As the name suggests, The Bi-Polar Express by Ela and Natasha Simon is a book that throws light on how the life of a family is affected by depression and other mental instabilities. Ela, in the first half of the book, expresses the point of...

Destiny's Design by Rosemary Gard is a novel that beautifully captures the soul and spirit of immigrants. Although I haven’t read any work by this author, and even though this is part of a series, I was able to connect with the story and the...

Walls of Silence by Helen Pryke is the story of young Maria. She lives in a beautiful mountainous region of Sicily, and could be envied by many. She has a good life with her family and is blessed with many friends. Then tragedy strikes and...

Wild Ideas: Creativity From the Inside Out by Cathy Wild is a self-help book for artists and non-artists alike. If you enjoy creativity or if you are a creative person striving to break through, this book will help you with that. From concept to creation,...

Dark Lady: A Novel of Emilia Bassano Lanyer by Charlene Ball is a historical fiction novel on the life of Emilia Bassano Lanyer. This is a book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of mature young adults and adults who enjoy historical fiction...

The Book of Now is the third volume of poetry written by Sherry Rentschler. This is a book that would appeal most to a mixed audience made up of young adults and adults who enjoy poetry and enjoy reading a mix of poetry topics. This...

My Best Friend Is a Secret Agent is a humorous children’s book, written by Richard Clark and illustrated by Rich Murray. Whiz-kid Nort McKrakken has created something ingenious which will make crime-fighting easier – a C.H.I.P. (Computerized Heroic Incredible Person), able to transform regular human...

When a cat decided that he wanted a new home, The Kitty: Who Rescued Me After I Rescued Him by Shawn P. Flynn begins. The male cat turned up when Shawn moved into a new house. Soon it was clear that the cat had decided...

Like so many ‘small town’ young people, Natalie Ogier left her home on the beautiful island of Guernsey for university and stayed in London to experience life in the big city in Echoes of Time by Anne Allen. After surviving an abusive relationship, though, Natalie...

Little Ant and the Dove (Moral: One Good Turn Deserves Another) by S.M.R. Saia is the delightful story of Little Ant with a good message for readers. Little Ant is talking to his other friends and they are comparing their abilities with each other....

Pandora's Lunch Box: Don't Open! by Richard Clark is a lovely fantasy tale about a curious young girl named Pandora. Pandora wants to know everything, and is curious about everything, but she probably shouldn't have taken the school bully Randy's sandwich so that she could...

There have been many stories about the horrors of the Holocaust before and during the Second World War, but Surviving Remnant by Hanna Perlstein Marcus is one of the few that tells us what happened to those who survived. I learned so much from this...

In Stage 3 by Ken Stark, a zombie virus has hit the world with a bang and main character, Mason, a misanthrope who survives the initial pandemic by locking himself in his apartment following a horrific airplane incident, finds himself surrounded. Emerging from his hideaway,...

I liked Second Genesis by Janet Maile. Science fiction is my first love. I will read almost anything, but I really love any good story about the future. I have read a lot of them, starting with the classics by people like Heinlein, Clark, and...

Tales of the Modern Nomad: Monks, Mushrooms & Other Misadventures by John Early is a gorgeous and delightful collection of travel stories, exciting memories, and life-changing encounters. In this collection, the expert backpacker and travel host takes readers on a boisterous ride across countries, cities,...

Life on Dirt, book two of Kevin Killiany’s superbly crafted young adult science fiction series, Dirt and Stars, seamlessly continues where Down to Dirt left off. Thanks to his great storytelling talent, Killiany effortlessly brings new readers into the lives of Mara, Beth and Jael...

What an irony! We live in a society that encourages us to drink and thinks we’re weird or something’s wrong with us when we decline the invitation to have “one more drink before you go?” Yet, we look with disgust on dishevelled drunks, passed out...

Playing for the Save by Rachelle Ayala is book three in the Men of Spring series, a well-crafted romance that will delight fans of Nicholas Sparks. Meet veteran relief pitcher, Ryan Hudson, a professional baseball player who keeps to himself and who doesn’t want his...

Sketches of a Black Cat by Ron Miner is a non-fiction military book that would appeal most to a mixed audience of young adults and adults who enjoy learning more about World War II and the Navy Black Cats. The book is a first person...

Rise and Decline: Where We Are and What We Can Do About It by Bruce D. Thatcher is a timely book that explores the political crisis in the US. As the saying goes, “What goes up must come down,” so every nation that rises must...