The Littlest Giraffe is a delightful children's picture book by Joey Gossett. It follows the adventures of Seymour, a young squirrel who wishes to be a giraffe more than anything else in the world. Living in the elm tree near the downtown zoo, Seymour enjoys...

Tripi Takes Flight (The Amazing Adventures of Tripi The Fly) by Lori London is an adorable children's story about a little fly that is talented in many things, except the most important; he can't seem to figure out how to fly. Yes, little Tripi can...

The Old Cape Map by Barbara Eppich Struna is the fifth novel in The Old Cape series with plenty of mystery and thrills to keep you entertained for hours. A century ago, a pirate buried his treasure on the property around his house and left...

The Journeys of Bumbly Bear is a wonderful children’s book written by Jacqui Kelley-Kinnie. Julie is all grown up now and doesn’t need her stuffed animals any longer, so while she is away, her mother puts all the stuffed animal toys into a big black...

Do you believe in fate or magic? For Simon Tinsley, the encounter between his daughter, Pamela Bradford Tinsley (Pansy) and his favorite employee for over a decade, Dallas Trent (D.J) in the romance novel, A Cabin in the Woods by Linda Stiles Fox, was purely...

I have been a lover of fairy tales my entire life. Long before I understood the often-dark symbolism, or the deeper psychological terror that runs through most fairy tales, I simply enjoyed how afraid these stories made me. I think this is the attractive point...

Wow! Just, wow! That's exactly what I thought when I finished reading Enlighten Your Life: Spiritual Guidance + Life Coaching, by the Church of Terra Sanctuaria. This book is extremely detailed, full of wisdom and advice as well as practical ways for a person to...

How to Kiss the Universe: An Inspirational Spiritual and Metaphysical Narrative About Human Origin, Essence and Destiny is a work of non-fiction in the spirituality subgenre. It is intended for the general adult audience owing to its complex philosophical themes and the occasional use of...

In Toward the Ultimate Source: Planning for the Afterlife by Jozef Simkovic, the reader finds the thrilling sequel to Jozef’s first book, How to Kiss the Universe. Jozef declares that each incident detailed is an actual event. Jozef is a futuristic thinker who sees what...

Living in Chicago fourteen year old Howie Smith always looks forward to the time that he and his family head to his grandparents farm for the summer. While Howie and his brother Bill who is nine and his mother Anne spend the summer at the...

"Chrysalis: The Awakening" by M L Lacy is an interesting combination of paranormal and contemporary romance. In her early thirties, Aubrey Marie - Bree - discovers that she is the Chosen One, the last Chosen One. She has a clan of vampires, werewolves and other...

"Shifted Perspective" is a clean and entertaining tale that will take the reader to a place with shape shifters that are not of the normal kind. It is a good story, well thought-out, and a must for readers of any age. This book is a...

"The Death of a Shrinking Violet" by James Robinson, Jr. is an eclectic collection of essays and that word should prepare you for such diverse topics as becoming and being a grandfather, marriage, great movies and Sam's club, sleep and so many more. James gives...

Thinking about celebrating your 18th birthday is always exciting, but when Maggie finds information in an old hidden chest that proves she is adopted, betrayal shows its ugly face, and she is not happy with the parents who raised her, nor her birth parents. But...

I'm Not Talking About You, Of Course… by Barbara Venkataraman is a very witty look at real humor, the kind that we observe every day as we go about our lives. Barbara starts off by taking a look at some of the crazy things that...

From the opening poem of this collection (‘Geography’) you know you are in the hands of a cultured, knowledgeable and thoughtful poet. Richard Pacheco knows art is about ‘vanishing points.’ Artists, like poets, direct their audience, as Auden might say, even to the quiet corners...

I Am Titanium (Pax Black Book 1) by John Patrick Kennedy introduces us to Pax, a teen genius who learned to contact the astral plane and communicate with a being who lives in that plane. The bad thing for Pax is that he is also...

Crown of Delusion by Tanor Costa is an epic fantasy for readers of all ages. When King Vicar Hamen of Bellos is assassinated by Amar, captain of his guard, it is left to Faulkner to protect the king's two nephews and heirs. Though they are...

The Seasons of a Giant by Pamela Hartley is a children’s fictional fantasy book. This is a book that would appeal most to children and young adults who enjoy fantasy fiction with magic and monsters, and who do not mind a few scary parts. Isabel...

Lakeside by Leo Ladia is the story of two teenagers from opposite sides of the high school hierarchy, but there is something about them that draws them to each other. The story is set in Australia where Rylie Hillcrest and Matthew Banks are both at...