Book Reviews
IR Staff •
May 18, 2012 IndieReader launched the first annual Discovery Awards (IRDAs) for one reason: to help you, the indie book lover, discover the best indie books, vetted by some of the top people in the publishing business today.
For a first effort we’ve had a spectacular response, and we’ve been bowled over by the number of incredible books we’ve received. We will be announcing the winners of the IRDA’s–top three fiction, top three non-fiction and the “best of” in 30+ categories, on Sunday, June 3rd at the Book Expo America (BEA), a trade event held once a year in New York City. The New York Times best selling indie author Darcie Chan and yours truly will be making the announcement of the winners live, available via YouTube.com/IndieReader.
In the meantime, we’d like to share the top titles to-date. We have broken down the categories alphabetically and will be posting the lists throughout the next week or so.
Please note that the judging is not yet complete, that all books entered have not yet been reviewed and that not all of the books included here will win. But they are all “IndieReader Approved”, meaning they’ve received a 4 or 5 star review, and very much worth a read.
| Aging, Death & Dying | |
 Death with Dignityby Robert Orfali 5 Stars (*****) |
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| American Studies | |
 Oh, Beautifulby John Godges 4 Stars (****) |
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| Biography | |
 Life in a Jar: The Irena Sendler Projectby Jack Meyer 5 Stars (*****) |
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 Mr. Bob the Chicken Engineerby Robert Hargreaves 4 Stars (****) |
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 The Burly Manby Zachary Lewis 4 Stars (****) |
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| Business | |
 No Straight Linesby Alan Moore 4 Stars (****) |
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 The Intentional Networkerby Patti DeNucci 5 Stars (*****) |
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| Chick Lit | |
 Blow Meby Lennie Ross 5 Stars (*****) |
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 One Pink Lineby Dina Silver 4.5 Stars |
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Starring in the Movie of My Life |
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The Girls’ Guide to Dating Zombies |
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| Environment | |
Comfortably Unaware |
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 Maria’s Duck Tales: Wildlife Stories From My Gardenby Maria Daddino 5 Stars (*****) |
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| Fantasy | |
 Darkmage by M. L. Spencer 4 Stars (****) |
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 Reternityby Neal Wooten 4 Stars (****) |
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 The Darkening Dreamby Andy Gavin 4 Stars (****) |
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| Gay/Lesbian | |
 Glen & Tyler’s Honeymoon Adventureby JB Sanders 4 Stars (****) |
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 The Unsimple Truthby J. Renee’ LaCour 4 Stars (****) |
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| Health/Medicine | |
 Successfully Surviving a Brain Injuryby Garry Prowe 5 Stars (*****) |
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AMazing story Loved each moment the passionate writing of these character their journeys the expectations of Life on
loved it Lennie Ross is sensational writer Love her passion for writing What’s Next a Movie???
Be very proud MS. Daddino……….this is really wonderful, in a very current and important category. Yes , you did start out to write your tales but all that is in your dear heart has to do with the environment………this is what you are about and your sincere passion has been noticed and rewarded. Be very proud my dear……….can’t wait for the next book. A very big fan.