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In 'Mrs. Saint and the Defectives', Julie Lawson Timmer has given us a feel-good book full of characters with interesting, fun, and even curmudgeonly, at times, personalities. The problems and solutions are real and she finds a way to bring each character together and create a bond that stems from kindness and caring.

In 'The Asylum of Dr. Caligari by James Morrow the classic German silent film becomes vehicle to pit the power of art against the lust for war.

The collection of short stories 'Nest in the Bones' by Antonia Di Benedetto is the perfect introduction to the work one of the great writers of the 20th century whose work is finally being translated into English.

New book, 'Unwrapping Your Passion' by Karen Putz, is passionate about finding your passion.

'Alex & Eliza' by Melissa De La Cruz takes us back into history and gives us a take on how the romance of these two figures, Alexander Hamilton and Eliza Schuyler, helps to shape a nation.

In 'The Good Widow' by Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke, Jacks finds herself in trouble after hooking up with the fiancé of a woman who was killed along with her husband on a planned business trip that turned out to be a tryst in Hawaii. Together they look for clues, but danger and distrust finds them first.

'Fitter Faster' by Robert J Davis and Brad Kolowich Jr. needed to be inspiring, motivational, and instructional to truly reach readers like me (vacant from the exercise world for far too long,) and it did that perfectly.

James Misko's 'The Path of the Wind' is an evocative novel about a young teacher with a gift for inspiring his students. It's a celebration of great teaching, and a moving read.

In 'The Trouble with Reality' media analyst Brooke Gladstone examines what she calls an "epic existential battle" over reality

If you read only one book of poetry this year make sure 'Nature Poem' by Tommy Pico is it.