BOOK REVIEW LISTINGS

THE FEARLESS MORAL INVENTORY OF ELSIE FINCH

The Fearless Moral Inventory of Elsie Finch by A. Lynn Byk is a three-generational narrative. It may be hard to believe that this is fiction and not a fictionalized memoir because it is a trying story for Elsie to tell. However, since authors tend to write based on what they know or experience, perhaps emotions and ...

The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride

The Five Wishes of Mr. Murray McBride by Joe Siple is a heartfelt story of two extremely different individuals who have one thing in common; death is staring them in the face. Siple pairs a one-hundred-year-old, Mr. McBride with a young boy one-tenth his age to face death together. McBride, still melancholy from the recent death of his wife, Jenny ...

The Flight Enigma

In The Flight Enigma, authors Charles V. Breakfield and Roxanne E. Burkey deliver a gripping addition to the Magnolia Bluff Crime Chronicles series. This novel masterfully intertwines mystery, crime, and suspense through the eyes of Mike Hayes, a dedicated engineer with Lockheed Martin, who is swept into a perilous game of international ...

The Flight of the Veil

The Flight of the Veil, by Bruce J. Berger, is literary/psychological fiction with a historical background.  In 1990, Nicky Covo is a successful psychiatrist in his sixties practicing in Brooklyn, New York. Covo, of Jewish descent, was born in Greece before WWII. He struggles with flashbacks of his shame and trauma as a ...

The Followers: "Holy Hell" and the Disciples of Narcissistic Leaders

The Followers: "Holy Hell" and the Disciples of Narcissistic Leaders by Radhia Gleis, is not a memoir but the author’s hindsight as background into her thesis concerning cults. It is a cautionary tale based on personal experience void of dramatic license and exaggeration. It is a courageous book, soberly told.

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The Game Changer

The Game Changer by Dave Droge is the story of Henk van Wijnen-Swarttouw. He is a Dutchman who is a very accomplished businessman and entrepreneur. Henk finds himself being investigated for bad business practices and tax evasion. Julia, Henk's daughter, has just graduated high school and plans to take a year off before furthering her education. ...

The Gentle Barn

The Gentle Barn by Ellie Laks is a very heartwarming story of Ellie, animals and children/teens. Ellie Laks has laid out her journey in life in this book. Relationships and circumstances have not always been easy for Laks. From a troubled childhood, adult relationships that didn't work, and a need for therapy (of somekind) Laks rescues a sick ...

The Ghost In Love

The Girl with a Fairy's Heart

Cody Lakin’s new book, The Girl With a Fairy’s Heart, is a dark fantasy and a standalone novel that uses extensive conversations between and among characters to tell the back story from a prior novel. A violent fast gun, Casey Esorom, is obsessed with the deaths of his wife and grandfather. He is a loner, ...

The Glass Angel

The Glass Angel, A Guide to Freedom, Peace, Transformation, and Growth is an enlightening self-help memoir by Christina Foxwell. The author has been able to turn the trials of her life and the resultant feelings of inadequacy and loneliness into a positive outlook and a successful mentoring program. Foxwell was reared by missionary ...