Title: The Mime Author: Tommy Tutalo Publisher: Self-published Publication date: March 21, 2022 Genre: MG/YA, Fantasy One Sentence Summary: Following the deaths of her parents, Florina becomes mute, but, thanks to an evil magician, ends up on a magical, dangerous journey with a group of performers to save her world and find her voice. Overall The … Continue reading Book Review: The Mime by Tommy Tutalo
Title: On a Blue Moon (The Daughters of Firth Tales #1) Author: Willow Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: February 3, 2022 Genre: Fantasy While Sam is canoeing on a wilderness lake in Canada he’s abducted and taken to a moon deep in space. Sam’s near death when a young girl, Willow, saves his life. Later, he … Continue reading Book Highlight: On a Blue Moon by Willow
Title: Six Feet Apart: Love in Quarantine Author: Elena Greyrock Publisher: Self-published Publication date: September 5, 2020 Genre: Romance One Sentence Summary: After a chance socially distant meeting, Luna and Stryker form a romance that burns hot, but secrets could spell disaster for them. Overall Six Feet Apart: Love in Quarantine is set in 2025 in … Continue reading Book Review: Six Feet Apart: Love in Quarantine by Elena Greyrock
Title: Esperanza Author: Tommy Tutalo Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: January 2, 2018 Genre: Multicultural Fiction Three journals left behind by Gabriela, after her untimely death, for her daughter, Sarita, a young adult, become windows into the past. The past then becomes alive, as Sarita reads through the journals, and learns more about the life of … Continue reading Book Highlight: Esperanza by Tommy Tutalo
Title: The Unfettered Child Author: Michael C. Sahd Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: August 28, 2019 Genre: Fantasy Her tribe is shattered. Her parents are gone. When eight-year-old Samara faces the capture of her tribe, an unimaginable power awakens within her. Even as this magic threatens to consume her, a disembodied voice intervenes, offering guidance and … Continue reading Book Highlight: The Unfettered Child by Michael C. Sahd
Title: Piano Zen Author: Thomas Rheingans Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: February 7, 2022 Genre: Fantasy, Children's Piano Zen is a fantasy story about an eleven-year-old boy named William Longfellow Emerson who takes piano lessons with a friendly but eccentric Piano Zen teacher named Rosa Carreño.Rosa lives and teaches Piano Zen lessons in the Gate Lodge … Continue reading Book Highlight: Piano Zen by Thomas Rheingans
Title: Of Magpies and Men Author: Ode Ray Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: February 2, 2021 Genre: Mystery & Thriller Can any good come of longings that a person can never satisfy? If so, good for whom?Two corpses wash ashore in a picturesque Italian village, the violence that put them there is bound to a long-held … Continue reading Book Highlight: Of Magpies and Men by Ode Ray
Title: Adventus Author: Andrew Mowere Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: September 1, 2018 Genre: Fantasy “What can you do when so many people arrive at your doorstep, bleeding and begging for their lives?”“You pretend that they’re not people and that you can’t help.” The elf portal in Yotaku has opened in earnest. Moreover, another portal has … Continue reading Book Highlight: Adventus by Andrew Mowere
Today I have reviews for two very different books. One is a science fiction thriller that reads like an action thriller movie and the other is a fictional account of a group of people who live in and around LA. I must say I'm not much for the action genre of movies, so, while I … Continue reading Book Reviews: Upgrade by Blake Crouch and Revolution by David Dorrough
Title: The Mermaids Melt at Dawn Author: Grendolyn Peach Soleil Publisher: Self-published Publication Date: July 20, 2020 Genre: Fantasy, Folklore Faraway, on the edge of a sapphire sea, there’s a fabled island where Cajun folklore meets Greek mythology, where the bayou meets the sea, and where humans meet mermaids. On the surface, The Mermaids Melt … Continue reading Book Highlight: The Mermaids Melt at Dawn by Grendolyn Peach Soleil
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