Heart of Red, Blood of Blue by Rebecca Belliston is a stunning young adult novel about an albino princess named Gisela. When her first betrothal ended with her betrothed dead and a war started, she was sent into hiding. But years later, after all her...

A Light in the Darkness: Transcending Chronic Illness through the Power of Art and Attitude is a memoir by Lisa A. Sniderman, an award-winning singer-songwriter, artist, and playwright. Sniderman was diagnosed in 2008 with a rare, incurable autoimmune disease called dermatomyositis (DM). Just as she...

Nostalgia: Poems and Paintings of Beauty, Love, and Loss by Christina M. Pages is a collection of inspirational poems that reflect the beauty of nature, explore the hidden, somewhat imperceptible movements of the heart, the longing of the human spirit, the thrill of love, the...

The Christmas Victory: A Gem of a Sermon, All Wrapped Up in a Historical Novel by James M. Becher is a delightful gift edition of an uplifting story of Christmas and faith. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow hasn't felt the Christmas spirit since the death of his...

In Kitty Ballou's Sanctuary Zoo by Cindy L. Shirley, Kitty Ballou had been a supporter of animal welfare since childhood. While other girls were playing with dolls, Kitty was rescuing abandoned and neglected animals. When her ambition to become a veterinary surgeon was achieved, Kitty...

Why Doctors Need To Be Leaders: A Call To Action Amidst The Evolving Complexities of Healthcare by Dr. Atif Zafar is an engaging book that gives insights to medical students, residents, fellows, and physicians to make them aware of the responsibilities and complexities of modern...

Seasons of the Soul is a collection of philosophical poetry by Nidhi Kaur. It has many eloquent, often short poems that show the relationship between a woman seeking love and a beloved she longs for, and can also be used to describe a deeper search...

Depression is a problem but nobody really knows why and how people get depressed. The Quill Method: Conquer Depression in 10 Steps by Sylvester Quill is an engaging book that will help all those dealing with depression. The ten-step approach is a good tool to...

Short stories are gaining in popularity. There is a growing market for a short story. People are interested in reading short snippets, something they can read from beginning to end in one sitting. With the internet opening up more markets for publishing short stories, writers...

One would never suspect the kind of adventures Petunia Brown has by looking at her. On Monday she traveled to outer space to watch the rockets in the flying comet race and she spent Tuesday building robots destined for Mars. Her Wednesday was filled with...

Misericorde is the first installment in the Mercy series. It is a work of fiction in the epic fantasy genre and was penned by author Cynthia A. Morgan. Set after the first three horsemen of the apocalypse have been let loose upon Earth and shifted...

What We Know For Sure by Lia Ocampo are the real stories of immigrants who came to the United States through the Special Immigration Visa initiative for Filipinos who dedicate their careers, usually twenty years but in Ocampo's case it was eighteen, in the service...

Written for a vast audience in the corporate sector including employees, entrepreneurs, team leaders, and business leaders, The Growth Quotient by Suram is an informative guide about growth, efficiency, preparedness, effectiveness and more. Chapter two of the work discusses how growth can be maintained and...

In Pam R. Johnson Davis’s book of poetry, Seasons (I’ll Be Seeing You), her poems follow seven years in her life in which she experiences heartbreak, healing, and redemption. Following a broken relationship, she experiences grief and depression which are beautifully represented in poems like...

The Haunting on Palm Court: An Isle of Palms Suspense by Stephanie Edwards is a romantic suspense novel so good that you must finish it in one sitting. It's about a woman fleeing her abusive husband and what happens when he tries to catch up...

If poetry benefits our well-being, then we should immerse ourselves in appreciating this age-old art form. Reading Dark Tides: Poetic Reflections of Life by Rev. Dr. Kevin T. Coughlin Ph.D. has a therapeutic feel to it. This fifth collection of poetry delves into human struggles...

Baby Moses by John Cowlin is a historical fiction novel set in rural Claiborne County in the South. After seven years away, getting an education and serving in the military, Moses takes the Greyhound home to his adopted granny, Miss Clio, a woman who raised...

Waiting on the Monsoons for His Desert Soul by Redwulf Dancingbare is a compilation of the author's original poetry that revolves around a variety of moments captured in time, making them timeless through verses that often read like a song. The themes vary in length,...

As I write this review in January 2021, we continue to experience the terrible circumstances brought to us by the pandemic, COVID-19. In spite of our individual differences, so many similarities are brought to light in the powerful anthology of memoir articles contained in...

Sapphire Stars: Poems by Christie Leigh Babirad is an enchanting and dreamy collection that will take poetry lovers into another dimension where romance, passion, and matters of the heart are expressed and will leave them fascinated with its timelessness and sensitivity. The book has been...