Okay, full disclosure here. I must admit to being a long time fan of professional wrestling. The drama, the spectacle, and most simply, the fun of the "sport" has had me hooked from the time I was a young boy. So when I saw the...

Lil’ Scrappy-n-Rail: Who Am I? by Robert E.O. Crewe is a heartwarming and engaging tale for young children, full of positive messages about self-esteem and positive identity. Scrappy and Rail are best-friend squirrels who do everything together - until one fateful day when Scrappy falls...

Morium by S.J. Hermann deals with the topic of high school bullying. We meet Lexi, Nathan and Stacy, all three of whom are outcasts amongst their peers and constantly bullied. They hide this from their parents and try to deal with it on their own...

In No Cure for Love by Sandy Curtis, we meet Lani Campbell. She was seventeen years old when the love of her life left her behind and never turned back to see what had happened to her. Shattered and dejected, Lani picks up the broken...

Behind Blue Eyes: The Good, The Bad, and The Blood by D.M. Wolfenden is a vampiric horror novel chronicling the life of Cain, a vampire, and Mia, a human whom he protects throughout her life. Vasile, a vicious vampire with a lust for causing pain,...

Crying Over Spilt Light (God Complex Universe) by George Saoulidis was a very interesting concept about what exactly a muse is. As any kind of artist will attest, the muse is what gives the artist their sense of inspiration. Some might go so far...

Short stories are such a gift for the avid reader. During times when you really want to read, but you only have a short bit of time, and you don’t want to start a tome that would take a lot of concentration, or a book...

On Becoming a Dinosaur: A Typesetter Speaks by Java Davis is a very well written and informational piece about the life of a woman trying to make a better life for herself. In 1970, women had few working options, but Java Davis wasn't about to...

Grandparents’ Day, written by Tina Marie Kaht and illustrated by Valeria Avantario, is a delightful story about a day in the life of a young girl with her grandparents. Her grandmother cooks a lovely breakfast and she helps with laying the table, and then goes...

Dress Up Day by Tina Marie Kaht is a delightful storybook that will enchant young readers as it teaches them to dress up in different costumes as different people. The book commences with the mother waking up her daughter, telling her it is 'dress up...

Zoo Day is a pop-up book for children by Tina Marie Kaht. The kids are excited to go to the zoo with their mother. They see Monkey wrap his tail around a limb so he can swing faster. Orangutan does not have a tail, but...

True Stories from Emergency Providers by Marion Tekla begins with the story of a patient who comes to heal, and a friend who comes to get high. An alligator attack on the rescue team and a friend who accidentally shoots himself in the foot then...

Men of Honor and Valor by William Rodriguez is a beautifully and passionately written Bible study guide geared towards Christian men of all ages. The message is powerful and timely. This book is a must-read for all Christian men as it provides a thought provoking...

Miracle Survivors: Beating the Odds of Incurable Cancer by Tami Boehmer begins with the story of the author and her survival efforts when she was diagnosed with breast cancer. How the news was shattering to all, and how she was quietly told about the possible...

Keeping Mother's Secrets was both difficult and easy to read. Easy because the story of how Tracy May escaped a past filled with horrific abuse captivated me; difficult because of the subject matter. Written with frank, matter of fact prose, May’s account of her psychotic...

The Energy by Matthew Rasmusson is a tale of supernatural powers. Milo awakens on his 17th birthday after another strange dream. Coming out of the bathroom, he falls into a fit, something that he has not had for 5 years. He hears voices all around...

Whoa! That was the main thought I had after I finished reading Cryptic Spaces, Book Two: The Eight Queens by author Deen Ferrell. This imaginative wild ride of a novel follows Willoughby, our protagonist, on his quest to find his friends, T.K. and Antonio, save...

Rachanaa Jain opens our eyes to the reality of procrastination and its detrimental effects on all facets of our lives in her book, Awake Your Dreams: Stop Procrastinating! Start Achieving! This self-help guide starts with a straightforward definition of what procrastination is, what type of...

The Perpetual Paycheck by Lori B. Rassas begins by identifying the fact that ‘in the workplace, there are only short term commitments - an absence of mutual obligation between employer and the employee.’ Introducing the topic with a short discussion on paychecks and the necessity...

Hidden Battlefields by William Peace is the sequel to his previous novel, The Iranian Scorpion. Robert Dawson, an agent working for the DEA (Drug Enforcement Agency), has escaped from a prison in Iran. While re-acclimating to the USA, he finds himself in close contact with...