Glossolalia is the opening book in the Agents of the Nevermind series by Tantra Bensko, a psychological thriller narrated around very complex themes, great conflict, and unforgettable characters. It’s a world where nothing is what it seems, with dubious programs created by governments and organizations...

Tripi Takes Flight (The Amazing Adventures of Tripi the Fly) by Lori London is an enjoyable picture book that follows a young fly named Tripi. Tripi is very talented. He can talk, read, write, sing and dance, as well as other things, but Tripi can't...

Journey to Fire's Keep: The Return to the Temple by Grady L Owens is the first book in a spellbinding epic fantasy series with phenomenal settings and skyrocketing conflict. After a devastating fire that reduces their hometown to ashes, a young man, in the company...

Entrancement: The Consciousness of Dreaming, Music and the World by Ruth Finnegan is a book that explores dreams and many other forms of consciousness, and how these interact with our dreams. In this diverse and amazingly well-crafted book, Ruth Finnegan is talking about states of...

A lot has changed from decades ago in how audiences react and respond to live performances, whether it's at a concert or a play; they even react differently when watching a movie in a theatre, or TV show, or even sitting in church. Audiences are...

Tripi Takes Flight (The Amazing Adventures of Tripi The Fly) by Lori London is an adorable children's story about a little fly that is talented in many things, except the most important; he can't seem to figure out how to fly. Yes, little Tripi can...

Isabel is working as hard as she possibly can to keep the balance and train the Anakim for the battle that will come some day. What she doesn’t realize is that the day of the battle has come and the High Mother, The Oracle and...

Blood River Rising: The Thompson-Crismon Feud of the 1920s by Victoria Pope Hubbell, Ph.D. is a historical, nonfiction narrative that considers one of the questions about the Ku Klux Klan that has never been properly considered by any author. Every time people read about the...

I love reading about history’s mysteries, especially those that connect seemingly disparate people and events from the past. That’s one of the reasons why I enjoyed Death of an Assassin: The True Story of the German Murderer Who Died Defending Robert E. Lee by Ann...

Domination Drone: The Era of the Drone Wars by Gregory A. Rosenblum is a story set in the near future when the world is controlled by drones. It is the year 2039 and countries and their civilians are ruled and oppressed by drones, controlling everything...

In Ana Costa Alongi’s Mortal Flesh: The Last Hero of Pompeii very little is as it seems. As one of the elites of Roman society, Marcus Poppeus wants for nothing. A life of luxury and promise stretches out before him, courtesy of his parents’ money...

Five Minutes to Impact: The Final Flight of the Comanche is the dramatic true story of the miraculous survival by three men of the crash landing of a small airplane in the rural countryside of Kansas. It’s told in minute detail by the pilot, businessman...

In Wanda and Winky: The True Story of the Detroit Zoo's Last Two Elephants, Linda K. McLean has clearly captured the plight of elephants held in captivity through a compelling use of poetry and prose. The words tell the real- life story of two elephants...

I, a Squealer: The Insider's Account of the Pied Piper of Tucson Murders by Richard Bruns is a fascinating and disturbing account of his friendship with, and ultimate betrayal of, serial killer Charles Schmid. Bruns wrote the account after the events leading up to Schmid’s...

God's Gift Within: The Story of the Joshua Quilt is a nonfiction Christian living/crafts book written by Gail Howard Gibson. Gibson’s interview with Marylee MacDonald forms the framework for this book. Gibson is an artist, homemaker, lifelong quilter and keynote speaker, who also was the...

The Library of Illumination is in danger. Knowledge is power, and with each one having their own diversity there is a danger of one becoming supreme. Why should they not all be the same when uniformity would answer questions with one decisive stroke, and how...

ABC 123 Color Animal Kid: The Journey Through The Forest by Irene Jane Holmes is an educational and informative book for children that will take them through the forest along with Mikey, and teach them counting in a fun and interactive way. Apart from counting,...

Skylar Robbins: The Mystery of the Missing Heiress is a sleuthing adventure novel for preteens and young adults written by Carrie Cross. The first day of a new school semester always made Skylar a bit nervous, but this one, the spring semester of her seventh...

Can a vampire teach a priest a lesson in faith? Matthew S. Cox poses this question in his novel Chiaroscuro through the eyes of Father Antonio Molinari, a priest serving God as part of a secret order within the Vatican. After he solves a possession...

For anyone interested in biographies or history in general, or the American labor movement in particular, the three-volume set of Forty Gavels: The Life of Reuben Soderstrom and the Illinois AFL-CIO is an enticing read. Co-authored by Carl W. Soderstrom Jr. MD, Robert W. Soderstrom,...