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December 3, 2021

VINEGAR HILL BLUES

By Wayne Clark
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

VINEGAR HILL BLUES veers between engaging, active prose and somewhat meandering and unnecessary detail as it follows the exploits of one Bobby Stazilovsky, an aspiring...

December 3, 2021

HOW TO CONTROL AN ENTIRE PLANET…in 5 Easy Steps

By C.D. Hill-Lavalle
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Possibly the most deadpan satire ever, C.D. Hill-Lavalle's HOW TO CONTROL AN ENTIRE PLANET…in 5 Easy Steps, makes not one bit of sense, yet is...

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December 1, 2021

BUTTERFLY AWAKENS

By Margaret E Nocero
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

From the depths of despair to the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela in northwestern Spain, BUTTERFLY AWAKENS is the rare example of an engaging memoir...

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December 1, 2021

PASSAGE ON A BRIDGE

By William Cheevers
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

PASSAGE ON A BRIDGE is a fictionalized memoir of the Depression years, a history of the men who traveled America by freight train, and a...

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November 29, 2021

ABSOLUTION

By Henry Hack
Rating:
4.3 / 5.0

Be it the premise, characters, or setting, there’s little in Henry Hack’s ABSOLUTION that won’t immediately feel familiar, but the author’s air tight plotting and...

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November 29, 2021

DAUGHTER OF CAREFUL-ISH

By Honey Parker
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

DAUGHTER OF CAREFUL-ISH by Honey Parker smartly captures the clipped, urgent, maddening and often misguided dynamics that arise as young adults navigate a pandemic and...

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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Danni Maynard's YOU CAN DO ANYTHING is wonderfully illustrated, positive and inspiring children’s book with a central message of optimism, equality and dreaming big.

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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Alan Corcoran’s MARATHON MAN is an inspirational, well-structured and well-edited memoir written with an admirable level of openness and honesty in which the author astutely...

November 24, 2021

AGENDA 2060: The Future as It Happens

By A.I. Fabler
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Well-written and occasionally pointed, A.I. Fabler’s AGENDA 2060: The Future as It Happens is a satirical speculative novel about a future wherein woke-ism has spiraled...

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November 24, 2021

DEADLINE ROME: The Vatican Kylix

By Sari Gilbert
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

Rome circa 1980s is the star of Sari Gilbert's DEADLINE ROME: The Vatican Kylix, a rapidly-paced crime thriller where the core mystery -- involving archeological...

November 24, 2021

THE CRAZY GOLF PRO

By Don Walin
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

Don Walin's engrossing memoir, THE CRAZY GOLF PRO, is a well-written and poignant memoir about living with bipolar disorder and the high toll mental illness...

November 22, 2021

WOMEN: DOWN THROUGH THE AGES

By Jerry Schaefer
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

While some of his jokes fall flat, WOMEN: DOWN THROUGH THE AGES--Jerry Schaefer’s look at men’s mistreatment of women--is a reasonably comprehensive addition to feminist...

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