Hot Chocolate Underpants to the Rescue is the second children’s book in the Hot Chocolate Underpants series, written by Rafael Jacimin and illustrated by Van der Saim. When Caspian plays Frisbee in the back yard with his grandfather, the Frisbee becomes entangled within the branches...

Arman Lance has met Ladia Purnell, the girl from Belvun, during a summer holiday and since then he has lived in hope of reuniting with her again. “I haven’t forgotten who we were. What we meant to each other.” These are words that show how...

Resonance by S. Alex Martin is the second entry in the Recovery series, an excellent story that follows the life and adventures of Arman Lance in the Embassy Program. The Belvun planet is being laid to waste by drought, firestorms, and an advancing desert. Every...

Three different characters try to find something in Down and Out in Kathmandu by Jennifer S. Alderson. Zelda is an idealistic young woman who wants to follow her friends' example and find herself while traveling. She decides being a volunteer in Kathmandu to teach English...

As the name suggests, 20 Short Ones is a collection of twenty short stories. In each story, Dan Salerno has narrated how humans connect to one another. This connection may or may not turn out to be anything romantic, but the intent of this connection...

The Bane Bath Salts by Cheryl Holloway is a heart-breaking yet eye-opening story of a teenager who slowly slips into the grip of a lethal type of chemical dubbed 'Bath Salts.' Driven by a hunger for fun and thrills, Hannah finds herself slowly sinking into...

In The Mysterious Adventures of Tommy Nowhere & Roscoe: Spirit of the Trees by James Stilson, daydreamer Tommy, a thirteen-year-old boy, suddenly discovers that his fantasies about being a valiant knight have come true. Transported to the magical Green Leaf forest in the land of...

Homicide Detective John Keegan is bored, yes, so bored out of his wits he even thinks — amusingly or not — about “starting a heroin habit.” It is on one such listless day that his colleague Rick Calhill calls and requests they meet urgently. A...

Dancing with Elephants: Mindfulness Training For Those Living With Dementia, Chronic Illness or an Aging Brain (How to Die Smiling Book 1) by Jarem Sawatsky is a non-fiction grief/hardship book. This is a book that would appeal most to an adult audience of those who...

My Fox Ate My Cake by David Blaze is a beautiful story for young readers — and adults who are children at heart, like me. Meet Jonah Johnson and his best friend, a fox. The fox seems to be the best friend Jonah has, the...

In Mo's Magical Stories by Mohsen Sharifi, children will experience a collection of three stories about sacrifice, transformation, and chances. The messages in The Lucky Fisherman, The Hermit, and Suleiman and the Flying Carpet will help children to improve their well being, stimulate confidence, and...

Our Historic Moment by David Jaber is one of those books you wish everyone would read. If by some miracle you got them to read it, then you would probably want to take it a little further and have them believe it. You would want...

Ovis Aires is a collection of poetry written and illustrated by Daniel William Zevetchin. The title itself is a reference to the Latin name for the domestic sheep, which then sets the tone for this poetry collection. The poems themselves generally reflect the issues that...

Wow! Just, wow! That’s exactly what I thought when I finished reading Mia’s Magic Wand, the new book by author Peter Volkofsky. This story grabbed me from the very start and kept me obsessively reading all the way through until the very end! Follow the...

“Listen,” Gabriel Da Silva told his two children, Sarah and Jacob, “listen well because I am preparing you for life.” These arresting words open That Woman: Beating the Odds in Colonial New York by Wayne Clark, a historical novel that deals with kidnapping and...

The Lunar Princess: Sugar Plum and Owl (Sugar Plum's Factory) (Volume 1) by T.S. Cherry is a beautiful children's book about a young princess named Sugar Plum, the daughter of the Lunar princess and the Sandman. Sugar Plum is incredibly powerful, but there is...

Being Green: A Colorful Journey by Howard Green is a captivating autobiography that takes the reader on a journey through a dysfunctional family, insecurities, and sexual exploration to inner freedom. Howard’s story begins with a very tragic statement: “I never knew my mother as a...

Understanding God by an anonymous author is essentially a book of poetry. Each poem is on a page of its own and hence the poems are very short. To say that this book helped one to understand God would be a stretch. There are so...

Larry Theriault III's 14 Steps Away is a fun children's book. It follows a young boy named Max, who has trouble falling asleep without his mom and dad with him. This started when he was a baby, and has continued. He keeps asking why his...

The Back Road to Success by Robert L Weaver is a short novella that reminds us that the direct route is not always the only way to get where you need to go in this world. Star Wainright is perhaps typical of many youngsters today....