The Gray Son by Jeffrey Mark takes place in 1757 when times were uncertain and dangers were posed by man and beast. Jacob Grayson moved his family to the Carolinas to avoid the French and Indian War. Starting over without his wife offers many challenges...

How do you cope when you lose your entire family? By opening a warehouse on wheels, of course! Hannah Mercer does exactly that in Al Schnupp’s Goods & Effects. As she rebuilds her life with her store-on-wheels, she lives many lives with the people she...

Gravity Is Heartless by Sarah Lahey is an adventure story playing out in 2050, with both technological advances and climate change reaching unimaginable levels. Following the exponential growth of both, the two are on a collision course, threatening the survival of the entire human species....

“Our intention creates our reality,” a quotation by Wayne Dyer, is one of many included in this nonfiction work. Author K P Weaver has penned an extraordinary book titled The Miracle of Intent. It is the third book of seven in The Alchemy of Life...

Pop and Shells: A New Beginning by Kristina Gemborys is a fun adventure story for children. The book follows a bright pink bug called Pop. Pop is in search of a new home and wants to find somewhere quieter than where she came from. Although...

In the suspenseful coming-of-age novel, The Mystery of the Glowing Locket by Liam Moiser, two young friends solve a centuries-old mystery involving a mystical locket. A bully in school coerces Olivia to visit an abandoned ghostly house. Olivia knows she has to do what Becky...

The Road to Covid-30: Satire for the Soul by Dunk Dougan IX captures the reality of the pandemic in a way that is realistic. With humor, the author shares thoughts about the changes effected by the pandemic in our lives, beginning with the responses in...

Once you start rhyming, it’s pretty hard to stop: “I never thought rhyming words was something I could do,/ then one popped in my head, followed by another two./ Have a go, do it now, rhyme your every word,/ and sometimes what you get, is...

The Balance of Power is the second novel in the Zodiac Saga by Kaitlyn McKnight. The story follows 13-year-old Cyrus O’Hara, a.k.a. Lancaster, as he fights the odds to save the world. Lancaster needs to save the world from a mysterious force that is hellbent...

Sometimes the innocence of children is more accepting than that of their peers. When young Harper meets a girl at the pool who’s a little different, she takes it all in her stride. Harper doesn’t understand why Emma doesn’t talk; she doesn’t understand why Emma...

From the Summer of Love to the Valley of the Moon by Nancy J Martin is a non-fiction memoir that chronicles the life of Martin as she navigates through the San Francisco Bay Area in the late 1960s and the transition to adulthood into the...

Blooming in Winter: The Story of a Remarkable Twentieth-Century Woman is written by Pam Valois. Valois and her husband’s first meeting with Jacomena Maybeck was in 1977. Jackie, as she preferred to be called, was on a roof, and Valois and her husband knew then...

Eat. Move. Improve: A Practical Nutrition, Fitness, And Mindset Guide Creating Creating Momentum Toward Improved Health and Wellness by Anthony DiMarino is a fascinating book for readers who are health conscious and want to work on their nutrition, diet, and well-being. The book has three...

In Dormir by Michael Golvach, a life of combat and brutality has left Private Investigator Payden Beck tired and embittered. He longs for a peaceful future away from law enforcement, so when Police Officer Bill Dooley asks for his help to locate his missing niece,...

Being Authentic by Morhaf Al Achkar is the author's memoir that spans from childhood and early adulthood in Syria to his time in the United States after being granted a student visa in 2006. Al Achkar begins with a lengthy introduction to his family life...

The Summer Tour by Mandy Melanson is a delightful contemporary romance. This book took me a little time to get into it. Once I did, I enjoyed it for what it was; a simple, sweet story about a rockstar that wasn't like the others, and...

Girls Can Be Anything is a children’s book written by Dr. Tamecca Rogers, the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Tulsa Technology Center, and London Love, a third-grader herself. The story takes place on Inauguration Day in America when Kamala Harris becomes the new...

In Dust Of Lies by GK Davenport, Kay and her husband Darrell moved to Barber, Arkansas a few years ago to care for his elderly mother, Viva. As a reporter for the Barber Gazette, Kay is sent to report on the demolition of an old...

Gary is part goat and part moose or, in other words, a goat moose. His mother was a moose and his father a goat – quite the combination. Unfortunately for Gary, it meant he was really different. Other animals didn’t know quite what to make...

It’s Kalani’s fifth birthday and she’s excited to have Ava there to play with her. They ride Kalani’s new scooter, but when they reach old Mrs. Wobbelot’s house, they both feel sad. Why? Because Mrs. Wobbelot is grumpy and sad. Kalani wants Mrs. Wobbelot to...