BOOK REVIEW LISTINGS

The Centered Heart

The cover art of "The Centered Heart" will cause a curious reader to stop and pick up this self-help book. Sub-titled "Evidence-Based, Mind-Body Practices to Stress Less and Improve Cardiac Health" by yoga therapist Susi Amendola, this nonfiction is the results of the author's extensive training and studies of yoga and ...

The Century's Last Word

The Century's Last Word by Brendan Walsh is a continuation of the lives and adventures of Dreden, Chanin, and Gerrika as they explore a world on the other side of the Sunitian Sea. Most of the new action takes place in the city of Brunswald, which is the capital of the country of Skaltbard. In Walsh's previous book, The Century's Scribe, ...

The Century's Scribe

The Century's Scribe by Brendan Walsh is an uplifting fantasy novel that is deeply imagined and profoundly thrilling. Walsh creates a world that he populates with various beings that have vastly different origins that live together in a degree of harmony. However, as the story is narrated, you discover that there is still a feeling in ...

The Chairs Are Jealous

J. Denise Kulick, author of The Chairs Are Jealous, pulls the reader's leg and tickles his funny bone in this fun fantasy. Set in 1958, near New York City, the novel's plot follows the adventures of Marian Fennell.  Marian is an introverted textile conservator in a large university. She and her extroverted sister were ...

The Child Catcher

Andrew Bridge is a lawyer and children’s advocate who is the author of “The Child Catchers: A Fight for Justice and Truth.” Bridge’s personal experience as a foster child imparts his nonfiction narrative with insight and passion. The author’s introduction briefly relates his childhood history and sets the theme ...

The Chinese Shadow Game

The Chinese Shadow Game By Stuart Craigie is an international thriller - suspense, terrorism, torture. Roger Jones as been captured and tortured beyond belief. He is a MI6 agent and has been taken prisoner and held in North Korea. Jones is not the first to disappear--there are others that have information that have disappeared also. The information ...

The Choice Within

Most historical novels set during WWII tend to focus on characters navigating the chaos of war-torn Germany or Europe. However, Stephanie Woodman’s “The Choice Within” takes readers to a different and often underexplored theater of the war—the South Pacific. Through her compelling narrative, the author offers an intimate and ...

The Christmas Special

The Christmas Special by David Hearne is a thriller like none you have read. Sheeva, Jason, Ali and Abdul will become etched in your mind to the point you will not be able to put The Christmas Special down. The Christmas Special is suspenseful, chilling and hits real close to home with our modern times and world events. Ali, an Afghan doctor ...

The Coin of the Realm

Batten down the hatches, for a storm of excitement is rapidly approaching readers who seek mystery, suspense, action, and intrigue. Deploying indelible characters, a serpentine plot, a compelling romance, and high-octane storytelling, author Roger Dubin uses his own experiences in the U.S. Merchant Marine and his first-hand knowledge of North ...

The Con Company: Double Actors in Budapest

Gábor Domokos’s The Con Company: Double Actors in Budapest is a fast-paced, "cinematic heist novel" that brings a "vivid new color" to contemporary Hungarian literature. Set in the gritty yet elegant streets of Budapest, the story follows a tight-knit team of swindlers led by the brilliant Dénes Szalay and ...