A good book captures your attention and holds it. You can lay it down but you look forward to picking it up again. An excellent book holds you captive from beginning to end; it is impossible to lay an excellent book down. It draws you...

Real Advice For The Unemployed by Samuel Murphy is a look at unemployment in America through the eyes of an unemployed American. As a woman currently in the job market, I chose to review this book expecting to garner a few pieces of advice. I...

Ranch Hero 2: Mooving Velma, written by Janet Green and illustrated by Linda Cowan, is an entertaining and imaginative tale about a super-dog named Ziggy who is the hero of Sneaky Creek Ranch. Ziggy gets to show off his super-hero skills to Lilli Lou, Bam...

Small Folk Rhymes by Christine Larsen is a delightful collection of rhymes that not only stir a child’s imagination, but they teach them about different animals, foods, and even a pair of shoes. The first part is full of witty rhymes that introduce each of...

Almost Unbearable Tales by Christine Larsen is a collection of short tales which not only get into explaining why Ted Bear, esquire, needs glasses in a humorous fashion, (because our arms get shorter as we grow older), but run the gambit of possible subjects from...

Who I Am In Christ, For Kids by Theresa and Rebecca Goodine is a simple, colorful, and profound testament of the truths of the Christian life. The book layout is not only appealing to kids, but makes theological concepts easy to understand. Beginning with the...

Motivational and Inspirational Quotes E-Book by Jessica Matthew is a collection of inspirational quotations from presidents to sports stars, spiritual leaders to business leaders, musicians and authors to inventors and many more. Some of these quotes have led our nation from troubled times into times...

I'm Not Talking About You, Of Course… by Barbara Venkataraman is a very witty look at real humor, the kind that we observe every day as we go about our lives. Barbara starts off by taking a look at some of the crazy things that...

Carrie has finally ended her marriage to a no-good man, but her soon-to-be ex, Dave, isn’t going away quietly. Someone is calling her at all hours of the night and Dave’s ominous words constantly ring in her ears. After a rather tumultuous beginning, Carrie and...

Phyllis J. Burton’s A Passing Storm is the intriguing story of Jennifer and Peter, a couple married for more than two decades when things start to change. In their twenty-fourth year together, Peter suddenly becomes obsessed with his career goals and all the trappings that...

New York, Phew York is a unique book from author Amber Jones. As the adult reads the book, the child can scratch the area in the circle and get a scent which resembles the odors of New York. The book itself is very colorful and...

While I tend to skip over books aimed at elementary school students, Adventures of a Mad 6th Grader by Stephen Zanzucchi caught my attention and demanded to be read. The book centers around Frank, the mad sixth-grader in question, and the two main problems in...

Letters I Wish I Had Sent by Preston C. Randall is a hilarious compilation of the sort of correspondence we’ve all wanted to send to one company or another in our lives. Generally, these “letters” are in response to some utterly stupid or absurd claim,...

Imagine touching someone and then being allowed a glimpse of them dying twenty-four hours before their death takes place. Fourteen-year-old Dean Curse finds himself with this unsettling gift after being chosen to become a member of a secret society that he really knows little about....

Herb Marlow has written a provocative and in-depth story about material values from a Christian point of view. In The Laughter of God, Marlow gives the reader an ordinary guy named Bill Harmony. At first glance, Bill is simply a factory worker who does his...

Thomas Luther is the boogeyman under your bed and the monster in your closet, all rolled into one. He is a parent’s worst nightmare for their child and a woman’s worst nightmare for a date. He is pure evil and what is possibly worse is...

Past Suspicion by Therese Heckenkamp is an intriguing mystery story that tells of the revelations a young woman, Robin Finley, uncovers regarding her late mother’s past. At the age of 17, Robin is orphaned and sent to live with an uncle she never knew existed...

Simon Guthrie lives alone in a beautiful estate with his dog Jeremy. His beloved wife, Gail, died in a car accident, whilst Simon struggled for months to recover from his injuries. His country estate is his retreat and his second chance to live again. Unfortunately,...

Greenspell: A Fantasy Anthology by Kathy Ann Trueman is a stunning collection of magical short stories. In “The Sow’s Ear” the opening short story in the collection, previously published in Marion Zimmer Bradley’s “Swords and Sorcerers” anthology series, Janell is a young mage who makes...

Katlynn Brooke’s novel Talk to the Moon is a story that spans two generations and is set in Africa. Gabe Blanchard grew up believing that his father died at the hands of a disgruntled farm employee. The whole truth is revealed to him when he...