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Peaches and Jake and 19 Cobras Oh My!
Peaches and Jake and 19 Cobras Oh, My! continues the adventures of the two rescue pups as they try to make sense of the “19 Cobras” and the sneaky “Delta Very Aunts.” The story follows their daily life with Mommy while they travel in the RV, watch the house, get into trouble, break out of “jail,” help with chores, and try their absolute best to keep everyone safe. The book mixes playful photos with Peaches’s voice as she explains what she and Jake think is happening in the human world, especially with the pandemic. The whole thing feels like a scrapbook full of goofy snapshots and heartfelt moments.
This children’s book made me laugh way more than I expected. The humor sneaks up on you, like Peaches rolling her eyes on page 14 or Jake claiming he is “checking his eyelids for light leaks”. I kept cracking up at the jail scenes. The photo where Jake is literally smiling behind the glass while Peaches looks betrayed nearly had me wheezing. Their personalities shine through the pictures, which makes everything feel so real. The pandemic themes hit me in a weird but comforting way. It softens something that has felt heavy for years. Seeing it through two dogs who are earnest and clumsy and trying so hard gave the whole topic a gentleness I didn’t know I needed.
There were also moments that made me feel unexpectedly touched. Peaches worrying about Dolly. Jake teaching her things. The RV pretend driving scenes, especially the one where they trick people into thinking Jake is behind the wheel. It all feels like watching two little kids play make-believe, and it tugged at my chest. The author’s affection for them pours out of every page, and I felt wrapped up in that warmth. I love how the story jumps from serious things like vaccines to goofy fashion dilemmas. It mirrors how real life is, mixed and messy and sweet.
I think Peaches and Jake and 19 Cobras Oh My! is perfect for kids who need a lighthearted way to understand scary topics and for adults who want something that brings back a sense of comfort. It’s great for dog lovers, families, teachers, and anyone who just needs to smile. This picture book is playful, loving, and full of personality.
Pages: 64 | ASIN : B0DDZSSW72
Panacea: The Age of AG
Panacea: The Age of AG drops readers into a glossy, engineered utopia in the 31st century, where humanity lives inside massive domes run by an all-powerful artificial superintelligence called AG. Dolthea Thorpe, a sharp and restless teenager can’t shake the feeling that perfection isn’t what it seems. As she questions everything from her society’s genetic design system to the mysterious fate awaiting citizens at age one hundred, readers watch cracks spread through a world that insists it has no flaws. It’s a science fiction dystopian tale that blends sleek futurism with that intimate, unsettling feeling that something is deeply, silently wrong.
Author Richard Carson Bailey’s writing is easy to sink into, especially when he focuses on Dolthea’s sharp observations. The world is bright and carefully built, almost too polished, which seems like the point. I found myself irritated right alongside her when the adults around her shrugged off every uncomfortable truth. The book uses simple scenes to raise big questions, like why no one ever sees a body after someone “goes to sleep” at age one hundred or why teenagers suddenly bolt through the dome in a chaotic stampede. Those moments land not because of spectacle but because they disturb the rhythm of a world that claims to have eliminated disorder.
What I enjoyed most was how the story lets curiosity feel dangerous again. The author doesn’t rush to answer big questions. Instead, he lets tension build through conversations, gestures, even the way a robot tilts its head. Some choices feel intentionally claustrophobic, like the ever-present androids and the parents who seem more like products of their environment than people with thoughts of their own. At times, I wanted the prose to linger longer on emotional beats or dig deeper into the strange beauty of the dome, but there’s something effective about its straightforward style.
I was hooked by both the worldbuilding and Dolthea herself. This is the kind of science fiction that works well for readers who like dystopian stories with clean lines, unsettling questions, and a character who refuses to accept the world she’s given. If you enjoy YA-leaning sci-fi that mixes bright surfaces with creeping unease, you’ll find Panacea: The Age of AG very entertaining.
Pages: 364 | ASIN : B0F5WQ8RMK
The City of Arches
The City of Arches follows Princess Sitnalta as she uncovers a long-hidden letter, one that reveals the past of her mother, Learsi, whose own journey from starving street thief to reluctant partner of the wizard Kralc becomes the heart of the book. It’s a fantasy novel through and through, built on quests, hidden cities, magic, danger, and old wounds, yet it moves with a personal focus that makes the stakes feel close to the skin.
I found myself reacting less to the grand fantasy quest and more to the author’s choices in shaping her characters. Learsi’s early chapters hit me hardest. Her hunger, the cold stone under her bare feet, and the constant weighing of risk and survival felt vivid and relatable. Even her wary dance with Kralc, a man who can feed her, manipulate her, or save her depending on the moment, brought a tension that carried far beyond the tavern scene. The writing is straightforward and sincere. It doesn’t try to dazzle with flowery language, which I actually appreciated. The pace is steady, letting me sit with Learsi’s exhaustion, Kralc’s prickly solitude, and Sitnalta’s shock as she pieces together her mother’s past.
The fantasy elements are threaded in with a kind of quiet confidence. The legend of the City of Arches, for example, is both eerie and oddly beautiful: enchanted arches emitting a soothing song that masks the slow decay of a cursed people. I liked how the author lets the myth sit without over-explaining it. The emotional beats land more softly than dramatically, but they linger. Even the small moments, like Kralc awkwardly realizing he cannot knock on a deaf girl’s door or Learsi racing to shovel stew into her mouth, gave the book a grounded feel. Sometimes the dialogue is earnest, sometimes the plot steps into familiar fantasy rhythms, but those qualities made the story welcoming and easy to follow.
By the time I reached the later chapters, I felt as if the book was less about a magical quest and more about the way people try to rebuild trust after their world has broken apart. The stakes grow, of course, but the heart of the story stays with Learsi and her slow opening up to someone who might actually mean her well. I rooted for her, even when she second-guessed herself or snapped defensively. Her reactions felt real.
I’d say The City of Arches is best suited for readers who enjoy character-driven fantasy: people who like quests but care more about the companions on the road than the monsters in the woods. If you want something gentle yet still full of secrets, something that balances fairy-tale simplicity with emotional weight, then you’ll heartily enjoy this book.
Pages: 226 | ASIN : B0G46P9D3T
Shadows in the Pleasure Gardens: Regarding Robberies and Racehorses
Shadows in the Pleasure Gardens, by Elaine Mary Griffin, follows Chester Carter, a young apprentice banker whose quiet life is split open the moment two faux “Indians” rob Tate’s Bank and Loans. What begins as a simple theft spirals into a sprawling tangle of runaway horses, whispered scandals, shady racetrack dealings, and the slow unraveling of a small town’s pride. Chester records his part in the affair with a naive honesty that grows into something bigger than the robbery itself. The story shifts from a chase through fields and woods to a look at the fragile systems of trust and money that bind Fairmount together. Bit by bit, Chester becomes a witness not only to crime but to the way people hide their fears behind bluster, gossip, or a stiff cravat.
The writing has a playful rhythm, almost like the narrator is trying to impress me while telling me the truth. Sometimes the sentences wander, and I found myself smiling at how Chester must know he is rambling but keeps going anyway. I liked that. It made the town feel lived in and hot and dusty, and it made Chester feel real. The humor landed for me, too, especially in the early scenes at the bank where Mr. Tate blusters around while Chester tries not to sweat through his collar. I did feel the pacing slow in a few places, but the charm of the voice always pulled me back.
The ideas tucked inside the story surprised me most. On the surface, it is a tale about stolen notes and a clumsy hunt for culprits. Underneath, it pokes at bigger things. Pride. Fear. The way a community reacts when it feels threatened. I felt a quiet sadness in Chester as he tries to navigate expectations from Mr. Tate, from the Sheriff, from Alida, and even from the people he barely knows who talk big at the racetrack. The writing never lectures. Instead, it nudges, which made the moments of insight hit harder. I caught myself rooting for Chester as he stumbles toward adulthood without quite realizing that is what he is doing.
I recommend Shadows in the Pleasure Gardens to readers who enjoy character-driven historical fiction, coming-of-age stories wrapped in small mysteries, and tales told with voice and warmth. It is a gentle story with a sharp eye, and it will suit anyone who likes stories that take their time and offer humor, grit, and a little heart all at once.
Pages: 261 | ISBN : 978-1685136123
The Need for a Futurist Story
The Chip follows a brilliant CEO who finds the world bends to his every whim after he secretly implants an advanced AI chip in his brain. What was the inspiration for the setup of your story?
The need for a futurist story that would begin with one man that want to manipulate the world and with technology gets this power.
What is it that draws you to the technothriller genre?
Its exciting to picture a world that is not to far away from our ways but just around the corner yet is more interesting to see new technologies to play along the main story.
What are some things that you find interesting about the human condition that you think makes for great fiction?
Í painted a fictional story but given the right circumstances Humans are able to behave in irrational ways that everyone relate or understands it that can actually bring realistic thoughts and emotions to the reader while is a techno thriller story.
What is the next book you are working on, and when will it be available?
I have a story that is starting to boil in my head that is very ambitious. However, right now I am sitting on this book to see some reactions to it.
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Thank God For The Sinners
Thank God for the Sinners follows Rick Price through a chaotic life shaped by violence, lust, trauma, and the constant pull of self-destruction. The book opens with Rick in a seedy Chinese hotel, where a sexual encounter spirals into a death that sets the tone for everything that follows. His past and present crash into each other as he traces the roots of his darkness through childhood injuries, family dysfunction, rage, and addiction. The narrative swings between his time abroad, entangled with corrupt businessmen, and his early life on Long Island, where pain and fear molded him into someone who can’t decide if he’s cursed or simply wired wrong.
The writing hits hard without trying to be fancy. It’s blunt, messy, and weirdly charming in parts because Rick is both awful and strangely human. I felt uncomfortable many times. I also laughed a little because the voice is so honest that even the worst moments feel like confessions from a guy who knows he’s a walking disaster. The early scenes, like the baby nurse incident and the diaper accident with his brother, stuck with me. They’re told with this eerie calm that made me feel like I was sitting across from Rick while he casually unpacked a lifetime of bruises.
I also found myself reacting emotionally to how the book explores shame. The scenes in China are wild and reckless, yet the real punch comes from how Rick narrates his loneliness and fear right underneath all the bravado. The book doesn’t soften him or try to redeem him. Instead, it lets him expose his scars in his own voice. I caught myself rooting for him even though he’s digging himself deeper into chaos. The whole thing feels like reading someone’s secret diary that was never meant to be found.
I’d recommend this book to readers who enjoy dark, confessional stories that don’t pull any punches. If you like memoir-style fiction that feels like a whirlwind of bad choices, trauma, humor, and raw honesty, this book is worth your time. This book reads like a harsher, more chaotic cousin to Fight Club, trading sleek rebellion for something messier and more personal. It also carries the bruised honesty of A Million Little Pieces, only with fewer apologies and a lot more bite.
Pages: 348 | ASIN : B0F9BQMF9Z
The Legacy of Prairie Winds: Third Edition
The Legacy of Prairie Winds is a sweeping historical fiction novel that follows young Johann Gehring, a German immigrant who leaves everything he knows in 1881 to build a life on the wide-open prairie of Nebraska. The book opens with vivid scenes of his family conflict, his difficult voyage across the Atlantic, and his first uncertain steps into a new world. From there, it widens into a multi-generational story about hardship, faith, love, and the slow shaping of a family’s place on the land. The tone shifts between raw struggle and quiet beauty, giving the reader a sense of how fragile and powerful hope can be in an unforgiving landscape.
I kept feeling as if the author were guiding me by the elbow, pointing out details I might miss on my own. The depictions of the Sandhills, for example, stay with me. The grasslands are described with a kind of reverence, but they’re never sentimental. They’re hard, windswept, and sometimes lonely, which makes Johann’s determination feel all the more human. I rooted for him from the start. His fight with his father, his fear on the ship, and his first shaky steps in Nebraska all felt believable because they’re grounded in everyday sensations. The book doesn’t rush. It lets moments breathe, even the uncomfortable ones.
I also appreciated how the story handles the emotional weight of immigration. The scenes of steerage life on the ship, the seasickness, the smell, the fear of disease, and the simple joy of fresh air form a collage of what leaving home really costs. Yet the author doesn’t lean on drama alone. There are tender beats too, especially Johann’s fleeting friendship with Astrid, which adds a spark of warmth in the middle of all the uncertainty. Some passages read almost like oral history, others like a quiet journal entry. The rhythm switches between short, sharp observations and longer, reflective stretches, mirroring the uneven pace of real life. It made me slow down and sit with the characters instead of just watching them move.
By the end, I felt the book was less about the events themselves and more about how people hold on to themselves while the world shifts under their feet. The prairie becomes a character. So does the wind. So does hope. If you enjoy historical fiction that feels intimate rather than sprawling, or stories about immigration, family legacy, and the grit behind ordinary lives, this book will speak to you. It’s a gentle but steady read, ideal for someone who wants to be immersed in a place and a time rather than hurried through them.
Pages: 380 | ASIN : B0FC2Z7SP8
Peaches and Jake Celebrate Christmas
Peaches and Jake Celebrate Christmas is a sweet little story about two rescue pups waking up on Christmas morning to discover the surprises Santa left them under the tree. They each get giant bones and then two toys, a moose for Jake and a fox for Peaches, and the rest of the day unfolds with the dogs learning what to do with their gifts. Jake destroys his moose with pure joy, Peaches figures out that Foxie makes a perfect nap buddy, and their mom watches over the whole thing with so much love. It feels like flipping through a family photo album where every picture tells its own tiny story.
There is a softness to the writing that feels like someone talking to me from their couch with their dogs at their feet. The real photos of Peaches and Jake add charm because they are so expressive. I kept giggling at Peaches trying to figure out Foxie. And the whole saga of Moosie slowly losing limbs and stuffing had me cracking up. There is something sweet about how Jake loves that toy even when it becomes a little fabric scrap. It says a lot about how dogs attach meaning to things and how we do the same sometimes without even realizing it.
I also liked how the book shows the two dogs having such different personalities. Jake barrels into Christmas like it is the best day of the year. Peaches moves carefully and watches everyone else first. It reminded me of how different pets can be, even when they grow up in the same home. The photos on almost every page make it easy to stay engaged. Honestly, it felt a little like being invited into the author’s living room to watch a memory replay itself.
I think this picture book is perfect for young kids who like animals and for grown-ups who just want something soft and happy to read. It is especially lovely for dog lovers or anyone who enjoys holiday stories that feel real and cozy. If you want a children’s book that brings a smile without trying too hard, this one is a great choice. It is playful, sweet, and full of genuine affection, and that makes it a wonderful holiday read for families.
Pages: 48 | ASIN : B0DFDWN1SN
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