Contagion: Get Sick? Run! by Chad Stambaugh is a book I loved for a number of reasons. It establishes a powerful premise — a family has to choose between a loved one and the welfare of society and in the context of an epidemic. The...

Pluto is a dwarf planet and Mercury looks like a “tiny little white spot under the moon” and it’s actually the closest planet to the sun. Venus, next to the moon, usually “shines the brightest in the sky.” A fun way to learn and remember...

Weeds are everywhere. In The Best Edible Wild Plants in Britain by Amanda Scott, readers learn that some weeds are rather worthy plants and useful, too. Some are very tasty and/or have beneficial effects on your health. Even stinging nettles, the bane of so many...

Beautyworld by David Bennett Laing portrays a futuristic look at Earth after the Exodus leaves behind a society of people that had undergone a gene transformation, leaving them sexless, unmaterialistic and highly revered. The Tellurian society consists of a very peaceful people that are at...

Trigger the Wonder Horse: An Inspirational Story of Faith, Healing & Miracles is a nonfiction animal memoir written by Angela Lenhardt. Lenhardt is a life coach, public speaker and author. When Lenhardt found herself unable to get help for Bailey, her buckskin quarter horse, one...

Larkin’s Landing by SK Wee is a riveting mystery, with a sprinkling of romance, that commands the reader’s attention from the very first page. The central characters are two women, Fee and Tara, who could not be any more opposite in personality, behavior, and thought....

Uniquely Dangerous: A True Story is a nonfiction book written by Carreen Maloney. On April 14, 2010, Douglas Spink woke to the commotion raised by a 19-member strong SWAT team as they pounded on the door of his small cabin. His Reese Hill location should...

Meet Polka Dot Sue who lives in the town of Zot in a big house in the storybook Polka Dot Sue by Mary Russo. Every morning Polka Dot Sue wonders what to wear and when she steps out she can feel the stares and hear...

Dear Prudence: The Story Behind the Song by Prudence Farrow Bruns is a personal memoir about growing up with an exceptional family ensconced in the 1940s-1950s Hollywood lifestyle up through the culture of the 1960s and beyond. Most importantly, it is the personal growth of...

Elevate: An Essential Guide to Life by Joseph Deitch is a fascinating read that explores many questions that usually baffle everyone, and the author gives answers to these questions that are enlightening, powerful, transformational, and easy to absorb. The answers shared by the author are...

The Menagerie of Jenkins Bailey is a fantasy adventure novel for children and preteens written by Matthew S. Cox. Piper Bailey was not at all enthusiastic about her family’s sudden change in fortune. She loved the little house they lived in and had friends she...

Any normal human beings who complain about their horrible bosses should be ashamed. Thirty-three-year-old private investigator Bellamy Vale has a contract with Death herself. Her commands must be obeyed if Vale wants to keep living. A savage beast is randomly killing residents of Cold City,...

Through Poems from the Ark, Joy V. Sheridan expresses the nuances of love, both in its positive aspect and in its disappointment. The words are directed toward nature and self-discovery, what this involves such as going through sadness, deep sensations, disappointments, but with the hope...

Best Friends is a nonfiction memoir written by Yvette Nachmias-Baeu. Beth had originally been Yvette’s sister’s friend, but somehow the two young women discovered that they were, indeed, kindred spirits. Each had an abiding interest in the arts and chose a creative life over a...

There is usually something in a person’s life that defines their future. Something they can’t let go of. It can be a good thing, or a bad thing, or something that haunts the person. It’s all part of the memories that create and define who...

Armageddon: An Apache Story by Pablo Omar Zaragoza and Susan Giffin is a wildly imagined yet mesmerizing supernatural adventure of the Prince of Hell in his quest to return to heaven. For Bal’am to be redeemed he must become human, that is, he must dwell...

Father David thought he was officially retired. He hadn't received a job as a soul redeemer in forty years, and only checked his post office box as a once-weekly foray out of his apartment. Imagine his surprise one day to find a package with one...

Claimed by Gods is the first book in Their Dark Valkyrie series by Eva Chase. Aria Watson will do whatever it takes to protect her little brother. Her plans change when she dies and is brought back to life by four gods as a Valkyrie....

In Missing Pieces: The Unleashing of Wynter Mandrel by P.D. Platt, Wynter was fired in a very detached manner by EnerCore Systems after eight years of service. A strange note instructs her to attend an early morning meeting at a place not far from her...

Crushing Dyslexia: The "How-To" Book of Effective Methods for Helping People With Dyslexia by Carol S. Fitzpatrick, M.S. Ed. is a useful and handy guide for all parents, teachers, tutors, counselors, and therapists to meet the challenges of handling dyslexic children, students, and patients by...