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Review: Warlocks of Evergreen (The Evergreen Journals Book 1) by T.I. Dunsterville

★★★★½

The world of Evergreen is everything its name implies, and more. A living world – a truly living, sentient planet – of beauty and magic.

But there is more to this planet that meets the eye. Settlers begin to experience changes, and lose their interest in leaving as the other races of the strange and beautiful land begin to commune, and even form families together. The planet plunges into war as Paul Rider, a half-human born from colonist and native, starts a great cleansing of non-human species. It falls to sisters Dasimbe and Cierva, as well as their friends, […]

James Grimsby2016-10-13T07:56:22+02:00September 19th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Fantasy|

Review: Taken By Storm (The Taken Book 1) by Anna Argent

★★★★★

Isa Telwyn would say she’s pretty normal – in her twenties, working as a small-town librarian in Oklahoma. She might have fantastic dreams of impossible, wondrous places, sure, but at her heart, she’s just your average girl – right?

When a storm sweeps into her sleepy town, a stunningly gorgeous man carved out of dreams and bound by honor, comes to deliver news to Isa: she is the born leader of a far-off people, hidden away in human society in secret for protection from a great threat. Torn between two worlds, Isa must act quickly and decisively with the […]

Naka Jackson2020-02-21T07:15:27+02:00September 12th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Paranormal Romance|

Review: The Girl Who Could Read Hearts by Sherry Maysonave

★★★★

Six-year-old Kate Kindrick possesses a rare “seventh sense” passed down through generations of her father’s family: the unique ability to see inside of people’s hearts. A heart might look like “a Grand Canyon disaster, full of oozing painful craters and gorges” or be “covered with gray-green storm clouds, all dotted with icy pockets.” The Kindricks also have prophetic dreams and sensations that inexplicably link them together from miles apart. Kate’s intuitive gift is magically linked to an angel doll called Etta Ebella, gifted to Kate by her beloved grandmother, Mer.

But when the prized doll is marred in a […]

Lisa Butts2016-10-13T06:17:55+02:00September 9th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Religious Fiction|

Review: Unbarred Innovation by Mayur Ramgir

★★★★

Mayur Ramgir is an entrepreneur – founder of the up-and-coming Zonopact, and the single creator and developer of the CLINTRA software. Holding an MS in Computational Science and Engineering from Georgia Tech, as well as and other degrees and learning from from University of Sussex, University of Mumbai, MIT, and University of Oxford, it’s safe to say that he is well-versed in the concepts of innovation, and self-created success.

In his new book, Unbarred Innovation: A Pathway to Greatest Discoveries, Ramgir attempts to tell the stories of the great innovators of our time, and how they may have […]

James Grimsby2018-05-09T10:20:52+02:00September 8th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Business, Non-Fiction, Self-Help|

Review: PURR Passive Income Power™ by Bradley Morgan

★★★★

If you’re looking for a high-energy introduction to making money in the digital age, then PURR by Bradley Morgan is a wonderful place to start. With his unique branding, complete with a bevy of acronyms and trademarked self-improvement techniques, Morgan takes readers through the many ups and downs of working for yourself, and generating passive income along the way.

The process is pitched in a straightforward way, and while the inspirational quotes peppered throughout can be slightly disruptive, the intention of the book is clear and admirable. Bradley Morgan comes across as a man who was once forced to […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2016-09-30T09:44:49+02:00September 6th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Business, Finance|

Review: Money Rx by Joseph C. Newtz

★★★★

Money Rx: Your Prescription for Financial Success by Joseph C. Newtz provides a font of wisdom from a humble advisor.

Most books that promise to improve your life or give you expert advice tend to be self-aggrandizing and can even be condescending at times. On the other hand, there are books like Money Rx that are straightforward and refreshingly honest. This book doesn’t make any unrealistic promises, but it does break down various issues of financial management into elements that are easy to understand, even for a layperson.

Starting with a blunt account of who the author is, how […]

John Staughton, Senior Reviewer2019-01-22T15:30:29+02:00September 5th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews|Tags: Business, Finance|

Review: Stumbling On A Tale (Time to Time #2) by Suzanne Roche

★★★★½

It all started with a book. Now three siblings are stuck together, traveling through time, once again…whether they like it or not.

Join Peri, Henry, and Max – two siblings and a half, in reverse order – as they make their way from the high spirits and high seas of an immigration ship en route to New York, and on to new adventures in the Middle Ages. Lost together in a forest after another of Peri’s bright ideas, the three find unlikely companions in a group of colorful travelers: a man and his pig, a maid searching for a […]

James Grimsby2019-01-22T11:00:57+02:00September 5th, 2016|Categories: Book Reviews, Lead Story|Tags: Historical Fantasy, Middle Grade Fiction, Young Adult|

Review: Miss Matched At Midlife by Rebecca Brockway

★★★★★

For women of a certain age the prospect of dating can be social whirl of a nightmare. But when Rebecca Brockway found herself single in her 40s, she documented her next decade of dating experiences in a humorous memoir, “Miss Matched At Midlife” with a positively can-do attitude. After her marriage of 17 years ended with four kids in tow, Rebecca set out to look for The One – or at least make up for lost time in the dating arena – going on more than 150 first dates – probably more first dates than most of us have […]