"What Do You Call a Baby Lion?" by David Chuka is a children's book which may be of more interest to the adult reading it, at least at first, than to the child to whom he is reading it. It starts with a young boy...

"Prescriptions from Paradise: Introduction to Biocompatible Medicine An A-to-Z Compendium," by Carlos M. Viana is a book that addresses many common medical conditions. There is a chapter for each letter of the alphabet that begins the term for a medical condition and all of the...

"What Daddy Did Today: A Father's Bedtime Story" by Walter Wally, and illustrated very nicely by Judith Bicking, is a vividly colorful, very imaginative tale of derring-do for a father to read to his children at bedtime. It details such heroics as saving a lion...

In "The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell" by Chris Colfer, twins Alex and Conner are transported to a delightful world of enchantment. They enter the world through a magical book given to them by their grandmother. It is a land where fairy tales are...

This is a review of the audio book "Rough Rider: Lords of Deliverance" by Larissa Ione. Narrator Erin Bennett’s voice was a pleasure to listen to and added much to the experience. In “Rough Rider: Lords of Deliverance” we once again meet Reseph, the Demon...

Moths, mystery, and growing up are the focus of "Stranger Moon". Twelve-year-old Gaia (and she hates her name!) is not your typical teenager. Anyone who can recite detailed information about moths, and in particular the elusive Luna moth, just has to be labeled ‘nerd.’ Gaia...

Peter Guralnick’s “Last Train to Memphis” covers the first twenty-four years of the life of Elvis Presley. Most biographies concerning Elvis are a bit hyperbole but not this one. The author’s style is understated allowing the true Elvis to emerge. The author lays aside the...

Edward Cardillo begins Kafka Rising, a thriller with science fiction in the mix, with a powerful opening that will wake up sleepy readers everywhere! Army Captain Carl Birdsall has a total of 52 terrorist kills in the near-future war against the worldwide Order for International...

In “Confessions of a Murder Suspect” We meet the Angel family. After receiving a phone call reporting a death at the Angel house, the police arrived, waking Tandy Angel up. She rushed to her parents’ room only to find them both dead. The only suspects...

We were introduced to John Puller in “Zero Day”. “The Forgotten” picks up where the former left off. Army Special Investigator John Puller had been off work recuperating from all that happened in West Virginia. When his father received a letter from Aunt Betsy informing...

Once again we are reunited with the inimitable Agent Pendergast. The last Pendergast book, “Brimstone” left our hero bound and enclosed behind a brick wall. Pendergast managed to escape and is on the run from the police. Friends of Pendergast were viciously murdered and all...

This is not a book for the faint of heart. Douglas Jacobson’s book "Katyn Order" is a fictional account based on historical facts. In 1939 the Germans invaded Poland. Soon the Soviet Union also invaded the country. Polish soldiers and policemen were taken prisoners as...

"Ramblings in Ireland" by Kerry Dwyer is really two books in one. On the one hand we have a humorous, incisive look at expat life as seen by this witty, fascinating author, but which only hints at all the experiences she has clearly had. On...

I found this book to be truly a book that I could learn from to become a better person. It touched on so many issues that I could apply to so many of my everyday encounters with people. I was able to use my new...

Although we live in a fast-paced world, dependent on technology, we CAN slow things down, down-size, simplify and practice the "spirit of frugality." That is the premise of the book "What the Amish Can Teach Us About the Simple Life" by Georgia Varozza. The author...

Kelly Irvin takes the reader on a "journey" through the ups and downs of an Amish community in "Love's Journey Home." We meet Gabriel, a widower and father of eight children, two of them with "Down's syndrome, as he relocates to the Bliss Creek community...

"Fit at 50" by Matthew McLaughlin tells of the author's own search for fitness and health as they relate to habits he hopes to maintain for a lifetime. He trained and participated for years and was then injured, forcing him to find a better means...

Anna cherished her mother’s journal and memorized most of it including the recipe for pumpkin cookies. Anna and her father called an old farmhouse their home; beneath the house was a lab and a prison, where four young men were held captive for as long...

"Mulholland Dive" by Michael Connelly is an anthology of three short stories. 'Cahoots': The setting is the 1930s. Six men sit around a table playing cards. McMilian is the bad guy, cheat and tempter; he suggests a robbery that should net the men a great...

Matlyn Perraca's book of poems is divided into two parts. Part one is entitled poems from the mind and the second part deals with poems from the heart. Poems from the mind include titles like Double Jointed, First Lovers, Origin of Love, A Taste of...