"Stairlift to Heaven" by Terry Ravenscroft is an irreverent, hilarious look about one man’s life after retirement. He pokes fun at everything, even his urination problems and anal pain. No one and nothing is spared including how to silence the neighbour’s barking dog, the colour...

"Chrystallia" by P.M. Glaser was a pleasure to read and review. Glaser has created a magical world brought to life through beautiful illustrations and brilliant writing. Siblings Maggie and Jesse were facing a family crisis; their home was being repossessed and their mother was dying....

I’ve had the privilege of reading one of David McDonald’s earlier books, “There are No Unwounded Soldiers,” and because it was so emotionally charged, I wanted to read another one of his collections of poetry. McDonald is a hero in my view. In “I Never...

April W. Gardner's debut novel "Wounded Spirits" is a historical fiction novel that will transport you to the early 1800's and tug at your heart strings. So aptly named, this novel is about people who really do have wounded spirits as a result of hardships,...

Peltar’s life had not been an easy one since his father’s death and his mother’s remarriage. He tried to get along with his stepfather because he loved his mother and she appeared to be happy. His stepfather treated him like a slave when his mother...

When the book cover read, “A Sam Jenkins Mystery Short,” it wasn’t kidding. At just 51 pages cover to cover, there was hardly enough time to provide a longer story. The main character is Sam Jenkins, who, like the author, is a retired New York...

In 1991,author Brian Snow had just received his doctorate in Education from Georgetown university. He decided to move from his parents' comfortable home on Cape Cod to Los Angeles as he loved working with special education students and wanted to live his life on his...

Donalisa Helsley’s children’s book “I Love You Better than Chocolate Chip Cookies” is a must-have book for each child’s personal library as it will be read often with a loved one. Each page begins with the line, “I love you better than…” and the item...

I love a fantasy mystery novel, one that reaches out to the readers, pulls them to the center of the story and makes them feel as if they are the victims, the detectives, the killers, all wrapped up in one. I love a novel that...

Gabe Murfitt and his mother Gigi Devine Murfitt have provided us with a wonderfully inspirational book in “My Message is C.L.E.A.R.: Hope and Strength in the Face of Life’s Greatest Adversities.” C.L.E.A.R. is an acronym created by Gabe that explains his focus on how to...

Libby is having a bad day. That tends to happen when you are run over and killed. She finds herself in the perplexing Sunray Bay with her dog Rufus, who now has her soul. No one seems to know what to do in this seaside...

From the moment I opened this book I could feel the tenderness of the words slip from its pages. There are moments of reflection, renewing, and even rewinding within our lives where we wish we could do things over again. There are moments that pull...

When a discussion on the origin of the earth comes up most people will have one of these two opinions. There are those who will take the side of science; they believe in the big bang theory and evolution. The other popular belief is that...

"The Worry Glasses: overcoming anxiety," written by Donalisa Helsley and illustrated by Kalpart, is an excellent way to discuss worries and anxiety and how children can cope with this. MJ worries a lot and her worries interfere with her everyday life. There are also special...

John D. Moore tells his story in “Life Without Parole: Justice being served or not, being a victim carries its own life sentence". Serving life in a prison no one knows about, Moore suffered sexual, emotional and physical abuse at the hands of his father....

Heny Winkler is an actor, director, author, photographer and fly-fisherman. His latest book is a conversational memoir that relates his love for fly-fishing with his life and career. Henry discovered fly-fishing late in life, but it has brought him immense peace and satisfaction. Each year...

“Tribesman” by Paul Freeman begins as any tale of a barbarian might, with the main character Culainn waking up from what seems like a hangover. It soon becomes apparent, however, that Culainn is not just any barbarian; out of all the possible choices in a...

"Loving Conor: A Clairvoyant’s Memoir on Loving, Bonding, and Healing" by Tami Urbanek begins dramatically by relating the trials and tribulations of an early marriage plagued by domestic abuse, alcoholism and the struggle to self-actualize. I felt Urbanek executed emotional truth on the written page...

In P.T. Dawkins’s “The Ponzi”, Michael Franklin Junior is steadily losing his father’s clients; a young, honest broker that just couldn't live up to his father’s name and refuses to use any of the old-timers’ method in the stock markets. His boss, Harry Lugarno, is...

Asylum – 13 Tales of Terror, by Matt Drabble, comprises 13 tales of terror inside a tale of terror. Asylum is a very interesting concept. Matt Drabble starts his story by introducing Martin Parcell, the new assistant janitor at Blackwater Heights, a spooky looking old...