Shalilly by Elizabeth Gracen is a young adult romance plus fantasy, a fantastic debut that will be welcomed by young and adult readers, a work of great creativity and genius. Elizabeth Gracen creates a magical world that will excite the imaginations of many. Sixteen-year-old Fippa...

The people of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick are well known for their bright colors. They paint their houses in bright colors, and their doors and window frames stand out with bright colors. These Atlantic Canadians are also revered for their folk art. A leisurely...

A More Deadly Union: Peri Minneopa Mysteries, Book 4 is a private investigator mystery written by Gayle Carline. Private Investigator Peri Minneopa’s main concern at the moment was keeping her client, friend and personal assistant, Benny Needles, from spending his entire insurance settlement on Dean...

No one needs to love poetry to appreciate this wonderful collection of poems. Between The Lines There Lies a Story of Me by Sabaine features well-written, rhythmic, and beautiful poems that will resonate with a wide range of readers, poems that cover a variety of...

E.B. Willis has created a wonderful interactive educational book that is ideal for children, as well as special needs children and adults. The Wiggle Exercise Book is a beautifully written short story about a little girl, Gia, and a little mouse, Morie. Once upon a...

Since My Name is Tookie by Chariss K. Walker is aimed at young adults, and is a story of early childhood sexual abuse, readers need to be sure they can handle the material presented. While there is no doubt in my mind that there are,...

Facing Cancer as a Friend: How to Support Someone Who Has Cancer is Volume I of Heather Erickson's "Facing Cancer ..." series. Facing Cancer as a Friend is a simple and direct look at the many aspects and possibilities of everyone - from closest friends,...

Writing Trash and Hunting Buffalo by Jay Williams contains a great paragraph about the reality of war, including these two sentences: “But that’s what war is. It’s not something you brag about or glorify in poems, because it’s horrible.” These words resonate well with the...

The Audacious Ladies of La Gran Sorellanza by K-lee Starland is a fiction novel centered around the important issue of human sex trafficking and sex slavery. Although the story is set a few decades ago, the issue is relevant in today’s society. The story begins...

Miss E. is a young adult coming of age novel written by Brian Herberger. Elizabeth was fifteen years old when her family moved to Forestville, California, a sleepy little town several hours north of San Francisco. While rural and isolated, it was a big difference...

Losing the Plot in LA by Sonia Farnsworth is a chick lit novel. Sylvie is one of those girls that we all hear about – she’s trendy, she’s fun, she’s an LA party girl. The trouble is, Sylvie has so much going on in her...

Livia York’s Rise: The Abused Child of the Phoenix is a compelling memoir that centers on a family’s history. In a poignant and jovial tone, the author tells her family story, with the joys, the heartbreaks, and the secrets they have kept over the years....

In The Dragon’s Staircase, former FBI agent Alexa Kyndall is called in to consult on an old case that still gives her nightmares. She’d convinced herself that she’d killed the vampire doctor Julian Frederick, but a new string of brutal murders shows just the opposite....

Universal Music Theory by German Margon is an entertaining book for all readers, especially music lovers, that will enhance their awareness about what music is and how and in what way it exists in the universe. The book updates musical ideas and readers can get...

In Mark Miller's Promise of Tomorrow, the Englische had for a long time warned of the impending apocalypse, but many were hesitant to believe until it was almost too late to leave. This was especially true for the Amish community who only believed in God's...

The Fourth Piece (Order's Last Play, Book 1) by E. Ardell is a science fiction tale. Lyle, Lawrie, and Devon are three brothers who find another brother, Evan, dying. All four are the chosen ones, chosen by Order, an alien goddess. Devon, Lyle, and Lawrie...

Kitchen Decorations: Super Speed Sam, Book 3 is a children's animal book for grades 3-6, written by Monty J. McClaine. It was a rainy afternoon, so no one could go out and play. Mom decided to make a cake, with Jack as her helper, and...

Southern Passage by Jim Yonker is set in the 1960s and opens with 18-year-old Buster, who has just graduated from a high school in St. Louis, seeking employment during the summer months as he needs the income to subsidise his college tuition, which starts in...

In a fun guide with lots of good information, The Two Week Wait Challenge: The Sassy Girl's Guide to Surviving the TWW, author Lindsay Fischer has done a great job of providing an easy to read and humorous perspective on what can be a very...

Seeing Through Sampson's Eyes by Pamela Schloesser Canepa is an intriguing science-fiction novella set in 2054, introducing the issues of android rights. Norrie's father has passed away. Although Norrie had a beautiful childhood and wonderful parents, she feels the need to meet her biological parents....