Author Julia Anderson tells her family's story in "Through Christina's Eyes". Her grandfather Walter's mother, Christina Nilsson, was born in Hagnarp, Sweden, in 1866 and left her economically struggling for a life in America in 1887. It is through Christina's telling that most of this...

"The Angry Woman Suite" is quite a ride. Set in the early 1900s, it is a story of family conflict, mystery, drama and love. Young Francis Grayson grows up with a slew of women referred to merely as “the women,” consisting of two aunts and...

"Tamechactee" is the story of eighteen-year-old Marcus, a high school senior from a broken home who is sick of school and sick of his abusive uncle. Marcus is headed for an adventure of a lifetime when he is given a chance to go into the...

Sandy Sprott’s Little Kicker series begins with “A Prayer for Little Kicker.” Mother and Daddy Donkey have a baby donkey named Little Kicker. They love Little Kicker and they also love God and they want Little Kicker to love God and do great things in...

"Sagaria" is an intriguing and action-packed fantasy novel written by John Dahlgren. The world of Sagaria is found through a magical portal in the forest. It is fourteen year old Sagandran Sacks who discovers the portal through his grandfather, Melwin. When Melwin is captured at...

It is a dangerous world when you are turning sixteen and being stalked by collectors. Charlotte C. Carrion is one such youth. This tough young woman does her best to avoid being caught but soon is ensnared and sent to Redwine Hill Asylum to join...

"Recollections: The Detroit Years: The Motown Sound By The People Who Made It" by Jack Ryan was a great read, about all the people involved in making the Sound that made Detroit famous for music. It is a great history of a great time that...

The book has been inspired by and in memory of 12-year old Sarah Lisa Foidart, who lost her battle with a rare brain tumor. "The ABC Field Guide to Faeries" is a fun alphabetical tour of life lessons and the faeries who are behind them....

"Tides of Avarice" by John Dahlgren is a quirky, swashbuckling, original combination of pirates, treasure maps and lemmings. Sylvester Lemmington is our hero: a timid, serious lemming who works as a translator for the head archivist at the library. The love interest is Viola, a...

"Anger Management" is Mark Hour's personal account of his struggle to deal with past hurts and manage his own anger. It has come out as a book to help and encourage others to manage their anger in healthy ways to avoid the consequences that Mark...

Kate Metz's "Stiletto Safari" is Chick-Lit at its best. Oh my gosh, this was a good read. When I read chick-lit, I want books that will hook me and hold from start to finish, and not let me go until days later. That was exactly...

When you think of a singing nun, visions come to mind of a habit-clad woman dancing in a field of wildflowers on a hill, spinning happily with palms up, belting out a healthy hymn. But the story of the singing nun is anything but that...

"Holy Spirit Who: Discovering and Getting to Know the Person of Holy Spirit" by Alexys V. Wolf is a spiritual journey to discover who the Holy Spirit is and the role the Spirit plays in our lives. Much like the author I grew up in...

A winner on so many levels! "Non-Local Flow", a life via literature, could hardly be better, not just for its chosen genre, but because of the overall spirit of the book. Thankfully, Mary Orme Ellis did not choose to list this book in the genre...

Growing up in Poughkeepsie, New York, Clarice Martin, better known as Reece, has a vision of a large hand on her bedroom window when she is only seven years old. A few years later in 1991, she finds herself passed out on a sidewalk outside...

Tears course down Sullie’s cheeks as he looks at his once pristine beach now littered with plastic. His granddaughter was left crippled by the abominable stuff. Sullie called a meeting of his bird friends and shared the dreadful acts humans have committed. They bring their...

"For Those Who Stare at the Moon," written by Tiffany A. Flowers and illustrated by James Eugene, is an excellent choice as a bedtime story to share with your child! Filled with beautiful, soothing illustrations and rhyming text, this book takes the reader on a...

Struggling opera singer Paige Marshall needs more income, so she signs up to work with the show choir at Prospect Glen High School outside Chicago. The first line of Chapter One of "Murder for Choir" says it all: "If Dante ever added a tenth circle...

Joana James's "Finding Romeo" is the first in a romance trilogy about finding true true and the trials along the way. Daynia is stuck in life. She is still living at home, working at a job she hates at a resort in a number one...

Since the nuclear war devastated cities all across the United States of America five years ago, Luke and his family have been hiding out in an underground bomb shelter. Running out of supplies and food, they must now take their chances above, exposed and vulnerable...