From 2009 to her graduation in 2011, a young woman studying at Mount Holyoke College maintained a blog containing personal thoughts, opinions, and reflections. Using the pseudonym Rinth de Shadley (her real nickname, Rinth, and... Read More

Harvey Adjovitz Edwards’s new novel, "The Road Show Saga", follows the paths of two young men, Jay and Denny, friends since their Depression-era childhood. Edwards relates their stories from their younger years on neighboring farms in... Read More

Penny Howson’s The Pope, My Brother and I is a reissue of the memoir she originally published in the 1960s. Subtitled Recollections of a French Childhood, the reprinted book offers a new generation of readers the opportunity to smile... Read More

Described as historical fiction, but easily mistaken for memoir, the second volume of Jean Ayer’s Tales of Chinkapin Creek is an absolute delight. Names and locations have been changed, and the first-person narrator represents the... Read More

Journey (If Where You’re Going Isn’t Home) is the first book of Max Zimmer’s coming of age trilogy and serves as a solid foundation for what promises to be a superlative series of novels. Zimmer is an exceptionally talented writer... Read More

For those whose only experience with Jamaica is a cruise ship stop at Ocho Rios and an excursion to swim with dolphins or zip line in the jungle, Darren Hogarth’s "Whatever Sticks Most" will fill in many of the missing details. His is... Read More

How much author Jeff Kohmstedt may be channeling his own high school days is never mentioned, but he presents a very relatable story of white, middle-class suburban teens of a certain era in his debut novel, "The Fifth Kraut". Set... Read More

Is it considered voyeuristic to enjoy reading other people’s love letters? Maybe, but it generally involves a bit of stealthy snooping. Some folks have done it, usually by sneaking a peek when the writer or recipient of those letters... Read More