Babushka is Homesick
“Returning to Her Homeland” A review by Joey Madia Babushka is Homesick is the sequel to Tell Me a Story, Babushka, which I recently reviewed (and loved!). Babushka, in the first book, tells her...
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“Divine Guidance from a Celestial Source” A review by Joey Madia You will have already noticed, from the bibliographic information, that this book is unlike others written by a single author, or even a...
View ArticleLove, Dad: How My Father Died… Then Told Me He Didn’t
“A Six-Year Journey to Belief in the Afterlife” A review by Joey Madia Let’s begin with a buyer beware, spoiler alert, and disclaimer. First, this isn’t a book written from the onset by a true...
View ArticleHannah’s War
“Now I am become Death, Destroyer of Worlds” A review by Joey Madia As one looks back on the many watershed moments in U.S. history—the result of decisions made by a small group of White men that cost...
View Article10 Little Frogs
“Whatever You Wish to Be” Review by Joey Madia What if a shooting star sprinkled stardust on ten little frogs, sitting on a log, and each one got their wish? This is the premise of this delightful...
View ArticleTurtle Crossing
“Learning by Doing” Review by Joey Madia With a classic beginning—Once upon a time, there was a young turtle called Oliver”—this book for young listeners and readers is a journey of discovery and...
View ArticleCourt of the Grandchildren
“Pay Attention: This Could Happen” Review by Joey Madia What a fifteen-month journey it’s been. I have detailed the sociopolitical dog and pony show and all its many components in recent reviews of...
View ArticleBeyond Ever After: A Heart-to-Heart Journey Through Death and the Afterlife
“A Love that Outlives Death” Review by Joey Madia Once upon a time, and to a horrific and violent degree, anyone who was able to mediate between a Higher Power (God, the Source, etc.) that was not...
View ArticleThe Rainbow Bridge: Bridge to Inner Peace and to World Peace (4th ed.)
“Thinking Big to Save Humanity” Review by Joey Madia Scanning the nine pages of blurbs at the start of this important handbook for making a difference in a dark and troubled world, you will immediately...
View ArticleMysteries of Honolulu
“Vampires, Ghosts, and Hawaiian Island Lore” Review by Joey Madia Originally published in 2012, this collection of eight spooky tales combines the author’s considerable skills as a storyteller...
View ArticleThe Cuts that Cure
“Intriguing Inevitability” Review by Joey Madia Authors, publishers, story analysts, reviewers, and readers often speak about a book being a “real page-turner.” Rarely do we elaborate on what that...
View ArticleThe Year before the End
“A High-Action Space Adventure” Review by Joey Madia In 2020 and early 2021 I wrote a number of reviews of novels in the dystopian future genre. As we were all locked inside and the future of the world...
View ArticleOn the Trail of the Nephilim, Vol. 1
“Outing ‘Intellectual Fascism’” Review by Joey Madia Subvert the dominant paradigm. —Dr. John Mack On the heels of the hollow, disappointing lack of real Disclosure in the Pentagon’s recent...
View ArticleBirthrights
“Infant Secrets” Review by Joey Madia There are few things as sacrosanct as a mother’s rights when it comes to childbirth and issues of custody. The maternal instinct—although it is hard for fathers to...
View ArticleAlien Park, Dunes
“Of Underground Alien Bases” Review by Joey Madia Since April 2020, at the start of the pandemic, when the Pentagon and US Navy officially acknowledged the legitimacy of the gimbal, tic-tac, and go...
View ArticleVampires of Lore: Traits and Modern Misconceptions
“A Fine Line between Fiction and Folklore” Review by Joey Madia Legends of vampires have become so much a part of the fabric of who we are as human beings that we often give little thought to their...
View ArticleWhen a Brave Bear Fights Cancer
“Making it All Seem Better” Review by Joey Madia It is a joy when two authors you admire for their positive messaging and high level of craft join forces—especially for a cause as worthwhile as...
View ArticleAlien Intelligence
“The Matrix is Real and Nothing Is What it Seems” Review by Joey Madia Every so often, a book comes along that requires me to assess just where I am on the healthy skeptic continuum. Being a healthy...
View ArticleRise of the Undead
“Attention Zombie Fans” Review by Joey Madia I will be the first to admit, I am not a fan of zombies. I do like Zombieland, got a few laughs out of Return of the Living Dead recently, and enjoyed the …...
View ArticleAn Angel Told Me So (Volume 1)
“Divine Guidance” Review by Joey Madia Over the past eight months, I have reviewed several books produced in conjunction with a higher energy. Celestial beings, spirit guides, aliens, the Brotherhood,...
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