Hiro, Lani, and Wazi’s Gentle Goodbye by Sheila Hara is a tender and uplifting story that explores the journey of grief through the eyes of three siblings. The book begins with the loss of their beloved grandma and follows their heartfelt efforts to honor her...

Quirky Letters by Faith Raine is derived from a personal journey about trusting God through heartbreaks and setbacks. Each section is filled with hope and peace, with words offering encouragement and healing. This is a unique assortment of letters, poems, and reflections, each talking to...

I Love You Through Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall by Junia Wonders follows different animal families in various settings and seasons as the parents express their love for their children. Each page is a reminder of how much the parents care for their children, through...

Tiffany Higgins created a wonderful story about a childhood happiness in seeing Santa Claus. This story takes me back to the time when I was a child, so filled with happiness in the excitement of Christmas coming. The biggest fear was knowing that there were...

How much do layers of reality make up our experience of life? In Not Where I Wanna Be, the singer Sarantos travels to the magical land of Yarrowtopia, where he learns magic from a wise and ancient wizard called Wallis, who happens to have a...

My Shenandoah Love: Hanna Jones, Volume 1 by Jonathan Kuiper recounts eight years of Hanna’s life in a series of flashbacks that have a gripping sense of immediacy. The first shows Hanna at fifteen, troubled to the point of mental abuse, by Diane, her promiscuous...

Poetry and Pearls is the first volume in a series of Romantic Poetry Collections by N.R. Hart, a heartwarming collection of poems that will delight readers, recalling some of the exquisite emotions and moments of love they have had. The poems are written to reflect...

Elves Up North is an interactive, holiday-themed fantasy story book for children written by L.L. Walters. The author has designed this book so that parents and caregivers can read it as a whole or by chapter. Interspersed throughout the story are opportunities for children to...

This is the first novel I have read by Katie O’Rourke, and I’ll be sure Blood & Water is not the last. At first I started to worry about how well I could connect with the story, since we do get to follow five different...

Breaching the Surface: A Scout in Mimic Grounds Series is a military science fiction novella written by M.T. Rose. The undersea world that had become their refuge had been terrifying and strange at first, but gradually it had become their home. From his vantage point...

Alexa Tuttle’s Rosie and Mr. Spooks is a spooky fun story told in the form of rhyming poetry and with eye-catching, colorful illustrations by Carlie Tuttle. On a wet Halloween evening, after some festivities, Rosie just wants to relax with a cup of cocoa and...

The Boiling Frog: How Complacency and Ignorance Created Our Leadership Crisis and What We Can Do About It is a work of non-fiction which is focused on current socioeconomic and political affairs, and was penned by author Michael Darmody. As the title of the work...

Sam Seitz was born to a family of prominent evangelicals. He was obliged to live his life in the shadow of his older brother, Ben, who had died as a martyr. Now, Sam is a comedian living in Los Angeles. He tries to leave his...

Gypsy for God by Yvonne M. Morgan is a hope-filled Christian novel of faith, kindness, and resilience. This inspiring story proves that God can use times of transition and uncertainty for our good and those we encounter. Though she planned to work until sixty-five, Kathleen...

Moving can be Murder is a well-written mystery with totally believable characters that anyone of any age, not just those facing retirement, will enjoy. Carol and Jim Andrews love their aging Victorian home in suburban Connecticut, but they understand, reluctantly, that it is time...

The House by Anjuelle Floyd is about Anna Manning who stayed with her husband for thirty-five years, through the birth of their four children, and now all she wants is to be free...free from the years of infidelity, the years of spending weeks on end...

"The Little Rose" is a beautiful story written by Sheri Fink and illustrated by Mary Erikson Washam. Little Rose was surrounded by weeds and never felt as if she fit in with them. Little Rose was teased, called names and treated poorly by those around...

We all have dreams but we do not all fulfill them. In "More Faster Backwards: Rebuilding David B" by Christine Smith, the readers take a journey with Christine and Jeffrey Smith as they capture their dream. From the moment the young couple stepped foot...

Okay, I’ll admit it – I am a sucker for kids’ books that feature animals. That is why I chose to read “Animal Sound Mix-up” by Connie Arnold. It tickled me that the illustrator’s name was Kit Grady because I have a kitty named Grady,...

A Pointed Death is a riveting read. The strong female personality in the person of Nola Billingsley provided mystery, action and wit in one neat little package. The story is set in San Francisco and describes the city so beautifully that one is literally transported...