During World War ll Charles Day was a Canadian volunteer who was sent to Ireland and then to other countries in the United Kingdom, also countries in Europe and North Africa. His ship was hit not too far from Ireland and 75 per cent of...

Besides being a genius with words, author James Patterson has chosen a great co-author in Chris Tebetts and a superb illustrator in Laura Park for the sequel to his book about Rafe trying to survive middle school. Rafe is now about to begin the seventh...

Our story begins with action and suspense. Nate Cartwright receives a mysterious phone call from Peter, his brother. Peter thought he was being followed and that it had something to do with his project. The project was connected to Apollo 18 whose commander was their...

Who knew Britain has had a super-secret department devoted to the supernatural since . . . I don’t know, before the Vikings? Daniel O’Malley’s novel "The Rook" sketches a history of the Chequy, a venerable organization that has assisted the government through the centuries. We...

In "Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet: Clash of the Class Clowns" Kirk Scroggs has child muppet Danvers Blickensderfer in competition with a new boy in the school named Phips Terlington who turns out to be the class clown, totally undermining Danvers' goal of capturing that...

"Trust No One" by Mike Thompson is the sequel to "Blood Betrayal" in which the reader first met Wolf Magnussen and his dysfunctional family. Wolf's brother is not in prison. Wolf has lost everything and is pretty much in seclusion until his old friend Sheriff...

It's 1950 in Chelsea, England, and Roy Jenkins is thirty-four years old, discharged from service in World War II and still suffering from shell shock or Post Traumatic Stress Disorder as it is presently known. He goes from job to job and takes up with...

This is the most amazing book. At first thought, it didn't seem to apply to me as I no longer work in an office but delving into it I realized it was for everyone. Not only does the author explain how to handle a dispute...

It was to be a routine assignment in Singapore for freelance intelligence operative, Jack Lawrence. Get in, get the information and get out clean. However, things don't turn out as expected when he stumbles upon what looks to be a terrorist plot that could change...

"The Paragon Prison" is Book 3 of the "Grey Griffins: The Clockwork Chronicles". It is full of adventure from the first to the last page and surely, children 8 years and up will be eager to read and to envision themselves as part of the...

"Best in Show" is a fun book about looking deeper inside a dog show. If your child is an animal lover this is a must read book. I used to show dogs and it is always fun to look at the beautifully groomed dogs, and...

The prodigals finally return from the cattle drive they left on two years before. No excuses as to why a six-month cattle drive took two years. Nor did they give a good explanation as to what they did during those two years away. They expected...

Four year-old Alice is always lonely, and she wants a baby brother or sister so much that she prays for just that each night. On this one certain night, Alice thinks she hears someone calling her name, someone just barely whispering. She soon discovers a...

From a midwestern state fair, a Celebrity Caribbean Cruise, the effect of TV on the masses, pop culture, tennis, math, and pop culture, to an analysis of David Lynch films, this collection of essays by David Foster Wallace runs the gamut. The seven pieces in...

I'm not a big fan of books on CD's because I find that it takes longer than simply sitting down to read them. However, seeing this book's blurb and realizing that it might actually be worth the extra time to sit and listen to it,...

A tale inhabited by a dysfunctional protagonist, or is she? Her brother and the social workers think so. On the other hand, Wally thinks people just don’t want to understand her, except for her favorite nephew Nigel. “You've got to understand about Wally...” The first...

"Home" by Karen Wiesner is the story of a mother trying to come to terms with what home actually is for herself and her son. Della has tried to be supportive of her husband, Declan, but enough is enough. She is tired of broken promises...

"Something to Cry About" written by Kinnon McArthur is the story of his life growing up in the 60s and 70s while dealing with an abusive father. This tale will horrify and shock the readers. McArthur was a mere sixteen years old when he shot...

"What Ever Happened to Mommie Dearest" by John William Law takes a look at Joan Crawford’s career after the death of her husband, Pepsi-Cola executive Alfred Steele. Crawford jumped at the opportunity to restart her career with the movie "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane"....

I was just not into poetry, that was until I read "In the Company of Women". The further I got into the book, the more poems I identified with. The book touches our relationship with mothers, daughters, sisters and friends. Some pay tribute while some...