When we are young we view things differently, everything seems to go slowly, especially when it pertains to time. You often hear children say, “I can’t wait to grow up,” or “Are we there yet?” So what happens when, in The Marshmallow Test by Michelle...

A Sweet Solution by Michelle Claus is a delightful story for children, especially girls. Teresa has invited Julie for her dress-up birthday party and Julie is very excited. She wants to buy a new dress but Julie's mother refuses to get her a new dress...

Easy Does It is book one of the Haurenthian Chronicles, a young adult fantasy/science fiction series written by Lisa Landtroop. Sara and Brandon have been best friends since they were little kids. They’re both in college now. Brandon’s a rich kid and never had to...

Why Do We Have to Reinvent Everything? by Lisa Landtroop explores the question from the title in a long essay and a personal reflection. The premise of the book is constructed around the idea that there are two types of people: doers and tinkerers. While...

It’s time to rock in Gone For You by Jayne Frost. Cameron Knight lives his life by one rule: love ‘em, love ‘em good and after a good roll in the sack, leave ‘em smiling and sighing your name. As Cameron is a guitarist for...

In What's It Gonna Be? by Cassandra Piat, Lucy knows she needs to make a change. Though head over heels in love with her long-time boyfriend, Matt, she can’t be truly happy knowing Matt won’t ever take the plunge and marry her. She understands that...

When Samantha Taylor loses the last of her loved ones, she's certain she won't find happiness again. Her grandfather's will is read and she learns that he gave her the old cabin back in Misty Lake, Minnesota. Once determined to be rid of the place...

Up until now my favorite books on the subject of early American life were those of James Fenimore Cooper. The Leather Stocking Series is classic, and few books can compete with its detailed description of both Native American and European life in early America,...

Sent To Watch by David J. Lebenstein is a science fiction novel set just after the historic battle of Waterloo. Our Earth, called Earth 48, is just one of the many planets with life. Aliens do exist and they are all humans. These ‘humans’ have...

How cool would it be to have a book on financial literacy written by a mother and two sons for other kids to learn about managing money? Very cool if you read Kidding Around With Cash by Marja Starcevic, David Constantin Negoita, and Denis Gabriel...

A psychopath, now a dictator known only as Zodiac, has hatched a diabolical plan and in doing so has succeeded in reducing the world into chaos. By secretly planting flash bombs in every major city across the world and simultaneously detonating them, in the blink...

Everyone called her Sippy; her name was Serendipity. The name fit perfectly. Sippy was eleven years old when she heard God's voice. It sort of frightened her and she asked him not to speak to her out loud again. She asked if he would send...

The Battle for Tomorrow opens in Seattle, Washington. Sixteen-year-old Ange is pregnant for the second time and is facing another abortion on her own; her distant, unsupportive mother Diane is paralyzed from a stroke, and Ange oversees her care. Ange's former, much older boyfriend introduced...

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...

This is a book that you must digest, as opposed to just reading. The author presents a body of work that must have taken her a lifetime to collect. This Spiritual Self-help book manages to take esoteric principals and utilize simple analogies to help the...

My Journey to Know the Truth by Tony Kent is first and foremost a personal account of a depressed and angry man who went to Jerusalem to study with Sidi, a guide in the religion of Islam, at a time when his wife had left...

Mortimer wasn’t sure about a monster the bird was telling him about, but Boo Woolly turned out to be a nice monster, taking him to a wonderful colorful place full of fun and candy. Mortimer really liked Boo Woolly and wanted to be his friend,...

i LoPreto for Readers Favor “Fred” by Aaron Knight will make you smile. It is a funny book. Astro Robo Servant, Inc. has created the perfect six-armed robot that will clean your house, entertain you, cook for you and have a personality that matches your own....

Ever since "Sex & the City" ended years ago women like me have been desperately looking for a book, a film or a television show that recaptures the magic. Paris Jean has done just that in "Dollars & Diamonds". While this story is about more...

Rewind by David A. Wardle is the story of Jason, who commits suicide on his 40th birthday in the year 2003. However, he doesn't end up dead but wakes up in his eight-year-old body in the year 1971. He still knows everything about his life,...