After finishing is reading the book with the title Starring Tracy Beaker, I also read other books with the title of Double Act. Two books that I read was written by Jacqueline Wilson. The two main characters in this book are Ruby and Garnet. Although Ruby and Garnet twins, …

Keely Hero Of Lesser Causes, describes the struggle and loyalty among family members. Keely struggle in the novel is successful literary award in Canada. This is natural, this book has a different story from the other teen books. With the background of the world war II, this book opens …

Star Trek: The Next Generation - Encounter at Farpoint Novelization is a book based on the two-hour series premier of Star Trek: The Next Generation. In many ways, I consider the novelization to be superior to the episode. For one thing, the novel has the luxury of taking more …

This is the first book by Elizabeth Berg that I have read; it was definitely worth reading. I really enjoyed reading this: the flow of the words was like sinking into a nice, cozy, world.
The only downside was that the ending felt a bit too obvious - everything wrapped …

I was intrigued by the works of Kathy Reichs even since I learned that my favorite TV series Bones is based on her novels. The novel and the books have interchanged the characters; the novel’s heroine is Dr. Temperance Brennan and the author is Kathy Reichs, while the series …

After watching and re-watching Bones, I finally figured out that the television series that I dearly loved was based on the novels and characters of Kathy Reichs. Dr. Tempearance Brennan was bragging about it to Boothe in one episode saying “I’m a best-selling author. That gives me elevated status …

I love lists. I also like looking at other people’s lists. That is why I was so intrigued with this book entitled 1000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life List by Patricia Schultz. I was not too sure about their claim of being in the New …

Grave Secrets is the fifth book from Kathy Reichs. She is also the producer of the hit television series Bones, the stories of which are based on her books and the charaters therein.
The first few books of Kathy Reichs were not so interesting, even though I read that …

I came upon Kathy Reichs after I learned that the TV series Bones that I enjoy so much is based on her novels and characters. Cross Bones is one of her later works in the series following the life and cases of her heroine Dr. Temperance Brennan as she …

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom is an amazing novel. It’s the story of a man named Eddie who dies on his 83rd birthday. The reader follows Eddie on his journey through Heaven and the five people he meets there. These five people have all …

The fifth book in the series of The Murder Club opens with the new member of the club, Yuki Castellano, the replacement to the member who died in the third book, in a crisis because her mother collapses and is rushed to the hospital. Her mother eventually dies in …

Smash Cut is the newest book out bestselling author, Sandra Brown. Smash Cut is an interesting book to read since I have not read this author in while. I was in the mood to read her book so I made the decision to go ahead and read it. I …

The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn (written by Colin Dexter and published by Ballantine Books, 1997)
The book opened with a meeting of the academics on the appointment of a member to the examinations board. There were three candidates and the secretary had tried to push his choice on …

A literal collision in a dark closet in someone else’s house leads Tilda Goodnight into Davy Dempsey’s arms. Both have broken into the house in order to rectify some wrongs.
Tilda is after a painting that is a key to the secret locked in the basement of her family’s art …

This is the fourth book in the series for The Murder Club by James Patterson and the basis of the short-lived TV series. The heroine, homicide detective, Lindsay Boxer gets into a bit of spot when she becomes involved in shooting two teenagers who looked like they were just …

One summer day of my vacation, I was looking for a book to read. Hence, I search in forums to read comments about a good book to read. After browsing I decided to purchase a book by Cecelia Ahern entitled Rosie Dunne. While I am on the first page …

I absolutely loved the television series Bones and I watch it (yes, even re-runs) every time I could. I was happy when I learned that this was based on a best-selling novel by Kathy Reichs. I searched the bookstores diligently, even going over to secondhand bookstores to look for …

I kept on reading the books in The Murder Club series of James Patterson because I just could not bear leaving an unfinished business. It was a good decision because it was in this third book which he entitled 3rd Degree that things really began heating up for me. …

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I am compelled to review the second book in this series by James Patterson because I read the first in the series. In the first book, the heroine homicide detective Lindsay Boxer solves the bride and groom killer and was granted a hiatus by the department. She comes back …

This is the first book by James Patterson that I have ever read, and therefore, I was a bit unprepared for his style. Each chapter is short, about three to five pages long, just enough to finish a chapter while standing in line. This series of books is the …

Three Months in the Southern States is the publication in book form of a journal penned by a British soldier named Arthur J.L Fremantle. He describes in great detail the places, people and things he saw in his three month tour of the Confederate States of America.
Witnessing great …

At 500+ pages, this is quite a long book, although it probably will not take you long to get through it all.
For me, I felt that the only issue with book was that it was a little too descriptive. I’ve read other Erica James novels, but this is the …

This book, written by John Grisham, is a compelling story about three disgraced judges sentenced to serve their punishment in a federal prison, and unwittingly run a scam from inside a prison. The blurb does not really give you a hint as to the entire story, leaving out the …

This novel has written by Beverly Barton with the title Killing Her Softly. In his book, Barton told a Barbie figure in Quinn Cortez. Cortez was a famous lawyer who came from Houston. Cassanova habit of frequently changing partners and experts in conquering the women, were represented in the …

I was impressed with the quote that I read the synopsis on the back cover of this book. Synopsis did not give a summary of the story as other books, but to advise the reader to read all the contents of the book through to completion. Read The Boy …

I have taken to reading the entire series written by James Patterson about The Women’s Murder Club. I first became intrigued by it when I watched the TV series based on this book, which had a very short run, and to date, I have not heard if it will …

Choosing the right Bible can be a difficult decision to make. There are so many different English translations these days. There are also a number of different publishers that each have different qualities of paper and bindings. You want to get a Bible that will last you for a …

Author - Morris Gleitzman
Title - Then
Publisher - Puffin Books
This book is all about a Jewish boy and Nazi girl in wartime Poland. They find themselves running away from Nazi soldiers who are partaking in the horrible holocaust. Felix (the jewish boy) aged ten is caring for his nazi friend Zelda, …

Cassie was a book that I read about a month ago and yet still I remember the main events. I even read this book twice as it kept bringing me back for more.It told the insightful story of how celeberal paralsy can affect a person and the people around …

This is a good book to help anyone when they are doing their bucket list. Just a warning, this is for people who are adventurous, not for the faint of heart. I love its suggestions, from dog-sledding in Sweden to riding a felucca down the Nile River. The pictures …

Mark Levin has emerged as one of the most popular conservative talk show hosts in the United States. His program, The Mark Levin Show, draws in an audience upwards of 7 million regular listeners. In addition to hosting his radio program, he has authored three New York Times bestsellers. …

I really liked this book, although it is bittersweet. It is a memoir written by Martha Beck, a woman who was raised in the Mormon faith (also known as the Church of the Latter Day Saints, hence the title of the book).
The book describes how, for years, she had …

I recommend reading Girl In A Blue Dress by Gaynor Arnold. Even the cover of this book is blue. This is a story on the journey of this woman, how she went through a marriage and how she felt worthless or should I put it, not valuable at …

Coordinating travel schedules is one of the hardest things to do. The degree of difficulty increases exponentially as the number of people traveling together increases. That is why I choose to travel solo whenever I can. I found this book at Fully Booked which has helped me a lot …

John Donne’s poem titled, “Valediction: Forbidding Mourning” functions through the implementation of a compass as a metaphor describing how he and his lover will never truly be apart, as well as the paradigm that their love is both real as well as timeless. In the poem, Donne pleads with …

The behaviors observed within both “John Barleycorn”, by Jack London and “The Lost Weekend”, by Charles Jackson make evident the notion that although both characters suffer from alcoholism, the disease affects each individual in a notably distinct and divergent manner. Careful examination in regard to the mindset and psychological …

The poem “Mid-Term Break” by Seamus Heaney had a significant impact on me due to its emotional nature and the fact that it evokes a great deal of emotion. The interesting thins is that it is able to complete this task without explicitly stating a great deal of emotional …

After reading the final paragraph of Nietzsche’s, “On Truth and Lies in a Nonmoral Sense,” I felt somewhat lied to. Throughout this text the author attempts to take an all-knowing position as if he is an omniscient narrator of the world in front of him. We are urged to …

Jonathan Swift’s, “Gulliver’s Travels” takes the main character Gulliver on a series of four exhilarating adventures in which he meets a myriad of outlandish creatures and presumptively learns lessons about life and human nature. However, upon the conclusion of his fourth adventure, Gulliver simply withdraws himself from human society in …

Power acts as a prevalent theme in Colson Whitehead’s Apex Hides the Hurt, which presents itself in a myriad of situations. The entire premise of the book brings up the undeniable validity of the power of names. Power also presents itself as a major theme in the context of …

If you have always wanted to see ghosts for yourself, then reading this book; How to Hunt Ghosts: A Practical Guide by Joshua P. Warren might be a good solution. Basically what is this book about? It’s like a how to book whereby you could check out the details …

The Handmaid’s Tale is Margaret Atwood’s most well-known novel most likely because it delivers the harshest lesson. Like George Orwell’s 1984, Lois Lowry’s The Giver, Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 and many others, this book warns of a possible dystopia that could be our future civilization if we give …

In my opinion, The Giver is Lois Lowry’s greatest novel, but Number the Stars is a very close second. This is a story of two best friends in wartime Denmark, Annemarie Johansen and Ellen Rosen. Ellen is Jewish, and the Johansen family must go on a mission …

This is a wonderful book for young girls. It is an excellent, well-researched peek into life in medieval England, and it has a strong, smart, intuitive heroine that any mother would be very happy to have her daughter read about. I was assigned this book in the …

Many comic events suffer from the problem of being “too big” – “Secret Invasion” and “Civil War” had key events and plot points in other books answering the questions raised in the main series, as did “Infinite Crisis.” While having multiple tie-ins expands the readership potential, they run …

If you like learning about another culture, reading a few romance scenes and enjoy a splash of suspense, then this is the perfect book to read. The Dowry Bride is about a girl, Megha, who becomes a target for murder by her husband and mother-in-law just because her family …

Bryn Thomas has produced an outstanding guidebook to the Trans-Siberian route, covering Beijing to Saint Petersburg and everything in-between. I loved this book, and found it truly indispensable whilst traveling through China, Mongolia and Russia. I found that it had the most consistently accurate information of any …

This is a great book to read if you like reading about murder mysteries. I felt that this book started off pretty slow until the middle part of the book. That is where things really picked up and it suddenly became a page turner until the very …

David Copperfield is a wonderful book written by the talented English writer Charles Dickens. Although this writer has died long ago, his books and novels still live within us because of their fantastic concept and beautiful breathtaking events. And David Copperfield is certainly not an exception.
The story follows our …