We Are Akan: Our People and Our Kingdom in the Rainforest — Ghana, 1807 by Dorothy Brown Soper is a blend of historical and coming-of-age, a story with a gripping setting that features life in the rainforests of Ghana in the 1800s. This book follows...

In Last Temptation, Sloane Virago challenges us with character evaluation. Each character is a troubling mixture of good and bad. With one exception they are twenty-somethings making their separate ways through finding careers and love. Each inspires and disappoints. Jacob, at first the seeming protagonist,...

Lead to Lift Up Others: Leadership Insights From a Caregiver's Journey by Ross P. Woodstock is a self-help guide that focuses on positive, productive, and progressive leading based on the author's unique perspective as a caregiver to his wife, Sharen. Woodstock begins with his story,...

In the beginning of Gillian Thorp’s intensely personal and moving memoir, The Colour of the Sun, an early reader remarks: “… there are some stories that don’t just stick with you; they become a part of you.” I quote this observation because it’s true. Sometimes,...

The world is filled with different colors and each one is different from the other. The little boy's favorite color is red and the book shows the things that are associated with red. The little girl likes orange and readers get to know the things...

Ninety-Nine Fire Hoops by Allison Hong Merrill begins with an abusive childhood in Taiwan, where one of the few rays of hope is cast by Mormon missionaries. Allison’s father disowns her for accepting the faith of The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints...

Finding Faith, Hope And Love In A Broken World by Yvonne M. Morgan is a Bible study made up of five sections and nineteen chapters. Starting in chapter one, author Yvonne M. Morgan first talks about the fall of man, following with each section and...

Read-Aloud Stories with Fred, Vols. 1 and 2 Collection by Fred Olds and Margo L. Dill (first story), is a collection of seven children's tales that can be read to young children or can be read by kids on their own. I did not know...

Weeks: Book Two by Jasyn Turley is the continuation of a thrilling sci-fi tale. Two years ago, Dakota, Tim, and Phil reached safety in Alyeska and now belong to the Special Operations community and their call-sign is SRT-Alpha. But with another storm brewing, they must...

The Mermaid Broker by Sue Hinkin is a thriller and the fourth book in the Vega and Middleton series, preceded by Deadly Focus, Low Country Blood, and The Burn Patient, reading as a stand-alone like its predecessors. This installment begins with a marine biologist named...

Polish Dragon P. I. (The Lineage Sword) is an urban sleuth story inspired by Chinese mythology. Written by Steve Zimcosky, the novella follows private investigator Tom Sipowicz, a.k.a., The Polish Dragon, as he finds himself entangled in the disappearance of Paul Lee, a young man...

Jane the Astronaut: The Mystery of the Alien Dragons, written by Dianne Bateman and illustrated by Remesh Ram, is a children's science fiction/fantasy chapter book that follows a teen girl embarking on the adventure of her dreams. Jane comes home thrilled that she's won a...

In Mike Mackay's crime thriller, The Scam at Old River, after a night of celebration, Jack Rhodes woke in the morning to a knock on the door. Debbie, an accountant, was the reason for the unwelcome visit; she had taken an incriminating file as an...

The Blue House Raid: American Infantry and the Korean DMZ Conflict by Robert Perron takes us back to 1968 at the height of the Vietnam War when elsewhere in Asia the American military was also pulling duty as assistants to the South Korean Army, patrolling...

Wisdom on What is Good and What is Bad: How to Become a Better Human and Create a Better World by Dr. Tommy S. W. Wong is an insightful book that gives glimpses of the conversations between Tom, a young man, and his spiritual guru,...

The Paraclete by Bernard Leo Remakus is a chilling, engrossing psychological thriller that won't let you go once you start reading. This riveting plot concerns a noted Catholic theologian, Paul Thielemans, who visits a parish priest (Gordon Kittrick) and a young altar boy named Bobby...

Gods of Kiranis is the first book in the Kiranis series by Ronald A. Geobey. Chaos is just around the corner, and it seems like no one can stop it. An alien structure is surrounding Earth, and no one knows what the aliens want. Mannix...

Your Destiny is Inside You: Be Your Own Guiding Light by Ana Pat is an insightful and thought-provoking book that takes readers on a spiritual journey along with the author and will encourage them to listen to their inner selves so that they can get...

On the Go Devotional Journal by Regina Shepard Williams is a systematic approach to focusing on one verse daily accompanied by a reflective thinking activity, journaling a conversation with God, and reviewing daily goals, prayer requests, answers from God, and current thankfulness. The straightforward journal...

The Girl from Cairo: A Memoir by Peggy Hinaekian is the autobiography of an Armenian girl who grew up in exile in a suburb of Cairo known as Heliopolis. Peggy’s family were considered well off by Egyptian standards but her mother was required to jump...