Kings of a Lonely Kingdom: Earth Day Essays, Poems, and Musings on Nature by David C. Mahood is a compelling, passionate work on the environment and its possible future. This amazing kaleidoscope of poems, essays, and thought processes is a culmination of writings by the...

Never Again Still Means Never Again is a work of non-fiction in the social issues and current events subgenres. It is suitable for the general adult reading audience and was penned by author Michael S. Gutter. As the title suggests, this is a contemplative work...

Civics plays a significant role in the functioning of every country in the world. In Above the Clouds: Artful Musings on Civics, Isabella Berdyna Zysk offers readers artwork that represents the four character virtues that every person should practice, especially people who seek to become...

Struggles Against Time: Memories and Musings is a philosophical and deeply reflective memoir by Ted Shigematsu. Ted shares his experience of feeling like he didn't belong as a child with Japanese genes in Genova, Italy. He couldn't wait to migrate with his family to the...

Immerse yourself in an enthralling collection of poems and intimate musings with Not A Monolith. Penned by Shantasha Naomi Laing, this captivating poetry collection contains four parts. Each part focuses on different themes, encompassing diverse topics, including love, yearning, pain, suffering, patriarchy, capitalism, Black representation...

Anthony R. Candela’s memoir, Stand Up or Sit Out, is an engaging and heartfelt journey through the life of a man who refuses to let blindness define his limitations. With a blend of humor, humility, and candid reflection, Candela shares the ups and downs of...

The Adventures of Flapjack: The Collar of Courage by Dan Cohen is about a dog named Flapjack, who is being bullied. Flapjack loves going to the big green park where he can play with his friends, but there's one dog that he hopes will stay...

Whispers In Verse by Cynthia A. Morgan is a collection of poetry that reads like a combination of poetic Shakespeare and a mysterious conjuration of a magician from the medieval era. The two blend into one unique writing style, which creates a sense of peace...

If you like your poetry halfway between reality and the twilight zone of lethargic sleep, this is the book for you. In "A Song Beneath Silence", auth Apryl Skies takes the reader through lyrical moments in which love is always complicated and beauty is held...

Historical fiction. If done well, this genre is absolutely my favorite to read. If done poorly, it can be some of the worst drivel a reviewer has to slog through. Thankfully, I didn't have to slog through The Partisan's Wife, which is the third book...

Dr. Altman and The Concubines by Jacqueline Shortell-McSweeney is a whodunnit sleuth mystery novel set in the 80s. After losing her job in a detective agency, thirty-two-year-old Sigourney Madigan (Sig) becomes a freelance private investigator who gets her first case when her friend Willa introduces...

Mona Lisa, Becoming a Ghost by A.L. Mengel is a work of supernatural fiction that explores ambition, longing, broken promises, and regret from the point of view of an artist named Pedro. Among the living mortals walk the immortals, those who are not susceptible to...

This high fantasy adventure is full of surprises, kingdoms uniting, kings to be crowned, royal intrigues and marriages. It also has the usual betrayals, tragedies and revenge. It was an easy read; I finished it in one day. It is well done and makes you...

Skye the Troll and other Fairy Tales for Children is a collection of short fairy tales and poems for young children. I love how each is broken down into different stories, so you can pick different ones to read each night to your child....

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...

Prophecy Moon is a fantasy love story. The tale began with Travis enjoying his life with his wife...the sun was shining, he had a good job and they lived in a nice house. He was content until a knock on the door; an old woman...

Angel Through The Storms by Clement Binnings Jr. is a powerful fictional story that grabs the reader from the first page. Lola Parrish grew up watching her father in drunken rages abuse her mother. As she grows up his attentions turn to her, and one...

Jeanne McElvaney begins her book "Spirit Unbroken: Abby’s Story" by defining three types of memories: Ordinary Memories - retention of experiences; Trauma Memories - memories themselves cannot be recalled at will; and Dissociation Memories - a biological response that separates awareness from consciousness. Abby was...

“As Darkness Falls” is a book that will stay with the reader long after they close the cover. Peter Matise has penned a haunting tale. Nurse Allison Reed was working the Emergency Room when the surgery team rushed to deliver the tiny baby girl; all...

A seemingly uneventful pregnancy turned otherwise when Mary Wilcox’s water broke at twenty-four weeks. Despite all the efforts by the doctors and nurses, they could not prevent the early delivery of Nathaniel who was born weighing merely 688 grams. Narrated from a father’s point of...