The Keane children, Clare, Mick and Tom, hadn't had an easy life since their father died. Their mother did the best she could to support them, and Clare, her fourteen-year-old daughter, worked along side her to earn what money they could; but when their mother...

I'm not a big memoir reader; I prefer the stuff that isn't so realistic and that I can get lost in. But, occasionally, I find an author who can create their memoir in such a way that hits home with me and sucks me into...

A truly wonderful and well written novel! I am highly pleased to say that I really enjoyed this book. Chloe Jon Paul chose a setting and a plot that is superbly detailed and well written, threw in some really great characters and turned out a...

Corinthia Falls is a community church in northeastern Oklahoma. The Sunday the prank happened, as with all Sunday mornings, one side of the church was filled with sitters: the quieter people, those who worship within themselves, not showing anyone how they feel. The other side...

In Reiser's Ramblings, Father Bernard Reiser has written his life remembrances in a form that resembles short sermons. He takes us through his youth while growing up on a farm in Minnesota. For the geriatric reader, it will be fun to remember canning foods for...

Jenny Spark fell in love with ballet after her grandparents sent her a DVD of Swan Lake. Even though she had never seen a live ballet or met a dancer she longed to be a part of that world. She convinces her mother to allow...

Thank goodness this book wasn't just one of those books that are created in an attempt to sell something, in this case, liposuction surgery. It was instead a valuable resource for information about liposuction surgery. The size of the book was perfect and covered exactly...

Montana's young sheriff John Bingham is once again forced into a difficult case. The bones of notorious Jerome "Jerry" Handley, brother of Montana's Jamison Handley, have been discovered in a secluded barn. It has been twelve years since bad guy Jerry, noted for dealing in...

Wanting to Be Jackie Kennedy a Novel by Elizabeth Kern This book reads like the life story of the protagonist. She goes back to her teen years and walks us through all the way to the present. This is a book that inspires us to have...

Unmarried Holocaust survivor Sidonia Perlstein immigrated with her toddler daughter, Hanna, to the United States in those years right after the World War. Sidonia settled in Springfield, Massachusetts, in a neighborhood of Jews, many coming as survivors from the Nazi concentration camps. Stoic Sidonia is...

This book practically jumped off the shelf and into my arms. I am one of thirty-eight million women entering the "Age Of Elegance". I’d never thought of myself as the epitome of elegance, but the author reminds me that I should think of myself that...

A Pointed Death is a riveting read. The strong female personality in the person of Nola Billingsley provided mystery, action and wit in one neat little package. The story is set in San Francisco and describes the city so beautifully that one is literally transported...

This book is about the infamous KKK, or Ku Klux Klan and it is very informative. I learned more about the organization than I ever knew. The "Curse" which the title of the book refers to is the curse of racism that is handed down...

Janice Baylis, Ph.D. has complied a vast amount of information and exercises pertaining to dreams in her book "Dream Dynamics and Decoding: Personal, Practical, Powerful Messages." Baylis begins with a brief introduction to dreams and dreams analysis and then jumps right into the fascinating world...

Born just after the Great Depression, Jack Hawn found that life ‘just happened’ for him in a series of serendipitous events, leading him into a writing career spanning 43 years. Although he never studied journalism, journalism found him after 4 years in the Army Public...

"Lemon Dot Town is happy to be surrounded by love by the Lemon Dot Tree." And the town loves it back. The mutual love and respect is taught here using simple terms geared towards young children. Lemon Dot Town lives by the action of treating...

Authors Charmaine Hammond and Debra Kasowski help the reader navigate along their destination with a fabulous book entitled "GPS Your Best Life: Charting Your Destination and Getting There in Style". This is a great book on helping the reader understand how not to allow circumstances...

Steve Piacente’s “Bootlicker” begins with a harsh crime set in 1992; the reporter Dan Patragno is on scene late at night to gather information on a domestic crime before the next edition of the paper hits the streets. His work on the crime beat ends...

The Supervisor’s Companion: A practical guide for new (and lightly trained) supervisors by Jeanne Thomas Hugg, a writer and human resources consultant, is a first-time supervisor’s survival kit. Frequently, new supervisors are promoted without any training. It’s assumed that a good worker will automatically make...

Moctezuma's Zoo, by author Jackie Herman-O'Neal,is an educationally sound, written lesson plan entailing a vibrantly illustrated story about Emperor Moctezuma and his young daughter Ixtla, who lived on a beautiful island. Moctezuma very much liked to serenade the wildlife and they in return rather enjoyed...