A little toy truck painted yellow and blue is resting under the tree along with the morning dew. A big, lazy dog is silently sleeping like a log under the tree whereas boys are retreating to the cool of its shade. There is an old...

In Benjamin Laskin’s Shooting Eros (The Emuna Chronicles Book 1: Hell-bent), Kohai is the only student mentored by two slightly eccentric, living legends of the cupids－Captain Cyrus and Captain Volk. Their old-school teachings make Kohai the outcast in the Cupid Academy Training Center. They have...

If Dogs Read the Bible by Samantha Preston is the story of Leo who learned about God. Leo was a boy dog and his owner, Rachel, used to read Bible stories to him. Leo loved every single story and Rachel was now reading the story...

I've read a few books and seen a few movies and TV shows where a great power like Love or Death takes human form. It seems like it would be a good idea to work with. I remember a few episodes of Charmed where Love...

A tainted box of chocolates poisons the recipient and disrupts a Valentine's Day party in the engaging mystery novel, Love on the Rocks (Cobble Cove Mystery #4) by Debbie De Louise. Gilly and Sheriff Ramsay are returning from their honeymoon in Hawaii. The Cobble Cove...

Jupons and the Dagger of Zurr by Prerna Kumar is a spellbinding young adult fantasy with exciting twists, compelling characters, and an age-old conflict. Meet Tiya and Sid who have always felt different. They are different and they call themselves the Jupons. But they are...

Pete the Irate Pie-Rat, written and illustrated by T. Alan Stanley, holds an amazing message for young readers. Pete, a rat, collects pies. He’s a Pie-rat. But one day his pie collection disappears. Pete becomes irate. He looks everywhere for the pies and then heads...

Jess and the Pirate Hat, written by Anna Luciano and illustrated by Rachel Middleton, is a children’s story about a young girl named Jess who finds herself bored. Jess sorts through all her typical toys and finds nothing that sparks her imagination, nothing she wants...

Christmas is a special time of year for many children around the world. Children learning to play a musical instrument are eager to perform their favorite Christmas songs, like “Jingle Bells”, “We Wish You a Merry Christmas”, “Up On A Housetop” and so many others....

Truly the Fairy's Great Adventure by Lana VanValkenburgh-Bennett will take readers on an epic adventure along with Truly the Fairy. Truly lives in a forest known as Hopsmeadow. It is a lively little village full of Dinkyhop families who live in quaint huts made out...

Powerful, evocative, and permeated with spiritual energy, 365 Blessings to Heal Myself and the World: Really Living One's Spirituality in Everyday Life by Pierre Pradervand is a spiritual gem, a compendium of blessings for every single day of the year, each opening up a portal...

Child of the Outcast by Elizabeth Dunlap is the second book in the Born Vampire series. Lisbeth watched as the love of her life was ripped away and now she waits for news of her own fate. Locked away to deal with her grief over...

Windhollows: Book 3, Windhollows and the Axe Breaker is an action adventure story for children written by Trayner Bane. With everything that Billy Molskin has been through, his life is just about to get even more complicated. Between learning new things about his dad, and...

Meet Charlotte the cat who lived in a big house with a loving family with a dad, mom, and five kids in Charlotte the Queen: A Two Kittens Book by Carlo A. DeMaio. Charlotte loved being outside during daytime. She had many friends and they...

Meet David the Dragon in David the Drowsy Dragon by T. Alan Stanley and H.L. Stanley. David likes sunbeams and treats, and he likes to eat and play. David does not want to sleep though it is bedtime. He is waiting up for something neat...

Reading is an important means to understanding a language. English is particularly difficult to learn for non-English people. With this in mind, stories written at different levels of difficulty, but still maintaining a compelling plot, interesting settings and characters, and vocabulary tools to assist the...

Cannabis, The Conundrum by author Michelle Horkings-Brigham is a non-fiction work focusing on the social issue of the legalization of cannabis. It is sub-titled as an exploration of the ‘Medical Mystery; Environmental Enigma, Neighborhood Nightmare’ aspects of the drug. It considers how cannabis benefits the...

Ride the Sky is an Amish romance novel written by Murray Pura. David Lapp had been courting Tabitha Reimer for over a year before he finally decided to take her out to a special place and ask her to be his wife. That Saturday had...

Colleen Driscoll’s children’s book, Eddie and the Dinosaur Egg, is a perfectly driven story line with realistic dialogue and believable characters. The images created by illustrator Naomi Brown depict a bit of a bygone age, or perhaps if it is not bygone it is a...

As Adam balances himself on the icy iron rails of the Golden Gate Bridge, he contemplates the forces that brought him to this point. It isn’t as if he hasn’t thought about suicide before. This day just seems to be a good end to a...