Move over Shakespeare: Tales from the Baron by Billy J Barnum is a collection of interesting poems that cover a wide selection of themes: nature, personal relationships and intimacy, dreams, self-introspection, adventure, life and death, and many others. Each poem has its own style, and...

Kirakee's Wolf Pack: Howl Upon the Moon by KC Morcom is a remarkable young adult fantasy with an anti-bullying theme. It follows Kira, who wants to find out what has happened to her mother as Kira can't accept that she is presumed dead even though...

Andy Smithson: Blast of the Dragon's Fury, Book 1 by L. R. W. Lee is an adventure story. Andy Smithson's parents have no time for him because they are caught up with their ambitious lives and his sister is a spoilt brat. Andy is not...

Culture Without Accountability: What’s the Fix? is a quick but useful read by authors Julie Miller and Brian Bedford, owners of MillerBedford Executive Solutions. This husband and wife consulting team became concerned with the lack of accountability they were seeing in the companies they helped,...

What would you do if you could see into the future? Marvin Peters was a simple man, with friends, dreams, aspirations and emotions, but all that changed when he found an electronic device that carried a recording of future events, a blueprint of things to...

Bushed?! All in the Woods... written by J.R. Poulter and illustrated by Linda Gunn tells the story of Pete who has just moved to the countryside in the area where his Granddad used to live. Pete discovers a strange furry visitor who likes snacks, but...

I have always known that there is a state named Virginia, and a state named West Virginia. But in all my reading of American history, even Civil War history, I had never found out when this happened or even why it happened. Now I know....

Mewranters: Attack of the Sea Monster by Kachi Ugo is a story about finding one's strength and bravery. Perry knows his family has secrets, but now it's time he finds out what those secrets are. That is if he can survive the family ritual. When...

Trigger by Sherri Fulmer Moorer gives new meaning to the word 'paradise' as people with specialized knowledge find life after death, and are delivered to a facsimile of what humans perceive as a perfect and heavenly existence. A group of scientists realizes there are way...

Princess Elsie Builds a Castle & Discovers the Magic of Engineering by Dr. Kelsey E Kirrene is an educational children’s picture book. Princess Elsie’s castle has been destroyed by a dragon but she and her Fairy God Engineer will put things right! Together, they work...

By Light Betrayed: Poetry of the Vampires by Sherry Rentschler is both a distinctive and interesting read. There are over thirty poems featuring haunting and melancholy vampire themes. For example, in the poem Crossing the Line, it reads: “Sunlight teases behind the tomb. Dandelions wilt...

Initiations is the first mystery from The Chronicles of the Monster Detective Agency series by Jason Edwards. Will Allen is a studious kid in middle school who is adept at solving mysteries. Yet he cannot solve the mystery that lurks under his bed, and his...

Horizon Japan: Travels Through the Culture, Cuisine and Nature of a Seemingly Incomprehensible Country by Patrick Colgan is an engaging book that will tell readers what it is like to travel through and discover Japan. The book captures the culture, cuisine, and essence of Japan,...

Sophie Washington: Queen of the Bee is a novel for children, grades 4-6, written by Tonya Duncan Ellis. Sophie was definitely not interested in participating in Xavier Academy’s spelling bee. The ten-year-old hadn’t intended that her parents know about it, as she realized they’d want...

This high fantasy tale is creative. Though elves are in it, it isn’t a copy of "Lord of the Rings" by any means. It is a fresh point of view about a race that is a favorite of many. This fantasy will take the reader...

Take This Journey With Me; Poems from the Laboratory of John Turner is an uplifting collection of inspirational poems all bound together into one astounding book. The book begins with a bottle floating in from the sea where the reader gets a lovely message from...

Waffles and Pancakes are two little hamsters, owned by two boys named Danny and Griffin. In this third installment of Waffles and Pancakes, the two hamsters help their owners help others during Christmas time who are affected by Hurricane Sandy. They watch as Danny and...

Is being transgender against God and the Bible? That is the question that Cheryl Evans, author of What Does God Think?: Transgender People and the Bible, attempts to answer. Evans, the mother of a daughter and a transgender son, said, "I set out to discover...

This is the story of two brothers born in Liverpool, England, in the early 1800s. Lem was a kind boy and had no desire to hurt a creature. Abel was cruel and took delight in hurting any living thing. Their childhood was harsh. Their mother...

During a scholarship funded trip to Washington D.C., fifteen year old Christy encounters dangers of conspiracy proportions. What should have been an educational experience turns out to be a dangerous plot against the US government when Christy and her travelling companions witness the execution-style murder...