This is one of the books that I really enjoy. They are such a page turner I could not put them down. They have great plot and the scheme of the story is so clever. The author is so good at enticing me letting me wanting to know more. I …

Do you ever wonder why the best fictional adventures seem to happen to the same class of people over and over again? Most fairy tales involve the fey folk interacting with poor, honest families. The child protagonist is usually highly moral yet misunderstood. Well, author Holly Black stuck to …

This is one of those books that most kids in school are forced to read as part of the English classes. It’s one of those books that is thought of as a classic and just because of that, everyone else is being forced to read it. And that’s how …

One thing I learned while in High School and College is the teachers seem to want their students to read the same books in their classes. I was amazed when my English college teacher asked us to read All Quiet on the Western Front. I had read that …

Nora Roberts second book of her “In the Garden” trilogy entitled “Black Rose” struck me as yet another novel that she can add to her brilliant works collection. While I didn’t really care for the main character, and found her to be very set in her ways as well …

Young Allies is another one of those series that got pulled to quickly in my opinion. Marvel has cancelled or put on hiatus a number of good series that just did not get the recognition they deserve. First you had Atlas, then Hawkeye & Mockingbird and now Young Allies. …

Pick Me Up - this bold red book says in block writing along the side, and the writing seems almost an instruction. This book, Pick Me Up, put together by David Roberts and Jeremy Leslie, is set up almost to mimic the internet, and the format flows and is …

Vijay Tendulkar book “a stubborn girl,” is an adapted version of his play, while passing through the same thing most realize that the ideal, ethics, truth and honesty such terms mean only when you have all the tools to live life existed. Perhaps these cases will be referred to …

I love the National Parks. I love the idea of the National Parks and I truly loved reading The National Parks: America’s Best Idea (2009) by Dayton Duncan and Ken Burns. This is a chronological account of how our National Parks came into being and when …

Barnes and Nobles sells this amazing crock pot cookbook for roughly ten dollars. It is called “Crockpot Favorite Slow Cooker Recipes” and I can clearly see why it has the word favorites in the title. From the recipes I have tried in this cookbook already, I strongly suggest that …

Recently I had the pleasure of reading “Kundalini Rising” by Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa, Andrew Newburg, Sivananda Radha, Ken Wilber and John Selby. I would highly recommend this book to anybody looking to explore into the mysterious and powerful energy known as Kundalini or for those currently struggling with Kundalini …

Every Man Dies Alone, by Hans Fallada is a historical fiction based on the true story of Elise and Otto Hampel, who during World War II, were sentenced to death in Germany for distributing anti-Nazi postcards. It is a sad and disturbing account of the power of Hitler’s …

The Betty Crocker cookbook called, “The Big Book of Slow Cooker, Casseroles and More” is and interesting mix of meals that look appealing by the mere sight of the picture next to the recipe, and are easy to make with easy to
follow instructions. Also, this cookbook has a metric …

To be frank, there are numerous issues that Glenn Beck and I disagree about. Those are from economic perspective, religious and political views. But this book presents one thing that I simply cannot disagree with him about. That is the values and principles he preaches about in this book. …

Saw an episode of Oprah where Geneen Roth was talking about her book. I thought the idea of women and their relationship with food was very interesting. I mean what woman wouldn’t want to know why we are so attached to food and can’t lose weight? And if Oprah …

I was looking for a daily devotional book for a long time. The ones I found were so cheesy they made my brain hurt when I read them. It’s like, can’t we be realistic? Life isn’t all flowers and candy! I needed something that was going to make me …

Alright, so my view on this book is 50/50. I mean a four hour workweek is not exactly realistic is it? It sounds like something you would read on one of those shady get rich quick schemes online. Work very little and make all this money! Yeah right! Granted …

I will be the first person to tell you that I am a big fan of anything and everything self-help oriented. I think it stems from my love of psychology and the latter. But, this particular book provided nothing extraordinary or inspiring. It tells you the same thing that …

Death in Precinct Puerto Rico is the first in a series of novels written by Steven Torres. Torres writes about police in the small town of Angustias in Puerto Rico. A blurb on the book says “In five or ten years, Steven Torres may have done for Puerto Rico …

Though it has been a long time since Stephen Covey’s book ‘7 habits of highly effective people’ came out, the impact of its content is still as strong and meaningful as it was when it had newly hit the bookstores.
The writer takes a very unconventional approach that contradicts the …

One of the best werewolf books I have read in a long time, 13 to Life has a little bit of everything. All of it is well written. Shannon Delany, a debut author, knows how to tell an amazing story.
The main character, Jess, is your average girl who …

Jean Staker Garton, Litt.D, L.H.D., has written a book examining many of the popular slogans people use who are in favor of abortion. Garton herself admits in Who Broke the Baby that she was initially pro-choice. Around the time of Roe vs. Wade, she identified with the feminists who …

When I was younger, I had noticed that the brand “Career” would usually make mostly smaller sized exercise books, and even though they were small in size, I always thought that the Career books were still good quality unlike a few other brands of exercise and note books. …

Clarice Bean Spells Trouble is another book about Clarice Bean by Lauren Child. While I haven’t read the other books, like Clarice Bean, Utterly Me and Clarice Bean, That’s Me, each book seems to have a different plot and adventure. These are fun books for kids aged 7-10 who …

Gone with the Wind, the unabridged edition is a thick book, indeed, thicker and larger than the Bible. It is called the unabridged edition because it is closest to the original manuscript of the author, Margaret Mitchell. Of course, this version underwent editing too, but compared to regular …

Most of the people I know who have read The Hunger Games Trilogy like the second book best. However, in my opinion, I still like the first book “The Hunger Games” better, although Catching Fire is undoubtedly very good as well.
Catching Fire is actually the start of the …

Written by Tom Peters, this is one excellent book for managers. In fact, In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies was required reading when I was trying to become a manager at San Miguel Corporation, the Philippines’ biggest and most influential corporation. As such, I …

Webster’s II New Riverside University Dictionary is another great reference material for writers and even ordinary users of the English language. The thing I like the most about this dictionary is the Concise Guide to Style, Usage, and Diction portion where I managed to brush up on all …

Like most ladies I’ve dieted many, many times. I’ve tried everything from Atkin’s to diets that came directly from hospitals for heart patients. I have made the switch lately to try not dieting. I just want to change the way I eat daily.
I try not …

I recently finished reading The Snowball Effect. I loved this book for a number of reasons. By the time you’re finished with this review, you will want to read this book too!
Lainey Pike is an ordinary high school graduate until her mother suddenly commits suicide. Things gradually get worse …

I am currently enrolled in Spanish 2 and I wanted a quick, easy reference book. Another reason I wanted to get a phrase book is so I can start getting ahead of what I am learning now. I got this book because it looked easy to understand and when …

I wouldn’t ordinarily buy a book like this because a lot of the content is available for free on the internet, but having received it as a gift I did enjoy it. Wrapped-Up Foxtrot by Bill Amend contains the final daily strips because Amend is no longer doing daily …

“The Gift” is by far my favorite Danielle Steel novel. It is short but the 270 pages of which it consists really touched my heart and quickly secured it’s place as my favorite. This story is about life in 1952 for two families who are 250 miles apart. …

“Season of Passion” is a novel about a young woman, who disowned by her parents because of her marriage, ends up being a nurse to her husband who after shooting himself twice turns into a vegetable. I have to say that as far as Danielle Steel novels go this …

I read this book on the recommendation of a friend of mine. Danielle Steel is a favorite author of mine, not necessarily because she writes amazing books, but rather because her books, while not that unique, do inspire feel good moments and for the most part have happy …

The BC Health Guide is a fantastic health reference, containing authoritative explanation from cancers to something as basic as acne or even regular wound dressing or the common cold. It was produced by Healthwise, a non-profit organization devoted towards helping people make better health decisions. It is …

I just recently finished reading the book, The 50th Law by Robert Green, a non-fiction take on the importance and power of realism in human life. The book was introduced to me at the right time, at perhaps the darkest period of my life when I found myself …

I used the Merriam Webster Dictionary for about two months while I did some research on a number of topics. I find that this is the most reliable dictionary to have because it provides the most accurate as well as the most up-to-date information on every word entry. …

Wow! Simply wow. I loved this book. I am an avid reader and enjoy everything from romance to horror to sci-fiction to fantasy. I have recently stumbled into the knowledge that I’m a fanatic for anything that’s apocalyptic in nature. I want to read …

My friends have been raving over The Hunger Games for quite a while now and I decided to see what the fuss was all about. I just finished reading the first book in the trilogy a few days ago and I have to say that it is indeed …

Like a few of her other books Danielle Steel’s “ The Wedding” irritated me. I really cannot say that this was favorite of mine, it was actually on the other end of the list under the category of “not impressed”. Let me be clear that I do like …

I’ve always been a big fan of Stephen King and recently listened to “It” on audio format. Steven Weber is the reader and does a fabulous job. He gives added depth to each character and I love the many different voices he gives Richie’s unique radio personalities. …

Fairy Tail Manga Volume 2 by Hiro Mashima has Lucy, Happy and Natsu taking a job trying to recover a book from a millionaire, but unbeknownst to them, the man’s killed any wizard who has ever come to his house.
This was a great manga volume. The story was …

I got this cook book as a birthday gift not too long ago so I decided to go ahead and try to use it this Christmas. I am not sure how much this cook book costs retail but I can say that I would recommend it. For others who …

This is an amazingly interesting book, evolving around the protagonist ‘Christopher Boone’, a 15 year old boy, suffering from Autism. This is a hugely important fact to consider about the book, not only is it from a child’s perspective, but an autistic child, making it all the while more …

Sometimes an author really shakes up his reader’s expectations. This is what happened to me when I started “The Sorcerer of the North,” book five in The Ranger’s Apprentice series by Australian novelist John Flanagan. Flanagan’s first four books in the series had Will training under Halt to become …

Rarely do I find a series of books that appeals to more than one or two people in my household. John Flanagan’s Ranger’s Apprentice series has the honor of being enjoyed by so far three with the possibility soon of a fourth family member. While technically classified as juvenile …

The phrase “reading is fundamental” was drilled into me as a kid, especially by the media. Not that I needed much encouragement once I discovered the hidden worlds silently waiting to be explored beneath the covers of books. I have struggled to convey this concept with some of my …

Tomorrow When the War Began is a young adult survial novel by Austrailian author, John Marsden. It chronicles the story of seven friends who go camping in the bush for a weekend, only to return home to find out their city has been invaded by enemy forces.
The novel …

The Ranger’s Apprentice: Book 5: The Sorcerer of the North has Will Treaty now a full-fledged Ranger five years after the Battle for Skandia. Will investigates the rumors of a sorcerer after the Lord of the Fief he is assigned to suddenly and mysteriously becomes ill.
This was a …