The Spruce Gum Box is author Elizabeth Wilder's debut novel and she has tweaked the imagination of readers with interest in the cultural and historical development of the state of Maine. Set by the Aroostook River in a disputed area bordering Nova Scotia, a...

Bonnie the Honeybee is sad and will not leave her room because she does not want to be a honeybee anymore. She tells her mom she would rather be a butterfly because butterflies can float through the air looking pretty. So mom honeybee decides to...

Operation: Eyewitness begins with a bang. Treasure hunter, Jess E. Hanes had a layover in Casablanca, Morocco. The former military pilot – Secret Service Officer was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He’d just settled into the last bathroom stall when he heard...

The Crystal Princess, written by Kimberly Norton, is an enticing story about Kelly, an eighteen-year-old girl who lives the perfect life, including having a superstar football player boyfriend. Then one day at school, she's abducted by her real family, her sisters and mother who are...

The Keane children, Clare, Mick and Tom, hadn't had an easy life since their father died. Their mother did the best she could to support them, and Clare, her fourteen-year-old daughter, worked along side her to earn what money they could; but when their mother...

Meri E. Ramey-Gray's Babies' Guide to Parents is a fun and educational book to read! Written from a baby's perspective, this book is jam-packed with essential information for parents and caregivers of infants. Each month is discussed in a separate chapter. This allows for milestones...

Martha, A Novel by Diana Wallis Taylor is about the Biblical Martha. After the death of her mother, Martha took on the care of the household and her family: her brother Lazarus, her sister Mary, and her father. She was always the caretaker, leaving her to...

This is a book that you must digest, as opposed to just reading. The author presents a body of work that must have taken her a lifetime to collect. This Spiritual Self-help book manages to take esoteric principals and utilize simple analogies to help the...

The Sport of Selling is a motivational book using the game in the world of sports to help one with successful selling. The author says that building a good sports team and building a good sales force are similar, and he gives strategies used in...

In The Cuckoo's Egg, author Anna Morten describes her childhood, and how as a young child she was told she was a cuckoo's egg. Anyone who hears this at first may not understand it; however, Anna was determined to break the mold of her...

Corinthia Falls is a community church in northeastern Oklahoma. The Sunday the prank happened, as with all Sunday mornings, one side of the church was filled with sitters: the quieter people, those who worship within themselves, not showing anyone how they feel. The other side...

Amber Lehman's debut YA novel, TORN, is a well written novel, and one that I am happy to have had the chance to read. I was quite surprised at how much I enjoyed this novel. It's one that will leave Ms. Lehman's readers thinking long...

Armando’s Daughter by R J Blute is a fast, entertaining read. It has a cast of colorful larger-than-life characters: Armando’s daughter herself, the sixteen-year-old Cassandra; Armando, small-time gangster divorced from Nicole, Cassandra’s mum; and Armando's tough Italian mother, Nonna. The action begins with Cassandra deciding...

Mika Dika: Foster Kid is a well-written children's book by T.L. Blythers. Mika Dika as a very young child is taken into custody and placed in many different foster homes as she is growing up. This book details her experiences in foster homes and the...

The Journeys of Bumbly Bear is a wonderful children’s book written by Jacqui Kelley-Kinnie. Julie is all grown up now and doesn’t need her stuffed animals any longer, so while she is away, her mother puts all the stuffed animal toys into a big black...

In Reiser's Ramblings, Father Bernard Reiser has written his life remembrances in a form that resembles short sermons. He takes us through his youth while growing up on a farm in Minnesota. For the geriatric reader, it will be fun to remember canning foods for...

The Ramirez family begins its multi-generational plight of bad luck and hard times in 1918, when the Spanish Flu and Pancho Villa's regime systematically destroy their world. After losing half of their children in a short time and the impending doom of soldiers, it is...

Authors CJ and Shelley Hitz do a wonderful job of sharing stories from their lives and then addressing the issues presented in those stories with scripture quotes and examples from the Bible. At the end of each section, they provide questions to consider and provide...

Everywhere we go there are mirrors reflecting our image. Most of us avoid mirrors or only briefly glance into one as we brush our hair. Rarely do we study our own reflection. Perhaps we are afraid of what we may see. In A Conspiracy of...

This book is definitely intended for little girls, with the use of colors like pink, purple, yellow, and light green looming out from the cover illustrations. The illustrator, Julie Ross, created a dreamy image of a little girl lost in imagination. Each image matches the...