Indie book reviews

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Our Reviewers won’t judge your book as compared to other self-published titles, but against other books, period. Our ratings are based on the following criteria, although reviewers are able to award partial stars (i.e. a 1.3 or a 4.7), rather than rounding up or down to a whole or half number.

1/5

Really bad 
Work on it.

2/5

Mediocre
1-2 bright spots.

3/5

Good
Worth reading.

4/5

Very Good
1-2 spots that need work

5/5

Excellent!
Must-read.

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October 28, 2024

COLLEGE YOU: Get Much More Out of College

By Chiara Bacigalupa, PhD, Shelly Albaum, JD, Antonia Bacigalupa Albaum, MS, Gianna Albaum, PhD
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Packed with wisdom, humor, and practical advice, COLLEGE YOU: Get Much More Out of College is an essential guide for anyone looking to make the...

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May 20, 2024

WANT DO GET

By Merlin Goldman
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

Overflowing with helpful screenwriting tips and tools, WANT DO GET by Merlin Goldman is a manual that even longtime writers will find enlightening.

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February 26, 2024

THE HAPPIEST PRESCHOOL: A Manual for Teachers

By Martha Heineman Pieper, Ph.D., Kelly Perez
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Martha Heineman Pieper and Kelly Perez provide useful guidance in THE HAPPIEST PRESCHOOL: A Manual for Teachers, which values making a connection with preschool students...

December 27, 2023

THIS TO ME

By Dr. A.H. Yurvati
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Although presented as a memoir about author A.H. Yurvati's health challenges, most of THIS TO ME comprises medical case histories written in technical language. In...

September 20, 2023

BRAZILIAN CULTURE EXCHANGE

By Geiszel Godoy
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

A rich, immersive travelogue that delves beneath Brazil's vibrant surface to explore its complex cultural and historical fabric, Geizel Godoy's BRAZILIAN CULTURE EXCHANGE is an...

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May 1, 2023

BEHIND THE SOUND CART

By Patrushkha Mierzwa
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Patrushkha Mierzwa's BEHIND THE SOUND CART: A Veteran's Guide to Sound on the Set is essential reading for budding sound professionals, but with its wealth...

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Rating:
4.3 / 5.0

While author Curtis Elliott spends a lot of time on his credentials and the physics of swing theory, his hip-to-hip method is excellent, and the...

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October 12, 2022

LIGHT, DARK, AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM

By Scott Benjamin Gracie
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

Beautifully packaged and meticulously researched, Scott Benjamin Gracie’s LIGHT, DARK, AND THE ELECTROMAGNETIC SPECTRUM: A Look at Everything Light, Associated Phenomena, Uses of the Electromagnetic...

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March 14, 2022

BEYOND EXPECTATIONS INTO A WORLD OF POSSIBILITIES

By Patricia E. Bailey
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

While BEYOND EXPECTATIONS will primarily prove a valuable resource to educators and those in a care-giving role, it is fundamentally a book about connecting with...

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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Catherine Wagner's EASY MARKS: Cracking a University’s Academic Integrity Con, is impressively researched and written and thoroughly credible and demonstrates how career ambitions—in this case,...

July 7, 2021

GOVERNMENT 2.0

By Joseph Gorski
Rating:
3.2 / 5.0

Almost all of the ideas contained in Joseph Gorski’s GOVERNMENT 2.0 come from other sources, so while his arguments have a long and distinguished pedigree,...

December 14, 2020

PREVENTING BULLYING: A Manual for Teachers in Promoting Global Educational Harmony

By Raju Ramanathan and Christina Theophilos
Rating:
2.9 / 5.0

PREVENTING BULLYING by Raju Ramanathan and Christina Theophilos is a heartfelt attempt to address worthy concerns that would benefit hugely from a thorough sensitivity rewrite.

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