In the stream of consciouness style of writing that James Joyce made famous in "Ulysses", Joseph Lucilla has written "Shadows and Dreams". Main character John J. Rosko is the grandson of a hardworking Sicilian immigrant. Throughout this well-written book John enters into dialogues with friends...

It is 1946 and Christina Tucker is ready for a new start in life. A nurse who has cared for injured WW11 soldiers, she moves to Longstock, Wisconsin, to work for Dr. Samuel Barlow, a general practitioner. Christina is soon smitten with Dr. Barlow's nephew,...

The story is read by Kevin T. Collins in a clear voice, yet it made me feel a bit tired listening to the monotonous rendition. I would have liked to have someone more exciting to do the job. This is a coming of age fantasy....

Espionage, murder, deception: many things that Jason Bourne has had to deal with all his adult life. His mission now is the hardest he has had: he has to try to save the United States' precious natural resources. In his mission to protect those resources...

Great blistering barnacles! Our hero, young reporter Tintin (with a nose for news) stumbles across a find among the odds and ends at the Old Street Market: a model of The Unicorn, a ship which belonged to Sir Francis Hannock, who lost his fortune...

“Say what you wanted about Molly’s extracurricular outfits; at least she had the guts to take a fashion risk. It was the thing that had drawn me to her last year, at the start of middle school. Marquette forced all incoming sixth graders to attend...

In an era of telecommuting and subsequent predatory scams, "The Ultimate Job Directory" is a wonderful tool by which to gauge focus. Containing company names, contacts and the product(s) in which said companies specialize, this book is a plethora of great information. Thumbing through the...

Henry loved baseball. In fact, he lived for baseball. He was a natural shortstop; the ball and his glove were like magnet to steel. Life as he knew it would cease to exist as he is discovered and recruited to a liberal arts university. Thriving...

"The Strange Case of Jonathan Swift and the Real Long John Silver" by Robert Prather is a fascinating look at an old Kentucky legend. Most readers will be familiar with the name Jonathan Swift. However, this is not the Jonathan Swift that wrote "Gulliver’s Travels"...

Matt and Maddie Blossom are healthy eaters. This is not by their choice but at their mom's insistence. They watch their friends devour junk food during school lunch while they eat apples or carrots. Just once, they would love to gorge on sugary treats like...

"The Adventures of Oreo and Algonquin: The White House Tour" by Leah Taylor Jefferson introduces young readers to past Presidents. The star of this book is a miniature horse named Oreo. Oreo’s great-grandfather belonged to Teddy Roosevelt. When Oreo’s human mom and dad take him...

This is an entertaining, occasionally humorous and always delightful story of Galveston, Texas, in 1900. Before the Great Hurricane of that year tore this coastal city to shreds, Galveston was an elegant place to live and thrive, at least it was if a family was...

When I received this audio ebook from Readers' Favorite I could not wait to hear it played. The best part is the ending which is something only the true Stephen King fan can enjoy! The only other novel I have read of his is “The...

Thomas O'Hare served in Charlie Company of the United States Army in 1961 and, at that time, was stationed in Germany. Thomas's father had died just before his enlistment and he'd lost his girlfriend to someone else so that when an occasion came along for...

When motherless boarding school student and New York native Nore Robbins travels Shadow Grove to meet her new stepmother and her two children (after losing his wife, novelist Chuck Robbins has remarried very quickly), she experiences culture shock. Not only is the south hot and...

"A Kentucky Colonel in Darkest Africa" is the sequel to author Kenneth Tucker's first adventures in King Arthur's Court. The book is classified as adventure but is really a combination of several classification generes. As such, it is filled with action, adventure and imagination. In...

The setting for "Kaiser Brightman 082314" by Michael Springer is New Bonn, Minnesota in 1944. German prisoners were detained across the river at Muskrat Island. They worked in the local cannery that was short of labor. Three twelve year old boys spent the summer watching...

This is an excellent book by a psychologist who writes about psychology in a way that is very easy to understand. I have been enjoying the book so much that I forgot I was supposed to make a review. I find it inspiring, to the...

"Vampirates: Immortal War" is the sixth book in the series by Justin Somper. Not having read the first five books, I feared that I would immediately be lost in this book. However, that was not the case. The author did a superb job of acquainting...

Viola Whedon is getting too old to be a favored courtesan in the London of 1783, but at twenty seven, she still can hear when men enter her home, Number 12 Chapel Street, at nighttime, intent upon finding and then stealing whatever valuable lies...