People can be annoying. Some slurp their drinks, some burp loudly, there are interrupters, those who pay no regard to time, people who stare, and those who snore. But none is as annoying as the narrator’s pet, Peeve, who is not your typical animal but...

Frantic by Brent Bradley is a psychological technothriller of astoundingly high quality for a debut novel. The story takes us to Texas and unfolds over 72 hours of a deadly race against time and the world’s most powerful and wealthy techno-titans. Formerly friends, two genius...

“Being different is a gift, … Trust your heart. It will always guide you.” In Wizard Penfield’s The Christmas Leprechaun, a young leprechaun named Finn knew he wasn’t like the other leprechauns around him. They were full of mischief and greed. Finn sought to be...

Getting Ready for My X-Ray, written by Dr. Fei Zheng-Ward and illustrated by Moch. Fajar Shobaru, is an educational journey into the world of X-rays, making it an excellent resource for children and families. The author skillfully explains the science behind X-rays in an easy-to-understand...

The Myth of Aldez by Steven Trifiletti is the story of Aldez, a cheerful orphan from Kanuku Village in the land of Hillian. He spends his days running errands and finding lost things for people, always with a grin, and carries two wooden swords everywhere...

Elco Parks by Sandro Laudadio is one of the most unusual stories I have read in a while, and it resonates with its themes and atmosphere. The setting is Vancouver in 2008, where a new religion has taken hold in the belief that glacial striations...

Life in the West was tough in the early days of pioneering. In C.C. Harrison’s The Women of Bandit Bend, this life is particularly tough for the women struggling to make a life for themselves on an isolated homestead. Tally and Ivy Tisdale live on...

Rosie the Silkie Hen is a children’s picture book written and illustrated by Marian Gardner. It follows Rosie, a black-feathered Silkie hen who wishes to wear clothes. She knows this has never been done before. Chickens did not wear clothes, but she was about to...

Limits Unleashed: A Conversation Between You and Your Inner Self by Alvin Kalicharan talks about Kiritin, who grows up believing that he is a failure. His family sends him to the city, where he feels even more lost until he encounters Kisan, his inner mentor....

Camila’s parents had left Guatemala for the USA in hopes of providing a better future for their daughter. After arriving in the USA, a woman called Jennifer helped them with the paperwork and to find shelter. She becomes not just their caseworker but a close...

Quiichaar: The Adduco Ventum by Reed Sturm follows the survival, concealment, and eventual pursuit of a single forbidden weapon that was meant to be erased. During the final years of the Great Wars, the world devastator Priagrandis is secretly disabled by Djudg Clemmoth to prevent...

Sloths and Their Moths by Katie Lee Reinert is a fascinating and charming children’s book about the real-life symbiotic relationship that exists between sloths and several species of moths found living in the fur of sloths. When the sloths of the tropical rainforests of Central...

“In this way, you only know what they permit you to know, you become what they want you to be, and you exist only if they allow it.” The more things change, the more they stay the same in Dark Neology: Dante's Gray Pages by...

In What Tree Are You? by Akila Selvaraj, readers are invited to discover their personality tree type. The book is broken down into several parts. Early on, there is a quiz to identify which tree you are, including mango, teak, bamboo, cherry blossom, sandalwood, and...

In Relentless by Tracy A Daigrepont, Savannah, a graduate from Tulane Law with honors, followed in her father Robert's footsteps to become an attorney. Savannah was not happy at home with her father and stepmother, Charlee. Savannah’s father married Charlee, her mother’s best friend, not...

Enough to Share by Mary Helen Berg is a children’s book set in Canada’s Great Bear Rainforest. It introduces kids to two unusual animals: the Spirit Bear, a rare bear species, and the Sea Wolf, a wolf that swims along the coast, hunting in the...

Brian Townsend's Reality Ain't Real takes a deep dive into the things that we have learned to be true and lets us question our beliefs about reality. The book covers the reason we follow the herd and are afraid to point out the abnormalities in...

The Science and Spirit of Joy sets out to connect two ways of talking about happiness. John Stanczak first defines positive psychology as a research field that studies the conditions that support well-being, talking about how it took shape through people like Seligman and Csikszentmihalyi....

Timeless Reflections Volume 6: A Valued Inheritance is a collection of poems, prose, and stories compiled by Diamante Lavendar. It explores the value and meaning of inheritance beyond physical possessions. An inheritance can be a cherished memory, a treasured food recipe, or a link of...

God’s Words: Preaching Peace While Justifying Violence by Ricardo V. Sibilla is a philosophical guide that sets out to dismantle the assumption that sacred texts transmit fixed divine commands that legitimize moral, authority-sanctioned harm. Through a wealth of references and exhaustive research, Sibilla demonstrates that...