What makes you decide on your next read? Is it the book’s description? Do you follow favorite authors or preferred genres? For me, the final decision to select a book rests on what I read in that opening chapter. If it hooks me within the...

Moo and Bark is a children’s picture book written by Pam Obi and illustrated by YoungJu Kim. The cold wind blows over W.A.B Farm but Moo, a star-gazing cow, won't let winter stop him from counting all the stars! But his star gazing will have...

Little Aiden, written by Albert and Anna Choi and illustrated by Bettina Braskó, is a story about the various emotions toddlers experience throughout the day. The animations depict Aiden, a cute little boy in his diaper, doing many activities and experiencing new emotions. The authors...

Can you imagine any other Cinderella than the one who really did clean the cinders from her step-family’s hearth? But, what if the tale went awry and the fairy godmother, Amelia, who was supposed to help the real Cinderella meet her prince charming, decided to...

Hide Her by Chris Patchell is a work of fiction in the crime genre. Officer Lacy James is late dropping off her children at her ex-husband’s for a camping weekend. She suddenly sees a figure in the road and slams on the brakes when she...

The war waged on narcotic drugs and the drug trade in the US – launched in the 1970s – has been ongoing for decades now. Despite making remarkable progress – evidenced by the incarceration of notorious Mexican drug lords – there still seems to be...

Absolute Revenge is an outstanding psychological thriller by Margie Miklas. Allison Jamison, an ICU traveling nurse, is found on the bathroom floor. There was a needle in her arm, suggesting that she is a drug user. Allison’s fiancé, Mark Derning, wakes up after three days...

Bulwer-Lytton’s classic opening line, “It was a dark and stormy night,” has met with considerable disdain over the years, but, in reality, beginning a story with a horrific storm is a good way to set the scene and engage readers. Set the scene in two...

The Nine Lives of Felix the Tomcat is about the adventures of a clever tomcat whose nine lives are eaten up by the choices and the places he gets himself into. This self-taught cat-savant is convinced that life is for seeking culture and knowledge, especially...

Little Sisters Are a BIG Deal by Adrienne C. Graham is an adorable book about a girl who wished her little sister away (like every big sister must have tried to do at some point in their life). Christine is three years older than Renee....

Sleepy Little Goober is a fun and engaging children’s picture book written by Michael William Mayhugh with Cait Fairbanks and illustrated by Funda Girgin. Readers follow Goober, an adorable Yorkie, as he gets ready for bed. During his nighttime routine of brushing his teeth and...

Return to Vienna: The Special Operations Executive and the Rebirth of Austria is an enthralling tale that comes from a lesser-known part of real Second World War history in which we explore the fascinating timeline of Churchill’s secret Special Operations Executive. This unique organization aided...

The Black Fog: A Cosmic Horror Short Story is a work of fiction in the short story subcategory, and forms part of Newton's Macabre Tales. It is best suited to the adult reading audience for its horror theme and descriptions of graphic violence. Penned by...

Cheryl Denise Bannerman brings us another exciting novel in the Anna Romano Mystery Series, with Planes, Trains, and Relics of the Past. Anna Romano has found herself entrenched in another mystery. Her best friend and publisher, Shirlene Booker, has gone missing after going on a...

A.J. Merino crafts a scenario where we see just how small humans might be in context to the entire universe in this science fiction genre Consider Man: Change the World. Grant Fredericks senses that he has been singled out for saving from an early age....

Since her teenage years, Maureen Himler has loved poetry. My Happy Place is a collection of her poems penned over 38 years, between 1984 and 2022. Himler's poems reflect the world as she saw it through the various stages of her life, beginning with putting...

When Zissel Got Rich by Maxine Rose Shur is a delightful children's storybook about a woman's pursuit of happiness, sprinkled with Hebrew folklore. Zissel leads a simple life in a quaint little house with a husband, dog, and three children that love one another dearly....

The Great Cold Queen: A Poppenohna Land Adventure by Carrie Turley is the whimsical adventure of Apple Blossom and Murray. Having left their village over forty years ago, these friendly little gnomes find themselves on quite an escapade. The lure of the apples draws them...

There’s Ghost In My Room is written by Jason Goodman and illustrated by Fabio Barilari. A young boy has a baby brother who cries all the time, which leaves him feeling frustrated and angry over having a new baby in the house. A ghost haunts...

Nad of Nadide by Wagih Abu-Rish is a romance novel set against the backdrop of the political turmoil plaguing Turkey in the early 1980s. The son of accomplished doctors, an Irish Catholic and a Muslim Palestinian immigrant, Fareed inherited the best of both worlds, becoming...