Don’t Forget to Breathe by Cathrina Constantine is a fast paced, punchy murder mystery. Leo is a high school student whose mother was brutally murdered a year before the story begins. The murder remains unsolved. Leo develops a friendship with Henry, the boy who comes...

In Clumsy Girl's Guide to Falling in Love by Karen Wiesner, Zoe is clumsy but lovable, a patient and kind woman who always seems to be on the wrong end of a bad situation. My heart broke for her and I just wanted her to...

Maneuvering Your Career by James K. Lehman is a succinctly written, brilliantly conceived, impeccably organized, and eminently practical guide for coming out ahead in planned or unplanned career transitions. In twenty brief, easy-to-digest chapters linked by the umbrella metaphor (from Lehman’s childhood) of guiding a...

Los Soñadores by G. Stephen Renfrey is about a time when you are not sure what is a dream and what is real. Jesse Benatar never had a normal life. His father was in the army with a severe case of PTSD. Whenever his father...

You Again, written by author Helen MacArthur, is a novel aimed at young adults. The central female character of the tale is skateboarding tearaway Angie Anderson, orphaned as a baby and constantly a worry to those around her. At fifteen, Angie presents a tough façade,...

In A Part of You by E.A. Davis, Madison is just like any other little girl. When the weather was nice, she liked to play outside. However, like all little girls, Madison liked to be with other little girls her age. She really didn't like...

Getting Through What You Can't Get Over: Stories, Tips, and Inspiration to Help You Move Past Your Pain into Lasting Freedom by Anita Agers-Brooks is an inspirational read about getting past traumatic life issues. The book tells the true stories of real people’s overwhelming hardships...

Is My Child Autistic or Delayed? by Susan Louise Peterson is a useful book for all those parents who want to know more about autism. The book covers areas of communication, unusual behaviors, social interaction, and daily living of autistic children that usually cause concern...

Book of Poems by Phyllis Sunday is a special collection of poetry which blends spiritual love with a fresh attitude to answering the demands of modern times. I love the way that Sunday speaks honestly on various subjects without compromising on style and rhythm. The...

Shards is a collection of thirty-four poems by James Mirarchi. From the offset, Mirarchi transforms the mundane vision that many people have of their everyday lives, peeling back the layers of what we expect to see and uncovering new truths about what’s really lurking there....

Poor Advice and Other Stories is a fantastic book of short stories written by Lou Gaglia. I would call these stories "short shorts", as most of them are only a few pages long, making them very easy to read. The stories run the gamut from...

Dr. Stephanie's Relationship Repair for Couples: A Customer Service Approach for Minimizing Conflict and Creating Lasting Love in Your Relationships is a non-fiction self-help relationship book written by Stephanie Weiland Knarr. The author is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist who recommends that her...

For anyone who has been on a cruise, or more pertinently, is planning one in the future, Currents Deep and Deadly by debut novelist Arleen Alleman should perhaps not be your first choice of reading material as you're lounging on the sundeck. For everyone else,...

My Dad's Beard by Zanib Mian is a delightfully charming story about a little boy's observation of beards. The little boy's dad has a prickly black beard. His uncle's and grandfather's beards are different. The beard tickles him when his dad kisses him. The beard...

Zanib Mian and Bill Bolton have written an absolutely adorable story in Oddsockosaurus. Most preschool and young elementary age children love dinosaurs. Mian and Bolton will draw in parents and young readers quickly and easily with the colorful, playful, and funny images within Oddsockosaurus. The...

For a collection of stories that stray delightfully off the beaten track of cookie cutter characters and plot lines without any roadside surprises, you can do a lot worse than venturing around inside Unpredictable Worlds: Stories by Jessica Knauss. While the stories are widely divergent,...

Here I Am: Encounters with a Triune God by Ms Dawna Lynn De Corby speaks about the author's meeting with the Triune Godhead - Father, Son and Holy Spirit - where she has been blessed to have felt His presence in all three and is...

In Eating Bull by Carrie Rubin, Jeremy, an obese fatherless teenager, is struggling emotionally as well as physically. The story is partly about his going through counseling to gain control of his overeating, and his mother’s attempts to help him, despite other negative influences in...

Christopher cried on the way to his first day of preschool. He didn’t want to leave his Mom. He knew he would miss her. He cried the whole time he was there, but his Mom reassured him every morning, “It’s okay. Be brave. Remember that...

Life is too short. Nothing is promised. Live life to the fullest each day. No one could have told the Purcell sisters, Dana and Lisa, that one of them would die at a young age. This is what happened in No More Tears by Tina...