After working with the UN for thirty-five years, Robert decided to retire. He needed a change and hoped that ending his employment with the UN would give him the time to figure out what he really wanted to do with his life. He was hoping...

In How to Train Your Dragon by Cressida Cowell, we meet Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. Even though he is the son of Stoick the Vast, chief of the Hairy Hooligans, Hiccup does not fit the mold of the fierce Viking warrior, let alone a future...

As this sequel to How to Train Your Dragon opens, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III and his fellow trainees find themselves on a ship during a severe storm. The reason? The boys are learning Sword Fighting at Sea. However, before they can complete their lesson, the...

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III is back. As the Viking hero continues his memoirs, translated from the Old Norse by Cressida Cowell, the 12-year-old son and heir of Stoick the Vast is engaging in a lesson on boarding an enemy vessel. Leave it to Hiccup, his...

Hiccup Horrendous III, only son and heir of Stoick the Vast, chief of the Hairy Hooligans, is back. How to Cheat a Dragon's Curse continues the memoirs of the hero as translated by Cressida Cowell. As the tale opens, the young Viking and his fellow...

As How to Twist a Dragon’s Tale opens, the entire Viking world is in the grip of a heat wave. Young Hiccup and his fellow Vikings-in-training are about to begin a Herding Reindeer on Dragonback lesson. As the boys mount their riding dragons and work...

Viking hero Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III continues his memoirs in the sixth book in the How to Train Your Dragon series as told by Cressida Cowell. The young warrior-in-training is observing his 12th birthday. His hopes that the occasion will be a peaceful one...

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, the greatest Viking hero who ever lived, continues his memoirs in How to Ride a Dragon’s Storm. Author Cressida Cowell relates the youthful adventures of the heir to the Hairy Hooligan Tribe throne when he was an average, not-very-heroic-looking boy. As...

As Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III continues the story of his youth, members of his Hooligan tribe are searching for young Camicazi. The daughter of the chief of the Bog-Burglars was caught in a horrific summer storm while alone in her boat. Their search takes them...

James Patterson and Chris Grabenstein collaborated on a series of books for upper elementary and middle school students. I Even Funnier is the third book in the Funny series. This series revolves around Jamie Grimm, a middle school student who aspires to be a stand-up...

In First Love by authors James Patterson and Emily Raymond, we meet Alexandra Moore and Oscar James Robinson. Axi has faced loss and tragedy in her short life. Her little sister Carol Ann died of an incurable cancer. Her mother ran off, leaving her family...

I’m becoming quite a fan of Sandra Brown. Hidden Fires, like many of Ms. Brown’s books, has a delightful love story of two reluctant people with a strong physical attraction to each other. It is her formula and it works. In Hidden Fires we meet...

Bill and Pam Farrel do it again. They produce a work of art in helping the reader learn new and exciting ways to keep romance alive and well within a marriage. While the book was written with the woman in mind, it goes both ways...

The Sheep that No One Could Find is the story of God and the people who choose to disobey him. The lost sheep is one of the many people that choose to ignore the word and the teachings of God and choose to live their...

The Quaker and the Rebel, book 1 in Mary Ellis’ Civil War Heroines Series, is an excellent and exciting start to this new series! Emily is beginning her life over in the south; however, she has not given up all of her old ways as...

What’s in a name? And more importantly, what’s in the many names of God that are mentioned in the Bible. The Bible refers to God with such names as Elohim: The All-Powerful Creator; Jehovah: The Self-Revealing One; Adonai: The Owner of All; Jehovah-Jireh: The Lord...

31 Days to Becoming a Happy Wife by Arlene Pellicane will teach you what it takes to be happy in your life. After all, being happy is no one’s responsibility but your own. No one can make you happy and no one can make you...

Elizabeth George wrote Beautiful in God’s Eyes for Young Women to teach young women how to be beautiful on the inside. God is not as concerned about His children's outer beauty as He is about their inner beauty. He provides believers with an ultimate beauty...

Dating like Airplanes: Why Just Fall in Love When You Can Fly? by Caleb Breakey is an excellent book for anyone who has struggled with having a meaningful relationship. It is also helpful for those who are currently in a relationship and want to strengthen...

Sadie’s Secret is the third book in Kathleen Y’Barbo’s The Secret Lives of Will Tucker series, and as with the first two books, this one is filled with southern romance secret identities and hidden agendas! Will Tucker is on the run again and taking things...