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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So happy to share information about this novel that releases on November 15, 2025. The author provided an ARC so I was able to read it for review. Historical fiction, especially stories set during WWI and WWII, is always of great interest to me, and I’m so pleased to have had the opportunity to read
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NARROW THE ROADBy James Wade Genre: Southern Fiction, Literary Fiction, Coming of AgePublisher: Blackstone PublishingPages: 306Publication Date: 26 August 2025 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *** SYNOPSIS *** In this gripping coming-of-age odyssey, a young man’s quest to reunite his family takes him on a life-altering journey through the wilds of 1930s East Texas, where both danger and opportunity
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THE BULLS OF BASHANBy Jodi Lea Stewart Historical Fiction, Mystery Action and Adventure, Quest FictionPublisher: Progressive Phoenix RisingPublication Date: June 17, 2025 *** SYNOPSIS *** In a diner on the edge of a dusty Texas border town, a young waitress’s life takes an unexpected turn when she is swept into a high-stakes adventure. Recruited by
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