"I like thinking that I am a spaceship. I know that I have to take control of my warp speed brain so that I can slow everything down." So says Drake in Donalisa Helsley's My Warp Speed Mind. This journey begins with schoolkid Drake having...

Chunky Sugars by Sara Barnard is a delightful story about a mamma and baby bear. The concept of introducing numbers up to 5 is beautifully done. The pictures are also colorful and attractive and it breathes life into the characters. It's an ideal children's story...

Blog of a Bully by Stephen Zanzucchi is about Bradley Duncan, a 13-year-old nerd who transforms himself from a nerd to a bully when he is forced to move to another state and join a new school. This story reminded me a lot of Diary of...

There is so little we understand about alternative medicine. Yet before we started feeding our bodies with chemically produced pills, people cured themselves with natural substances and they generally lived long and happy lives. Trust Your Intuition by Jenni Wilson is an inspirational compilation of...

Thunder and Lightning is a good romantic story. Camille and her twin brother Ujesh had a black slave mother and their father is the much feared Great Hawk, a famous Indian chief. Camille watched as her mother was killed and then she narrowly misses being...

Isabella's Special Wish is a children's story written by Deborah Belica and illustrated by Elizabeth Karsch. Isabella goes on a journey to have a wished granted by the king. Each page in the book describes her journey and her wish in a series of humorous...

In Four Fiends: Countdown to Dammerung (Book 1), Nikki Bennett introduces four unique and personable youngsters, each of whom has suffered a loss or who believes himself — or perhaps is seen by the others — as lacking in some way, or who has some...

In Dust to Blood: Red Slaves #1 by Tonya Cannariato, Anne Crosby enjoys a relatively free lifestyle travelling the world as a researcher for the Stone Think Tank. A trip to Moscow turns into more of an adventure than she is expecting, though, as she...

Most kids love monsters, and I really like that Mark Adam Kaplan’s Monsters Do Ugly Things not only tells about the bad things monsters do, it tells about the good things too. Each page in this little book has a picture of a monster in...

Native Nights Roxanna is a short romance fiction reminiscent of the smaller and shorter Harlequin or Silhouette Series -- a mini-read that gives you a burst of romance without spending days reading a long, drawn out romance. Roxanna O’Donnell is a widow in the rough...

Hotey by Josephine Bailey is a wonderfully told story of a young donkey who has to find his way in the world. After leaving the herd while following a dream, Hotey learns many lessons that life has to offer - the good and the bad....

Whispers of Hope: A Journey to Success by Laura P. Jones is about Elijah who loses his mother. In the midst of the tragedy and his feuding family, he escapes and finds an adventure which changes his life and his thinking for the better. Though...

Photographing Water by John Doornkamp is a book, as the title suggests, on how to photograph water. It is a stunning book with many beautiful images of water. The myriad moods, colors, shapes, and shades of water are perfectly captured. The author also throws some...

Ted Carter is fresh out of college and ready to hit the world as a school teacher. It can’t be that difficult getting a teaching job; it’s as easy as teachers' jobs you watch on your favorite sitcom, right? Wrong! And after a few interviews,...

Madam C.J. Walker (formerly known as Sarah Breedlove's story) is a rags to riches tale. Madam Walker worked hard every day. Sarah Breedlove was the daughter of former slaves, although she herself was not born into slavery. Sarah's life had hardships. She suffered the loss...

Angels Come in All Shapes & Sizes is written by Hevine Schmidt. The book is a heartwarming tale of the author's experiences and life with animals. It allows for the reader to get better acquainted with animal reactions, tendencies, and mannerisms they may not have...

Darker Side Endings by Kelvin Kettle is a set of 8 horror stories. All the eight stories - Spikes, Shanglin Forest,The Black Egg, Date Mistake, Amanda in Red, The Student, The Pretty Lady and The Devil's Altar - are unique with a common thread of...

Abigail ‘Abi’ Winterfield has a lot of baggage that V.R. Avent releases slowly over the course of the novel, but we know from the beginning that it is very heavy baggage that she’s carried around for most of her life. When we meet Abi in...

Love Zombies of San Diego by E.Z. Graves is a young adult zombie story that's a bit different. Josh is a zombie but he knows he's different from the grunting, mindless dead things he sees wandering all over the streets of San Diego. Josh doesn't...

Is your mind as full of clutter as things in your home? Would you love for your home to run smoothly and peacefully? Then Shannon Upton has the answers for you in her new book, Organizing You. Following the help Shannon has for each of...