Leo Learns to Swim by Caren Cantrell is about a baby sea turtle who discovers, upon hatching, that he has one flipper shorter than the others. Unable to swim, Leo is too scared to follow his siblings and cousins into the ocean, but he knows...

I can’t review this book without stating how it caught me off guard. I had picked it to read, poised to write a review condemning the sale of gorillas, but little did I know it would turn out to be one of the best things...

Return to the Town Beneath the Christmas Tree: Twisted Family Holidays is a holiday-themed novella for young adults and preteens written by J.R. Wirth. While this year’s Christmas cheer was still subdued in a big way by the deaths of Jacob and his mom, there...

A woman visiting her North Carolina family is brushed off by the small town's law enforcement when she claims to witness a beast, fitting the description of a local urban legend, mauling her father and brother in the spine-chilling supernatural novel, Return to Porter's Hollow...

Politics isn’t an easy subject to discuss with anyone because it seems as if everyone is so set in their ways that they refuse to even listen to someone with different views than their own. But in The Secret to Political Happiness by AM Ramsey,...

Secrets to Becoming a Wiser, More Confident and Happier You is an inspirational self-help book written by Mrs. Faithaline Hippolyte. Using quotations from Scripture and her own experiences with life, Hippolyte offers a 21-day self-improvement course designed to take little of your time yet give...

Alternatives to a Frozen Mouse: Book One by AJ Mouse is a memoir written by someone with DID or Disassociate Identity Disorder, or what used to known as Multiple Personality Disorder or Split Personality, and is one of the best books I have read in...

Somebody to Love by Aurelia Fray is the story of Rachel and Henry. Rachel has a successful career, but an equally unsuccessful love life. She doesn’t have a perfect body, lacks confidence and is surrounded by people who never really appreciate her. Her cousin suggests...

Living Next Door To A Vampire by Glenn Stevens is another of this author's short paranormal tales. Karen and Ralph live a successful life, if not a very happy one. Ralph is never home, always working and, although Karen can have anything she desires, all...

Jake Hedgehog loves to play with his friends, especially his best friend Sam. They play together all the time and have sleepovers during weekends. One day Sam gets a new phone and is busy with it. Jake wants to play with him but it seems...

Tomorrow is the Mardi Gras Parade and Grand-Mere asks Sweet Maggie Magnolia to go to sleep. She turns on Maggie's night lamp and sings her a song. Maggie pretends to be fast asleep as Grand-Mere tucks in her bears, Benjamin and Beignet, at the foot...

Victor Teran’s Our Trip to the Zoo is a colorful children’s book about a young boy named Landon and his father who visit a zoo and learn to count to ten at the same time by the number of different animals that they see as...

And Eve Said …“To Hell with God” by Sal Rivera is a wonderful book that explores strong themes and looks at human relationships from a fresh perspective. Starting with commentaries on the story or the myth of creation, the author unveils loopholes that are not...

Ultimate Step by Step Guide to Machine Learning Using Python: Predictive Modelling Concepts Explained in Simple Terms for Beginners by Daneyal Anis is a great book for beginners who want to learn Python and get into programming. From sharing the basics of the programming language...

Nowhere to Run: An Alli Wendy Affair by Lady DuWright is the first book in a series and a strong opening that will seduce fans of psychologically disturbing and dark urban fantasy novels. Alli Wendy is an eighteen-year-old girl who is looking forward to moving...

"At that moment, the moon breaks through the clouds and magnifies Rokurobei’s silhouette, standing at the handrail of the fortified wall. I freeze...Time skips a beat. Then I realize that the serpent’s neck is looking in the opposite direction; I sense he’s deep in thought,...

Grappling to Light: A Book of Poetry by Heather D. Nelson is a brief but impactful collection of poetry about serious subjects such as depression, anxiety, grief, and other emotional and psychological conditions during COVID-19 of 2020 and 2021. It isn't the first pandemic-related volume...

Dare to Un-Lead: The Art of Relational Leadership in a Fragmented World by Céline Schillinger is an innovative take on leadership concepts. In the author’s own words, she recognizes a global need to adapt from traditional models of leadership to something that will propel us...

I Need to Tell You is a work of non-fiction in the memoir subgenre. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned by author Cathryn Vogeley. The book chronicles the fifty-year-long aftermath of the decision by the author to give her baby...

Robin Walks to See the Cars, written and Illustrated by Claire Boosey, really appealed to me and will as well as to children with special needs. I read this interactive book with my grandson who has special needs as he is dyslexic and we really...