This kids’ chapter book is very well written. There is a certain amount of teenage selfishness in the main character, as the story is told from her perspective, but she is not entirely selfish, being able to see things from a practical point of view.
The story itself is interesting, …

In the long, dark winters of Anchorage, Alaska many people become avid readers to fill the empty spaces between Ski season and gardening season. I love my home, I was born in Fairbanks, Alaska and have lived in Alaska most of my life. So I am …

In this book, Karen Kingsbury tells a story of teenage love, disregarded as nothing special by adults. Two high school students, Shane and Lauren, are in love and planning to get married when they come of age. They are together all the time, everywhere. One day, they make the …

The babysitter’s club has found the most fun thing to do for the summer, go to camp. The whole club is going even some of the charges they babysit are goint to go. This time though the babysitters are going to be CIT’s even stacy. Only two are not …

This book was a godsend for our family. We have struggled for years to make ends meet even though we are an upper-middle class family with what seems more than enough income. When I bought this book I had read numerous other books with different names that all had …

This book is great for older readers who enjoy fantasy. The difficulty is that it is very involved, so for kids who are reluctant to read, or who only read a little bit at a time, put the book down, and come back to it the next day, it’s …

This book from the well-known series by JK Rowling was a good read, and enjoyable for any age. It begins and ends, of course, with the school year at Hogwart’s. This year is supposed to be especially exciting due to the triwizard tournament, which, despite being too young, Harry …

I had been wanting this book for quite a while before I received it as a Christmas gift. It is a very nice book for a knitter, especially one who, like me, likes to have a finished product quickly.
There is a good section at the front about how to …

Good House Cheap House is a book written by Kira Oblensky. It illustrates tweenty seven different designs for homes that are inovative and creative. They demonstrate how to recycle different products and incorporate them into unique features that can make a plain house stand out at a reasonable price. …

Stretching Living Space is published by Better Homes and Gardens. It gives ideas about decorating rooms in a fashion that makes rooms appear larger. It talks about how to use a room more efficiently by doubling its purpose. One example of that is using a couch that pulls out …

Backpacking in the 90’s is a book that was written by Victoria Logue. This book gives some great tips and secret from experienced backpackers for the inexperienced as well as the experienced backpacker. After all you can always learn something new. It discusses possible locations and talks about different …

The book Solar Heating and Sun Heating was written by George Daniels. It is a book for everyone who is concerned about the high cost of heating a home today and might be considering alternative options. This book is written in a very simple format that the average person …

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 …

The 2007 Writer’s Market Deluxe Edition has proved to be a priceless tool for me. I am in the creative writing field (freelance), and this book has completely erased the need for me to track down freelance leads on the Internet. The most useful part for me was actually …

I love the quiet, peaceful atmostphere that Barnes and Noble offers. It reminds me of a library in that it is a nice, quiet place to read where people actually respect the fact that there are people around them trying to learn. They have usually got a Starbucks built …

Gabby, the heroine of this book, gets a unique chance to live two lives at once. When she is offered a job of her dreams in another state and a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, she finds making the choice very hard, and wishes on a shooting star that …

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 …

I loved this book.
It builds well from the last book “Hermits Peak” and adds great tension to the life of Kevin Kerney. This is the first book in which a romantic relationship continues beyond one book. Sara Brannon attends the Command and General Staff College in Leavenworth, Kansas.
Kerney is …

Jonathan Harper, a 42 year old editor at publishing house, is going through some hard times. Things aren’t great at work: the last 5 books he’d accepted for publication aren’t selling. Things aren’t great at home, either: there is growing tension and distance between Jonathan and his wife. Then …

This book is one of Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot mystery novels. It is not my favourite of her books, however I did enjoy it for many reasons.
I liked the presence of the other, obviously inferior detectives (although this did sort of remind me of a Sherlock Holmes mystery) and …

Small Gods is another Discworld novel by Terry Pratchett. It tells the tale of Brutha, a young novice in the Omnian religion, after he befriend the great god Om, who has appeared as a turtle.
Like all of Pratchett’s novels, Small Gods is great fun. His talent is …

Consider Phlebas is a sci-fi novel written by Iain M Banks. In some ways it has a rather conventional plot, with the protagonist, Horza, attempting to recover a powerful machine Mind in the middle of a war between the Idirans and the Culture. However, the Idirans are …

In the fourth book in this series, Kevin Kerney becomes Deputy Chief of the State Police. Between the books, his romantic interest in third book doesn’t pan out, so he’s without a woman in his life. On the plus side he has inherited 6400 acres. Although there will be …

Well it looks like I have discovered another mystery series to read. “Serpent Gate” by Michael McGarrity is the third in the series about New Mexico law officer Kevin Kerney. Like the period of time between the first book “Tularossa” and the second “Mexican Hat,” Kerney has lost the …

I just finished reading the book, ‘State of Fear’ it was a thought provoking read, however, it was a little dull at times. I would encourage those of you who like and intelligent book to give it a shot � just stick with it through the dry parts …

When I was growing up my family kept moving in a large triangle from Washington to Oklahoma to Arizona. We moved to each state twice. Since I’ve been out on my own I’ve lived in Washington except for a brief stint in purgatory, Lackland Air Force Base in Texas …

The Intermediate Geography Workbook is produced by Rand McNally Schoolhouse Products. It covers how to read a map useing the legend. The Intermediate Geography Workbook covers longitude, latitude, world time zones and hemispheres. It covers customs, culture, animals and landmarks of the world besides geography of the seven contitinets …

I have had one of the most pleasant shopping experiences of my life with the book people. I ordered a set of books from them as a christmas present. The book set was so much cheaper than it would have been in the shops and I was very pleased …

YA readers of the female variety probably have already heard of or even read a few of the popular works of Sarah Dessen. Like the rest of her acclaimed works, Dessen weaves the story of a teenage girl, the plot of which is, naturally, romantically-centered. However, unusually for the …

If you enjoy Christian chick lit, engaging, witty, and clean, check out this book, “A Stitch in Time” by Allison Bottke. Dee, the main character, finds all of her life changed. I mean, ALL of it. She converts to Christianity; she undergoes a weight loss surgery and loses 150 …

This book is a great place to turn for restoring an old guitar you salvaged from that garage sale last month or your friend’s college box in his attic. It is also great for setting up, maintaining, and repairing you current electric or acoustic guitar. The book also includes …

The book turned out to be my first glimpse at the Communist China. The author is not a professional hystorian but rather a woman that was caught up in the events of the Cultural revolution. Being branded as a “capitalist-roader” and a “foreign spy” due to her education abroad …

I first noticed this book during my visit to a JumbaJuice restaurant. As I sat down waiting for my juice I leisurely leafed through the pages to kill time, however in a minute I got completely engrossed in reading one of the articles. I went out of my way …

I found the book absolutely bewitching. The writing captures imagination and is almost dreamlike in nature. The dynamic between mother, a poetess, that holds an almost hyptotic grip on her daughter’s life throughout the story and a daughter, who is the one telling the story - is alive and …

This children’s book by Eva Ibbotson is a clever, funny book about a wizard who wants to get married and how he chooses which witch to marry.
There is the usual cast of funny characters and strange creatures, as well as a few strange coincidences. The part I think was …

This children’s book will be popular with any child who likes fantasies. There is a girl who wants desperately to be a hag, a kidnapped prince who does not know that he is a prince, an invisible ogre, and a variety of other interesting creatures in this book.
Eva Ibbotson’s …

This book, one of the more recent Terry Pratchett books, is very enjoyable. While not the funniest or the best of Terry Pratchett’s Discworld books, it is still definitely very funny and worth reading.
This book continues the idea of Thud! which was brought up in Going Postal. Thud itself …

On a curserory inspection of this book you may discover that it was writen in the 1940’s. Do not let this fact deter you! There is nothing old or overdone about this book - a book that clearly surpasses your typical romance and is a work of art in …

They (who, exactly?) tell us we should not judge a book by its cover, but I give you leave to judge this one as such. One look at the cover - an almost photorealist depiction of a graying man who looks like a little boy playng dress-up in a …

The fact that my deceased grandmother loved The Proposal by Lori Wick made it very hard for me to review it, but I have to say that I wasn’t all that impressed. The book really could have used a little more originality (reminded me a lot of Jane Austem/Charlotte …

It’s my first time that I had read this author, and I am pleasantly suprised. It paints life in a colorfull, fragrant, full picture of positive feelings and thoughts. A good read, the fine ballance of morality in real world, no idealism, no ilusions, just life. Warm, fulfilling, funny …

The little book of whittling is by Chris Lubkemann and Fox Chapel Publishing. It illustrates the proper way to sharpen your knives before beginning to whittle. The main rule stressed in the book is to use a sharp knife when trying to whittle. It talks about selecting wood to …

Automatic Wealth for Grads by Michael Masterson is a comprehensive book on what to do with your money if you are just starting out. What I appreciated about this book was it covers several topics about money in a clear, straight-forward manner. Topics include investing in mutual …

Dare to Succeed is the biography of Mark Burnett, the producer of Survivor. The biography is framed as a self-help book, with seven principles that will help you to achieve your goals. Although I did not think that the self-help slant was valuable, I did enjoy the …

The Bottomless Well by Peter Huber and Mark Mills is a book about humanity’s continuing search for, and use of, energy. As the name suggests, the book takes the point of view that we will never run out of energy. The authors make a number of shocking …

The markets for western short stories is pretty limited these days. Recently I picked up a 1995 release of short westerns that were specifically written for this anthology. The book contains twenty-three new stories written by both men and women.
I loved it. It was a lot of fun. Actually, …

I just finished reading “Savannah or a Gift for Mr. Lincoln.” Frankly I was very disappointed. I’ve heard rumors that Jakes has taken to using ghost writers. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but the quality of this book was pretty bad.
The book is supposed to be …

In my house everyone uses the cookbook because we prepare the majority of our meals from scratch. The Better Homes and Garden New Cookbook Anniversary Edition 12 is my favorite of all times. We have twenty or more cookbooks but we typically only use the Better Homes and Garden …

Ok, we all know that John Grisham is a renowned author, but I have especially fallen in love with his novel, A Painted House, which is a fictional story of a boy that grew up in much the same way that Grisham did. What I really like was that …