Cary Allen Stone’s Through a Mother's Eyes: A True Crime Story is the true story of Julie, a mother who murdered her child. Stone did not write this story to gain sympathy for Julie or for people to hate Julie. Stone wrote this book so...

Although I didn’t read the first book in the Miller Hoffman series by Zelmer Wilson, this second entry, Next Best Thing, reads so well and it is absorbing. I particularly enjoyed the fact that the book is character-driven, and the internal conflict is superbly explored....

The Book of Judges by Traci Tyne Hilton is a Maura Garrison Mystery. No one believed Maura Garrison when she suspected her husband Rick of cheating, but when her fears are confirmed she takes refuge in her office and grabs his cat as collateral. The...

The Birds Sang Eulogies: A Memoir by Mirla Geclewicz Raz is a moving memoir that gives readers glimpses of what it meant to be a child of the Holocaust and how they had to deal with the trauma of their parents in their own way....

When a very important program is stolen from the Department of Defense and the man delivering it is found dead, Wet Work (Trace Conner Book 1) begins. The Colonel, who is head of security of the company that created the software, calls in the...

Arion Rising by Jackie Anders is action-packed, exciting, and engaging. Tea Lane knows how to take care of herself. She's gained plenty of experience by having to survive foster home after foster home. Now living on the streets, she won't let this stop her from...

In Monsoon in the Making by Clive Radford, in the spring of 2009, Glyn Sumner and his new crewmates had been onboard the Poseiden for six weeks and were all looking forward to experiencing new cultures and adventures. As the Poseiden pulls into Tunis, they...

In her memoir It Never Took, Terrah Hancock relates the years she was growing up in a dysfunctional family. Her father beat her regularly, both parents refused to believe she was raped by her father’s younger brother Keith, and her mother constantly gaslighted her. Her...

Victoria Benoit's No Weeping Widow Here is a heartwarming, awe-inspiring story about loss and a beautiful love journey. Victoria shares stories and thoughtful words about losing her husband, their 10 years together, and life after his demise. Four years after meeting at a personal development...

The Company She Keeps by Zelmer Wilson is a literary fiction novel that delves into the complex life of Isabel Mathews, a successful Tulane University professor. Isabel's seemingly perfect life is jeopardized by her secret affair with a student, Raymond Walker. When a family emergency...

Katie Otey beautifully and humorously captures the struggles of growing up with siblings, especially when they have differing personalities, as is often the case, in this endearing, illustrated children’s book, Izzy’s (Almost) Epic Day. Izzy is an eleven-year-old sixth grader with an overactive imagination that...

The New Girl by Zelmer Wilson follows Billie Carver, who moves from New Orleans to Boston to live with her father’s family and adjust to a new social environment. She leans on her older half-brother, Truman, as she tries to wade through unfamiliar social circles...

I found "Class Collision" by Annette Mackey to be engrossing and satisfying. The characters, specifically David, are realistic and well-developed. A great deal is learned about the characters from their relationships with each other and how they interact. David's point of view really made the...

Rachel the Raccoon and Sammy the Skunk take a leisurely tour of the prairie near their home. Rachel has been studying the wildflowers and grasses that grow in the prairie and knows quite a bit about them; but Sammy has never learned about the plants,...

Rachel and Sammy Visit The Forest is the second book in the adventures of Rachel the Raccoon and Sammy the Skunk. In the first adventure we found Rachel and Sammy visiting the prairie near their home and a look at some amazing flowers that grow...

"Patty Pom-Poms" written by Alise Cayen is an enjoyable children's book to read and share! Patty wants to be involved in sports just like her older brothers and her friends. Patty tries out for a few teams and these sports are just not for...

The Daddy Diaries by Paul Kemp chronicles a year in the life of the father of two active young boys. “What started out as a way to chronicle my sons' younger years for their later enjoyment,” he writes, “evolved into a way to vent my...

Many children and adults are diagnosed with autism each year. Once this was surrounded by misconception; now, there is a possibility of understanding and perhaps helping individuals with autism. It is with this desire that I chose this book, to see if I could learn...

The Healings is a funny tale of a man's journey to self discovery and enlightenment, peppered with a lot of humor. It is, in short, a very funny collection of many, many stories about a single, very depressed man who has "lost his way." The...

In the 1890s, Fred Harvey’s waitresses, the Harvey Girls, are an integral part of intercontinental train travel. Tessa Crane is attractive, hard working, independent and personifies the best of the Harvey Girls. Like so many others, her job is to welcome the passengers of the...