The Adventured Star by Pamela T. Chandler is a delightful story about Najma, the travelling star who moves to Abu Dhabi. During her stay there, she wishes to be the star of Abu Dhabi. The book has some excellent illustrations that complement the story. I found...

Jonny Plumb's New Adventures by Kim Wheeler is an adventure story starring Jonny Plumb. The story takes off from Jonny's previous adventures with the Silver Flying Arrow Space Ship. Jonny's sea life friends, his space home Pashoo, his struggle to save Earth, humanity and the...

The Not Wholes by Giovanna Pezzulo is about an Italian teenager who has been castrated. The story deals with how a certain strata of the society accept him and how the rest do not. The backdrop of the story is a music conservatory in Italy. For...

Chaperones by Megan Karasch is a fantastic novel of self discovery and growing up, even when the main character is already 26. Andrea was so over protected while growing up she never learned anything about life or herself. Her only enjoyment came from behind a...

Practice to Deceive written by J. R. Lindemuth is a “Sticks” Hetrick detective novel. While on a cruise with Anita Bailey, things begin to go missing, the ship's crew needs help, and then the Jamaican police need Sticks' assistance. Not much of a vacation for...

In The Dazzling Darkness by Paula Cappa, the Old Willow Cemetery is under the watch of its mysterious keeper, Elias Hatch. On March 20, when 5-year-old Henry Brooke fails to come home with his older sister, Detective Mike Balducci turns his attention to Hatch, and...

Intelligent Life on Earth? The Search Continues by Barbara Cohea is FUNNY! This entire book is a collection of short essays about… well, about almost everything. All the way through this book, I kept thinking, “This woman should be a newspaper columnist.” After the conclusion...

Billy and the Monster Who Loved to Fart by David Chuka is a children’s tale which ultimately attempts to teach children some basic manners, where the public discharge of flatulence is concerned. The little boy in this story, Billy, has a best friend who happens...

When you have a business, no matter how big or small, and you come across a book that starts with “Marketing is not as complicated as you think – once you look behind the curtain”, you can’t wait to delve into its pages and learn...

The Gift of Life by Keily J. Adey is a lovely accounting of one woman's struggle to conceive a child. After multiple miscarriages, the author and her husband decide to find out what is "wrong". This involves medical testing which reveals that basically, everything is...

Gambit of the Glass Crowns by Ethan Risso is Volume One of The Sundered Kingdoms Trilogy. Connor unwillingly becomes a herald of his era, due to the poisonous Féinmhuinín’s arrow that nearly killed him. Wars, tension between clans, political conspiracy as well as magic and...

In Cutting Right to the Chase, Chase Williams is an import/export executive at Ernesto Ceccarelli’s Cashmere in Turnesia, a beautiful medieval city in Italy. Yet, as a former officer of Scotland Yard, he’s always at the right time and the right place to stop crime....

The Battle of Trust and Treachery: Maycly the Trilogy - Part 2, by Janet Beasley, takes off from where the first part ends. The reader is again taken on an adventure trip where the characters go through heartaches, fantasy, whimsy, and everything that appeals to...

The Queen: Maycly the Trilogy - Part 3 by Janet Beasley is the last part of this adventure series. The book begins with Iona's childhood, then proceeds to the actual story. We see the introduction of a new creature in this book, and now the...

The Power of Being Articulate - Your Words Can Make You Healthy And Happy by Pete Geissler is a very motivating and inspiring book on how to improve your communication skills. The author speaks about the importance of being articulate to succeed in the current...

Holly Horse and The Great Quest by Jennifer Loveless is a delightful book about Holly the horse, her adventures, and her meeting Gary the goat with whom she becomes very friendly. This is one of the best children's books I have read because it is...

It has been many years since Amanda and her father, Edward Price, a high powered CEO have been estranged. Now Edward Price is missing and Amanda is a suspect. Cruz Romero is the special agent in charge of the case. Evidence points to Amanda as...

Success Against All Odds by Regina Ozoemela is an interesting book by a woman who has seemingly overcome great and some would even say extreme challenges to be self-supporting. Coming from Nigeria, she found herself abandoned by her husband and his family and left with...

In Hidden in Plain Sight: The Other People in Norman Rockwell's America, author Jane Allen Petrick tells the story of the Rockwell models who were people of color. She also brings to life a Norman Rockwell that the vast majority of people never knew --...

A good book captures your attention and holds it. You can lay it down but you look forward to picking it up again. An excellent book holds you captive from beginning to end; it is impossible to lay an excellent book down. It draws you...