Book Review: ‘The Complete Model for Positive Behavior Management’ by Dina...
The Complete Model for Positive Behavior Management by Dina Al-Hidiq Zebib offers simple, yet powerful advice on how to manage behavior in a positive way. This book is jam-packed with ideas, examples,...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Blood on the Tracks,’ A Thriller by Barbara Nickless
In Blood on the Tracks by Barbara Nickless we are introduced to Special Agent Sidney Rose Parnell. She is a railroad crimes Special Investigator, brought in to investigate the murder of a woman who...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Brain Storm,’ An Angela Richman, Death Investigator Novel by...
Brain Storm by Elaine Viets is a medical and forensics thriller with a twist. Angela Richman is a Death Investigator and the person who is called in when a death occurs, one of the first there to view...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Bright, Precious Days’ by Jay McInerney
In Bright, Precious Days, author Jay McInerney continues a story that has stretched out over two decades, surrounded by difficult financial times, political events that made history and people who try...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘It Ain’t Rocket Science’ by Susan C. Cooper
As the wife of an IT team leader for a well-known corporation, I was very interested in It Ain’t Rocket Science: A Common-Sense Guide to making IT Projects Work, by Susan C. Cooper. Let’s face it,...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Sea Spell: Book Four of the WaterFire Saga,’ a Young Adult...
In Sea Spell: Book Four of the WaterFire Saga by Jennifer Donnelly we are taken back into the world begun in Deep Blue. While Sea Spell is the fourth installment and continues a story told in the...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Can I Kiss You? A Thought-Provoking Look at Relationships,...
Can I Kiss You? begins with a surprising title that asks a question seldom heard. Years ago, Mike Domitrz published a book titled May I Kiss You? but he has now come out with a new updated version of...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Conrad and Eleanor’ by Jane Rogers
Through its depiction of a marriage on the brink of collapse and destruction, Conrad and Eleanor by Jane Rogers proves that sometimes the things that threaten to break a marriage apart, can also in the...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Whistle Blower and Double Agents’ by R.J. Anderson
Whistle Blower and Double Agents by R.J. Anderson begins when Jim Miller receives a direct phone call from the President of the United States requesting to meet him for lunch. The meeting was related...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Nutshell’ by Ian McEwan
Ian McEwan’s new novel Nutshell is nothing short of mind-blowing. The bestselling author of Atonement has always surprised with his ability to present complex stories that usually lead to jaw-dropping...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Run’ by Becky Johnson
Run is the first book in the Charlotte Marshall Mystery Series by Becky Johnson. Charlotte, an author under contract for her third novel, experiences a serious bout of writer’s block when an idea for a...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Blacktip Island’ by Tim W. Jackson
Blacktip Island by Tim W. Jackson is a fascinating, well-written story. The lead character is an almost-inadvertent embezzler from the United States who seeks anonymity in a small (fictional) Caribbean...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Leave Me’ by Gayle Forman
Gayle Forman, best selling YA author (If I Stay , Where She Went ) ,delves for the first time into adult fiction with her new novel, Leave Me. Maribeth Klein has just experienced what is likely the...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Other Widow’ by Susan Crawford
The Pocket Wife by Susan Crawford was an excellent, suspenseful debut novel (“A gripping, character-driven mystery.” Booklist) So I had high hopes and expectations for The Other Widow. I was...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Habits of Hope: Self-Leadership Strategies to Unleash Your...
Gus—husband, father, employee for a non-profit—hates his life. Nothing seems to go right for him. His clients are obnoxious, his wife is distant, his kids don’t seem to understand him. Sometimes when...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Allegiance’ by Mary Flinn
In Allegiance by Mary Flinn Keri Slater would seem to have the perfect life. A hunky husband, Logan and two adorable children, Lacey, age five, and Cole, age three. The family also has a support...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Sisters One, Two, Three,’ a Literary Novel by Nancy Star
In Sisters One, Two, Three by Nancy Star, we are taken into the lives of the Tangle family. An accident during a visit at Martha’s Vineyard creates a secrecy the family is unable to escape. As...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘The Outliers’, a Novel of Suspense by Kimberly McCreight
Every individual has differences, whether it is inherent in birth, learning though life or even just different thought processes, it is ultimately those differences that make us human. In The Outliers...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Painting for Photographers, Volume 3’ By Karen Sperling
Painting for Photographers, Volume 3 is the latest book from Karen Sperling and the third in her Painting for Photographers series. It is available in print and eBook formats. It written for use with...
View ArticleBook Review: ‘Scapegoat: A Flight Crew’s Journey from Heroes to Villains to...
Scapegoat by Emilio Corsetti III, tells the story of a Boeing 727 known in aviation circles and media accounts as “the plane that fell from the sky.” In 1979 while 39,000 feet over Michigan, flying...
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