Spotlight: THE QUIET ART OF BEING HUMAN by Gad Levine

Some days you need big answers. Most days you just need one honest line that helps you breathe again.

The Quiet Art of Being Human is a collection of short, grounded reflections—simple truths for complicated days. Each one-page reading offers a small moment of clarity: a reminder, a gentle nudge, or a thought you can carry with you.

There are no long chapters here. No lists of rules. No pressure to transform your whole life overnight. Just clear, steady perspectives on things most of us wrestle with but rarely talk about:

• setting boundaries
• emotional fatigue and overload
• self-doubt and second-guessing
• the strain of relationships and expectations
• quiet resilience on heavy days

You can read one page a day, or open the book anywhere and see what lands. It’s the kind of book people keep on a nightstand, carry in a bag, or give to someone who’s going through a hard week.

This is a thoughtful gift for anyone who appreciates simple life lessons, gentle wisdom, and short, meaningful readings that make life feel a little less heavy.

For readers of daily reflections and reflective essay-style books, The Quiet Art of Being Human offers a small moment of grounding in a noisy world.

Purchase on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Quiet-Art-Being-Human-Complicated-ebook/dp/B0G2TMQ5BD/

Review: LIARS LANE by L.A. Dobbs

 

A 16-year-old girl was doing a biography report on her dead grandfather, sending her mother to look more into the car accident that killed both her parents. Right away there were secrets to be uncovered like who Ballad’s father really was and what really happened with the car crash. Suddenly, we see more and more warning messages like, “Don’t Dig Too Deep.” It only made you more curious. Such a riveting read!

 

Rating: 5 stars

Review: RANSOM ROAD by Anya Mora

 

A young nanny gets coerced into a scheme to kidnap her new client’s baby. She doesn’t want to do it, but she needs the money to help her mom. Can Bex really take the baby? No, in fact, Bex would do anything to protect this child. Suddenly, she finds herself and the baby taken for ransom. Can a mother and nanny work together to save the ones they love? A nice short story with suspense!

 

Rating: 4 stars

Review: FIVE TOTAL STRANGERS by Natalie Richards

 

“Meet my friends, the fellow castaways from Flight 3694.”

 

One blizzard. One ride. Six hours. Five strangers.

 

Mira would do whatever it took to get home to her mom on Christmas, even if that meant hitching a ride with strangers. This premise sounded pretty interesting and so far, it was easy to understand. The details, however, got a little muddled when they hit that first snag in the road. The road became kind of a drudgery at this point and it didn’t really get much better. I honestly thought it would’ve been more suspenseful and exciting, but this was mild at best. The read was pretty good, but I’ve honestly read better. An okay read, but I expected more.

 

Rating: 3 stars

Review: CLAUDIA MUST DIE by TB Markinson

 

A woman on the run known as The Hunted—Claudia. She knew he was looking for her and that he was going to kill her. The only chance she had of survival, of living again, was for someone to take her place. What luck that she found a dead ringer—a look-alike that could be her twin.

 

A botched hit puts everyone on high alert. Two girls with a hit on their heads, but which one will it be?

 

The premise here was fairly interesting and the read was pretty easy, but it wasn’t as exciting as I thought it would be. For a long time, all Claudia did was watch her look-alike. The characters, even the hitman cousin, seemed to be endearing in some way, and you honestly didn’t know who to root for. It was an interesting story that was mildly amusing. A decent read.

 

Rating: 3 stars