Pickles the Mermaid by Laura Strachan is a children's picture book that follows the story of its titular mermaid, Pickles, who loves eating pickles and enjoys spreading joy by asking her sea friends if they would like a "tickle or a pickle." However, she faces...

Donna the Snorkeling Giraffe by Joe Rampulla is a delightful story narrated by Lily, a giraffe living in a zoo filled with colorful animals. She shares the tale of her best friend Donna, who is cute and loved by everyone. Although every animal in the...

“Does anything even matter anymore? If I die today, will anyone care?” For John Sandes, the protagonist of Joseph Paul D'Aquisto's novel Unleash the Fury: A Storm of Vengeance on Eastern Sands, the real question is whether he cares. John is a 69-year-old ex-Seattle cop...

How to Kiss the Universe: An Inspirational Spiritual and Metaphysical Narrative About Human Origin, Essence and Destiny is a work of non-fiction in the spirituality subgenre. It is intended for the general adult audience owing to its complex philosophical themes and the occasional use of...

Productivity-BIG Ideas From the Top 10 Books, by Oran Kangas, is a very useful book. It’s on the order of audio book summaries. Kangas transparently lays out his strategy for choosing the top 10 books, picks one idea from each book, gives pros and cons...

Eli Arnold and the Keys to Forever, Book Three: All Roads by John Carter is the third book in the Eli Arnold series where Eli is sent to Rome to get the next key of forever. Readers are taken to darker places and experience many...

Aoleon The Martian Girl Saga Books 1-5: A Middle-Grade Science Fiction and Fantasy Series for Kids aged 9-12 by Brent LeVasseur is an incredibly entertaining series of books, filled with colorful and elaborate pictures, that tells the story of Gilbert, a young boy who is...

Kade, the protagonist of Golden Dreg Boy by D.K. Dailey, is a Golden, which means that he is part of the rich society. Everyone who isn't a Golden is called a Dreg. Those are the poor, who often do not have a fixed home, and...

Wrecker is an intense work of horror fiction penned by author Erik Henry Vick and is the third novel in The Bloodletter Saga. Following on from the events of Nightmare and Blackened, we see a group of young people slowly growing in fear, but also...

In The Seven Hungers, the first book of Rise of the Crimson King, by Morgan Quaid, the world is on the brink of pandemonium. An emergence has appeared in Brisbane, Australia. The emergence draws in and consumes all living matter, including humans and animals. It...

Most kids often wonder if, when nobody is looking, their toys might come to life. Wullie the Mahaar Gome, Book 1: Blackhope Scar by David Kennedy McCulloch revolves around a young boy named Finn and an extraordinary present he received from his uncle, comprising a...

Fragments of the Gods: Anaya Awakens by JCR Paulino takes readers on a captivating journey across two continents in a fantasy world, intertwining the fates of four compelling characters. After surviving a devastating illness, Anaya, a six-year-old girl, discovers her extraordinary powers. This mysterious illness...

Music of the Alamo is an awe-inspiring book, and the CD that comes with it is like icing on the cake.  William R. Chemerka and Allen J. Wiener have thoroughly researched the era.  The photographs are amazing.  In the Introduction, Phil Collins calls himself “An...

Go on a journey of self-discovery and learn to accept yourself in Mubu the Morph by Stephen Nawotniak. Mubu is a Morph. He can do many things. He can be many things. But Mubu is confused. Who is he really? What is he really? As...

Benjamin Birdie and the Tree Dwellers: Book 2 is a children’s picture book written by Michael Dotsikas and illustrated by Morgan Spicer. After his first misadventure, as set out in Benjamin Birdie’s First Flight: Book 1, Benjamin both yearned to soar in the air with...

Luke, a special, inquisitive little boy, lives and plays along the shores of the South Carolina coastline. He is kind, sensitive, and has the unique ability to communicate with all the critters around him. There aren’t many children to play with around the area, and...

Meet Ollie, the smallest of all woodchucks, in the story Ollie and The Wishing Stone by Toni J. Perri. He had two big front teeth and he loved listening to stories. His favorite story was about a Thousand Year Old Tree and a Magical Wishing...

Church of the Assassin is book five in the NEXUS series by Ross Harrison but can be read as a standalone novel. Packed with plenty of action, the story follows Alexiares who kills for a living. She is an assassin for her sect, but things...

System Upon Systems in the Bible by William OuYang emphasizes God's holy and loving sides. Written in two parts, the text ties scripture together in different areas of the Bible. The material seeks to detail connections between certain scriptures and the problems we face currently....

Agnil and the Wizard’s Orb is a delightful book in the Agnil’s Worlds series by Susan Navas. Agnil, who is also called Aggie, feels unhappy because she misses Estil, her elf mother, and kids make fun of her pointy ears. She decides to practice using...