Oh God. It Hurts! is a realistic and honest look into traumatic life situations. John Allen Thornton tackles the hard questions of life regarding pain. Pain and suffering come in all shapes and sizes; pain is individualized and can result from good intentions. Pain is...

Harebrained by Meg Myers Morgan begins with the inventive classrooms of her early teacher, Mrs Humble. Her reminiscences take the route of a free bird that goes from dangerous liaisons to the examination of a work area for waxing. As she says in one of...

Secret of Coffin Island is Book 4 in Robin Murphy's paranormal mystery series, Marie Bartek and the SIPS Team. Dr. Marie Bartek and her fiance, Police Chief Cory Miller, have finally tied the knot. Their wedding festivities are interrupted, however, by the discovery of a...

I loved the premise of Hover Car: How far into the future will you travel for love? by Derek Vaughn. Harold wants to show off in front of his wife and friends, so he steals a hover car from his place of work. But Harold...

Southern Fried Fiction: How The Insidious Onset Of Depression Derailed a Successful Man's Life is a memoir written by Stuart Hotchkiss. The author's family is steeped in tradition. The grand estate where they lived when Hotchkiss was young was a bittersweet reminder for him in...

Letters to Kezia: Book Two of the Puritan Chronicles by Peni Jo Renner tells the tragic, yet heartwarming story of Mary Case, a Puritan girl in the settlement of Hereford, Connecticut. The daughter of the minister of the settlement finds herself enraptured with a thief...

Thought Shredder: Bringing Out the Bucker in You by Chris Elliott is a tough but introspective read. The author recounts in a very raw and honest manner the details of his tumultuous relationship with his father; from the time he was a young boy all...

A sweeping novel of historical fiction, Waheed Rabbani’s Doctor Margaret in Delhi, the second book of the Azadi series, follows the trials and tribulations of Dr. Margaret Wallace, an American doctor in 1850s India. After losing her cherished husband, Robert, in the Crimean War, Margaret,...

Five hundred feet beneath the permafrost of the Land of Baudheil lies a gate that imprisons an ancient evil, Xiviroth. However, the gate is beginning to strain. One of its nine locks has failed, and the others will follow suit. In Hollontown, the Clox brothers,...

I just finished reading the ultra-short story 2:16 by Henry Denkhaus, and I am still thinking about it. In an interesting look at residents of the town of Winchester on what will be their last day, we get a quick snapshot of their lives, their...

Unsinkable Spirit: One Man's Journey that Changed the Lives of Thousands of Children by Fred Engh is an inspirational memoir where the author takes readers into the world of sport. The book reveals the ugliness that exists in sports, thereby hampering the growth of a...

Do You Choose Your Dog More Carefully Than Your Husband?: And How to Avoid the Jerks, Creeps and Players by Dr Annie Kaszina is an uplifting book wherein readers get to know how to discover themselves and their worthiness. The book tells readers how to...

Winning Numbers: An Introduction to the Riley Family is an action-packed yarn about a tightly knit family of savants bent on a unique plot to obtain the money they need to fund their philanthropic deeds. Set in locations all over the world, Randall Jarmon's fast-paced...

Bawb's Raven Feathers: Vol. V by Robert Chomany is a delightful, quick read sure to bring inspiration to your day and a smile to your face. I loved the author's insights in the very first prose section, and, of course, it made me think of...

Coming to Las Vegas by Carolyn V. Hamilton is the story of a girl who, hooked on the idea of adventure, joins The Las Vegas International Circus, with her friend Del and a trailer. “This may not be a very intellectually stimulating place to live,...

Artisan Vegan Pizza is a very creative collection of cruelty-free pizza recipes. Joey Avniel has thoroughly explored vegan pizzas, with a view to encouraging people at any level of ability or interest to try his recipes or incorporate some of his principles into pizza making....

“I had no idea just how radically my life was about to be altered that day, the day I met Dr. Wilson J. Wells, a PhD in science and higher mathematics. He was also an inventor. It was June 12, 1980. It all started that...

In Joe Mosher’s Captain Kissy-Face: Book One in the Red Cloak Island Series, the only thing Kevin McFarland ever wanted was to join the Red Cloak Island’s school for superheroes. When he got there though, that was a different story. Attending a school with kids...

Hang'n with Kasey: I Visit the Zoo is part of a colorful series of books which the author, Karl Christon, hopes will inspire a love for fun and education through books in young children. In this story young Kasey, who lives in the city, is...

You Are What You Tweet by Germany Kent is a guide to becoming Twitter savvy fast, and is a good reference to pick up the best Twitter etiquette. A very important part of using Twitter as a communication medium, the author tells us in the...