Books Reviews
Stonehenge by Bernard Cornwell
Bernard Cornwell does a fantastic job with the book Stonehenge, a Novel of 2000 BC. It was really amazing how he weaved the story of Stonehenge, from the ideas and personal lives of the people around its conception through the long process and layers of its completion; a chief …
Maze of The Beast-Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda
This book is the sixth book in this kids book series. Jasmine, Barda, and Lief continue to search for the missing gems of the Belt of Deltora, and this time, the evil monster guarding the gem they are seeking is the creepy and slimy Glus.
The three come across the …
Return to Del-Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda
This is the eighth book in the Deltora Quest series, a series of books for kids. In these books, Lief, Barda, and Jasmine find the seven missing gems of the Belt of Deltora. They must now, in this book, bring the belt back to the city of Del and …
City of the Rats Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda
This is the third book in this kids series by Emily Rodda. In this book, Lief, Barda, and Jasmine are looking for a gem they think can be found in the City of the Rats. They encouter a group of people who are terrified of Filli, Jasmine’s small furry …
The Railway Children by E. Nesbit
When their father is accused of a crime that he did not commit, Roberta, Peter, and Phyllis have to leave their happy life and go to live in a small house in the country, where their mother has to work (as a writer) and they cannot go to school …
Jonathon Livingston Seagull
JONATHON LIVINGSTON SEAGULL by Richard Bach (writer and a former US air force pilot) is a wonderful book about
“following your dreams” even if it means going against your own family or society. The author Richard Bach in this book has given life to an outrageous seagull named Jonathon who …
Mourning Dove by Aimee & David Thurlo
I found myself reading the latest and most current Ella Clah novel with mixed feelings. Typically, I will read a series of mystery books by reading the newest book in the series from the New Books Section of the library, then if I like it, I’ll read the entire …
Tatiana and Alexander by Paullina Simons
‘Tatiana and Alexander’ by Paullina Simons is a beautifully written epic regarding love and II World War above all. It is considered to be a part of Simons’ trylogy consisting, apart from this reading, of ‘The bronze Horseman’ and newly published ‘Summer Garden’.
The author tells us a story of …
Ella Enchanted book
This used to be my favourite book when I was in grade 4 - and still remains as one of my old favourites. Ella Enchanted is about a 15 year old girl Ella who is under a curse of obedience. This curse makes her obey any command given to …
The Valley of the Lost
This book is the seventh in a series of eight kids’ books called Deltora Quest. In this books, the protagonists Leif, Barda, and Jasmine must find the seventh and final gem of the missing (now mostly found) gems of the Belt of Deltora. There are a few twists and …
Sink or Swim - From the Files of Madison Finn by Laura Dower
This book is a good book for middle school girls. This is the 13th book in a series about a girl named Madison Finn, who likes orange, computers, and hanging out with her friends. This summer, however, she cannot hang out with her friends because she has taken a …
Boy, Oh Boy! From the Files of Madison Finn by Laura Dower
This book is the 2nd book in the popular Madison Finn series of books by Laura Dower. These books are great for preteen girls. Madison is a 7th grade girl attending Far Hills Junior High. She and a couple of her friends are very interested and skilled with computers, …
Lost and Found-From the Files of Madison Finn by Laura Dower
This book is the 6th book in the From the Files of Madison Finn series of books by Laura Dower. In this book, Madison is stuck inside her house due to a blizzard. She ends up helping her mom clean out the attic, where a bunch of stuff from …
Mayor of Casterbridge Novel
I read this novel last week which was recommended by my uncle.This novel was written by Thomas Hardy and it has added one more feather to his cap.The story revovles round a hay-trusser Michael Henchard who has been rightly called as a Man Of Character by the author. …
Save the Date-From the Files of Madison Finn by Laura Dower
This is the 7th book in the popular series for girls, From the Files of Madison Finn, about a typical girl who keeps a computer journal and files of everything she encounters.
In this story, Madison Finn is, as always, busy, but she is even busier than normal and many …
Picture Perfect - From the Files of Madison Finn by Laura Dower
This book for girls is the eighth book in the From the Files of Madison Finn series. In this particular book, Madison and her friends deal with the fact that they want to look perfect. Or at least fashionable. While I found this a bit funny, because I of …
Thanks for Nothing-From the Files of Madison Finn by Laura Dower
The fifth book in the popular Madison Finn series (From teh Files of Madison Finn), this book is quite pleasant. It would be a good book for girls whose parents have been divorced, as in this book, Madison deals with one of the many minor/major problems of a split …
Starlight by Erin Hunter
Starlight is the greatest book that Erin Hunter has come out with so far. The clans are struggling to their new territory, and they face great dangers. This book is a great book for adults and kids alike. Can Firestar lead Thunderclan, what will happen to Brambleclaw. Brambleclaw and …
White Thunder by Aimee & David Thurlo
I like this episode in the Ella Clah series by Aimee and David Thurlo. Since her near death experience in an earlier book, Ella is different. She’s less confident that her FBI training will solve all the crimes she confronts and is more willing to recognize the parts of …
The Shifting Sands Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda
This book is the fourth book in the eight book series called Deltora Quest. Like the other books in this series, the main characters, Leif, Barda, Barda, and Jasmine must solve puzzles and defeat monsters in order to find one of the seven missing gems of the Belt of …
Dread Mountain Deltora Quest by Emily Rodda
This book is the 5th book in the Deltora Quest series, and it has some of the neatest animals in the series. Or maybe they are people. At any rate, Leif, Barda, and Jasmine get to fly in the pouches of the kin, as well as save the Dread …
Dilbert Comic Strip
I have always been a fan of the comic section of the paper. When I was a child I used to always pull out the comics in every Sunday’s paper and read my favorites. As the years have gone on my favorite cartoons have changed, recently I re-discovered the …
Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining
This is the first book in the popular kids’ series, The Amazing Days of Abby Hayes. Abby is a happy, friendly girl who in the beginning of this book is starting 5th grade. She has the usual anxieties about making and keeping friends, and generally wants this year to …
Daddy’s Little Girl
A number one New York Times Bestseller from the queen of suspense Mary Higgins Clark. Daddy’s little girl is a book I would see as a twisted mind of an evil psychopath. Rob Westerfield is a rich high school student who murders the sister of then teenager Ellie Cavanaugh …
Midnight for Charlie Bone by Jenny Nimmo
I can normally find something I enjoy in just about any book I read, but this was one of the few books I’ve read in the past few years that I’ve really disliked. My problem boils down to it being too much of a Harry Potter clone. …
Lance Armstrong’s book
Lance Armstrong’s –it’s not about the bike is one of the best sports books ever published. the book is unique because the magic that we see in books like harry potter and other fictions actually is real in this book.
the book very well potrays how lance armstrong is always …
Electric Girl graphic novels
Electric Girl is your average girl in her late teens or early 20s. Except for the fact that she can generate electricity. While the title of the series might make you think this is a superhero comic, it’s more of a slice-of-life story with a fantasy twist. …
The Truth About Forever by Sarah Dessen
Sarah Dessen is a well-known author of books for young adults, and I found this novel to be another quality effort from her. Macy, the main character, has to make some decisions about the direction of her life one summer. Her new friends were lively and entertaining. …
Penultimate Chance Saloon by Simon Brett
Simon Brett’s Penultimate Chance Saloon is a fun book. I smiled, I laughed, I read this one straight through. Shortly before his 60th birthday, Bill Stratton’s wife left him. As she went out the door, she told him that their entire marriage of 40 years had been a sham …
Teen People book
I got a Teen People subscription a year or two ago, and it used to be okay. It actually had interesting articles such as how to eat healthy and dealing with school stress or whatever. Now I’m buying the magazine a lot less. Any page I flip to has …
Deadly Aim book
Deadly Aim is a wonderful mystery filled with great characters. Patrica Rushford’s plot line will keep you guessing until the last 5 pages. This mystery has many unexpected twists and turns. Patrica also deals with other issues like Christianity and trust.
Angel Delany is a great character that keeps the …
Prey for a Miracle by Aimee & David Thurlo
In the third book in the Sister Agatha series, Jessica, the sister of Father Mahoney is attacked and injured severely enough to go into a coma and require hospitalization for an undetermined time. Meanwhile her daughter who is believed to have a guardian angel and the abilities to heal …
Wind Spirit by Aimee & David Thurlo
In this provocative books in the Ella Clah series, former FBI agent and single Navaho mother, experiences a NDE, or near death experience. When her nephew falls into an abandoned mineshaft, Ella rescues him. While doing so, she is buried under the collapsing mine walls and is declared dead. …
The Forests of Silence by Emily Rodda
This kids’ book is great, even for kids who don’t like to read. This book is the first in a series of eight books called Deltora Quest. This series is followed by two more series, and many kids I know have really enjoyed all three series.
This book itself moves …
The High King by Lloyd Alexander
This kids’ book is part of a series of five books by Lloyd Alexander. Taran has returned from his wandering, still uncertain about his parentage but more sure of who he himself is, to find that problems abound throughout the world. Still eager to be a hero, but also …
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
This is a wonderful classic kids’ book which I enjoyed as a child. It is a bit old fashioned and slow now for modern children to really relate to - most North American kids no longer have issues like having to make their own dresses or help raise their …
The Third Eye book by T. Lobsang Rampa
This is the lifestory, kind of autobiography of T. Lobsang Rampa a Tibetan born into an aristocratic family but destined to become a priest. I liked the description of Tibet in that age and the trials and tribulations of the young Lobsang as he matures into a spiritual person. …
Where Eagles Dare - Alistair Mclean
Set in the second World War scenario, this is a gripping novel of an assorted team of British and American forces to free an American General captured in the Fort Adler. From the beginning, the novel takes us through the scenic beauty of the alpine ranges in Germany to …
The Shaman Sings by James D. Doss
The Shaman Sings is the first in a mystery series by James D. Doss. The series takes place on the Southern Ute Reservation in Colorado. Daisy Perika is an elderly Ute shaman who sees visions and uses the information she gets from the vision to help the police discover …
Management Stripped Bare by Jo Owen
This is one book every aspiring manager, for that matter every manager should read. Jo Owen strips the management jargon of its fallacies and outright lies. The terminology so passionately used by the ‘gurus’ is exposed expertly, at times funny and many times very serious. When you complete reading …
Fiction Online Book Club
The Bellingham Public has recently added a new resource and it is fantastic. I am a big reader and am always getting further behind as more books are published and as I discover interesting authors and subjects.
The fiction online book club is a great tool to help me sort …
Confederacy of Dunces
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 …
MegaTokyo comic
Megatokyo has about 4 volumes released thus far. This comic can also be found online at megatokyo.com created by Fred Gallagher. Up to now, this anime has over 800 comic strips.
The protagonist is an american otaku (anime fan) named Piro who is stranded in Japan with his friend Largo, …
Hamlet Prince of Denmark
William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Prince of Denmark may very well be the best play in western literature. It certainly is the most written about play. For much of my adult life it has been my favorite play. I’ve seen it performed live five or six times and have always enjoyed …
Memoirs of a Geisha
I have read this book during my freshman year of grade 9 - that was about 4-5 years ago, before the movie was made. It made a deep impression on me although I found the beginning a bit boring. But now adays I find myself rereading the book over …
eBay for Dummies
So we need money and I have alot of Cd’s I need to get rid of. Why not sell them on eBay I think to myself! Yeah what a fantastic idea! So I gather up the Cd’s I am willing to part with and burn the others to cheap …
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