Review: Finding Maslow by Susan Lee Walberg ★★★★
Walberg’s writing is clean and precise, and she shows great empathy for all of […]
B The EXXtinction by Santiago Mantilla
As in many dystopian fantasies, there’s a kernal of truth to what […]
Thirty Days to Thirty by Courtney Psak
Thirty Days to Thirty is a fun and emotionally-charged novel about a woman who’s just approaching thirty who loses everything: In the space of a few hours she gets fired from her job and then finds her boyfriend of six years has been cheating on her. Just when she thought her whole life was coming together and she was on the right track, everything falls apart, and instead finds herself living again with her parents. And so she gets innovative: she finds an old list of things she hoped to accomplish before she turned thirty, and with a few friends […]
Review: Momster by Laura Jensen-Kimball
★★★★½ 
Momster is a delightful and instructive children’s book about the value of listening and doing your chores – the main value is not turning your mom into a Momster: a screaming, clawing beast with cloven feet and a dragon’s tail.
In spirited rhyme, Momster begins with a boy standing in a playground warning the other kids about the terrible Momster. When his mom asks him to help with the groceries, “It didn’t sound important so I finished the cartoon- Mom called a few more times and then she barked like a baboon!” things escalate from there. Eventually the boy […]
Review: Living Fulfilled by Lisa Thomas-McMillan ★★★★★
What makes Lisa Thomas-McMillan such an effective narrator is that she literally walks the walk. The book is punctuated by two long walks – one in Alabama, and a 900-miled […]
Blue Sky (The Morrow Girls Series Book 2) by D. Bryant Simmons
Their intertwining stories are harrowing and tragic in many […]
Review: With New Eyes by Heidi Siefkas ★★★★
In clear and eloquent prose, Siefkas […]
Juliet’s Journey by Kathy Gates
Juliet’s Journey by Kathy Gates is a delightful and comforting novella about traveling outside your country and your comfort zone. Juliet is a thirty-year-old graphic designer who decides to volunteer at an art school in the tiny village of Baiardo (a real place, the pictures of Baiardo are astounding). As sometimes can only happen in an exotic locale, Juliet learns to open up and be more comfortable with herself and her past.
The journey is one for the reader as well. Some books are beach reads because they’re page turners that quickly pass the time. Juliet’s Journey is like a […]