Books Reviews
Pets Pray for Truth by Elnora Watters story
Pets Pray for Truth is a story by Elnora Watters. The story is about Bobby and Mike, their dogs, and their lies. Bobby and Mike walked their dogs at the park but Bobby asked Mike to play on the swings. The two tied their dogs on the bench while …
My Sweet Audrina by Virginia Cleo Andrews novel
My Sweet Audrina is a novel by Virginia Cleo Andrews. Audrina Adare is pretty young girl who has an unreliable memory. She lives with her parents, aunt, and her aunt’s daughter Vera. She is deprived of knowing precise dates including her birthday though Audrina knows she is born on …
Invasion for the Bird by Elnora Watters story
Invasion for the Bird is a short story by Elnora Watters. The story starts with Laddie, the family pet playing with Blackie, the next door dog. Laddie was expecting a big fat bone or toy for him after his owner, Christie called him. He became very surprised when he …
David’s Haircut by Ken Elkes story
David’s Haircut is a short story by Ken Elkes. The story starts with David and his father having the conversation to go to the barbershop. It’s something that they always do together like a routine. David loves the barbershop because it is unique, as the author says; “it’s like …
Charlie Fox and The Rooster by Elnora Watters
Charlie Fox and The Rooster is a short story by Elnora Watters. The story is about Charlie the Fox trying to trick Rooster and the other chickens. Charlie the Fox said lies to try to get the chickens out of the chicken yard. He calls them out to “play …
Bad Temper short story
Bad Temper is a short inspiring story about rude behavior found on the site, indianchild.com. The story is about how a father managed to make his son understand about temper by a simple task. The little boy had a bad temper and his father gave him a bag of …
A Visit to the Vet by Elnora Watters
A Visit to the Vet is a short story by Elnora Watters. The story starts with Paul and his pet Skip, going to the vet for his first time to take a shot. Skip was very hesitant to go to the vet as he mistaken the word shot for …
A Box Full of Kisses short story
A Box Full of Kisses is a short story on the site indianchild.com. The story starts out by a father that got angry on his 3-year-old daughter for buying a roll of gold wrapping paper. Money was tight for them and his father became furious when the child tried …
Babyville by Jane Green novel
Babyville is a novel by Jane Green that focuses on the lives of three women. At the beginning of the novel, Julia is in a long-term relationship and is desperate to have a baby, Sam is married and expecting her first child, and Maeve is a commitment-phobic career …
“13″ - book by TJ Lord
I just read a new eBook, “13″, by TJ Lord. I hadn’t heard of this author before, but the book looked really interesting, so I decided to give it a shot. I’m so glad I did - I tore through this 460+ page book in only two days. It …
Playing with Fire by Katie MacAlister book
“Playing with Fire” is the first book in Katie MacAlister’s Silver dragon series. Honestly I picked up this book out of curiosity. I’ve never really been into multi-racial romance novels or dragons. I like dragons but I never understood how they could be sexy. Nothing wrong with a multi-racial …
Mona Lisa Craving by Sunny book
Let me start off by saying that the cover art of this book is just stunning. “Mona Lisa Craving” by Sunny is the third book in her Monere: Children of the Moon series. This book continues to follow the story of Mona Lisa, the first mixed-blood queen of the …
The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
The novel The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty is one of the rare well-known novels not actually known for being a book. The Academy Award winning film adaptation of this tense story of faith versus skepticism has so overshadowed the original form that the novel is often ignored by …
Line of Fire by Julie Elizabeth Leto book
I felt that the book titled Line of Fire kept you on your toes and always had you guessing what was going to happen next.
It starts off with the main character, Faith who is a defense attorney, getting her latest client George Yube acquitted of murder charges due to …
The mystery of the tolling bell book
I have read the book ‘The mystery of the tolling bell’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is a Nancy Drew book. This is a very interesting and fascinating book. I liked it very much. In this book, Nancy shows astounding courage in her investigations. The story becomes more and …
The clue in the crumbling wall book
I have read the book ‘The clue in the crumbling wall’ written by Carolyn Keene. It is a Nancy Drew book. The story is a mystery story. However, I did not find this book very interesting. Parts of it are good and well-written. But overall, I cannot say the …
The haunted bridge book
I have read the book ‘The haunted bridge’ written by Carolyn Keene. This book is one among the Nancy Drew series. As are all other Nancy Drew books, this book is also an interesting one and a typical mystery story.
The title for the book suits it well. Nancy …
Mystery of the brass-bound trunk book
I have read the book ‘mystery of the brass-bound trunk’ written by Carolyn Keene. This is a Nancy Drew book and is interesting to read. This is a typical detective story. As usual, Nancy works with courage and intelligence.
Bess and George, who are Nancy’s close friends, have decided …
Dark City: Psychotic and Other Twisted Malaysian Tales book
This book is a collection of short stories by various Malaysian writers compiled by Xeus. The stories in this book are fictional (of course!) and rather scary.
I made a great mistake by reading this book at night. I was so scared that I couldn’t …
Like Love book
Like Love was written by Ed McBain (published by Pan Books Ltd, 1980)
There is no book like a McBain mystery to spend time with. I don’t think I could ever tire of McBain classics and the characters that he had so deftly created and developed.
What a …
Spell of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning book
Spell of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning is the seventh and last book so far in her Highlander series. We meet another MacKeltar in this book, one that’s not like any of the others and he’s much older, primal and sexier. Cian
MacKeltar is the original MacKeltar. He’s the …
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs book
Moon Called by Patricia Briggs is the first book in her Mercy Thompson series. I was originally given this book by a friend. I’ve never heard of the series or the author until this book. It wasn’t a paranormal romance like I thought it was, in fact it was …
Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning book
Kiss of the Highlander by Karen Marie Moning is the fourth book in her Highlander series. I’ve mentioned this in my previous reviews, although each Highlander book can read alone and stand alone they all have common elements that
tie them all together and it makes the whole world and …
Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs book
Iron Kissed by Patricia Briggs is the third book in her Mercy Thompson series. This book picks up from the last and revolves around Mercy’s mentor and friend, Zee. Zee find himself in some sort of trouble and needs Mercy’s help.
Mercy is a shape shifter, a coyote and that …
The Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning book
The Immortal Highlander by Karen Marie Moning is the sixth book from her Highlander series. Technically all of her highlander series can stand alone but it’s a much better if they were all read in the order that they were released,
it’ll fill in any gaps and answer any questions …
Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs book
Bone Crossed by Patricia Briggs is the fourth installment of her Mercy Thompson series. For those that are new to the series or have never read it, Mercedes Thompson is a VW mechanic working in the Tri-cities in Washington. She’s
also a shape shifter, turning into a coyote at will, …
Blood Bound by Patricia Briggs
Blood Bound is the second book in Patricia Briggs’ Mercedes Thompson series. It’s not what I typically read but I was given the first book by a friend and got hooked on the series. The books I normally read are paranormal romance,
historical and books on dreams. Briggs’ Mercy Thompson …
Water: Sandry’s Book
This book, by Tamora Pierce, is both a social stance and a fantasy adventure, combined in a Young Adult book that kids will both understand and love. This well written, exciting tale begins with four young children, Lady Sandriline fa Toren, the duke’s niece; (10), Trisana Chandler, a merchant’s …
Artemis Fowl: The Lost Colony book
The author of the Artemis Fowl books, Eoin Colfer writes, on the average, one book per year. I absolutely love his books, and this one my absolute favorite. If you love action/adventure books, this book will be perfect for you. I also love the author’s good sense of humor, …
Princess at Sea book
When I first started reading Princess at Sea, I didn’t exactly know what to expect of it, but I ended up loving it, maybe even more than the first one.
Princess at Sea is the fabulous sequel to The Princess Decoy. After reading the first one, I couldn’t wait for …
Leave the Grave Green by Deborah Crombie
Leave the Grave Green (written by Deborah Crombie and published by Berkley Publishing Group, 1996).
Superintendent Duncan Kincaid and Sergeant Gemma James were handled a case to investigate – carefully and discreetly.
Connor Swann, the son-in-law of Sir Gerald and Dame Caroline Asherton had been found strangled. Sir Gerald and …
The Final Years of Michael Jackson book
The Final Years of Michael Jackson by Ian Halperin takes us on a journey that was intended to expose Michael Jackson as a pedophile.
The author, Ian Halperin, set out to prove that Michael Jackson got away scott free with the crimes of molesting a young boy that …
Yes Man by Danny Wallace book
I’ve recently been trying to read more inspirational books - travel, biography, that sort of thing to get a better idea of the things I could do with my life. I randomly chose to read Yes Man mostly because the trailers for the movie seemed funny, and I thought, …
A Seat at the Table book
I am not a seller of the executive level. I am so far from the truth about him, how can a freelance writer (or “broke and unemployed). So, Marc Miller’s book,” A place on the table, “seems almost certain that when it comes to me. But first Miller learn …
Advanced Java Game Programming by David Wallace Croft
If you are already used to the basic HTML scripts in Java Programming in games specifically, you might want to get this book: Advanced Java Game Programming by David Wallace Croft.
It is super useful and there are just lots of codes and HTML scripts which you can embed …
Last Ditch by Ngaio Marsh
Last Ditch (written by Ngaio Marsh and published by Berkley, 1981)
How many sons and daughters can successfully step into the shoes of their already famous parents? In this story, Chief Superintendent Alleyn and his wife tried to shield their son from the dangers and burdens of his job. …
Gulliver’s Travel by Jonathan Swift book
Jonathan Swift was the son of an Anglican preacher, born in Ireland, who later became a minister himself. Throughout his whole life, though, he wrote essays, pamphlets, poems and novels, some so controversial they had to be published under anonymous names so as not to annoy his superiors …
In The Forests of the Night book
The book “In the Forests of the Night,” by Amelia Atwater-Rhodes is a great fantasy book for teens. I read this when it came out when I was young, but since there has been a lot more interest from teens in the vampire genre it would be relevant. …
Chapters
It may sound like a strange thing to do on a hot day, but I have spent hours in Chapters near my apartment, wandering through the various departments, picking up the occasional book, magazine or newspaper, sitting in the comfortable leather love-seats, sipping on my Starbucks frappuccino (there, fortuitously, …
“A Spell For Chameleon” by Piers Anthony
What comes to mind when someone thinks of magic? A wizard waving a magic wand and turning lead into gold, or perhaps turning a frog into a prince? Well, that’s fine for some fairy tales, but the land of Xanth is no fairy tale. The book opens up with …
“Moonlight” by Guy de Maupassant
One of the stories that I love to read is the “Moonlight” by Guy de Maupassant. The story mainly took place in a garden near the monastery between 10 to 11 in the evening. The story began with an introduction about a priest who despised the existence of women. …
A Little Incident by Lu Xun
During our Literature class, one of the most catchy stories that had a great impact on me was “A Little Incident” by Lu Xun. It’s somehow a great work of art. It may be light to read but it depicts a wide range of …
Will Work for Fun by Alan R. Bechtold book
I love reading this book. The title is Will Work for Fun: Three Simple Steps for Turning Any Hobby or Interest Into Cash by Alan R. Bechtold. It is basically about internet marketing, internet business and just about anything that can be profitable for oneself. I find …
A-Rod: The Many Lives of Alex Rodriguez book
This A-Rod book has gotten a lot of publicity due to the fact that the author, Selena Roberts, is the writer that broke the A-Rod steroids. Since I am not a fan of the Yankees or A-Rod, this book was sort of a cheap thrill.
Although Roberts seems obviously …
Lady Number Thirteen by Jose Carlos Somoza novel
Salomon Rulfo, a literature professor who is experiencing a serious personal crisis, starts having horrible nightmares. In that dreams a woman is decapitated by a stranger while she is asking Salomon for help. After finding out by chance that the crime was really committed a few years ago, Salomon …
By the Light of the Moon by Dean Koontz novel
With this novel, Dean Koontz has shown himself to be a definitely humanist author. This feature could be sensed in some of his earlier works such as Hideaway (1992) or Winter Moon (1994) although it wasn’t so clear like in the present book.
By the Light of the Moon begins …
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