The 'Great' Kickin' Dog: A Family Tree by Kenneth Allen Crutchfield, Sr. is a novel with its own beauty and dignity in exploring the life of a dysfunctional family. John Coleman is the main protagonist, an ex-musician, assembly line worker, and alcoholic. Don’t call him...

Athena was the daughter of the renowned archeologist Hamish Duncan. She lived a sheltered life cocooned in the love and luxury that her parents gave her. As a Master’s degree holder following in her father’s footsteps, she went to every dig site and formal parties...

Doctor Bob: Amorous Adventures of a Psychiatrist Addicted to Women and Alcohol by Peter Kelton is a challenging, complex amalgam of psychiatry, cosmology, birdwatching, communing with animals, fine food and drink, chaotic relationships, Japanese design, Mafia surveillance, the pathos of Skid Row, Amazonian forestry, helping...

No Gravestone Unturned by Debbie De Louise is the fifth book in the Cobble Cove Mystery Series. It’s October and Hallowe’en is fast approaching. Alicia is helping with the library’s Hallowe’en party preparations when she learns that John’s aunt has died and all his cousins...

Without any fuss, Flash Fiction Stories of the Sea drops readers into murky waters. Sometimes serene, often turbulent. Three Chilean servicemen were in a boat hunting seals. The real reason they were out there was to discuss how to divide the millions they stole from...

First Date Stories: Women’s Romantic and Ridiculous Midlife Adventures by Jodi Klein is a non-fiction collection of experiences aimed at cementing solidarity and reinforcing sisterhood from within the ranks of the post-forty dating scene. All told, there are nearly a dozen moments that Klein puts...

Pete the Picassofish is just one of the many colorful personalities you will meet in The Adventures of the Picassofish. Johanna Hurmerinta introduces Pete and a host of his other finned friends through the pages of this beautifully illustrated children’s book. Johanna tells an exciting...

If brevity is the soul of flash fiction, then well-executed brevity makes for exemplary flash fiction. A Year of Shorts: Flash Fiction, a collection curated by Barbara Venkataraman, is an example of such execution. This compilation is grouped by themes corresponding to the seasons of...

Lifting Heavy Things: Healing Trauma One Rep at a Time by Laura Khoudari is an encouraging way to regain strength following trauma--with strength training. This author has credentials to back up her thoughtful, powerful practices and theory as an experienced physical trainer as well as...

In Limbo Over Lyme Disease is about a teenage boy who had been sick for a long time, only to find out that he had been suffering from Lyme disease and co-infections caused by said disease. We learn that Lyme disease comes from ticks that...

Chartreuse Grenoble has grown up as an object to be used in the brothel run by her mother and Monroe, a ruthless man who has taken the virtue of so many girls for his own pleasure. She and her sister, Chalmette, have lived a dark...

Change Your Stinkin' Thinkin’ is a children’s graphic storybook written by Analynn Sardella and illustrated by Daniela Torres. The story starts with Charlie, who has a negative and gloomy outlook on life. She does everything with a begrudging attitude. Marley, on the other hand, is...

Dead Man's Trail: Psychic Sleuths and Talking Dogs by Max Parrott is the tenth book in the Jaz and Luffy Cozy Mystery series. Jasmine has solved mystery after mystery and now she's finally embarking on a vacation with her friends, but leaving her sleuthing nature...

Climate Change and the Road to Net-Zero by Mathew Hampshire-Waugh is a layman-friendly discourse on the pressing issues of climate change and how we, as a species, have dramatically changed the natural landscape, and the power that we possess to take action in living harmoniously...

Travels and Tribulations is a work of non-fiction in the memoir genre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by Tyrel Nelson. The book follows the author during the worst of the pandemic after losing both his mother and his career....

Journey to Cassiopeia is a tale of loss and survival written by John K Addis and illustrated by Daniela Olaru. When a man comes home late from work, he hears his young child, Cassie, coughing from her bed. The father enters Cassie's room...

Only Sofia-Elisabete by Robin Elizabeth Kobayashi keeps you guessing as to what Sofia will say or do next. She lived with her noble father for the first five years of her life in England. Living with her mother in Spain made Sofia miss her father's...

Power Bound is the first book in the Darius Academy series by Marie Godley. Saoirse Keegan leads a more complicated life than most. Not only is she regularly bullied at school but she also often finds it hard to keep her temper in check, which...

Silent Rise: A City, the Arts, and a Blue-Collar Kid by Rick H. Jones documents the transformative power of the arts in reshaping Hamilton, a city in Ohio. During his childhood, Jones’s parents empowered him to pursue his dreams. His love for the arts began...

Trez, Frez and Inez, written and illustrated by Deb Neeley-Garcia with the help of her grandkids, is a fabulous book for preschool kids and looks to be one of a series, this one titled The Workshop. Author Neeley-Garcia calls it “a story of fun, friendship...