by Farook Nizrana (Author) I have owned THE GIRL WHO STOLE AN ELEPHANT by Nizrana Farook as part of my “Africa/India” collection of middle-grade and young-adult books for a long time. But yesterday I pulled it from the shelf, opened it, and read the first short chapter. Then, I went to my couch, still reading. I…
by Creston Mapes (Author), Drew Bott (Narrator), Rooftop Press (Publisher) An Audiobook “Little do they know, I can hear and see everything” is how this tragic, hopeful, and very suspenseful book begins. Creston Mapes writes I AM IN HERE with several POVs (points of view), but the main characters are Hale, 18 years old and presumed brain-dead from a…
A Short Story by Jackie Houchin I’m standing on the edge of a lookout point on the rim of the Grand Canyon. It’s just before dawn. I can see the sky in the east becoming less black. I’ll have to do it soon. I don’t want to be a spectacle for curious eyes. I just…
by Colleen Coble (Author), Rachel Dulude (Narrator), Tantor Audio (Publisher) An AUDIObook Review by Jackie Houchin If you like bears, or are afraid of bears, and you enjoy a suspenseful adventure with a little bit of romance in a wilderness setting, you will enjoy Alaska Twilight by Colleen Coble. Haley is a young woman with a past that has scarred…
Audible Audiobook – Unabridged – Paul Moxham (Author, Publisher), Anne-Lise Kadri(Narrator) THE MYSTERY OF SMUGGLERS COVE is a fun kids’ adventure-mystery book. It’s the beginning of the 20-book Mystery Series by Paul Moxham. Dire situations to overcome on every page will keep readers holding their breaths and rapidly turning pages, to see what’s next, and how will…
by Elena Jagar A Book Review by Jackie Houchin I thought CONSPIRATORS’ CLUB by Elena Jagar, would be a juvenile type mystery-adventure, but it is a true mystery with evil villains who have a history of violence, jewel theft, and blackmail. And the schoolmaster at the boarding school would make Cruella Deville look like a…
by Mary Stewart a book review by Jackie Houchin “It’s a rough sort of magic for such as we are – a mere musician, and a couple of players…” I’ve said many times before that “This Rough Magic” by Mary Stewart is my all-time favorite book ever, and after reading it yet again for the…
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