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Work on it.

2/5

Mediocre
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3/5

Good
Worth reading.

4/5

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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Intense wartime scenes are teamed with moments of tender comradery in UP-CLOSE & PERSONAL, an epic Vietnam memoir that relays author Robert C. Bogison's  raw...

IR Approved
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

In SAILING BLUE WATER MYSTIQUE SOLO: SAILING THE EXUMAS ALONE, H. Downing Lane’s personal insights and observations of both the self and the blue world...

October 14, 2019

SIMON’S MANSION

By William Poe
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

SIMON'S MANSION is a thoughtful and philosophical book about coming to terms with one's past, facing the consequences of past misdeeds and failures, and figuring...

IR Approved
October 11, 2019

COUNT IT ALL JOY

By Mitchell Allen
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

With COUNT IT ALL JOY, Mitchell Allen unfurls a subtle, poignant and engaging look at one young man's life in a small-town, amidst the unsatisfying...

October 7, 2019

DAYS PASSED

By McEntry Dunbar II
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

DAYS PASSED is an ambitious novel with a sprawling plot and while author McEntry Dunbar II has created engaging characters who struggle with deeply relatable...

Rating:
3.4 / 5.0

THE MILLION DOLLAR ORGANIZER is a helpful guidebook that fully delivers on its promise to explain how union organizers can recruit more members than ever...

IR Approved
September 27, 2019

GATED

By J.D. Ventura
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

A taut, suspenseful thriller, GATED grips readers from its opening pages all the way to its shocking conclusion.

IR Approved
September 11, 2019

THE LANGUAGE OF PAIN

By Trevor Campbell
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

While of course any chronic pain sufferer should consult with their own physician first and foremost,  THE LANGUAGE OF PAIN can offer some outside guidance...

IR Approved
September 9, 2019

DEATH IN PARAÍSO

By Jack Polo
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

Jack Polo’s detective novel DEATH IN PARAĺSO, is a thoroughly satisfying, balanced, well-told detective story with strong characterizations, snappy dialogue and a plot that is...

Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

A brutally honest redemption story about a man’s journey from abused and isolated gay boy to highly destructive meth and rough sex addict, DON’T MIND...

IR Approved
August 30, 2019

GRACE IN THE WINGS

By Kari Bovee
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

GRACE IN THE WINGS  is a page-turning 1920s mystery set against the smoky and sometimes seedy world of the famous Ziegfeld Follies. 

IR Approved
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

Written with passion and sincerity, Kimberly Faith's YOUR LION INSIDE: Tapping into the Power Within, is an interesting, useful and well-researched book for those wanting...

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