December is known to some as Spiritual Literacy Month. Is there a special book to read during Spiritual Literacy Month? Is it talking about a book at all? The general definition for Spiritual Literacy Month is listed in Chases Calendar of Events as a time for “promoting respect for and among the world’s religions and [...]

This is a mother-daughter story.  It is the story of a mother, Kliot, who used her ingenuity to survive as a Jew in Germany during the Holocaust in ways that were new to me.  But it is also the story of the mother’s daughter, Mitsios, who in her teen years is told that she is [...]

Memorial Day is this weekend, Flag Day arrives June 14th, and Independence Day (4th of July) will be here before we know it. This will mean time off from work for some…time to rest, and hopefully time to reflect on the sacrifices made to preserve freedom, and celebrating that freedom. Generally I like to watch [...]

During the month of April, you can download an audio book for free by one of my favorite people, Corrie Ten Boom, who survived the Nazi concentrations camps. The book is well known to many as “The Hiding Place”, a movie was done based on the book. Corrie Ten Boom was a remarkable woman, and [...]

I have purchased and downloaded audio books on a number of occasions and listened to them with my husband.  What I wasn’t aware of, because I didn’t bother to take the time to look, is the fact that there are many books available for download that are public domain, no longer under copyright restrictions. I [...]

I have the pleasure of introducing you to “Pink and Grow Rich” by Deepika Bajaj, an ebook about leadership. The ebook shares remarkable stories of individuals as well as what the author calls 11 UNREASONABLE Rules. Unreasonable rules…at first glance I thought she was referring to rules that one would not follow because they just [...]

What state would you be in mentally right now if you had survived abuse, Hurricane Katrina, single motherhood, adultery, and more?  Would you be ready to give up, sink into depression and let it all consume you? There is nothing more infectious than a beautiful smile, and the author of this book has one.  She [...]

Marion Elizabeth Witte takes us on a very personal journey into her past as an abused child growing up in a farmhouse in the prairies of North Dakota. Her childhood was not only cold and harsh on a physical level because of the cold winters in a home that didn’t have adequate heat, plumbing and [...]

What kind of music or phrases do you like hearing in the background when you’re reading a book?  Peaceful? Adventurous? None at all?  We live in a time when, amazingly, we can listen to words or music of our choice every time our cell phone rings.  I have a different ringtone set for each member [...]

When I looked up the meaning of the word “Mojo”, there was only one definition that resonated with me out of several provided, and that was “self-confidence, self-assured,  as in basis for belief in ones self in a situation…” and that’s the perspective I’d like to focus on as I introduce a book that I [...]