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!
December 4, 2019
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BLOSSOM ~The Wild Ambassador of Tewksbury
December 4, 2019
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HOW LANGUAGES SAVED ME
December 4, 2019
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ADULTHOOD: When I Was 18
December 4, 2019
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HEAVY LIES
December 4, 2019
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CHOOSING HAPPINESS
December 4, 2019
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HIJITO
December 4, 2019
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UNTIL THE LAST STAR FADES
December 4, 2019
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GIVE THEM UNQUIET DREAMS
December 4, 2019
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GILCHRIST
December 4, 2019
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DREAMING OF ARCHES NATIONAL PARK
December 4, 2019
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THE UNAMERICAN DREAM
December 4, 2019
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THE VIRTUAL DIVIDE
December 2, 2019
WHEN WILL IT STOP HURTING?: One Man’s Journey Through Grief
IR VERDICT: In his short book WHEN WILL IT STOP HURTING, author Glenn Cameron shares his palpably profound grief over his wife, and his own…
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December 2, 2019
THE BOOK OF JOHN (Not the one in the Bible)
IR VERDICT: THE BOOK OF JOHN (Not The One In The Bible) by John T. Long is a compilation that meshes the author’s life experiences,…
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November 27, 2019
THE DOCTOR WILL KILL YOU NOW
IR VERDICT: THE DOCTOR WILL KILL YOU NOW is a fast-paced thriller that showcases the very real and realizable threats to modernized, technological, and internet-based…
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November 18, 2019
FENCE SICKNESS
IR VERDICT: Three generations of a family share the shames, struggles and sorrows of war and its aftermath in Susan Scutti’s FENCE SICKNESS. Through intertwined…
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IR VERDICT: Dripping with emotion and sincerity, ME AND MARIO is a heart wrenching memoir about commitment, not only to the craft of writing, but…
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October 28, 2019
THE GIRL WHO SAID GOODBYE: A Memoir of a Khmer Rouge Survivor
IR VERDICT: A sadly familiar Holocaust-like story set in Cambodia in 1975, THE GIRL WHO SAID GOODBYE features labor camps, mass killings, forced marches and…
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October 25, 2019
HOPE DANCING: Finding purpose and a place to serve among the Maya
IR VERDICT: HOPE DANCING by Leslie Baer Dinkel examines the fact that politics and compassion don’t necessarily mix. At least in Guatemala, where the outcomes…
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October 21, 2019
UP-CLOSE & PERSONAL: In-Country, Chieu Hoi, Vietnam 1969-1970
IR VERDICT: Thoroughly researched and immersive, UP CLOSE & PERSONAL is a fascinating historical account written by Robert C Bogison, a Vietnam veteran. It is…
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October 21, 2019
SAILING BLUE WATER MYSTIQUE SOLO: SAILING THE EXUMAS ALONE
IR VERDICT: SAILING BLUE WATER MYSTIQUE SOLO by H. Downing Lane is a cathartic account of the author’s travels on the high seas, and his…
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October 17, 2019
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THE POWERFUL YOU
October 17, 2019
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