A Girl Behind Dark Glasses/ A Girl in One Room by Jessica Taylor-Bearman

Buy on Amazon From a darkened world, bound by four walls, a young woman called Jessica tells the tale of her battle against the M.E Monster. The severest form of a neuro immune disease called Myalgic Encephalomyelitis went to war with her at just 15 years old. From beneath her dark glasses, Jessica glimpses a […]

Book Review: People of the Canyons by Kathleen O’Neal Gear and W Michael Gear

People of the Canyons is number twenty-six (!) in the Gears’ sweeping forays into North America’s epic deep past. Canyons visits the American Southwest, whose the tribes dwell amidst cave and canyon. As always, the trademark spirituality of the series shines through.  The Blessed Sun Leather Hand- a Powerful witch cursed by a even more […]

Book Review: Hauntology by Merlin Coverley

This book wasn’t what I expected from reading the description. I was expecting a look at actual ghost stories and tales of haunting, and how the spectral influences the corporeal. Instead, I found myself introduced to a fascinating philosophy that I was wholly unfamiliar with. This notion of how the past ‘haunts’ the present resonated […]

Writing Tools

Blogging for Authors by Barb Drozdowich Blogging for Authors by Barb Drozdowich is part of the Building Blocks series for writers. As the title suggests, this book focuses on blogging. Among the topics covered are why authors should bother blogging, the different types of platforms offered, finding topics, and extra tools and tricks for blogging. […]

Graphic Novels #2

How I Broke Up With My Colon  by Nick Seluk How I Broke Up With My Colon  by Nick Seluk is a collection of 24 tales so unusual they border on unbelievable. Each story is told through comic frames, with different art styles. I worked in a hospital many many moons ago and came across […]

Manga Redux

Aria: The Masterpiece, Vol 1 by Kozue Amano ‘On the planet Aqua, a world once known as Mars, Akari Mizunashi has just made her home in the town of Neo-Venezia, a futuristic imitation of the ancient city of Venice. In pursuit of her dream to become an Undine — a gondolier who leads high-end tours […]

Little People, Big Dreams Redux Sippo

Astrid Lindgren by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Astrid Lindgren by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara explores the life of this Sweden author. At a young age, Astrid became enraptured by the magic inherent in books. From a simple square of bound paper with little markings covering them, came faeries, Giants, lands to explore, exotic people to […]

Little People, Big Dreams Redux

Harriet Tubman by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Vegara’s Harriet Tubman takes a look at one of the Civil War era’s greatest heroines. Born into a life of slavery, Tubman grew up into a hardened, determined woman. Escaping to freedom along a network known as the Underground Railroad, Tubman made it her mission to free as […]

#46

My First Gratitude Journal by Creative Journals for Kids My First Gratitude Journal is an adorable way to teach children the power and value of gratitude. There is a space a day for a year. Each day has a prompt and space for writing and drawing. Every ten days, there are more in-depth prompts. It’s […]

Little People, Big Dreams Redux Lumas

Alan Turing by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara Sanchez Vegara’s Alan Turing explores the life of one of the world’s most talented computer scientists. Enamoured by numbers at a young age, Turing would go on to crack the Enigma code during World War II. I appreciate that the author handled certain parts of Turing’s life with […]