Book Title:  Are You A Pineapple? by Kathryn A. ZolmanCategory:  Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7),  38 pagesGenre:  Children’s Picture BookPublisher:  Mascot BooksRelease date:   May, 2022Format available for review:  print-hardback (USA), PDFTour dates: Nov 25 to Dec 16, 2022Content Rating:  G. Suitable for everyone. Book Description: Kevin has a beautiful new puppy! But what should he name her? He wants to find […]

    Let Emma Lou the Yorkie Poo and her friends help your child learn and practice mindfulness skills in this highly interactive activity and coloring book. Emma Lou, with the help of Gigi the Ginormous Giraffe and all her friends, want to help children remember ways to be mindful. A variety of activities will […]

Book Title:  The Brighter the Stars by Bryan ProsekCategory:  YA Fiction (Ages 13-17),  256 pagesGenre: YA Science Fiction Publisher:  CamCat Books Release date:  November 2020Content Rating: PG. It’s very clean. Caught between love and revenge, Jake has one chance to live up to the man his uncle was. Earth crashed into interstellar politics as a lightweight, lagging so far behind other planetary weapons […]

Book Title:  How the Wicked Run (A Boston Clairvoyants Novel) by Annabelle Lewis Category:  Adult Fiction 18+, 283 pages Genre: Contemporary Mystery, Thriller with Romance and HumorPublisher:  PePe PressRelease Date: Oct 2022Content Rating:  PG13 +M: Lots of cursing, kidnapping, all sex off page, no gore Destined for Love and Danger Sidrah Keeling, well-intentioned Boston clairvoyant and stalwart protector of […]

Book Title:  The Secret Garden of Yanagi Inn by Amber A. LoganCategory:  Adult Fiction (18+),  336 pagesGenre: Paranormal MysteryPublisher:  CamCat BooksRelease date:  Nov 15, 2022 Content Rating:  PG. The book is clean, without excessive swearing, no sexual content or graphic violent scenes, etc.   Cracked doesn’t always mean broken. Grieving her mother’s death, Mari Lennox travels to Kyoto, Japan to take photographs […]

Stealing the Selkie’s Heart (The Selkie Seas, #1) by Ella Rose Publisher:  Lightning Platypus Press, (July 19, 2022)Category: Paranormal RomanceISBN: 979-8985603811Available in Print and ebook, 286 pages A cursed town, a kidnapped selkie…what will happen when love is on the line?  Powerful selkie warrior Ronan must negotiate with a group of local sirens before war […]

Book Title:  Night of Mysterious Blessings by Sally MetzgerCategory:  Children’s Fiction (Ages 5-8), 40 pagesGenre:  Picture Book/Early ReaderPublisher:  Elk Lake PublishingRelease date:   November 3, 2021Content Rating: G. My book is rated G because it has a Biblical world view.  Have you ever had great big tingly goosebumps? Or tossed and turned too long on a sleepless night? Have you ever seen tall […]

Book Title:  Grady Whill and the Templeton Codex by Carole P. RomanCategory:  Young-Adult Fiction (18 +), 286 pagesGenre:  Action-Adventure/FantasyPublisher:  ChelshireRelease date:   July 30 2022Content Rating: PG. The author thinks the book is G-rated. A reviewer said it had some curses. Some may consider “Holy crap” is a curse. Templeton Academy- the superhero high school is finally open! The prestigious institution […]

Soulful Return by Fidelis O. Mkparu Publisher:  DX Varos Publishing (November 22, 2022)Category: General Fiction, Literary Fiction, African-American Fiction, Immigrant ExperienceISBN: 978-1955065603Available in Print and ebook, 332 pages “The hounding voice inside me would not let go.” Thus begins the emotional journey of Afamefuna Onochie Nwaku, a Harvard-trained medical doctor with a career most can […]

Book of Jobs: A Collection of Helen Wu and Amy Dresden by M.L. Grider Publisher:  Thursday Night Press, an imprint of DX Varos Publishing (October 18, 2022)Category: Crime drama, LGBT subgenre, Short Story CollectionISBN: 978-1955065542Available in Print and ebook, 292 pages In this prequel to Bitter Vintage, M.L. Grider explores events in the lives of Helen […]

Book Title:  DOUBLE DOG DARE (The Owl’s Nest Mysteries) Author:  C.S. McDonald​Category:  Adult Fiction, 274 pagesGenre:  Cozy MysteryPublisher:  McWriter BooksRelease date:  May 2022Content Rating:  G. C.S. McDonald’s books are appropriate for YA readers as well as adults–no bad language or sexual content. Book Description: That ornery, but oh, so handsome, charming, and somewhat, wayward angel, Detective Bobby […]

Book Title:  Belinda (The Raymond Hatcher Stories/Book Three) by Mark ZvonkovicCategory:  Adult Fiction (18+),  276 pagesGenre: Literary / Legal Thriller Publisher:  Dos Perro Press Release date:  June 2022Content Rating:  PG13+M because it involves mature themes, occasional mild profanities, non-explicit sex scenes and mild violence. Set in the conference rooms of a white-shoe Houston law firm and the stunning coastline of Baja […]

Book Title:  Back to the Burgh and Beyond (The Owl’s Nest Mysteries, Book 1) Author:  C.S. McDonald​Category:  Adult Fiction, 208 pagesRun Time: 5 hours, 59 minutesGenre:  Cozy MysteryPublisher:  McWriter BooksRelease date:  Sep 10, 2020Content Rating:  G. C.S. McDonald’s books are appropriate for YA readers as well as adults–no bad language or sexual content. Book Description: ​Meet Alexa […]

Book Title:  The Narrows (The Raymond Hatcher Stories/Book Two) by Mark ZvonkovicCategory:  Adult Fiction (18+),  306 pagesGenre: Psychological Thriller Publisher:  Dos Perro Press Release date:  November 2020Content Rating:  PG13: The book has a couple of non-explicit sex scenes and very mild violence. A harrowing extraction of members of a religious cult goes awry. Junior high teacher Larry Brown teams up with experienced […]

The Osprey Man by Christopher Tuthill Publisher:  DX Varos Publishing (July 26, 2022)Category: Young Adult, Coming of AgeISBN: 978-1955065528Available in Print and ebook, 280 pages Jacob is at that most magical time between childhood and adolescence. As the end of the school year approaches, he is dreaming of baseball and the beach, but most of […]

The Loneliness of the Time Traveller by Erika Rummel Publisher:  Inanna Publications (June 18, 2022)Category: Science Fiction, Time Travel, Crime, Suspense, SupernaturalISBN: 978-1771338783Available in Print and ebook, 298 pages Description “It is a dreadful thing to be possessed, to be invaded by a spirit woman who commands your body and soul and looks out at […]

Book Title:  A Lion in the Grass (The Raymond Hatcher Stories/Book One) by Mark ZvonkovicCategory:  Adult Fiction (18+),  333 pagesGenre: Literary Fiction Publisher:  Dos Perro Press Release date:  August 2020Content Rating:  PG13+M: The book has mature themes associated with wartime violence and not-explicit sex scenes. Set over the course of six decades, A Lion in the Grass documents the despair and hope of a […]

On the Ledge: A Memoir by Amy Turner Publisher:  She Writes Press, (September 6, 2022)Category: Memoir, Dysfunctional Families, Mental WellnessISBN: 978-1647422257Available in Print and ebook, 256 pages In 1957, when Amy Turner was four years old, her father had to be talked down from a hotel ledge by a priest. The story of his attempted […]

Book Title: Rusty Goes to Water World (The Adventures of Rusty the Forgotten Fire Engine) by Joe FisherCategory:  Children’s Fiction (Ages 4-8), 36 pagesGenre:  Children’s FictionPublisher:  Angler PublishingRelease date:   August 2021Content Rating:  G for children.   The townspeople of Someport-by-the-Sea want to honor Rusty for saving them during the “Summer Like No Other” so the Mayor Himself decides a park should […]

Book Series Title: The Adventures of Rusty the Forgotten Fire Engine by Joe FisherCategory:  Children’s Fiction (Ages 4-8)Genre:  Children’s FictionPublisher:  Angler PublishingRelease date:   May 2017,  August 2021Content Rating:  G for children.   When the Mayor Himself decides the town of Someport-by-the-Sea needs a new fire engine the Fire Chief picks a shiny, bright red one that has all the latest tools […]

Book Title: Saving the Seas for the Purple and Green: A Story of Cleaning Up the Ocean by Nancy CarlisleCategory: Children’s Fiction (Ages 3-7), 34 pagesGenre: Juvenile fiction/science & nature/environmentPublisher: Sage Green PressRelease date: March 2022Content Rating: G. There is nothing even close to PG or R in this book, it is totally G A […]

Book Title:  The Wrong Side of Murder (A Nikki Bryant Cozy Mystery) by Lauren CarrCategory:  Adult Fiction (18 +), 274 pagesGenre:  Mystery/Cozy MysteryPublisher:  Acorn Book ServicesRelease date:   July 21, 2022Tour dates: Aug 1 to Aug 26, 2022Content Rating: This cozy mystery is rated G for everyone! Book Description Nikki Bryant’s Next Case Takes Her to the Wrong Side […]

    Research has shown that building resilience in the face of adversity or challenges helps children and young people develop effective coping strategies and improve long-term outcomes across a spectrum of illnesses. You Are So Much More reminds children who have gone through or are going through an illness or injury, that they are […]