April 29, 2012

"The Witness" by Nora Roberts

As most people already know it, Nora Roberts is one of the most famous writers living in the United States today, being the author of various masterpieces such as Chasing Fire, Black Hill, and The Search. Occasionally, she also writes under her pen name J. D. Robb and in total has made over 200 publications, with more than 400 million copies having been sold worldwide.

In her latest novel, The Witness Nora Roberts tells the story of a young woman named Elizabeth who has to live with a very strict and controlling mother. As any rebellious teenager would, Elizabeth rebelled herself one night and went out on an adventure into the seedy underbelly of the city.

April 27, 2012

"Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen


Sara Gruen’s world-famous novel Water for Elephants begins as the main character, Jacob Jankowski, starts to talk about his past while living his last days in a nursing home. He starts many decades ago when he was forced to go and work for the circus when his parents died in a tragic car accident, leaving him with nothing at all apart from a pre-paid tuition. However, Jacob left the education system without even writing a single word on his exams, eventually winding up aboard a circus train.

April 25, 2012

"The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

Even though most people may not be aware of it today, the 1960s were quite a troubled time in American history, mostly due to the racism, hypocrisy, and internal conflicts which kept arising between followers of different religious or political beliefs. The Help written by Kathryn Stockett is a book in which four different members of a very unique household lead their lives during the beginning years of the civil rights movement.

April 23, 2012

"Defending Jacob" by William Landay

Courtroom dramas have established themselves as specific genre in both movies and literature, and it has become a crowd favorite for a number of reasons. First of all, a courtroom drama invites the readers or the viewers to actively participate in deciphering what is going to on, to come up with defense or accusation strategies… just like a murder mystery engages its audience to try and solve the crime along with the investigator. 

Second of all, courtroom dramas seldom have much physical action and thus rely on a carefully-crafted and intelligent dialog, something which fortunately most people still appreciate. One of the more interesting courtroom drama novels released recently is titled Defending Jacob and was written by William Landay.

April 12, 2012

"The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery" by Don Miguel Ruiz

While there are many people out there who are trying to aggressively promote their views of the world and force people to see things as they do, don Miguel Ruiz has taken a different approach when it comes to sharing his knowledge. 

Following the Toltec beliefs about life, don Miguel Ruiz has lived a long time and has seen many things, and he decided that this knowledge should not be kept from the world… it should be shared. And so he started to put that knowledge into writing, with one of his most recent works being The Fifth Agreement: A Practical Guide to Self-Mastery.

April 11, 2012

"The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom" by Don Miguel Ruiz

Life is a very long and complicated phenomenon and as much as we would like to believe that we do know what is going on and why, the fact of the matter is that we can really know nothing; the amount of potential explanations for how this world works is simply unimaginable, and looking into different scenarios and paths is never useless. 

After all, there is no evidence to support one theory over the other, so instead of arguing and fighting about who is right we should simply try to seek personal freedom and peace of mind in our own ways.

April 10, 2012

"My Horizontal Life" by Chelsea Handler

While there are still a lot of people who are frowning down at the concept of a one-night-stand, it is a practice which is becoming more and more popular among young people these days; people have discovered that sex can still be enjoyable even if not associated with love, or even some type of relationship.

April 9, 2012

"Go the F**K to Sleep" by Adam Mansbach

With a seemingly inappropriate book cover, Adam Mansbach’s Go the F**k to Sleep is a book like few other ones as it tackles the age-old problem of getting a child to sleep quite differently from anyone else. 

In this book, children do not simply fall asleep after their night light has been turned on or after their parents read them some kind of comforting tale. This bedtime book was seemingly made for parents who live in a realistic world where putting toddlers to sleep is a very long, complicated, and most of all, frustrating journey.

April 7, 2012

"Freakonomics" by Steven D. Levitt


Economics are an extremely important part of the world as nearly every aspect of daily life hinges on them in one way or another. It can even be said that the world today runs thanks to economics.

However, it seems that economics is considered as being one of the least interesting sciences out there, with many people claiming it to be dull and outright boring. It has even come to point where economists are generally seen as gray and only concerned with numbers and money.

April 6, 2012

"Fast Food Nation" by Eric Schlosser

While for a lot of people see fast food as being something completely normal and even necessary in a developed society, there are others who are in disagreement and see it as a corruption which is slowly but surely killing millions and millions of people around the planet. There are a lot of people who are actually quite surprised that people would readily throw away their health like it was nothing in exchange for a quick meal. 

April 5, 2012

"Bossypants" by Tina Fey

Keeping up with the image of a light-hearted, slightly chaotic and somewhat mischievous person, famous American author Tina Fey’s new book, Bossypants is a short, sweet, messy and hilarious story. 

In her book, Tina Fey goes through her career as a comedian from early sketches on Saturday Night Live to her days of making Sarah Palin impressions and her attempts to get Oprah to appear on 30 Rock

April 3, 2012

"The Green Mile" by Stephen King

Even though Stephen King is mostly known as being the master of horror novels, he does branch out from time to time, tackling different types of stories.

The Green Mile is one of those stories as it is set in a death-row facility at a penitentiary in Cold Mountain where resides a certain giant by the name of John Coffey who is accused of raping and murdering two nine year-old twin girls.

April 2, 2012

"World War Z" by Max Brooks

While many people can be in complete denial about it, there was a war between us and the zombies and surprisingly, we came pretty close to losing it. Now, the world lies in ruins and people have to fend for themselves in small groups and tribes. Very few such as Max Brooks see the need to preserve the information about this phenomenon, and so he chose to go around America recording testimonies from any survivors he could come across. 

April 1, 2012

"The Dark Tower" by Stephen King

Even though it seems that less and less people like to read books, there are still writers which are very highly considered by everyone.

One of those writers is the world-famous Stephen King, or as some people prefer to call him, the master of horror. Some of his greatest and most recognized works include Carrie, Christine, and It.