What a great book! That's the first thought I had when I finished reading Stake Out by author Bonnie J. Doerr. Following the gang from her previous work, Island Sting, we again find the Keys Teens Care (KTC) group working to protect endangered species in...

Frank N' Goat by Jessica Watts is a morbidly sweet story of ever after friendship with a great lesson about lightning and kites. Frank is a monster that everyone hates, and Goat is a goat. Together, the two form a bond and become BFFs. That...

Over the Rainbow by Mohsen Sharifi is inspirational against all the odds that conflict showers on ordinary people. When Saddam Hussein’s chemical warfare against the civilian masses within his own country decimates the population, leaving many traumatized and burned folk in its wake, Hiwa philosophically...

What a read, what a read, what a read! That’s all I can say after finishing Queen of Tomorrow, the second book in the Stolen Empire series by author Sherry D. Ficklin. Follow the story of Sophie, now Catherine, the Grand Duchess of Russia, through...

I think all of us have been faced with a time in our lives when we’ve felt ourselves drifting away from a friend. Sometimes even a really good friend. We see this happening in Really Good Friends, the first book in the Spin the Bottle...

The Type A personality. We all know someone who has one. We might even be a person with one. But we might not always think about how that personality, how that drive for perfection in every aspect of one’s life might affect someone, what it...

A Healing Spirit – Riverview Series Book 2 by Melissa A. Hanson is a thoroughly enjoyable read. I had not read Book 1, but this in no way ruined the context of this story. The tale follows the lives of a group of close friends....

You Again, written by author Helen MacArthur, is a novel aimed at young adults. The central female character of the tale is skateboarding tearaway Angie Anderson, orphaned as a baby and constantly a worry to those around her. At fifteen, Angie presents a tough façade,...

In a wonderful read by a very promising young author, Just Perfect by Hanne Arts, we find that life for one young woman is not simple, rarely fair, and certainly not just perfect. We follow Cristina Jacobs as she strives to do what many of...

Bed-Bugged by Susan J Kroupa is about a dog named Doodle, who is what they call a career change dog, meaning he got fired. Doodle now has a job sniffing out bed bugs. The best part of his new job is Molly, his boss’s daughter,...