For years, doctors have purported that laughter was good for us. It helps to lift our mood. In general, laughter makes us feel better. We all have days when we want to go to bed and pull the covers over our head and hide from the...

Jerry Manning was raised by Crazy Annie and her dogs. No one knew the true story about how he came to live with her. She called him Raven. He was about five years old when she sent him to a military school. Could he be...

This is a book comprised of 75 short devotional readings. The cover is so cute I just knew that this would be a great read. The content page of this book breaks the readings down into 10 sections. Each section is made up of several...

In the last line of her book Graffiti on My Soul, author Johanna concludes: "This is my Last Will and Testament." As an author and reader, I would certainly hope this is not the case. Johanna is a creative and talented writer,...

Dust On His Soul by Jason Blacker is a very deeply written book and, although fictional, is inspired by the life of Stephen Bilko and the African National Congress (ANC). Many African men joined what is Africa’s left wing political party. The story starts out...

Ward McNulty's family lived for years on Timuqua Island near Jacksonville, Florida. Ward's father led a citizen's revolt against the financial backers who wanted to buy out the residents, knock down their modest homes, and build an exclusive resort called the North Beach Project on...

Echo of Souls is the perfect book for this season of Halloween. Ronni Parker taking a leave from her company, has driven hundreds of miles across Florida to find her inheritance, a cabin nestled on Paloma Road in the backwoods land next to the Suwannee...

"Every Soldier Needs A Soul: Poems of a Soldier 3" by David McDonald is a remarkable collection of war poetry. It’s the last in a trilogy by this poet, who began writing poetry as part of the treatment for his combat related post-traumatic stress disorder...

Shannon Seiver writes a book of poetry from her heart. Each poem is from a stream of consciousness as she contemplates a relationship gone wrong. This was a relationship that caused her heartache and deep despair. She works through the pain by writing her thoughts...

Libby is having a bad day. That tends to happen when you are run over and killed. She finds herself in the perplexing Sunray Bay with her dog Rufus, who now has her soul. No one seems to know what to do in this seaside...

"Demon Soul" by Christine Ashworth isn’t run-of-the-mill paranormal. Ashworth has taken the genre and given it refreshingly original treatment. We have Rose Walters, who has made a bit of a mess of her life so far and nearly died, being given a chance to come...

"Your Soul’s Gift" by Robert Schwartz is memoir, self-help, and philosophy bound together as one book. Schwartz begins his book by sharing some things from his early years. He was severely and emotionally abused by his mother but he says: "I planned this abuse before...

Poet Hamed Vahidi has written serious, thought-provoking poetry in "The Ruins of the Soul" that call up clear images of third world people whose daily lives are often uphill battles. The poet has divided this slim book of poetry into two sections: lyric poems which...

Sebastian has kidnapped Jace and no one can discover where he has taken him to. The Clave has de-prioritized the search for Jace, and Clary must wait in painful anxiety for two weeks before she can even begin the desperate pursuit of her boyfriend, Jace....

“The Lost Souls: A Jungle Adventure” by Robert Apold tells the tale of a Boy Scout troop camp out in the jungles of Panama, with a bit of ghost story thrown in for good measure. The story begins with a brief history of how the...

“Shadowed Soul” is a tale that will resonate with many. This is the fictional but realistic tale of Thomas Milton, a man suffering from bi polar/manic depressive syndrome. He was deeply in love with his wife, Beth, who was blind. However, their relationship went farther...

"In Search of my Soul" by Lucy Pignataro is a book that has the author sharing her life story with the reader in the hope that others will be encouraged to bring forth their own gifts and wisdom. Lucy Pignataro is a counselor, life coach...

“104 Ways to Starve your Anger and Feed your Soul” by Robyn Wheeler is a book for people who have small or big problems with the anger they feel in their life. And who amongst us never feels angry? In a way, this book is...

"Heavy Bags of Soul" paints a rather dour picture of the modern world. In this engaging collection of poems and prosody is chronicled the trials and pitfalls of an oppressive world that is as absurd as it is tiring. Yet despite this dim outlook on...

It has been quite some time since Elizaveta parted with Timofey, but the lovely Muscovite will later learn that her path will cross his in a series of dangerous events manipulated by her former lover. The novel begins with Elizaveta making her way to work;...