Books & Novels

Reading a John Grisham novel is a great start to picking up the hobby of reading. Listed in this article are twenty-five John Grisham classics, in no particular order.

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A long lost disaster novel that could have been a movie, thanks to the campy dialogue and characters.

Life on a variety of farms can be fun. Wearing all kinds of boots in different seasons can be fun. Farm animals and their babies can provide fun on the farm. This colorful picture book will be an engaging read for young readers who have not had the experience of living on a farm.

Peter Mark Roget, with his lifelong compulsion of list making, gave us the Thesaurus. A book helping millions to find the perfect word in our writing. The Thesaurus is a gift to the public.

Here I’ve shared with you a list of my favorite Fiction books that I would recommend you to read, both to enhance your English proficiency and also to experience the magical world of literature.

My book rankings for July - December 2022, from best to worst!

Teaching young children about faith and prayer can be a challenge. This gorgeous picture book is a great tool to use when opening this subject with your child. Creating a bond between parent and child is also a part of this lovely book.

If you're into romance novels, read on what my top three were for 2022. I'll also include some honorable mentions that were on the cusp!

Reviewing involves a close examination of a digital material or a classical one and then writing a detailed opinion about it. Digital material ranges from software, videos, and audio to e-books while classic items include everyday things like oils, clothes, foods, or construction materials.

Airi Sano has been a military kid for many years. She is excited about moving to Hawaii for a long-term stay, but not excited about her new school. Her new teacher is determined that Airi like her new school, but Airi has other ideas. Funny pranks on the teacher might be a good idea.

The Most Valuable Books for MBA Students: Our Top Picks. These books cover a variety of topics, including innovation, startup culture, decision-making, organizational learning, leadership, and more. They are written by experts in their respective fields and provide valuable insights.

Keep your change because Seth Tomko reviews The Far Side of the Dollar.

My book rankings for January - June 2022, from best to worst!

This is the third of my three-article series on how to create fictional worlds and all the details that go into making them unique and special, for your readers. This final article looks at advanced techniques fiction writers can use to make settings/places more believable and exciting for readers.

If you love the idea of creating fictional worlds and would like to learn more about the details that go into creating unique worlds, then this article is for you. This is the second article in a three-article series looking at techniques fiction writers can use to build believable fictional worlds.

Sixth (and possibly) final installment in The Food Lovers' Village Mysteries

Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are children's favorite lunch. These two become best friends after they discover that Jelly is in trouble and Peanut Butter comes to the rescue. The Fridge and the Cupboard are at the center of all of the trouble in this funny and creative picture book and story.

It can be lonely if you are the only porcupine in your class. Pippa really wants a friend. Pippa also loves mysteries and a mystery comes her way when a secret admirer sticks a note to one of her quills. Can Pippa solve the mystery of who the secret admirer is and finally have a best friend?

The second queer romance to happen in Bright Falls, Oregon

I've had a good opportunity to interview TC Marti once again, focusing on his book series, Elementals of Nordica with his upcoming book, Wind Ruler. It's the 4th book to the series and it's set to be released next year.

"Atomic Habits" by James Clear argues that small, consistent habits are key to achieving big goals. The book introduces the concept of "atomic habits" and the four laws of behavior change to help you build better habits and make lasting change.

Reading has numerous benefits, including improving mental health, expanding knowledge and understanding, improving vocabulary and language skills, and promoting cultural understanding and tolerance. It is important to set aside time each day for reading in order to fully experience its benefits.

Aurora Borealis lives in the barren tundra. Every morning, she cheers the people below by spreading her brilliant lights across the sky, heralding the dawn. One day, she decides to head south to the tropics. There, she makes some amazing discoveries, including a relative she never knew existed.

Raven is a 30 year old single woman who lives in Silicon Valley. She joined a Christian singles group on a 2 week long cruise to Hawaii, in the hopes of meeting a man to marry. Though the group turned out to be a great disappointment, she discovered a very pleasant surprise.

Wondrously atmospheric, with incredible turns of imagination, humorous, tragic, and triumphant, Bons Baisers du Baikal is an awe-inspiring homage to Baikal and its people.

The New Nobility gives an engagingly and concise portrait of the return of authoritarian security control to Russia, one which gives an interesting perspective given its 2010 writing date.

Even allowing that historical books are written for different objectives and ideas than our own, A history of Persia under Qajar Rule is so mind-numbingly boring, full of irrelevant detail, and completely uninterested in linking any of it together that it's almost farcical.

Wondrously psychological, fascinatingly positioned as both an American and also Vietnamese book, unsettling in its commentary, and thrilling in its action, all beautifully written, The Sympathizer is a joy to read.

An excellent description of the historiography, the evolution, nature, relevance, politics, and music of tamburitza from the Balkans to the New World.

Penguin Island by the famous Anatole France is an amusing parody of French history and casts interesting light on contemporary beliefs and perspectives in France, but it feels like it lacks something that could elevate it to a truly great piece of literature.

Despite its age and of course having various inaccuracies it is impressive how modern and contemporary standing Babylonian Life and History continues to be, giving a very wide-ranging and social history of ancient Mesopotamia.

A short but engaging book, Hungary: A Brief History manages to adopt a reasonably objective view of Hungarian history while still having the emotional connection to its subject to explain how it is viewed by Hungarians.

When photographer Delilah Green goes back home for a wedding, she doesn't know that her life's about to change in more ways than one

Cozy the musk ox learns that his strength and his horns can be of help when friends need help. He is unable to impress another musk ox in his herd with his strength and while he pouts, he learns that his friend Bella needs his help . He uses his strength to help his friend.

In the Land of the Grasshopper song is an excellent diary of life amongst the northern Californian Indians in the beginning of the 1900s, but its style does much to remove the excitement and drama of the story.

Hillaire Belloc was a Franco-British Catholic writer and his books such as Miniatures of French History show a fascinating Catholic perspective on French history, although sometimes clearly one-sided and lacking in the view from below.

There's almost nothing positive to say about A Literary History of India, which fails to concentrate on the subject of Indian literature and whose views are not only comically politicized and biased but are ill expressed as well.

When a tornado destroys Smallwood, Illinois, many lives are on the line, especially Abigail, who just went missing from her hometown in North Carolina.

Poems about the selected holidays that are celebrated by people of Jewish faith are collected in a beautiful picture book for young readers. Poetry is a great language tool for young readers and all of these poems about the major Jewish celebrations are written into the story of a Jewish family.