BOOK REVIEW LISTINGS

Always Looking Up

There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But readers of Always Looking Up will soon add another to the list: Optimist. Michael writes about the hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as opportunities. Instead of building walls around himself, he developed a personal policy of engagement and discovery: ...

Amanda Memories

Ambitious but naive, Brian Roberts is set on a career path that will lead to a psychology degree, financial stability, and emotional fulfillment. His marriage to hometown sweetheart Nancy seems to assure a fine future. But when beautiful green-eyed Amanda Wagner, a deeply troubled young woman, becomes his patient, the future becomes blurry. Her dependency ...

Amelia and the Lonely Llama

Amelia and the Lonely Llama by Michael  Wuehler is a lovely tale about a beautiful apple munching Llama named Patty and the adventure she shared with two young girls named  Amelia, and Addy. Ruby a beautiful Goldendoodle also took part in their adventure.

Confession time: who wants a pet llama in the family? Well, I would ...

America: An Exceptional Nation

America: An Exceptional Nation by Donald L. Gilleland is a fascinating read for anyone who is interested in America’s history, its explosive growth, and world importance.  The book is very patriotic and it is obvious that Gilleland is proud of America and all of its accomplishments.

Beginning with a detailed look at the early ...

Amiga

Amiga by Matthew Arnold Stern is a novel that reads like a memoir of a woman reflecting on her life as a computer programmer in the heady days of software development for personal computers. Part of her story is intimate and compelling, but the novel also delves into the true unfolding story of digital advances and its culture during the ...

Amulet's Rapture (Curse of Clansmen and Kings Book 3)

Amulet's Rapture is the third installment of Linnea Tanner’s award-winning series,  Curse of Clansmen and Kings. This book tells of the continuing saga of the indomitable spirit of Catrin who is the rightful heir to the Celtic throne in Britannia. She has endured numerous life-altering events, the slaughter of her family by a half-brother ...

An Empty House Doesn't Sneeze

An Empty House Doesn't Sneeze by David Scott Richardson narrates the poignant story of 15-year-old Scotty Johannsen and his perspective on life in Seattle during the tumultuous year of 1943 amidst the backdrop of the Second World War. As the war raged, Scotty grapples with the complexities of adolescence while his hometown remains on high alert, ...

Animal,Vegetable,Miracle: A Year of Food Life

Author Barbara Kingsolver and her family abandoned the industrial-food pipeline to live a rural life—vowing that, for one year, they’d only buy food raised in their own neighborhood, grow it themselves, or learn to live without it. Part memoir, part journalistic investigation, Animal, Vegetable, Miracle is an enthralling ...

Anxious for Answers

Anxious for Answers. The Surprising Truth about Anxiety and How you Can Master it for Good by Ilene S. Cohen, Ph.D., is a self-help volume that is timely for today's crisis, catastrophes, and chaos. Cohen's book could serve many as a panacea for the universal anxiety that has intensified as citizens isolate to prevent the spread of Coronavirus, ...

Apollo's Raven (Curse of Clansmen and Kings) (Volume 1)

An Engaging historical fantasy, Apollo’s Raven by Linnea Tanner is a captivating tale of triangles; love, lust and espionage, friend, foe, and spies., barbarians, civilized Rome and spiritual-supernatural beings. The author’s knowledge of the mythology and the history of 43 AD Celtic tribes is astounding as she weaves a tapestry ...