Books Reviews

The Secret Pilgrim by John Le Carre

John le Carre is perhaps the master of the spy novel. His books deal with the inner workings of British Intelligence that is completely different from the James Bond stories. His characters are real, with human weaknesses and behaviours. His stories are not simple, and often lack …

Dry Ice by Stephan White

The Author has a series of books involving a psychologist, Alan Gregory and his wife Lauren and good friend Sam Purdy ( a police detective. The books should be read in order as the subplots with these characters are a major part of what makes me continue to read …

Dreams From My Father by Barack Obama

First off, let me say that I am not a political person. I\’ve never put a political bumper sticker on my car, and I’ve certainly never worked on a political campaign. Most politicians have about all the appeal and honesty of the old snake oil salesman.
But having …

ILLUSTRATED First Dictionary Book

This book is very useful for children. This illustrated first dictionary book is an alphabetical word bookthat introduces a child to dictionary skills.This book is designed very simple picture wordbook. It is not yet ready to use a full fledged dictionary. This book contains of an alphabetical list of …

Victorian Pins pattern booklet

Last week my mom bought a new pattern book called Victorian Pins for crochet at Hobby Lobby in Cookeville, Tennessee. The booklet was printed and designed by Nanttee Seale and Jeanettte Crews Design. It cost 6.99 for the booklet which is not too bad. It contained patterns for …

John Brimhall’s Theory Notebook (Revised Edition) for Music

This textbook published by EMI Music is a three in one book that has total of 29 lessons in each section, which all together is a total of 87 lessons. Each lesson is about one page long that explains about the theory and then give some practical exercises. There …

Looking Forward through Childhood and Adolescence

Looking Forward through Childhood and Adolescence is a textbook by Candida Peterson that is required for studying early childhood. This book is approximately 450 pages, with some coloured pages and a huge amount of information. This book helps people understand the developmental stages of children from when they are …

The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch

This fairy tale defies all tradition, somewhat a-la Shrek; the trend of taking a classic story and turning it upside down seems to be popular today. Here we have a beautiful princess, Elizabeth, engaged to a prince; the beginning is nothing unusual. Then a dragon shows up, burns the …

Splinter of the Mind’s Eye

‘Splinter of the Mind’s Eye’ was one of the first books based on the Star Wars characters written after the original release of ‘A New Hope’ and before ‘The Empire Strikes Back’. Published in 1978 and written by Alan Dean Foster, the book follows the adventures of …

Captivating Book for Women

Subtitle is: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman’s Soul. This book is so uplifting. As I read this book, I started feeling so good about myself, my life and about being alive. It helped me see what God thinks about me and how much God loves me. It also …

Dave Ramsey’s Total Money Makeover

This book will change your life! That is, if you want it to. He does not offer a get rich quick, or an easy way out. . . but what he DOES offer is structure and guidance on how to get debt free. His plan is amazing. He uses …

Ready or Not by Chris Manby

Ready or Not by Chris Manby is a novel about a young woman called Heidi who is engaged to be married but is suddenly experiencing feelings of doubt. Her fiance’s bad points come to the fore especially his immaturity just as she is unexpectedly reacquainted with her …

It Happens Every Spring by Gary Chapman and Catherine Palmer

Gary Chapman, the author of several family & relationship-related non-fiction books (including the famous “Five Love Languages”), and Catherine Palmer, author of over 40 novels, team up for this work of fiction titled “It Happens Every Spring.” The result? Nice, but oh, so average…
The story is smoothly written but …

The book, Jane Eyre

I decided to write my first review about my alltime favourite book, Jane Eyre. This book was written by Charlotte Bronte and first published in 1847. Although it is a novel, some of the places and characters mentioned are based on Bronte’s own life. …

Writing Skills: Success in 20 minutes

I recently purchased the book Writing Skills: Success in 20 minutes a day to use as a resource in my classroom, and it was a fabulous purchase. The book is put out by a company called Learning Express with specializes in quick learning methods for struggling learners. …

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

I read one book called seven habits of highly effective people by stephen covey. It is a book for personality development for modern world. The author describes in early days to archive success only character ethic counts . A person who had good character ethic and followed good …

Baby and Child care by Dr SPOCK

I recently saw a book named Baby and Child care written by Dr SPOCK, which I think one of the best book for baby care. The author is elaborately giving tips for child care.You will come to know solutions for just born babies too. It is like …

How to Kill a Monster by R.L. Stine

This book, How to Kill a Monster, by R.L. Stine is an interesting book for children. It is an easy read, with several interesting twists. The main characters are fairly realistic, although, as in all R.L. Stine books, the adults are strangely dissociated from the action.
Even though the plot …

Shopaholic and the baby by Sophie Kinsella

As always, the shopaholic series has always been a pleasure to read! I love the character; Becky as she embraces motherhood/pregnancy. I reckon Sophie Kinsella did it again! She continues to make a great comeback with this piece of novel that keeps getting better, funnier and wittier.
This time, our …

The Days Are Just Packed - Bill Watterson

This book is a Calvin and Hobbes collection by Bill Watterson. It’s a very fun read, not too deep, obviously, but with lots of funny jokes about life and the universe.
The two characters are named after philosophers, and they loosely seem based on the two philosophers’ philosophies. But it’s …

Feed Your Family for $12.00 a day

This book was written by Rhonda Barfield. It covers strategies for creating tasty balanced meals on a budget of $84.00 a week which is equal to $12.00 a week for a family of six with four teenage kids. With two of them being boys they eat like horses. This …

The Wishbones by Tom Perrotta

Best known for his book Little Children because of its recent success as a film, Tom Perrotta’s first novel, The Wishbones, may actually be his best. It is the story of Dave Raymond, a 31-year-old New Jersey man who still lives with his parents and works part-time as a …

Borders Books

The Borders Books in Colleyville (5615 Colleyville Blvd) is a welcome addition to the area. I find that in most cases, this Borders has better prices than Barnes and Noble as well as a better selection. The magazine section of Borders is much larger than any of the other …

Great Health hints and Handy tips

This is a book published by reader’s digest and gives about 4000 handy tips.The health hints are really good.This book gives tips on all day to day daily things we ought to know.How to go on a vaccation,How to travel with children,preparing a living will,Ear injuries …

Relentless by Robin Parrish

This is the kind of a book that hooks you from the start. Imagine this: a guy comes out of a bus and suddenly sees his own self walking the opposite side of the street. Not only that, he soon learns that he is no longer who he was …

The Patriot Book

I read the Patriot, a book that was based on the movie that you may have seen. While might not believe me, but I read the book before I ever saw the movie, and I am sure glad I did. For one, I was never a reader and I …

Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell

Out of This Furnace by Thomas Bell is a historical fiction book about immigrants working in the United States in the late 1800s to early 1900s. It is written by a historian and is supposed to be very true to what actually happened to immigrants during that time. …

Thinking Through the Past by Hollitz

Thinking Through the Past, 3rd edition, Volume II by John Hollitz is a supplemental book for U.S. History. It presents political arguments and asks the reader to compare and contrast them to primary sources of the time. This book is intended only to supplement a regular textbook …

Give Me Liberty! History Book

Eric Foner’s Give Me Liberty is a U.S. History textbook. Volume 1 covers history up through the Civil War, and Volume 2 covers 1877 through 2000. Each volume is a novel-sized paperback and retails for less than $20 used.
I really appreciate the single-author voice that is prevalent …

Savannah from Savannah by Denise Hildreth

I discovered this novel by accident, browsing the Internet and checking out new Christian chick-lit titles. Well, “Savannah from Savannah” by Denise Hildreth is not really new; the book has been released in 2004, and I am surprised I haven’t heard of it earlier.
The story of Savannah, a Southern …

Survival of the Sickest by Dr. Sharon Moalem

Throughout Survival of the Sickest, Dr. Sharon Moalem writes in everyday language and explains to the reader how and why disease has evolved with humankind. He starts the book by telling of his Grandfather’s struggle with Alzheimer’s and how it sparked his interest in genetics research.
Some of the …

The Witches by Roald Dahl

This children’s book by Roald Dahl is not quite as funny as some of his others, but still contains many of his zany ideas and funny words.
The story is of a boy, who Dahl does not give the name of, whose parents unfortunately die in a car accident. He …

Hazardous Duty by Christy Barritt

I guess the best way to describe this book would be “murder mystery chick lit.” Yes, that’s right. While murder mystery is supposed to be suspenseful and chick lit is supposed to be funny, this novel nicely combines both. Even some gory episodes are made fun to read, and …

Party Princess Vol. VII

Amelia Thermopolis is your average teenager only she is a princess, student body president, and has a boyfriend, all at fifteen. She thinks she’s a dork and is flat chested. That can’t be too hard, can it?
But right now she has a big dilema this spring due to the …

Ice Station by Matthew Reilly

Matthew Reilly…….Ice Station………….does’nt ring any bells??
Well it should because this is one of the most action packed, adventurous piece of fiction that you are EVER going to get a chance to read. Matthew Reilly has done it again and he is on a hot streak with this follow up[not …

Dead Witch Walking by Kim Harrison

Kim Harrison, author of Dead Witch Walking, starts the Rachel Morgan series with a bang. Immediately, the reader is drawn into the Hollows, a fictional area somewhere between Cincinnati and northern Kentucky, where vampires roam, witches brew, and weres hunt. Rachel is tired of her job with the I.S., …

The Akhenaten Adventure

This YA book is a fairly good book for boys or girls aged 10 - 13. The story is based on a good idea: twins John and Phillipa Gaunt discover that they are djinn, with magical powers to grant wishes, and many other skills that they don’t know about.
They …

Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett

Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett is another tale is his very popular and extensive Discworld collection. Feet of Clay is another book about Vimes and the Ankh Morpork City Watch. The Watch is expanding, with new officers of all descriptions, including humans, dwarves, trolls and a …

The Razor’s Edge by W. Somerset Maugham

W. Somerset Maugham’s novel The Razor’s Edge was one of the best-selling books of the 20th Century. I discovered in more than 20 years ago, and read it once every yer before giving the copy away to someone and buying a new one.
It tells the story of a young …

The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay

The Darkest Road by Guy Gavriel Kay is the conclusion of the Fionavar Tapestry trilogy. In this novel, Kim, Jennifer, Dave and Paul, four students from Toronto, continue their fight against Maugrim the Unraveller, the ultimate source of evil. They are joined in this battle by the …

The Wandering Fire by Guy Gavriel Kay

The Wandering Fire by Guy Gavriel Kay is the second book in the Fionavar Tapestry trilogy. Jennifer gives birth to the child of Rakoth, which resulted from her captivity in Stardock. Her child may prove to be the hope or the doom of the world. Kim …

The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay

The Summer Tree by Guy Gavriel Kay is book one of the Fionavar Tapestry Trilogy. It is a fantasy novel that begins the tale of five university students from Toronto. They are invited by a mysterious stranger to visit the Kingdom of Brennin in the land of …

Stitch ‘n Bitch Nation

This book by Debbie Stoller is, according to the cover, full of hip, funky patterns. There are extra segments too, where they interview/talk with different Stitch ‘n Bitch groups across the States. Since I’m not American, I didn’t really see the need. If there had been more Canadian groups, …

Unfortunate English book

I love words. I’m sometimes accused of making up a few of my own when I’m upset about something. With this being said, any book that talks about words and usage, I’ll snap it up and read it without hesitation.
I stumbled across this book in the local book store …

Express Lane Meals by Rachel Ray

Express Lane Meals by Rachel Ray is a cookbook which is based on meals that can be prepared in 30 minutes. It states that these are the easiest 30 minute meals ever. This I doubt, as most of the recipes seem to take more effort than can …

Jurassic Park book

This science fiction novel was very well written and wonderfully detailed. It was a bit too detailed when describing certain events, like deaths, though. (I found it quite graphic).
This book, like the movie, is about an island that is full of dinosaurs, which have been created using DNA from …

 
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