Room on the Broom is a children’s book written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
I picked it up on a whim while browsing through the local bookstore with my then-2.3 year old boy. The cover was extremely appealing, especially in the hardbound board book format. It depicts …

I first learned about this book when I was a pet sitter. I have to say it is both an enjoyable read and extremely useful. The author combines a mixture of scientific research, stories from pet owners and professional experience to show you how to more effectively communicate with …

Instead of buying the comics individually, I recently bought the complete edition of Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Search illustrated by Gurihiru. I’ve been a long time fan of the animated television series on Nickelodeon, so I jumped on the chance for more story content. This …

Simon R. Green is one of the authors that I really like and one of the few that I follow regularly in the sense that I read almost everything published. I first started reading his works in 2001 when I read ” Hawk and Fisher ” then I liked …

I don’t think Osamu Tezuka’s manga ‘Ayako’ will ever be one of those manga that breaks the glass ceiling of literature, getting studied in Universities and being hailed by mainstream critics as a classic put alongside works like ‘Les Miserables’. This is more to do with issues like how …

Fiddlehead is my first experience with Cherie Priest’s Clockwork Century series. The novel is set in the United States during the height of Civil War. In traditional steampunk style, history within the Clockwork Century has taken a few strange turns with the advent of new and often dangerous technologies. …

If you are a fan of serial killer books or thrillers, then this is the best book to read. I have been reading books from various authors of thrilling and true to life books. From James Patterson to the old Stephen King, but this significantly caught my attention as …

Life sometimes treats us to great joys and happiness, yielding moments that we will forever treasure and look back on with magnificent warmth in our hearts. Life, too, sometimes deals us the exact opposite, where something happens that seemingly brings the world down around us and we can’t fathom …

This is one of the best books I have ever read. I have never come across a literary work that I have liked so much. I admit, I have a sin before my conscience - I had doubts that J.K. Rowling can make a proper finale to the most …

The books for “Star Wars” are so numerous that there is always the risk for me to miss some of them, lost in the flow of the numerous works of literature, pouring in the Expanded Universe. Therefore we studied the human individual titles, otherwise risking to miss a gem …

A classic in the fantasy genre and a veteran in the writing of bestsellers, Terry Brooks brings joy to his fans for nearly three decades with exciting fantasy novels, among which I can mostly point out the novels from the series “Shannara”. They are the most known and most …

This is the first book of the series “Dragonlance”, which describes the path of the better known shady characters of the story of the darkness. The first story about the sinking into darkness villain is that of Lord Verminaard, an antagonist in the first and original book of the …

I’ve always loved monsters. The very idea of ​​some kind of sinister creature at the thought of which people shake in fear has been really enjoyable to me, especially when that creature in question has appeared in front of just another wise guy who is trying to convince everyone …

So I have finally reached the finale of the last saga in the career of two of the greatest storytellers in the history of the fantasy genre - David and Leigh Eddings. I wish I can say that “The Younger Gods” and “The Dreamers” are the best book and …

Each of us knows the orcs - a wild, dirty and extremely evil race. These creatures are one of the main races in almost every fantasy work. They are the servants of the Dark Lord and are completely subjected to his will. They also form an integral part of …

“Malekith” is a name destined for elven kings. Such is the name of the super-villain of “Marvel”, who appeared in the second film of Thor , but it is also the name of the nobleman from the world of Warhammer, who put an end to the golden age of …

The fear of clowns is very common. Many people become worried in their presence rather than have fun. This phenomenon is called coulrophobia. This has caused many media appearences of clowns stalking their victims. Perhaps the first one and one of the most popular among them is the Joker …

Obviously in the years in which George Martin putters with the completion of his book “A Feast for Crows”, other writers have also worked hard in the heavyweight category of the epic fantasy genre. One of them is the British writer Steven Erikson, the author of book series “Malazan …

Soon to be a major motion picture, John Green’s The Fault in Our Stars tells the doomed love story of Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters. Hazel and Gus’s love is doomed because Hazel has cancer, her death is inevitable and in this is where Green’s talent truly lies. …

Lockdown is the new book by the writer Joe Schreiber known for the fact that he put zombies in the distant galaxy of George Lucas with his novels “Dead Troopers” and “Red Harvest”. His new book, however, has nothing to do with the undead menace and in its plot …

After the book “Path of the Warrior” sparked in me an interest in the dark, futuristic world of Warhammer 40,000 in particularly to the mysterious Eldar race , I continued to look for books about them, and I found the novel “Eldar Prophecy” of Cassern S. Goto. The book …

Star Wars: The Old Republic - Fatal Alliance is among the first books based on the game, Star Wars: The Old Republic. Considering the huge, still unexplored depths of the Star Wars history before the film saga and also before and hundreds of books, comics and many games that …

” Nightshade ” is the first book of the trilogy written by Andrea Cremer, which tells a story of the choice between love and duty, between knowledge and reconciliation. After years of faithful service and reconciliation there comes a time when one must ask why. Saving an ordinary man …

Summer storms are known to everyone as something quite fierce, but what passes fairly quickly and is quickly replaced with a bright sun and the typical for the warmest season of the year heat. But in the chilling novel, written by Stephen King, “The Mist” the storm is just …

The appropriately chosen title of the ninth book in the series of Nightside, the hidden heart of London, I think it extremely well covers the plot of the story. After the war of the angels (in Book II) and the one war with Lilith (Book VI), a new destructive …

Just like years ago “Lord of the Rings” brought to light the genre of epic fantasy, similarly the series “Harry Potter” set up a branch of the genre of new generation, stories of young heroes studying in magical worlds. The most famous such story is inspired by the Greek …

“Red Harvest” is the second book by the author Joe Schreiber for “Star Wars” and similar to the first, “Death Troopers”, tells a horror story from the distant galaxy created by George Lucas. This time, however, the author takes us to ancient times, when the Old Republic was trapped …

John Taylor is a private detective who seems as one who has come out of an old detective story - not very nice looking, deep in debt and persistently seeking the truth , whether his customers really want it or not. That’s why John never gets rich, he lives …

The title of this amazing book is taken from the classic novel about James Bond “The Man with the Golden Gun” and introduces us to a spy, compared to which the famous 007 agent looks quite ordinary. His name is Edwin Drood, but prefers to be called Eddie, and …

More than 2 years ago, in the Internet appeared the trailer called “Deceived”, advertising the upcoming video game “Star Wars - The Old Republic”. In it we saw the grim similar to Darth Vader Sith Lord who ravaged the Jedi Temple on Coruscant , as we’ve never seen before. …

Police. A private detective. A murder. A prison. And no, I have no intention at all to review a novel from the crime genre. This is a story of Charlotte Davidson and her story of how she found her loved one and discovered the culprit of the murder.
Unfortunately this …

I recently found on the book market the continuation of the successful novel “Nightcrawler”. The novel, named “Wolfsbane” returns the readers to the world of the Guardians, the Keepers and their enemies the Seekers. It will show us the consequences of the choises of the young alpha Kala. It …

In the ruins of the former North America is the country of Panem. Its bright capital is surrounded by twelve districts , each of which provides for any of the needs of the country - one is for fishing , the other for supplying wood. Once there …

If I could describe this book in one word, it definitely it would be “extensive.” Extensive as a notion, as issues that are presented and also as a contrast between communities and races. The whole concept is a combination of multi-layered thoughts, descriptive differences in the warring races and …

Apparently readers in the U.S. have adopted the first “autobiographical” book of the aristocratic vampire Strahd von Zarovich also as good as I did, because Patricia Elrod was tasked to write a sequel as well. This to some extent is a repetition in the series “Ravenloft”, since the very …

Nowadays people are deeply convinced that they know almost everything about our Earth. The jungle that covers lands around the great Amazon River remains a mystery. The king of the thriller genre James Rollins, author of exciting adventure novels such as “The Blood of Satan” and “The Black Order” …

When Professor Henry Conklin discovers an ancient mummy from South America, he hopes that it will help his scientific theories and also to prove that the great buildings of the Incas are actually the work of another kind of older civilization. He realizes with dismay and chagrin that the …

Known as a cruel and treacherous villain from the tragical novel “Vampire of the Mists”, Count Strahd von Zarovich presents his perspective on life in the novel “I, Strahd: Memoirs of a Vampire”, written by Patricia Elrod. Written as an autobiography, the book introduces us to Strahd from the …

The fate of the vampire may seem attractive to the human being whose life path is like a blink in eternity, but it is a terrible fate for a representative of the wonderful world of the Elves, creatures also beautiful and graceful, but dedicated entirely to light and life. …

When one night Sydney is torn away from her sleep, her first thought is that her biggest nightmare comes true - she will be sent to the correctional center because she has helped Rose Hathaway. But another reason appears - Jill , the sister of the moroi Queen …

Any book by Rick Riordan is undoubtedly an event in the genre. I think everyone will agree that no one writes fantasy like him. Some authors describe romantic stories in which, however, nothing happens. Other writers emphasize on the continuous action, but the emotion is left behind. But with …

” If someone does not stop him , two great houses will be in flames. Blood will be spilled and screams will echo forever. There are wolves in the pen and they want to destroy us all.” This ominous prediction made by Razor Eddie, a future god in Nightside, …

After reading “Atlantis Rising,” contrary to everything that I had heard about this first part of the series “Warriors of Poseidon ,” I was delighted. Only two hours after I started reading it, I was almost to the middle of the book. With such a delight I read this …

The world that Martin creates is not like most fantasy books. In the storyline of his books there are no orcs, no elves and other kinds of creatures. His saga is closer to reality while not shunning the genre.
His first book is called “A Game of Thrones.” A dark …

Because usually I prefer reviewing novels that I have read that are related to the Star Wars universe, I decided this time to dwell on this book, the main character of which is none other than the supreme master of the Jedi Order - Master Yoda. The novel is …

“A Clash of Kings” carries us into an amazing , forgotten land of dissipation and revenge, witchcraft and wars. A tale in which noble virgins feast with madmen, where a brother wiles against his own brother, and where the dead are raised, to go into the night. Here a …

“The mark of Athena” is the third book in the series by Rick Riordan about the Heroes of Olympus and perhaps the most highly anticipated title of these book series. With an initial print run of 3.5 million copies of the new novel about Percy Jackson outstrips even the …

Caught up in the tragic story of Darth Vader, few of the spectators turned any attention to these words of the sinister Darth Sidious or just explained them to themselves as simply a part of the manipulation through which the treacherous dark lord attracted the unsuspecting young man to …

After three books about Darth Bane , the master of space adventures Drew Karpyshyn returned to the galaxy of “Star Wars” with a book for one of the most beloved characters from the Expanded universe - the jedi Revan from the game “Knights of the Old Republic”, a hero …

About a year and a half ago I finally started taking the universe of Warhammer 40,000 seriously. Previously, the galaxy in which the main characters are soldiers known as “space marines” did not attract me with absolutely anything and I was happy to ignore it completely, indulging instead into …