Book Reviews
Wrapped in Pleasure by Brenda Jackson
What a hot story! There was no lack of romance in this book. It was so hot, I felt my own temperature rising.
Read More...Triangle of Deception by Haggai Carmon
How do you penetrate the world’s most secretive and tightly knit terrorist organization? Dan Gordon’s only option is deception. Working undercover in a joint CIA/Mossad mission, he’s on the hunt for the source of funding to Hezbollah. He has infiltrated a Lebanese network in Paraguay, only to realize the operation is far more wide-ranging than he’s been told…
Read More...The Better Part of Darkness by Kelly Gay
Aliens (who hate being called aliens) now live on earth with humans, and some humans possess supernatural powers. Charlie and her Siren-partner, Hank, have been working on a disastrous case—trying to track down the source and destroy a new drug that is putting people all over Atlanta in comas….
Read More...An Introduction To The Discworld by Terry Pratchett
Every novel based in the Discworld is subject to infinite possibilities, with each tale unwinding through a series of hilarious events as the characters attempt to evade or further their narrative destinies.
Read More...Assassin’s Apprentice, by Robin Hobb
Engaging enough for younger readers, yet interesting enough for older fans of the genre, Assassin’s Apprentice is a first-person narrative following the young life of Fitz – talented bastard child of a prince.
Read More...The Bear and The Dragon, by Tom Clancy
Fans of War Thrillers will already know Tom Clancy as a kind of demi-God, so won’t be surprised to hear that The Bear and The Dragon is nothing short of spectacular.
Read More...Chocolate: A Love Story 65 Chocolate Dessert Recipes
With gigantic vats of churning chocolate, desserts like their famous chocolate pizza, and 12 varieties of hot chocolate served in custom mugs, Max Brenner, Chocolate by the Bald Man has turned their line of hip, colorful themed restaurants into an international sensation.
Read More...The Bone Collector, by Jeffery Deaver
Whilst responding to a call, newbie policewoman Amanda Sachs (who has never worked on a crime scene before) discovers a hand sticking out of some railway tracks!
Read More...25 Books To Buy This Christmas
And here it is: the top 25 must have books by Chrismas this year! We cover everything from paperbacks to hardbacks, fantasy stories, biographies, suspense, thrillers, fiction, non-fiction, chicklit: you name it and its here.
Read More...The Talented Mr. Ripley, by Patricia Highsmith
When they mistake small-time conman Tom Ripley for a friend of their son, Dickie Greenleaf’s parents offer to pay him to go to Italy and convince their son to come home – and so a classic tale begins.
Read More...Under The Dome, by Stephen King
A small community in Maine is going about its everyday life when, immediately and out of apparently nowhere, a colossal dome appears, surrounding them all and cutting them off from the rest of the world!
Read More...Valhalla Rising, by Clive Cussler
Valhalla Rising is a kraken of a thriller than will grip your from beginning to end in the many tentacles of Clive Cussler’s imagination.
Read More...Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
To me, the tale of Fantastic Mr. Fox is story about a struggle against oppression, glorifying the victory of the underdog (or under-fox in this case).
Read More...Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a zombie in possession of brains will be in want of more brains.”
Read More...The Shining by Stephen King
As Halloween draws closer, I feel a few horror-reviews are definitely in order! So today I present to you one of the scariest books ever written; The Shining, by Stephen King.
Read More...Mick Foley: A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks (Have A Nice Day)
Although being more popularly known as “Have A Nice Day”, the author makes it clear that he wanted the title of his book to be “A Tale of Blood and Sweatsocks”; a refreshingly honest and articulate insight into the world of professional wrestling and the lifestyle that comes with it.
Read More...The 13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear
Fantastic to an almost unparalleled extent and only occasionally boring despite being 700 pages long; the 13.5 Lives of Captain Bluebear is a book I will leave strategically around my children in the hope that they will pick it up.
Read More...Child 44
An Excellent Debut! In his first time at bat, Smith has hit a home run with Child 44. The plot is riveting, the prose is spot on, the narrative is engrossing, and the characters are fully developed. Smith weaves his tale in such a way that I, as the reader, felt I was right in [...]
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The written word is one of the most important things of all. We are taught how to read at a very young age and will go on to use this skill throughout our entire life. Hardly a day will pass when we do not read something, even if it is just a sign above a door. Words are everywhere we go and we need to understand them. They are at work, at home and everywhere in between. We will see them on television, on the computer and on the bus.
It all sounds as though reading should be a chore, but this is not the case at all! In fact, many of us will get a great deal of pleasure from the written word in books. Think about it; even if you are not a big reader, you will probably still glance at the newspaper. And if you do not take a daily paper, then the chances are that you will enjoy magazines!
Book Reviews
Many people will place an enormous amount of importance on reviews. And now that so many of us have access to the internet, even more items are being tested, rated or commented on. A lot of consumers will simply not even consider buying something until they have read what other people have to say. But is this always the right way to be? Should we really base so many of our decisions upon the opinions of others? And are reviews accurate for any type of item?
Book News
There has never been a better time for finding information on books, authors or publishers! There are entire websites to visit that are dedicated to all manner of book news and any other reading-related subject you can imagine. More and more of will us now prefer to read a few book reviews before going out to buy a new novel. And if you want to know what the critics have to say about a book, then the internet will have more reviews than anywhere else!