I love this opening quote in Christine L. Henderson’s Let’s Share a Meal: “The secret of success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” Mark Twain wrote these words and it certainly defines the author’s (and...

Saving Sandoval by Craig W. Drummond is a good read for an interesting look into the military justice process. Sandoval is a sniper based in the field, and while on leave from his tour, he is arrested and charged with various felonies, all serious in...

Food is much more enticing and digestible if prepared from scratch in one’s own kitchen. This doesn’t have to be an overwhelming task, as long as you plan ahead and organize your week’s cooking to include healthy and nutritious ingredients. Chay Wike’s The Kitchen Commune...

If you are looking for a fun, fact-filled book that will give you ideas of non-traditional careers, then Quirky Careers & Offbeat Occupations of the Past, Present, and Future by Marianne Jennings is the book for you. Each job includes information about the job, followed...

Whether seeking a job, working at a child or adult care facility, looking for a place to rent, or even considering becoming a part of a reality TV show, background checks are now the norm. While background checks are part of the process, the irony...

Set apart from a host of contemporary political critiques, Psychosocial Political Dysfunction Disorder of the Republican Party employs a mode of analysis through the lens of widespread neuropathology. Daniel Brubaker’s approach is more persuasive than many texts grounded in political history, which detail institutionalized corruption...

Poetry has all too often been pushed aside or completely ignored as nothing more than a difficult genre to understand. We Are Poetry: Lessons I Didn’t Learn in a Textbook by Kym Gordon Moore is something different and shows how poetry teaches us many things...

Quilts serve many purposes from nostalgia and creative fun from hanging it on your wall, giving it away as a gift, or as a special body wrap. When creating a quilt, you can let your imagination run wild when choosing the styles, patterns, and various...

Deep Disinformation by Ashley Parker Owens examines how artificial intelligence can create disingenuous news, videos, and photos, how these fake or manipulated items can deceive those who read or view them, and what that means for today’s world. Chapter titles include Who Creates Disinformation, How...

Noah William Smith provides a useful guide to planning wisely for the year ahead in his work 2024… Your Year of More. The author encourages readers to embrace new experiences and feelings. He promotes adapting to changes the way we did during the pandemic, resting...