To Begin Again by Jen Knox is a collection of short stories and essays. Due to the length of short stories and essays are very difficult to develop the meat of the plot or situations. However, Knox had no problem with the task. The common factor...

Sasha Jordan had very strict rules to live by when dating. The first one was never date anyone in the workplace. A previous relationship and previous employment strengthen her reserve to keep the rules. She interviewed for a position with Presco Financial. This was the...

Jealousy is the theme of Thunder Destroys Me by Lisa Burke. Our main characters are Charles and Lucy. They met in a bookstore and for Charles it was love at first sight. Lucy made him what he wanted to be. She was like sandpaper that...

Foreshadow by Kimberly Haddix-Fisher is a book short on pages but big on emotion. This book is written from the view point of Josie, a tiny baby thatwas born too early; but against the odds, she survived to come home. A short time later...

A Cold Dark Place is a story of unrequited love. Luke met him at an old friend’s house. From the moment he shook hands with Andy, Luke knew he loved him. Luke was from an abusive home. His father had cherished him, encouraged him and...

The Collectibles by author James J. Kaufman introduces the reader to two men: Joe Hart and Preston Wilson. Joe a prominent attorney and Preston the owner of many auto dealerships. One coming up from the bottom the other born with a silver spoon. Two men...

All Points North is a collection of 13 short stories. Some have a serious tone to them while others are quite comical. I recognized myself in at least one of the stories. The stories contain many aspects of our daily lives: grief, anger, happiness and...

The setting is the small town Raleigh, Missouri. This book begins by introducing the readers to a diverse group of characters at first they seem to have no connection except, they all live in the same town. As the plot develops the reader watches as...

I found "Class Collision" by Annette Mackey to be engrossing and satisfying. The characters, specifically David, are realistic and well-developed. A great deal is learned about the characters from their relationships with each other and how they interact. David's point of view really made the...

The title of this book is misleading. The zombies in this book are not the living dead but conservatives who see the true value of free enterprise and democracy. The main character in this book is a person who creates a website which he uses...