With life there are all types of experiences, lessons and challenges that shape us. It is the beginning of life from the womb to our formative years, up to the age of five, that help to create who we will be. If something drastic, brutal,...

Barely Above Water by Gail Pallotta has a powerful and heart wrenching message that we all need to hear. Suzie has something wrong with her, but no one seems to know what. Without a diagnosis, she is perceived, by some, to be lazy and complaining....

Breaking the Silence by Diamante Lavendar is a beautifully written story about a woman's experience of childbirth. The story opens in the hospital as Joan Eastman faces a past fear in which she lost a child. And now she sits, pregnant again, with thoughts of...

Broken Shadows (Shadow Stories Book 2) is a collection of twelve short stories of varying lengths. The author, Radhika Mukherjee, recommends reading each with a break in between to allow time for assimilation of the meaning; they have a central thread - isolation and discovery...

David Berens provides nine principles in his book, Break Point: 9 Life Lessons from the Tennis Court, to help people get their lives back on track and start afresh with a new beginning. What are the 9 principles, you may ask? Let me tell you....

Bridge of Comprehension by Albert Mordechai is a powerful novel dealing with complex subjects. Anyone who wants to learn more about the Middle East should read this very important book. As I write this review, Donald Trump has made his statement about no Muslims being...

Breakthrough by John C. Robinson is the story of a man’s journey into the realms of mysticism. The story follows a clinical psychologist who has a new client. When he took on that client, he had no idea that his whole life would be changed....

Beneath a Macon Moon by Laurean Brooks was an enjoyable read. The story takes the reader from Brentwood, Texas to Macon, Georgia where the heroine, Jaela Andrews, has relocated. The first few pages contain a number of life-changing events that create heartbreak and angst for...

Blue Sun, Yellow Sky by Jamie Jo Hoang is a heart rending novel about artist Audrey Johnson who has been diagnosed with Retinitis Pigmentosa and will soon be blind. She decides to go on a trip around the world with her old friend Jeff. Being...

Beyond the Trial by Chigozie Anuli Mbadugha is a book of three stories which depict the discrimination and injustices which occur against women in Nigerian families. The stories are developed in everyday language, and describe the trials that the women go through, and the difficulties...