Book picks, recommendations, and reviews from your favorite neighborhood bookseller.https://brendaisombooksstore.com/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/old-tricks-new-treats-interview-part-6/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/old-tricks-new-treats-interview-part-6/OLD TRICKS, NEW TREATS is book three of the BAG OF TRICKS trilogy: a compilation of short stories about San Francisco punks in the early […]Thu, 20 Nov 2025 02:34:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/align-your-business-with-the-real-you-connect-with-yourself-create-what-matters-most-and-define-your-success-by-jennifer-musser/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/align-your-business-with-the-real-you-connect-with-yourself-create-what-matters-most-and-define-your-success-by-jennifer-musser/Between PTA meetings and profit margins, who has time to “find themselves”? Jennifer Musser did—and she wrote a book about it. Align Your Business with […]Thu, 10 Apr 2025 11:46:23 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/intersections-short-stories-from-rideshare-passengers-by-andrew-spink/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/intersections-short-stories-from-rideshare-passengers-by-andrew-spink/Book Summary: Nobody lies to their Uber driver. The anonymity functions like a truth serum, putting everyone’s raw and unfiltered selves on full display. But […]Fri, 28 Mar 2025 08:25:16 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/thought-choice-power-charting-the-course-of-liberty-in-modern-society-by-plebeius/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/thought-choice-power-charting-the-course-of-liberty-in-modern-society-by-plebeius/Summary: Thought Choice Power: Charting the Course of Liberty in Modern Society by Plebeius is a thought-provoking exploration of governance, civic responsibility, and the critical […]Sat, 14 Dec 2024 13:53:18 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/apricot-marmalade-and-the-edmondson-transmittal-by-lon-orey/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/apricot-marmalade-and-the-edmondson-transmittal-by-lon-orey/Summary: The war was not going well. The surprisingly effective Tet Offensive in late January 1968 had humbled and embarrassed the South Vietnamese and their […]Fri, 13 Dec 2024 18:05:29 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-crush-of-wine-and-war-by-molly-fumia/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-crush-of-wine-and-war-by-molly-fumia/Summary: "Here is a book of exquisite honesty and profound depth… Along the way grief becomes a dance in the dark and suffering turns to […]Thu, 12 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/tangles-a-cold-war-love-story-and-mystery-by-by-kay-smith-blum/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/tangles-a-cold-war-love-story-and-mystery-by-by-kay-smith-blum/Summary: “In a well-crafted debut, Smith-Blum provides the reader a ringside seat to the birth of the nuclear age…a beautifully written, important story…Tangles packs a […]Wed, 11 Dec 2024 13:00:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/universe-of-lost-messages-the-charismites-by-janet-stilson/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/universe-of-lost-messages-the-charismites-by-janet-stilson/Story Summary What if your child has special powers and can get people to do almost anything? What happens if the child is abducted? Izzie […]Tue, 03 Dec 2024 20:48:41 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/champagne-widows-by-rebecca-rosenberg/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/champagne-widows-by-rebecca-rosenberg/Summary: Sparkling Courage: Love, Loss, and the First Champagne Queen's Daring Legacy France, 1800s. Young widow Barbe-Nicole Clicquot possesses an extraordinary gift: Le Nez, an […]Mon, 02 Dec 2024 09:15:44 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/bones-of-the-apostle-by-john-amos/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/bones-of-the-apostle-by-john-amos/Story Summary: “Thomas, I’m bored. We need some excitement.” Back from their harrowing mission in the desert to recover a stolen statue of Aphrodite, detectives […]Sun, 01 Dec 2024 12:33:17 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-case-of-the-stolen-goddess-by-john-amos/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-case-of-the-stolen-goddess-by-john-amos/Story Summary: Flinders smiled. “Once more into the breach, my friend.” Now famous after their previous quest to find Cleopatra’s tomb, detectives Flinders Petrie and […]Sat, 30 Nov 2024 13:53:02 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/prioritize-us-unlock-lasting-love-with-one-simple-proven-test-by-nick-brancato/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/prioritize-us-unlock-lasting-love-with-one-simple-proven-test-by-nick-brancato/Summary: What if the real reasons behind our arguments were hidden all along? The answer could change everything—starting today. Introducing Prioritize Us: Unlock Lasting Love […]Fri, 29 Nov 2024 17:30:55 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/cute-chibi-mythical-beasts-magical-monsters/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/cute-chibi-mythical-beasts-magical-monsters/I love learning about art and all of its parts – drawing, painting, making crafts, etc. It was fun to look through Cute Chibi Mythical […]Fri, 29 Nov 2024 16:11:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/middle-eastern-delights-60-delicious-one-of-a-kind-treats-you-need-to-try/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/middle-eastern-delights-60-delicious-one-of-a-kind-treats-you-need-to-try/Chef and TV host Lamees Attar-Bashi has brought the flavors of Arabia to your table in Middle Eastern Delights. In this cookbook, you will find […]Thu, 28 Nov 2024 16:25:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/after-steve-how-apple-became-a-trillion-dollar-company-and-lost-its-soul/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/after-steve-how-apple-became-a-trillion-dollar-company-and-lost-its-soul/Apple, Inc. evolved as a business between its founding as a computer company in 1976 through its overall corporate dominance in the present day. The […]Wed, 27 Nov 2024 16:41:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/risky-business-in-rising-china/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/risky-business-in-rising-china/Deals, Ordeals and Lessons Learned as an American Entrepreneur in a Surging Superpower Grappling with Growing Pains Mark Atkeson spent over four decades in China, […]Tue, 26 Nov 2024 16:19:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/crossing-the-yellowstone-the-saga-of-a-montana-ranch-family/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/crossing-the-yellowstone-the-saga-of-a-montana-ranch-family/Mementos offer a window into the past. As Mary Anne went through a trunk belonging to her Grandmother Florence (Florrie), she became better acquainted with […]Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:55:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-art-of-fantasy-a-visual-sourcebook-of-all-that-is-unreal-art-in-the-margins/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-art-of-fantasy-a-visual-sourcebook-of-all-that-is-unreal-art-in-the-margins/Humans have been telling stories since the birth of humanity. There has always been a need to explain the unexplainable and help people understand their […]Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:50:52 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-ribbon-skirt/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-ribbon-skirt/Acceptance and kindness start with oneself. Anang, ten, is two-spirit and nonbinary from the Turtle clan. Neither girl nor boy, Anang knows they are a […]Thu, 21 Nov 2024 18:54:26 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-kitten-next-door-pet-rescue-adventures/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-kitten-next-door-pet-rescue-adventures/The Kitten Next Door is the latest book by Holly Webb, the author of many animal stories. I have read several of her stories and […]Wed, 20 Nov 2024 17:57:35 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/young-blood-an-umbrella-academy-ya-novel/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/young-blood-an-umbrella-academy-ya-novel/There are seven of them, six now without Five and does Viktor really count without powers? He just wants to be one of them; the […]Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:59:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/sunderworld-vol-i-the-extraordinary-disappointments-of-leopold-berry-sunderworld-1/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/sunderworld-vol-i-the-extraordinary-disappointments-of-leopold-berry-sunderworld-1/Leopold and his best friend Emmet loved Sunderworld so much that they recreated scenes from the television show they watched on old VHS tapes found […]Mon, 18 Nov 2024 16:51:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/black-oak-odes-celebrating-powerful-black-men/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/black-oak-odes-celebrating-powerful-black-men/The black oak is a strong and mighty tree that possesses great inner and outer beauty, much like the subjects Harold Green III writes about […]Fri, 15 Nov 2024 17:13:40 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/an-illustrated-history-of-urban-legends/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/an-illustrated-history-of-urban-legends/Urban legends used to be funny. Now, in Adam Allsuch's Broadman's amazing book, they have taken a serious turn. He has divided the legends into […]Thu, 14 Nov 2024 16:19:57 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/mr-average-and-the-12th-stone-watch-your-mandibles/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/mr-average-and-the-12th-stone-watch-your-mandibles/"Mr. Average and the 12th Stone: Watch Your Mandibles is one-of-a-kind. It's a book that stands out so much that there is no other comparable […]Wed, 13 Nov 2024 16:31:42 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/give-me-butterflies/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/give-me-butterflies/This wholesome debut novel follows the budding connection between Millie, a spunky but anxious entomologist, and Finn, an astronomer with a penchant for themed ties […]Tue, 12 Nov 2024 15:01:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-one-week-writing-workshop-7-days-to-spark-boost-or-revive-your-novel-by-karin-adams/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-one-week-writing-workshop-7-days-to-spark-boost-or-revive-your-novel-by-karin-adams/About the book: You've always wanted to write a novel and have been nurturing a great idea. Perhaps you’ve made a pile of notes—even written […]Tue, 12 Nov 2024 11:13:44 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/kickback-a-daafne-olabarrieta-mexico-murder/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/kickback-a-daafne-olabarrieta-mexico-murder/Dark secrets are revealed when a hostage negotiator is hired for the return of her ex-best friend’s daughter. Protagonist Dafne Olabarrita is a force to […]Mon, 11 Nov 2024 22:33:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/common-sense-other-tales-of-disillusionment/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/common-sense-other-tales-of-disillusionment/“A collection of short stories that transport the reader into thought-provoking situations, Common Sense & Other Tales of Disillusionment is quirky and unconventional. With a […]Fri, 08 Nov 2024 15:17:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/hell-incorporated-jeff-folschinsky-series/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/hell-incorporated-jeff-folschinsky-series/After a budget exorcism goes right in all the wrong ways, Dominic Pecus of Ninth Gate Incorporated is summoned to investigate what the heck happened. […]Thu, 07 Nov 2024 20:21:33 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/when-bone-melts/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/when-bone-melts/When Bone Melts by Elise Keitz Harlow is a book rich in drama, grief, and heartbreak. Beginning in the 1890s in Northern Italy, the story […]Wed, 06 Nov 2024 19:29:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-hemingway-stories-as-featured-in-the-film-by-ken-burns-and-lynn-novick-on-pbs/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-hemingway-stories-as-featured-in-the-film-by-ken-burns-and-lynn-novick-on-pbs/When Ken Burns takes on a new subject and makes a film about it, viewers know they will have a much greater understanding of the […]Wed, 06 Nov 2024 01:48:22 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/busy-betty-the-perfect-christmas-present/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/busy-betty-the-perfect-christmas-present/Busy Betty is at it again! In this Christmas story, Betty is ready to give all of her loved ones some really great Christmas gifts […]Mon, 04 Nov 2024 15:39:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/watch-us-dance-a-novel/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/watch-us-dance-a-novel/A sheltered woman who is girlish in demeanor and life experience watches a young man dance. He is the same man who offended her when […]Tue, 29 Oct 2024 13:56:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/a-small-sacrifice-for-an-enormous-happiness-stories/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/a-small-sacrifice-for-an-enormous-happiness-stories/Despite the book’s very engaging title, the stories in this volume require a greater sacrifice in plowing through pointless exercises bringing this reader very little […]Mon, 28 Oct 2024 23:01:26 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/soulscapes/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/soulscapes/Soulscapes, the fifth installment in Lee Woodman’s captivating “Scapes” series, is a poetic odyssey that delves into the multifaceted ways humans seek a connection with […]Fri, 25 Oct 2024 09:32:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/life-in-form-a-life-in-poems/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/life-in-form-a-life-in-poems/These fifty-five varied and creative poems span decades of the award-winning poet’s life from 1975–2024. As with other collections that encompass such a broad body […]Thu, 24 Oct 2024 22:06:43 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/how-america-works-and-why-it-doesnt-by-william-cooper/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/how-america-works-and-why-it-doesnt-by-william-cooper/Book Summary: Americans in the twenty-first century are becoming increasingly untethered from both reality and the essential principles and traditions that have shaped the nation’s […]Tue, 09 Jul 2024 12:21:16 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/born-in-space-unlocking-destiny-by-jeremy-clift/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/born-in-space-unlocking-destiny-by-jeremy-clift/About the Book: Seven infants, conceived artificially aboard a rotating space habitat as an experiment to populate the solar system. A fugitive mother anointed as […]Tue, 18 Jun 2024 15:40:16 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/part-6-interview-with-rick-moskovitz-author-of-the-pinocchio-chip/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/part-6-interview-with-rick-moskovitz-author-of-the-pinocchio-chip/The Pinocchio Chip is a first-person account of an AI’s quest for the Holy Grail of consciousness: human emotions. It delves deep into the essence […]Mon, 10 Jun 2024 16:35:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/belonging-matters-blog-tour-by-julie-ryan-mcgue-part-5/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/belonging-matters-blog-tour-by-julie-ryan-mcgue-part-5/Introducing “Belonging Matters: Conversations on Adoption, Family, and Kinship” by Julie Ryan McGue "Belonging Matters" is a book that addresses adoption and its impact on […]Wed, 22 May 2024 15:39:37 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/part-13-interview-with-authors-of-fenix-and-the-firework-fliers-a-dance-it-out-creative-movement-story/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/part-13-interview-with-authors-of-fenix-and-the-firework-fliers-a-dance-it-out-creative-movement-story/Introducing “Fenix and the Firework Fliers” by Once Upon a Dance, Christine Herbert and Scott Partridge Embark on a thrilling adventure with Fenix, a brave […]Tue, 21 May 2024 12:58:34 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/tree-pose-by-susan-rogers-john-roosen/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/tree-pose-by-susan-rogers-john-roosen/About the Book: Escape to Tasmania they said … But what was supposed to be a dream for Ric Peters and Elaina Williams has turned […]Sat, 18 May 2024 14:42:39 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/little-ships-a-novel-by-sandra-j-scofield/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/little-ships-a-novel-by-sandra-j-scofield/About the Book: After adolescent sisters Juni and Tilde Becker wake up one morning to find their mother dead, their grandmothers appear the very next […]Thu, 16 May 2024 13:11:08 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/eden-by-jamie-lisa-forbes/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/eden-by-jamie-lisa-forbes/About the Book: Rowen Hart has been raised as the pampered son and only child of a prominent family in the small community of White […]Wed, 24 Apr 2024 18:14:14 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/running-with-grace-a-wall-street-insiders-path-to-true-leadership-a-purposeful-life-and-joy-in-the-face-of-adversity-by-lori-van-dusen/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/running-with-grace-a-wall-street-insiders-path-to-true-leadership-a-purposeful-life-and-joy-in-the-face-of-adversity-by-lori-van-dusen/About the Book: Nothing about Lori Van Dusen's childhood indicated she'd become one of the nation's top independent financial advisors. She was born prematurely on […]Thu, 15 Feb 2024 16:24:37 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/tick/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/tick/Book Summary: In a moment of desperation, Brad Hughes made an impassioned promise to God, but when should his responsibilities end? This question plagues Brad, […]Thu, 28 Dec 2023 12:43:05 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/lightning-bugs-and-aliens-a-small-town-coming-of-age-story-by-daniel-babka/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/lightning-bugs-and-aliens-a-small-town-coming-of-age-story-by-daniel-babka/Book Summary: During the summer of 1960, five imaginative, adventurous 13-year-olds, free from computers, cell phones and social media, suddenly must grapple with the loss […]Mon, 04 Dec 2023 09:14:00 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/who-is-anna-stenberg-by-tracey-norman/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/who-is-anna-stenberg-by-tracey-norman/Book Summary: When her murderous father escapes from an institution, a young girl is forced to flee to safety with secretive pickpocket Anna. Disguised as […]Sun, 03 Dec 2023 08:41:43 GMThttps://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-buffalo-butcher-jack-the-ripper-in-the-electric-city-by-robert-brighton/https://brendaisombooksstore.com/posts/the-buffalo-butcher-jack-the-ripper-in-the-electric-city-by-robert-brighton/Book Summary: Summer 1901, and the great Pan-American Exposition welcomes the world to Buffalo, New York—Queen of the Lakes . . . the Electric City. […]Sun, 03 Dec 2023 07:34:39 GMT