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Work on it.

2/5

Mediocre
1-2 bright spots.

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Good
Worth reading.

4/5

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July 18, 2026

TWO MINUTES TO EVERYTHING

By H.W. Cumming
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

H.W. Cumming's TWO MINUTES TO EVERYTHING is for any reader who's ever felt invisible in their own life and needed a book to share that...

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Rating:
4.4 / 5.0

LEADERSHIP ALCHEMY: Essential Truths for Driving Transformational Change is a thought-provoking manual that offers guidance on how best to improve management and leadership skills. Though...

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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Leaders will greatly appreciate Michele Herlein's CULTURAL EXCELLENCE: A Leader's Guide to Strengthening the Heart of Your Organization for its wealth of knowledge and actionable...

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Rating:
4.3 / 5.0

G.A.L.E. FORCE: Navigating Strategy, Culture, and Value Creation in Modern M&A is a perceptive and cogent business manual that reflects author J. Michael Coffey’s in-depth...

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Rating:
4.3 / 5.0

A successful twelfth entry in Deb Pines’s reliably entertaining series, TOSSING SEAS: A Chautauqua Murder Mystery is an exciting novel that belies the surface-level calm...

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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Corrine Brown's memoir ME, MOM & THE MONSTER: Our Dance Through Huntington’s Disease brings forth the emotional realities of navigating the disease from the perspective...

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July 16, 2026

ISLAND OF SHADOW AND LIGHT

By Paul Konwiser
Rating:
4.6 / 5.0

Brimming with intrigue, emotional complexity, and action, Paul Konwiser’s ISLAND OF SHADOW AND LIGHT offers a fascinating (and at times exhilarating) expression of what it...

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Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

William N. Brown’s WEST MEETS EAST: Stories of Americans in China provides an engaging and heartfelt exploration of the personal connections that contribute to cultural...

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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Jayson Adams's THE QUANTUM MIRROR: An Ares Universe Novel starts as a chilling work of hard sci-fi, but it compellingly turns into a tense, insightful...

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July 16, 2026

KING JUSTICE, THE LEGEND BEGINS

By Evelyn M. Exley
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

KING JUSTICE, THE LEGEND BEGINS: A Tale of King Justice, Book 1 perfects the fantasy genre. Evelyn M. Exley is a master when it comes...

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Thoughtful, well-researched, and grounded in practical safety principles, J-F Truchon's COVERT SELF-DEFENSE: The Unexpected Advantage of Fighting with a Pen offers valuable insights into awareness...

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July 15, 2026

A WAVE OF BREATH

By Tess Collins
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Written by Tess Collins, A WAVE OF BREATH succeeds as an inventive, emotionally rich post-apocalyptic tale that's powered by one of the more memorable protagonists...

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