Initiation (A Harem Boy's Saga Book 1) by Bernard Foong is an absolutely fascinating glimpse into the lives of the ultra-rich and jet-setting Saudi Arabians from the point of the view of a young gay boy from Malaysia. Bernard Foong has changed the names of...

Billy Makes a New Friend! by Ayala Saar is a delightful book for children which discusses the concept of sharing. Billy is a little boy who loves his toy trains. One afternoon, his mother's friend comes with her son Chris. Billy did not allow Chris...

High Cotton Country by Leta McCurry is an intriguing and endearing contemporary fiction read. A line from the book summary states: “Secrets. Hidden they can destroy from within. Revealed they can explode her world.” The story revolves around a woman named Cazzie Randle, who seeks...

Captivate Your Readers (An Editor's Guide to Writing Compelling Fiction) by Jodie Renner is an informative and valuable guide for all fiction writers. The author goes beyond the notion of just writing a great story and gaining instant readers. She gets really meticulous and lets...

Arica Miller wakes up in a dungeon in the Sorcerer’s Underworld, only to be rescued by a Time Sprite and taken to the site of the Sorcerer Council that passed sentence against Headmistress Lembrose, otherwise known as Vina, The Sorcerer Wife. The King’s Jewel, Volume...

Chill Out! A Kid's Guide To Less Stress And More Relaxing by Tracy Bryan is a how-to-guide to show kids and preteens the importance of relaxing while minimizing stress. When they are relaxed they experience less stress. There are different ways to relax, from laughing,...

Too Much Of A Good Thing: A Kid's Guide To Understanding Addiction (Staying Awesome!) (Volume 1) by Tracy Bryan is an educational book on both physical and psychological addictions, and how getting too comfortable with anything is not good for the brain or body. The...

I found Undertow: Death's Twilight an immensely delightful and enjoyable read. This is the second book in the Maura DeLuca Trilogy by Claudette Melanson, and deals with teenage Maura as she reaches the age of transformation from human to vampire. She is one of The...

Simon the Self-Control Seal: Demby's Playful Parables by Kyri Demby is a cute little storybook for children. Simon the Seal is always making the right choices and doing the right things. He has a little trick which is a short song that helps him to...

Travelling Seeds by Rebecca Bielawski is the third book in the Mummy Nature series. This book teaches kids about how far seeds travel and how plants grow from a little seed. Bielawski uses colorful illustrations to demonstrate the process of germination. I thought Travelling Seeds was...

A mysterious mansion on a hill overlooking a small forested town holds secrets concerning the disappearance of a dozen people in the thrilling middle-grade novel, Charlie Sullivan and the Monster Hunters (The Varcolac's Diary) by D.C. McGannon and C. Michael McGannon. The residents of Hunter's...

Domestically Yours by Annie Chua sets out to show one woman’s experience of the Canadian Care-Giver Programme, after changes were implemented to include non-Europeans, giving them the opportunity to obtain permanent citizenship and bring families to join them. Canada needed care-givers; two salaries were required...

What happens when a very successful entrepreneur with over 4,000 real estate apartments suddenly hits the floor, finding himself enmeshed in a staggering debt of $26 million? Many people who experience such a fall would file for bankruptcy, pack up, and quit, but not the...

Lunacy is a story of the South during the 1930s, a story of love, a story of faith, and a story that is very well written. Harper has lived an easy life at Nine Gables in the lap of luxury, but without the love of...

The Magna Carta Story: The Layman's Guide by author Ann Marie Thomas is a well-researched history book. This is evidenced by the long list of references in the bibliography. The appendix contains a full translation of the Magna Carta from the British Library website. In...

A year after their adventure in the town beneath the magical Christmas tree, Christmas Eve once again finds Hailey and her family gathered in her grandpa’s house. After decorating the tree, Jacob, Hailey’s best friend, takes the older cousins for a short walk. Arriving at...

My Mother Called Me Unni: A Doctor's Tale of Migration is a rich and fascinating history, painted fully with culture, personal narrative, and family discoveries. Following the multiple decades of author Dr. Venugopal K Menon's life, you get to experience the nuances of a life...

In a very interesting, unique and well thought out treatise on many facets of wisdom throughout history, The Pursuit of Wisdom: A Chronological Inquiry of the World's Most Influential Seekers of Wisdom In the Fields of Theology, Philosophy, and Science by author Dean Chavooshian, will,...

Dog Aliens 1: Raffle's Name by Cherise Kelley is the story of dogs, which are actually aliens called Kaxians who like to dig tunnels and use the dirt to power their ships. They are hounded by the Niques that look like Chihuahuas, but are also...

The Pit: Watchmaker's Hell, Book One by L.A. Barnes is an amazing, terror driven story that you will want to read again. All of us are curious about the afterlife and what happens when we die. In this novel, a group of people is shown...