Rancid Mahoney works for Gunther Ostrander, Head Prospector of New Canterton, a mining settlement in what was once, a long time ago before civilization ended, “the heart of American Northwest”. Mahoney’s task is to find the Blackheart Mountain which is the source of “Blackvein”, a...

Child of Prophecy is a mesmerizing final entry in the Titanian Chronicles by Leisl Kaberry. This is a beautifully written fantasy that made me want to read the entire collection of books in the series. There is so much at stake in this entry. Lenna,...

In Requiem For Thursday by Douglas Cockell, when Detective Eilert Weiss is called to a supposed accidental drowning, the clues do not correspond to unintentional death. Another drowning of a young girl in similar circumstances not long before raises the suspicion that a serial killer...

Traveling Tessa is an adventure fantasy novel for children and preteens written and illustrated by Carrie Crawford Martinelli. Tessa was so excited that autumn had finally arrived. She had been counting the days, almost wishing that they would fly by more quickly. Tessa and her...

I'm Still G.O.O.D. - Getting Over Obstacles Daily volume 2 by Bianca A. McCormick-Johnson is a self-help book that shows how our upbringing and our thoughts shape our lives as we grow older. This volume covers the stages of our life (infancy, adulthood, and more),...

Satori Ananda: Awaken to Happiness by Michael C.W. Tranmer is the memoir of a man's journey from an ego-driven manner of living to self-awareness and living in the moment. As a successful marine engineer, Michael Tranmer and his wife lived an active and satisfying life...

The year 1987 was when the murders started. Five people were killed by the Point Roberts Slayer in February. The killings continued the next two years in the same month, claiming the same number of victims. The mayor of the town took a drastic action;...

Atomic Kiss by Brendan S Bigney is a collection of entertaining and insightful free-verse poems. The poem “The People that We Meet” opens the collection. It examines the many people one meets in a lifetime and encourages appreciating those among them who turn out to...

Cleo Can Tie A Bow: A Rabbit and Fox Story is an educational picture book for children written by Sybrina Durant and illustrated by Pumudi Gardiyawasam. Cleo loves bows! All of her shoes have bows, and she always has a bow in her hair. If...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream might be one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays, with countless stage, film, and tv adaptations performed over the years. It is a brave task to readapt a story many people recognize, but Paul Leonard Murray has successfully pulled it off. While...

The action-driven play Pericles, the Prince of Tyre by William Shakespeare, as rendered in rhyming couplets of modern English by Paul Leonard Murray, director of the Belgrade English Language Theater, with input from his students, is just as exciting as the original, but it is...

After tackling A Midsummer Night’s Dream so successfully, Paul Leonard Murray turns his attention to Shakespeare’s tragedies, namely Macbeth. Most readers will already know the plot of ‘the Scottish play’; Macbeth and his ambitious wife scheme to murder King Duncan while he sleeps and be...

InstaGrateful: Finding Your Bliss in a Social Media World by Sheri Fink is a non-fiction self-help/inspirational guide that acts as a self-applied soothing balm to invigorate and strengthen the soul. Fink offers a roadmap for putting out positive, authentic content that reflects the positive, authentic...

Imagine a farm for butterflies. Having enjoyed their yearly trek to our northern rural home, I delight in the idea of creating a pollinator-friendly garden to welcome the butterflies and help them multiply. We need these pollinators and they are in a precarious situation that...

Forget Russia is a work of fiction in the historical fiction, family saga, and interpersonal drama sub-genres, and was penned by author L. Bordetsky-Williams. Written for adult reading audiences, the work is accessible to readers of most sensitivity levels and contains a small amount of...

Navigating Life's Journey: Common Sense in Uncommon Times by Richard V. Battle is a solid, inspirational guide to managing your life. This book comes at just the right time--when life seems uncertain for some, the future unclear. Which path do you take? How do you...

Counterfeit Warrior is a crime murder mystery thriller written by Donald Collins. Cold Case Squad Detective Steve Danski and his partner Gregory Litchfield reopen a murder case of a woman named Sarah Hillman who was killed seven years ago in Flushing, New York. As they...

Dr. Barbara Koltuska-Haskin is a neuropsychologist who has graciously shared her vast knowledge and experience on the brain’s functioning with us in How My Brain Works. This may sound boring to most of you, but trust me, it is not. Barbara has taken a scientific...

Miami’s Yester’Years: Its Forgotten Founder Locke Tiffin Highleyman by Patricia Daly-Lipe is an astonishing account of the history of Miami and Southern Florida, beginning in 1513. “This is the story of the conversion of that “swamp” of “grass and mire” to a fancy metropolis.” The...

More than a collection of poems, Black Forest Dreams by Joseph Kuhn Carey is a travelogue of a poignant journey through Germany. The trip is to introduce the land of their ancestors to his young family. His grandparents and his great-uncle courageously left their wooded...