When author Jesse Gordon warns you at the beginning of this book that "this novel is shit,” you either take it or leave it. Until I read Dookie, I had no idea that Gordon meant it literally. Brothers Kayleb and Noah Padalecki just moved into...

I have read a lot of novels about vampires. Sometimes they are the protagonist. Sometimes they are the antagonist. But whatever side of good and evil they happen to fall upon in a particular novel, they are always interesting. That seems to be an unspoken...

The Cattle Driver by Ryan Uytdewilligen tells us the story of an old cowboy, Ken Dalgliesh. Ken has made his fortune on the vast open lands of Texas and no longer needs to ride the range herding cattle. His children, now adults, all live in...

Single by Design, Book Two in the Love Hurts series by Roseanne Beck is a blend of love, humor, and family. Sara, a single mom, moves back home and next door to her brother, so her son would have a positive role model. Sara had...

Samantha is, as the subtitle suggests, a back story to the Amie in Africa books, so Amie does make a few appearances. One of them is with Mum, when they deliver her bossy, dismissive, super-efficient, elder sister Samantha’s forgotten passport to the airport. That is...

"When I met her for the first time, I knew straight away that she was the woman of my life." So states Tommaso at the beginning of Her Name Was Aprile by Elisa Barbaro. Tommaso is certain Paola is the woman he is destined to...

Two Like Me and You is a young adult coming of age/adventure novel written by Chad Alan Gibbs. Edwin Green’s junior year at J.P. Hornby High School did not hold any special promise or allure for the somewhat nerdy young man. He was still reeling...

Midtown Madhatter by Matthew Monda is the story of a man named Peter Walsh, a man who is forced to take a closer look at his life and the way he has been living it when he is invited to an old friend’s wedding. The...

Journey to the unconventional world of Nibb in the quirky fantasy novella, The Gift of the Quoxxel by Richard Titus. Beauty abounds in King Norr's kingdom of Nibb, where strange and odd are the norm. Surrounded by sea, Norr longs for the freedom and experiences...

Who knew that birds sat on top of the genealogical tree of life? They reign in Mrs. PJ Wigglesworth: The Dancing Spy, a children’s adventure by M.W. Dutton. Penelope Wigglesworth is a shy, clumsy Atlantic Puffin who yearns to be a dancer. After accepting an...