The war in the Pacific is usually associated with the attack on Pearl Harbour and the atomic bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki. In writing Death and Deliverance in the Pacific, author Kevin Timothy O’Kane views the conflict from a wider perspective. The roots...

A Prison In The Sun is a work of mystery fiction with plenty of intrigue and was penned by author Isobel Blackthorn. Forming the third book of the Canary Islands Mysteries series, this installment focuses on the difficulties facing ghostwriter Trevor Moore. Desperate to find...

Wizard Island: Child of the Orb is a hilariously funny fantasy story by Terry Morris. Wilton, a seven-foot being, shows up on the doorstep of the Woolf family to fulfill a prophecy. He must gather the three Woolf children and take them on a perilous...

Darcy Scott’s Ragged Island tells the story of botanist Dr. Hodges, known as Hodge to most, through a compelling mystery of murder and deception. Strange events, such as finding a severed finger on his keyboard, seem to be only the latest of tactics from Tiffany...

I may not have been born and raised in North Carolina; but I have lived in this state for almost four years, and I love everything about it. In Hatteras Island, Keeper of the Outer Banks, Ray McAllister gives the reader an interesting and thorough...

"Life on Grayson Island" by E.R. Champion is based on true events and real characters and places although names have been changed for obvious reasons. It is the story of one gated community that thought they could do nothing wrong in the eyes of the...

Dinosaur George and the Paleonauts: Episode One: Raptor Island by George Blasing and Mark Miller is an exhilarating and adventurous short story, introducing young readers to the concept of time travel, paleontology, and prehistoric animals and dinosaurs. Move over Jurassic Park; here comes Dinosaur George...

Blood Island: Secret of the Halflings Book 2 by Samantha Coville is a young adult fantasy about the Siren community. When three elders of the Siren community go out for their monthly hunt, no one expects them to turn up dead. This puts the community...

Beyond the Sea: Annie's Journey into the Extraordinary is a work of fiction in the adventure, interpersonal drama, and family drama subgenres. It is best suited to the general adult reading audience. Penned by author Nina Purtee, the story follows Annie on an extraordinary journey...

Tiyo is a herding dog. He looks after sheep and goats and when the young ones wander off, he finds them and brings them safely back to their mothers. Dara is a herding dog, too. She’s Tiyo’s friend and she’s expecting puppies, but she’s missing...

Bright Star is a pony, born in the Grayridge Mountains of the mythical kingdom of Kimbria. His story begins when Bright Star is born. He has a twin sister who really doesn’t look anything like him. At the age of three, Bright Star is adopted...

This book is about a middling cat with a crooked tail. What is middling? The book states that middlings commonly have a comfortable standard of living, considerable economic security, moderate work plus life autonomy and often rely on their own expertise to sustain themselves. They...

"Secret of the Crystal Dragon" by Paula Blais Gorgas is a delightful fantasy about two worlds whose histories have been closely tied together since the beginning of man’s time on Earth. Myra Goodfellow, now twelve, has heard the stories of the Dreamkeeper and a place...

"A Day in the Life of Axel the Ant" was written by Gregory Stevenson Skete. It is a book about an ant that lives in Barbados. We are led there by Pilly the Pelican, who meets up with Axel and follows him through is day,...

Haee's Quest for the Greater Prairie (Haee and the other middlings, #3) by R.S. Vern is the third book in this trilogy. In this story, Haee leaves Whie and by doing so, he bids adieu to his life at Green Alley. He has nowhere...

Out of the Wild: 7 Years in the New Zealand Wilderness is exactly what the title promises. It is Charlie Paterson’s vivid record of his struggle against everything – poverty, bureaucracy, loneliness, and ill-health – that undermined the roots of his dream to survive as...

I have always wanted to visit Scotland. I can now say I have had the best visit there without leaving home. Scotland: The Storyteller's Photo Guide by Joana Kruse is the best photo travel book I have ever had the privilege to read. Is this...

Secret of Coffin Island is Book 4 in Robin Murphy's paranormal mystery series, Marie Bartek and the SIPS Team. Dr. Marie Bartek and her fiance, Police Chief Cory Miller, have finally tied the knot. Their wedding festivities are interrupted, however, by the discovery of a...

Centered around six groupings of amazing photography, Annell St. Charles has produced a delightful story about the environs of Hilton Head Island, SC. Hilton Head Island: Sunrise, Sunset, and the Beauty Between is a bountiful feast for the eyes. Sunrise brings not only breathtaking beauty...

Sol Luckman has eloquently written a witty, insightful memoir in Musings From a Small Island: Everything Under the Sun. As an art major, I thoroughly enjoyed Sol’s humor and philosophical thoughts on the elusive purpose of art and his expression of life on his small...