Fruits Basket Manga Volume begins with Momiji and Hatsuharu starting high school with Tohru. Akito is at the ceremony and Tohru introduces herself. Akito praises Tohru, but frightens Yuki because he did not go to the New Year’s banquet.
This manga volume was very good because …

We all share this world, we need this world, and the best way to change the world is through the education of our youth. I urge every single parent to read this as well as every single teacher. Most schools do not have a nature based curriculum. However it …

The is the third book of the Twilight Saga Series by Stephanie Meyer and is my favorite book of the series. There is a lot more action going on in this book and a lot more going on in general. In the other two books, nothing really happened. In …

Being the last book of the Twilight Saga Series by Stephanie Meyer, I expected something more. And by that, I do not mean volume. It is the very longest of the four books and I think a lot of it should have been written differently. She made every single …

This book is the first book of the Vampire Diaries by L.J Smith, the series that the television show is based upon. This book is completely different than what you see on that show. And I have to say that I really don’t like this book. Usually if I …

Every Boy’s Got One by Meg Cabot is one of her novels for adults. Unlike her American Girl series and her Princess Diaries series, the novels in her Boy series aren’t really appropriate for younger teens just because of the innuendo. There isn’t really anything direct though, so it …

The Wasp Factory is a, well, I guess a horror novel? by Iain Banks. I’ve read some of his science fiction, and this is the first of his other novels that I’ve tried.
I found this book disturbingly graphic in its descriptiveness. I can understand the fascination with death …

The Quality of Mercy is a short story found in The Outer Limits volume 3, a science-fiction anthology full of stories based on episodes of The Outer Limits, which was a science-fiction show that originally aired in the 1950s and was revived in the late 1990s. The Quality …

RC Sproul is a fairly well-known Christian writer. I picked up the book Abortion: A Rational Look at an Emotional Issue at a library book sale. I’m interested in the subject of abortion and often read books on that topic. What I found in this book …

Most of the books that you have to read in high school are just stupid. They say that it will heighten your intellect and help you learn all about the important things in life, but only a few have really meant anything to me. One of them was “Speak”. …

I love to read everyday and I go through at least 4 books a week. I received this book from my mother-in-law which I thought might be fun to read called Plum Spooky. I started reading it that day during my painting breaks and finished reading it by the …

Sweet Little Lies is the next book to L.A Candy. It is like all the problems, consequences, and circumstances in L.A. Candy has been resolved in this book.
In L.A. Candy, Jane ran away with Madison to Mexico so she can have a break from the media because of her …

Keeping The Moon is a very inspirational novel to me and to other young girls. At the first chapters, I though it was boring and doesn’t really have an interesting plot but after a few chapters, the story became more and more interesting.
It is about a 15-year-old girl named …

This is the first novel by James Patterson that I’ve ever read or tried to read. Beach Road is coauthored by Peter de Jonge, so maybe it is different from other Patterson novels.
I found it difficult in the beginning to keep the story and the characters straight. Each chapter …

This book messed me up for like three straight days. But coming from my favorite author, I expected that. The book had such a horrible ending though, but when I tried to throw it across the room, I couldn’t bring myself to do so because of the situation. This …

I have never come across a book this short and so fairytale-ish that made my jaw drop. Animal Farm is an unbelievable story. I have seen so many copies of the new version with the pink pig on the cover and I thought, “Well, isn’t that a cute little …

Reading has always been one of my favorite hobbies. I’ve discovered so many things by reading all different kinds of books of any genre. This book captured my eye by the distinctive cover and the fact that it is written in verse.
This Full House is the conclusion to …

“For The Love of Letters: A 21st-Century Guide to The Art of Letter Writing”
Samara O’ Shea
Non-Fiction
ISBN: 978-0-06-121530-8
Frankly speaking, I like to write, and I’m not sure if I’m any good at it; however, I like it just the same. I was looking for a how-to book on letter writing …

If you are interested in psychotropic plants then I think this is definitely one book you should read. I became interested in shamanism and the use of psychotropic plants in 2007 after an experience I had with psilocybin mushrooms. The experience made such a lasting impression on me that …

The Demonata is a young adult dark horror series Darren Shan. The first book follows a young teen named Grubs Grady and how he discovers a horrifying supernatural world after his parents and his younger sister Gret are brutally murdered by a demon named Lord Loss.
The Deomonata: …

If you are taking undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology then you may run in to Mattini & Nath’s Anatomy & Physiology Second Edition: College Text Book. I have quite a lot to say about this book but I will try to narrow my impressions of it down to what is …

Dungeoneer is a book which allows you to run role playing adventure games in the world of Fighting Fantasy, probably best known for the extremely successful British series of solo game books. This publication introduces a number of advanced rules, which attempt (I think generally successfully) to bring more …

The Chosen One, written by Carol Lynch Williams, is a fantastic book that focuses on the life of a young girl named Kyra, who lives in an isolated community. Within the community there is polygamy, forbidden books, and forbidden relationships between young girls and boys. Kyra starts breaking the …

The Body Finder, by Kimberly Derting, is a fantastic book about a girl named Violet, who has the ability to locate the bodies of people who have been murdered. The story also includes a growing sense of “more than friends…” feeling between Violet and her best friend Jay. The …

Edward Lee is a horror writer known for his hard-core style: extreme violence and sexual content. The Backwoods was released around five years ago, when Lee was just getting into the height of his popularity. The Backwoods is a horror novel about a young woman who returns …

This is my second short stories collection by Alice Munro; the previous one I’d read, “Runaway”, was actually more to my taste than this one. However, this collection is quite notable, also for having its final story, “The Bear Came Over the Mountain”, adapted into a critically-acclaimed movie starring …

I love to read, heck, I love it so much I decided to become a writer so I could write my own stories. My background is in journalism though, which has taught me a lot about writing, research and the nitty gritty bits of writing that creative writing or …

I checked it out from sheer curiosity - it’s good to be up to date with the upcoming fad, I suppose (although I didn’t manage to force myself through the Twilight books). The book is definitely a light and pleasant read - especially for its subject matter.
The story is …

10,001 Ways to Live Large on a Small Budget is the financial advice book written by the folks at Wise Bread, one of the biggest personal finance blogs around. I recently acquired a copy because I was looking for some additional ways to trim my (already pretty small) …

Thou Shalt Not Kill… My Babies is a little known book on abortion published in the 1970s, shortly after the legalization of abortion via Roe V. Wade. It was written by to pro-life authors and published by a small Christian ministry. The book discusses abortion for a …

So I love to read everyday and go through books all the time because I read them so much and can’t get enough of them. I received a book from my mother which was a black romance novel book and I just knew off top that I will like …

The title of this book, which is published by the team from the BBC Radio 4 panel game “I’m Sorry I Haven’t a Clue”, is very obviously a take off of the Oxford English Dictionary, with the first word replaced by the Middlesex town which many of the show’s …

Mates, Dates, and Designer Divas by Cathy Hopkins is her third book in the Mates, Dates series. This book is about Nesta, who is used to life being easy - she’s beautiful, her parents are happy, and she has plenty of pocket money. Her only real problem - and …

Elizabeth Zimmermann is a famous knitter, well-known for her ability and her problem solving techniques as well as her ingenious knitting patterns. Elizabeth Zimmermann’s Knitter’s Almanac therefore can be expected to have great patterns and some neat ideas for different ways of doing things.
And of course, the Knitter’s Almanac …

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets is an excellent book which is a very worthy successor to the orginal book in the harry potter series, Harry Potter and The Philosopher’s Stone. I loved this book and found it very comforting somehow, a very gentle and fun fantasy to …

The Charmed Ones have been kidnapped and are in the Underworld. It is up to Leo to mount a rescue for his wife and her sisters. Leo, with no powers at his disposal and no witch with enough demon-hunting experience, he soon seeks help elsewhere – The Future. Casting …

The Definitive Book of Body Language is a great book that taught me how to make a positive impression on others, how to interview and negotiate successfully, how to bond quickly with others, how to know if someone is available, how to tell if someone is lying, how to …

George Martin is one of my favourite authors. I greatly admire the sense of compassion and love of life which permeates his works. His works are also extremely gritty and real, they are not at all children’s books, but I love this about him, and I love how he …

“Chasing Harry Winston” is Lauren Weisberger’s third novel, a follow-up to “The Devil wears Prada” and “Everyone worth knowing”. Once more, the book is a venture into the world of chick lit, and once more Weisberger deals with the world of the twenty-something, fashion-conscious New York women.
The protagonists are …

Oh M had to go out of her way to get her hands on the newly released book by American Idol finalist David Archuleta. She has been a big fan of his ever since and I was only too happy to accompany her to the bookstore. While out having …

Stephen King’s On writing is a fantastic book that teaches writing in a whole different way compared to most books. I loved this book because it teaches you how to write in a manner that is almost instinctual. Instead of plotting and planning the ending, the plot, the beginning …

The Lord of The Rings is a trilogy of books which was later made into a trilogy of films. I love both, though for sheer richness of imagery and depth of wisdom, the book is unbeatable.
The author, Tolkien, was a professor of Anglosaxon and studied ancient languages. His …

Mats, Dates, and Cosmic Kisses by Cathy Hopkins is the second book in her Mates, Dates series. (The first book was Mates, Dates, and Inflatable Bras). This series is for preteen and early teen girls.
The second book is from Izzie’s perspective. If you read the first book, you already …

Like a lot of people my favorite past time is reading. I would much rather do that then watch television or a movie. It just allows me to relax and put myself into another world. I think that one of my all time favorite books has got to be …

The author of The Last Song is Nicholas Sparks and he has written many books before this one. Many of his books have been turned into major motion pictures. I picked up this book one day when I took a trip to Barnes & Nobles and thought I would …

I got this book because I was new to the craft and wanted something to help me figure out what oils and brews would go good with what I want to cast. I was truly amazed to find out all the great information this book has on what kinds …

A Plague of Secrets is a legal thriller by popular legal thriller writer John Lescroat. I have to admit that even though I read a great deal, I had never read a legal thriller before. A Plague of Secrets was a great introduction. The story opened …

Wendy Corsi Staub is a writer of thrillers. Her novels are usually about women who are in danger in some way. There is generally a serial killer or kidnapper preying on people around the woman and putting her life and the lives of her children in danger. …

‘Silver Borne’ is an Urban Fantasy story by Patricia Briggs. It takes place in the Tri-Cities, not really sure where that is but I think it’s Washington and yet I keep thinking it’s in Oregon, in a modern time when the supernatural creatures have come out to the public. …

Mates, dates, and Inflatable Bras by Cathy Hopkins is the first book in her younger teen series of Mates, Dates. This book features and is written from the point of view of Lucy Loverling, a Year 10 14 year old girl who has the typical teenage problems with boys, …