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Previous "Book of the Month" Spotlights
January 2026
A Heart Made of Tissue Paper
A collection of original poetry by American author, Richelle E. Goodrich. Each chapter in this book delves into a specific emotion experienced in life by the human heart.
The opening chapter, titled TO LOVE, includes twelve unique poems that explore differing aspects of love, while the chapter titled TO LOATHE is comprised of poems that touch on life’s harsher emotions. Every chapter is its own journey through a relatable human sentiment.
The literary works in this book were written in a variety of lengths and poetic styles including sonnets, haikus, free verse, and cinquains. A Heart Made of Tissue Paper is in essence a treasury of hard-earned joys and sorrows survived.
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December 2025
Secrets of a Noble Keykeeper
Meet Gavin, a curious young man whose calling it is to guard the gates of his homeland. As a keykeeper, Gavin comes across many outsiders whom he creatively steers away from the borders of his magical world: A world where ogres bowl for their dinner. A world where pirates sail the clouds to plunder diamonds from the night sky. A world where bubbleberries make a person burp out loud. It is a place where anything imaginable is commonplace.
All the while, the young keykeeper finds himself increasingly intrigued by stories of the outside. While snooping about in the void between worlds, he is captivated by a dreamer who piques his interest in what can only be described as the ordinary.
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November 2025
Being Bold
Being Bold includes quotes, poetry, and a number of short stories. Enjoy a profound thought for every day of the year, including the popular following:
"Life made me an actor from birth. The world, darling, is not my stage but my audience."
“Don’t sink too deep into yourself. That is the secret to happiness.”
“Friends make everything easier. If you want to succeed at a challenge, involve your friends. They have an amazing capacity to lighten physical, emotional, and mental burdens by simply being there.”
“Life can be awful. Life can be ugly. And still there are those who smile at the darkness, anticipating the beauty of an eventual sunrise.”
This book was written to be used for daily inspiration and motivation.
October 2025
The Tarishe Curse
Tarishe is a modest village surrounded by fortress walls meant to keep out one thing: werewolves. In truth, the wolves are scarcely bothersome and seldom seen excepting one night a year when a blood-red moon appears. This full Tarishe moon never fails to herald the arrival of an entire pack of hairy beasts, drawn to the village like greedy dragons to golden treasure. It is difficult enough to protect a young family in this world of dangerous creatures, but such a feat proves near impossible when an old witch bent on vengeance casts a curse that manipulates both heart and mind. The battle for survival is not only with a sword but an internal struggle to love those the curse has targeted for hatred, and to hate the one who through evil enchantment manipulates her enemy’s affections. How long will it take to learn that the old monster, vengeance, is insatiable?
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September 2025
Smile Anyway
Smile Anyway is a collection of daily motivations and thoughts to read and ponder every day of the year. Included are original quotes, poetic verse, as well as the random relatable grumbling. This book is meant to motivate and inspire individuals on a daily basis as it reminds us how similar the emotions and experiences are that we share with the whole of humanity. Despite varying circumstances, we all laugh, we cry, we hope, we despair, we endure, we grow, we fall and then rise, and we find reasons to celebrate on occasion. Enjoy a profound thought for every day of the year. This book reminds us that while things exist to make us groan and grumble, we can find reasons to smile anyway.
August 2025
Dandelions: The Disappearance of Annabelle Fancher
Annabelle Fancher lives with her mother and her often-absent, alcoholic father. When he is not on the road, his presence at home creates heightened anxiety in his wife and daughter—fear caused by years of abuse. Annabelle copes with her circumstances by escaping into popular fairy tales where she dreams characters to life. When her dreams cross over into waking fantasies, and the ghostly image of a dreamed character appears before her, Annabelle begins a real struggle to separate reality from pretend and sanity from beautiful madness. This fictional tale does an honest job of mirroring the unfortunate reality of many young people whose home lives are private nightmares unobserved by the outside world. Most of the events in this book were taken from the lives of individuals known by the author.
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July 2025
Slaying Dragons
This book is the next in a line of inspirational compilations. In the same style as Smile Anyway and Making Wishes, Slaying Dragons offers readers original daily thoughts, poetry, and the occasional short story. Ponder meaningful quotes like the popular following:
"There are tomorrows on their way worth the struggles of today. Never give up." “When it comes to fighting for your dreams, be a dragon. Breathe fire.” “Too often we let others stamp a price tag on us and we accept their appraisal of our worth, forgetting we are in fact priceless.” “When you love someone, you don’t care that she ate your sandwich. You only hope she found it delicious.” “Habits grow like dragons if you feed them.”
This book was written to entertain, inspire, and motivate individuals on a daily basis.
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June 2025
Making Wishes
Making Wishes is the successor to Smile Anyway―another collection of original quotes and poetry. This book also includes a small number of short stories. Enjoy a profound thought for every day of the year, including the popular following:
"Dress yourself in the silks of benevolence because kindness makes you beautiful." “Don't seek to be happy; let everyone else chase after that rainbow. Seek to be kind, and you'll find the rainbow follows you.” “There are times you find yourself standing by the wayside, watching as someone struggles to dig a well with a spoon, and you wish with all your heart you had arms and a shovel.” “Sorrow on another's face often looks like coldness, bitterness, resentment, unfriendliness, apathy, disdain, or disinterest when it is in truth purely sadness.”
This book was written to inspire and motivate individuals on a daily basis.
