Appetite for Risk by Jack Leavers is a story written on a very touchy topic, but the author does it justice. It is a fast-paced novel that takes the reader on a roller coaster ride that they don’t want to get off. Simply put, this...

In The Infinite Blue Yonder by Ian Strang, Earth is in serious trouble; it has been taken over by squirrels because humans have become intellectually lazy and pampered. Humans now languish in wildlife parks and zoos. Now the most successful author in the universe, Bill...

Dear Willy, The True Story of a Life Well Lived is a real life biographic memoir penned by author Claire Ohlsson Geheb. Delving back into her own family history, Geheb explores the life and times of Willy Oswald Geheb, a German American immigrant who sought...

The Popcorn Tree: An Adventurous Tale by Catherine Green is a tender and imaginative story that begins with five-year-old Claire waking up to find herself all alone. With the sudden disappearance of her beloved family, she is frantic with worry. Where could they have gone?...

Making of a Warrior, Volume 2 in the Realm of Hulsteria series has more rape, murder, political intrigue, and family sexual indiscretions than a good season of HBO’s hit television series Game of Thrones, and in my opinion, Frank David tells his story every bit...

The God Squad in an episode of Mission Him-Possible II (The Giant Slayers) by Darlene Laney is a Christian-themed story for young people. Taylor is a pupil at Carver Preparatory and has fallen victim to severe bullying. Too frightened to tell her mother what is...

"Humans had attempted to create a mechanism to expedite natural selection, but few believed Darwin would have been proud." Contraception: Our World, Reimagined by Degen Hill is a dystopian suspense thriller with a story that orbits the year 2070, when the world has become so...

A serial killer is on the loose in Fresno, and an unwilling psychic is coerced into joining the FBI in their search in the delightful and amusing paranormal mystery, Melody Of Murder (An Andromeda Spencer Novel Book 2) by Theresa Parker. Struck by lightning at...

The Alphabet: Learned Quickly and Easily is a guide to pronouncing the letters of alphabet, as well as how to draw them. Teacher and author Brenda G. Martin has developed a method for teaching the alphabet that teachers and parents can use to help children...

Mystery at Point Beach: Pirate's Booty by Kate Jungwirth and Deborah Ann Erdmann takes the young reader on a journey through time as it notes some fascinating details about pirates, their lives and what that may have been like. The story is an enchanting mystery...

Only the strongest and the fastest reindeer are chosen to pull Santa’s sleighs each Christmas Eve. Yes, sleighs. There are too many children around the world and too many gifts to be delivered, so Santa has a secret method of delivering all of these gifts...

Manny Kagan continues his “42 Encounters” photo journal book series in 42 Encounters with Dog Lovers. Edging close to retirement, Manny Kagan and his wife, Elfa, decide to get a puppy. After researching the pros and cons of different breeds, they decide to purchase a...

Last Things by Betta Ferrendelli is a story about two women who have walked a similar path. We begin with Bridgette, a successful journalist who is in a seemingly perfect relationship. Of course, we soon find out it isn’t so perfect. Elliot, Bridgette’s fiance, doesn’t...

Chlory the Green Pig Makes Sugar (Food for Thought Books Volume 1) by Geoffrey Wilhite is an educational and informative book that teaches children about photosynthesis in a fun and interactive way. A sleepy sunflower is happy when she feels the warm sun. It helps...

Set during the Christmas season against a snowy upstate New York background, Snow Girls by Irene Petrucci is the heartwarming story of a single mother and her three daughters, Katy, Charlotte, and Lacey. They love ice skating and sledding and, despite the setbacks they face...

Out of the Wild: 7 Years in the New Zealand Wilderness is exactly what the title promises. It is Charlie Paterson’s vivid record of his struggle against everything – poverty, bureaucracy, loneliness, and ill-health – that undermined the roots of his dream to survive as...

Fated is the fourth book in The Meantime Series written by Vegard Svingen and Øyvind Skogly Pedersen. Bjorn Gustafson’s final moments of life after his car collides with a moose in Canada are filled with a multitude of memories, regrets and treasured moments with his...

Let’s begin this review of Not a Fairytale by asking if it’s not a fairytale, then what is it? Essentially, it’s a rare form of memoir, not told as a story with characters and dialogue, but as a poem based, as many memoirs are, on...

At Odds by Hannah E. Barnes is a contemporary young and new adult novel about social issues. Savannah couldn’t understand just what had happened to Willow since they all left campus at the end of their spring freshman term. Willow hadn’t reached out to her...

Blinded Authority by Chad Boles is a political and financial thriller that delves into the dark underbelly and machinisms of corruption in a fictional Florida county's economic affairs, where transparency is as elusive as the truth, and the truth can be just about anything, depending...