This book is so popular among children and adults that it’s going to be a major motion picture soon. When I asked a friend what she thought about the series, she said that it was good but claimed that it will make you believe in finding that one special …

This Artemis Fowl book is the sixth book in the Artemis Fowl series, written by Eoin Colfer, preceded by ‘The Lost Colony’. The story picks off soon after the previous book left off. In the first few pages of the book, we know the names of Artemis’ two younger …

I read the book, The Street Lawyer by John Grisham and I could say that I was disappointed by this book. It is the most boring book that I have read that have been written by John Grisham, having been accustomed to reading suspense …

Free Money to Change Your Life is a book by Matthew Lesko, if you do not know his name I would bet that you know him as the man from television who runs around with the question mark suit. He claims that he can get you free money from …

The Silent Bride was one of Leslie Glass’ creations, featuring the lover-detective duo April Woo and Mike Sanchez. It was first published by Onyx in 2002.
Two brides were killed on the days of their respective weddings, one in a synagogue and the other outside a cathedral. …

Gone by Michael Grant. This book is written for pre-teens. I’m a fourty year old adult reading this book. I actually enjoyed this book. It’s starts of with kids sitting in a classroom when all of a sudden the teacher disappears. Soon, the kids …

This is a fantastic book that will touch the hearts of many. If you are a foster mom/dad or work in the social services field - I recommend reading this book. It gives so much insight. I felt like I was writing passages of this book …

“A stranger in the mirror” by Sidney Sheldon. This is a novel that revolves around the life of two characters, namely Toby Temple and Jill Castle. Toby is a small-fry wannabee comedian who dreams of making it big by entering into the Hollywood. He struggles a lot early on …

Twenty Things Adopted Kids Wish Their Adoptive Parents Knew by Sherrie Eldrige. This book was easily available at my local library. Amazon.com also sells it in the $10 range.
I am a foster parent about to embark on the journey of adopting an older child. I thought …

Do you want to see some amazing cat-related products that don’t actually exist? If so, then this is the book for you! I was very amazed at some of the very imaginative products shown in this book. In fact, this book is written as if your cat would be …

Daredevil issue 276 is definitely one of the worst issues I have read. Ann Nocenti has written herself in a corner with a ridiculous plot line featuring a beautiful robot who looks like a real woman, an environmentalist whacko, the Inhumans from the moon, and Ultron, the most …

Unfinished Business is one of the stories in the series ‘Going Home’ by Roberts.
In this story, our characters are Vanessa Sexton and Brady Tucker. The former a world renowned pianist and the latter a doctor in the town that they grew up in.
When Vanessa returns to find the mother …

Daredevil Issue 291 shows the beginning of the Kingpin’s plan to not only control the media, but outright purchase the media. Little does he know that he himself is being tricked by a more powerful villian in the form of Hydra.
This issue is one of the last to …

Daredevil Issue 297 set the stage for Daredevil to finally get revenge on Typhoid Mary and Daredevil’s biggest villian, the Kingpin. Over the course of the previous five years, the Kingpin had methodically destroyed almost every element of Matt Murdock’s life.
D.G. Chinchester wrote the issue, and Lee …

Yesterday I checked this book out of the library expecting a few short humorous stories about cat-ownership or some fun suggestions for games to play with your cat. But the things in this book it’s utterly horrible! The full title of this book is “C’mere, Kitty: A …

Did you ever hear that saying that authors shouldn’t start their story too soon? Well, apparently this author hasn’t, as the actual plot doesn’t start until halfway through the book. As the title suggests, this is supposed to be a story about getting lost in the freezing, icy wilderness …

This is my favorite Star Trek novel and over the years I’ve read it countless times. If you’re a fan of classic Star Trek with Captain James T. Kirk, Mr. Spock and Dr. Leonard McCoy, then you should read this fun novel. In case you don’t know, Jean Lorrah …

This is the first book by Dan Simmons that I read. I was browsing through the horror section of the library one day and saw the picture of an old-fashioned sailing ship on the dust jacket’s spine. Since I enjoy historical fiction about the British Royal Navy, I picked …

Imagine if you had access to a magical doorway that would allow you to time travel into the past. What would you do? This is exactly the problem that Ted Chiang gives his main character. The story is set in medieval Baghdad and in many ways it’s a fable …

Once again here is another book that tricked me by its cover. I admit when I checked it out from the library I had absolutely no idea what this novel was about - I only knew I had picked it up from the Fantasy/Science Fiction section. The front cover …

This is a novel about what life was like for a midshipman in the British Royal Navy in 1780. The main character is named Alan Lewrie and he came from a wealthy family. He mainly spent most of his days goofing off and getting into trouble until his father …

This may be the best young adult book that I have ever read. It’s a science fiction tale that has a wonderful theme: freedom. Even better, it has a very original plot. If you’ll take the time to read it I think you’ll find it’s time well spent.
The main …

This is a sweet, entertaining children’s fantasy book and it’s the first in a trilogy. It’s a heartwarming story and focuses on rescuing a sick neighborhood squirrel. It’s also about finding the fire within you as the renter did when he finally finishes the story he was writing. By …

Recently I had read online that many people have pet hedgehogs, so I decided to read a bit about these prickly animals. While this book is not about keeping hedgehogs as pets (the author strongly disapproves of such behavior towards a wild animal), it was very informative and sweet. …

I picked this children’s fantasy novel up on a whim and I’m glad I did, as it’s truly an excellent book. Although fantasy, it was the mystery aspect of it that kept me reading. It shows how age isn’t important and that even a twelve-year-old child can be a …

This is the first book that I read by a German author and I must say it was very unique and different from anything else I have ever read. It was quite impossible to guess what would happen next due to its distinctiveness. So if you are tired of …

Once I started reading this book I couldn’t put it down and so I found myself reading into the wee hours of the morning. It’s considered a Young Adult book or possibly a children’s book, I suppose it depends on your library or bookstore. This is a fantasy novel, …

I checked this book out for fun yesterday. Basically it’s an amusing quiz that you can take to see if your cat has psychic powers. Yes, I really don’t believe in psychic powers and you don’t have to either, but its still fun to add up the numbers and …

This is a dark fantasy novel about an Incubus (a male sex demon) named Sebastian who has fallen in love with an innocent human woman. I don’t think I ever read a story about an Incubus before and I wasn’t sure what to expect, but it turned out to …

I remember starting reading this book as a teenager, many years back. It was already a popular book having sold more than a million copy and it was a best seller (in fact it still is) in India, the place I live.
The blue cover of the book with the …

Night Shadow is one of the stories written by Roberts under the ‘Night Tales’ series.
In this book, we meet Gage Guthrie and Deborah O’Roarke. For those of you who have read Night Shift, you’d know that Deborah is Cilla’s younger sister.
Deborah is a D.A and as she works …

Dieting is the worst thing you can do to your body because you’re depriving your body with the correct / normal amount it needs for normal functioning and for normal metabolic rate. Losing weight shouldn’t be quick because your body would suffer if you try to force it lose …

Kiss The Girls was the second book in the Alex Cross series written by James Patterson. It was first published 1995 by Warner Books, Inc., and later made into a movie starring Morgan Freeman and Ashley Judd.
Two serial killers worked coast-to-coast, preying on beautiful girls and communicating …

Growing up as one of four very active children and home schooled by our mother, there was never a dull moment. We also all loved reading and a good adventure story! That is, if we were ever able to sit still long enough to hear one read …

I both love hate the book, On Writing Well. I fail to understand how anyone could edit as much as William Zinsser does, and still maintain credibility and legibility. Unfortunately, I have followed the instructions by Mr. Zinsser to the point where my work becomes completely dull and dry. …

Mainspring is a well-written novel worth the time it takes to read it. It also has the honor of being truly unique; something rare in the field of fantasy that’s most often dominated by elves, dragons and sorcerers. The story itself is intelligently thought out and executed expertly. What …

This is the third novel in the Dubric series and I found this one to be darker in tone than the original. Still, it was an excellent read and the murder-solving detective faces his most difficult case yet. In this story Dubric and his young pages set off to …

Don’t let the pretty picture tempt you into picking up this dull over-used story plot. The cover image is what attracted me originally to this fantasy novel: a castle sitting atop a flying carpet with the pyramids of Giza in the background, a woman holding a lace-covered parasol in …

This is the first book in a very popular series of children’s fantasy novels called “The Underland Chronicles” and one I thoroughly enjoyed reading. And yes, adults can enjoy this book, too, so don’t let the fact it’s published for kids stop you from reading it. In many cases, …

Tamara Siler Jones has created a truly wonderful fantasy forensic series for herself and this is the first book in the series. I admit I was skeptical when I first brought it home, unsure if the story would be written well or interesting, but to my delight it was …

Now here is a unique, interesting book by Lincoln Child. After reading two dull stand-alone novels by this author, I was beginning to wonder if he lost his creativity. But this page-turner proves it’s alive and well. He has gone back to what he and his often co-author Douglas …

I was quite excited when I found this book on the library shelf as I have enjoyed most of the novels by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child. In my opinion, they have a knack for writing thrilling stories that take unexpected turns and have surprise endings. Most of their …

Lori Wilde did a good job in writing this novel. This is a story of a struggling videographer, Tish Gallagher, who is trying to get out of debt. She was able to get a client, the daughter of the president, Elysee Benedict. Tish was chosen as the official videographer …

Despite its few failings, this novel is in my opinion a good read for every suspense fan. Dean Koontz once more proves his mastery and delivers a truly gripping tale of mystery and horror. The protagonist, Susan Thornton, a young woman of about thirty, wakes up in hospital to …

The Bad Mother’s Handbook is a novel by Kate Long. This is a story about the life of three women from three different generations talking about how to survive being mother and daughter. Charlotte who got pregnant by accident, Karen who tried so hard to get things right for …

This story is one of the short ones that Roberts has written.
Basically, it is a pure romance novel. This is 1 out of 3 books in the series of ‘Going Home’. As the name suggests, it talks about this young lady, Laine Simmons, going back to the place …

Last year I read an article about this book called Father Knows Less or Can I cook my sister? by Wendell Jamieson. The book sounded pretty interesting, so I pre-ordered it. The book was about all the questions that this guys son would ask him. Instead …

WOW, this book, Grotesque by Natsuo Kirino sort of scares me to death with the detailed writings of author Natsuo. Powerful plots and should be made into a movie, I think. The story is laced with mystery and thrills and you need to be reading it wholeheartedly for …

Strangers by Taichi Yamada is a book that I’ve read before and this is not the movie version which I’ve watched. But this is a haunting book with a rather same name, I guess.
This is a totally different story by a Japanese author and the illustration is kind of …

The Complete Junk Food Book by Michael S. Lasky is a good book that gives lots of information that you need to know about what else but junk food.
There are just lots and lots of information inside and to tell you the truth, I have come to realize …