Behind The Fun Zone is Book 4 in Bruce Edwards' young adult fantasy series, The Age of Amy. Amy's best friend, Fred, is terrified of water, but still he agrees to go out in a paddle boat with her on Summit Lake. Amy and Fred...

Dinosaurs and Indians: Paleontology Resource Dispossession from Sioux Lands by Lawrence W. Bradley argues that vertebrate fossils are yet another natural resource dispossessed from subjugated people like the Sioux of the Northern Great Plains of the USA. It begins with an introduction, the purpose of...

Bumpa and The Piggies: The Neighbors Next Door (Volume 1) by Mike DeWald is an enchanting storybook that has some wonderful characters and a good message for young readers. Bumpa is excited by the fact that he is going to meet his granddaughters today. He...

What happens in a country that has been ravaged by war? What happens when two archenemies meet each other face-à-face after twenty-years? Can the scars of war be scraped clean and memories healed? The Jackals Feed by B.J. Coltrayne answers these questions with a social...

In A Taste For Killing, competing detectives Carolyn Woods and Jack Heart are both hired to solve a murder, only to realize they are working the same case. To complicate things, Carolyn and Jack have an on again, off again relationship. Then there is Evan...

Anger’s Children: Three Shorts to Blow Your Mind by K.D. Rose is an interesting compilation of three unrelated short stories: Under the Shadow of Wings, Eyes Only, and The Dark Man. Each story is unique and could actually fit into different genres of literature, from...

In a sweet, sad, heartbreaking read, A Thirty-Something Girl, author Lisa Gott tells us the story of Hope. At the age of thirty, Hope has dealt with a lot of difficult things. She's lost a child, been divorced, and struggled mightily with finances. Thankfully, she...

In a great start to a promising new series, author K.D. Rose introduces us to a new reality, one in which toddlers can disappear right in front of their mother’s eyes. That’s exactly what happened to three-year-old Brandon Ross. One moment he was watching his...

The Abandoned Dog/El Perro Abandonado by A.M. Vela/Mary Esparza-Vela is an educational picture book that children and parents will both love and appreciate. The book tells a simple story about a boy who rescues a starving dog. It is a story about trust and love,...

Time travel, mind games, a secret foundation and greedy men add up to quite an adventure in Kronos Duet by Aldous Richards. Gareth Pugh and his daughter Adrianna become caught up in time travel through the lives of dead relatives and other people of the...

Stories from the Age of Distraction: The Island, Volume 1 is a contemporary literary fiction novel written by Patricia M. Mahon. After growing up to the sound of her author mother's typing on her old IBM and pursuing graduate studies in literature, Morgan Byrnes is...

With social media usage on the rise and so many apps, tools and other forms of communication available, The Brevity of Twit by K.D. Rose fits right into the scheme of things. With Twitter being an abbreviated form of communication bites of 140 characters, The...

If you want an inventive and innovative way to approach some topics of major social concern, reading Angels, Babies & Bad Guys by Dolly Ogawa-Amsk will certainly give you that. Her book introduces us to Catholic priest, Father Anthony Rossi, who finds himself in the...

There is a terrorist plot afoot in some of the largest cities in the country and it’s going to be a dangerous mission for Agent Jaxon and the rest of CT-Two as well. A terrorist cell is destroying their team, but what’s even worse is...

Tainted, Book Two in the Lisen of Solsta Series by D. Hart St. Martin, is a real winner in the young adult and fantasy genres. The story takes us back to Garla and the life of Lisen Holt, who recently found out that she is...

I was lucky enough to get to read and review the third book in the Lisen of Solsta series, Blooded, by author D. Hart St. Martin. Lucky, because I had already read and enjoyed the first two in the series, Fractured and Tainted, and also...

Join Fifo the bear in another adventure in Fifo Musical Animals ABC, written by Hayley Rose and illustrated by Mark Sean Wilson. In this book, children will not only learn their ABCs, but they will also learn about animals and musical instruments. For each letter,...

The Mystery at Darcy's Discount Store (Gracie's Mysteries--Super Spy Series Book 1) introduces readers to ten-year-old Graceanne Faith (Gracie). She is a ten-year-old girl who loves to solve mysteries, even going so far as to investigate around her apartment complex every Saturday. While she has...

Artisan Vegan Pizza is a very creative collection of cruelty-free pizza recipes. Joey Avniel has thoroughly explored vegan pizzas, with a view to encouraging people at any level of ability or interest to try his recipes or incorporate some of his principles into pizza making....

I liked the setting of Sad Mermaid by Macie Holloway. Most teenage girls will adore a story about magical mermaids and the possibility of falling in love with an enchanted king. The characters are really vibrant within this text and there is so much going...