By Erik Hoel ** Publication Date 6 April 2021 ** 3.5 stars Kierk walked away from his PhD in neuroscience, because he had disproven his mentor’s theories on consciousness. Now he is living in his car in southern California, unsure of what to do next. When he is offered a prestigious position in a post-doc …
By Julie Buxbaum ** Publication Date 1 December 2020 ** 5 stars Chloe Berringer has it all. Famous mom, devoted dad, annoying sister. She lives in a big house in Beverly Hills and attends an elite private school. The only thing Chloe doesn’t have is great grades and a shoe-in to her college of choice, …
By Sari Solden MS and Michelle Frank PsyD ** Publication Date 1 July 2019** Generally I do not enjoy reading self-help books. This one grabbed my attention, because as someone with ADHD, and the parent of someone with ADHD, I wondered what new info or help could be gained. I was instantly surprised with how …
by Nathan Shaker This is a book I’ve had in my “owned/to-read” collection for a while. I’m glad I finally got around to reading it. While both funny and tragic, it is a story focused on the end-days hype of 2012 and the self-fulfilling prophecies that befall society. Wilmer is a fabulous character. A …
by Howard Akler ***Publication date 25 September 2018*** Grab your dictionary! Splitsville is filled with words that are rather obscure, but simply add to the dimension of this novel. Splitsville was nothing like what I expected, odd at times and disjointed in others. Still this is a very curious story of an older man …
By Sharon Myrick **Publication Date 14-August-2018** At first I wasn’t quite sure what to think of School Tales. It came across haltingly, as though it struggled to find a voice. Or perhaps too many voices. It felt like a manual for how to teach high school. But it definitely kept my attention and made me …