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...

September 11, 2001, was a terrible day but the American Holocaust some years later was much, much worse. Russian bombers attacked the United States in waves with hypersonic nuclear-tipped missiles. Isolated, forgotten Battle Mountain in north central Nevada survived and its high tech bombers, under...

Author John Weisman has taken the events behind the May 2, 2011, assassination of Osama Bin Laden by United States Navy Seal Team 6 and has created a rivetting story of the months and weeks before Bin Laden was killed. In Abbottabad, Pakistan, where the...

Author Poppy Smith has written a highly-readable work on marriage through a Christian perspective. Her chapters are totally readable and useful as she takes on the realities of marriage. On page 16, she inserts one of her own down-to-earth italicized quotes "We expect to marry...

Author Leonard Sweet has authored numerous books on Christian thinking and "What Matters Most: How We Got the Point but Missed the Person" will definitely wake up the complacent reader. At the beginning, on page 1, Author Sweet opens with "We know how to save...

Influential Christian writer Leonard Sweet has taken on the modern world and people's fascination with texting, tweeting, Im-ing, and sharing on Facebook. In "Viral: How Social networking Is Poised to Ignite Revival", he writes about the differences between the older generations who are Gutenbergers --...

Author Gabe Lyons looks at Christianity in America today and offers his clear viewpoint in "The Next Christians". He admits that just a few years ago he was embarrassed to call himself Christian. Now, Author Lyons writes that enrolling one's children in Christian school or...

This is such a fun read! In "A Breath of Eyre", author Eve Marie Mont has taken the reader back in time to put her main character Emma Townsend squarely in the circumstances of Jane Eyre. It is Emma's 16th birthday and Emma is struggling...

"Prince Bear & Pauper Bear" written by Emily Lim and illustrated by Neal Sharp is a well-written story teaching the concepts of empathy and friendship to young children. Prince Bear and Pauper Bear are both waiting in a toy shop for someone to buy them,...

Children will learn about friendship and thinking about others while reading "The Tale of Rusty Horse," written by Emily Lim and illustrated by Neal Sharp. Rusty Horse lives at the entrance of a toy shop. Once popular, he is now old and rusted and ignored....

Rose Thorn opened an envelope addressed to her husband, Donovon. She was shocked to see it was a birthday card from a college student declaring her love for him. To say she is angry would be an understatement. Rose’s suspicions were confirmed; she had given...

Sacramento homicide investigators Anthony Camarelli and his partner Julia Reynolds have worked well together. When, after a boring stakeout, Julia is shot and killed, Anthony thinks his world has come to an end. However, their ‘partnership’ hasn’t ended because she reappears as a ghost. Though...

It's 1860 in England and Elena Dryfess is picking herbs as her sister Mary Margaret has their meal ready to eat. Mary Margaret lovingly touches the elegant china plates she uses to set the table in their small cottage home. They both recall earlier times...