Grumble and Tumble: A Nico and Tugger Tale by Kimberly Sentek is a delightful story of two dogs and how they look at the world. Tugger wants Nico to wake up and play with him but Nico wants to stay in bed. He has already...

Wow! Just wow! How's that for a review? Well, that's what I found myself saying as I finished the last page of author Lisa Carlson's book, Bait and Switch: Life with a Two-Faced Narcissist. A true life story so interesting that it reads like fiction,...

Spotless by Camilla Monk is an awesome love story that will actually make a great rom-com one day. The story follows a woman named Island Chaptal. She is a romance novel enthusiast and a boring IT professional. She may seem like a stiff upper crust...

Lithium Luke and his Gal Pal Peanut by Kathryn Berla is the story of what happens when ordinary Luke announces his ordinariness to the rest of the world – when everyone else has some super special ability. Luke becomes a bit of a star due...

When She Speaks: A Collection of Words and Thoughts - Volume 2 by Amber Whitted is a creative display of poetic ability. The author hooked me right away with her first expression entitled Declarations. I’m tired of being silent. I’m tired of silently watching the ships...

Lose Your Mind, Open Your Heart: Limitless Love on an Evolving Planet by Peggy Kornegger is an uplifting book wherein the author reiterates the power of love and how it can actually save everyone from hatred, isolation, and separation. As the world moves into the...

Our favorite barnyard characters are back in Return to Fern Valley: Another Collection of Short Stories by author Aileen Stewart. These 12 stories are entertaining and fun for middle-grade readers. You will meet chickens Roberta and Mildred Cornstalk, Jason Curlytail (a pig with five brothers...

Quack and Daisy is a great story of two unlikely animals becoming friends. Even though Daisy the cat cannot swim and Quack the duck cannot catch mice, they manage to become best friends in the meadow. They’re both curious animals that like to watch nature...

Who wouldn’t want to be hugged by a penguin? I know I would! In Fluffy Hugs, Volume I by Richard Dodd, Fluffy is a magic penguin who has missions he completes to help anyone he can. Poor Fluffy’s parents were taken out of the zoo...

Animal ABCs by Alisha Weston/Franks is a useful tool to teach the alphabet to young children. Each letter has an animal sporting a funny look or showing off something amusing which will capture the attention of young readers and make learning the alphabet easy and...

What kind of name is Dog for a horse? Actually his official name is Dogs of War, but everyone just calls him Dog. Why? Well, perhaps his early years cavorting with the puppies has influenced his behaviour because this horse behaves like a dog. That’s...

Just Claire by Jean Ann Williams is a wonderful coming of age tale. Claire Lee and her siblings are uprooted and moved when her father has to go to work in a different place. Just as they move into their new house, their mother goes...

Ice Dream's Wish by Nasrin Mottahedeh tells a tale of the snowman known as Ice Dream. When Ice Dream was created, he was given special gifts which consisted of two sparkly marbles for eyes, a red rose bud for a heart, and a big yellow...

A Flight Without Wings: My Experience with Heaven is a non-fiction memoir written by Brian McLaughlin. The author was on vacation in Mexico in 1993 when he sustained massive head trauma. He was in a comatose state as the doctors were working on him in...

Book Ends, a realistic and emotional novel by Leslie M. Scott-Jones, tells the endearing story of two individuals, Jack and Quinn. Jack, an ambitious playwright, is plagued by her past that forever haunts her. While Jack knows she will have to face it eventually, she...

Midnight and Little Girl Blue by Tiffany Golden is a wondrous fantasy adventure story that will certainly engage and entertain younger readers. Little Nalla Blue is a child of the blue light, but as the story starts the reader quickly sympathises with this lone young...

Wrinkles by Mian Mohsin Zia is a story of a deeper kind of love, one that stands the test of time. Here the message is about the love that makes a family. Xavier, a young man, has a great love for his mother and God....

Obedience by V.G. Kilgore builds on the Old Testament story of Noah’s Ark. Each chapter begins with a sentence from the biblical story, and the chapters then unfold in the light of those words. Ham doubts his father Noah’s wisdom in building an ark, but...

Harcourt’s Mountain by Elaine Dodge is historical fiction, but mostly it is the love story of Hope and Luke. It is 1867 in a small frontier town. Luke has ridden into town to purchase his supplies. Hope has no memory of her past and only...

Mystic Tides is a romance novel written by C.J. Godwin. Seventeen-year-old Aden Wilder had just finished celebrating his birthday with friends on the beach. With a bonfire ablaze, Aden bids farewell to his friends. He was also leaving Alaska to live with his Aunt Tess...