Why Do We Have to Reinvent Everything? by Lisa Landtroop explores the question from the title in a long essay and a personal reflection. The premise of the book is constructed around the idea that there are two types of people: doers and tinkerers. While...

In LA there is always crime and homicides, but the latest string has Detective Reece Daniels mystified. They are drained of blood, but none have wounds. One would-be victim didn't get fully drained and was found alive and rushed to the ER, where Doctor Andre...

Second Hand Stops by Katie St. Clair is the first book in the Van Buren Series. Left alone on a doorstep, Julia Malone is joined by several telepathic children to form a hotchpotch family of sorts under the watchful eye of the strange Mistress Lilliun....

Dealing with the loss of a loved one is no easy task, but what if you could go back in time and alter the past in order to keep them around? Amalie Jahn poses that question in The Clay Lion. Brooke Wallace was devastated by...

St. Matthew’s House: A Paranormal Romance Novella is written by C.P. Murphy. Young bride, TaShena, is shot dead on her wedding day by her abusive ex-boyfriend, Adam, before he turns the gun on himself immediately after seeing her lifeless body. After such a tragedy,...

Come on a meditation adventure with Lolli in Lolli & The Lollipop: Meditation Adventures For Kids by Elena Paige. Are you feeling sad, misunderstood, or angry? Did you have a bad day? Lolli understands. She doesn't want you to feel bad, so she has invited...

Lolli and the Talking Books: Meditation Adventures for Kids, Book 3 is a collection of guided meditations written by Elena Paige. Building on the previous two books in her series, Paige's inspirational guide, Lolli, takes children on three new adventures designed to help them explore...

Sylvie Stewart’s The Spark is another entry in the Carolina Connections series, a book I judged by its cover and one that turned out to be a perfect read in the romance category, a love story that is character-driven and so tightly written that readers...

Lolli and the Bunyip : Meditation Adventures for Kids, book 5 is a children's adventure book written by Elena Paige. In each of Paige's Meditation Adventures books, Lolli takes children to her World, a place filled with far-away lands, fun animals and endless adventures....

Hercules Finds His Courage: Taki & Toula Time Travelers Book 1 by Elena Paige is the story of Taki and Toula who live in Crete, Greece. One day they decide to dress up in their mother’s old clothes. While going through her chest, they find...

Mighty Big and Super Great: Texas Is The "Lone Star State"! written by Amber Manning, and illustrated by Kory Fluckiger, is an educational children’s book about Texas. It can be said to illustrate a love story between Amber and her state. This book is not...

Before I begin with the review of Shadow Play: A Dark Fantasy Novel - The Fae Games Volume 1 by Jill Ramsower, let me just comment and praise the cover of this novel. I have to admit that the cover lured me in and...

Is she really being followed? Who are they and why are they trying to kill her? In the suspense novel, In His Protection by P.L. Harris, Melody Maddison discovers that life, situations and circumstances are not what they seem, even with those closest to you....

Unwelcome Opportunity: Overcoming Life's Greatest Challenges by Richard V. Battle is a compendium of life-changing reflections designed to give readers spiritual tools to transform every adversity and challenge into an opportunity for growth. The author uses biblical truths and composes lines that are both inspiring...

When a young crow’s parents are killed by pheasant hunters, he is distraught. Plato, a wise old owl, comforted him and asked his name. The crow replied he was called “son,” and so Plato named him George. He advised George to move to Blossom Valley,...

A Testament of Steel is an epic fantasy by Davis Ashura. The story opens in a small village where Cinder Shade and his parents work as farmers. His parents are killed by an aether-crazed snow tiger. During the attack, he escapes death but loses his...

Coming Home: Windsor Peak by Denise Latham is a military drama. After his wife passed away unexpectedly fourteen years prior, leaving him with a young son, Jake Burrows enlisted in the military. After being hurt, Jake decided to return to his hometown to heal from...

Rufi is a mouse who is comfortably reading in his house when the pipes burst. Despite his best efforts, he cannot fix them by himself, so he decides to build a new home. Rufi first encounters Noah and the Cozy Critters at that time and learns that...

Nana's Heartwarming Tales: Mighty Ripples by Vicki Johnpeer is a children’s anthology narrated by Cory, a lively hummingbird who lives in an apple orchard and recounts the adventures of four friends, Cara, Buddy, Jed, and Aimee, nicknamed “The Pals.” The stories each have positive moral...

Black Rain by Joshua Caine is a very Twilight-Zonesque tale of horror, with a brand-new, unique boogeyman monster. Arlene was heading to Reno, after walking away from her loser boyfriend and apartment earlier in the day. In the middle of a barren yellow desert, her...