Every once in a while, a book surprises me. I mean really surprises me. It’s difficult to do because I grew up in my mother’s library and I read a lot of books. In The Night the Sky Fell by Stephen G. Levy, I was...

High Season: The Learnings of Mohammad Wang by Chazzy Patel is a story that begins with how Charles King's memories come back to him in brief flashes. For now he is going by the name that feels right for him; Mohammad Wang. Mo for short....

Be Careful What You Wish For by Lynne North revolves around Finn, a leprechaun who lives with his parents in Duntappin, a small village. He goes to a local school, but is bored with his life. He enjoyed the company of Dallan Murphy, but he...

Invincible and Sparkly by L.L. Crandall is a colorful children's adventure book about two happy little girls, full of laughter and light, that learn how to love in the face of adversity. One day Kama and Ella are happily playing in the sunshine when suddenly...

Introducing the Corthan Legacy, Quest of the Dreamwalker by Stacy Bennett is a perfect addition to the library of great fantasy tales with exciting settings and solid characters. Cara, described as a “creature of the Keep,” is the daughter of a dreaded sorcerer, guarded by...

Ian’s Snowball Disaster! is a children’s book written by Lisa M. Clouser and illustrated by Amrit Tigga. As Ian and his dog, Booger, look out the window, they are amazed to see that snow is covering the ground. With snow up to his knees, Ian...

Bentley is a children’s book written by Lisa M. Clouser and illustrated by Amrit Tigga. When a hunter spies an unusual critter in the rainforest, he traps and captures the animal before selling it to a pet store. Not knowing the animal’s diet, the pet...

The Little Old Man, the Little Old Woman, and the Little Red Hen is a children’s book written by David L. Roper and illustrated by Kara Mitchell. Every single day, the little red hen proudly provides the little old man and little old woman...

I love a good story featuring brave kids. C.S. Lewis was a master of such tales and he is usually the standard I use when I read magical adventures about children. If you are a fan of C.S. Lewis or if you just want something...

Presley Benson might have thought she’d found the best strategy to move on, but when she meets her ex, now the new Vice Principal at a school where she teaches, things cease to work as she’d planned. Were they really over each other or was...

Gravity by James M. Corkill is the fourth installment in the Alex Cave Series, a throbbing sci-fi with a gripping plot. Geophysicist Alex Cave has just been informed by the Director of the Nordic Volcanological Center about an unusual volcanic occurrence in Iceland, where huge...

You are Wonderfully and Beautifully Made by Lola Brooks is an adorable story about how a daughter questions her mother why her hair is brown and not red like her mother’s, and why her eyes were brown and not green like her mother’s. The mother...

Dream Butterflies is a children’s book written by P.M. Kelly and illustrated by Connie Kelly. Princess Alysia of Asia is a royal with a heart of ice. She has everything she desires, makes many demands of her servants, and insists on a new in-house adventure...

Cute, cute, cute! Those were my first thoughts upon finishing Don’t Mean A Thing by Renee Conoulty. In a story set in Australia, we follow Macie Harman, who is new in town after joining the Royal Australian Air Force. Macie is a bit like myself...

At JFK airport, while servicing a Boeing 747, a worker finds a dead man with green fluid coming out of his mouth. The Center for Disease Control in Atlanta tries to locate and quarantine the flight’s passengers and crew, but whatever killed that man is...

Revolution by T.L. McDonald is a riveting sci-fi thriller! The First Citizens of Nihili breed Gamers, toys for their entertainment. Tsaurine is an elite Gamer, the best of the best, virtually unstoppable. Tsaurine’s children are exceptional fighters, legendary Gamers. They are trained by Macelt, a...

During the early 1930s, machine gun-toting bank robbers like John Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, and Bonnie and Clyde terrorized the American Midwest and Southwest. But there were plenty of smaller fry, too. Meet Me in Tulsa by Christopher Davis describes two hardened criminals, Atlee Dodge...

Raid On Cochecho: Book Three of The Puritan Chronicles by Peni Jo Renner is a historical fiction novel based on true events that happened during the early colonial history of New Hampshire in New England. The story is based on the infamous siege of Cochecho,...

Willa Grace is always listening to animals in The Night the Mice Sang by Marla F. Jones. She is gazing out of the window and hoping it rains. She is also listening to the bats having a birthday party. She knows her mother hasn’t believed...

Scarecrow’s Journey is a children’s book written and illustrated by Timothy Lange. Scarecrow’s job on the farm is to scare away the birds from the crops, but all he wants to do is be like them. Scarecrow wants to fly. The birds tease him because...