Book Reviews

The best part of book reviewing is getting to linger a little longer with a story. I love thinking about what stayed with me, discovering the characters and ideas that made me pause, and finding the words to explain why a book mattered to me. Even better is sharing that experience with other readers and perhaps helping someone discover their next favorite book. For me, reviewing is simply another way of celebrating the stories I love. Reviews are organized by the author’s last name.

30 Essential Yoga  Poses

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Fierce Girls  Mike Adams

The Dog Decoder David Alderton

The Unwomanly Face of War Svetlana Alexievich 
Leading from the Roots   Dr. Kathleen E. Allen

Watercolor Summer Nan Corbitt Allen
Rags to Rags  Cas Amato

The Seven Little Sisters Jane Andrews

My Hearing, My Way, Dr. Stacey Armas

HUMANKIND: Changing the World One Small Act At a Time  Brad Aronson

Jane Austen The Collectible Edition Series  

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The Wilkes Insurrection Robbie Bach

Each Little Lie   Tom Bale
Slave Stealers True Accounts of Slave Rescues Then and Now  Timothy Ballard 
The Fifth Era of Man  Joshua Banker

Home Hydroponics Tyler Baras

All New Square Foot Gardening Mel Bartholomew
The Lighthouse Book    Barnes & Noble Books

You Were Not Born to Suffer Blake Bauer
Kat's Rats  Michel Beals
Home Life Around the World   Anita Martinez Beijer

Blow the Lid Off Robert Belle

Unfettered Journey Gary Bengier

Blood and Silver Vali Benson
Dream When You're Feeling Blue Elizabeth Berg

Blind Spots  Dr. Kimberly Nix Berens
Bark if You Love Me Louise Bernikow

Leaving How I Set Myself Free from an Abusive Marriage Kanchan Bhaskar

Birdbrains 

American Wolf A True Story of Survival and Obsession in the West Nate Blakeslee

The Book of Unusual Knowledge
Survivors Club  Michael Bornstein
The Palm Reader   Christopher Bowron

Melody Finch  Ian Boyd and Gary Luck 
White Chrysanthemum Mary Lynn Bracht
The Animals Among Us  John Bradshaw
Dark Chains  Latasha Braxton

The Road Ahead    Hali C. Broncucia
Jane Eyre   Charlotte Bronte

Pandora Succession Russell Brooks

Treading the Uneven Road L.M. Brown
The Stolen Generation  N.A. Brun

The Quilter's Daughter Wanda Brunstetter
Muscle Car Barn Finds  Ryan Brutt

Healing Joints and Nerves Thomas E. Buchheit
Far Away and Further Back   Patrick Burns

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Ink and Bone Rachel Caine

Let's Skip the Bull Daryl Calfee

The Colonel and the Bee Patrick Canning

Family in Six Tones   Lan Cao and Harlan Margaret Van Cao
Things you can't un-see  essays  Sarahbeth Caplin
Purgatorium J.H. Carnathan

Where Do You Hang Your Hammock? Bella Mahaya Carter

Aura Krisley Jior Castillo
O Pioneers  Willa Cather

The Road To Vermilion Lake  Vic Cavalli

Longfellow's Wayside Inn a Camera Impression  Samuel Chamberlain

The Shawdowmaker T.J. Champitto
Chats with God in Underwear Eduardo Chapunoff 

A Cry in the Night Mary Higgins Clark

Where are the Children     Mary Higgins Clark

Walking Over Eggshells Lucinda Clarke

Beneath the Same Stars Phyllis Cole-Dai

The Legend of the Season: Magic of the Pearls Christine Conforti

Dragon's Jaw         Stephen Coonts and Barrett Tillman

Watercolor Summer Nan Allen Corbitt

Mastering Your Scenes J.A. Cox
Manga Art Mark Crilley
Suffering Ends When Awakening Begins Robert Crown
A Well-Crafted Home   Janet Crowther

Plant Coach Nick Cutsumpas

Lucky Star Holly Curtis
Decoding Dylan  Jim Curtis

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A Story About Pizza Erica Darcangelo

Kicking Grass Taking Games  Maddi Davidson

Salt & Light the Complete Jesus Johnothan Geoffrey Dean

The Short Stories of  De Maupassant Book League of America
Ascendant   J.S. Devey

Maps of Bliss and Rage by Mario Dhingsa

Bully Brother Craig M. Dial

A Christmas Carol  Charles Dickens

The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson

The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion

John Dietrich and Other Tales of Germany

Nailing It: How History's Awesome Twentysomethings Got It Together Robert L. Dilenschneider

Big Dogs S.L. Ditmars

A Lasting Imprint Frederick Douglass

Crossroads Steve Doherty

Rebecca Daphne du Maurier  Autumn Whispers at Manderley 

Cast No Shadow Brandon Dragan

Echoes of Understorey Thoraiya Dyer

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A Sparrow Alone Mim Eichmann
The Plant-Lore and Garden-Craft of Shakespeare Henry N. Ellacombe

INFERTILITY: The Unspoken Hurdles K.T. Ellie

Last Flight Out Robert Eringer
The Mistletoe Promise  Paul Evans

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What Fall Away Mia Farrow
Light the Dark, Writer's on Creativity, Inspiration, and the Artistic Process   Joe Fassler

Advanced Wallet Life Support Joshua Feblowitz MD, MS, and Paul Jansson MD, MS MS

Meeting Jesus in The Holy Land Ignatius Fernandez
A Secret Garden Katie Fforde
A Vintage Wedding by Katie Fforde

Sing of the Nile Hannah Fielding
Surrendered Stories with Photographs   Kristin Fouquet

Love Across the Divide  Krystal Ford
Vic Boyo: Doofus Detective   Milo James Fowler
Surrendered Stories with photographs Kristin Fouquet

The Unbelievable Death of Joseph Goldberg & other stories by Oliver Franks

Again. Again and Again, Awakening into Awareness -Essays and Stories Mathias B. Freese

Nina's Memento Mori Mathias B. Freese

Straw Shoes Mathias B. Freese

Here She Is   Hilary Levey Friedman

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 The Outsider by Ann Gabhart Mom's take

The House in the Middle of the Street Jennifer Sklais-Gahan 

Winning Streak: Tales and Trivia of the 40 Most Popular Board Games John-Michael Gariepy

Leading Lady, Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker  Stephen Galloway
In The Shadow Of War    Patrick M. Garry

My Blue Lamb Martine Gaudissart

The Season of My Mother Marcia Gay Harden 
Kitchen Herbs   Sal Gelbertie

Ham's Heaven  Ori Gersht

Our Lady of Artilects Andrew Gillsmith

What the Dog Saw Malcolm Gladwell

The Well of Truth Stories of Spirit Elizabeth A. Gould
In Service to Love Darlene Green

Dune Road Jane Green
One Groovy Summer Rocky Gregory
Legacy of One-Room Schools Myrna J. Grove   Author Presentation
Thinking Like a Mountain R. Edward Grumbine

Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea Jessica Guerrieri 

In the Sweet By an By  Catherine Ritch Guess

H

The Women Kristin Hannah

No Little Choices Erin Walsh Hardesty and Michael Blass

Tess of the Durbervilles Thomas Hardy
Minik: The New York Eskimo  Kenn Harper

Where We Belong The Museum of Forgotten Memories Anstey Harris
Lily White in Detroit  Cynthia Harrison
Chronicles of the Anti-Christ  J.M. Harrison

Pigskin David Harley

I Went Down to St. James Infirmary Robert W. Harwood
Dark Alignment  David Haskel
Envy & Favor  Faye Hall
Winter of the Wolf Martha Hunt Handler

Tess of the D'Urbervilles Thomas Hardy

Pigskin   David Hartley

I Went Down to St James Infirmary Robert W.Harwood 

Laugh, Cry, Rewind Judy Haveson

Moody Black Chick A Collection of Poems by Maggie Hawkins

Hidden History of Toledo Lou Herbert 

The Event Horizon Murder Greg Hickey

Parabellum  Greg Hickey

To Build a Dream Greg Hickey

A Cry in the Night Mary Higgins Clark  Podcast

How Far Is Far? Peter Hilty

The Outsiders S.E. Hinton
Fylgia Birgitta Hjalmarson

Knee Deep  Karol Hoeffner

The Anxiety Relief Coloring Book for Adults Kara Holmes

Just to the Right of the Stove Elisabeth Horan
3 Hour Dad Reading is Believing Adam T Hourlution 

The Space in Between  Signe Myers Hovem
The Forgotten Family of Liverpool  Pam Howes
The Young Guard     E. W. Hornung
Nourished  Lia Huber

Incandescent Visions Lee Hudspeth

Brave New World Aldous Huxley Podcast


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Love and Death In Old Brooklyn Charles S. Isaacs - interview

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On Wahoo Reef Tim Jackson

The Secret of Rosalita Flats   Tim Jackson

Eighteen Jenny Jaeckel

Apartment Kitchen Gardening James Jacques

Supernatural Slayer  Devyn Jayse
The Tea Planter's Wife Dinah Jefferies
Finding Comfort During Hard Times Earl Johnson
The Book of American Negro Poetry James Weldon Johnson

Dry Heat Len Joy

Everyone Dies Famous  Len Joy

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What the River Knows Aysha Khan

Leaving Jackson Wolf P.A. Kane

Then Again Diane Keaton

The Whyte Python World Tour Travis Kennedy

Burial Rites   Hannah Kent

The Long Road to Cullaville Boris Kester

House of the Customer Greg Kihlström

Working from Home: Slacker to Superstar by J.S. Kirby

Into Thin Air  Jon Krakauer
The New Outdoor Kitchen Deborah Krasner

The Still Point Kevin Krenitsky MD

Dyatlov Pass Mystery NOT A Cold Case Henning Kuersten

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The Things We Learn When We're Dead  Charlie Laidlaw

One-Match Fire  Paul Lamb

Parent Imperfect Paul Lamb

A Career is a Promise Robin Landa

The New Art Of Ideas Robin Landa

Strategic Creativity: A Business Field Guide to Advertising, Branding, and Design Robin Landa

Positive Moves Angela Lansbury
Bombshell Ludwig Leidig

VOICE Stephan Martin Lendi

Never In Finer Company   Edward G. Lengel

Om for the Home Carrie Leskowitz
Mona Ashleigh  Richard Levine

Collection of Beverly Lewis
Smokey The Brave  Damien Lewis
The Colourless Kitty Lewis     Author Interview
The  Last Mermaid Princess Lily Lewis
Beyond The Serpent Hills Kitty Lewis 
The  Last Mermaid Princess Lily Lewis

Aspire Higher Ken Lindner

Seeking the Lord Keon Lindsey

Still on Fire Renee Linnell
 Poe   Nancy Loewen
Justice Gone  N. Lombardi Jr

The Song of Hiawatha by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Pearls of Daily Life Antonia Loschner
Beyond the Red Carpet Debbra Lynn

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Ellen Coral McCallum

Death of a Messenger Rober McCaw

Retribution  Robert McCaw

Teacher Man Frank McCourt

My Favorite Husband Pat McCutcheon

The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder  Marta McDowell
Purrfection Sophie Macheteau
The Luck of the Bride  Janna MacGregor

The Open-Air Life by Linda Åkeson Mcgurk

Scars That Never Heal Latoya McPherson

How to Make Curry Goat  Louise McStravick  
Daring to Hope   Katie Davis Majors
Lady, It's Cold Outside  Deb Marlowe
Surviving the Twenties Transformation K.L. Martin
Strange But True Tales of Car Collecting Keith Martin

Victorian Songlight Dr. Kathy Martone
Sea of Hope  Penelope Marzec

The Child Wore Pearls Morgan Matthews

Short Stories of De Maupassant, The Book League Of America Guy Deaupssant

The Mermaid Who Couldn't Pick a Tail Dane Maxwell

Hard to Heal Wound Alvin May, MD
The Artisan Heart  Dean Mayes
From Foster Care To Millionaire  Cody McLain

Lucile Owen Meridith

Clouds: love poems from above the fray Jon Meyer

Where No One Should Live Cavallo Miller
They Came for Freedom Jay MilbrandtBeginner's Garden    Alex Mitchell
The Tunnels   Greg Mitchell

Wonderland and the Spellbound Spirit Kirsty Mitchell

From Survival to Service Dr. Melissa L. Mitchell

The Traveler of Truth America's First Superhero, The Sojourner Truth Story Gee Monte

A Light  In The Desert   Anne Butler Montgomery- interview
Kitty's Magic 1 Misty the Scared Kitten Ella Moonheart

Tanks and Tractors: A Tale of Bravery and Bond Mac Moonstone

Not so long ago  Lloyd Morris
Aerial Geology  Mary Caperton Morton
Losing Normal  Francis Moss
Girl Talk  Jacqueline Mroz

Code Girls, The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II  Liz 
Mundy
Dead Man Dreaming by Uday Mukerji 

Womans Work Sylvia Mulholland

Snitchland Tim Mulligan

Witchland Tim Mulligan

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The Finest Lies David J Naiman
Nature's Allies   Larry Nielsen

The Boy Who Jumped to the Moon Susy Nieves Dianderas

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No One Will Hear Your Screams Thomas O'Callaghan
Walking with Peety   Eric O'Grey
Befriended   Ruth O'Neill

Hazard Cosmin Onofrei

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Unlock Your Creativity Ron Pacer

The Never Dawn  R. E. Palmer
The Legacy Letters   Carew Papritz

The Reilly Thanksgiving Invitation Story Brent Parrott and Bryan Renfro

The Secret Garden Growing Delicious Food for Essential Living Susan Patterson

Build a Better Day for Success Lynn-Lock Payne

My Life on Earth and Elsewhere by Peggy Payne

Heaven's Open Book   Sheldon Peart

Let Me Tell You About Jasper Dana Perino

Fostered One Woman's Powerful StoryTori Hope Petersen
Mistakes By the Lake Brian Petkash

Pets in Space 6

Kekionga Series Jim Pickett

The Tell-Tale Heart   Edgar Allan Poe

Liquid Shades of Blue James Polkinghorn

Polar Peril Margaret Pollock

Russian Fairytales Marie Ponsot

Don't Shoot Your Future Self   Eric Power
The East Country Jules Pretty
Ansel Adams  Barry Pritzker

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Hounds of the Underworld The Path of Ra Book 1 Dan Rabarts and Lee Murray

The Girl in The Red Boots  Judith Ruskay Rabinor

Cheat Sheets for Life   Ayesha Ratnayake 

Love Your Life Workbook Ayesha Ratnayake
The Kissing Booth Beth Reekles
The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables Catherine Reid

The Goodbye Family Lorin Morgan-Richards

The Serpent and the Eagle Edward Rickford
The Silk Weaver's Wife  Debbie Rix
The Practical Rock & Water Garden Peter Robinson

Warspace Jay Rodan

The Extraordinary Ordinary Natalie Rodriguez

The Knot Truly Yours Carley Roney

The Invisible Ladder - edited by Liz Rosenberg
Commonality Games  Mark Rounds

Assassin's Lullaby Mark Rubinstein

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The Little Book of Stoicism Jonas Salzgeber

Passe Partout Stephen Sanders

Stick Pick Steven Sandor

Our Time is Up Roberta Satow
Fish Eyes for Pearls Masha Lee Savitz

Demons Time Race to the 7th Sunset Varun Sayal

Invincika (Superheroes of the Multiverse) Varun Sayal

Hitler's Last Plot Ian Sayer and Jeremy Dronfield

The Best that Can Happen  Kathleen Schmitt

Daddy's Girl by Michael Schnabel
The Watchmaker's Doctor G M T Schuilling
Garden Renovation  Bobbie Schwartz 

Storytelling with Charts Sam Schreim
The Reluctant Courtship of Jack Allan by Dayle King Searle

Threads of Yoga Pamela Seelig
Features In Faith Blake Sebring 
Homecoming Game  Blake Sebring    Authors Q & A
The Lake Effect  Blake Sebring
Lethal Ghost Blake Sebring

Lethal Family Blake Sebring
Lethal Justice Blake Sebring

Tao Calligraphy Zhi Gang Sha

Dougie & V: The Story of a Flower and a Tree Ben Sharony and Carly Jo Carson

Armed Men and Armadillos  John Earl Sharp

The Wolf with Crimsom Eyes John Earl Sharp

Leonard William Shatner

The Daedalus Protocol Jeff Sheckter

Frankenstein Mary Shelley

Tao Calligraphy to Heal and Rejuvenate Your Back Master Zhi Gang Sha

The Noble Adventures of Beryl and Carol by Jeremy Sherr

The  Joy of Living   Barry Shore

Sibley Birds of Land Sea and Sky   David Allen Sibley

A Sweet Mother's Warriors Prayers Jenn Simmons and Sandy Bohac 
Gaijin Sarah Z. Sleeper
The Woman Without a Voice   Louise Farmer Smith

Breach Kelly Soko

Ishmael E.D.E.N. Southworth

The First Time Gardener Growing Vegetables  Jessica Sowards

Androcide and China Girl  Erec Stebbins
Of Mice and Men  John Steinbeck
Wolf   Herbert J. Stern and Alan A. Winter

A Journey of Perspective Dune Stewart

Between Before and After Jessica Stilling

Box of Birds, Stephen Stowers, M.D.

Moths of the Limberlost Gene Stratton Porter

Hacking Life After 50 James Sturtevant and Mark Barnes
48 Peaks   Cheryl Suchors
Ideas for Great Floors Sunset Books

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The Runaway Children   Sandy Taylor

She Seduced Me: A Love Affair with Rome Mark Tedesco
The Truth About Gretchen   Alretha Thomas

A High Performing Mind Andrew D. Thompson
We Stood Upon Stars  Roger Thompson

The Unlikely Art of Parental Pressure Dr. Chris Thurber and Dr. Hendrie Weisinger
Daddy Day Care Jonathan Tindale
Mayan Civilization  Michael Torres

Subsurface History of Humanity Victor Torvich

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The Unusual Book Of Knowledge

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Confess: The Untold Story of Dorothy Good Juliette Van der Molen

The Assumption of Death By Anthony David Vernon

My Dentist is a Superhero Brandon Villar 

Life Lessons Bob Violino

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Soul in the Storm Nancy Wagaman

The Paper Tiger Syndrome Rebecca Ward

Children of Wrath T.A. Ward

Heirloom Vegetable Gardening  William Woys Weaver
One More Moon Ralph Webster

The Other Mrs. Samson  Ralph Webster

Heart Medicine Radhule Weininger, MD, PhD

Is the Algorithm Plotting Against Us? Kenneth Wenger

Night Elie Wiesel

The French Baker's War  Michael Whatling
Four Paws From Heaven  M.R. Wells, Kris Young, Connie Fleishauer
The Naturlist's Notebook Nathaniel Wheelwright and Bernd Heinrick
Junk Beautiful Outdoor Edition Susan Whitney and Kimberly Melamed

The Complete Poetical Words of John Greenleaf Whittier

My Quest for a Silver Lining Adeline Wiener

Night Elie Wiesel

The Girl Who Came Back    Kerry Wilkinson
AndroDigm Park 2067  JMG Williamson

The Sound of Violet  Allen Wolf

The Dragons Glare T.J.  Wolf and L.M. Wolf
Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days  Andrea Wilson Woods

Winter Tales Eugène-Melchior de Vogüé translated by Patricia Worth

The Evolution of Human Motivation John V. Wylie, MD

What Heals the Heart Karen Wyle

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Onions  CY Young

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Suppose Muscle Suppose Night Suppose This In August  Danielle Zaccagnino

The Healing Power of Essential Oils Dr. Eric Zielinsky

The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry Gabrille Zevin

The Pace Process for Early Career Success Mark Zides

Top Gun 50 Years of Naval Air Superiority Dwight Jon Zimmerman 

Children's Books

Poetry

Comics & Graphic Novels

Gardening 

Military/War 

Holiday

Cat  and Dogs