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...

Life, Love, and a Hijacking by Wendy Sue Knecht begins with the great elation she felt at her selection by Pan Am, the joy of flying and the greater joy of clearing the bone caliper test. Getting nicknamed goodie-goodie for her adherence to rules, falling...

Most of the poetry in The Stones of Mithras has a free verse feel with no real rhyming. But that does not mean the poems are not enjoyable. Author Tim Dalgleish brings up the topics that you might discuss over a cup of coffee while...

“I had no idea just how radically my life was about to be altered that day, the day I met Dr. Wilson J. Wells, a PhD in science and higher mathematics. He was also an inventor. It was June 12, 1980. It all started that...

Sometimes, when you’ve come home from a stressful day at work, all you really want is to sit back, relax, and read something that makes you laugh. If that sounds familiar to you, then I suggest you pick up Lance Cross’s new book, Diary of...

In Angela Castillo’s The River Girl’s Song, the reader experiences the vulnerability of 1880s Bastrop, Texas. Sixteen-year-old Zillia Bright is abandoned with her baby brother on the family farm. The reader’s heart will ache for the lifestyle of poverty and backbreaking work endured by this...

As Jericho Falls by Karen C. Webb is a haunting, captivating coming-of-age story set in the wilds of Appalachia, deep in the mountains of North Carolina. Lauren is a fifteen-year-old girl who lives near the remote community of Jericho Falls on a small family farm....

Angela Castillo’s The Amazing Adventures of Toby the Trilby is a lovely tale for children about young Toby, part cat and part human boy, who has been created by his Grambles (guardians) because they wanted a grandchild. They all live in caverns below ground because...