Book Review: ‘I Like You Just Fine When You’re Not Around’ by Ann Garvin
Ann Garvin’s I Like You Just Fine When You’re Not Around reads like a comic adaptation of the Book of Job, highlighted by some fun and hijinks in a Wisconsin (although it does take the author nearly...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘It Ends With Us’ by Colleen Hoover
It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover may seem at first a frilly, fluffy romance novel. It’s not. Not by a long shot. What Hoover presents in her latest work is the result of what happens when love turns...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Midsummer Night’s Mischief’ (A Wiccan Wheel Mystery) by...
In Midsummer Night’s Mischief, Jennifer David Hesse, an environmental law attorney, weaves an engaging tale of romance, magic, and shenanigans involving Keli and her BFF Farrah, coworkers Crenshaw and...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘In Twenty Years’, A Novel by Allison Winn Scotch
College is a time to stretch your wings, meet new people and chose a direction in life. The friendships made during this time often last a lifetime. Yet there are times that we also lose touch. In...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Victim’ by Eric Matheny
A true work of literature is distinct from a purely entertaining piece of writing by its counterpoints. Usually, it is a combination of fine prose, suspense, philosophical thought and moral dilemmas,...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Year We Turned Forty’ by Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke
The two-author collaboration of Liz Fenton and Lisa Steinke have spun an interesting premise in The Year We Turned Forty. The story chronicles the lives of three longtime friends, who are each going...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Hang Your Wraps in the Cloak Room!’ by James M. O’Brien, Ph.D.
Since I grew up in Catholic school during the 70s in Venezuela, I was quick to grab Hang Your Wraps in the Cloak Room! by James M. O’Brien, Ph.D. The story takes the reader to Elgin, Illinois in the...
View ArticleBook Review: The Last Wife of Attila the Hun, by Joan Schweighardt
The Last Wife of Attila the Hun by Joan Schweighardt is an ambitious, superbly researched, excellently written novel based on Germanic legends and the true life of Attila the Hun that will mesmerize...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Hopefuls’ by Jennifer Close
Politics is a dangerous and ruthless game. No one is to be completely trusted, because absolutely everyone is out to pursue their own goals and aspirations no matter the cost. At least this is how...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Chasing Water: Elegy of an Olympian’
This Akashic Books release offers a compelling, and sometimes graphic view of an amazing person and successful swimmer named Anthony Ervin. Ervin is a World Championship gold medalist and three-time...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Murder at the 42nd Street Library’ by Con Lehane
Murder at the 42nd Street Library is the initial offering in Con Lehane’s projected crime series involving major reading institutions and featuring amateur librarian, sleuth Ray Ambler. Murder and...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Secret Rio’ by Jonglez Publishing
Secret Rio All eyes are on the 2016 Olympics now, but the real Rio de Janeiro has centuries of fantastic architecture and natural beauty that will inspire visitors to dig deep and find the best secrets...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Orchard: A Novel’ by Jack H. Bailey
The word “union” stems from the idea of joining things or people together, yet in the time period where Orchard: A Novel by Jack H Bailey takes place, the union is what’s causing everything to be torn...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Falling (a love story)’ by Jane Green
Fans of bestselling author Jane Green know very well her novels aren’t typical run-of-the-mill love stories. They carry the dense aura of conflicted couples, life crises, and confusing choices. Her...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Brash Blonde’ by Gemma...
Synopsis: In Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Brash Blonde by Gemma Halliday and Kelly Rey Martha “Marty” Hudson has it all…almost. While her best friend, Irene Adler, is a dot-com millionaire many...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Leaving Lucy Pear’ by Anna Solomon
A desperate young girl under the cover of night, leaves her newborn baby under a tree in an attempt to relinquish the care of her baby to someone else. As she turns away, she feels a last sense of...
View ArticleBook Review: The Creativity Challenge: How We Can Recapture American...
Over the past quarter century, America’s knee-jerk reaction to rising Asian test scores has driven our education system in precisely the wrong direction. In The Creativity Challenge: How We Can...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Walking Through Your Walls: Loving Yourself and Everyone Else’...
I love the visionary title of Lynda Lamp’s new book Walking Through Your Walls. Who wouldn’t want to be able to walk through walls? Lynda Lamp has some ideas that may seem a bit strange to some, but...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Titan’ by Michael Van Cleve
Titan by Michael Van Cleve is a chilling story about life, such as it may be, after a nuclear holocaust. Paris and Troy Hawking seek refuge for their family in the last city on Earth. But, is this city...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘A Journey with Panic’ by Dr. James Manning & Dr. Nicola Ridgeway
A Journey with Panic by Dr. James Manning and Dr. Nicola Ridgeway is a fact-filled informative read for those who suffer from panic attacks. The authors have included numerous handouts, summaries, and...
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