Samatya: An Egyptian Woman Among the Children of Israel by Mohamed Adly is an original and interesting take on the story of the Exodus from Egypt at the time of Moses. It is the story of Samatya, the young and beautiful wife of Hori, a...

Death By Drama: A Josiah Reynolds Mystery is a sleuth/cozy mystery novel written by Abigail Keam. While this is the eleventh book in Keam’s Josiah Reynolds mystery series, the author gives readers enough background information to allow them to enjoy this book as a standalone....

Relationships are hard, especially romantic relationships. The love shared can fill a person, only to tear them up when everything falls apart. Life is hard; love is even harder. Love lost can leave behind scars that fracture the soul and are difficult to heal. In...

A Victim's Victory by Vachelle Jemison is the story of a woman who survived the worst that life had to offer and still came out of it victorious. A non-fiction account that speaks to the hearts of readers, the narrative is heartbreaking and powerful at...

Will to Survive: Stop the Jihadists by Coleman Paul is a hard-hitting short story. Four veterans returned from a tour of Afghanistan. All they have in mind is revenge. They want the jihadists quivering in their boots. They meet to plot, believing that the government...

School Lies by Santiago Andrea Arciniegas Gomez is a nonfiction story told mostly through photographs. Arciniegas details his life at school, the weirdness, the lies, the bullying, everything that shaped him throughout his school years and beyond. He had friends. He told the same lies...

Poems, Thoughts and More offers us relaxed, real, and varied poetry about experiences in the everyday world. The author, Maritza Martinez, through various types of poems, shares her life and her experiences with us. She shares sonnets, haiku, acrostics, and more. Maritza teaches us that...

Luz del Mes is divided into three main parts. First, it has a very comprehensive poetry section, which includes haiku, couplets, and free verse. This part is dedicated to the environment and is mainly narrated from the point of view of nature, which creates a...

It is no wonder that most of us go through life too afraid to live the lives we want. From the moment a child begins school, they are groomed by the world around them, and by a society that demands they conform to a certain...

Glissando by Debbie Burke is the story of Ellie Greenberg. Ellie was 23 years old when she fell in love with Rudy DeSantis and married him. However, that bliss was short-lived as Ellie caught him cheating and got divorced. Now Ellie was in her mid-fifties,...

The Danger in Justice: A Calata Novel (Enforcers' Legacy Book 3) by Sue Wilder is an exciting new science fiction novel built on one of my favorite tropes. What’s not to love about immortal aliens that look human and have special powers? I get dizzy...

Dimitri Kosloff, a famous film director, had been found stabbed and dismembered at his usual Friday and Saturday night suite. He was as well known for his sexual preferences as he was for his Academy Awards, so his murder caused quite a stir. The evidence...

A Weapon of Magical Destruction by Katie Salidas is the first book in the Agents of A.S.S.E.T series. Sage is still dealing with the loss of her mother and what she inherits is the last thing she ever expected. Getting her mother's belongings from her...

Jane Congdon's How the WILD EFFECT Turned Me into a Hiker at 69: An Appalachian Trail Adventure is Congdon's memoir of her Appalachian Trail hikes, particularly in 2015. She was inspired by Cheryl Strayed's memoir "Wild," an account of Strayed's 1995 hike on the Pacific...

Steven F. Freeman's Thirty Seconds to Live is a mystery thriller with a chilling plot about people who die very quickly, under what appear to be normal circumstances. The story begins in New Zealand with the deaths of fifteen people aboard a sabotaged boat that...

Character, plot, and realism are among the things that get me reading a book. Dusties (Dusties Series Book 1) by Brett Murrell has all these elements expertly woven into the story. I felt pulled into the narrative in just the same way one would...

Let's meet five-year-old Michael in the story Michael and the Spots by Carl Witt. He was having fun in the bath where he went swimming with the sharks and rescued his baby duck from the evil washcloth monster. That day Michael saw some spots on...

"Be careful in what you pursue, lest you find yourself consumed by the object you desire." The Mirror Shop by Nicholas Bundock is about a middle-aged couple, Luke and Eve. They live an ideal life as he owns and operates a business, and she is...

Anne Frank House Amsterdam by Marko Kassenaar is a terrific guide book for any visitor to the Anne Frank House and Museum. For myself, having been to this historic site, this book enhances the experience. While other guide books give general highlights on this iconic...

Meet Harry, the kindest giraffe in the world, in the story Diary of a Giraffe: Harry and Bedtime by Jenny Mitchell and Eugenia Mitchell. This book is very appropriately subtitled Bedtime Story Picture Book Helping your Kids Overcome Fears before Sleep. All children are Harry’s...