IndieReader Discovery Awards 2020 Entrants
Added as our experts review them, find the latest from the 2020 IndieReader Discovery Awards, leading up the big winners announcement in May!
IR VERDICT: LOVE CAME SOFTLY by Luce D’Amore is a narration of love, laughter, joy and sorrow. Rich imagery leads the reader on his or her…
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IR VERDICT: CONFUNDO ET TRANSFIGURO by Myn Aunsoo, is an original young adult story that combines coming-of-age and vampire youth, along with what seems like…
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IR VERDICT: The idea that blacks and whites could somehow live together in a biracial society in America was once considered utterly impossible. Given that…
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IR VERDICT: SAINT ILLUMINATOR’S DAUGHTER by Michael Ippen is a richly imaginative tale of identity that spans generations. From 1950’s Brooklyn to the declining Ottoman…
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IR VERDICT: HONEYMOON ALONE by Nicole Macauley is a well-paced and pleasant read that practically screams out the term “chick-lit” – but in an entertaining…
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IR VERDICT: HIDDEN GEMS: Quest for the Great Diamond by H. K. Boughazian is an original and intriguing adventure that combines a few scientific facts with lessons…
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IR VERDICT: THE SWIFT UPLIFTING RUSH AND DRAWING HANDS is the superhero origin story of Quinn, a non-binary college student living in a society where…
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IR VERDICT: Welsh marketing guru Steve Morgan explains how to get clients–not painlessly, but certainly without the kind of angst associated with direct sales. His…
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IR VERDICT: Rory McFarlan’s fictional NEPHI’S COURAGE: Story of a Bad Mormon, is an honest, tender account of its 30-year-old titular character’s efforts to be fully…
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IR VERDICT: SWIMMING SIDEWAYS is a wonderful character-driven story about a Hawaiian teenage girl and her disintegrating family. It is a nuanced portrayal of displacement…
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IR VERDICT: Understanding THE MEANING OF LIFE is key to knowing what you want and what you are willing to do to get there. Nathanael…
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IR VERDICT: BRASH FLOW is a dystopian novel about a young white rapper trying to make it big in a future world with rigid racial…
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IR VERDICT: THE TREASURE OF THE BLUE WHALE by Steven Mayfield is a pleasant, lighthearted and fictional story of a 10-year-old boy who finds a…
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IR VERDICT: Mark Sibley’s MONGOL MOON takes some time to “spin up” and get moving, but once it does, it’s an unstoppable force, as a…
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