Author: Jules Verne Publishing Date: Original 1869 Publisher: Pages: 420 Good read. I’ve got to watch the Disney movie now. Gets a little scientific, but not enough to spoil the drama and story line.
Archive for the ‘Fiction’ Category
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
Posted in ♥♥♥ - 3/5, Book Review, Classics, Fiction on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A Christmas Carol
Posted in ♥♥♥ - 3/5, Book Review, Classics, Fiction on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Author: Charles Dickens Publishing Date: Original 1843 Publisher: Pages: 110 I’ve seen many TV & movies about the book, and finally read it. Great! Couldn’t help compare with the media, but it was an enjoyable read. Not a long read, but had some events not depicted in movies (that I can remember).
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Posted in ♥♥ - 2/5, Book Review, Fiction on January 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Author: Washington Irving Publishing Date: Original 1820 Publisher: Pages: 108 Got this to read for Halloween. It was fun! Nice little book. Not as scary as today’s horror books/movies, but sounds like one of those ‘ghost stories’ my grandpa used to tell us.
The Templar Legacy
Posted in Adventure, ♥♥♥ - 3/5, Book Review, Fiction on June 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Author: Steve Berry Publishing Date: 2006 Publisher: Ballantine Books Pages: 528 After the success of Dan Brown’s DaVinci Code, many writers have tried to copy him. This is one. I got this book free on my Kindle and it really was a good read. The Knights Templar is a small monastic military order that was [...]
The Christmas Bus
Posted in ♥♥♥ - 3/5, Book Review, Fiction, tagged Christmas on December 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Author: Melody Carlson Publishing Date: 2006 Publisher: Revell Pages: 176 Got this book free on my Kindle. It was a nice little Christmas story. It is set in a little town called Christmas Valley. The mayor plays Santa, every business is holiday themed, and there’s a nativity for the kids each Christmas Eve. This story [...]
The Marvelous Land of Oz
Posted in ♥♥ - 2/5, Book Review, Children, Fantasy, Fiction on November 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Author: L. Frank Baum Publishing Date: 1904 Publisher: Reilly & Britton Pages: 294 This is the first sequel to the original Wizard of Oz. It starts off with some unknown characters: Tip and the person he created, Jack Pumpkin-head. They travel to Oz to meet with the Scarecrow. Oz is taken over by some girls [...]
Who Stole My Church?
Posted in ♥♥♥ - 3/5, Book Review, Fiction, tagged church on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Author: Gordon MacDonald Publishing Date: 2007 Publisher: Thomas Nelson Pages: 248 The title fooled me. I thought it would be an attack against changing church. But actually the book is designed to help churches enter change. It is a fictional account that has been drawn from MacDonald’s vast experience as church leader. It presents a [...]
The Lost Symbol
Posted in Adventure, ♥♥♥♥ - 4/5, Book Review on October 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Author: Dan Brown Publishing Date: 2009 Publisher: Doubleday Books Pages: 528 I finished this book in less than a month on my Kindle. I’ve read all the other books by Dan Brown and enjoy his writing style. I started with DaVinci Code because of the anti-Christian sentiments in it and found it one of the [...]
