In Julia Crane's novel "Coexist", the reader leaves the world behind and enters an ethereal world of an imaginary and unearthly elven society in which elves cohabit, but live secretly amongst their human counterparts. Keegan, a sixteen-year-old girl who is born into a family of extremely...

I must begin the review of "The Walk-On: Inside Northwestern'S Rise From Cellar Dweller to Big Ten Champ" by Matt Stewartby admitting that I do not know a lot about football. However, this book is about much more than football. My first step was to...

"The Glass Flowers" tells the story of Lalita Khatoun, a young mortal girl who is an orphan being raised by her aunt and uncle, and who has lost her only brother Kholi, a traveller. Lalita is a very talented and humble writer and illustrator who...

In "Silent Think Time: How to Bring Virtues Back into Our Home, Schools, Counseling and Work" Karen Zalubowski Stryker cleverly uses her expertise as a teacher, systems analyst and business owner. Ms Stryker has five college degrees: in psychology, computer science, art and two in...

Early in life people recognized the fact that Joshua Hamilton was going to be a gifted baseball player. He was blessed with parents who were supportive but not pushy. He was soon playing with the older team. He loved playing baseball. In high school Josh...

Parker Boyce's father served in Vietnam and talked of shooting out an entire Vietnamese village, referring to the dead as "gooks". Parker's uncle ran to Canada to avoid the draft of that Vietnam conflict as it was a war he just didn't believe in at...

The book "From the Dirty South to Saint Louie" is about man's inhumanity to man subject to his skin color. The book starts in the South with Otis's father, a bootlegger, who loses everything he owns and dies from the shock. Otis has moved to...

In "The Hunt Book 4: Finders Keepers" high school student Iris Davenport is holding back a secret that no one would believe if she told them. As a young child, she was found stranded after a violent storm. Her past is a mystery to everyone...

"Giant George" is the adorable tale of George the Great Dane and his family. Dave Nasser dearly loved his wife and would do almost anything to make her happy. He did not want a dog but he wanted a happy wife and to move to...

"Timeless" is the 5th book in 'The Parasol Protectorate series' by Gail Carriger. I was not familiar with this series and had no idea what to expect. I do not usually listen to vampire books but the cover of this one caught my eye. I...

"North of Channing Street" by Gloria Spivey Flecker is a novel that spans almost 45 years in the life of Molly Peale. In her quest to become a Broadway actress she gives up a chance to run away with what she thinks is the love...

"The Wildes of Murrell’s Inlet" by Gloria Spivey Flecker is a sequel to "North of Channing Street". Ten years after the marriage of Molly and Jeff, they are finally tired of the New York and Jersey scene. The hectic lifestyle is just getting too much...

"Chrysalis: The Awakening" by M L Lacy is an interesting combination of paranormal and contemporary romance. In her early thirties, Aubrey Marie - Bree - discovers that she is the Chosen One, the last Chosen One. She has a clan of vampires, werewolves and other...

"Seouled Out" by Andrew Henderson-Henderson is a fast-paced, energetic, entertaining read. It recounts how the author went abroad to teach English after finishing law school in a less than glorious way. The idea is to earn money to pay his bills and have an interesting...

What a wonderfully refreshing mystery read! Set in an English village, "Gone Astray" by Jean Rowden presents the reader with the tragic disappearance of a local girl. It is the second time in a decade that there has been such a disappearance and it has...

It is the early years of the last century and Stefan Vladeslav leaves his family's Croatian home, running away from constant family problems. Stefan's father announces his illegitimate son Ivan as an heir and Stefan's mother is obsessed with the family's monetary inheritance. Stefan sells...

In the northeastern corner of Brazil the local population, most of African, Native, and European descent, live in poverty in little shacks and with little to eat. Tomas has learned to read and write and teaches those between teenage years and their thirties how to...

In “The Mirage of Dignity on the Highways of Human ‘Progress,” Lukman Harees uses 748 pages to give very specific (and carefully researched) examples from every human organization and institution on how it has and is destroying human dignity. Throughout the book he has quotes...

"Zebulon and Other Short Stories" is a collection of stories ranging from science fiction to ghosts to the very devil himself. One depicts a small town where an unusual arcade game allows a strange little man to claim to be transforming into a god. In...

An Arizona retired couple, Paul and Lou Weston, living near the Mexican border, are confronted and chased by men in a black SUV. Then their home is invaded while they hide and watch. They don’t know what is going on but they do know it...