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Review: Flotsam by Tracy Grogan

Flotsam by Tracy Grogan

Author Tracy Grogan plunges readers into an exotic and unpredictable thriller with Flotsam, the first installment of his Divemaster Ricky Mystery series. After finding one sunken corpse and witnessing a second potential murder – all in the same early morning dive – Ricky Yamamoto finds herself thrust into the middle of a deadly investigation in her personal slice of paradise.

As a scuba diving guide in a small corner of Micronesia, Ricky spends most of her days swimming with would-be adventure tourists, avoiding expats and reveling in the freedom that her nomad existence has finally granted. However, when the […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2022-11-08T18:12:01+02:00December 1st, 2021|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Thriller Book Reviews|

Review: Ezekiel’s Awakening Into Light by Aubrey Wharton

Ezekiel's Awakening Into Light by Aubrey Wharton

Take an eye-opening journey through the trials of spiritual enlightenment with Ezekiel’s Awakening Into Light by Aubrey Wharton, a thoughtful meditation on following your own unique path.

Ezekiel left his life and love behind to become a devotee of an ashram on the other side of the world, but it didn’t take long before he struck out again on his own, to the great chagrin and rebuke of his brother monks. Leaving his two-man transcendental band behind, Ezekiel embarked on a “journey to nowhere” – more specifically, to Florida, abandoning the life of pure asceticism and brotherhood for solitude and […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2021-11-30T05:10:05+02:00November 28th, 2021|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Visionary Fiction Book Reviews|

Review: Crossing the Digital Faultline by Sri Manchala

Crossing the Digital Faultline by Sri Manchala

A modern guru of technological and societal dynamism, author Sri Manchala delivers a powerful and cutting-edge leadership manual in Crossing the Digital Faultline: 10 Rules Of Highly Successful Leaders In Digitalization.

Laid out in four intuitively ordered sections that explain the new paradigm of leadership, outlining rules for success, defining the personality of a methodical innovator, and laying out a path for applying the book’s critical lessons, Manchala makes it easy to consume his wide breadth of knowledge. From shifting consumer preferences and new avenues of digital access to disruptive technologies, evolving supply chains, international competition, and startup culture, […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2022-01-05T03:08:26+02:00November 24th, 2021|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Business Book Reviews, Leadership Book Reviews|

Review: No. 7: The Date by Nandita Banerjee

No. 7 The Date by Nandita Banerjee

Author Nandita Banerjee delivers yet another tangled knot of family drama with No. 7: The Date, the second installment of this eerie and thoughtfully crafted series.

Still reeling from her newly upended life, and the consequences of her husband’s sinister cabal activities, Priya must muddle through the aftermath of ghostly encounters, controlling relatives, natural disasters, unwanted advances, and even her son’s marriage proceedings in an endless quest to find peace. Armed with quiet perseverance, she must hold her family together on opposite sides of the world, all while juggling a dangerous and growing list of secrets – about her husband, […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2022-01-04T11:45:16+02:00November 17th, 2021|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Contemporary Fiction Book Reviews, Paranormal Book Reviews|

Review: The Story of You by Gerald Schaefer

The Story of You by Gerald Schaefer

In The Story of You, a brightly illustrated book for thoughtful children, author Gerald Schaefer finds straightforward yet colorful ways to help overcome many of life’s negative moments.

Schaefer opens his story with a welcome to our world of flowers, hummingbirds, and other natural phenomena, which help to build the notion of the connectedness of all life. He states that trees and flowers, for example, “appreciate” being looked at; our gaze perks them up in various ways, and makes us feel good, too. Inside each of us is another self, an “invisible you,” Schaefer reveals; though it can’t be […]

SPR2021-12-07T03:49:22+02:00November 17th, 2021|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Children's Book Reviews|

Review: Calm for Surgery by Dr. Chris Bonney MD FANZCA

Calm for Surgery by Dr. Chris Bonney

With experience-based information and a lively sense of humor and humanity, Dr. Chris Bonney, doctor of anesthesiology, advises readers on how to have the greatest success, fewest pains and fears, when anticipating and undergoing surgery, in Calm for Surgery: SuperTips for a Smooth Recovery.

Dr. Bonney explains that there are a number of major issues with which a prospective surgery patient might be grappling: general anxiety, fear of needles, worries about pain, and nervousness about being in a hospital setting without a sense of personal control. To some extent these anxieties are justified by the myriad possibilities, such as […]

SPR2021-12-22T07:33:56+02:00November 15th, 2021|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Health Book Reviews|

Review: Pink Gallery to Mar Suite by Chris Leite

Pink Gallery to Mar Suite by Chris Leite

Author Christopher Leite drops readers into the mind of a ruthless android in Pink Gallery to Mar Suite, a grim and bloody novel of revenge, lust, and the existential angst of an AI assassin.

In this gritty slice of the future, ICQA-1037 is just a hard-working robot killer trying to get laid after four long years, but his standards are high, his patience is thin, and his temper seems perpetually ready to boil over and explode. Being one of the most advanced forms of technology on the planet doesn’t make up for his loneliness, or confusion at the petty […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2021-12-21T07:24:52+02:00November 9th, 2021|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Science Fiction Book Reviews|

Review: Verónica: A Musketeer’s Story by Jody Studdard

A rip-roaring adventure about the life and times of the first female Musketeer, Jody Studdard’s middle-grade novel Verónica: A Musketeer’s Story is sure to enchant and inspire readers of all ages.

Eighteen-year-old Verónica Espinosa hails from a family of top-notch male matador champions, so she has a lot to prove as a young woman in the ring. After a poor showing during a bullfight, she flees her home in shame and disgrace, fearing that she has dishonored her relatives. She wanders from place to place, meeting nasty banditos, exploring ancient pyramids, conversing with fortune tellers and spirits, and trying her […]

Michelle Hogmire2021-12-14T03:41:21+02:00November 2nd, 2021|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Middle Grade Fiction Book Reviews, YA Fantasy Book Reviews|