Perfectly ImperfectCathy Miller Publisher : Old Lady Biz PublishingPublication date : October 13, 2025MemoirLanguage : EnglishPrint length : 97 pagesISBN-13 : 979-8993352909 *** SYNOPSIS *** Does your bias bully hammer at your soul?Cathy Miller thought of herself as a positive person. But then life challenges […]
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Change of HeartJodi PicoultAstria PublishingReprintISBN-13 : 978-1416565604 *** SYNOPSIS *** One moment June Nealon is happily looking forward to years of love and laughter with her family. The next, she is facing a future as empty as her heart as she waits for a miracle. For Shay Bourne, life has no more surprises, and
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ZIVA THE GREATBy Cindy J. Vanous Children’s Fiction: Ages 6-12Publication Date: October 21, 202532 Pages *** SYNOPSIS *** Ziva the Great is a heartfelt picture book for older children about a Maine Coon cat learning to trust again and a quiet girl named Elsie who understands gentle things. Ziva is loving with her family but
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QUIET VALOR: EVERYDAY AMERICANSBy Larry Nouvel Genre: Inspirational Nonfiction/ American Social HistoryPublication Date: November 4, 2025Pages: 241 *** SYNOPSIS *** Some acts of courage never make the news, but they keep the world turning. In every community, there are people who keep things moving simply by showing up. Quiet Valor: Everyday Americans opens with this
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Late last week I was going to do a post about this book I’ve been reading that has just blown me away. It was going to be part of my Friday Reads features, but then, well, life got in the way. I was simply numbed by the murder of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis and
PINTSIZED PIONEERS AT PLAY:Homemade Frontier Fun and DangerBy Preston Lewis & Harriet Kocher Lewis Young Adult / Nonfiction / HistoryPublisher: Bariso PressPages: 218Publication Date: 4 November 2025 *** SYNOPSIS *** Discover the Wild Side of Frontier Childhood! Pintsized Pioneers at Play: Homemade Frontier Fun and Danger explores the forgotten world of how kids lived, laughed,
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MADDIE ~ A LITTLE GHOST WITH A SECRETBy Cindy J. Vanous Illustrated by Steven StewartChildren’s Age 6-8Pages: 28Publication Date: September 25, 2025 *** SYNOPSIS *** In the enchanting ghost town of Terlingua, Texas, Maddie isn’t your typical ghost. She’s a friendly spirit on a heartfelt quest to discover her own special superpower just like the
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PARADE OF SECRETSA Lane Hayes MysteryBy Kimberly Fish Historical Mystery / Female SleuthPublisher: Fish Tales PublishingPublication Date: October 31, 2025Pages: 341 *** SYNOPSIS *** Layers of history, suspense, and emotion. March, 1948. Lane Mercer Hayes, and her husband, Zeke, have that post-war life that everyone envies. His winning record as a prosecutor and a scratch
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Pillars of CreationA Quest for the Great Name in a Nietzschean World By Carlos Nicolás Flores Literary Fiction, Coming of AgePublisher: Atmosphere PressPublication Date: 22 July, 2025 *** SYNOPSIS *** Where is God amidst the mass graves, poverty, drug trafficking, and corrupt officials on the Texas-Mexico border? Yoltic Cortez, a college dropout and aspiring writer
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So happy to have this guest post from Apple Gidley, sharing her views on keeping language of characters true to a time and place, especially when writing historical fiction. She’s the author of Annie’s Day, an historical that spans the years from right after WWI, through WWII, the Berlin Blockade, and into the early 2000s.
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