Rocket-bye by Carole P. Roman is an enjoyable picture book that takes young readers on an exciting journey. It is about two people in outer space. They soar above trees and see cities look small. They see stars make up constellations, and soar past each...

One to Ten: Squirrel’s Bad Day is a fun storybook for children, as well as providing a coping mechanism for learning to deal with problems. Ranking a problem on a scale of one to 10 will help them to understand that bad things happen and,...

In Shady Place by David A. Byrne, we first meet Jim Phillips, a retired police detective, as he is preparing to leave the Philadelphia home he shared for many years with his now deceased wife; being urged on by his two adult daughters to move...

Pax is a yellow Lab; Jasmine is a Montserratian cat who really thinks she’s a princess; Gertie is a Montserrat agouti who speaks Montserrat Creole dialect. And, of course, there’s Mom and Dad. They’re the human members of the family, the ones who walk on...

A Super Hero Surprise by Danika Gordon is an educational children's book. The book is about a young boy. For his birthday, the boy receives a super hero t-shirt from his grandma, but he claims he doesn't believe in super heroes. His grandma tells him...

The illustrations by Siera Tomczak in The Color of Beauty are very realistic. She adds so many tones, shadows, and highlights that really give contrast and bring the illustrations to life. The poetry or musings on color by Goob are very well written. The author...

What does it take to be clean again after years of drug abuse? For William James, it could mean getting as far away as possible from one’s immediate environment, steering away from friends, and starting a new life. That is why the twenty-two-year-old man leaves...

An adorable book with a positive message, Can We Watch? follows Isabelle and her brother, Joe, as they continually implore their parents: can we watch television? But one day, when the electricity goes out, Isabelle and Joe spend the time not with electronics, but playing...

Voice in the Wilderness by H.L. Wegley is the opening book in the Against All Enemies series, a thriller with great spiritual and political undertones, and a stunning indictment of a system that fosters dictatorship and a mindless form of capitalism. The US is heading...

Ahe'ey by Jamie Le Fay is the complete collection of a series that takes place in a fantasy world segregated following a horrific war. Morgan is opinionated and strong-willed, speaking for empowerment and equality. When an event goes awry and her handsome guide saves her...

“Dreams are but a doorway to your heart.” Such are the powerful words that open this beautiful and epic tale and they are words that captured my heart and got me interested in this story that is filled with wisdom, action, and entertainment. A perfect...

The Hook by Kathleen Doler is aptly subtitled: Surfing to Survive a Shattered Family, Drugs, Gangs and the FBI. Set in an idyllic surfing town, this book explores the depth of kinship, crime, and justice, while looking at how far a woman can go to...

What would you do if you walked into your pantry one day and found Queen Elizabeth I sitting there, as prim and proper as only she could be, and sitting on a bag of potatoes at that – King Edward potatoes? And then, a late...

The scenarios and characters who people The Purified by Melinda Tyler are something that the author knows very well. She has lived much of what she has woven into this rather realistic thriller based on the sex trade. Those unfamiliar with the world of...

Sweet Water by Lena North is book two in the Birds of a Feather series, a romance that is masterfully crafted for young readers, with memorable and realistic characters. Doctor and engineer Jiminella “Jinx” Sweetwater is a self-made woman, a character who has survived on...

Plato, Sir Isaac Newton, Giordano Bruno, Galileo Galilei, Paracelsus, Yoko Ono and Jack Lenor Larsen are all a part of the inspiration behind The 12 Alchemists & Other Poems by Kevin McWha Steele. In this book you will discover a collection of poetry that starts...

Dragon's Treasure: Dragons Awakening Book 1 by Maya Starling has a story that I thought would be predictable, but boy was I surprised. The intensity of the story and the deep development of the characters drew me in and I did not want to stop...

Under the Approaching Dark by Anna Belfrage is a spellbinding fiction story with powerful historical references, set in the turbulent England of the 1300s. The death of Hugh Despenser and the rise to power of King Edward III could have made Adam de Guirande hopeful...

Outsourced by Eric J. Gates is a general fiction thriller novel that all begins with a simple question: What is the most dangerous gift a fan could send to an author if the fan were a professional assassin? Nic Stiles is an author in New...

Glen Aaron’s The Curse of Sacerdozio is a page-turner, a compelling story that has a bit of suspense and thriller. Jicarilla Apache Tommy Jon is discovered very early to have a special gift for retaining large amounts of data, and this wins him a place...