Who’s In The Bathroom is a children’s book written by Jeanne Willis and illustrated by Adrian Reynolds. It is a newer book, published in 2006. It is a very funny story that had my daughter smiling and laughing as she guessed who was in the bathroom. It …

The novel Barnaby Rudge isn’t set in Dickens own time, but begins in 1775 in a small village in Epping Forest. It ends 5 years later in London with the no-popery or Gordon riots. The main character of the book, Barnaby Rudge, is the village idiot and is being …

Jerusalem Inn (written by Martha Grimes and published by Dell Publishing, 1990)
Humble and witty aristocrats amuse me, as did Melrose Plant, the good friend of Superintendent Jury. The policeman and the open-minded Earl of Caverness had conversations and exchanges that were greatly humorous, sardonic and engaging!
Superintendent Jury …

I am halfway reading the novel of EL James, Fifty Shades of Grey and I was awe-struck on how an innocent girl smitten by a mysterious businessman Christian Grey. Basically, this book is not just your average, romantic kind of novel. It’s more than that. Steamy, kinky and hot. …

Unlike the first two books in the series, this one does not center around Mr. Amory’s cat Polar Bear, a stray he had rescued. There are still some very nice Polar Bear stories, but for the most part the book is autobiographical. Mr. Amory shares about his student years …

Murder Sees the Light was written by Howard Engel (published by Penguin Books, 1986)
There is not much ‘light’ I could see from this story I was rather confused from the beginning to the end.
Benny Cooperman, a private investigator, has been engaged to babysit a famous (or …

I’ve long been a huge fan of Diana Gabaldon’s “Outlander” and “Lord John” novel series. So when it was announced last year that Ms. Gabaldon will be releasing a graphic novel set in the first novel, I — like many other fans — eagerly awaited the finished product, especially …

Having recently read Suzanne Collins’s two young adult novels, I felt like refreshing one of the oldies of the genre, which I felt might have been a major influence on “The Hunger Games” —“ namely, Orson Scott Card’s well-known “Ender’s Game”. The novel (and the eponymous short story from …

I felt that this book was just ok. I thought it kind of dragged on until the last few chapters which is when the book got really exciting and became a page turner.
The book is centered on two people named Roche Savage and Bleu Labeau. Blue was …

The Alchemyst: The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott is a fantasy novel that takes place in the real world. Sophie and Josh witness their employers Nick and Perry being attacked by a man named Dee who wants a book called the Codex. They …

If such creatures, the body, a dog, a tree, a hint of red color, the devil and a horse could talk, and then communicate like humans in general. What will happen? All that became one of the many unique that we can see from the style of Orhan Pamuk …

This book, which was released in 2002 just before Die Another Day, describes from the very first time that James Bond appeared in the book Casino Royal by Ian Fleming. The book is written by John Cork & Bruce Scivally. The book talks about the total history of making …

When he wrote it, Stephen King planned for It to be his last novel before he retired from the world of writing for a spell. As we can all pretty well figure out, the King of horror did not go through with his planned hiatus.
Looking back on it now, …

I think it’s fair to say that the majority of the people who are familiar with S. Morgenstern and William Goldman’s “The Princess Bride” only are so because of the classic film adaptation made several years back. Few people realize (I myself didn’t even know this until a …

A prequel to the hugely popular and controversial book ‘The DaVinci Code’ by author Dan Brown, ‘Angels and Demons’ introduces us to the character of Robert Langdon, a Harvard Professor who is drawn into a labyrinthine web of murder and conspiracy that reaches into the upper echelons of the …

The Fire Opal is a fantasy novel about Maeve O’Tullagh, a fisherman’s daughter who lives in a cottage on the shore of Donegal with her parents and older twin brothers in 16th century Ireland. As a child,Maeve plays about the ancient ruins near her house with her brothers, …

The fifth book in the series of The Murder Club opens with the new member of the club, Yuki Castellano, the replacement to the member who died in the third book, in a crisis because her mother collapses and is rushed to the hospital. Her mother eventually dies in …

The Fisherman is a scary horror story from the anthology Vile Things: Extreme Deviations of Horror. This anthology contains many stories of horror collected from various places and all by different authors. I had not read a story by Brian Rosenberger before, and had not heard of him. However, …

I picked up a copy of Raging Bull last year at a yard sale but didn’t get a chance to read it until very recently. Overall, I thought it was a good book. It not only gave insight into the life of former boxer Jake LaMotta, it taught me …

Wheels Of Life, a book focused around the primary chakra by Anodea Judith, is a wonderful guide of explanations and exercises involving the seven primary chakras in the human body: root, sacra, solar plexus, heart, throat, third eye, and crown. For those of you …

Life Swap by Jane Green is a cute and I wish I could have the power to swap life anytime that I feel that my life is on a boring and endless track. It is about lifestyle swap and through literal means and not like magic swap. This …

I had never read any books by David Sedaris before, even though they have been recommended to me by several friends. When You Are Engulfed in Flames was the first one that I read, and I found it simply hilarious. This book is full of essays about …

Rise & Shine by Anna Quindlen is a funny, emotionally moving novel set in New York City. The author tells a tale of two sisters and the dramatic ways their lives change over the years. The sisters lives are changed unexpectedly when they are young; it is …

The Partner is another excellent novel by John Grisham. As usual, Grisham is highly involved in writing stories based on the legal environment, may I add, with a lot of twists and drama.
Patrick Lanigan is a former lawyer and an upcoming partner in a Mississippi Law firm. Lanigan was …

‘A Voice in the Wind’ is the first book of Francine Rivers’ trilogy entitled ‘Mark of the Lion’. The first thing that crossed my mind when I started to read it and I figured what it was all about was that it was very much like ‘Quo Vadis’, even …

The “Laughs, Luck…and Lucy: How I Came to Create the Most Popular Sitcom of All Time” is a book that is actually the memoir of the creator of the television show. This means that the entire book is not about Lucille Ball of the “I Love Lucy” television series. …

The Joke Stew by Judy Brown is a good book to have in your house or at the back of the shelf in your office. It can help you to stay sane during those difficult time. The book is a collection of selected and probably the best jokes from …

This book title, The Vanished Man: A Lincoln Rhyme Novel written by Jeffery Deaver is one of the best thrillers that I’ve read these past few months. I’m always quite on the lookout for good books and this one was in a book fair sitting cozily on one …

A Visit to the Vet is a short story by Elnora Watters. The story starts with Paul and his pet Skip, going to the vet for his first time to take a shot. Skip was very hesitant to go to the vet as he mistaken the word shot for …

If you are reading this review you are probably older than me. Because if this book was not a school assignment I would never have heard, or read about it. But, it was a school assignment. And, im very glad it was a school assignment because, unlike many books on …

“Faefever” by Karen Marie Moning is third book in her Fever series. This book continues where the last one left off. We’re finding out what the Sinsar Dubh really is, how it’s been getting around and how truly evil this “creature” really is. We also find out in this …

Sail is the latest book by James Patterson and the one good thing it has going for it is that the book is easy to read and I finished it in a few hours even though it is nearly 400 pages long. I have actually liked James Patterson for …

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 bought Batman: The Gauntlet (Paperback) by Bruce Canwell and illustrated by Lee Weeks on Amazon.com awhile ago and I like it. It tells the story of Dick Grayson’s final test in order to become Batman’s official partner codenamed Robin. This test involves only one thing, avoiding …

I was introduced to the works of Brandon Sanderson on the XI annual awards of the National Club of Fantasy and Horror. The publishers of “Artline” made an effective presentation of his upcoming novel “The Way of Kings.” My wonderful impressions of their previous projects came true and a …

The book Mercy by Jodi Picoult is about a married couple madly in love with eachother. Maggie and Jamie have such a strong relationship that Jamie does a remarkable thing. He follows her wishes releives her of her pain. Maggie is terminally ill and she has such a strong …

ESSENTIAL PETER PARKER, THE SPECTACULAR SPIDERMAN Vol 1
In the 1970’s, Marvel decided to give Spiderman, who was appearing regularly in Amazing Spider Man and Marvel Team Up, a second solo book. This effectively cashed in on his popularity and gave fans another monthly book to read and also infused …

The Chronicles of Narnia is a about a magical world with all sorts of creatures. There are lions, centaurs, minotaurs, and a lot more unique creatures. You could say that it’s a bunch of kids’ stories, but even adults may like to read it. …

Turn Coat is the eleventh novel in the Dresden files, a fantasy series set in Chicago featuring Harry Dresden, wizard. As with most Dresden novels, I’d recommend reading them in more or less the right order or you will be quite confused. The Dresdenverse has its own set of …

Why Do Men Have Nipples is a fairly new book written by a rather briliant doctor. The book is a short read that is so incredibly humorous, I can’t even begin to explain it. It is a series of random medical questions that we have all wanted …

Okay, seems that Mars and Venus on a Date (A Guide for Navigating the 5 Stages of Dating to Create a Loving and Lasting Relationship)is a really long and massive title. But this self-help book really scores points with me and I mean a lot of points at …

The BC Health Guide is a fantastic health reference, containing authoritative explanation from cancers to something as basic as acne or even regular wound dressing or the common cold. It was produced by Healthwise, a non-profit organization devoted towards helping people make better health decisions. It is …

This was the first book I read written by Nora Roberts and even though I became well-acquainted with her other books, this is and will always be my favorite.
I think her plot was kind of typical-bad guy got close to good girl so he can use her but eventually …

Dim Sum Terakhir (The Last Dim Sum) was probably the best book by the female author Clara Ng. I had more books which were written by her, but nothing was as moving as this one. To be honest, this kind of book is kind of rare to be found …

This is the second Savannah Reid mystery that I read recently and I admit it rubbed me the wrong way. The plot involves a murder at a spa that makes people skinny through surgery. You know, liposuction, etc. The spa also does make-over’s for fat people, to make them …

I had become a supervisor of people that I had worked with as line staff for many years, and found out that a lot of people don’t necessarily like that kind of thing. While I thought going into supervision was going to be kind of like being a first …

I recently began reading the Twilight saga of books, and I decided to watch the movie right after reading Twilight. I discovered that it mostly follows the story line of the book, though it strays from it a little bit. While some Twilight
readers are disappointed by that, …

When it comes to food magazines, Taste of Home is one of my favorites because the recipes are usually shared from the kitchens of their readers. So when I found out they had a cookbook about appetizers which was put together with their reader’s recipes, I jumped at the …

Don’t Be That Girl is a book that when I read, I feel like it has got something to do with me. Because, I won’t say which, but I fall into 1 kind of category as described by the author in this book; naming Travis. L Stork. …

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 …