Stephanie Pearl-McPhee, also known as The Yarn Harlot, is a knitting humourist. It seems like there wouldn’t be much material for her to write about, but her books are always fun and amusing to read.
This particular book, Knitting Rules!, is more of an explanatory book than knitting humour, although …

The Catcher in the Rye is a wonderful coming of age novel about the main characer, Holden Caulfield. He is a sixteen year old boy who finds himself kicked out of prep school and wanders the streets in search of the meaning of life.
The book has been strewn with …

I was offered by a friend to join a Seminar about an MLM business. During the discussion the speaker took out a book and showed it to us. The title of the book got my attention. It reads, The Magic Of Thinking Big. I decided that I’m curious enough …

I was enthralled with this book and I couldn’t put it down. I visited Afghanistan in 1974, and followed its story from the comfort of my suburban couch, through all the wars and troubles since then, reading books about the plight of women, about the tragedy and loss of …

An attempted dognapping, a frying pan and a dead body kick off Jennifer Crusie’s second collaboration with Bob Mayer, “Agnes and the Hitman.”
Agnes is food columnist “Cranky Agnes.” She has a history of knowing how to wield kitchen implements. Her weapon of choice? The frying pan, but she’ll use …

Five Red Herrings was written by Dorothy L. Sayers in 1931.
This is not one of Dorothy Sayers’ better books; in fact, unless you enjoy reading about fishing and painting in Galloway, you would find yourself overwhelmed by the description of scenic landscapes and coloring styles employed by different painters.
Lord …

Her job is her life. His life is a winding road. Their paths are about to collide, though, in Jennifer Crusie’s delightful romance “Charlie All Night.”
The basic premise of the book is that radio producer Allie McGuffey has not only been dumped by her boyfriend, but has also been …

There is no such perfection…, these words are crossing my mind whenever I read Filosofi Kopi, an inspiring short Story written by Dewi Lestari who’s well known with the pen name Dee. She’s a talented author and songwriter, and also known as a singer in Indonesia.
She launched her short …

Ships of the Line - Star Trek was both a pleasure to look through as well as a disappointment. It was beautiful because it contained gorgeous artist-rendered shots of the various Enterprise starships as well as the Defiant and Voyager. This book contains illustrations of the ships in ways …

This is the fourth novel in the “Pretty Little Liars” series. It continues the saga of problems that Aria, Spencer, Emily and Hanna have with the mysterious person named “A” that is stalking them, threatening them through text messages. Once again trying to guess the true identity of “A” …

When i saw this book in the bookshelf, i wanted to read this because and only because of one thing, the movie “Silence of the Lambs” which is the prequel to this book. I really liked the movie and especially the …

I love this book!! I’ve read it multiple times now and still enjoy it as much as I did when I first read it, perhaps even more. A slightly tongue-in-cheek look at the “bohemian” lifestyle and sub-categories of bohemians, the book examines such basic topics as bohemian housing, …

If you enjoy reading romance novels with some action and suspense mixed in, then this would be the book for you. This was a beautifully written book by a very talented author who has a sense of humor. The chemistry and heat is so strong between the …

This is a great book to read if you like reading books where there is a mystery to solve. However, I felt that it was a little predictable who the bad guy was going to be. I do a lot of reading, so maybe I have developed …

I’ve always been a big fan of Donny and Marie and even over the years, I’ve read stuff about them on the newspapers, magazines, watched them on TV and I even have watched certain interviews that they had been on. But I am also very aware that they are …

Sometimes a person has a lot of books that you no longer want or need. That has happened to me on occasion and it took me a while before I found a solution. I didn’t want to just throw the books away as they were still in good condition …

You can definitely change yourself for the better. In this book that I’ve read, SHED Your Stuff, Change Your Life: A Four-Step Guide to Getting Unstuck by Julie Morgenstern, it gives lots of insights and how one could totally change their outlook and stuff like that. If you …

Hidden Currents is the seventh book in the Drake Sisters series by a wonderful author, Christine Feehan. This is Elle and Jackson’s story and I was blown away by this book. I was not expecting Elle to be introduced the ways she was but once I got past that …

The Last Valentine was written by James Michael Pratt. It is a love story that is dated back to World War II yet the story line continues into the present.
I first read this book about 10 years ago when I was in high school. I was more into …

I love this book, Love’s Funny That Way by Pamela Burford so much. I certainly feel that when it comes to the topic love, you can never be too sure or not too sure. Once love comes, it comes like a bolt of lightning just like that. …

If this is your first time reading this book, Your Coffin or Mine? A Novel of Vampire Love by Kimberly Raye, you will definitely mark Kimberly Raye to be your favorite author. Add her to your list because she is really one amazing author. That much I could …

For ladies especially, I’ve read this book, Better than Beauty: A Guide to Charm and it is so charmingly lovely and amazing. I cannot put the book down at all. The color of the book enticed me totally that I took it just by the first glance and …

This book, Exploring the Darker Side of America: Strange Highways: A guidebook to American mysteries & The Unexplained by Jerry D.Coleman could actually be better. The pictures are quite in handy, and in depicting the story, I sort of understand what the author was trying to talk about. …

Dorland’s is one of those I consider one of my most reliable tools when I was in Nursing school years ago. It helped me greatly during my 4 years of study, as I use it everyday as it is packed with all the information I need from cover to
cover. …

Tess Gerritsen is said to be one of the greatest writers of medical thrillers. On the cover of that book she is compared with Michael Conelly and Dennis Lehane. However, the publisher forgot to explain that this is one of her first
novels written for Harlequin series and although it …

This is the first book of the Inspector Rebus series and in my opinion the darkest one. Ian Rankin is regarded as the classic author of the genre called tartan noir, which, as the name indicates, combines the unique features of Scottish
cultural landscape with the elements of hard-boiled criminal. …

It is the most devastating book I’ve read in a few years. It analyzes the phenomenon of camorra, one of several kinds of Italian mafia, relatively little known before the publishing of that book, yet probably the most dangerous one.
Saviano, a journalist who comes from Calabria, the region dominated …

Star Fox 64 Survival Guide by Sandwich Islands Publishing is not only a rather dull read but also, the strategy guide is not too helpful when it comes to the levels. For one thing, while maps of the levels are present, they are not too detailed or accurate. They …

Star Fox 64 Totally Unauthorized by Brady Games is really a fun guide to look and read through! Why? Quite simply, this guide gets a lot of names and descriptions wrong and the writers take a creative approach with the text that almost sounds as if this guide was …

Star Fox 64: Unauthorized Game Secrets by Prima is not nearly as attractive in presentation or as loaded with character, vehicle and space artwork as Nintendo’s official strategy guide is, although I nonetheless enjoyed reading and looking through the strategy guide. It featured artwork that I had seen before …

Official Nintendo Star Fox Assault Player’s Guide is one that I definitely enjoyed looking through! There is a whole lot of spectacular character and vehicle art that simply cannot be found anywhere else! Fox and his crew and the Arwings along with the Great Fox never looked better and …

BradyGames Star Fox Adventures Official Strategy Guide turned out to be a pretty disappointing strategy guide. Not only was the guide missing information on certain areas and not only did the guide in some instances skip over a necessary task and jump forward, but also, it was pretty poorly …

Feeling Fat, Fuzzy, or Frazzled?: A 3-Step Program to: Restore Thyroid, Adrenal, and Reproductive Balance, Beat Hormone Havoc, and Feel Better Fast! by Richard and Karilee Shames is not your diet book typically, but it’s a good book on the whole.
If you always feel lethargic and demoralized and …

Markus Zusak’s Book Thief (2005)
Set in Nazi Germany Zusak’s novel Book Thief is a wonderfully written piece of literature about life and death or should I rather say Death. You may wonder why is so. The answer is simple: the main narrator is Death itself. Who else would tell …

Easy Prey (written by John Sandford and published by Berkley Books, 2000)
I am not an ardent fan of Lucas Davenport; but then I still found his stories somewhat entertaining. Though similar to Alex Cross of James Patterson’s stories – rich, famous and clever - however, Lucas seemed more …

You will not want to miss this one. Helene Berr is an extrodinary young woman growing up in the time of Hitler and the Germans.
Helen writes of her life from 1942 to 1944 in Paris before the occupation by the Germans. Helen is a very talented young …

Borders Books is the closest location to my home to buy books, magazines, CDs, DVDs and a variety of other items. While they have a large selection of items, they don’t have everything at this location. Nor do they always stock all of the new releases. You would think …

Yoshi’s Story: Survival Guide by Sandwich Islands Publishing should not even be called a survival guide really because this game is ridiculously easy to survive! I think it might be harder to lose at this game than it is to win! The silly name aside, this is very interesting …

Yoshi’s Story The Unauthorized Guide by Bradygames is most definitely not as good as the strategy guide put out by Nintendo Power. The reason it is not as good is because this guide is missing some details regarding a few of the hidden paths and the locations of the …

Yoshi’s Story Nintendo Official Player’s Strategy Guide is a fun strategy guide to look through, and that is the reason I purchased it. I did not “need” any help beating this game as I suspect a majority of people did not, either, as this game has a notorious reputation …

Super Mario RPG Game Secrets: Unauthorized by Prima is a very disappointing strategy guide. Not only does it fail to entertain, but it also fails to reveal much of the world that is laid out in Super Mario RPG. There is missing information all over the place, not just …

Totally Unauthorized Super Mario RPG: Legend of the Seven Stars by Bradygames is a strategy guide that I am happy to own, although personally, I am disappointed that the book itself is in black and white. This does hinder my enjoyment of reading about the lands and the characters …

Super Mario RPG: Legend of The Seven Stars Nintendo Player’s Strategy Guide is quite possibly my favorite strategy guide I have ever purchased. Part of the reason I think I enjoy reading through this comical yet thoroughly detailed guide is because I really love the classic Super Nintendo video …

I love to read older books and this is one author I had to read. This book was written in the 1940 to 1950 time frame. This story takes place in the mid West.
Annie falls in love with a man that lives in the mid …

I first heard about the book, ‘Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man’ by actor and comedian Steve Harvey while watching an Oprah episode, and half-way into the show, I was laughing so hard that tears were rolling down my face. I had to buy it, even though I …

Me: Stories of My Life by Katharine Hepburn is a simple book, filled with nice and simple entries. It feels like reading into a nostalgic book and the stories that Katharine Hepburn have gone through are so called related here. If you are a big fan, you will …

This story reminds all of us never to ever betray our friends especially when traveling together. Losing Gemma by Katy Gardner is a story of two-best friends; Esther and Gemma whom are on a travel which I can categorize as a rugged travel. Along the way, they keep …

The nature of this story, Past Imperfect by Julian Fellowes is quite surreal. Imagine having to go through lots of difficulty just to find out whether there is any of your illegitimate child ever, by any chance. That’s what this story is all about.
A rich man …

The Bookseller is the used bookstore inside Central Library (the main library of the Milwaukee Public Library system). It sells ex-library books that have been discharged from the system, lightly used books that people have donated to them as well as a few new books. The store is very …

This book, while interesting, was not the thriller it claimed to be. That is not to say it was a bad book, it just didn’t live up to its claim of being a thriller. Mainly I never sensed that the lead female character, Mimi, was in any real danger …