Spindrift Love is a young adult coming-of-age novel by Jocelyn Holst Bolster. Fifteen-year-old Jesse grew up in an ultra-orthodox home with a minister for a father in rural Kansas. Devoid of distractions like rock music or television, Jesse spends her days admiring nature and its...

In the course of a day, we get lied to or taken for a ride at least once. In some instances this can happen multiple times and it can be frustrating. The pain of being taken for a ride can lead to some rather harrowing...

Do you like to travel? How many countries have you visited? Have you taken in the local history and visited some phenomenal historic sites like the Eiffel Tower in Paris? The world is a beautiful place and there are a lot of interesting places to...

Ever found yourself searching for your wallet while you're preparing to go out? Now try to imagine what might have been going through your wallet's mind at that very moment if it were a living being? What if the sneakers you wear are suddenly able...

The Airplane Pilot: Jake Wants to be a Pilot by Samina Parkar is a children’s picture book that tells the story of a young boy named Jake. As the story progresses, we find Jake’s love of airplanes and becoming a pilot grows and grows. The...

Stress Test: How Donald Trump Threatens American Democracy by William Cooper is a collection of previously published columns by the author. The theme is American Democracy, its current state of health, and the stresses it has undergone during and after the Trump presidency. The collection...

Spirit Calling: Listening to God Within You by Michael Wuehler is the third book in this series of daily devotionals. The devotionals are rooted in reminding us that God still speaks to us although sometimes we forget to listen. The book is broken down into...

For a Few Hours is an enthralling collection of short stories by Yvonne Walus. The book opens with "Paradise for a Few Hours", which follows a woman whose marriage is in disarray after the diagnosis of her terminal illness. In "The Anthony Phase", a teenager...

Zenith by B. D. Sweeney is a speculative dystopian novel set in the distant future, where the world's environment has long collapsed and only one habitable place remains: Zenith. In order to preserve the precious resources of a place that must sustain life independently, there...

Everyone likes pets. Most people have had a pet at some point. Most people also know what their pet is. It is usually a dog, cat, lizard, fish, or the like. In Heather Macht’s book, Rex the…We-Don’t-Know, Dad, Mom, Raven, and Max fall in love...

A Perfect Storm of Injustice by Jack Saarela commences with Charles Wilkerson being locked in a prison cell. The narrative backtracks to his childhood as an adopted son in a white family. After succeeding in high school, Charles enrolled at Florida Atlantic University, where he...

Light Through a Rusty Roof by Roy Terry is a story about a miraculous conversion. Reverend Michael Peters is stuck in a congregation that meets all of society's markers for greatness and a family that seems fine from the outside but is withering on the...

Out of the Shadows is a work of fiction in the crime and thriller subgenres. It is aimed at mature readers and was penned by author Guy Estes. The book follows the efforts led by Detective Tienan Dempsey and his allies to push back against...

In The Trinity Prophecy, Marissa Kinzel explores the tale of an old prophecy that becomes all too true. No one could have predicted what would occur when Prince Neros awakened suddenly due to odd circumstances. After being cursed and discovering that his parents have been...

Primary care providers hope to inform their patients, and many patients have erroneous theories regarding vaccine side effects. Social media worsens the spread of misinformation. Let's Talk Vaccines: A Clinician's Guide to Addressing Vaccine Hesitancy and Saving Lives was compiled by Dr. Gretchen LaSalle MD...

The importance of the health care industry was made more apparent by the Covid-19 pandemic, which sent an overwhelming number of unfortunate patients to hospitals and pushed our heroes in uniforms into desperate situations. When Craig C. Durie started writing a book about palliative medicine...

Stumbling Through Adulthood: Linked Stories by award-winning author John Sheirer is a unique collection of short stories which are subtly linked. There are thirty-one short stories in this anthology with characters that reappear in different stages of their lives. One of my favorites is Are...

The Tooth Fairy Letters, written and illustrated by Tim, Kristen, Courtney, and Caitlin Frank and the Tooth Fairy, is a fun and informative book. Tim Frank encouraged his three daughters to write a letter to the Tooth Fairy and include it with the tooth they...

Gratitude is an indispensable value that every child needs to learn. Gwen's Gratitude: A Moral Lesson on Gratitude (Moral Values) will teach children to appreciate all the good things they receive in daily life. The story is about Gwen, a little girl who discovers many...

Since the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, life hasn't been the same these past couple of years. In Our Breaking Point, Treena Wynes explores the impact of this global pandemic and how it has changed the course of so many things for the future. After...