In Unconventional Investing, Tim Higgins, certified professional planner, and Michael Hajek III, certified professional accountant, totally defy traditional investing methods by supplying irrefutable evidence that confirms one thing: they do not work. For example, the 60/40 rule -- the time-honored notion that your portfolio...

Stan I.S. Law, aka Stanislaw Kapuscinski, has written what I anticipated to be a highly interesting book with deeply profound metaphysical and spiritual components. WALL - Love, Sex and Immortality (Book One of the Aquarius Trilogy) most certainly is composed of those aspects, alongside the...

Caught In Cross Seas is the story of Harlie Cates and Clay Masterson. Harlie works with the homeless population of Angel Beach and one of her people has just been found dead. We learn pretty early on that this body isn’t the first found, giving...

The Opening by J. Blanes is the first novel in a young adult science fiction series called The Universal Portals. I consider it exceptional in its genre. The science makes sense, the teenage characters are interesting and believable, and the writing and pace are good....

All of Me Wants All of You, written by J.Z. Howard, is an emotional and provocative tale portraying the depths of love. “In order to receive love, it is essential to enjoy pleasure – and to trust being vulnerable to it.” Dean and Kate’s marriage...

Cold Blood: The Antarctic Murders Trilogy by Theodore Jerome Cohen is a spellbinding thriller of subterfuge, murder, deception and betrayal spanning the globe. From the ice-veiled waters off the Antarctic shores, to Chile, Brazil and Europe, Captain Mateo Valderas of the Chilean Navy has spent...

The Ollie Dog Quartet, by Victor Alfaro, is a good children’s book. The author is able to capture the sense and feel of the main character, a dog named Ollie. Ollie tastes freedom when a human cutting the grass leaves the yard gate open. Ollie...

The Little Green Astronaut by Victor Alfaro is a children’s story illustrated by Christopher Alfaro. The story centers around a young lizard named Green who stows away on a NASA truck, which in turns takes him inside a rocket ready for launch. Green tags along...

Despite a bit of a slow start, Leighton's Summer by KC Finn soon drew me in. This is the story of a young man with an unusual gift on the cusp of his sixteenth birthday. It is 1945, after the end of World War II....

How Do I Know God Answers Prayer? (How Do I Know? Book 3) by Margaret Weston is the third book in the series. This beautiful book on prayer throws light on how important it is to understand God to understand the concept of prayer. The...

In Mira's Diary: Bombs Over London by Marissa Moss, Mira has a gift. Actually, her mother has the same gift. They are both time travelers. Mira hasn't seen her mother in a long time as her mother has been traveling through time, trying to fix...

Wheels of Change by Darlene Beck Jacobson is the heartwarming story of twelve-year-old Emily who is the daughter of a carriage maker in Washington, DC, in the early 1900s. Emily's mother takes care of the family. Emily likes to help her father in his carriage...

Look How Lovely!: ¡Mira qué lindo! is a bilingual (Spanish and English) children's book written and illustrated by Marti Skarupa. It chronicles a nature outing of a young boy with his grandparents. They walk through forests, fields and grassy lands, and see butterflies and bees...

Ask Me Anything is a wonderfully delightful memoir about the life of Marie Rudisill, better known as The Fruitcake Lady. Susan Marg teamed up with Mrs. Rudisill to chronicle the events of this feisty and outspoken woman's life. Born and raised in the South during...

Speak Easy: A Short Guide to a Great Speech by Barry Potyondi is a guide to speaking in public that helps you out from step one. Any great speech takes a lot of prep work, and this book details it in steps easy enough for...

The Alliance of Isian is book 2 of Serena Clarke’s young adult epic fantasy series, The Isian Series. Gabrielle is an Isian Princess who is betrothed to a prince of the Tandori, Alec. They first met when she was 13 years old. After being presented...

In Search of the Universal God is a non-fiction treatise on comparative religions written by Vijay Atawane. This work sets out the author’s premise that there is a Universal God that is revered by all humanity, and that a shift from the prevailing religious practices...

Tacoma's whole life revolved around his 12-year-old sister Seattle. With an out-of-the-picture father and a crackhead mother, Tacoma and Seattle were on their own. He would do and sacrifice anything to give his little sister a chance at a brighter future. They were all each...

Carolina, the Contessina DeSimone, has a very demanding and overbearing father. Of noble birth, Carolina is expected to marry well. Carolina, however, wishes to follow her heart. She does so first to a childhood friend, Carlos, and then, disowned by her abusive father, to the...

The Roman Phalera: The Vines of Bordessi, Book One by Robbi Perna is a blend of historical fiction and saucy romance. There is a whole lot of action and movement here as well which helped to charge up the scenes with excitement and tension. Carlo...