Time travel is a great way to keep occupied during the summer and that’s exactly what Kelly, Austin, Scott and Zoey do when they get a message over the Spirit Radio. Rest in Peace (RIP) by Bob Kat is the fourth volume in the See...

In Shining Armor: Talitha Cumi by TC Leonard tells the story of Maria, an ambitious orphan who loves playing tennis. Being invited to be a ball girl at the New York Open is her dream come true. The day before she gets in some practice...

In Patriot's Point by Douglas Boren, the year is 1790 and it is the battle of Waxhaw, NC, where the British have slaughtered a regiment of Virginia soldiers who were surrendering. After the killing, the normal citizens - men and women alike - of the...

In the Case of Understanding by Sudipta Quabili is a coming of age story about five friends and a last minute trip to Atlantic City. Marie, Nick, Jemma, Neena, and John each spend a single night facing their fears and acknowledging their desires. But will...

In The Greatest Game on Earth, author Tammy Johnston and illustrator Janice Blaine follow two tracks, relating one to the other. In the first track, they describe ecosystems and how interdependent the various living components are. For example, a tree provides a home for birds...

Do You Know Where You're Going? Financial Foundations by Tammy Johnston is a helpful book for kids that will guide them in setting goals and how to look at these goals like a map in their lives. The author takes readers through the process, step...

Do You Have a Plan? Financial Foundations is an educational book by Tammy Johnson and Janice Blaine. The book is for children and shows them how they can achieve their goals with the aid of a financial plan, and how to budget wisely. Children are...

Do You Know How Your Tools Work? (Financial Foundations Book 4) by Tammy Johnston is the fourth book in the educational series that teaches young readers lessons on life and living. In this book, readers are taught about debt and how one can use debt...

Are You On The Right Path? Financial Foundations by Tammy Johnston is an uplifting book for kids that steers them towards discipline and how our daily habits and choices can make a world of difference when it comes to being successful. The Law of Slight...

Are You In Game Shape? (Financial Foundations Book 6) is written by Tammy Johnston. While this book is billed as a financial foundations story, it is far more focused on the general strategy of setting sound and valuable goals and then taking the steps that...

The Language of Emotions is a sincere and heartfelt anthology written by Nicole Scott. The book delves into experiences of love, mostly of romantic and passionate natures. What I like most about the collection is the way in which it is written with a lens...

"The purpose of this road trip was to try to figure out what I should do with my remaining years and how to do it. I’m seventy-six years old, and for more than fifty-two of those years, I was married to the only girl I...

Redemption in Big Fork Lake by Mary L. Ball tackles the difficult issue of alcoholism. The book opens with Robert Turner battling his way through a quagmire of drunken, abusive behaviors. Once a deed is done it cannot be taken back and, for what he...

Prisoner of the Pearls by Karen Cogan is a story that hops between the present day and the 1820s. When the story opens, Debra is in the present at the historic home her Aunt Lacy left her, along with a very special pearl necklace. The...

If you’re in the mood for an exciting ride while you read, give Lethal Indemnity by Vincent Anthony a chance. In this debut work, we follow the adventures of insurance adjuster Benjamin Chaze. Ben realizes quite quickly that something is amiss, very amiss, when he...

Helper Returns by Malinda Mitchell is a sweet story for children about a beautiful horse, aptly named Helper, who tries his best to help the people (mostly children) within the story. I enjoyed the idea of a talking horse that could help people and I...

In Murderous Muffins by Lois Lavrisa, Barbara Elizabeth Susan Gordon, or as her friends call her, Bezu, is a marvelous cook. Her muffins are really to die for. Her tenants certainly love them. In fact, they love them to death. That's what happens to one...

Second Take: You Can Rewrite Your Story is an inspirational novel written by E.L. Nelson. Vera has just turned fifty, and the highlight of her day is dining with her daughter, Vlada, and her grandson, Danil. Vlada wants to host a party and invite friends...

Welcome Freshman is a down-to-earth, heart-warming story of Jenna, who is heading off to college away from her home town of Birmingham, Alabama. She’s known nothing up to this point about heartache, deception, or any of the challenges in life that one can be faced...

The Hester Street Kids by Armando Minutoli is a thrilling mystery and family saga set in the 1950s. Katherine is the daughter of a Little Italy pharmacist. She's a first generation, college-educated woman and something of a rarity in her Italian-American community. But when she...