Dorothy Alston was just fourteen when her father’s drunken behavior led to the death of her mother. She found a new home with her uncle on a farm in Florida, but thirty-four years after these events Dorothy is in a vegetative state and Ellen Steward, an administrator at the rehab facility Dorothy is being kept in, begins unraveling the story of how a glass key led Dorothy to where she is now. In the pages of Dorothy and the Glass Key Ellen will have to make a choice and if she fails to save the woman in her care she may lose may than she ever expected. Continue reading “Dorothy and the Glass Key Book Review from @kleffnotes”

In Case You’re Curious is a book for anyone and everyone. With sex so present in our daily lives, in media and on social media as primary examples, people have a lot of questions that sometimes they just feel too uncomfortable to ask. Now Google does exist, but you know sometimes searching a topic can lead to results that don’t make sense or can even lead to more confusion. With this book, brought to you by Planned Parenthood, you can find answers to an assortment of questions that span sex, sexuality, and really anything else that might pop into your mind no matter how old or experienced you think you might be. This is the perfect resource and I can definitely see it as being something parents with children about to go through or going through puberty finding exceptionally useful. Continue reading “In Case You’re Curious Book Review from @kleffnotes”

Writing can be an exceptionally beneficial practice for your heart and soul, which Greta Solomon emphasizes in her book Heart, Sass and Soul. This journal style book is designed to help you determine who you really are through freewriting and reflection. When there are moments of great unknown in our lives we may find ourselves struggling to understand them and process everything happening around us. Through Heart, Sass and Soul provides a way to work through these moments by writing. If you are searching for a way to better understand yourself this is the book for you. Continue reading “Heart, Sass and Soul Book Review from @kleffnotes”

Fighter pilots are the most alpha of the alpha in terms of flying and in this field competition is everything. Lions of the Sky focuses on Sam Richardson, a fighter pilot’s pilot, who is a reluctant legend with a dark secret. He has been fulfilling a tour as an instructor and is desperate to return to the real action. When he is told he must complete one more course, this one will push him to confront the secrets he has kept hidden. Written by Francesco “Paco” Chierici, a ten year active duty pilot in the U.S. Navy and then a pilot in the Reserves and commercially after that, Chierici knows the field and his expertise adds to his story, which has been touted as “a Top Gun for the new millennium.” Continue reading “Lions of the Sky Book Review from @kleffnotes”

Mark Guerin’s coming of age story You Can See More From Up Here delves into what happens when lies grow into something unexpected and push family members apart. In 2004, Walker Maguire is summoned to his estranged father’s bedside and in that moment he finds himself turning his mind back to 1974. This is the year where his father, unhappy about retiring from the Air Force and now a plant physician, and Walker found their lives diverging. When a bloody fight, witnessed by Walker, is falsely blamed on a Mexican immigrant, he keeps quiet and these lies and eventual betrayals break the relationship between father and son. In order to move beyond what happened back then the two men will have to confront the past and examine how it has led to their present. Continue reading “You Can See More From Up Here Book Review from @kleffnotes”

From the author of Searching for Bobby Fischer, Fred Waitzkin, Deep Water Blues is inspired by a true story and tells the story of a Bahamian island that became the battleground for a pirate war. Bobby Little built his own paradise on the island of Rum Cay. While the island life was something people flocked to, Bobby and his larger than life personality were the rule lures. When a tragedy strikes the island swiftly changes and tourists no longer wish to visit these once exotic shores. Bobby finds himself fighting against a new sort of entrepreneur and the water begins to run red with blood, but there might be someone who can help find a way to return the island to its former glory. Continue reading “Deep Water Blues Book Review from @kleffnotes”

Raven Burns was forced to witness the numerous crimes of her father, the first of which was the murder of her mother at his hands. Floyd “Fire” Burns’ terrible deeds are what pushed his daughter to become a homicide detective. In trying to prove she is nothing like him she still has never been able to escape his voice in her head. After an accidental shooting on the job she must confront her past and the blemishes on her soul in order to stop a killer in A Killing Fire. Continue reading “A Killing Fire Book Review from @kleffnotes”