Jesper Jinx (Volume 1) by Marko Kitti is a fun read revolving around eleven-year-old Jesper Jinx and his antics. Jesper has this uncanny knack of getting into trouble with whatever he does. Jesper's messed up actions are hilarious and quirky. This book tells you different...

Jesper Jinx and the Sneezing Season (Volume 2) by Marko Kitti is the next book in the Jesper Jinx series. This book takes readers through another series of mischievous adventures with Jesper. In this story, we see Jesper fighting with his sister, then getting interested...

Stratus Janice is a champion, a flying ace who wins the top awards in every flying competition. She competes to win, but she competes fairly. After all, what would a win really mean if you had to cheat to win. Felony Fox doesn't quite see...

Margaret M. Ford’s novel, Lament for the Dead, is a thriller set in Drayford Village, a small and close knit community where people know almost everyone and where serious crimes are simply unheard of. The year is 2006 when the village is shaken by the...

Heave Ho! is a short tale for small children which is written by Jose Lucio. A worm crawled out its tunnel so it could play. Unfortunately, a hungry bird spotted the worm and grabbed him with its beak. Another worm tried to help his friend...

The Drama Llama: A Story About Spreading Rumors & Gossip, written by Susan Bowman and illustrated by Poppy Moon, is a little story about a llama who likes to spread rumors and gossip. She has a tendency to stir up trouble among the other animals,...

Child of Privilege by Ross Ponderson revolves around Dana who is surrounded by all the privileges of wealth, the trappings of high society, a closet full of expensive clothes and a luxurious life. That is the life she projects outside, a fairy tale existence which...

In Night of the Basking Iguana by Sandi Penniman, Alex is on a quest for perfection. Married to a man old enough to be her father, she gets an invitation through the post one day to attend a dinner at The Basking Iguana. Run by...

Boy 1124562 is one of hundreds and hundreds of Boys that follow the same routine day after day, always wanting to be Good Boys and obey the cold steel Nurses. Life is dull and uniformity is the goal – to be a Good Boy you...

The Cranky Guru: Adventures in Metaphysics is a self-help book by Paul Bennett. The author bases much of the material he presents on his own 30-year journey of self-discovery. He begins with an example of his beliefs in action, when he has his passport renewed...

Sadie Vs. Big Mouth by Silas Thomson is an entertaining story book for kids. Sadie finds a new home with the Kramers who take good care of her. She feels jealous of Big Mouth, the big blue box who seems to get everything. Sadie is...

Melancholy Manor: A Hera Hunter Mystery by Ellie DeFarr piqued my curiosity immediately. It is not often that I find a murder mystery intertwined with a ghost story, but Ms. DeFarr provided both, and with an antagonist I will not soon forget. Hera Hunter is a...

Music is a metaphor for life and life exists only in harmony with all of nature. This is the profound message of The Symphony by Paul Dillon, a charming book that makes the wholeness of nature into a musical symphony, where all get along, sing...

Second Destiny is the story of Lia and Devraj, two former sweethearts who were torn apart by duty and family obligations. Lia was expected to marry a nice Jewish man instead of the handsomely exotic Hindu named Devraj, and instead of fighting for their love...

How I Became Santa Claus is a cute story written in rhyme and interspersed with illustrations by Gina Cavalier. On the way home from school one day, Nick is drawn into the general store. Upon seeing a little snowman, Nick asks the man with the...

If we’re sick, we have medicine and doctors to treat us. What about the otherworldly creatures? Where do they go for medical assistance, if they ever need it? David Gelber’s Night Clinic is a series of short stories set in an inner city clinic, where...

A PinkBoat Adventure by Kathleen Ivan revolves around the adventures of two young girls, Kathlean and Crustina. Both girls go sailing one day in Crustina's pink boat. They sail a bit farther away from the shore and, strangely enough, the story takes a different turn...

Forgotten Objects by Carlos Rubio introduces us to the life of Anna d'Amio who is the daughter of Louis and Francesca d'Amio, opera singers. The trail follows them from Mussolini’s Italy to the city of Pittsburgh during the roaring time of the mid-sixties. You will...

There is a watermark on the cover of The Moth and the Sun. If you look closely, you can see the outstretched wings of a moth. We tend to take moths for granted. In fact, many of us don't really like them. But they are...

In Who We Were by Christy Sloat, Sadie Peters is going to summer school at a different school than her own in order to gain some extra credit so she can have shorter days next year. She never intended to gain more friends or start...