"American Fever" by Peter Hall is a very well-written book about a pandemic virus that threatens civilization as we know it. It is told through a 225-day blog by a writer known only as "Count Blogula" and the reader only knows the characters through the...

Tina Boscha has written "River in the Sea", a poignant novel of the Dutch Friesans and how a family and a small town dealt with German occupation and the end of World War II. Based upon what the author learned from her mother about this...

"In Icarus Void" by C. K. Burch readers join the voyage to the stars with the crew of Icarus, a ship designed with heat shields strong enough to withstand the high temperatures of stars. This is Captain Gordon Markov’s last mission. Like all captains he...

Julia Evans, an investigative reporter, and her husband John, are in the Yucatan Peninsula researching a story and taking a vacation at the same time. Their busy lives were drawing them apart and they needed to reconnect. Julia gets involved with Mayan tomb robbers, and...

Aimee Reardon is just eight years old when she witnesses the brutal murder and burial of her mother by her father, Luther. She has the presence to telephone for help from the police as her father digs her mother's grave while demanding that Aimee play...

"Promised Valley War" transports readers back in time to a much earlier era. In this series we meet two prehistoric tribes at war for a beautiful fertile valley. Both tribes claimed the land as their own stating that their gods promised it to them. Previously...

Cordell Logan is an ex-Air Force Pilot, ex-Special Operations soldier and now an occasional flight instructor. He is also an aspiring Buddhist. When his beautiful ex-wife, Savannah, shows up and tells him that her husband has been murdered in Los Angeles he is somewhat pleased....

"Single, Black, and Government Owned: A Memoir" by O. Keeys touched my heart. I began reading and could not put the book down until I had read the last page. It is her fault I had to work the next day with only 2 hours...

The perfect existence is to be surrounded by totally "hot" girls and to have pay TV at your finger tips. Or so thinks Justin Taggart's best friend, Adam. Although he agrees with the need for pay channels (to the point of engaging in slightly illegal...

Katie should be a typical teenage girl doing typical teenage girls things; and to her peers she is. She goes to school where she tolerates biology class, aces English class (she's already read all the assigned novels) and excels in art class. One would think...

What a fun ride "Dancing Naked in Dixie" has been! I wondered about the name and almost didn’t pick it up. I am glad I did. If not I would have missed out on an excellent, clean tale. I really enjoy the witty and exhilarating...

Former Navy Seal Denver Noles lives in the Florida Keys on Isla Lacra (Scar Island) left to him by his Uncle Harry. He enjoys running his bar and minding his own business. One day one of his employees comes to him for help and things...

Katharine Russell’s “Deed So” is an amazing fictional story about young Haddie as she tells about her life growing up in Maryland in the 1960’s. Haddie is just at the coming of age stage, and like most people her age, she wants to leave her...

Middle School . . . the worst years of your life . . . or are they? Lucy and CeCee, seventh grade experts, have devised the perfect handbook for middle school survival. Everything from honing in on the types of teachers and how to handle...

"In Stress Pandemic: The Lifestyle Solution" Paul Huljich relates how stress drove him to a mental breakdown and how he was diagnosed with Bipolar Disorder and told he would be captive to medication for the rest of his life. Unable to accept the prognosis, he...

Katarina lives in Umbrella Town where it seems to always rain and everyone carries a black umbrella. One afternoon Katarina decides to paint her umbrella. The black umbrella was still wet and the paint dripped leaving the umbrella a mess. Papa promised to buy her...

It is the Civil War year of 1863 in Ellenton, Georgia, and Mary Lou Bryant is engaged to childhood sweetheart Tristan Lawrence, now a West Point graduate and off fighting the war with the 50th Georgia. Mary Lou has had her own share of tragedy,...

In Scott Clements’s "Gasparilla’s Treasure" Trip Montgomery’s great grandfather, Pappy, encourages Trip to “Get the trunk! Promise me! You need to find that trunk...” But before Pappy can explain the importance of the trunk, he suffers a heart attack and falls into a coma. The...

As an owner of two young dogs, along with being a parent to two young boys, I am always looking for new and exciting children's books, mostly those with animals in them. When I read the description of K Anne Russell's "Buddy's Tail", I was...

"Friends for Life" is so much more than just your ordinary dog story. It is a heart warming tale of friendship, heroism, bravery and good values. Two orphaned puppies bond together to endure a traumatic kidnapping, encounters with a street dog gang, the dog catcher,...