In They Call Me Alexandra Gastone, a young adult thriller by T.A. Maclagan, all seventeen-year-old Alexandra Gastone wants to do is graduate high school, get into Princeton, and work for the CIA like her grandfather. At least that's what her cover as a spy entails....

Meaningful Omissions by Anne McNeely is a romance novel. I loved it. I loved it because it didn't read like I expected a romance novel to read. There were no exaggerated cliché characters. Romance didn't dominate the narrative. Life dominated the narrative. The life of...

My Lonely Room by John A Vikara was really an unexpected treat. When I read it had to do with gangs, I was prepared to not care for it. The first thing I think of is violence and death. It turned out to be a...

A work of historical fiction, Brotherly Love: A 19th-Century Irish Romance by Lorna Peel tells of the love affair between Catriona Brady, the young widow of a former champion fighter who died a violent death, and Michael Warner, the handsome and desirable brother of the...

If you’re looking for a lightweight, cosy read, don’t pick up The Warrior by Phillip Davidson. On the other hand, if you like books that challenge your beliefs and invite you to question life, morality, religion, duty, honour and man’s purpose here on earth, snap...

Fans of the TV series Criminal Minds are going to love Chaos by D.J. Schuette. In fact, some of the characters in this thriller will immediately bring to mind those members of the BAU fans have come to love e.g. Chaos’ autistic boy genius, David,...

Old Mr. Higgins asks the Mysterious Six to investigate some strange lights he has seen along the cliffs at the back of his property in The Little Giants as the Mysterious Six in the Supernatural Great Escape by Lynette Harrell. The six friends agree to...

In The Apprentice and the Vortex by Alister Laurence, you are immediately drawn into the plight of Boglin, the best wizard in Glamaddon, and his wizard-in-training apprentice, Drek, and their realization of Hingebutt's universal spell of lethargy. Not only are Boglin's plants dying, but a...

No one can hurt you unless you give them the power to hurt you. This seems to be the core message of I AM: Kicking Down the Walls of Silence about Sexual and Mental Abuse by Brenda Hammon. The book is a memoir that is...

Food for Love by Erin Evans is a humorous tale of love and food! They say that to get to a man’s heart you should aim for his stomach, but for Cordelia McKellen that simply isn’t true. You see, she comes from a gastronomic family,...

The instant one gets past the nearly bloodless clinical opening of The Atheist and the Parrotfish, a most surprising novel by Richard Barager about a doctor and his transgender patient, the relentlessly engaging storyline grabs you by the privates and refuses to let you go....

Have you ever wanted to grow your own organic vegetables? Do you lack the yard space, but want to enjoy fresh, homegrown veggies? The Simple Guide To Aquaponic Gardening: From Tiny Indoor Space To Lush Organic Garden by Augusta Sinclair is a step-by-step guide to...

How to Declutter by ElowenBooks will help you to declutter your home, car, and potentially even your life. Clutter, defined as anything you don’t use once a year, can be interpreted as not caring about yourself or it can be a indication that you...

How To Overcome Depression by ElowenBooks taught me a lot about proactively addressing depression. Depression can take many forms. A person may become depressed over something that happens in their life, or they may experience chronic depression brought about by a chemical imbalance. Whatever the...

Professor Mascaro, professor at the UCLA School of Film and Television, receives a package that contains a reproduction of a famous Kubrick photo originally posted on the cover of Look Magazine. On the back of the photo are the words, “Follow me to Q’s identity.”...

“The first will be strong, a friend to the king. The second shall dance; the blue flame she will sing. A struggle to live; her will shall be strong. Her mantra, her soul shall not falter or wrong. A leader of men, for peace she will fight. The evil that...

The Unseen by Jacob Devlin is the second book in the Order of the Bell series. As King Bellamy declares that no one can leave the Old World, Pietro, Pino, and Alicia seek a way out to find their children, no matter the cost. Turning...

The Adept by M.M. Bygrove is a mystical short story about a young Adept and his aspirations. Alios is an Adept at the Alchemist Academy. One day, as Alios is transcribing a copy of the Emerald Tablet for his students, he makes a startling discovery....

Little Guilt by M.M. Bygrove is a short story that draws the reader in bit by bit, just as if caught on a hook. It starts out sounding a lot like my life; a writer who doesn’t sell as much as would be desired. His...

Corn is one of the most genetically modified edible foods grown on this planet. It is a mainstay product that has found its place in just about every food product available. Humans have created the ultimate bug and disease resistant product and it grows large...