Alex McCann Johnson is a new-to-me author and his debut book, Vindico is fantastic. It's a mythological young reader's book, but it's filled with action and it's never boring. It truly kept me turning the pages. By the end of the book, I was sitting...

A Doctor's Journey by Fredric Mendelsohn, M.D. is a delightful read for those who crave to view medicine as a humanistic profession. Dr. Mendelsohn takes us through a brief autobiographical journey in which his musical background will eventually play a large role in the...

Somewhere In Between, written by Meredith Wood, is an excellent coming of age story about thirteen-year-old Rowan as she faces her father's death and her mother's remarrying. But Rowan isn't an ordinary teenager. She can communicate with her dead father and does so when she...

Wow. That's the one word I can think of right now, right this minute, to describe this book. It's not a light book at all. It's not a beautiful book. It's heart wrenching. It WILL bring tears to your eyes. It WILL make you stop...

In The Ghost of Bud Parrott, author Judson Hout has created a memorable glimpse into past Southern culture. Bud Parrot is a young Black man who has always worked in the cotton fields of Jackson County, Arkansas. He fashions a better life for...

The littlest ant lived in his ant palace with many brothers and sisters. One day a bad wind storm came and blew down their ant palace, and it blew the littlest ant far away from her family. She was so sad, but started walking to...

A Hypnotic Suggestion by Allison Jones is a gripping suspense right from the beginning. When John Harkins had a 7:00 a.m. meeting with Michael Freidan, his father-in-law, little did he know that morning that his life was about to take a complete turn! Walking into...

This is a poem about Halloween night, how eerie it feels with the moon shinning bright, casting shadows. The stillness in the pumpkin patch, the cornstalks and scarecrow, but wait, did that scarecrow lurch in the moonlight? Can that really happen? Another feeling is the chilly...

In Timmy Meets the Tadpole Twins by P. J. Lawton, Timmy goes to his grandparent’s farm each summer after school is out. He always loves going to their farm, because they do fun stuff with him, like hayrides, hiking in the woods, campfires and roasted...

The adventure room was built by Mom for her three children to play in to keep them from bubbling all over the house. As the siblings played in their new room, they started talking about the different things they wanted to be: a doctor, a...

The Spruce Gum Box is author Elizabeth Wilder's debut novel and she has tweaked the imagination of readers with interest in the cultural and historical development of the state of Maine. Set by the Aroostook River in a disputed area bordering Nova Scotia, a...

Sixteen-year-old Marcie's life isn't exactly normal. Her mother walked out on the family when she was twelve, her younger brother has become a neat freak, and her father's new girlfriend isn't exactly the "motherly" type. To top it off, her best friend has a secret...

Cecile and The Treasures of Belamor by Marilyn F. Churchill offers children a delightful fairy tale. I was quickly reminded of the fairy tales I grew up with, tales of dragons that breathed fire, knights in their shining armor, unicorns with horns that sparkled, and...

This book also comes in an audio book. This review is of the paperback. Recently at a book fair in South Carolina, I had the honor and pleasure of meeting Tarrin P. Lupo, author of Pirates of Savannah. How could I not approach his table when...

This is the review of the audio book. Recently at a book fair in South Carolina, I had the honor and pleasure of meeting Tarrin P. Lupo, author of "Pirates of Savannah". How could I not approach his table when he was dressed in a...

This book has a brilliant theme and great reading. It is about reincarnation, or the existence of more than just one life, that hasn’t been overdone yet. It is one that many adults wonder about and would love to read. Logan is a young boy...

Lazarus is a contemporary drama centering on the life of college students. The lead character is Lazarus Roman. The narrator is his cousin, Jude. We read Jude’s diary entries where he shares an honest report of the family. The setting moves from the Ozark Mountains...

Even before Kimberly was born she was in constant motion. Her mother, author Lora Coad, reminisces over the antics of Kimberly as she was growing up, from throwing the cat down the stairs to doing back flips everyday in the living room. As Kimberly grew...

This safety guide starts out with the U.S. Department of Justice statistics of female victims of all violent crimes. The results they have listed are staggering, and women need to be constantly aware of ways to live a safer life. The suggestions in this...

The Siege of Scarn is book one in the Trance Warriors series written by Robert C. Auty. This book has it all: thrills, adventure, action and entertainment. The lead character was Connor, an assassin who killed the wrong man. The evil Queen was furious; however,...