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Review: The Priest Whisperer by Stefan Emunds ★★★★

The Priest Whisperer by Stefan Emunds, is spiritual fiction that delves into deep subject matters, such as how does one explain the unexplainable, and whether reality is actually “real.”

George Mykal Ferluci is a priest who lives in Philadelphia. One afternoon, he experiences a vision that shakes his reality. The vision has such a profound impact on George that he begins to question his very existence and world view.

What to do? How do I get to the bottom of this? I couldn’t think of anyone I could ask for help. I was worried people would call me crazy. I

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Review: Lessons From The Edge of Life by Kyle Garlett ★★★★★

Kyle Garlett Kyle Garlett is a four-time cancer survivor, and a survivor of the many illnesses caused by the cancer treatments he has taken off and on since his first cancer appeared when he was a junior in high school. Lessons From The Edge of Life, however, is not a cancer memoir. (I understand that he has written a story of his cancer experience, and though I have not read it, if it is anything like this book, it is a well-written and captivating read.) This book, though, is so much more than that. Here Garlett’s cancer is used only as […]

Cate Baum2015-09-09T08:11:03+02:00August 6th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Non-Fiction Book Reviews, Self-Help Book Reviews|

Review: Shadows of Us by L. N. Nino ★★★★

Shadows of Us: A Novel by L. N. Nino In the gated community of the financial elite that makes up the Commonwealth of Richford Isles, William Schoenhausen, a naïve teenage heir to the Bernhard Schoenhausen fortune and legacy, begins a new term at the prestigious Richtown University. Looking for a way to show himself as worthy, mostly through a cunning scheme of odds and academic adulation, his easy-street plans are quashed when the school’s most popular girl, Julia Rechstaadt, happens to enrol in the school’s least popular course, an enrollment chosen as key part of Will’s scheme of flattery.

When every boy with intentions on Julia follows in their […]

James Grimsby2015-09-03T11:10:56+02:00August 5th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Literary Fiction Book Reviews|

Review: Give Me Your Answer True by Suanne Laqueur ★★★★★

Give Me Your Answer True, by Suanne Laqueur, is in a word: outstanding.

Three years after Daisy Bianco survives the Lancaster shootings and is abandoned by the love of her life, she’s on the brink of completely destroying her body and soul. The only way she can escape her mental anguish is by cutting her own skin to unleash the pressure and guilt.

John “Opie” Quillis, an old friend reenters her life just in time. Daisy finds a therapist who helps her delve deep into her own thoughts and feelings to search for a safe passage to overcoming past […]

T B Markinson2015-09-04T09:22:59+02:00August 5th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Romance Book Reviews|

Review: Lily’s Story by Don Gutteridge ★★★★★

Lily's Story Lily’s Story, by Don Gutteridge, shows the power of teaching history through the eyes of one woman.

Lily, born in the backwoods of Lambton County, Ontario, enters the world in 1840. Frontier living isn’t for the weak. But life has much more in store for Lily. During her long lifetime she witnesses the rise of railroad rivalries, the discovery of oil at Petrolia, the Prince of Wales’ grand tour in 1860, the Underground Railroad sending liberated slaves to Canada, the Riel Rebellions, the birth of a nation, World War I, and the influenza pandemic. Over the decades, she marries […]

T B Markinson2021-01-20T06:15:12+02:00August 4th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Historical Fiction Book Reviews|

Review: The Haunted Trail: The War of the Dublin Woods by John C. Lukegord ★★★

The Haunted Trail: The war of the Dublin Woods by John C. Lukegord Following the reign of terror that was McRandle, killer of the Dublin docks, horror strikes the Irish town once more. In the year of 1892 the woods of Dublin become host to a brutal murder of a budding couple who dare enter it. Ignoring local superstitions, the two trespass into cursed land, and discover the truth behind the dreaded place, at the expense of their lives at the hands of the escaped lunatics of the local asylum.

Concurrently, after outwitting McRandle, Mick Patrician has made it his life purpose to destroy and remove the evil that lurks in the Woods. […]

James Grimsby2015-08-24T02:58:19+02:00August 4th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Horror Book Reviews|

Review: Olga by Ted Kelsey ★★★★★

Olga, written by Ted Kelsey and illustrated by Dillon Samuelson, is an exciting novel for children that will captivate readers of all ages.

Jack and Sally are typical twelve-year-olds who experience the most extraordinary journey when they see a strange figure dancing in a dark field near their homes. They decide to investigate, and are whisked away to a mysterious cloud castle where they discover unfriendly giants who are plotting to invade Jack’s and Sally’s world. Can they escape from the giants and stop their nefarious plan?

Ted Kelsey has done a marvelous job crafting a story that will […]

T B Markinson2019-01-22T11:01:27+02:00August 4th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Action and Adventure Book Reviews, Children's Book Reviews, Fantasy Book Reviews, Middle Grade Fiction Book Reviews|

Review: A Bed of Barley Straw by Sam Russell ★★★★

barley A Bed of Barley Straw: Volume 1 of the Draymere Hall Series, by Sam Russell, delves into her characters’ minds exposing their innermost thoughts, fears, and desires.

Hettie Redfern tends the stables of Lord Melton’s English estate. A traumatic relationship left her scarred and mistrustful of men.

Alexander Melton, the middle brother, returns home after serving in Afghanistan. His rocky relationship with his mother has turned him into a mistrustful and jealous man.

When their worlds collide, there are sparks. But will it lead to romance or destruction?

Alexander is a tough nut to crack, and even harder to […]

T B Markinson2015-08-18T06:30:32+02:00July 30th, 2015|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Romance Book Reviews|