The Purple Shell is a wonderful book that tells us about ecology with enthusiasm and useful lessons. Maritza M. Mejia surprises us again with another of her English-Spanish bilingual books. Here she brings us the story of an adorable girl who goes with her mother...

Some books are real sources of inspiration and invite the reader to deep reflection, as in the case of The Lightness of Being by Gorman Poetry. This collection brings together 32 poems from the poet's most recent works (Poet Gone Wild and Soujour) and is...

The Lighthouse by Christopher Parker is centered around Amy, a young woman struggling with the recent death of her mother. Amy does not have a close relationship with her father and she is feeling very alone. When, in an effort to become closer, her father...

The Dawn of Speech is a short collection of poems written by Joseph Wood. "The Night" is a metaphor for how people tend to cling to the last vestiges of hope in the face of overwhelming darkness. "Sleeping" takes us into the headspace of a...

The Best Good Horse: And Other Short Stories by J. Reeder Archuleta is a collection of 14 short stories that focus on ordinary people whose lives rely on work. A satisfying collection of human triumph and courage, each story introduces readers to a new set...

The Formulation of Zack Sender is a psychological drama by Aaron Grinhaus. To any outsider, Zack Sender has the ideal life. An associate at a reputable law firm in Toronto, Zack is also in a steady relationship with his girlfriend, Jenny, who may or may...

The Powerhouse Diet: How Intermittent Fasting Helped Me Lose 10 Pounds in 7 Days is a work of non-fiction in the health and fitness subgenres. It is suitable for the general reading audience and was penned author by L. A. Patterson. The book is a...

Aaron Brady's and his father's turquoise mine has petered out and the bills haven't been paid. Following the death of his father, Aaron falls even further behind and loses equipment through repossession. Finding rare black opals, located primarily in Nevada, specifically in his part of...

The Great Trespass: A World of Wolt Novel is a work of fiction in the science fiction, action, and mystery subgenres. It is intended for the adult reading audience, contains some use of moderate explicit language, and was penned by author Steve Teets. Written as...

Each and every person has a light inside them, and The Love Light explores this idea through magical illustrations and a sweet storyline. Each person is different on the outside, and their life experiences are not going to be the same, but their light inside...

The Pyres of Destiny is the second novel in the Call of Destiny Series by D.M. Earley. Jake and Samuel get visions of oncoming danger. Rattled and a little scared out of their current peaceful existence, Jake shares his vision with Dakota and that creates...

In The Danger with Diamonds by Traci Hunter Abramson and Sian Ann Bessey, CIA agent Cole Bridger goes to Budapest to find his co-worker, agent Trevor Rogers, who had been kidnapped. Cole receives help from Jasmine as well as Cas, known only as Ghost to...

The Doa Fora people of the Cloud forest and the villagers of Last Hope got along until they didn’t. While the villagers encroached on the forest, the Doa Fora warriors fought back with poisoned arrows. But who could explain the monstrous Illwen? When the villagers...

The Surfing Saint is a work of fiction in the action, adventure, and humor sub-genres. It is intended for children of independent reading age and was penned by author Benjamin Fraser, with illustrations provided by artist Alison Mutton. The titular protagonist of this concise and...

In The Pinch Pixie by Heather Dagostino, we are introduced to a beautiful pixie with a very important job. It’s her job to make sure that you aren’t afraid to get a vaccine that is much needed. Vaccines were developed many years ago by a...

I Am Legend meets Army of the Dead in Dave Godwin’s Tetrad Variant. It all begins with a virus—the benign Sleeper Virus attaches itself to cells throughout each host and is able to destroy nearly any foreign bacterial or viral invader. But then came the...

The Love Book is an adorable story highlighting the impossibilities of the limits of how a parent can love their child. Somehow every impossibility is conquered by the love the mother feels. Jemima Neal illustrates the unexplainable feelings that come with being a parent, and...

The Murder Hotel by Alistair Gardiner is a mystery novel set against the backdrop of scenic Scotland. Samantha, an optician bored with her work, inherits her Aunt Claire’s hotel. She and her best friend Daisy quit their jobs after deciding to run the hotel. Daisy,...

Mom and Dad are frustrated that their daughter no longer sleeps because of the monsters she believes lurk around her room at night, so they decide to embark upon a little mission to find out who the monsters are and where they go when they’re...

The Scalebearers tells the story of five strangers who wake up chained to one another. Kaj, a dark elf and thief, Valma, a member of the town guard, Gillian, an apprentice Mage, Ava, a local farm girl, and Ortensia, the town’s very own princess. Together...