The characters and their voices were likable. Their names and the names in their cities are unusual but after you get adjusted to them, they fit this book perfectly. The story follows some characters that possess a gift that, when used, becomes of great power...

This story has an explosive beginning! When Rose Martin, a home health nurse who moonlights as an EMT, is visiting the home of her patient Sophie Hostetter, she gets the shock of her life when Sophie and her son Ammon's car literally blows up in...

When I picked up A Wedding Quilt For Ella by Jerry Eicher, I was certain it was going to be another Amish story about a couple courting and marrying. Instead we get the story of Ella Yoder who is twenty, and Aden Wengerd who is...

As young children, Leonora Wardene and her three brothers lived with Robert Hardford and his brothers at Hardford castle. They all lived as family until tragedy struck. Someone pushed the youngest brother Tristan down the stairs, almost killing him. Leonora and her brothers left Hardford...

From the beginning of this book, I was impressed with the good storyline and looked forward to hearing the rest of the tale. The reading by Richard M. Davidson is well-done, and I liked the tone of his voice. However, although I can tolerate three...

William Kensey was summoned for jury duty. Like most jurors he was more than a bit reluctant especially when he discovered the purpose of the trial. Kensey and his fellow jurors were asked to rule whether God exists. Perhaps middle aged, Kensey was asked to serve...

Dr. Lyon carried his theme of a Process Mind throughout the book whether discussing his childhood, travels with his brother, education, medical training or his long career as a doctor. Process mind is a combination of Socratic questioning and Active Learning. Active learning is a process...

Imagine you're a young woman of 36 who longs for a family so badly that you decide to answer an ad where a man is looking for a wife and mother for his two children. In 1889 that's just how Maggie Ferguson wound up with...

A Beautiful Kind of Broken is a good addition to the plethora of books on spiritual guidance. Author Luke Holter really covers how to forgive others in a way that is easy to understand and apply. He writes quite candidly about religions that point fingers...

Belinda and the Witch’s Cat by Margaret Pearce is Book 1 in her new Belinda Robinson series. Belinda Robinson is an only child, and it seems that with her father’s work, they are always having to move around. That makes for a lonely girl as...

The setting is Seattle, 1901, when University of Washington Electrical Engineering Professor Benjamin Bradshaw discovers the corpse of Professor Wesley Oglethorpe electrocuted inside the Electric Machine's Faraday Cage as the Tesla Coil. Because Bradshaw and Oglethorpe were rivals with particular dislike for each other, and...

In his latest book A Young Man's Guide to Making Right Choices, author Jim George explains to young teens how difficult it is to make time for good choices when everyone seems to be vying for their time. The Christian way is to admit that...

A Stranger's Gift by Anna Schmidt is a novel about two different individuals: Hester Detlef, a Mennonite woman and John Hafner, a shunned Amish man. Hester, the daughter of a Mennonite minister, is a registered nurse and head of the Mennonite Disaster Service. That she...

"A Starlit Snowfall" by Nancy Willard with illustrations by Jerry Pinkney is a re-issue of a children’s book originally titled "A Starlit Somersault Downhill". It has been written for children from 3 years old and up. While older children will be able to read...

This is a great book on tape that is not only entertaining, but also a well-done audiotape. The voice is pleasant to the ears, well-defined and enjoyable. This is a sequel to the 'Innocent Mages' series, which already has two books in it. I don’t...

“A Time to Heal” by Seye Oke is a wonderfully written book. Seye Oke has written this book about strange events taking place in an African community, with a Christian background. However, the events in this book can be taking place in any village, town...

"A Kentucky Colonel in Darkest Africa" is the sequel to author Kenneth Tucker's first adventures in King Arthur's Court. The book is classified as adventure but is really a combination of several classification generes. As such, it is filled with action, adventure and imagination. In...

"A Cultural Paradox: Fun in Mathematics" by Jeffrey A Zilahy is a great book. It is unique and very well done. And the title turns out to be true - mathematics actually is fun. Well, at least in this author’s hands. He has an engaging...

David Longstreet, a young and idealistic school teacher from New Hampshire, is drawn into the battles of the Civil War when Volunteer Regiments of his state are called to war. He is attracted to neighbor Sarah but must leave his life behind as he endures...

Wei, central character in "A Touch of Cold", has gone to medical school in China, but her older brother, Gun, is incurably ill and Wei has tried everything, even Japanese acupuncture dano-kyu, to cure him but Gun never responds. Their father, Wang, is an archeologist...