“BOOKS THAT CHANGED ME”
It’s special when a book lingers with you long after you read it. I offer three or four of these amazing indie books on the first day of each season of my top reads.
(Listed in no particular order)
2023 Fall Edition:
ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE SWAMP BY C.S. BOYACK
RETURN TO SILVERHILLS BY SANDRA COX
THE LAST DRIVE BY JOHN W. HOWELL
2023 Summer Edition:
Restless Mayhem (The Mayhem Series Book 6) By Sue Coletta
Metamorphosis The Breach Chronicles #2 By Ivy Logan
Letting Go- The Defiant Sisters Book 1 By Jacquie Biggar
Lion Scream: Syllabic Poetry About Southern African Wildlife By Robbie Cheadle
2023 Spring Edition:
Redemption: A Father’s Fatal Decision By Gwendolyn M. Plano
The Clock in My Mother’s House and other stories By Annalisa Crawford
The Bubble Reputation By Alex Craigie
Amanda in France: Fire in the Cathedral (An Amanda Travels Adventure Book 9) by Darlene Foster
2022 Winter Edition:
Fairies, Myths, & Magic II: Book 2: A Winter Celebration By Colleen M. Chesebro
Saddled Heart (The White Rune Series Book 3) By Jan Sikes
2022 Fall Edition:
2022 SUMMER EDITION:
Old Mountain Cassie: The Three Lessons by Tonya Penrose
Someone Close to Home by Alex Craigie
Hues Of Hope: Selected Poetry by Balroop Singh
Following the Green Rabbit: a fantastical adventure by Chris Hall
2022 SPRING EDITION:
Things Old and Forgotten by Mae Clair
Flashes of Life: True Tales of the Extraordinary Ordinary by Pamela Wight
2021 WINTER EDITION:
Love, Me: A Christmas Wish Novel by Jacquie Biggar
Mateo’s Law By Sandra Cox
Mountain Laurel Christmas by Jan Sikes
2021 FALL EDITION:
The Ferryman and the Sea Witch by D. Wallace Peach
Dragon Hoard and Other Tales of Faerie by Cathleen Townsend
The Culmination: a new beginning by Gwen M. Plano
2021 SUMMER EDITION:
THE VANISHED BOY by Harmony Kent
THE CURSE OF DEAD HORSE CANYON: CHEYENNE SPIRITS (DEAD HORSE CANYON #1)by Marcha A. Fox and Pete Risingsun
MYRTLE THE PURPLE TURTLE by Cynthia Reyes
2021 SPRING EDITION:
EVENTIDE (HODE’S HILL #3)by Mae Clair
SUBJECT A36 (THE COLONY #1) by Teri Polen
Life is Like a Bowl of Cherries: Sometimes Bitter, Sometimes Sweet by Sally Cronin
Satin & Cinders by Jan Sikes
2020 WINTER EDITION:
MAGICAL WHISPERS by Balroop Singh
LIARS AND THIEVES by D. Wallace Peach
ETERNAL ROAD: THE FINAL STOP by John W. Howell
MISTLETOE INN by Jacquie Biggar
2020 FALL EDITION:
Guns of Perdition (The Armageddon Showdown Book 1) by Jessica Bakkers
A Boy Named Rabbit (Wake-Robin Ridge #2) by Marcia Meara
Finding Katie by Harmony Kent
2020 SUMMER EDITION:
Neon Houses by Linda C. Mims
The Improbable Journeys of Billy Battles: Book 2, Finding Billy Battles Trilogy by Ronald E. Yates
Spirit of the Book by D.E. Howard
Fairies, Myths, & Magic: A Summer Celebration By Colleen M. Chesebro
2020 SPRING EDITION:
My Maine: Haiku through the Seasons by Bette A. Stevens
NO PEDIGREE: A Really Short Story by Nonnie Jules
Our Lady of Victory: The Saga Of An African-American Catholic Community by Shirley Harris Slaughter
2019 WINTER EDITION:
Shadowed by Death: An Oliver Wright WW II Mystery (Oliver Wright WW II Mystery Book 2) By Mary Adler
Survival of the Fittest (the Crossroads Trilogy Book 1) by Jacqui Murray
Food for Poe by Mae Clair
2019 FALL EDITION:
Vanished By Mark Bierman
Atonement, Tennessee by Teagan Geneivene
2019 SUMMER EDITION:
Ninja School Mum by Lizzie Chantree
There is a Reaper By Michael Lynes
2019 SPRING EDITION:
Son of the Serpent (Fantasy Angel #2) by Vashti Quiroz-Vega
Voyage of the Lanternfish by C.S. Boyack
DOG BONE SOUP (Historical Fiction): A Boomer’s Journey by Bette Stevens
2018 WINTER EDITION:
The Terra Debacle: Prisoners at Area 51 (Star Trails Tetralogy) By Marcha A Fox
Jazz Baby By Beem Weeks
A Thousand Yesteryears (Point Pleasant) by Mae Clair
Daisy, Bold & Beautiful by Ellie Collins
2018 FALL EDITION:
Hexborn (The Hexborn Chronicles Book 1) by A.M. Manay
LOVE The Beat Goes On by Lynda Filler
Into Winter: The Armed Invasion (The Four Seasons Book 3) by Larry Landgraf
I’ve Always Loved Women by Rhani D’Chae
2018 SUMMER EDITION:
Outshine: An Ovarian Cancer Memoir by Karen Ingalls
Tails (Silver Wishes Book 1) by WJ Scott (Author), John Helle Nielsen (Illustrator), Belinda Mellor (Editor)
Circumstances of Childhood by John W. Howell
The Alternative by Suzanne Burke
2018 SPRING EDITION:
Letting Go into Perfect Love, Discovering the Extraordinary After Abuse by Gwendolyn M. Plano
The Convict and the Rose (Flowers and Stone #2 ) by Jan Sikes
The One Discovered (Chronicles of the Diasodz Book 1) by Yvette M Calleiro
