Drew the Dragon is different from most dragons of his age. He cannot fly or breathe fire. No matter how much effort he puts into it, he just cannot do it. He seeks advice from his mother about his failure to fly, but she assures...

A Tide Should Be Able to Rise Despite Its Moon by Jessica Bell is a collection of original poetry that revolves around the different forms and experiences of motherhood. The title is woven into one of the poems and is fitting in the context of...

Sonnets of Love and Joy by Paul Buchheit is a compilation of the author's original poetry focusing on the two titular subjects in varied forms. Buchheit's works are written as sonnets, and this is perhaps the first time in many years that I was handed...

In I’m Not Stupid, I Have Hearing Loss, Tracy L. Markley sheds light on the need for hearing aids. She also encourages all who have hearing loss to take advantage of the marvels of technology by using hearing aids. Tracy wears hearing aids and knows...

A History of Silence is the first book in Cynthia J. Bogard's The Heartland Trilogy. And what a heartfelt beginning! Jenny, Jane, Liz, and Maddie are closer to one another than they would have ever imagined. A devastating dark past binds them together. When Jenny...

Imagine singing these words to Beethoven’s marvelous tune of Ode to Joy: "Joyful, loyal, playful bassets,/ We all love the basset hound,/ Best of friends with kindest assets,/ They will never let you down./ Short on legs but not in spirit,/ Bassets will bring you...

A Daughter’s Kaddish: My Year of Grief, Devotion, and Healing by Sarah Birnbach is a heartwarming and eye-opening look at a woman’s attempt to fulfill a religious obligation for her father but seems to run into every issue imaginable to prevent it, be it traditionalists...

Stella and James are the stars of House of Diamonds, with an interesting cast. Stella has just left Perth, Australia, and Damian, her domineering boss and the man she was in love with. She arrives in Sydney to move in with her sister and...

Hollyland: A Novel is an engaging work in the women’s fiction and romance subgenres. It is best suited to the mature reading audience due to moderate sex references and adult language and was penned by author Patricia Leavy. In this charming and exciting work filled...

Two Floors Above Grief: A Memoir of Two Families in the Unique Place We called Home by Kevin O’Connor is the best self-published memoir I’ve read this year. This concerns a family of undertakers and provides an examination of the day-to-day concerns of family life...

With the American healthcare system being the most expensive in the world, priorities tend to differ when it comes to analyzing the financial metrics of initiatives. As the author Firouz Daneshgari says, the system is expensive compared to what it brings in return. After years...

David Horn delights us with Do the Robot! In this third book in the Eudora Space Kid series, Eudora is up to her usual shenanigans aboard the AstroLiner Athena. She lands herself in some hot water when she programs Walter, the only robot officer, to...

The Dirt Bike Detective by Douglas L. Hoover is about five middle school misfits and outcasts doing a paranormal investigation of Raven Ridge Academy, their castle-like, gargoyle-embellished school that is rumored to be haunted. They were brought together by a self-proclaimed paranormal expert newcomer, and...

Old Enough, Yet Unmarried by Dr. O is a delightful story about Tessy, a successful doctor, and her four female friends as they battle the joys and challenges of love. Each woman has her own experience with love, marriage, or childbirth throughout the story, and...

Ange Hilstron has lived her life to the fullest. She had accomplished her dreams and in her old age felt as if she was 78 years old young. In later life, she feared the inevitability of a stroke. Her health was declining, and she knew...

The Beast in the Shadows is a thrilling second book in Douglas L. Hoover’s Dirt Bike Detective series. Oliver and his friends have succeeded in saving the world from mayhem and are happy to pick up another mystery to solve: what happened to the pizza...

Lucky Jack (1894 – 2000): Memoirs of a World War 1 POW by S. Bavey is a legacy memoir narrated in the first person by Jack Rogers and collated by his granddaughter, who is the author. Rogers lived until the age of 106 and his...

The Liminal: Book 1 by Michael Padjen is a young adult urban fantasy set primarily in modern-day Holly Springs, North Carolina. Callie, a fourteen-year-old girl, can travel into The Liminal, a space between worlds where all manner of creatures and realms exist. She can find...

In A Murder in Ashwood by Robert Brighton, the illustrious community of Ashwood was thrown into chaos when Alicia Miller cheated on her husband, Edward, with her attorney, Arthur Pendle. The duo exchanged love letters that revealed dirty secrets about Arthur’s boss, the District Attorney....

Nature Study Buddies is the third book in Leigh's Wheelie Adventures series by Charlene McIver and is illustrated by Claudia Gadotti. It’s nature study week and Leigh, Cosmo, and Tara have chosen to study some nocturnal animals in Leigh’s backyard. But if they want to...