The great accomplishment of indie authorship and self-publishing is that books like Hedon by Jason Werbeloff will not only be written, but they also provide for a reading experience beyond the limits imposed by traditional publishers. Mr. Werbeloff has written a sci-fi fantasy that is...

Eilida is planning to meet up with friends at the local bar, but instead something draws her to the neighbors' house. As she slow sneaks over and looks in, what she sees is so horrific and terrifying that she takes off running. It has started...

In Sweet Desire, Wicked Fate by Wray Ardan, fifteen-year-old Jaden, her sister Ava, and their mother inherit a family mansion in Louisiana. The three travel there to spend the summer preparing the home for sale. Jaden happens upon an old, dilapidated building on the property...

PEACE, HIPPO! and other ENDANGERED ANIMALS Too! is a children’s animal book written by Cheryl Davis Hornung. Heckery Dekkery Dog is a traveling reporter doing research on endangered species, but he’s otherwise known as Rufus, a Havanese. Rufus is especially interested in saving endangered species...

Human Resource is a humorous contemporary fiction novel written by Chase Soundly. Jim Botcher is such a promising student that Clundon University is video-streaming his graduation ceremony rather than calling him in from his studies of lichen in volcanic areas. He is, in fact, considered...

Super Smart Sugar by Barbara Freeman is an adorable story about Super Smart Sugar, the author's family dog. The book describes the situations that show Sugar's talents and skills. The author tells readers about signs that indicate a dog is smart. They can check out...

Smart Talk by Lisa B. Marshall begins by taking the hell out of hello – how to introduce yourself or make a first impression. Lisa discuses many points here including the oft forgotten but very important dictum, the introduction should be relevant. The magic of...

The moment we are asked to give a presentation or a sales pitch, the nerves kick in and every negative feeling we've ever had about doing a presentation suddenly tries to take over. Thanks to Subbarao Mukkavilli and Slide Spin: Your Power of Expression, you...

What does it mean to be a friend? To have a friend? Cat is about to find out in The New Cat by Patrick S. Stemp. All of her life, Cat has enjoyed her family, her home and all of the good things she has...

Ain't No Grave by S.A. Softley tells the tale of a man facing a changed world after a virus outbreak. The story begins as he is on a plane, on a flight to see his mother. While on the plane, the man next to him...

What a great book I just finished! That's what I thought when I finished Waving Backwards, the new novel by author V.L. Brunskill. Follow our protagonist, Lara Bonavito, as she goes on a search for her biological roots. Lara had been adopted into a abusive...

In What's It Gonna Be? by Cassandra Piat, Lucy knows she needs to make a change. Though head over heels in love with her long-time boyfriend, Matt, she can’t be truly happy knowing Matt won’t ever take the plunge and marry her. She understands that...

Broken Places by Rachel Thompson is a very descriptive, well-written memoir of abuse. Broken Places is a collection of non-fiction essays, short stories, and poetry. Author Rachel Thompson has a well-developed vocabulary for describing one of the worst experiences of her life — sexual abuse...

When Matthew finds a tiny girl under the old truck in the yard, he questions her in hopes of discovering why she was there and from whence she came. Where were her parents? How did she get to this location? Feeling reasonably confident that he...

Magic Fishing Panties by Kimberly J. Dalferes is a collection of non-fiction stories and blog posts designed to celebrate the joys of being a 50-something woman. Dalferes shares family stories and personal opinions about everything from family get-togethers, fishing, aging and relationships to parenting, career...

Cicada: A Stone Age World Novel (The Cicada Series Book 1) by M.L. Banner is an engaging apocalyptic story where a group of people including scientists are trying to find solutions to the solar storms slowly causing harm to the earth. Now these scientists are...

I confess, I am a mom and I do not know how to make pancakes. So when I saw Lucy Ravitch’s book, The Pancake Menu: Menu & Cookbook Hands-on Math Fun, I grabbed it in hopes of learning. I was not disappointed and am happy...

A Gypsy's Kiss (The Sectorium Series Book 1) by Susan Griscom is about a girl called Breena, who is at college and makes spare cash by reading tarot cards for people. The thing is, Breena can really see the future. When she touches a person,...

May’s Moon by S.Y. Palmer is a middle grade/age nine to twelve story about a lucky young teenager, Michael May, who has been selected from thousands to be in the final ten in a contest to send the first child to the moon. The story...

Strange Luck by Amie Irene Winters is a young adult fantasy that takes the reader on a magical adventure into a strange and unique new world. Daisy is 17 and wants to save her father from his chronic condition. So she sets out...