Books Reviews
Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength
This is a psychology book written by a psychology practitioner and professional Dr Laurie Helgoe.
Chapter one is available in an audio book format in the author’s website found in http://www.wakingdesire.com. For interested readers, chapter one MP3 can be downloaded here http://www.wakingdesire.com/introvertpower.htm
The book is written for introverts or for …
The Marriage Duel by Maureen Mackey
The Marriage Duel is written by Maureen Mackey and I always love to read London scenes love story. This time round, the heroine in question is Clarinda Humphreys and she has this mentality that she cannot cross through by marrying first before her sister, Jane.
On the …
Ubik by Philip K. Dick
Philip K. Dick is generally heralded as one of the great authors not only of science fiction but of fiction in general of the 20th century, and with good reason. He is a fantastic writer, with a simple style yet deep content, that stretches our understanding of ourselves …
Children’s Book: Happy Thanksgiving, Emily by Claire Masurel
“Happy Thanksgiving, Emily!” is lift-the-flap children’s book by Claire Masurel and illustrated by Susan Calitri. It is a perfectly cute and harmless, slightly boring little book.
There is not much of a storyline in the book. Basically we see Emily enjoy a variety of Thanksgiving events including going to …
Five on a treasure Island by Enid Blyton
‘Five on a treasure island’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This is a book meant for children. This is the first book among the ‘famous five adventure series’ books. This is an adventure story and very interesting to read. Though the book is meant for children, adults …
The Sinister Woods (Short Story by Wendy Rathbone)
I have really been enjoying the Fear the Fever collection of short stories. But when I came to “The Sinister Woods” I was at first intrigued. The story seems to deal with the repercussions a young man must endure once his father finds out that he’s …
Modern First Editions book
Joseph Connolly’s book is fully titled “Modern First Editions: Their Value to Collectors”, which gives a pretty good idea as to the main focus of this particular reference work. The book, which has gone through several editions of its own since its initial publication in 1977, consists largely of …
The Master Bedroom by Tessa Hadley
The Master Bedroom by Tessa Hadley is a book that I have read sometime ago and this book just gets me lost. I must say that I chose this book to read because of its very gorgeous cover and the cover is in pink color. Very nice and …
Sudden Country by Loren D. Estleman
It’s been awhile since I read a book purely for fun so I approached Loren D. Estleman’s “Sudden Country” with eager anticipation. I was not disappointed.
“Sudden Country” is a short western (182 pages) set in the last decade of the nineteenth century. The main character is David Grayle. …
Think and Grow Rich
Think and Grow Rich is a wonderful book by Napoleon Hill. I bought the Indian Edition of this book. Master Mind Books, New Delhi, published this book. This book gives more confidence to achieve our goal, whatever the goal it may be become millionaire then read …
Life After Lucy: The True Story of “I Love Lucy’s Little Ricky
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 …
Riley Jensen Guardian Novels By Keri Arthur
WOW! I read all 4 of these books back to back in less than two weeks and loved every minute of it. I can only say if you are a fan of smart, sexy heroines you MUST read this series.
Riley is one of the best female leads in …
Herman Melville’s, “Hawthorne and His Mosses”
Many of us walk through life with blinders on, choosing to see only what we wish to see. “An Eagle’s Flight is out of Sight” is depicted to represent the letter E in the poem published in “The New England Primer”. This moral is used to illustrate the manner …
The Merchant’s Mark - Pat McIntosh
This is the third book in the series about Gil Cunningham, a young lawyer living in Glasgow around 1500. The story starts when Gil meets an old friend, the Glasgow merchant Augie Morison. When unloading one of Augie’s deliveries, they find a severed head instead of the delivery of books …
Spirits From Beyond, Book by Simon R. Green
Before I begin the review of Spirits from Beyond, the fourth book in the series Ghost Finders, I would like to clarify something. I truly, no matter how ridiculous it may sound to me, am afraid of ghosts. I do not know if they even exist. I hope not. …
Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs
SEX DRUGS AND COCOA PUFF by Chuck Klosterman
Where to magazines like Spin and Rolling Stone find writers like this? Allegedly Chuck is a humorist and his book is about pop culture and his book is about pop culture and how it relates to the average male. What it never …
Aliens vs. Predator - The Thrill of the Hunt
There have been so many Aliens, Predator and Aliens vs. Predator comic books that it is hard to keep track of them all. I have read quite a few and have been pleased with most of them, although I did not care at all for the ridiculous Aliens …
Quicksand by Iris Johansen
I read “Quicksand” written by Iris Johansen, this was another fast paced novel featuring forensic sculptor Eve Duncan.
I thought this was a well written book.
Henry Kistle is a psychopath who is playing mind games with Eve. Taunting her. She has sought her daughter Bonnie’s remains for …
The Ransom of Red Chief - O. Henry
The Ransom of Red Chief is one of the funniest short stories I have ever had the pleasure of reading and I believe it to be one of O. Henry’s best works. To reveal too much of the plot would deny a new reader the absolute hilarity of the …
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
This is one of my favorite fictional novels. I’m crazy about love stories, may it be fictional or real, and this book did not disappoint me one bit. Twilight is an amazing love story between two different beings. It is a beautiful thriller narrated in way that made so …
Ruby Holler book
Ruby Holler, a book by Sharon Creech, who was the winner of the Newberry Medal for her one of her other books, Walk Two Moons was a great story that was very, very beautifully written, and it makes you feel like your really there, I loved it when I …
How to Be Famous by Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt book
This was such a terrible book it almost made my eyes bleed. Here you have two of the most annoying celebrities Hollywood has to offer, Heidi Montag and Spencer Pratt writing a how to book on how to be famous. Sounds like a joke right? Well …
The Clutter-Busting Handbook - book
The Clutter-Busting Handbook by Rita Emmett is just something random I picked up because I thought that it might help me to become more organized. (Of course, it does become another item in my place, so it could be counter-productive).
There’s lots of helpful ideas for how to get …
Train Wreck- The LIfe and Death of Anna Nicole Smith
This book was in the bargain bin at Barnes and Noble (for good reason). There are two things that I like; books and bargains. Since the criteria fit, my husband this book up for me. Biographies and memoirs are my favorite types of books to read. …
Grendel John Gardner
John Gardner ‘Grendel’. Probably, most people heard about Grendel, an infamous monster, a half-human who used to terrorize Dans’ villages. It’s considered to be one of the first and fundamental texts of English literature. In fact, it is written in Anglo-Saxon, which is completely incomprehensible for us …
Pretend you don’t see her by Mary Higgins Clark
As my name suggests I am fond of reading books. Pretend you don’t see her by Mary Higgins Clark is a suspense story and is the right choice for murder mystery readers Once by chance I picked up this book from the library after reading the back cover. I …
Nobody Lives Forever by Edna Buchanan
Nobody Lives Forever was written by Edna Buchanan (published by Kensington Publishing Group in 1992)
It is one of those dreary stories about MPD (multiple personal disorders) it is implausible that an experienced police detective did not even have the slightest inkling that such a character lived with …
Loving Someone with Bipolar Disorder by Julie A. Fast
I have purchased this book a month ago and I am still reading it. From the first page on, I have had hard time putting it down because it has such a clear language and friendly approach that the author makes you feel as though she has just stepped …
The Power by Rhonda Byrne Book
The Power is the second installment in The Secret series. The Power follows the same subject of the law of attraction, except this book doesn’t solely focus on positive thinking, but how the power is love and love and the law of attraction is the same thing.
Love is something …
Marked, House of Night Series Book 1
I’m a huge fan of young adult novels, despite the fact that I’m in my thirties, and when I ran across this one on sale for the nook, I went ahead and picked it up. And right off the bat I knew this was not your typical vampire story, …
Three Nights of Sin
Three Nights of Sin is a romance novel set in a historical setting. The heroine is Marietta Winters and the hero is Gabriel Noble. Both are gorgeous and handsome respectively.
Marietta’s brother has been arrested and charged for murder leaving Marietta shun out of society and being the past …
Tuesdays With Morrie Book
I’ve read a lot of heart-warming books but “Tuesdays with Morrie” touched not only my heart but as well as my soul. My classmates told me about it being great and astonishingly touching. But I was not too interested in books back then. After a few months I got …
Nodame Cantabile volume 7
In this volume of Nodame Cantabile we get to know a lot of new characters. Chiaki’s orchestra starts rehearsing, so there’s a little bit of space for some of them in the story. Still not losing sight of the main characters, the new secondary ones interact well with them, …
Resident Evil Novel
I remember a younger version of me sitting in the dark livingroom with my best friend Chad. I was watching him play the first Resident Evil Director’s Cut video game, intrigued, a little scared and in suspense the whole time. Not knowing what was going to happen as …
Discovery of India book
Discovery of India is a historical book for India, in a sense, as it is written by the first Prime Minister of India Jawahar Lal Nehru. I have recently read this book. The book contains an authoritative account on India and took the reader on the path of evolution …
Bear Stays Up for Christmas by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman book
“Bear Stays Up for Christmas” by Karma Wilson and Jane Chapman is a charming, short Christmas story that tells of a bear that refuses to hibernate so that he can spend Christmas with his forest friends. This is a book that’s definitely geared toward young kids, but adults that …
Chicken Soup for the Mother’s Soul Book
For $12.95, it first seemed like a pretty expensive book to read just other’s stories on their life experiences on love, trials, troubles, and carrying on, but once I read some stories here I thought this was a really great substitute or if not even better than a bowl …
Path Of The Outcast, Book By Gav Thorpe
“Path of the Outcast” is the third and final book of the trilogy for the Eldars by Gav Thorpe, an amazing epic and at the same time almost poetic fantasy adventure , situated in a futuristic galaxy of board games Warhammer 40,000 . It appears as an ending to …
Sex, Love and Dharma
Sex, Love and Dharma by Arthur Jeon is an overrated book but at the same time, having some very good facts and knowledge and definitely insights for me reading it as an individual reader.
My friend loaned it to me, and she said that since the title is pretty subjective, it …
Blowout by Catherine Coulter
This novel is written by Catherine Coulter and she is one of my favorite authors up to date. I am not a big fan of FBI thrillers, but this one really blows my mind out. The story is very climactic and around 300 over pages.
The story …
Hangman’s Curse by Frank Peretti
The Springfield family, the father, the mother, and teenage twins Elisha and Elijah, work as undercover agents investigating peculiar, hard-to-explain situations often involving the supernatural. Their work is known as the Veritas Project, “veritas” being the Latin word for *truth*. This time, the team infiltrates Baker High, a small …
Five go off to camp by Enid Blyton
‘Five go off to camp’ is a book written by Enid Blyton. This book is an interesting one and full of adventure. They go off and camp in a certain place along with Mr Luffy, who is a teacher of Julian and Dick. Mr Luffy loves insects very much. …
Appealed, novel by Emma Chase (The Legal Briefs #3)
I think Emma Chase writes the most amazing characters, they’re so much fun to read and have so much personality that they completely captures you and make you fall in love with them from the start. My ultimately favorite book from her so far is Sustained, the second book …
Perfect Match by Jane Moore
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 …
Salems Lot by Stephen King
In the horror-fantasy genre Stephen King is undoubtedly one of the most well known and reputable authors, and for good reason. ‘Salem’s Lot is one of King’s earliest novels and is one of my personal favorites. Set in the remote and isolated town of Jerusalem’s Lot this novel follows …
Lady Lollipop by Dick King Smith
This is a book for early chapter book readers, cute and easy to read. The author has written many other classic kids books.
The story involves a spoiled young princess, who insists upon getting her own way in everything. Her mother doesn’t really spoil her, but goes along with her …
The Mindful Way through Depression by Mark Williams et al
I found this to be a pretty useful book. It’s a collaborative effort by four scientist/psychologists: Mark Williams, John Teasdale, Zindel Segal, and Jon Kabat-Zinn. Often, when I read this sort of self-help book, I find that I’m reading the same sort of material with which I am already …
Istanbul : Memories and the City
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 …
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