Wherever You Are by Ci’Monique Green describes a wife’s struggle to cope with life following the unexpected tragedy of her husband’s death. Aven withdraws into her private world of torture as she endures the funeral and the well-wishes and innocent gestures of concerned friends and...

It Happened in the Cottonwood Library Parking Lot by Ann K. Metlay is a book of twenty short stories centered around the library’s parking lot. The Cottonwood Library is an actual place in Arizona. The stories in this book are all fiction, but each has...

Fearless Joe Dearborne is a story for preteens by Lisa Whitney Mitchell. Joe Dearborne earned the nickname “Fearless Joe” because he often does brave, but dangerous deeds, like rescuing a dog from a burning house. His father goes away, hiring the strange, intimidating Mrs. Chill...

Wait for Me by Janet K. Shawgo is fiction, but a wonderful historical tribute to the women who served in World War II. It is also a romantic story following Susan, Larry, Dealer and Frank and their families through the horror of war and the...

To be honest, when I selected this book for review I was expecting a somewhat "been there-done that" book. Author Katie Sparks pleasantly surprised me with her well-written prose and spunky characters. Reality Natalie is about a young girl, Natalie Greyson, who has high ambitions...

Lady Justice in the Eye of the Storm by Robert Thornhill features the usual roundup of characters, but this story is perhaps more timely and relevant than all the others in this series. Thornhill has tackled the raw topic of young black men being disproportionately...

Where Snow Leopard Prowls: Wild Animals of Tibet by Naomi C. Rose is a very informative and educational book that throws light on the Tibetan plateau and the wild animals that live there. The plateau provides diverse habitats that range from deserts, rocky cliffs, snow...

Those who are hell-bent on having a successful future in Hollywood's mad world better not head there without reading Hollywood War Stories by Rick Friedberg. In less than 200 pages and 33 chapters, which are actually "Rules" rather than chapters, Rick Friedberg shares what he...

When Elves Die by Richard Poche is a dark fairy tale fantasy which revolves around Princess Carella. The princess goes missing, along with her group, when they are en route to recruit other tribes to join against the atrocities of Ravalynn, the Dark Queen. Kelroac,...

Blood of Toma by Lauren Lee Merewether is a historical event/era fiction book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of young adults and adults who enjoy stories about ancient Mexico during the time of the Aztecs and who do not mind violence. High...

Space Invaders! by D.J. McGhee is an illustrated book for children about an alien invasion in the UK that would mostly appeal to boys, I feel. Two boys come across aliens who have landed in town. While the boys are scared of the aliens, they...

Carbon Monoxide Not Only a Killer is a frightening look at something so many people take for granted. Carbon monoxide is quite common in our environment, and many people are aware of the dangers due to car exhausts, gas fires, appliances, fireplaces, water heaters, dryers,...

Virginia isn’t able to leave Totoba without saving the man she’s come to love. Despite knowing that he’s not the innocent man she once knew, she is certain he can’t be all bad either. As a failed Black Force, he has some amends to make...

Sinister Sentiments by K.C. Finn is a collection of tales with dark endings featuring various monsters and ghouls. In The Maybe Man, Gregg makes a Faustian deal with a mysterious man for power and glory, but it comes at a price. In The Demon's in...

Unlucky Double: Part One (Volume 1) by Darryl R. Breland is subtitled Mafia, Nazis and Time Travel and it lives up to the description. It begins in the year 2046, where Giovanni “Johnny” Cado, a 20th-century New Orleans gangster who was just mysteriously found alive,...

Super Bouncytrousers by Robert Marshall is a delightful story that will take readers on an unusual trip. Super Bouncytrousers is a smart girl who likes to do unusual things. She makes three customary wishes when she is in bed: 'Let it be a gloriously fun...

The Crystal Navigator: A Perilous Journey Through Time by Nancy Kunhardt Lodge is a children's fantasy book in the same tradition as The Wizard of Oz and Alice in Wonderland. Within the pages we find young Lucy Nightingale, a girl who can make things happen...

Dragon Song by Jim Murdoch is the second volume from the Dragons and Visions series. Thirty-year-old Pat has an uncommon ring representing a dragon, given to him by his Aunt Gaby. She has a matching pendant which she found as a girl at the back...

52 Blue Mondays by Tammy and Morgan Vice is a heartwarming account of quotes by Morgan Vice, with accompanying photos, during the course of a calender year. Diagnosed at age three with autism, Morgan has grown into a young woman with an acute sense...

I Ate The Cosmos for Breakfast is a beauty from cover to final page. Melissa Studdard has such a passion for life. She quite literally breathes a world of color into the sometimes drab world of poetry and seems to have such vigor that I...