WAKE THE DEAD
Steve Niles remains arguably the best horror comic writers of the modern age.
His work in 30 Days of Night and The Nail are reflective of a genious that comics have not seen since the early days of EC’s Tales From The Crypt in the 1950’s and Warren …

KING OF THE RING: THE HARLEY RACE STORY
Probably the most dissapponting pro wrestling autobiography on the market. A major, major letdown.
Harley Race, as all pro wrestling history afficionados know, was the 8 time NWA World Heavyweight champion who was one of the all time greatest in ring performers and …

ANE’s Smart Kid Series Knowledge Book 1 is a good general knowledge book for school goings. This book gives the idea of general things we see and general people we meet daily in the daily life. That means about the Family,Five senses,Body parts,our body,Feelings,Good Habits,Good manners,About school uniform,about dress …

Brown Watson’s Large Print Count and Read 1 2 3 is a very good book for beginners. My daughter is fond of this books. Because each and every number from 1 to 10 is explained through Teddy Bear’s birthday party. As generally kids are fond of teddy bears,they show …

ANE’s Smart Kid Series Best of Nursery Rhymes 1 is a very good book for playschool children.This book has 23 nursery rhymes.Each and every poem comes with pictorial representations. The book starts with the Prayer poem that teaches children how to pray god and ends up with a sweet …

The fifth novel in the Harry Potter saga is one of the best. It is by far the most action packed and has the most complex story line. Of course, Harry is now in his fifth year and with the every rising threat of Lord Voldemort’s return, action must …

Reading the sixth book in the series was really depressing. Just the knowledge that there is only one book after this coming made me want to take my time.
Harry is finally on the journey to discovering Voldemort. He and Dumbledore are working together to find the pieces of Voldemort’s …

After reading Harry Potter & The Goblet of Fire, my addiction to the series only grew. And why you ask? Again JK Rowling impresses all with her gift for tale-telling.
Harry and his friends are entering their fourth year, and as a surprise Hogwart’s plays host to the Tri-Wizard cup …

I have recently read all three books in the ‘Dark Materials’ trilogy by Phillip Pullman. All three books were equally interesting, it wasn’t one of these series where the first book seems good and then the rest fall flat and the story line was well maintained through all …

Second only to Tomb of Dracula, this was Marvel’s best horror series mainly because it STAYED a horror series with only occasional forays into storylines that were similar to a hero story line. (The one example is the two parter featuring villain The Hangman, and he’s so creepy the …

Ghost Rider was a pretty schizo book when it debuted in the early 1970’s. In the 1990’s, when the book made its comeback, people laughed because they didn’t think GR was anything more than a dopey character. While the 1990’s books were cool, this 1970’s version is pretty dopey.
The …

This volume is a poster boy for what was wrong with Marvel Comics in the 1970’s. Spiderman was an exciting, fresh and groundbreaking title from its inception all the way up to the death of the Green Goblin. After that, the book slipped into formula for close to twenty …

This Marvel series was an expansion on “Team Up” books like Marvel Two In One and Marvel Team Up to where the series centered on a trio: Hulk, Namor: Submariner and Dr. Strange. Eventually it would grow adding various misfit heroes until it became a parody version of the …

Another stroke of genius by JK Rowling. Harry, Ron & Hermoine are in their 3rd year at Hogwarts. The school is playing host to the Dementors, the guards of the wizarding prison Azkaban, because Sirius Black a reknowned Death Eater and ex friend of Harry’s parents as well as …

Once in a while I listen to Dr. Laura’s radio program and enjoy her sound advice to the listeners, so when I saw this book I knew that it had to be good, written by someone I already know and respect. I was right. In “The Proper Care & …

I was apprehensive about reading Alice Seabold’s “The Lovely Bones” mainly because of the subject matter. The books lead character Susie Salmon is a 14 year old schoolgirl who is murdered by her neighbour. I thought it would be a very difficult book to read and only picked it …

The second book in the Harry Potter saga. Harry, Ron & Hermione are a little older now and have a new Defense Against The Dark Arts Teacher, Gilderoy Lockhart….a pompous blowhard who writes other wizard’s accomplishments as his own and uses memory charms to erase that memory.
Ginny Weasley, Ron’s …

The first Harry Potter book, where the craze all started. I read it at the age of 16, just because I wanted to know what all the hype was about. Four years, five novels and four movies later, I can tell you anything and everything you want to know …

I read Red Dragon by Thomas Harris recently. I’m sure you’ve seen the movie starring Edward Norton and Anthony Hopkins. Well usually the movie is a much less detailed description of events than the book, however in this case, I would give both the film and novel an A+.
The …

This novel was a fantastic read that I couldn’t put down. May is a curvaceous gallery owner in a small town. Jude is an ex-movie star and prize fighter. Together they create an unlikely pair but quickly you are rooting for them in the novel.
May’s family has issues, her …

In The Presence of my Enemies is a truthdul and rather disturbing account of American missionaries Martin and Gracia Burnham who were abducted from a resort island in the Philippines and held hostage by Fundamentalist Muslim terrorists called the Abu Sayyaf for more than a year.
The book is a …

I was very excited about reading this book. The legend of Atlantis is an enduring one and under the subtitle of “History’s greatest secret has finally been revealed”, “Atlantis” ticked all the boxes for me.
The novel’s hero Jack Howard is a diver who stumbles across a Minoan shipwreck where …

I was planning to take the Praxis exam for teacher licensure this year, and so I went to the bookstore and flipped through a number of test preparation books to find one that was useful. I eventually settled on the Cliff’s Notes guide, as I have been happy …

The book The Car that Could by Michael Shnayerson is the story of General Motors developing an electric vehicle called the EV1 in the 1990’s. It discusses how the GM team decided on the car’s design, a two-door, two-seater, how they decided to design the interior and exterior …

I picked up the book Solo by Noel Perrin for free at a garage sale a couple of years ago. Noel Perrin, a university professor, buys an electric vehicle and attempts to drive it from California out to his home on the east coast. He must spend …

What a fantastic story! I loved this from the start and could not put it down. Elizabeth Kostova is a brilliant writer and manages to hook the reader from the first line.
It’s a refreshing take on the old Dracula story (Vlad The Impaler) and I love the way …

Ok. 2nd book of the Circle of Magic quartet. After the damages from the earthquake (read this in Sandry’s book), Winding Circle’s defenses are now weak. Of course, the pirates are taking advantage to this. Therefore all 4 of our young mages - Tris, Sandry, Briar and Daja - …

This 3rd book of Circle of Magic Quartet, starts off not in the location of Winding Circle, but the Gold Ridge Mountains, where the 4 young mages with their teachers, traveled together with Duke Vedris IV, ruler of Emelan, (and also Sandry’s great-uncle) to help the people of the …

The first thing to realize about Jones’s books is that they’re actually quite hard to understand. Every time I re-read her books, I’d find out something new which I had missed before. Therefore, it is important to read her books ‘carefully’.
About Howl’s Moving Castle, I’m sure some of you …

OK, I’m a screaming feminist, but I’m reading away at this book about hackers figuring out that the NSA’s computer is now being compromised. Here’s the book’s heroine, all in heels, being escorted around by the hero.
Dan Brown falls into the guy trap where he invents a smart woman …

“The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari” by Robin Sharma is a very nice,magnificient book.It has an powerful formula for true success and happiness.It is a self help book.It contains treasures of wisdom that can enrich and enhance the life of every single person.
If you read this book it …

The book Kaffir Boy by Mark Mathabane is an autobiographical story of Mark’s childhood in South Africa under apartheid. Mark grew up in a very poor black family under an opressive government. He spent many days not knowing if he would eat, or if his parents would …

I would encourage anyone looking for their true purpose in life to read Rick Warrens, The Purpose Driven Life. I found this to be a truly revolutionary self help book.
This book is not like any other book I have read. First of all it involves 40 days of reading, …

If you are a baby boomer, you need to read this book.
Second Acts by Stephen M. Pollan is a step-by-step guide to re-inventing your life–whatever age you are.
If you have suffered a life-changing setback or you are exploring the idea of retirement, you can use this very simple and …

I enjoyed “Angela’s Ashes” by Frank McCourt, a Pulitzer Prize winning memoir about the author’s poverty-stricken childhood and coming of age in Ireland. Frank was born in America, where he thinks his family should have stayed - and I believe he is right. But it was the time of …

This was an excellent read. I didn’t want this book to end, because it is one of the best I have read in years. It is a wonderful story that has it all: seduction, danger, revenge, romance and mystery. I found this book very diffucult to put down. The …

I love Duran Duran, but I have to say that I was slightly disappointed with this book. I was expecting lots of lovely early photos of the band, and even though there are, there are also far too many pictures of people who were associated with the 1980s club …

There’s something about reading this book now as an adult that is different than the way it felt when I read it as a child. Perhaps it has to do with the way the book has entered the culture, with the movie, with the many children’s fantasy books …

This is the first book in the Circle of Magic quartet. The story revolves around 4 young children who have magic and their adventures together.
This particular book focus mainly on Sandry (or Sandrilene fa Toren), a noble child with thread magic. Together with her other 3 friends - Tris, …

If you’re looking for a witty, light piece of chicklit, this book is for you. Profiling the life of a nanny to a wealthy family in New York City, this book is sometimes a little bit predictable but always enjoyable.
The cleverness and charm of this book begin from …

Tom Clancy’s Patriot Games is the story of John Patrick Ryan, an American ex - Marine and a history teacher who is on holiday in London with his wife and daughter when he foils a terrorist ambush and is wounded in the process. On waking up in hospital, he …

It is often said that if one wishes to understand the history of the Jews, one should read the books of Leon Uris. This is amply justified by Exodus, which is probably his best book. Leon Uris constructs a superb story around the events which led to the formation …

The Hunt For Red October is probably Tom Clancy’s best book ever. It tells the story of a Soviet submarine, the latest and the best missile submarine in the Soviet fleet, whose officers, led by their embittered captain, Marko Ramius, intend to defect to America. The Soviets learn of …

If ever there was a book that made you want to get in touch with the family and friends you haven’t seen in years it is this one! Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom is a fantastic read. This is a true story, an autobiographical account of how the …

This opus is a fantastic textbook primer for aspiring beginner amateur wrestlers. Actually, even seasoned vets can gain insight from it and it can be utilized as a guidebook for wrestling coaches to follow when training their team.
The photo illustrations create a clear visual image of the accompanying highly …

By the early 70’s, The Amazing Spiderman’s popularity far exceeded Marvel Comics expectations an was on track to becoming of the most endearing figures in pop culture. Yet, during the character’s first decade in print never branched out into having various monthly periodicals dedicated to him. The only notable …

In the 1960’s and 1970’s, African American superheroes were virtually non-existent on the comic scene. In 1971, Luke Cage Hero For Hire debuted not only a new African American hero, but also one of the most well written Marvel books of the 1970’s.
The collection starts out with origin time: …

In case you don’s know, Miss Jane Marple is a quiet, reserved lady of a certain age who possesses an encyclopedic knowledge of human evil.
The town of St. Mary Mead is shocked by the discovery of a corpse in the library of a respected man. Colonel and Mrs. …

Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg is essential reading for any would-be writers. It offers both comfort and advice for writers just beginning on the path and for those who have been writing for many years.
The book offers practical advice on everything from how to get started …

So you think you could write a great children’s book? Believe your words will delight millions of youngsters, but you just don’t know how to get the job done?
As author of The Writer’s Guide to Crafting Stories for Children, Nancy Lamb says, “The fact is, we all have great …