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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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February 7, 2022

OUTSIDE THE BIG OAK DOORS

By Michelle Tocher
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Funny and heartfelt, Michelle Tocher’s OUTSIDE THE BIG OAK DOORS may be short, but this rich, warm, and deeply humane novel will linger in reader's minds...

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February 4, 2022

HARRIET: A Jane Austen Variation

By Alice McVeigh
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

In a world where 'revisiting' often involves a clever spin, Jane Austen fans can rest easy knowing that Alice McVeigh’s HARRIET side steps any hint...

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February 4, 2022

HERE WE GO LOOP DE LOOP

By William Jack Sibley
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Aside from being a comic tour de force, HERE WE GO LOOP DE LOOP also offers contemplative moments focusing on real human emotions like life...

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February 4, 2022

BRASS TABBY

By Rowan Helaine
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

Invigorating its conventional rom-com storyline with witty repartee and sensitive, masterful storytelling, Rowan Helaine's BRASS TABBY is a first-rate debut for a brilliant new voice...

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February 2, 2022

LIBERTY BOUND

By Nathaniel M Wrey
Rating:
4.1 / 5.0

With relatable, well developed characters and enough twists and turns to propel the reader through to the finish, LIBERTY BOUND is a modern dystopian novel...

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February 2, 2022

WARRIOR IN THE MUD

By Nicole Martin Salter
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Nicole Martin Salter's WARRIOR IN THE MUD is an uplifting memoir of an extraordinary life, written with skill, insight, and no small amount of courage.

January 31, 2022

WHY?

By William Search
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

William Search, in his quest for meaning, explores a wide but oddly scattershot range of religious, philosophical, and scientific beliefs, and produces an answer which...

January 31, 2022

UNCERTAIN HARVEST

By Charles Simpson
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Charles Simpson’s UNCERTAIN HARVEST features elegant and evocative prose which is unfortunately weighted down by its slow pace and unlikely romance.

January 31, 2022

MALKAH JOB: Red Dragon

By Vasilissa Wladowsky
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Driven by a cunning seductress with a secret several millennia in the making, MALKAH JOB: Red Dragon is a promising debut that is disappointingly undermined...

Rating:
3.4 / 5.0

Regardless of one’s cultural or spiritual background, there’s a lot to be gained from Kim Bentley’s AN INTRODUCTION TO SPIRITUALITY–you just might have to take...

Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

A smart, sharp take on human psychology as it relates mood, Steven Joseph's A GROWNUP GUIDE TO EFFECTIVE CRANKINESS is simultaneously playful and serious and...

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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Ravina M Chandra’s THE ART OF SENIOR DATING is a helpful, easy-to-follow twelve-step program for those who are struggling and/or afraid to seek out a...

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