After All by Alan Johnson is a beautiful coming-of-age story, set against the backdrop of the turbulent years of the ‘60s in Lincoln, Tennessee. Cubby James has two years left to complete college and it already feels like it will take an eternity, and he...

White Plains by Rebecca Perkin is a good fantasy tale for young adult readers. I like stories where someone from our version of Earth is taken to another world. The connection to our place and time makes the protagonist’s actions and reactions understandable, but the...

Barrow of the Damned is a young and new adult horror novel written by Jonathan J. Drake. Gavin, Dale, Katie and Jane were having a blast during the week-long extended role-play event hosted by Mr. Stephens at the Wardhope Centre, but the foam swords and...

Prepare to be sucked in by this gritty, dark, urban fantasy. Filled with mystery, danger, dragons, shifters and all manner of intriguing fantasy creatures, Nite Fire: Flash Point by C.L. Schneider is one helluva ride! Dahlia Nite has secrets, but her deceptions are necessary. After...

For a rollicking, unpretentious good adventure, The Crown of Stones: Magic-Price by C.L. Schneider has few rivals. Ian Troy is a descendant of a gifted, yet shunned race called the Shinree, whose magic can only be harnessed and used to help other races as the...

For most of his life, Micah Reed has been a screw-up, drinking his way through life, but the trouble he finds himself in this night has nothing to do with him, really, but unfortunately the big bad drug dealer isn't willing to believe him. Micah...

Do you know what it's like to live on Mars? If You Were Me and Lived on...Mars by Carole P. Roman is an excellent children’s book about life on Mars. As your child reads on, they will not only see beautifully illustrated images about life...

Imagine living hundreds of years ago in the ancient African country of Mali. Imagine the clothes you’d wear, the house you’d live in, the family you’d have, the food you’d eat. Imagine being grown up at the age of twelve, and, if you were a...

We all need help and at times we all experience that overwhelming feeling. Susannah Logan felt exactly this way in Oh Susannah: It's in the Bag by Carole P Roman. Oh Susannah is a children’s chapter book about how what may seem to be hopeless...

Carole P. Roman and Mateya Markova have created a delightful children’s book in If You Were Me and Lived in… Viking Europe. I have two grandsons who love Vikings, and this book brings many elements of history and culture together in a way that makes...

Livin': From the Amsterdam Red Light to the African Bush is a non-fiction travel memoir written by Frankie Hogan. Hogan is an adventurer/explorer who decided to stop letting life get in the way of his yearning for travel and experiencing new lands and cultures. Livin’...

Riley’s Fab World: Friends with Wings by Debbie Dreamer is an interactive storybook for children where they are introduced to Riley and her world. Riley wants to go out as it is a beautiful day. A wonderful thought of riding a butterfly comes to her...

Pants Optional by Carol Steingreaber is a humorous memoir about life, motherhood, and the comical situations that develop when living in a large family. Carol is the youngest in a family of eight, until her little sister is born. Her little sister is not only...

Life is an adventure. And there’s nothing better than spending your life surrounded by those you love. Hickahoo and Lou are friends, but they also have friends in Kaloo. They decide to go find these friends and have some fun. They search every special space...

Booze, Broads, and Blackjack: There's More to the Story by Carl J. Nicita is a gambler's tale. Jack King is a night time DJ desperately looking for a better show somewhere warmer, like California. His uncle is a crime boss, not that Jack tends to...

That One Moment is the story of Ricki and Kory. Running away from heartbreak and betrayal, Ricki has decided she wants to live off the land. Learn how to be a survivalist and forget the things that brought her to where she is today. But...

Dreams of Falling by Ranequa Kelley-Boyd is a collection of poems that are autobiographical in nature in the sense that they all come from Ranequa’s own life experiences. Dreams of Falling starts off with an introduction about Ranequa herself and a little bit about...

Snap, Book One is an exciting children’s adventure from the Bannister’s Muster series by Barbara Gaskell Denvil. Nathan Bannister is snatched from his bedroom one night by a strange man called Brewster Hazlett. He’s transported to medieval London where Brewster literally dumps him on a...

Bringing up a child can be challenging and it can be worrisome too, especially when it is a child with emotional outbursts and big reactions to minute things. In Being Happy Raising Happy: The Empowered Mom’s Guide to Helping Her Spirited Child Bloom, author Maureen...

The Memory of Loss by Dana K. Haffar blends family drama with historical elements into an intriguing, character-driven story that will have readers mesmerized. Nadine Hall has suffered a devastating loss and still blames herself for everything. Having completed her training in caregiving, she seizes...