Kurt and Bongo and the Hippies by Al Gromer Khan revolves around three main characters: Kurt (a German), Bongo (an African), and Toby (an Indian). There are other side characters in the story, but they are just that -- side characters. This does not mean...

The Grumpy Kid is a children’s book, written in rhyme by Not So Serious Jack (Jack Thompsen) and illustrated by Oliver Kryzz Bundoc. Arin is a young boy whose first day at his new school is not so bright. When his new classmates - Dan,...

Ty wasn’t Wil’s father, but he’s the only parent Wil has ever known. He’s raised him the way Wil’s deceased mother asked him too, not strong in their way, but strong in the ways of the heart. Then Wil meets a Revout in the forest....

A Sisterhood of Women Living Life by Cheryl Holloway is a superb collection of short stories with messages of hope and inspiration. The stories are about real people and real subject matter. You will see people going through emotional suffering as they try to resolve...

Is there really a monster lurking in the waters of Riverdale Lake? Sheriff Williker to the rescue. In The Adventures of Sheriff Williker: The Case of the Riverdale Lake Monster by Kim Hansen, the reason there may not be a Riverdale Fall Festival next year...

Gregory the Spider: Romping through the Year is a children’s picture book written by Cynthia Dreeman Meyer and illustrated by Marina Saumell. Gregory the Spider doesn’t have a favorite month; he loves them all. In this brightly colored and cheerful book that explores those things...

A wonderful story that expertly handles the themes of family, love, art, and addiction, Fireflies: A Novel by Marie Minnich is lyrical and utterly entertaining. Readers will adore the way the author explores the climates of a troubled, addictive soul. Casey Cavanaugh is exceptionally intelligent,...

This is the first novel I have read by Katie O’Rourke, and I’ll be sure Blood & Water is not the last. At first I started to worry about how well I could connect with the story, since we do get to follow five different...

Thistle & Stone by Linda J Pifer is an unconventional love story with a haunting twist. While on vacation, Shelley Lindquist, a decorator, stops at a warehouse to look at old reclaimed items in the hopes of finding a treasure for one of her clients....

The Cupcake Adventure by Strika Karmack, Navos Karmack, and Gus Karmack takes children on an exciting adventure with six cupcakes to a big old refrigerator. They cannot wait to reach there and find out what awaits them. Candy Cotton, Deep Dark Chocolate, Peter Pecan, Minty...

Rosie the Runaway Raccoon: Not So Serious Jack Series (Volume 6) by Jack Thompsen is a heartwarming and delightful storybook for children with a beautiful message. Rosie the Raccoon wants to run in the town race. She knows she can keep up a fast pace....

The Oathing Stone by J.Z.N. McCauley is the second book in The Rituals Trilogy. Over the past year Catherine has found solace hidden away with Bowen in a quiet Irish village. The time has finally arrived for the wedding of her dreams. As the happy...

Dr. Gordon Fimreite's 15 Steps to Healthy Living is an uplifting and useful guide for all readers who are on the lookout for tips to lose weight naturally, get a health plan organized, and glow from the inside out. The book speaks about eating healthily...

Panther Across the Stars by Lon Brett Coon is an epic fantasy with characters that are deeply explored and a culture that is as rich as it is fascinating, a story for readers who are intrigued by war heroes and tightly plotted stories. Readers follow...

Wildflowers and Train Whistles: Stories of a Coal Mining Family is a memoir written by Lillian Crone Frazer. Frazer grew up in Minden, West Virginia, a small coal mining camp town, during the 1950s and '60s. She was the youngest of a family with seven...

Whispers is a young adult social issues novel written by Lynn Yvonne Moon. No one expected the twelve-year-old daughter of the deceased to punch her father’s body in the face as he lay in his casket during the funeral service. Listening to Pastor Johnson go...

Escape from Doubting Castle (Abigail and Her King) by Mary E. Laders is a great tale of deception and adventure. Abigail has been sent away from the only place she could call home, banned forever. Or at least until she can escape from Prince Beelzebub,...

Nothing is as riveting, nor compelling, nor enlightening to a heightened understanding of our own existence as listening to a survivor tell about their restoration from major brain damage. Linda Nija Nations, in her highly personal and touching memoir, Remember Me, adds to the automatic...

Trying to protect his family from the two most notorious gangsters of the twentieth century, a young postal worker is unwittingly caught in the rivalry between Bugsy Moran and Al Capone, in the intense and thrilling supernatural novel Unremarkable by Geoff Habiger and Coy Kissee....

Not everyone can trace their roots and A Walk Through Minden: In the Lives of the Crone and Vegh Families by Lillian Frazer shows just how much they may be missing. Beginning with great-great-grandparents, most of whom immigrated from Europe in the mid 19th and...