America is a land of hope and of freedom, but also a land of contradictions and distrust. With so much to live for and so much to lose, what better way to understand than to put it into a poem? By looking at the good...

Time Flies is the second book in a spellbinding series, Ferdie and the Seven by Larry Buenafe, a beautiful mix of coming of age, young adult fantasy and sci-fi. We follow Ferdie and his friends, Marsh Dog, Ling, Rafael and Gabriella, on a perilous adventure...

Prancing Around With Sleeping Beauty: A Storybook Valley Sweet Romantic Comedy by Stacy Juba had me by the title. I’m a Disney princess fanatic (and I have the Halloween costumes to prove it, and not just as a little girl) so I was looking forward...

The Liberal Ethos by Lawrence Eubank is a book that features essays on the liberal conundrum, with the aim of understanding the core values of liberals, their “ethos” and belief system. In this book, the author attempts to unveil the unifying, coherent principle that guides...

Magdalena Gottschalk: The Slippery Slope is an action and adventure fantasy story for preteens written by M. Gail Grant. Magdalena was finally feeling healed after her extraordinary adventures that fall. Just sitting in the park watching as the Christmas season unfolded around her and wrapped...

Catch That Chinchilla is an educational tale from the Talking Tales series for children, and is both written and illustrated by Erica Graham. Fletch and his sister, Rachael, receive a new pet chinchilla from their father, but against his wishes, they unlock the cage...

The Norterridane, a race of small canines, have raised dragons for as long as anyone can remember. Crimson’s father expects her to be a dragon keeper, just like he is. Her trainer thinks she’s too young and, although Crimson likes the idea of being a...

Teach Us To Number Our Days by Steven McFadden asks what exactly does it mean to be an elder in society? You may be surprised to know that not everyone who is reaching the end of their life has the characteristics to become an elder....

Classical Considerations (Musings prompted by the late Harvard master, John H. Finley, Jr.) by Steven McFadden brings focus to the ancient Greek philosophers and culture that have influenced our modern society in the arts, mathematics, politics, and philosophy. This is accomplished by introducing the reader...

Over Byron Bay by Jane Ellyson is an absolutely gorgeous romance set against the backdrop of Bangalow, Boston, Brisbane and Byron Bay. Melissa Brinkley and Andrew Wyatt have been friends for as long as they can remember, a friendship shared by their families as well....

Tony has lost his family, and is fleeing probation from another state. He's doing everything he can to fly under the radar, while attempting to peddle his book, hoping, praying to realise his dream of becoming an author and writing his way into a better...

The premise of The Ghost Chronicles 2, a between-life fiction adventure by Marlo Berliner, is so strong that one knows very well a great story is sure to follow. As explained immediately at the beginning by one between-life soul, Tom (as told to him by...

Walk Until Sunrise is an autobiography written by J.J. Maze. As she was growing up, Heather lived with her mom and big sister. Sometimes, there was a man in the house, like Ralph, an older Jewish man, who would sometimes dandle her and Sis on...

The Black Experience by Jacklyn Brown uncovers how hidden negative beliefs about oneself and the world become embedded in your unconscious, which in turn develop into self-defeating rituals by which we live. This is a concise exploration of the root causes of negativity and the...

If there’s one thing undeniably true about A. Garrett, writing as The Black Rose, in this fifth book of The Killing Game Series, it’s that she is a master of words. She’s also a master of characterization, and it takes her kind of mastery to...

The Scepter of Harmony and two of the missing gems (emerald and ruby) have been recovered. Now, the rebellious group of children intent on overthrowing the malevolent King Argyle race to recover the third gem, the Sapphire of Poseidon. Argyle is at war with Queen...

Xalien Goes to the Zoo is an educational tale from the Xalien the Alien children’s book series, written by Michelle Path and illustrated by Charlotte Roberts. Excited to be going to the zoo, Sarah opens her closet to find something to wear, but finds a...

Second Guessing is a contemporary romance novel written by Gail Ward Olmsted. Jill Griffin deserved more than just being considered a rock widow, didn’t she? She was, after all, a Grammy-winning songwriter, and her recent and growing feelings for pop star Ben Fein was something...

Y’keta did not choose to leave his home village, that was a choice his father made for him. Cast out and stripped of his true form, Y’keta must come to terms with traveling the path of the Kit’na. Swallowing his bitterness will take time, learning...

E-Catalyst: Book I of the Quantum Earth Series by John O’Riley is a young adult science fiction adventure. Fifteen-year-old Jeremy and his older sister, Patricia, find their parents gone before their eyes in the brilliant flash of a “light event,” as meteors fall from a...