Andrew is very excited about Christmas. It’s tomorrow, you see, and he’s hoping for lots of great gifts, especially from Santa. While everyone else is asleep, Andrew sits by the fireplace, admiring the Christmas decorations and trying to read the family’s favorite classic, ’Twas the...

At the beginning of A Letter To My Little Sisters by Naomi White, the author emphasizes that women are so nurturing yet they need to take a look in the mirror. Women replace love with things and people. Then, they go home alone. On the...

Aliens Ate My Homework is a work of science fiction and fantasy fun penned for children by author Matthew S. Cox. In this second novel in The Adventures of Ubergirl series, we return to Kelly Donovan and her Earth-saving ways for another delightful installment. After...

In the beginning of Meeting My Anxiety by Elisa Silverglade Rader, there is a definition of the word “anxiety,” basically, a feeling of worry, nervousness or unease. The author shows how anxiety in a person makes you feel like a total mess: your hair, your...

When You Lived in My Belly, by Jodi Meltzer, is a creative children’s story about what goes on inside the womb. As her baby grows bigger, develops, and becomes more active, each moment becomes more special for this happy mother. The book flows seamlessly and...

Taming My Christmas Rogue: Taming the Duke's Heart is the second book in the Miracle Express series by Tammy Andresen and Miracle Express. This is the story of two people who fell in love, even if they didn’t want to. Miss Danielle (Dani) Frazier is...

As we get older and move into the twilight years, we notice radical changes not only in our bodies but in our minds. Many of us may not have a parent alive to ask many of those important questions. In Are These My Hands Now?...

I’ll Lend You My Daddy is tailor-made for children of fathers in the military, but it could also be used for children of military mothers. Additionally, it would be wonderful for young nieces and nephews, or friends and classmates of children whose parents are serving...

Miranda knows there is something unusual about her room. There are creatures in the room that do not belong there and a small armadillo is asleep by her head. He is softly snoring on her pillow and down by her feet is a real capybara....

Back In My Day is a work of light-hearted fiction aimed at female audiences, and was penned by author Maggie Aldrich. What begins as a quite usual adventure in chick lit takes a sudden turn into fantastic fantasy and time travel fiction for a mother...

Brave For My Family by Davidson Whetstone is a compassionate and loving story of a young boy and his father. As a soldier, his father spends time on duty for his country and away from his family. His experiences, although far away, deeply affect...

Awakening My Spiritual Heart by Mandi J. Nelson is an engaging collection that will take readers on her journey from darkness to light and will inspire them to open their hearts to their own spiritual awakening. She introduces readers to the concept of the Eight...

Could Anthony Newley Be My Muse? (Or His Story Never Ends) is an interesting work of self-exploration and New Age thinking penned by author Joellyn St. Pierre. Subtitled “Forging a Creative Bond with the Dead”, the work contains some mature themes, explicit language, and ideas...

Andrew was confused. How would he get therapy on the computer? He had gotten dressed, put his shoes on, grabbed his bag, and even eaten his snack when he was asked to turn on his computer and sit down. He was told there was a...

A little boy loves playing with his Grandpa. Who wouldn’t? He loves it when Grandpa embraces him in a hug. Then picks him up and lifts him high so he feels like he’s touching the clouds, the sky, even the sun. With a cry of...

Where is My Teacher? written by Dalal Ghanim Al-Roumaihi, and illustrated by Nikos Yanopulos, is filled with imaginative art and rhyming text. The drawings and words call to mind both movies and books. Witches, aliens, Tale of Despereaux, Mary Poppins, floating tables, falling umbrellas,...

I Have Answered My Nation’s Call: Tales of Civil War Nurses by Robert Groves is a non-fiction anthology that provides extensive insight into the stories of front line nurses during the battle between the North and the South. Whereas in England there are as many...

Stories of my Life is a collection of reflections, journal notes, prayers, and poems by Elisabeth M. Seidel. According to editor Jennifer P. Tanabe, the original works were personal notes written in English and French, and modified into the chronological format presented in the book....

This War Within My Mind: Based on the blog The Bipolar Battle by John Poehler is an engaging book that opens up about the author's life of living with bipolar disorder and how he was able to successfully deal with it because of the right...

Life’s greatest questions need not all be grand cosmic imponderables. Sometimes they are seemingly mundane queries such as “Why is a poodle in the bathroom?” or “Why is the TV so darn loud?” Brad Graber tackles these mind-benders and others in his aptly titled What’s...