Russian …

The Descent was the first book that I read by Jeff Long. A very long book, but interesting, I am still glad that I bought it at a used book sale instead of paying full price. It is not that the book was bad, quite the contrary it was …

“Scuba Bunnies” is a children’s book authored by Christine Loomis and illustrated by Ora Eitan. It was published in 2004. As one may deduce from the title, it is a story about little bunnies who decide to go diving in the ocean.
Pros: The language is quite …

Perfect Match by Jane Moore is near to perfect. The story is about a couple with a child and embarking on getting another baby so that the baby would in turn be able to help their son, named Ben to be cured from his illness.
They need …

In this fourth book in the series about the medieval sleuth Hugh Corbett, the year is 1299 and King Edward I is feuding with the Church. When Walter de Montfort, the Dean of St. Paul’s Cathedral, is poisoned and dies during High Mass, Corbett must find the murderer. As the …

This is not a young adult novel for the truly young adults, nor for a reader who doesn’t really look for being particularly taxed in his or her reading choices. If I had picked the book up without warning about the contents, I certainly would have been very surprised, …

“Monster Mess!” is a children’s book written by Margery Cuyler and illustrated by S.D. Schindler. It was published in 2008.
I did not care for this book at all. The story is told in odd little sentence fragments instead of proper English. There is no real plot to …

“One More Year” is Sana Krasikov’s debut collection, telling the contemporary stories of immigrants from the former Soviet Union. Born in Ukraine and grown up in Georgia and the United States, the young writer has developed the mature eye of an outsider between cultures who can observe details with …

In the children’s illustrated book, Not One Damsel in Distress:World Folktales for Strong Girls, Jane Yolen again demonstrates her diverse ability to tell all sorts of tales.
Having collected and retold tales from around the world in this book, Yolen says in her Open Letter, “This book is for you …

Eric Tyson put this book together for fans of the …for Dummies series and, quite hoesntly, he dumbed down the topic to a degree that makes it pretty much worthless.
The basics are covered here: real estate, IPO’s, Certificates of Deposit, but none of it really amounts to a comprehensive …

For a long title book, Why Him? Why Her? Finding Real Love By Understanding Your Personality Type by Helen Fisher lives up to its name. I enjoy reading this very much and this book gives a wonderful insight and a certain kind of understanding why certain people prefer …

That White Girl, written by J. Love is a good story that I think would be best made into a movie. But it is not a racial story though. Instead, the story highlights the difference in life that Amber, a White girl, has to go through. …

Have you ever heard of holistic herbal..? Well I have and this book, Holistic Herbal 4th Edition: A Safe and Practical Guide to Making and Using Herbal Remedies by David Hoffman is so full of useful stuffs that you can just read and read and get lots of information …

I picked up this novel from a local book fair at a very cheap price. I just chose it randomly without even giving a thought about the author because I rarely read thriller novels. Well, the novel is written by the famous author Stephen King who has produced some …

I’ve read several books by Jennifer Crusie, and one other book by Jennifer Crusie and Bob Mayer (Don’t Look Down), and this book is quite similar to all of them. There is the usual - girl has a former boyfriend who isn’t that great of a fit to her, …

Pets Pray for Truth is a story by Elnora Watters. The story is about Bobby and Mike, their dogs, and their lies. Bobby and Mike walked their dogs at the park but Bobby asked Mike to play on the swings. The two tied their dogs on the bench while …

It happens, true only seldom, that after reading a book I get stuck with whole images in my head.
Sometimes it happens, after reading a good book that remains with me for a while, before allowing me to anchor myself into reality, that I see images rolling before my eyes …

“The Best Pet Of All” is a children’s book authored by David LaRochelle and illustrated by Hanako Wakiyama. It was published in 2004 by Dutton Children’s Books. This is a very cute book with cool retro art and a story that is more complicated than would appear …

Reece Winstone’s book “Bristol in the 1940’s” - and yes, there is indeed an apostrophe in the title, before anybody thinks of castigating me for poor punctuation skills! - is already something of a period piece in itself, given that it was published way back in 1961 and so plenty …

I’ve been a fan of Karen Marie Moning’s writings since the first very book that I picked up of hers. “Beyond the Highland Mist” is the first book from her highlander series, although technically all the books are stand alone books they have an element that ties them all …

Out of Whack, written by Jeff Strand is a very funny book filled with very funny lines but there’s a downside to it that I don’t like. The racy scenes in it. But then again, at the end of it, author Jeff has given readers a moral lesson …

As for us entirely is not excessively known the Nobel victory poet from Calcutta which. He “never how because it exceeds the framework of standard 7, doing, Gitanjali’. Because it is the circumstance which does not win the prize for Tagore Rabindranath Tagore is known. He being educated by …

When it comes to great graphic novels, many are quick to cite titles like “Watchmen”, “Sandman” and “The Dark Knight Returns”. Rightfully so, they are all great titles, but there is one that doesn’t get as much credit as it deserves and that is “The Life and Times …

The Final Years of Michael Jackson by Ian Halperin takes us on a journey that was intended to expose Michael Jackson as a pedophile.
The author, Ian Halperin, set out to prove that Michael Jackson got away scott free with the crimes of molesting a young boy that …

Our three and a half year old son loves his bed time story and won’t go to sleep without at least one a night, and at the moment he is really into dinosaurs. So we brought him a book which is written by Jane Yolen and is illustrated by …

‘Start where you are’ is a book written by Pema Chodron. In this book, Chodron tells us how to live in a meaningful manner. Chodron teaches us how to cope with emotional stress and other anxieties of life. The main purpose of this book is the way to awaken …

Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy O Toole is considered one of the prime examples of great humour in American Literature. It revolves Around Ignatius J Reilly an enormous educated and arrogantly ignorant man with a PhD and impeccable mastey of the English Language living at home with his …

I found this book to be pretty disappointing.
The basic storyline is about a spirit who wants to tell it’s story and all the things it’s been through. The main plot is the spirit avenging the death of a young girl.
The first few pages held such promise, but it …

Gawain, a goose, serves in the Royal Treasury as a guard. He is honest and proud of his service to the king, Basil the bear. One day, Gawain notices that some rubies are stolen from the treasury. He runs to the king to report the theft. King Basil trusts …

There are countless students who have taken the course for becoming a Medical Assistant, and need to take their State Boards test to become MA’s. I do not believe that most know that there is a complete book that will certainly be of great help in studying for the …

“That Costly Ride” by Guy de Maupassant is about a man who ends up being taken to the cleaners–financially wise–because of an accident.
First, the story introduces us to, Hector de Gribelin, who is a husband and father of two, and is going through financial hardship because of the decline …

‘As Sure As the Dawn’ is the third part of Francine Rivers’ trilogy ‘Mark of the Lion’. This time the plot is centered around Atretes, the German warrior took captive by the Romans in the first book. After being told by the slave Hadassah that his son is still …

I have read the book ‘The places that scare you’ written by Pema Chodron. This book is a guide to be fearless when you are in difficult situations of life. The book also teaches us to be more and more joyful in life.
The author tells us how we …

You’re So Smart, Snoopy is a book by Charles M. Schulz, which consists of selected cartoons from You’re Out of Sight, Charlie Brown, Volume 1. The book is published by Coronet Books London.
The book doesn’t really have a set theme, unlike some of the other Snoopy books. However, there …

Pick Me Up - this bold red book says in block writing along the side, and the writing seems almost an instruction. This book, Pick Me Up, put together by David Roberts and Jeremy Leslie, is set up almost to mimic the internet, and the format flows and is …

I was on my 8th month of pregnancy and hoarding books I can read as soon as I start my maternity leave from work when I came across Eating Fire and Drinking Water by Arlene J. Chai in a local bookstore.
At first I was hesitant to buy the book …