The Third Eye by L.A. Maldonado is a young adult thriller. Jodie thought the biggest problems she has are the long wait for her boyfriend to return from Alaska, and the pesky nightmares that plague her every night. Her father’s abduction keeps haunting her, but...

Revenge is sweet and that is especially true when the cause of so much mayhem is the best-selling sweet treat Chocolate Moons. Molly ‘Marbles’ Summers is a plus sized security guard at the Culinary Institute, home of Candy Universe, where some boys are poisoned by...

Bort’s People by Alistair Potter is the third book in The Sunset of Magic series. Bort is the last of his kind, the last Trollid. Or is he? Three hundred years ago, his race was kidnapped, stolen away by the Harrowen and now Bort is...

Rylan Arnett has survived another battle with his clan’s greatest enemy, but the danger isn’t over yet. Although severely injured, Rylan manages to escape a group of English soldiers searching for him and ends up hiding behind the shed on a meager farmstead. Heart of...

Alan May has written a political thriller pertinent to today’s news and events (as I write this review in Dec 2016). The basic premise of Article XII revolves around the Electoral College and its power to confirm or deny the results of a presidential election....

Mushrooms come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. In the kingdom of mushrooms, known as Lamellia, there is even a big brown mushroom, who is revered as King Polipoli. Each mushroom in the kingdom of Lamellia has an important job. The ultimate goal is...

When Hunter, the young male protagonist of In the Heart of a Mustang by M.J. Evans, learns that his father is neither dead nor a noble hero, his world collapses. His mother had lied to him all those years, and his father is nothing but...

The Reel by Amanda Miles revolves around Grace who needs to divert her attention from the sadness in her life. Grace has lost her mother and she has not gotten over it. Grace is in Ireland with her Aunt Mary for her holidays and she...

I discovered Jack Young through the breathtaking novel, Hail, Cigaros! I was instantly drawn to his exceptional craft, so when I took Faraway Green I was expecting a stellar work, and my expectations were met. Jack Young comes across to me as a master of...

Hail, Cigaros! by Jack Young combines humor and the masterful art of storytelling to offer readers a delightful ride. For years, the father of Prescott Bullard Jr. has paid exorbitant sums of money to support the island Republic of Cigaros where he has consistently bought...

Swahili Folklore by Gloria D. Gonsalves is a collection of rhymes, songs, and Swahili folk tales, and introduces readers to a country called Tanzania, a country located in East Africa, that boasts many treasures. Children are introduced to many things associated with Tanzania through rhymes,...

CATHOOD: How to be the Perfect Cat is an animal story written by Rosie Malezer, illustrated by Martu Germinario, and narrated by Muffin, the cat. Muffin is not your ordinary cat, that is, if any cat can be considered to be ordinary. Muffin moonlights as...

Seven Wings to Glory by Kathleen M. Rodgers is a story of family, faith and forgiveness. Johnnie Kitchen has endured her share of grief and heartache, as well as joy and love. But, once again, her chutzpah and resolve must be tested. “You got to...

High Season: The Learnings of Mohammad Wang by Chazzy Patel is a story that begins with how Charles King's memories come back to him in brief flashes. For now he is going by the name that feels right for him; Mohammad Wang. Mo for short....

I teach English as a second language at a university in China, and I am always reading books that deal with education in my ongoing effort to improve myself, stay current in my field, and in general make my classes more fun and productive. Most...

Accelerant: Continental Drift by James Morris Robinson is a riveting novel featuring political intrigue, terrorism, and crime, a colossal tale that is as epic as it is engaging. The earth has been abused, polluted, and altered in very negative ways and the Genesis Organisation can’t...

Blast Off with Gabby and Maddox by Steve Altier is a children’s short story about fantasy, adventure and imagination. Brother and sister, Maddox and Gabby, have a strong desire to take a trip into space. Through a connection of their grandfather, Maddox and Gabby were...

If you love reading and visiting book stores, you’ll love Bob Eckstein’s Footnotes from the World’s Greatest Bookstores - True Tales and Lost Moments from Book Buyers, Booksellers, and Book Lovers. It is a delightful description of many distinctive bookstores worldwide, complete with anecdotes from...

Wow! Just, wow! That’s exactly what I thought when I finished reading Scion of Sin by new author C.H. Norwood. This book gripped me from the very start, and I couldn’t stop reading it until the wee hours of the morning when I turned the...

Annals of the Five Moon Fleet: The Largoan War by Charles Remington is an exciting sci fi novel set on a spectacular habitable planet named Margareta (the Pearl) with five moons. It is endowed with oceans of fresh water, and a slightly denser atmosphere set...