Dirty Inspirations: Lessons from the Trenches of Extreme Endurance Sports by Terri Schneider is a radical work that takes the reader to the very heart and principle of extreme endurance sports, and how we can use it to uncover our hidden potential and enhance our...

Booze, Broads, and Blackjack: There's More to the Story by Carl J. Nicita is a gambler's tale. Jack King is a night time DJ desperately looking for a better show somewhere warmer, like California. His uncle is a crime boss, not that Jack tends to...

What a sweet and informative tale! Tyler the Fish Visits the Lorain Lighthouse, written by Meaghan Fisher and illustrated by Tim Rowe, is, as the title suggests, an engaging tale about a young fish on his very first school field trip. (Get it? Fish school!...

The Yoga of True Wealth: Wisdom from a Heart on Wall Street by Francis G Bitterly is a non-fiction book that falls into two distinct genres: philosophy and religion/spirituality on one hand, and finance and investment strategies on the other. It is indeed hard to...

Ben'oni L'Benyamin: From Sorrow to Strength: My Journey with Depression is a nonfiction motivational self-help book written by Rabbi Sara Berman. Berman, who is an ordained Rabbi and a board-certified chaplain, had worked in the Neuropsychiatric Institute as part of her participation in UCLA’s chaplaincy...

It’s almost hard to believe that Too Many Secrets by EB Corbin is a first novel. It’s that good. It’s also pleasing to know that Too Many Secrets is the first book in a trilogy, based on Roxanne Boudreaux, who, when we meet her in...

Gregory the Spider: Romping through the Year is a children’s picture book written by Cynthia Dreeman Meyer and illustrated by Marina Saumell. Gregory the Spider doesn’t have a favorite month; he loves them all. In this brightly colored and cheerful book that explores those things...

Veronica “Roni” Lorimer and Charlotte “Lotti” McAllister are best friends and housemates. Both retired and widowed, they live in a cozy home among the evergreens, on a small island in Puget Sound. When a rock is thrown through a window in their home, the enigma...

The Adventures of Rosy Posy Papillion: Friendship by Diana Rangaves revolves around the concept of friendship and the value of friendship. Rosy Posy sits on the green grass and yawns. It is a warm morning and she sees Raoul the ant. She asks Raoul if...

Meet Miki the baby dragon in Miki and the Human Baby by Karen Avril. He is one of the few dragons left on the planet. At some point, dragons outnumbered humans, but not so anymore. Humans are continually increasing while dragons seem to decrease in...

Christmas Best is a children’s holiday-themed picture book written and illustrated by Diana Kizlauskas. Tap, Tweak, Twinkle, Plumperson and Top had very special jobs at Santa’s toy shop. Tap built dollhouses that were sturdy and strong. Tweak was the engineering expert who kept the trains...

“Today, my fifth time as a russet sparrow, I felt as if I’d been flying all my life. My wings flapped according to instinct and carried me toward Sorrenwood’s outer edge, over rows of broken shelters.” Dreadmarrow Thief (The Conjurer Fellstone, Book 1) by Marjory...

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....

Dante's Town of Terror by Patrick R. Delaney is the first part of the Infinity Killer trilogy. A camping trip. It should have been the perfect weekend for Brian, Bill, and Cathy but it turned into the weekend from hell. Taking a wrong turn on...

A Lust For Love by Giovanni Zuniga is a gritty look at the world of strip clubs, seedy drinking dens and the heartlessness of red light areas. Take a tour of the world from the viewpoint of a sad alcoholic, and his thoughts and views...

Nila: Water by Daniel G Linsteadt is a spellbinding opening into a fantasy series, a tale with great originality and that features themes with strong appeal to environmentalists and advocates against climate change. Meet young Seth, torn between a devastating illness and strange dreams —...

Dead Serious and Lighthearted: The Memorable Words of Modern America by Mack W. Borgen is the first in a series that presents, without bias, the words that portrayed the feeling of the American people at a specific point in time with some words even playing...

Boot Language: A Memoir by Vanya Erickson left me feeling sad. In this memoir, Erickson tells about her childhood. She grew up with an alcoholic father, who seemed to hate her, and a mother who refused to seek medical help for her children due to...

Somewhere out there in the galaxy, a dark and evil force is waiting to annihilate humankind... and through the millennia, its purpose has been successfully averted. But its efforts never stop. The Awakening: Fate in Motion is a story of aliens and their part in...

The Elf Who Didn't Like Christmas by Jessie L. Best is a children’s story. Ralph is Santa’s smallest and newest elf and he really doesn’t feel very wanted. When Santa sets him to work in the kitchen, scrubbing pans instead of helping with the Christmas...