28 posts tagged Book Reivew

this book is what I read, named "KIDNAPPED". why I chose it was I was interested in the title. this kind of book has story, not confusing one. It was really easy to read and I think I can read higher level. I want library to put more interesting books! story was simple.

I am Myra Breckinridge whom no man will ever possess. Myra Breckinridge by Gore Vidal is much better than I expected, though much trashier as well. (I'm going to assume that anyone out there who might want to read the book already knows most of the plot, so spoilers will occur where they will in

Same old thing, day after day....what a bore. Death Note by Tsugumi Ohba is not the first manga novel one should read. At least that's what my students told me. They all think it's too intense, too weird, too dark for adults to read. But when I heard a review of the animated series on NPR's Fresh Air I found it's concept just too intriguing to pass by.

Four Wives by Wendy Walker (St. Martin’s Press, 2008) From Publishers Weekly A klatch of wealthy suburban women become deeply entangled in one another’s lives while planning a public health clinic benefit in Walker’s uninspired first novel.

The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless -Review April 30, 2008 by prettysleepy The book, The Monstrous Memoirs of a Mighty McFearless, by Ahmet Zappa, was very fun to read. It is inspiring that the author, who battled Dyslexia, has written such a great book! Our family read it together and we all enjoyed it.

"So you're all set for money, then?" the boy named Crow asks in his typical sluggish voice. Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami is a twin narrative of isolation and connection. While on a class trip to the mountains during the second world war, Nakata and his classmates fall into an inexplicable coma-like sleep.

Title: The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod: Eight Grade Bites Author: Heather Brewer Grade Level: 5th-8th (School Library Journal) Click on the cover for plot info and summery. Librarian’s Review: I read this book in a day and am ordering the sequel: Ninth Grade Slays first thing Monday morning! Vladimir Tod is not your typical vampire…he’s half human.

the pilgrimage -Paulo Coelho Posted on April 25, 2008 by vishesh translated from Portuguese by Alan  Clarke. we walk with Paulo on the road to San Tiago.seeking his sword Paulo is lead by his guide Petrus who teaches him the secrets of the road and the practices of RAM (rigor ,adoration and

On Vikar's shaved head is tattooed the right and left lobes of his brain. Zeroville by Steve Erickson is a cult novel. You can tell it's a cult novel because it's full of very hip cultural references and it's hero is a disaffected wanderer with tendencies towards violence. I like cult novels and I liked Zeroville.

It's a good thing my father is an accountant, because he really sucks at being an inventor. It's not that he hasn't given 110 percent or any of that crap: it's just that he never quite got the fundamentals right. For one thing, inventions are supposed to work. Furthermore, they're supposed to be thing that don't already exist.