Is there any hope for a woman who thinks she is oatmeal in human form? Sam might not think so, but Em and Tali, the woman she was not-so-secretly crushing on, think so, and they are determined to help her see the best version of...

Communicating For A Change should be required reading for all pastors, evangelists, and lay speakers. Andy Stanley and Lane Jones begin their book with a story about Willy Graham and Pastor Ray Martin. The story will bring smiles and understanding to the readers. Willy is a...

There are but a few short sentences in the Bible concerning Mary and Martha, yet those sentences pack a message that still cries out to people today. These two women opened their home to Jesus Christ. Mary sat at His feet listening to Him while...

Raquel Rose was diagnosis with terminal breast cancer. Suddenly life was different, better. Her children suddenly acted almost human. She began to live her artistic dreams. She became a talk show favorite. Then the doctor informed her of the mistake. She is cancer free....

Leading is never easy--whether it is in business, family, or church.  Leading can be a thankless job, and the chances are someone is going to angry with you and might even hate you.  “It is through leading that I’ve known the greatest need for a...

Ever had one of those days when everything goes wrong?  The Wind Up Hotel in Calamity, Nevada was hosting The Inventor’s Expo and The Squirrel Lovers Convention.  The greedy hotel owner had double booked the booths and the rooms.  The greedy owner insisted Earl had...

Charles and Janet Morris received the most devastating phone call a parent can get. As parents, we expect to our children to survive us. Sadly, it does not always happen that way. We give birth and raise our children to the best of our abilities....

Lochdubh was a quiet and peaceful area--so peaceful that Margaret Gentle managed to convince authorities to reconsider the need for a police officer. Margaret Gentle took an instant dislike to Police Officer, Hamish Macbeth. She considered it her duty to make sure he...

Victoria Bennett is independent, educated, and professional. She also has baggage. A.J. loves her, baggage and all. She refuses to love him. Will she give in? A.J. is a doctor who adopted twin girls. That alone pulled on my heartstrings. On the other hand, he is...

There is a big difference between high school and college. How To Get An A In College will assist in the transition. This great book discusses how to get the grade, how to select a major, how to pick the right classes and instructors. On...

Who better to read her own tale than author Katrina Kenison. She deftly takes us on a journey into her life. We walk by her side through the natural changes of life. We watch as her family grows up. Most women will relate to Kenison’s story....

T. Roy Nakai was born in an American Concentration camp. He was raised with the traditions of his heritage. The past would have defeated many, but it strengthened Nakai. He was a successful student, athlete and professional. A tragedy changed his life. With the assistance...

I honestly don't usually review non-fiction books. However, something called me to review this one, and quite frankly, I really enjoyed this book. It was surprisingly a really great book written by an author who knows what he was researching. I liked it because it...

In The Technologists, author Matthew Pearl has brilliantly portrayed the first precarious years in the development and survival of the Massachesetts Institute of Technology. It is 1868, and MIT is to graduate its first class. And then, frightening things begin to happen in the city...

It is 53 A.D. in ancient Italy where a landowner, Gaius Petronicus, harvests his olive oil and vineyard crops and goes off to sell them in the nearby town of Nolia. He entices young Justa, a girl dressed as a boy and forced into slavery,...

It has been over a week since I listened to "Silver Girl" by Elin Hilderbrand, narrated by Janet Metzger and Marianne Fraulo. I waited on purpose so that the words would simmer within me. This is the tale of two women, friends since childhood, Connie...

Ellie is of the tumanhofer species. She is a goat herder who is educated and eager for adventure. Ellie is delighted when her aunt and uncle take her for a vacation to see the wedding and next coronation of the king and queen of the...

This is a review of the audiobook "Unsaid" by Neil Abramson, read by Angela Brazil. Like most veterinarians, Helena had euthanized animals to ease their suffering. When she felt an animal still had a quality of life and a future, she brought it home with...

In "Tales of a Sixth-Grade Muppet: Clash of the Class Clowns" Kirk Scroggs has child muppet Danvers Blickensderfer in competition with a new boy in the school named Phips Terlington who turns out to be the class clown, totally undermining Danvers' goal of capturing that...

“There Were Dinosaurs Everywhere” written by Howard Temperley, and skillfully illustrated by Michael Kline, is a fascinating, objective and appropriately inquisitive discourse on the rise, evolution, and ultimate demise of dinosaurs and other life of the Mesozoic Era. Throughout this book the author frequently remarks...