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Work on it.

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December 1, 2023

WHAT A WOMAN IS

By Basimah Khulusi M.D.
Rating:
2.7 / 5.0

Though Dr. Basimah Khulusi’s WHAT A WOMAN IS bursts with passion, some may see it as a rehash of out-of-date stereotypes that offer little insight...

December 1, 2023

THE SECRETS INSIDE

By Katherine Tirado-Ryen
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Katherine Tirado-Ryen illuminates a warning sign against predatory older men in her compulsively readable novel, THE SECRETS INSIDE.

December 1, 2023

BISENTIENT

By Patrick O'Connor
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0

BISENTIENT by Patrick O’Connor is an uneven blend of science fiction, fantasy, politics and the occult that works best as a cinematic action-adventure tale.

November 29, 2023

SAVING MADONNA

By Kate Bristow
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

Through deeply personal stories, Kate Bristow's SAVING MADONNA offers a window into the potential for both depravity and nobility of people at war—and underscores the...

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November 29, 2023

LOOPHOLE

By Alex Hugie
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

LOOPHOLE, the debut YA novel by Alex Hugie, is well-paced, packed with action, and works as a sophisticated allegory: a moral conundrum tackling issues of...

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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

WHERE TWO WORLDS TOUCH is more of a memoir than a travelogue, but author River Faire conveys the various sensations associated with life in another...

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November 27, 2023

TRAUTEROSE (Growing Up in Postwar Munich)

By Elisabeth Haggblade
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

TRAUTEROSE (Growing Up in Postwar Munich) by Elisabeth Haggblade offers an uncompromising, moving, and elegiac memoir of a deprived childhood in postwar Germany.

November 27, 2023

LEADING WITH VISION AND HEART

By Leonard H. Roberts
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Business mogul Leonard Roberts’s LEADING WITH VISION AND HEART is a compelling memoir in places, but it fails to dig deep where it matters.

November 27, 2023

WHAT LEADERS NEED NOW

By Andrea Chilcote
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0

Author Andrea Chilcote stays within the standard parameters of leadership advice, despite presenting herself at points as a maverick. Since she's been an executive coach...

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November 24, 2023

OVERMORROW

By H.L. Cherryholmes
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Whatever it may appear to be at first, OVERMORROW by H.L. Cherryholmes never stays that way for long: a "bottle story" that spans time and...

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

A promising beginning tapers off into textbook speak as Peter Dougherty's THE DOUGHERTY CODE (Secrets of Financial Planning in Spain Revealed) abandons the light humor...

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November 24, 2023

WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS

By Kat Edwards
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

In WHEN THE SMOKE CLEARS, a raw and atmospheric novel, Kat Edwards examines the layers of grief and generational trauma with a touch so deft...

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