"What in God’s Name" by Simon Rich is a humorous book dealing with God and angels trying to save the world. When God gets upset he is about to destroy the earth and all that is in it unless two angels can find some good...

"The Perfect Gentleman" by Imran Ahmad is the memoir of the author as he relates to the readers his journey. When he was a year old he was dressed in the perfect little suit. Looking every bit the grown-up gentleman, he entered into the Bonniest...

Emily, 4, and her widow mother, Honor, have lived on their own since Eddy was killed in a car accident. Their house is remote by most standards and they live a simple life. All of this changes in an instant when the little girl discovers...

"The Blood of Heroes: The Thirteen Day Struggle for the Alamo" by James Donovan is a good book. I doubt whether there are many Americans, especially Texans, who do not know the story of Davy Crockett and the Alamo; it was one of the most...

"By Starlight" by Dorothy Garlock takes place during the depression era in the Big Sky country of Montana. Maddy Aldridge has one thing on her mind, to keep the family store from going under. With her father bed ridden and a younger sister to take...

Fans of Maximum Ride will be sad to know "Nevermore" is the last installment of the series. Book 8 finds Max torn between Dylan and Fang; she has feelings for each of them. There is still plenty of action in this book but there is...

Reports of animal attacks are on the rise. Suddenly animal behavior is erratic and unpredictable. Jackson Oz has a theory called HAC (Human-Animal Conflict), but no one will take him seriously. When he hears of an incident in Africa he leaves behind his girlfriend...

"Bird" McIntyre is a Washington DC lobbyist who works on the nation's most secret goings-on. Married to a gold-digging Equestrian Olympic hopeful who lives at their ranch (not in D.C.), Bird seems to have two lives. One life is the underbelly of the government while...

"Life's What Happens" by Kathy Clark and Alan Parker encapsulates what happened in 1969 and 1970 to a generation of young people whose lives were irrevocably changed as a result of the first draft lottery in the Vietnam War. We begin and end the story...

Alex and Leslie Twisden had it all except a child. They had tried everything they could think of except adoption. Leslie had had enough and so she wanted to stop trying. She wanted to adopt a child but Alex would not hear of it. When...

"The Guardian" by Nicholas Sparks is one of his best tales. Before Julie Barenson’s husband passed away, he gave her a Great Dane puppy named Singer and a promise to always watch over her. After four years Julie was ready to move on with...

"Brimstone" by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child is the 5th book in the 'Pendergast series'. From the first time I met him in Relic I was hooked on Pendergast. In this installment Jeremy Grove is found murdered in his attic. His body is burned to...

Portia is comfortable in her life as a college admissions recruiter at Princeton University. Her longtime love, Mark, their house, their friends...heck, their whole life together is predictable and wonderfully routine. Her life has not always been this way. In fact, it was a series...

“Who Could That Be at This Hour: All the Wrong Questions” by Lemony Snicket is the first book in a new 'Lemony Snicket series'. The book I am reviewing is an audio book. This tale is told from the point of view of thirteen year...

“The Right Hand” is the code name for Austin Clay, a special type of CIA agent. Clay is black ops (anything the CIA will not acknowledge). This time his assignment is to find and retrieve CIA agent Blake Nelson from Russia. The CIA is uncertain...

Author Liza Klaussmann, descendent of Herman Melville, has written the brilliant novel "Tigers in Red Weather", a story of family strife and secrets. Now the novel has been made into 9 unabridged CD's for readers' listening pleasure. And a pleasure it is, as the upper-class...

In "The Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell" by Chris Colfer, twins Alex and Conner are transported to a delightful world of enchantment. They enter the world through a magical book given to them by their grandmother. It is a land where fairy tales are...

This is a review of the audio book "Rough Rider: Lords of Deliverance" by Larissa Ione. Narrator Erin Bennett’s voice was a pleasure to listen to and added much to the experience. In “Rough Rider: Lords of Deliverance” we once again meet Reseph, the Demon...

Peter Guralnick’s “Last Train to Memphis” covers the first twenty-four years of the life of Elvis Presley. Most biographies concerning Elvis are a bit hyperbole but not this one. The author’s style is understated allowing the true Elvis to emerge. The author lays aside the...

In “Confessions of a Murder Suspect” We meet the Angel family. After receiving a phone call reporting a death at the Angel house, the police arrived, waking Tandy Angel up. She rushed to her parents’ room only to find them both dead. The only suspects...