Author Benjamin Farley gives the reader a brilliant history lesson in his latest book entitled Three Thousand Days and Nights. The book details the years preceding the French-Indian wars and it is so well researched and presented that the characters literally spring to life. We...

The Common Cure written by J.P. Farrell is a very good suspense novel. However, it makes you stop and think -- is it real or is it fiction? The story is so believable that it made me wonder what would happen if this...

Blaine C. Readler's novel, Overlay, is the story of Jordan, an engineer who has the perfect girlfriend and a job that's a perfect fit for him, until he gets word from Kirsten's professor that she's in a coma. Professor Clintock assures Jordan that Kirsten's fine,...

Unhappily Ever After: Fairy Tales with a Twist is a book by Anchor Group containing various stories. These are based on classical fairy tales that children grew up with. However, this is an anthology. The stories have alterations and different endings than those people know....

Escaping from the zoo can be fun. The White Gorilla and the Three Chimpanzees...a Day From the Zoo, by Saragine Francois, is a tale well told. Chef, the huge gorilla, and his three chimp pals Dancer, Brainless, and Smarty, all have a furry role to...

The Little Book of Networking for Translators by Nicole Y. Adams is a book about offline and online networking. It takes you through chapters that tell you what networking is; what the difference between online and offline networking is; what you should and shouldn't do...

Ann, Kyle, Henry, and the gang are back in Reigning Cats and Dogs by Jane McBride. This is the latest book in the Ann and Henry series. Ann and Kyle have put their wedding plans on hold, waiting until his uncle and her aunts can...

Fiend, written by Toletha J. Dixon, is a fiction thriller. Given the content of the book, younger readers should steer clear. If rated by a movie standard, this book would be Rated R. The layout and design of the book is standard and easy to...

Déjà Vu and Fritters Too: Home from Afghanistan, a Marine Falls for a Girl He Cannot Pursue, by Janet Sharp, is a novel that begins late at night in Modesto, CA, near a shabby hotel in San Pablo Avenue. Jenny Corey, a young volunteer, is...

Heroes for My Daughter, written and read by Brad Meltzer, is an audiobook that will inspire you to be a role model for your daughter and to teach lessons through how you live your life. This audiobook includes an introduction explaining why the author wrote...

Heroes for My Son, written and read by Brad Meltzer, is an audiobook that will leave you inspired and thinking about lessons that are important to instill in your sons. This audiobook is a wonderful collection of people the author considers to be heroes, heroes...

Annie, by Ron Mahaffey, introduces us to Cody Miller, who at the age of thirteen loses his parents. He decides that, as soon as he can, he will follow in his father's footsteps and join the military. In the meantime, he lives with his grandparents...

The Fallen Angel by Daniel Silva is an espionage thriller that revolves around Gabriel Allon, a former Israeli intelligence agent, who is now working in the Vatican, restoring a priceless masterpiece. The butterfly effect in full bloom, one small but tragic event leads to the...

Revelation, by G.L. Denton, is an in-depth study of Biblical prophecies, the decline of America, and the coming end of the world, minus the zombies. This study is comprehensive in its historical content, frightening in its contemporary accuracy, and hopeful in its confidence that Jesus...

Dead on Demand is written by Sean and Daniel Campbell and is very different from the normal thriller story. The main character is Edwin Murphy but he has a supporting cast of many. Inspector David Morton is the man who is responsible for figuring it...

Just a Little Unwell is a short story written by Iyana Jenna. Every sentence in this book is a clue and on every page something unfolds, so I don’t know how to create a summary without giving away spoilers. But here is a short summary....

Written by Kathryn Guare, Deceptive Cadence: The Virtuosic Spy Book One, is about Conor McBride, who is recruited by MI6 to go on a mission to India and capture his own brother, Thomas McBride. Unwillingly going deeper into the world of secret espionage, Conor discovers,...

Tales of the Booga Dooga Land: The Wormus, by Deepak Menon, is a creative children’s story with the kind of silliness that keeps a child’s interest. When the Wormus awakens from his hundred-year sleep, he begins to eat everything in sight. The Silver Dragon can’t...

A sad and beautiful coming-of-age story of a child and her country, NoViolet Bulawayo’s novel, We Need New Names, takes us to Zimbabwe during the Mugabe era. Here, 10-year-old Darling copes with extreme poverty, hunger, and near-homelessness in her ironically-named shantytown, Paradise. We join the...

Dustup, by Robert Michaels, is a space adventure, but not your typical adventure in space. Out in space, when things are blown up, it leaves a lot of loose debris floating around. Many mining companies doing the blowing up sometimes don't or can't clean up...