Murphy's Law and the Outdoorsman by Alex Danchanko Jr may be short, but it was very educational. In the book, Danchanko tells of some of the adventures he has had while fishing and hunting. There are twenty-nine short stories in the book and every...

Ethan James, Florida Bowman, and Jake Inhala are the heroes of Resident Spy by D. L. Richardson. They struggle to survive their high school years, knowing the disease from which they suffer will ultimately kill them. But this all changes. They receive their life-saving organ...

Sarah has a large family, seven kids in all, but life is only good for a short time before something evil appears in the woods near her home. Sarah has the ability to recognize it, although no one else does, because she comes from a...

The Ice Bridge by Kathryn Meyer Griffith is a gripping murder mystery. Charlotte has come back to Mackinac Island, back to her Aunt Bess, after her fiancé runs off with her best friend. When the summer tourists have gone, Mackinac closes and the only way...

Encore from Australian author Margaret Lynette Sharp is a collection of twenty-five short stories built around the themes of love, betrayal, loss and redemption. From sixteen-year-old Annie in Annie’s Story, that details her attraction to and obsession with her fantasy about Keiran, to middle-aged Caroline...

Emerge: The Power of Your Purpose by Beth Stewart is an insightful and uplifting book that will guide readers to find their purpose. Everyone is searching for life’s meaning and whether one is young or old, man, woman, or child, they all want to feel...

Silly Leo by Angela Padilla is a picture book, which makes it very attractive to children between the ages of five and nine, but it also has an extensive vocabulary. Bought for a five-year-old who may need quite a lot of help reading it, Silly...

In the world of Elizabeth and Mr. Darcy, there is never a dull moment. Mr. Darcy’s sister, Georgiana, recently married, has commissioned a portrait to be painted by her cousin Anne’s husband. Anne, estranged from her mother, Aunt Catherine, is in her final months of...

Playing in the Rain: When All That Matters is Freedom by Sandra J. Jackson is the first book in the author's Escape Series. It starts with an awakening in a sterile hospital after the teen protagonist, A2, is kidnapped. Unable to even recognize herself in...

Ariana Dewitt was the product of a teenage pregnancy, born to a child of 14 who had tried to take the life growing within her countless times after being told by her mother she could not abort the baby she had conceived. But it seemed...

Politics isn’t an easy subject to discuss with anyone because it seems as if everyone is so set in their ways that they refuse to even listen to someone with different views than their own. But in The Secret to Political Happiness by AM Ramsey,...

Wholistic Food Therapy: A Mindful Approach to Making Peace with Food: A Workbook and Expressive Journal is a nonfiction self-help health and nutrition book written by Sarah Thacker. As indicated in her introduction, Thacker is an Integrative Nutrition Health Coach as well as a Licensed...

College Mania (Is a University the New Doctor?) by Joshua Flapan is a non-fiction educational book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of students considering college, parents with kids considering college, and those in college. This book focuses on the different elements involved...

In Well Beyond The Grace Period and Excerpts from Other Collections by Paul L. DeVore, each work delves into the aspects of old age and aging gracefully. Sometimes frank, sometimes tongue in cheek, DeVore manages to invite the reader with him on a journey through...

It is the day before Christmas and Lilly is waiting for her mother to arrive so that she can spend Christmas together with her parents. Her mother works in another city and she was unable to make it on the first day of Christmas because...

Blemished But Not Broken by Kay Kinsley Adams is a gritty memoir that chronicles one woman’s journey from victimhood to inner freedom — an unashamed soul-searching and a brutally honest account that is a powerful indictment of what debases the individual and robs them of...

Heaven is a place filled with love and it can be seen in the form of twinkling stars called Twinkles. In the adorable story MaMa Pajama: Twinkles From Heaven by Mary Gavila, children see a small yellow building with a brown roof in a small,...

Sunny Flower and his Fairy Good Friend is a children’s book about bullying, written by Martha Reed and illustrated by Gail Maguire. As a tiny sprout, Sunny awakens to the warmth of the sun. Above him, large flowers frown and taunt him, calling him a...

Riley the Brave is a children’s picture book written by Jess Sinarski and illustrated by Zachary Kline. Riley’s a pretty happy-go-lucky bear cub who enjoys having fun with his friends. He races on his scooter with his buddy, Travis; indulges his artistic side by painting...

Out of Necessity by John Hansen is the story of a man who was quite satisfied with his existence, but circumstances changed the course of his life and took it in directions he never even imagined. This is the story of Myles Keegan, a man...