We read a lot of war memoirs from those who have been at the front, but what happens to those left behind? In Home Front: A Memoir from WWII, C.D. Peterson chronicles life in a rural community just before, during, and after the war, following...

I Am a Leader: A 90-day Leadership Course for Kids by Peter J. Liang, founder of the Leadership4Kids program, is a journal intended for boys and girls aged 8 to 12. Focused on developing the leadership skills and self-awareness of youngsters, the page-a-day entries that...

Abruption is a work of fiction in the action, contemporary thriller, and terrorism sub-genres, and it is the first novel in the Broken Gladiator Series penned by author Thom Gordon. Written for adult reading audiences, the work does contain the use of explicit language, graphic...

Housewife Chronicles by Jennifer Snow is a contemporary women's fiction novel around a suburban housewife named Beth Cartwright, her dead husband Howard, and Howard's mistress—who is also Beth's next-door neighbor and former yoga instructor—Gina Thompson. Two weeks before Howard bites the dust, Beth learns...

Dyslexia affects the ability to read and can cause the person to confuse the letters or alter their order. For children with dyslexia, reading can be a little more difficult, but with effort, they can do it. I'm a Dyslexic Superhero is the story of...

We don't always know why someone commits suicide, but it always leaves friends and family reeling from shock and many unanswered questions. But even more, they must deal with the stigma of mental illness and suicide. Marci Glidden Savage experienced the loss of a husband...

Henrietta Hedgehog’s Prickly Problem by Carole P. Roman shares a beautiful story about self-acceptance. Henrietta is a charming hedgehog who is unhappy with her spiky quills and feels they keep her fellow critters from becoming close friends. While at school, some of the animals tease...

Slavia is not immune to the wave of changes across the Eastern Bloc countries brought about by Perestroika. Even the police, who had been trained to suppress demonstrations against the regime, looked on, as this was what the people wanted. Ionescu had been the president...

The book, Playmates: Book 1, Wilde Twins by Jess C. Scott, is the story of Tania and Trevor who grow up in a dysfunctional family. The twins develop a closeness that becomes deeper and deeper as their family life sinks into disarray and madness. In...

How Learning To Say Goodbye Taught Me How to Live is an excellent book by Joffre McClung which addresses a range of subjects such as grief, loss, coping with financial troubles, and building inner spiritual strength. It is an account of real life events leading...

Michael Gordon Bennett's 7-10 Split: My Journey As America's Whitest Black Kid is a non-fiction memoir. Bennett's parents were teenagers when he was born, and his dad decided to join the armed forces to make sure he could provide for his family. The author's first...

Blood Shackles by Rosemary A Johns is the second book in the Rebel Vampires series, following Blood Dragons. Light is a Blood Lifer (vampire) in London where First Lifers (humans) have decided they were superior. Now First Lifers have captured and enslaved the Blood Lifers...

Club Fed by Stephen Arrington is the story of finding a purpose. Jake, Raoul, Walt, Clayton, and Jessie are an unusual bunch. They meet at a minimum-security prison camp. They are randomly chosen and put together as the inmate fire crew for the town of...

Ditching Success? A Career Ventured; A Life Regained by Batoul I. Ajlouni is a memoir with an intriguing title. Written from the first-person point of view, it documents the author’s journey from being an ambitious career woman, thriving on challenges and success to ultimate burn-out,...

Amglish: Two Nations Divided by a Common Language by Mike Powell is a humorous comparison between British English and American English. Mike Powell is originally from England and now lives in the United States. In this book he provides a detailed, light-hearted, and often humorous...

In the village of Burnsville, growing a long tail was a very important step in a dragon's life. Growing the tail meant coming of age and gave a dragon the ability to breathe fire. Sparky's family was known for its long tradition of being the...

Fabiana Elisa Martinez's 12 Random Words/12 Palabras al Azar: A Bilingual Collection is a wonderful collection of short stories. The author cleverly takes twelve random words and, from this, she builds a story around them. It is the concept of this book that appealed to...

Wow! I don’t know where to start. I had hoped that Errant Gods: Blood of the Isir Book One by Erik Henry Vick was a good read. I doubted that it was as good as Stephen King’s The Dark Tower because that series is one...

Sixth grader Benny Cartwright tries to do the right thing when he suspects there is something wrong with his friend, Toby, but no one is prepared for what the problem really is in Demon King by Erik Henry Vick. Switching back and forth from the...

Incendiary by Richard Earl Rice is an action-packed, suspense-filled thriller that had me biting my nails! From the very start, the story had my interest and attention, which is always a good sign for me. The flow of the story was smooth, nothing was rushed...