Did you know gardening is good for your health? Both physical and mental health. Did you know that you can garden just about anywhere? Even indoors or on a tiny apartment balcony. Potted gardens are becoming the growing craze and pots are not just for...

Core Drift by FX Holden is a science fiction crime thriller. The setting is a future where humans coexist with cybers, beings that are half-human and half-robot. The main protagonist, named Fan Zhaofeng, is a cyber who appears to be responsible for a string of...

Anarchy in High Heels: A Memoir by Denise Larson is an intriguing, humorous, poignant dive into the origins of modern female comedy and friendship, beginning in the early 1970s with bra-burning and the demand for equal rights and footing. This memoir begins with a dip...

“Why would anyone come to hear me … and refuse to sit next to someone like me.” Profound words, but they certainly make one think. Hazel Scott was a trailblazer for African American rights in the United States. To many, however, she was known as...

Join the Foreign Service and see the world! So began Amy Madsen’s career in the U.S. State Department which landed her in Iraq after the fall of Saddam Hussain. In Green Zone Diary, she recounts war zone preparedness training in firearms, spy training, and facial...

In No More Tears (A Town Without Pity Book 1) by Sandy Appleyard, two people held back by crushing grief find their way to each other through unexpected events. The book begins with a thrilling scene involving a case of theft that leaves Laura Warner,...

Searching for my Faith is a tale based on real-life stories and events in the life of author Frederick Munch. This work of non-fiction takes readers on a journey of happiness, sorrow, and redemption. Starting with Munch at a young age, his determination to make...

Bogged Down by Charlotte Stuart is a Vashon Island Mystery. Deep in the forest, hidden away, is an ancient bog. The perfect place to commit murder. Vashon Island is only 20 minutes from Seattle by ferry yet it couldn’t be a more different place. Lavender...

The world is full of differences: big things, small things, young things and old things, things that fly high and things that go low, and so much more. These are opposites, but these are also differences. And there are many more examples: some are tangible,...

The Skullington Family’s Boney Fingers is a wonderful book with rhyming prose that’s fun to read. Author M.J. Evans has created imaginative names and added lots of humorous puns to her newest book. This children’s picture book is fun to read aloud for children—and parents...

Sandwiched: A Memoir of Holding On and Letting Go by Laurie James is an inspiring, moving memoir that will give you hope and light. This book is aptly titled Sandwiched because the author felt sandwiched between various obligations: her parents, teenage daughters, and her rocky...

Shopping Can Be Deadly by Charlotte Stuart is a Discount Detective Mystery. Cameron Chandler, a single mom and a Penny-Wise Investigations investigator, is on her way to work in the shopping mall one morning when shots ring out. A man drops in front and Cameron...

In Now I’m Really Mad: A Story about Controlling Anger, a picture book written by J.J. Shegog and illustrated by Muhammad Tahir, a little Black girl, Rita, has a problem controlling her temper. She is reprimanded by her parents for being mean to her younger...

The Midas Effect has a very different premise, but it delivers. Author Manuel Dorado turns it into something that is a welcome alternative to the standard superhero and techno-thriller fare. The main protagonist, a young academic named Miguel Le Fablec, is formidable, yet he does...

If you're a fan of Harry Potter or movies like Sky High, get yourself a copy of Robert G. Culp's Knight School. Jason Gardner is an exemplary student studying at the magical school known as Knight School. Taught by former Legend operative Kirk Louis, Jason...

A coming of age story of two vastly different lives colliding, Truth is in the House: A Novel Inspired by Actual Events by Michael J. Coffino is an intense drama with an acute sense of time and place. Based on factual events, it is a...

If more than a year with a pandemic has taught us anything, it’s to cherish what we have and to enjoy the natural world around us. Nature is where true beauty lies. Living in a locked-down world is difficult at the best of times and...

What’s a lonely widower to do when he needs a much-deserved breather? Harry Harambee's Kenyan Sundowner by Gerald Everett Jones tells of Harrison Gardner, an American widower who purchases a tour package intending to engage in debauchery. He finds something more profound when he meets...

There is darkness in this fairytale that is so appealing, and yet reading it feels so liberating, as if assuring you that everything’s all right. Missing Charlie: A Fairytale Romance by Jess K. Hardy takes romantic fantasy to a new level. Five years ago, 23-year-old...

Rabbit in the Moon by Heather Diamond is a fascinating memoir centering around the marriage between a white American and her Chinese husband from Hong Kong. At forty-five years old and married, Heather is studying in China for the summer when she meets Fred, who...