Turtle needs a vacation. He has been holding the world’s clock so long on his back that it has stuck to his shell. But Professor Hare was concerned because he didn’t think anyone could hold the clock as well as Turtle, and Hare maintained the...

This is a review of the audio version of The Matchmaker written by Elin Hilderbrand and read by Erin Bennett. This is the story of Dabney Kimball Beech, matchmaker extraordinaire. She had 42 'something good' matches to her credit. While her husband Box and her...

Sunset Embrace by author Sandra Brown proves why her name is well known to fans of romance. This is one of her best tales. It is a historical romance. Lydia gives birth to her son alone in the woods; her only prayer is for their...

As I started The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, I didn’t have any idea of what it was really about. What I soon found out is that it is a celebration of the deep love between a man and a woman, beginning in their teens through...

If you’ve ever looked at a project you’ve completed and been unable to call it ‘amazing’ until someone else told you it was or you’ve never been able to give yourself a compliment until someone else does it first then you may need this book....

Go Wild: Free Your Body and Mind from the Afflictions of Civilization by John Ratey M.D. and Richard Manning is a fascinating look at optimal health through going wild or returning to instinctual behavior. Think of living 1000 years ago with no grocery stores, cars,...

Authors James Patterson and David Ellis team up to offer readers a tale that will keep them listening to the very end. Invisible is a bit different from most of James Patterson and David Ellis’ books. In Invisible, we meet Emmy Dockery, an FBI Research...

A young mouse has an experience of a lifetime as he ventures out into the meadow he calls home to explore and learn. Come join the little mouse on his adventure and find out just what there is to see in the grass, on the...

Recognize THEM by Zane Safrit is a book of advice on how to get the most from your employees. The guidebook explains how its author came to the realisation that employees and their talents were directly related to success in business, and how Safrit was...

When The Black Lion begins we know that a man, who we later learn is called Sascha, is on the hunt. For sex or something else, we aren’t quite sure until he spots a beautiful woman from whom he can feed. But when he spots,...

Amy and the Little White Butterfly is a children’s picture book by Alysia Mercer. It tells the story of Amy, an independent little girl who initially has a very normal life. Tragedy strikes when Amy’s mother becomes sick, goes into hospital and then goes ‘to...

The Keepers Files 1.5: A Holding Kate Series Book by LaDonna Cole follows multiple story lines as they relate to a group of teenagers who are part of Heartwork Village, a compound that specializes in time and space travel called “Jumps”. These teenagers are part...

Here Be Dragons by Hannah Steenbock is a collection of eight short stories about magic, mythical creatures and sorcery. From a traveling wizard that fixes toys, to a wizard who loses and searches for his magic deck of cards. From a young girl that tries...

Broken Chains, a short story by Rebecka Vigus, tells a breathtaking and interesting tale of trust lost and gained by a single mother of two kids whose parents passed away 10 years ago. She takes on the difficult challenges of her job, dealing with drunken...

The Carnivore’s Manifesto: Eating Well, Eating Responsibly, and Eating Meat by Patrick Martins is a book guaranteed to make you think about where your food comes from. Did you know that every year, Americans eat more than 10 million livestock? Unfortunately, they are not raised...

The Fever by Megan Abbott is an expose of the way teenage girls' emotions tend to rule their thinking. This tale focuses on Gabby, Deenie and Lise, girlfriends at Dryden High. Lise has a seizure and ends up in the hospital. At school, rumors circulate...

Good Company by Melissa Hladik Meyer is the story of three neighbors; retired Delta Force operator Fred, physician’s assistant Kathleen, and Navy SEAL Mark. Mark was promised a promotion in California but at the last minute his orders were changed and he shows up in...

Siri…Talk To Me by Mike Haridy is a book of discovery about the origins and life of a personal digital assistant, namely Siri. Anyone who has an iPhone or an iPad will be familiar with Siri, but not many know how to talk to her...

Prism is a collection of short stories that span multiple locations, times and worlds. Roland Allnach has a great talent for creating worlds, building an atmosphere and painting for the reader a believable setting for each story. His power of description is considerable. The style...

Valentine's Crushed: Children's First Chapter Book by RyAnn Hall is about a young girl whose family is moving to a new town and she has to attend a new school. It is right before Valentine's Day and she is worried that she won't get any...