Harebrained by Meg Myers Morgan begins with the inventive classrooms of her early teacher, Mrs Humble. Her reminiscences take the route of a free bird that goes from dangerous liaisons to the examination of a work area for waxing. As she says in one of...

Breaking the Nexus is the first book in Lindsay Avalon's romantic fantasy series, The Mythrian Realm. Denver's got a serial killer haunting its streets, and homicide detective Connor Flynn is on the case. While his days are spent looking for clues, his nightly dreams have...

Guess What is in the Ocean? by Nancy O'Neill is an interesting book for kids with a nautical theme. The book has four-line rhyming verses that give clues about places, people and things, and the answer is given with the aid of beautiful illustrations. The...

Grog Wars: Who Will Win The War For Love And Beer? by Anne Sweazy-Kulju asks the definitive question: who will win the war for love and beer? There is the German brewer who is self made and will give all of it up for...

A Piper's Song is the first book in C.K. Johnson's young adult contemporary fantasy series, The Pied Piper Tales. Kyra's not too happy with transferring to yet another high school, but it's something that her family has to do quite often. This school comes complete...

The Case of the Missing Bubble Gum Card: A Jarvis Mann Detective Short Story by R. Weir is the first book in the Jarvis Mann Detective series. It also happens to be the shortest story in the series. This short story is more like an...

In a wonderful debut by author Patricia Yager Delagrange, Taken Away is a fantastic read, combining elements of romance, mystery and suspense. Jessee Bradford, a young California veterinarian, deals with a nightmare scenario. He comes home to find that his wife Serena, and baby daughter...

The Jump Shot by Tony Gales is an ideal book for boys who play sports. Bennie the turtle plays basketball for Liberty Elementary School. He is the star player on the team and is terrific at jump shot. Bennie is unable to find time to...

In a collection of thought provoking pieces, Chris Bent guides the reader on a tour of a wide range of topics, from shopping to motherhood. He draws on his experiences in the navy, through to his relationship with his wife and observations of his daughters....

1-800-Laughing-Out-Loud by Chris Bent is a book of reflections on some aspects of today’s society, from serious subjects to some more trivial ones, all having in common the laugh-out-loud approach. The more serious topics cover politics and politicians, religion, world hunger, while the not so...

A Closer Walk with God is an in depth analysis of the way for a Christian to commune with God. In general, persons are encouraged to have an exhilarating relationship with Him. Author Henry Miranda begins his book with a quotation from the Book of...

Wow! I just finished reading Ednah Walters’ gripping book Witches, the sixth book in the Runes series, and all I can say is that I am impressed. What a great young adult read, full of intrigue, excitement, adventure, and yes, romance. This installment of the...

For those of us readers who enjoy short works of fiction, author and playwright Tom Hendricks has provided us with an intriguing new entry in the field. Ten Short and Short-Short Plays is exactly that, a compendium of ten finely worked plays that can each...

In Ancient Enemy by Tiffany A. O’Brien, Dr. Ken Richter and his team came across an astounding megalith. Evidence shows that it may have originated at a place in Salem, New Hampshire, known to locals as Mystery Hill. Mark Welton, a second year archaeology major,...

Lore: East and Eight by Chad T. Douglas is a young adult fantasy story that follows Thomas Crowe and Molly Bishop's adventure and feud with a mermaid sorceress. Tom has a stolen talisman that the Atlantean sorceress Oi’alli wants and trouble brews when he refuses...

Bad Basenji! by Lisa Putnam is the adorable story of Bongo, a basenji, which is a breed of dog. Bongo is curious, stubborn, cute and also fast. Bongo is also very playful and restless all the time. The story shows the mischievous nature of this...

In The National Memorial, John Barth Jr pits a crusader for a better world against the societal undercurrents that aim only to drag all down to the lowest common denominator. Henry Beaugard is an ordinary man who works hard to realize his vision of empowering...

Fun, fun, fun! That’s the best way I can describe author Freida McFadden’s Baby City. Follow medical resident Emily McCoy during her time in “Baby City,” the joking name given to the labor and delivery ward of a New York City hospital. Emily delivers baby...

The Twisted Diary: Obsession by Anne Roberts, the second book in a trilogy, is a story of revenge and betrayal. The author has written it in a very unconventional manner, that of a diary format as the title suggests, which makes the plot cogent and...

Book of Poems by Phyllis Sunday is a special collection of poetry which blends spiritual love with a fresh attitude to answering the demands of modern times. I love the way that Sunday speaks honestly on various subjects without compromising on style and rhythm. The...