Since My Name is Tookie by Chariss K. Walker is aimed at young adults, and is a story of early childhood sexual abuse, readers need to be sure they can handle the material presented. While there is no doubt in my mind that there are,...

Scott Archer Jones’ A Rising Tide of People Swept Away takes us right in the heart of Albuquerque’s less privileged class where we meet a series of curious characters, one as thought provoking as the other. Gerald Matthew Roger (GMR), a ten-year-old boy, escapes from...

Lightning Strikes Twice: Discover the Private Face of Public Universities by Mac O’Shea is listed as fiction-drama, an engrossingly, exciting, and entertaining read, the first story in the Ivory Tower Trilogy. It’s a tale that explores man’s contact with his humanity, the idiosyncrasies of those...

Ages of Suffocation: Remembered Dreams by Uzo Amaka breaks down the life of Oma into three different portions. The story starts off with background information about the treatment the girls received from their stepmother in the absence of their father. The sisters led very abusive...

I thought Follow the River Home by Corran Harrington was an interesting story. The book is divided into two parts. The first part focuses on the life of Daniel Arroyo. Daniel lost his baby sister at a young age and never got over her death....

Something strange is going on at Crescent City Medical Center and no one seems to know what it is. From the strange voodoo practices that suddenly start occurring in the very rooms of patients to the slew of malpractice claims against one of the most...

Susan Carnes’ Epiphany: Starting Over in Oregon reflects the soul of a woman. At the height of success, Lori Meyers leaves her marriage of twenty-six years and her family farm in Wisconsin. Tapping into her dormant spirit of adventure, Lori heads west to Oregon, searching...

Coinman: An Untold Conspiracy by Pawan Mishra is an incredible and unforgettable journey. A debut literary novel by a new talented writer. I was easily entertained by the well-written tale. This enchanting story took me deep into its plot and set me upon an unknown...

Sessions: Memoirs of a Psychotherapist by Kathryn Foster, PH.D. is an insightful read with characters that literally jump off the page and draw you into their world of chaos. Reading this book was like being there in the office, in the park, in the home...

I Dare You to Try It is a contemporary romantic novel written by Elie Jerome. The gentleman worked several jobs to help his younger brother, Gabriel, finish his schooling. Since their parents died, the gentleman took it upon himself as his responsibility to take care...