The title itself is self-explanatory. Why Do Ghosts Wear Clothes? by M.E. Brines sheds light on this question by employing logic and cautious experimental evidence. Brines also elucidates the difference between magical thinking –- a method employed by the western world until the scientific revolution...

Wide Awake Loons by Katherine L. Holmes is not quite a coming-of-age story, and not quite an adventure. It is the tale of one summer at the lake and the everyday life of vacation. The uniqueness of this story is that it tells the tale...

iPositive: Being Positive & Staying Positive by Freddie Patricio Jr. is a self-help and personal workbook all in one. There are fourteen chapters and each is one or two chapters of text followed by questions and space to answer the questions for personal reflection. This...

Cameron Harper's after school job is far from typical. She works in her grandmother Mimi's New Age shop that sells magical potions, lotions, just about anything that someone might need to conjure up a bit of good luck. Cam's best friend Reade is normally trying...

Algereida R. Cherry’s Biblical reference book, God In The Soap Opera, is filled with verses and lessons for the television viewer of not only soap operas, but today’s popular reality and entertainment shows as well. Cherry lets the reader know in this collection that God...

Adventure Walks and Monkey Talks by Dickson H. Hunley is a collection of 52 lessons that he has learned from spending time with a very wise four-year-old -- an inquisitive and adventurous boy named Jayden. Hunley suggests reading through this book and really savoring every...

How Can Aliens Be Illegal? by Terri Kelley is a delightful children's book about explaining the term 'aliens' to children. Certain terms can confuse little minds and they require a bit more help to understand them. This book talks about 'immigration' in a delightful manner...

I have to use the cliched phrase: this is not a book to set aside lightly. The Real Win by Matt Carter and Colt McCoy is direct and grace-filled at the same time, conversational and yet deep, filled with examples that may make you laugh....

Ethan is a sentient software who always dreams of visiting the real world which he can only glimpse through the Internet. His wish comes true when he is granted access into the Flesh. However, the procedure is not without a hefty cost. When his father’s...

Greegs and Ladders by Zack Mitchell and Danny Mendlow is --as far as I could tell -- a very convoluted, satirical critique of the way humanity is treating its planet, its universe, its fellow humans, its non-human fellow inhabitants of Earth, its environment and, ultimately,...

Diamond's Lucky Penny by Saragine François and illustrated by Pritali Joharapurkar is a children's book about a normally clumsy boy named Diamond. One night before going to sleep he wishes on a star that he wouldn't be so clumsy any more. In the morning he...

The Lincoln Deception is a fascinating story of one of the most famous crimes in United States history; the Lincoln assassination. This event is brought to life with its historical fiction plot containing pages full of mystery, intriguing characters, deception, love, murder, and truth. David O....

A Cry in the Shadows (Nora Cooper Mysteries) is the story of a blind mother and the reality of having her ten-year-old daughter kidnapped. Susan has recently become blind. She tries her very best to live a normal life and have a normal relationship with...

Set in London’s East End, The Kiss of Karma by Vimal Vaz is the dark story of a fourteen-year-old boy. Ashok Choudhary is in a struggle not only for his own life and the peace of his soul, but for the lives and souls of...

In The Gift of Misfortune, Haitian siblings, Armand and Deborah Etienne, live in fear of an unpredictable future in their hometown of Port-au-Prince and the rest of Haiti. The young Etiennes are not rich, but they have a comfortable life compared to most people who...

Author Vimal Vaz tells us at the outset that his main character, Ashok Choudhary, has changed his destiny by choosing a very different path than the one he chose in The Kiss of Karma. As a result, he finds himself in a future that is...

After a dragon destroyed his village and killed his grandfather, Ragg swears that he will hunt the beasts down throughout the land until every last one of them is dead. He inadvertently worked together with another dragon slayer, Trallian, whilst hunting a young dragon. Trallian...

Love Reincarnated by C. Sreedharan deals with the theme of reincarnation. Ravi, Shanti, and their teenage daughter Devi come to live in the small town of Chennai. Across the street lives Hari, an elderly person. Devi is suffering from a rare condition that causes a...

The Student Prophet: Going Home, by James Nicholas Logue, is the final book in the Student Prophet trilogy and picks up where New Partners left off. Once again we join Prophet Jeff Fitzpatrick. It was his 50th birthday and he knew his family was planning...

Clyde Hoch's memoir, Tracks: Memoirs of a Vietnam Veteran, takes the reader through enlistment, boot camp, training, missions and returning home. Clyde Hoch of C Company, First Tank Battalion, First Marine Division, Fleet Marine Force, served in Vietnam for a little over a year in...