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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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Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

A fairly-reasoned balance is struck between storytelling and political and feminist history and education in THE LESSON OF THE LARK, where a basic prose tale...

Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

Meaningful humor and spunky characters combine to create a classic adventure story with environmentally conscious undertones in Eileen Conway's MADAME X AND THE WORLD BENEATH.

Rating:
3.1 / 5.0

THE WONDERS OF THE PECULIAR PARASOL is a magical fusion of several fairytales into a single plot, with a nice sense of the family and...

December 16, 2019

THIS DAY IS OURS

By Gretchen Jeannette
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

THIS DAY IS OURS is the rare realistic historical romance, blessedly devoid of  insta-love, though Gretchen Jeannette’s historical details and American Revolutionary battle scenes sometimes...

December 6, 2019

HARD LUCK GIRL

By Topshee Johnston
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

Author Topshee Johnston knows how to dish up fear, suspense, and an anti-heroine worthy of a sequel of his debut novel, HARD LUCK GIRL.

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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

A powerful personal account of one man's mourning process, WHEN WILL IT STOP HURTING? offers hope to those who have lost loved ones and feel...

Rating:
1.5 / 5.0

THE BOOK OF JOHN is a strange amalgam of New Age spirituality and addiction recovery testimonial from an author who hit rock bottom and lived...

November 27, 2019

THE DOCTOR WILL KILL YOU NOW

By Louis Siegel, M.D.
Rating:
2.5 / 5.0

With an intriguing and relevant story, there’s enough information and imagination in Louis Siegel's THE DOCTOR WILL KILL YOU NOW to overlook the slight meanderings...

November 18, 2019

FENCE SICKNESS

By Susan Scutti
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Susan Scutti's FENCE SICKNESS is engaging and quietly dramatic, full of poetic prose and gritty, real life details. It's an in-depth, emotional examination of family...

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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Not all anecdotes are created equal, but most in Carol Gino's ME & MARIO create a compelling portrait of two great minds and the adventurous,...

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Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

Succinct chapters that interweave personal anecdotes, Cambodian cultural history, and the indoctrination of the Khmer Rouge all serve to create a page-turning memoir of emotional...

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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

HOPE DANCING: Finding purpose and a place to serve among the Maya is a thorough, sometimes harrowing, always thought-provoking memoir about Leslie Baer Dinkel's adventures...

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