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First Person: Supernatural Interviews by Okisha Jackson

First Person: Supernatural Interviews by Okisha Jackson First Person: Supernatural Interviews by Okisha Jackson is a collection of religious poetry focused on a number of different themes, such as “Vanity,” “Love,” “Insecurity,” “Pride,” and others. Poems are told in the first person from the perspective of the theme, or the author, and followed by corresponding scripture. It’s a unique work that touches on religious themes in a modern-day context.

While this is a deeply religious collection, the strength of the poetry is its universality. There is, of course, mention of God and faith within the text, but when she talks of something like vanity, it is applicable […]

Naka Jackson2017-02-23T09:10:21+02:00February 23rd, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Poetry Book Reviews, Religious Book Reviews|

Magical Eyes: Dawn of the Sand by Jessica D’Agostini

Magical Eyes: Dawn of the Sand Princess Martina lives in the kingdom of Brightalia where magic is forbidden, yet she’s gifted with magical abilities. Her secret might be safe, except her brother has it out for her. When tragedy befalls the royal palace, the princess might need to reconcile with her brother in order to save the kingdom, only he has sinister intentions of his own. Teaming up with a newfound friend, a peasant boy named Enzo, they set out to save the kingdom before it falls to ruin.

Magical Eyes unfolds like a movie, with each moment vividly depicted, so it comes alive in a […]

Lysa Grant2019-01-22T11:01:05+02:00February 22nd, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews, Middle Grade Fiction Book Reviews|

Dad@Home: Fully Domesticated by Gregory J. Tysowski

Dad@Home: Fully Domesticated by Gregory J. Tysowski is a kind of “Mr. Mom” for the current generation, a time when stay-at-home fathers are becoming more and more common. Tysowski’s wife was working as a high-powered, and well-paid, lawyer, so it was decided when their first child was born that Tysowski would stay at home. The purpose of Dad@Home is not only to share his own experience, but to also show how stay-at-home fatherhood is completely normal. It’s difficult, to be sure, but so is parenting for anyone.

The book is full of amusing stories, and the common trials and stay-at-home […]

Lysa Grant2017-02-20T08:25:03+02:00February 20th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Parenting Book Reviews|

Gawain and the Green Knight by Stefan Emunds

Gawain and the Green Knight by Stefan Emunds Gawain and the Green Knight is a retelling of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” – a classic 14th-century Arthurian tale told in verse. In the story, Gawain is challenged to a duel by the Green Knight if he agrees to receive a blow in a year and a day. The Green Knight is beheaded, and Gawain goes on a quest, which tests his honor via a number of dangers and temptations.

It’s a tall order for a young fantasy author to take on a project that also has a translation by J. R. R. Tolkien and many others, as […]

James Grimsby2017-02-17T11:01:14+02:00February 17th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Fantasy Book Reviews|

Is it Well with your Soul? (Healing Series Book 1) by Dr. Thabi Molete

Is it Well with your Soul? (Healing Series Book 1) How can we conquer physical and mental pain and find spiritual peace? This self-help guide, by Southern African educator/Methodist minister Dr. Thabi Molete is dedicated to “all women whose lives have been touched by pain.”

Organized in 10 chapters, each beginning with a prayer and ending with a “reflection exercise,” Is it Well with your Soul? describes a journey that begins with a purpose and a path. We all have resources of body, mind and spirit, and we can utilize these resources in the battle to rise above spiritual desolation.

“Pain,” Molete states, “is inevitable, but misery is optional.” Pain […]

Barbara Scott2018-05-09T10:20:34+02:00February 16th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: Non-Fiction Book Reviews, Self-Help Book Reviews, Spirituality Book Reviews|

From Canaanites to Israelites by Rudolph C. Evans

From Canaanites to Israelites by Rudolph C. Evans From Canaanites to Israelites: The Journey of Ancient Near East History from Realism to Idealism by Rudolph C. Evans is an overview of the Canaanites contributions to theology, as well as their cultural and historical achievements. The Canaanites have gotten short shrift in the historical narrative, and Evans aims to alter that perception in this comprehensive work of scholarship.

Beginning a prospective work of history with “It is my belief that…” perhaps makes it less persuasive than just outlining the facts, but the research in the book is solid and thorough. Evans describes his book as a “Nietzschean interpretation of […]

Henry Baum2017-02-08T08:41:50+02:00February 8th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: History Book Reviews|

The Game Changer by Dave Dröge

The Game Changer by Dave Dröge follows the life of flamboyant Henk van Wijnen-Swarttouw, a high-powered businessman whose life is rapidly falling apart. His wife left him, his daughter is an eccentric embarrassment, his business is collapsing, and he might be headed to jail. With everything disintegrating around him, he wants to try to come to terms with at least one difficulty in his life: his activist – and exhibitionist – daughter. In doing so, he may be in danger of unraveling even further.

The novel is an ambitious and multi-layered story about art, business, environmentalism, and family, with the […]

Henry Baum2017-02-08T09:06:54+02:00February 8th, 2017|Categories: New Releases|Tags: International Fiction Book Reviews|

The Amazing Adventures of 4¢ Ned (Coinworld: Book One) by Benjamin Laskin

The Amazing Adventures of 4¢ Ned The Amazing Adventures of 4¢ Ned (Coinworld: Book One) by Benjamin Laskin is an amusing and highly imaginative novel told from the perspective of a nickel coin – you read that correctly – named Ned who’s had the misfortune of being stamped with 4¢ instead of 5. This makes him an outcast among other coins, but hot property for collectors. As coins are ever-changing, Ned learns that he has a troubling destiny, so he teams up with a ragtag group of coins to make sure the inhabitants of Coinworld never lose value.