I really didn’t care for this book very much. I just read it a few days ago and I can barely remember what had happened in it and I think that clearly says something about the plot. I remember the beginning, where they found a murder victim buried in …

I wasn’t too sure what exactly this book was about – except a super computer (super collider) – but it turned out to be a pretty interesting story. Maybe “Brimstone” was more exciting, but this one has a better, clearer message inside it (I read this book right after …

I found this book with the regular fiction but it is really a wonderful fantasy novel. The world within these 333 pages is well realized and thought out – a completely original world that I enjoyed visiting. It seemed very real while I was reading it and I admit …

This book includes two novellas: “The Undying Heart” by Zoe Archer and “Simon Says” by Bianca D’Arc. Both are paranormal romance stories that involve zombies. I liked both tales well enough, although I think both went overboard in the sexy scenes department. I was more interested in the plots …

The national bestselling author of more then 25 novels, Marcia Muller has struck again with her newest Novel Cape Perdido. In this newest of novels, she returns to the northern coast of California, as in previous novels sush as Point Deception and Cyanide Wells, but in this one she …

When my daughter turned one year old she became interested in books, although she can’t read yet she loves to scheme through it. when she turned one year and six months somebody offered me an encyclopedia package but then again I can’t afford it One time we went to …

Bestselling authors are often suspect in my mind. I tend to be very cynical about the taste (or lack of) of the average American reader. So I approached Bruce Wilkinson’s book “Secrets of the Vine” with the heart of a skeptic. I am happy to say, that at least …

Cloud Atlas is unlike any other book that I have ever read. It is truly an exercise in plot building and writing style. The book is structured with five separate stories, taking place in different time periods, shaping around a sixth and central narrative. Each of the five breaks …

The History of Love by Nicole Krauss is the kind of book that I always search for but rarely find. The kind of story that involves you from the first page and holds your attention completely until the very last page. This is a simple tale of a powerful …

This well-written, witty book follows the life of Chloe King, a seemingly normal fifteen year old girl, other than the fact that she was adopted. On the day before her sixteenth birthday, Chloe and her two best friends climb the San Fransico tower and Chloe falls out the window. …

Having won the Governor General’s Literary awards (a top award in Canada for books), I had high expectations for Miriam Toews a complicated kindness. It definitely wasn’t a light read, and it was a bit depressing. But the characters and the way information was revealed made this a riveting …

I have loved watching Fushigi Yuugi when I was still in high school. So when I stumbled upon the manga of Yuu Watase, I knew I just had to read it. If you love reading a manga full of action, adventure, romance, and mystery, and if you love Miaka’s …

This is not a young adult novel for the truly young adults, nor for a reader who doesn’t really look for being particularly taxed in his or her reading choices. If I had picked the book up without warning about the contents, I certainly would have been very surprised, …

A new manga I’m reading now is called Faster than a Kiss by Tanaka Meca. As always, after seeing that there aren’t any updates yet of the other shoujo manga I have been reading, I resorted to surfing thenet and finding other shoujo manga suggestions by other people so …

Several month’s ago I had the opportunity to read The Year of Pleasures by Elizabeth Berg. I enjoyed the book immensly and so when I saw her novel Open House at the library I knew that I just had to read it.
To be tyotally honest Open House was …

Noted as Jane Austen’s last work Persuasion is perhaps one of my favorties of her novels. It is very quiet and somber in comparison to some of Jane’s other novels, with the noteable exception of Mansfield Park. This book is not quite as dark and gloomy as its counterpart, …

My father bought “Your Body Can Heal Itself: Over 87 Foods Everyone Should Eat by the Editors of FC and A Medical Publishing” book from a certain ship that travels here to sell books. However, because I decided that I wanted to change my lifestyle and the way I …

I found the Scarlett Letter online for about $10.00 is was written by Nathaniel Hawthorn who is a classic author so I thought that I would get it. It is about Hester Prynne and the consequences of her less than moral actions and the way that the Purtian society …

After reading Holly black’s debut novel, “Tithe,” I wrote a review saying that despite the flaws in her first book I would probably read her sophomore work. That work is called “Valiant,” and while it has many of the same objectionable notes as her last book it also shows …

Dewey’s Nine Lives is a collection of nine true short stories by the author of Dewey,The Library Cat Who Touched the World,the 2008 bestseller. Dewey Readmore Books gained international fame during his nineteen years as the library cat in Spencer,Iowa,where Vicki Myron, the author, was the head …

‘Bounty’ by Harper Alexander is a stunning new addition to the fantasy genre. Harper Alexander writes for a young adult audience, but this book has a definite universal appeal about it.
The characters win your affections straight off the bat, and good characterization is huge for me. …

The A to Z Book of Computer Games, written by Thomas McIntyre and first published back in 1979 by Tab Books of Pennsylvania, is a real time machine for anyone who is part of the ever growing community of vintage computer enthusiasts. Obviously it would not appeal very much …

Written by Jan Karon “At Home In Mitford” was originally published in 1994 by Lion Publishing. “At Home In Mitford” is one of those stories that although it is not a classic, you just have to own. I have been a bookworm since I learned to read. I love …

This time, Brown invites you to experience the spine-chilling adventures. He opens the door to imagination and tempts with Rachel Sexton, an agent of NRO and Michael Tolland, a scientist, go to the glacier and to verify an unusual discovery. Hard to deny the authenticity of the discovery. The …

Late in 2010 Adobe realeased Version 9 of Photoshop Elements. The “how to” material supplied with the software is spartan to say the least and finding such material either through the help files or as tutorials on the web is inconvenient when one is trying to …

I recieved this book from my sister several years ago becuase I greatly like prose. To give a bit of information this book deals with the lead character named Mac Mordon. Mr. Mordon has recently lost his wife to cancer and this book deals with his loss and the …

Unlike many of my feloow students I greatly enjoyed reading Shakespear’s Hamlet. I am a major theater buff and though I ususlly prefer to see plays acted out I will read them from time to time. Hamlet is one of my favorites because of it’s dramatic, secretive and …

Mark Twain’s The Prince and the Pauper was a book that I first read back in middle school. I was designated this book for an english report and though I had heard it was boring I actually found that I enjoyed it immensly. I actually loved it so much …

One of my favorite genre’s of books to read are memiors. While usually somewhat short they give a reader a fantastic glimpse into the life of the particular person. This particular books really pulls at my heart strings and I have read it many times. Given to me for …

The first book in the Deathgate Cycle by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman will always be a classic to me. Dragon Wing introduces many main characters that remain prominent figures throughout the following novels, and hints at other characters soon to come. We are initially brought to the assassin …

Dan Brown is a superstar on the stage of a book nowadays. As each star is controversial. Some believe it brought a breath of fresh air to a category dominated so far by the older generation of John Grisham at the helm. Others say that he is a total …

I have just finished reading Ultra Maniac manga and well, I guess it was okay. It wasn’t something that really moved me with it’s story but I did enjoy reading it up till the end. Although I like fantasy stories when it comes to manga I found this story …

Each book in The Deathgate Cycle–a series by the New York Times best-selling authors Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman–adds more and more adventures to the series, building upon the enormous and unique worlds within them. “Into the Labyrinth” is the sixth installment and is no different. We find ourselves …

This book which was first published early in 2010 covers topics such as how to get good value for money when buying a camera, choosing lenses, making ones’s own accessories and free or low cost software. There is a good section on lenses and in particular a …

Learning how to draw is learning how to see things with the proper perspective. Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain by Betty Edwards shows the reader exactly how to properly examine a subject in order to draw it. By using simple methods, anyone can learn to illustrate …

Meanwhile is an interesting concept for a children’s book. The author, Jason Shiga, combines the idea of a graphic novel or comic strip book with a brainstorm web and a choose your own adventure style book. Even on each page there are paths to follow, and some of them …

Having read The Year of Pleasures novel by Elizabeth Berg, I expected a similarly satisfying experience from reading Open House by her as well. While I found the two books similar in tone and style…and even a bit similar in story, as they are both about women rediscovering who …

Quick & Healthy Snacks is a small book produced in association with the Guardian and Observer newspapers’ campaign in favour of healthy eating - something which I suppose most people would be in favour of! It is really not a great deal more than a booklet, running as it …

Adrian is approaching his twenty four birthday. Entering into the hardest age in life of a man, and although apparently fully mature, mentally, still in the dark days of growing up, filling the pages of his journal, directory, fears and obsessions, decent full of complexes teenager. His mature works …

Comedy – you won’t be able to stop laughing at the vicissitudes of Adrian Mole
Passion of maturation has never been so painful - and so funny - as in the famous secret diary of Adrian. Persistent pimples and parents marriage crisis, failures in the field of literature, and usually …

Sue Townsend is one of the best British writers of the twentieth century. She is known in the world primarily as the author of a series of stories about Adrian Mole that it opened by a “Secret Diary” of full of complexes teenager and continued by my …

Wandering leisurely through one of the many wonderful art museums in Europe or America, I sometimes have a hard time conceiving how an artist like Caravaggio or Monet can bring such beauty out of simple oil and canvas. How can such plain materials aided by some brushstrokes give us …

I’ve been a long-time fan of Jane Austen’s; like every other geeky girl, I’ve sympathised with her feisty heroines and their lovelifes as a teen, then came to appreciate the gentle humour of the stories, then realized how profoundly disturbing the shame she shows them to feel can be. …

Jody Fisher Beginning Jazz Guitar is an instruction book that teaches guitar players the basics of playing in the style of Jazz. It’s aim is to give guitarist a good foundation on jazz to build from.There are two main sections.They are harmony and improvisation..The reader can learn the …

After reading S.L.H Stray Love Hearts manga, I was just literally begging to read more manga just like it. Eleven chapters of the manga isn’t just enough to satisfy my cravings for more manga with good looking characters, nice art and a nice story to back I up with. …

The Fire Opal is a fantasy novel about Maeve O’Tullagh, a fisherman’s daughter who lives in a cottage on the shore of Donegal with her parents and older twin brothers in 16th century Ireland. As a child,Maeve plays about the ancient ruins near her house with her brothers, …

I have been looking around the net for a really nice shoujo manga to read which has a romance, and a bit of action or adventure within it. I have also been reading suggestions of other people on different websites for different users who want suggestions on wanting to …

The novel entitled “Dashing Through the Snow” by Carol Higgins Clark, and I’m guessing with the help from her mother Mary Higgins Clark, was very disappointing. I couldn’t even bring myself to completing the entire book before I had to call it quits. The novel lacked interest for …

Scott Pilgrim is a graphic novel created by Bryan Lee O’Malley. It consists of 6 books and has received a lot of positive acclaim, and even more attention after the 2010 movie “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World”. I loved and completely recommend them both, they are a joy for …

This book is an adaptation of the 2008 bestseller,Dewey,The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched The World,also by Vicki Myron and Brett Witter. Both volumes are tributes to a very remarkable cat named Dewey Readmore Books,the furry goodwill ambassador of the library in the small town of Spencer,Iowa,where Vicki …