Sauce on Sunday: An Ancestral Journey to Find my Sicilian Roots by Janet Sierzant is a fascinating book that enables readers to experience the sights and sounds of Sicily, its geography, culture, people, and most importantly, the food. The book evokes feelings of nostalgia and...

Magdalena by Davina Louise Adina is set in an era where access to resources and opportunities is scarce for a woman, especially when she has been sold to a house of ill repute by a deceitful aunt, as Magdalena was. The tragedy she faced after...

“Anthony wants to learn about Alabama’s state symbols as he travels throughout the “Dixie State,” as Alabama is known.” Anthony Armadillo Arrives in Alabama: For Its Bicentennial is a fun story about Anthony, a curious little armadillo who wants to learn all about the state...

Bubbles and Buddy are brothers. Bubbles is grey with black stripes, and Buddy is black with white patches. Though they are brothers, they both look different and like to do different things. Bubbles likes to chase butterflies and Buddy likes taking cat naps. They are...

Social Work is a work of literary style fiction focused on interpersonal drama and human connection and was penned by author Thomas Duffy. Duffy’s seventh novel, this emotive and highly moving tale features central pair, Marc and Lauren. As Marc recovers from a suicide attempt,...

Lorraine Evanoff’s Pinot Noir is one of the best thrillers I have read in recent times. It is the second installment of a series centered on the character of Louise Moscow, but despite some references to the previous volume, it works as a stand-alone book....

In the beginning of Meeting My Anxiety by Elisa Silverglade Rader, there is a definition of the word “anxiety,” basically, a feeling of worry, nervousness or unease. The author shows how anxiety in a person makes you feel like a total mess: your hair, your...

Porky Baycann: His Summer of ’43 in Palomino is a work of historical fiction centred around the Second World War, and was penned by author Tank Gunner. The companion novel to the central wartime work Palomino, which focuses on the lives of more than 370,000...

Hollow Bones is a novella-length work of horror fiction penned by author B. Narr. Written for adults due to its graphic depictions of violence and death, as well as the use of explicit language throughout, this impactful and tense work focuses on supernatural horror in...

Fever is the first entry in A Songbird Novel series by Melissa Pearl, a gripping contemporary novel with sophisticated characters. Ella can't explain what just happened. She's come to Chicago with her boyfriend to finish college. Her future has always been thought of in connection...

Toast with a Side of Dragon: Harry's Dragon Tales is a delightful story by Lisa Reinicke. My seven-year-old daughter read it to me, and she was delighted to discover a character she likes in Harry, the little hairy troll who lives alone — and the...

Green Pickle Juice by Melanie J. Vogel and Uncle Dave Howard is a fun and entertaining children’s picture book about the many uses of pickle juice. When noting the ever so many uses, the book also goes into comical moments of what it shouldn’t be...

Honor by Francis Williams is an expansive tale set in the year 425 CE, sweeping the reader across the Territories of Europa with one family’s determination to find a better life. The collapse of the Roman Empire precipitated this decision when control of land and...

Katy, Lacey, and Charlotte were outside having a vigorous, wet, and slushy snowball fight and, after that, they were heading to the skating rink. Katy and Lacey were good at ice-skating and Charlotte was waiting for their mom to teach her. It was Charlotte's first...

Small Hearts by Bryan W. Dull is a unique story for me because I have never read anything like it, and while it is described as horror, I think it articulates the reality and the pain of those who have suffered tragedy in their lives....

Stoically Yours by Renee Shelbey is a hilarious, coming-of-age story that follows the journey of a young woman as she realizes that opening her heart for love might be the best decision she ever made. Self-claimed perfectionist, Tabitha knows that she has no room for...

Unicorns, Magic, And Slime, Oh My! (Fizzle Fun Book 1) is written by Misty Black and illustrated by Pardeep Mehra. Sage is a very scientifically-minded little girl that loves doing experiments. She loves adding all sorts of fun and interesting things to her experiment like...

Ancient Egypt For Kids 50,000 BC to 653 BC by Rich Linville is a vivid journey through the periods of ancient Egypt. From accounts of the prehistoric people to Egypt’s conquest by the Babylonians, Linville shares how each pharaoh made their mark on Egypt and...

Sun-Kissed by K. Lemay is a paranormal urban fantasy set in the densely populated South Korean capital of Seoul, following the new life of former K-pop idol Iseul. Once one of the most visible stars of the East Asian Peninsula, Iseul's affliction has pushed him...

Travels with Elly: Reflections on Canada by an RVer and His Dog by Larry MacDonald is a non-fiction memoir about Larry’s road trip across Canada in his RV. In this book, Larry starts off with a brief introduction to how and why he came up...