Let’s begin this review of Not a Fairytale by asking if it’s not a fairytale, then what is it? Essentially, it’s a rare form of memoir, not told as a story with characters and dialogue, but as a poem based, as many memoirs are, on...

Networking Kills: Success Through Serving by Mark H. Maxwell is a Christian prescription for personal success, and it may justifiably imply a necessary Christian framework for the sincerest implementation, but the remedy for personal failure envisioned by this revolutionary concept (at least, in the current...

Devil's Mist by Liam Moiser is a short preteen story. Rosie and Jenny have gone on a camping trip with Rosie’s dad. Around the campfire, Mr. Brown tells the girls a story about the Devil’s Mist, about a cursed family whose daughter disappeared. After...

Meet Murphy, an adorable special assistance dog in Murphy, See How You Shine, a story that celebrates the gifts within us by Chen Wei Teng. Murphy loves his strolls with Candy. He likes walking down the park connector with her. He hears the dry, croaking...

Get It Done: How to Never Procrastinate Again and Finish Anything You Start by Katie Stone is a book which helps a person decide their priorities at any given time. I needed this book because I tend to take on a lot of projects and...

Sandi Cramer loved to cook, and she ran her show on her uncle’s TV station, KANT. All went well until her uncle went bankrupt and had to sell the station. The new management kept her on because her show had high ratings. Then things started...

Kintu and the Fairy Bee is a children’s picture book written by Mary Beth Numbers and illustrated by Kabuye Ivan. This is a retelling of the story by Mrs. George Baskerville, which was first published in 1922, and was based on the oral storytelling traditions...

At Odds by Hannah E. Barnes is a contemporary young and new adult novel about social issues. Savannah couldn’t understand just what had happened to Willow since they all left campus at the end of their spring freshman term. Willow hadn’t reached out to her...

Blinded Authority by Chad Boles is a political and financial thriller that delves into the dark underbelly and machinisms of corruption in a fictional Florida county's economic affairs, where transparency is as elusive as the truth, and the truth can be just about anything, depending...

If I Die Before I Wake by Martii Maclean is a modern fairy tale adventure about one girl's journey to save her family from a curse. Along with her sister and mother, Vreni has been in and out of a sleep for the last century....

Into the Darkness by Sibel Hodge is a gripping psychological thriller. What do the missing, the vigilante and the detective all have in common? Toni is being held a prisoner in a basement. She discovered something on the internet that she wasn’t meant to see,...

When Dylan wins the carnival tossing game, his prize is hand-selected by the greasy-haired worker in charge of the game. Ignoring Dylan’s protests, the carny assures the winner that the blue ink pen is the grand prize. Feeling ripped off, Dylan isn’t aware of the...

Dark Knowledge by Clifford Browder is a historical fiction novel set in New York around the American Civil War era. Dark Knowledge is the story of Chris Harmony and his search for his family’s roots and secrets. Chris is a young man who has always...

In many ways, I consider myself a typical writer in that I have worked a lot of different jobs. Some of them I have liked and others I could not stand, at least not for long. The workplace environment had a lot to do with...

Rita Avery has a husband and son ill with an unknown pathogen, birds are falling dead from the sky, it is hard to tell the good guys from the bad, and a disaster is looming. Rita is determined to get to the bottom of...

Christmas, as we know it, is a time of laughter, warmth and cheer, but in Forgotten Christmas by Ash Gilpin, it has not always been so. Three dear friends live in a land where Christmas does not exist. In a fortunate twist, they stumble upon...

From his child's infancy to adulthood, Shad Arnold shares his personal journey of fatherhood in Claire’s Dad. Imparting wisdom, strategy, and specific parenting skills, Arnold shares the joys and pitfalls of raising his daughter, Claire. He reminds fathers repeatedly throughout the book that you must...

"When God created me I was the only thing on his mind." My Brown Skin (Hey Carter!) by Thomishia Booker is a cute story about a little boy whose skin is the perfect shade of brown and he is happy about it. His skin glows...

Dar Bryant's 360: A Full Circle starts with the author’s first day of eighth grade, a period that turns out to be nine months of teasing, harassment, taunting, bullying, and torment that makes him hate school. This memoir tells his story of how he becomes...

Inch by Inch by Donna LeClair is a thought-provoking amalgamation of life lessons and stories told from the perspective of inspirational women who overcome adversity to make a difference in the future of humankind. Negative thought processes regarding mankind and misfortune are challenged and positive...