Shy South has already had a tough life. She is caretaker of her siblings by default when her mother dies. Shy works side by side with her cowardly stepfather Lamb on the family farm; it is a tough life but they manage to survive. Her...

Beauty is definitely not the type of story that you would expect it to be. It’s not just about the concept of beauty but the way that beauty is flawed. It’s about the way that ugliness is also flawed and how much people are willing...

The Overnight Diet, by Caroline Apovian, MD, is an audio book that will hold the listener's attention from the very beginning to the end. This book begins by explaining the author's background and credentials; as well as the amount of research and testing that has...

The Sasquatch Escape by Suzanne Selfors is a fun story aimed at middle-graders, but is just as fun for adults who want to read something simple yet entertaining. Suzanne Selfors has a marvelous imagination, and it shines in The Sasquatch Escape. Young Ben Silverstein’s parents...

Promise of Blood, the first book of Bryan Mclellan's The Powder Mage Trilogy is one of the best fantasy debuts of 2013. Set in the aftermath of a successful coup d'etat, the novel follows the fates of a ruthless usurper, his marksman son, and a...

Dark Secrets, written by Michael Hjorth and Hans Rosenfeldt, tells the story of Sebastian Bergman, a formerly highly regarded police psychologist, until his wife and daughter were killed in a tragic incident. He descends into numerous self-destructive behaviors, including distancing himself from those around him...

Heroes for My Daughter, written and read by Brad Meltzer, is an audiobook that will inspire you to be a role model for your daughter and to teach lessons through how you live your life. This audiobook includes an introduction explaining why the author wrote...

Heroes for My Son, written and read by Brad Meltzer, is an audiobook that will leave you inspired and thinking about lessons that are important to instill in your sons. This audiobook is a wonderful collection of people the author considers to be heroes, heroes...

A sad and beautiful coming-of-age story of a child and her country, NoViolet Bulawayo’s novel, We Need New Names, takes us to Zimbabwe during the Mugabe era. Here, 10-year-old Darling copes with extreme poverty, hunger, and near-homelessness in her ironically-named shantytown, Paradise. We join the...

David Baldacci has done it again! Total Control is an exciting thriller you won’t want to miss. Sidney Archer is a lawyer working on a merger between two companies, one of which is her husband’s. She is devastated when she receives word that her husband’s...

Paths collide as three, no, make that more, people's lives intertwine when a secret medical project gets away from its researchers. Miles Kendrick, a post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sufferer, is asked by his therapist to help her but before he can find out what...

Fans of David Baldacci will be thrilled with the return of one of their favorite characters, Will Robie, in The Hit. Robie is a professional killer working for the US government. His latest assignment is perhaps his toughest and most risky. He has been ordered...

The Utopia Experiment was written by Kyle Mills. This books is a thriller and may give readers a few nightmares. Dresner Industries created and marketed a new device called the Merge; it was touted that it would make smartphones and personal computers obsolete. Dresner was...

As a young child afraid of the dark, Lazlo will not go down into his basement. But he cannot help avoiding the dark in his own home. The dark not only lives in the basement. Lazlo finds the dark in his own room, in the...

Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley begins in 1960 and ends in 1977 when Elvis Presley died. A previous book by this author focused on the early years. When Elvis left the army, he had to start his career all over again. Times were...

How the lives of three dachshunds influence the perspective of their owners. That's what Hounded is all about: looking at the actions, reactions, and personalities of dogs and relating them to the life of Matt Ziselman. He begins the book by sharing the story of...

The Engine 2 Diet by Rip Esselstyn was a kick in the pants to take better care of myself through my diet. As I get older, I’m noticing joint pain and elevated blood sugar . . . two big warning signs of inflammation. Then there’s...

Oh, the tangled webs we weave. That phrase was on a loop in my mind as I listened to A House Divided..A Reverend Curtis Black Novel wind up and then unravel. Two families are entwined together by a teenage pregnancy but that is the least...

Snake Oil by Becca Stevens is like an embrace for the soul, like a meditation in the sound of her voice. An audio book, read by the author, it is part memoir, part healing, and part inspirational all at once, sort of a trinity of...

School is out and it is time for Rafe Khatchadorian to attend the dreaded summer camp —- this isn’t just any summer camp; it is Camp Wannamorra, summer school camp. He ends up in the loser cabin, aka The Muskrats, along with some interesting and...