"Still Skating Forward" by Joanne Vassallo Jamrosz is a sequel to the popular book "Skating Forward: Sixteen Amazing Young Women Celebrating Life on Ice". Just as in the previous book, here also the author deals with the stories and experiences of Olympic and world famous...

Anthropologist B J Hathaway teaches in New Mexico. The story begins after the funeral of her godfather Ben Taylor, and she is called in for a meeting by Ben’s friend and lawyer Rafe, revealing that Ben has bequeathed her practically all of his estate. He...

"If Your Shoes Could Speak" by Sherley Mondesir-Prescott is an adorable book. As it is filled with descriptive situations and fun word pictures, your child will enjoy reading this book or being read to, especially aloud. The choice of words lends itself to enthusiastic reading...

Not having read Linda Lovely's first mystery novel, I thought I might be at a disadvantage reading "No Wake Zone." But, that was not the case at all. I found this book to be engaging and very well-developed throughout. Marley Clark is a retired intelligence...

What do you do when the man you think you want to spend the rest of your life with decides to up and leave? You do exactly what Rachel Dillon does; you move on and marry someone else. Then divorce him before running into your...

Things between Mitch and Olivia are complicated, in fact have always been complicated. In Cynthia D’Alba’s Texas Two Step we learn that Mitch and Olivia used to date and were madly in love, until Mitch’s brother James died tragically, leaving behind his pregnant socialite wife....

In Your Ultimate Life Plan: How to Deeply Transform Your Everyday Experience and Create Changes That Last, Dr. Jennifer Howard sets out a program for those who are seeking something better in their lives. Her approach is the result of her own twenty-year search for...

Simple and sweet, that is neat. A young girl looks out her window and what does she see? Flowers and rain and a bird in a tree. Outside Your Window, written by Terri Kelley and illustrated by Josefina Tecson, is a sweet treat. The story...

Almond Eyes by Terri Kelley is a lovely children’s concept book, which encourages acceptance of the differences that make each child unique. Sometimes, diversity is a confusing topic to children. They don’t understand it when adults comment on their “Almond Eyes” or any other...

Susan Grossey's Fatal Forgery is a detective tale set in the 1820s. The story is written in the first person. The events are described as seen through the eyes of the conscientious Constable Plank, from the moment he arrests Henry Fauntleroy for forgery in 1824...

Culloo by Murielle Cyr is a lovely story that conveys many details of Native Indian folklore. It is a good reading piece that will be enjoyed over and over. This very well told story will keep your attention to the end. Murielle relates an interesting...

What is a Friend is Terri Kelley’s attempt to expose children to the idea of friendship and community, which can be confusing to children when they are very young. I, for one, think that Terri hit another home run with this book. Kids may understand...

The story begins with a wish for a 'Happy Seventh Birthday.' Told like Terri Kelley’s other books in a beautiful and sing-song rhyme scheme, the stories are definitely something kids will recognize and sit still for. We get to see into the past of the...

Fur Ball Fever by Maureen Fisher is a funny and romantic mystery story. The heroine, Grace Donnelly is a quirky young woman who knows no boundaries once she gets involved -- and involved she gets in all kinds of sticky situations! Nick Jackson is...

Like many male and female friendships in high school, Jill Hale found herself in love with her lifelong best friend Brian McConnell. As graduation rolls around, Jill finally gets up the nerve to tell Brian how she really feels. However, as these things tend to...

Little Miss History Travels to Mount Rushmore, written by Barbara Ann Mojica and illustrated by Victor Ramon Mojica, is both a fun children’s book to read and a learning experience. Little Miss History takes the reader to Mount Rushmore in Dakota. Little Miss History shares...

For Rent Mystery Series Book 1: Dangerous Paradise by Eric James Miller is a thrilling story. Residents of an apartment building in Venice Beach, California find out that there is something strange about the place. Journalist Dana Santoyo investigates the eerie happenings there. She tries...

In the suspenseful romance novel Deception by Design, Isabella Hughes is a successful interior designer and owns a firm in Manhattan. A farm girl who hailed from Ohio, her past is left behind as she becomes a successful businesswoman with a great career and a...

Editing: It's Time for Corrections (Writing is a Process) (Volume 4) by Terri Kelley is the fourth book in the series Writing is a Process. In this book, the author speaks about editing and how to make corrections in your writing. The young girl in...

At first it seems that the world, Eridu (Earth, as it is known by the Moirai), is at peace, in Once Humans by Massimo Marino. But things are not exactly as they appear. Humans are undergoing a transformation into becoming greater beings (transgenic beings that...