Cynthia Conrad

Stories of Weather, Warnings and the Cost of Waiting

National Weatherperson’s Day honors the science, skill and judgment behind forecasts designed to keep us safe. But history — and fiction — are full of moments when the warning was issued, the data was sound, and the danger still went unheeded. Not because people didn’t hear it, but because the…

Cynthia ConradFebruary 5, 2026

Children's Books Recommended

A Gentle Story About Change, Courage and the Butterflies That Help Us Grow

In The Turquoise Butterfly, Dale V. Atkins, PhD, offers young readers a tender, emotionally intelligent story about change — both the kind we anticipate and the kind that arrives without warning. Told through the eyes of a young girl named Victoria, the book explores childhood anxiety, resilience and grief with…

Cynthia ConradJanuary 6, 2026

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Love Becomes the Strongest Spell in Ellen A. Roth’s “Ten Fingers Touching”

Fairy tales promise that love can conquer the darkest forces, but Ellen Roth’s Ten Fingers Touching invites readers to consider an even more tantalizing possibility: that true love might be the most powerful magic of all. Roth’s debut novella opens with a wager between Good and Evil — a cosmic…

Cynthia ConradDecember 18, 2025

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A Reckoning With Grief and Identity in The Gratifying Relief of Being Forgotten

The Gratifying Relief of Being Forgotten by BK is a bruising and beautiful exploration of grief, longing, self-erasure and the persistence of love in its most destructive and redemptive forms. Moving between aphoristic fragments, longer narrative poems, typographic experimentation and a prose-poem sequence, BK constructs a world where memory, nature,…

Cynthia ConradNovember 21, 2025

Fiction Recommended

Haunting Contemporary Gothic Blurs the Line Between Fantasy and Reality

Have you ever read a book that you wished would never end? That’s the kind of book The Island is, and it’s a rare find. Written by Amazon bestselling author and filmmaker Kerri King, this speculative fiction novel follows the emotional journey of Mack, a novelist-turned-fisherman, whose sailing trip with…

Cynthia ConradJune 11, 2025

Nonfiction Recommended

Unlock the Mysteries of the Great Pyramid with a Cosmic Journey Through Time

The television show Ancient Aliens has been a source of entertainment for me over the last decade or so. Its mix of archeology, history, science and wild leaps of logic (“I’m not saying it was aliens … but it was aliens”) range from the intriguingly plausible to the utterly ridiculous.…

Cynthia ConradSeptember 23, 2024

The Black Pages by Antonio Ricardo Cannady

Nonfiction Recommended

Gripping Memoir Chronicles Triumph Over Turbulent Past

According to society, not to mention his own family, Antonio Ricardo Cannady had zero chance of making something of himself. Born into an abusive household in the ghettos of Orlando, Florida, he came up in the 80s with an entire generation of poor Black kids whose lives were shaped by…

Cynthia ConradAugust 23, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Satiric Novel-Play Puts Thinking on Trial

What do you get when you take classical forms of satire, Greek tragedy, theatre of the absurd, philosophy, wordplay and poetry and mash them together to comment upon the current state of life in America? Well, it could only be one thing — the unique and complex work titled What…

Cynthia ConradAugust 16, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Dante’s Lost Secrets Revealed in Historical Mystery

As anyone who has read the Divine Comedy will attest, there were people Italian poet Dante Alighieri liked and those he didn’t like. The former populate his Purgatorio and Paradisio, while the latter — well, let’s just say they are punished, often spectacularly, in his Inferno. His strong views didn’t…

Cynthia ConradAugust 6, 2024

Better Self Nonfiction Recommended

An Expert’s Informative, Holistic Look at Dementia Caregiving

If you are lucky enough as an adult to still have parents in your life, chances are very good that you will eventually be providing some level of care for them as they age. Between the rising costs of skilled nursing and the inadequate coverage provided by most insurance, many…

Cynthia ConradJuly 25, 2024

The Prospected Family by Mike Ekstrom Volumes From the Void 1

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Darkness and Life Collide in a Supernatural Family Feud

Cynthia ConradJune 12, 2024

The Bulgarian Training Manual by Ruth Bonapace

Fiction Recommended

Heroine’s Satirical Self-Improvement Quest from Body-Building to Poetry

What do gluten-free communion wafers and arugula-eating snails have in common? Well, if you’re a bodybuilder, it turns out these are two powerhouse secrets to a ripped physique — along with other, shall we say, less conventional methods. Debut novelist Ruth Bonapace takes us through an epic workout of the…

Cynthia ConradJune 4, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

Practical and Inspirational Guide Helps Artists Foster Creativity

Life is full of instructions, telling us what we need before we do something. “You need your coat, you’re going to get cold.” or “You need to be careful, you’re making a mess.” But maybe you like the cold and want to make a mess. This book will reframe some…

Cynthia ConradMay 29, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Newfound Family and Old Enemies Collide in Zombie Apocalypse Sequel

How do you survive monstrosities without becoming a monster yourself? Is violence justifiable when the endgame is peace? These are some of the questions our heroine grapples with in Fangs Bared, book two of Brandon Pawlicki’s zombie apocalypse series, Where We Stand Now. Vallerie Sabell has seen more than her…

Cynthia ConradMay 20, 2024

Nonfiction Recommended

An Accessible 21st Century Translation of the New Testament

Translation is tricky. Sure, we can input something into Google Translate or some other such tool and decipher what a passage in a foreign language is about. That’s the literal level of translation. But there’s so much that goes missing — the subtleties of words and cultural concepts with no…

Cynthia ConradApril 24, 2024

Fiction Recommended Romance Young Adult

Profound Insights Underpin a Tale of Forbidden Love

How much control do we have over our own choices? If you knew in advance that a particular choice would lead to heartbreak, would you still choose it? Is love worth the risk? These profound questions underpin Books of Destinies Vol. 1, a young adult paranormal romance by Martha Kowalski.…

Cynthia ConradApril 17, 2024

Cynthia Conrad

Stories of Weather, Warnings and the Cost of Waiting

A Gentle Story About Change, Courage and the Butterflies That Help Us Grow

Love Becomes the Strongest Spell in Ellen A. Roth’s “Ten Fingers Touching”

A Reckoning With Grief and Identity in The Gratifying Relief of Being Forgotten

Haunting Contemporary Gothic Blurs the Line Between Fantasy and Reality

Unlock the Mysteries of the Great Pyramid with a Cosmic Journey Through Time

Gripping Memoir Chronicles Triumph Over Turbulent Past

Dante’s Lost Secrets Revealed in Historical Mystery

An Expert’s Informative, Holistic Look at Dementia Caregiving

Darkness and Life Collide in a Supernatural Family Feud

Heroine’s Satirical Self-Improvement Quest from Body-Building to Poetry

Practical and Inspirational Guide Helps Artists Foster Creativity

Newfound Family and Old Enemies Collide in Zombie Apocalypse Sequel

An Accessible 21st Century Translation of the New Testament

Profound Insights Underpin a Tale of Forbidden Love

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