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Work on it.

2/5

Mediocre
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Worth reading.

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September 13, 2024

SUM LIVES

By Rich Silvers
Rating:
3.6 / 5.0

Rich Silvers's SUM LIVES is well-written and raises some interesting moral questions in the context of the cutthroat world of corporations and technology.

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September 11, 2024

LOVE AND OTHER CAGES

By Emilia Ares
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

A tense YA romantic thriller, LOVE AND OTHER CAGES by Emilia Ares delivers a suspenseful second installment with a butt-kicking heroine and her devoted, street-smart...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Ismar Volić’s MAKING DEMOCRACY COUNT: How Mathematics Improves Voting, Electoral Maps, and Representation is a useful guide for improving voting systems to avoid the problem...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Written by Debbie Davey and illustrated by Diana Florescu, A WALK IN TOWN is a simple but effective book that will make its young readers...

September 9, 2024

LOUIS PASTEUR CONDEMNS BIG PHARMA

By Stephen Heartland
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Stephen Heartland's LOUIS PASTEUR CONDEMNS BIG PHARMA doesn't present any information that will surprise readers familiar with previous books on policy and science failures during...

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September 6, 2024

VEILPIERCER

By Bruce Berls
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

With both dry absurdism and great humanity, Bruce Berls’s VEILPIERCER successfully turns 21st-century concerns about technology and society into a rollicking vision of their looming...

September 6, 2024

TOMMY ROCKET AND THE GOOBER PATROL

By Thomas Kuhn
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Thomas Kuhn’s TOMMY ROCKET AND THE GOOBER PATROL overall maintains the light, adventurous tone of American childhood stories.

IR Approved
September 4, 2024

JOURNEY OF SEVEN CIRCLES

By Russell Pike
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

A remarkably imaginative flight, Russell Pike's JOURNEY OF SEVEN CIRCLES bristles with energy and verve in its fantastical story of duty and self-sacrifice.

IR Approved
September 4, 2024

ARENA GLOW

By Angela Chaidez Vincent
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

ARENA GLOW is a vivid and inventive debut collection that marks Angela Chaidez Vincent as a poet to follow.

IR Approved
September 2, 2024

SPLENDID LITTLE SCHEMES

By Robin Strong
Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

An absorbing, suspenseful feminist novel, Robin Strong’s SPLENDID LITTLE SCHEMES boasts believable, relatable multi-level marketing business women who amp up the drama with their façades.

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September 2, 2024

OLAF AND ESSEX

By Patti Calkosz
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

A tender, layered fable set in a world where a baby’s laughter is magic and trees give advice, OLAF AND ESSEX by Patti Calkosz is...

September 2, 2024

CHOICE OR CHANCE

By Abby Reilly
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Though the prose style is uneven and the perspectives are tough to stomach, Abby Reilly’s CHOICE OR CHANCE still has enough to offer a dedicated...

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