Nutritional Grail by Christopher James Clark is a book about how to gain a better diet from the food we eat. It talks about how our modern day food differs from how it was years ago and the changes it has had on society. When...

D.W. Harper delights children with her book Jace's Adventure at Crystal Lagoon. Summer is over and Jace is not too happy about going back to school. But things change when he meets his new teacher, Mrs. Merwin, who fascinates him with her mysterious presence and...

Emily's Heart by Natalie Wright is the third and final book in the Akasha Chronicles. In this paranormal young-adult novel, Emily Adams is the daughter of Brighid, a Celtic goddess of light, and must battle Ciardha, her dark counterpart, to keep him from taking over...

Scepter by Scott L. Collins is the story of Daniel and his younger brother Aidan. King Argyle's soldiers are on the move, taking parents and older children into slavery and forcing them to work in the mines. Having come of the proper age, Daniel knows...

I was pleasantly surprised to see Scepter: The Emerald of Phaunos by Scott Collins turn up on Reader’s Favorite list of available books. It hasn’t been that long ago since I read and reviewed the first episode of Scepter. This is a great YA story...

Ella Minnow Peed by John D. Avera is about a little fish named Ella. She is dreading her first day of school. She is convinced that she is going to have a horrible day and the other fish will laugh at and make fun of...

Upon Your Honor by Marie Lavender starts with a little girl, Chloe, being comforted by her father after the death of her mother. Chloe is told that her mother fell, but she soon learns that her mother took her own life. Chloe grows into a...

Gary D. Conrad is a brilliant storyteller and Oklahoma Is Where I Live is his masterpiece. Conrad shares heartwarming stories of what it was like for him growing up and being an adult in Oklahoma. Whether it’s the story of his first crush and how...

Numerous pathways collide and different cultures become blended into one odd reality in The Lhasa Trilogy. Gary D. Conrad has drawn several cultures together into one destiny in these three books. Book one chronicles the roots of Matthew Walter Johnston from life on a Davidson,...

The book, Playmates: Book 1, Wilde Twins by Jess C. Scott, is the story of Tania and Trevor who grow up in a dysfunctional family. The twins develop a closeness that becomes deeper and deeper as their family life sinks into disarray and madness. In...

Putting out fires, literally, wasn’t exactly what Grace Harkins had in mind for her first summer after retiring from teaching school, but that is exactly what happens in Fresh Start Summer by Beverly Nault. Her friend, Maggie Elmsley, informed her before movie production hit town...

Cold Prairie by Renna Olsen is set in the era of the cowboy. The story follows the DuMonde family and their obsession with a certain book. This book, however, is evil and inside its pages lives a demon that has been trapped for centuries. The...

Zera isn’t your typical teenager. The fact may be that she’s led a pretty average life up until now, but things are about to change. A Green through and through, Zera has always been interested in plants but it all comes to a head on...

Strange Life by Eleanor Lerman is a collection of poems that speaks to readers on many levels. They are direct and honest and they take us through a journey of myriad emotions that dominate life and living in general. The simplicity and symmetry in her...

Balancer by Patrick Wong starts off fast and exciting and doesn’t let up. Two best friends, Nicole and Amy, are on a camping trip that also doubles as the backdrop for their latest YouTube video while also serving as an excuse for Amy to ‘accidentally’...

Not So Long Ago, Not So Far Away is a coming of age story written by Trisha Slay. It takes place throughout the summer of 1977 in small-town America. Erika is fifteen and a freshman in high school. Her best friend is Cassie, a beauty...

Like Tony Brasunas, I have always nurtured a penchant for traveling and learning about the lives of other people, whether near or far. Autobiographies, biographies, memoirs, travelogues and adventure stories have ever been my cup of tea. Brasunas’ Double Happiness: One Man’s Tale of Love,...

Lemat is a struggling artist of the worst sort. Filled with talent that has thus far been unacknowledged by the professional world, he has just about decided to give up on everything in his life and become … average. He’s ready to simply fall in...

The Heart of Hannen is Book One of the Atriian Trilogy, an epic fantasy written by Fawn Bonning. Christine Clavin has a history that haunts her sleeping and waking life and has her whole high school treating her like a freak. When she was a...

The Leader of Lors is Book Two of Fawn Bonning’s romantic epic fantasy series, The Atriian Trilogy. Christine is home with her family, with the exception of her brother Sam, whom she misses terribly. Christine’s had a baby, which was delivered by Caesarean Section; she’s...