Harold J. Fischel's book Anthony is as meaningful as it is simple. A simple story, with a normal plot, but the depth and the meaning within is so much more. To say that Anthony has had a rough life would be a major understatement. The...

Callie James presents an average high school in which there are everyday students. One of the students wants to pay another student for protection for her brother from the school bullies. Pretty soon this turns into a down spiraling event in which everyone wants protection...

When Eva’s husband died of cancer after eight years of marriage, she learned that her marriage was not what it seemed. On top of learning her husband was a cheater, Eva also learned that he was a terrible money manager who made bad investments with...

If You Leave Me, Can I Come With You? 365 Daily Humorous Meditations for Al-Anons & Codependents by Misti B. is a refreshing look at all the things wrong with most of us. I say that lovingly, because I have never met someone who either...

Emily is a high school hockey star in Minneapolis, with an extremely dysfunctional family life. For the most part, she is a typical teenager, except for her strange ability to know when and where another player on the ice is going to move. One day...

The Obsidian Pebble is Volume One of the Artefact Quintet, a Young Adult Contemporary Fantasy and Science Fiction series written by Rhys A. Jones. Oz Chambers lives with his mom at Number 2 Magnus Street, otherwise known as Penwurt, a huge ancient edifice that had...

New Tracks: Demystifying the Art of Writing Good Lyrics is a non-fiction instructional book for songwriters. Author Shel Craig explains how she creates her songs and breaks down the process into easy, understandable sections. She begins with timed free-writing, a process where one writes for...

Anna is the world's only known superhero and greatly loved by the people. However, she finds herself losing interest in her day job, so she plans a trip to Mars. Along the way, she meets several other women, all who have their own stories to...

The Dry is a fantasy written for young adults and preteens by Rebecca Nolen. It's set in Jeffersonville, Virginia in 1895, and there's been an extended drought that's badly affected harvests. Elliot Sweeney is 12 years old, and he's been living with his uncle since...

I thought Walking Over Eggshells by Lucinda E. Clarke was an interesting book. In her memoir, Clarke shares a huge part of her life. She has written about her adventures living in different places, her relationship with her verbally abusive mother, and her family life....

If you like political satire and attention to current political issues, you just may like Candidate for President by Robert Ely. Erik Bernhard is the central character. He is a Congressman who is running for President as a third-party candidate. Bernhard is anything but wishy-washy...

Harper Leigh is an editor for the online magazine, Chatter, and she is swimming in tens of thousands of dollars in student loans. Tasked with following rock band Always Rayne on tour, Harper is close to quitting - thanks to the antics of delicious bad...

With “Do the right thing” as his barometer and motto in life, David Richman found himself trapped by self-developed handicaps and prescriptions written by others for his life. With his life spiraling downward, he does something completely drastic and life altering. David Richman plunges into...

The Legend of the ICant's by Rhonda D. Ross M.Ed. is a very witty and unique story of the ICan't family that struggles every day to get things right. Ino and Maybea meet and fall in love and they have two children, Ussed and Eissed....

Unexpected Storm by Elodie Parkes is a fast paced story based on the summer romance between Holly and Will. Holly is vacationing with her beau, Rob, along with her friends Jill and Marcus. While sheltering in a beach hut during the pouring rain, Holly felt...

The Ezekiel Connection: Temple of God, Nile River, Great Pyramid, and Flying Machines by Kenneth M. Waldrop is an interesting and well laid out book that will change the perspective of readers about Ezekiel and his visions, which are portrayed in the Bible. All...

Last Light Falling: The Covenant, Book 1 by J. E. Plemons is the story of twins Arena and Gabe (though the focus is on Arena), who were orphaned at a young age and raised by loving foster parents. After losing their parents, they also lost...

The Devil came to Abbeville by Marian Phair is a horror story to end all horror stories. The story opens with a 17-year-old girl, smothered in blood, dying in the arms of Father O'Connor but there are few clues. Then Sally, a girl blinded...

Ariona: The Bounty Hunter (Explore-A-Quest) by Anthony Lampe tells the story of Ariona, a young bounty hunter. The reader is addressed as if he/she is Ariona herself, and every few pages the reader is asked to make a decision. Depending on the decision that is...

So many adjectives come to mind while reading Confessions of a Teenage Hermaphrodite by Lianne Simon. Yet when you speak them aloud, they all seem so inadequate. Poetic, cautionary, bittersweet, eloquent, and even tearjerker just don’t accurately convey the essence of the story. Yet, it...