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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...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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November 26, 2021
MARATHON MAN: My Life, My Father’s Stroke and Running 35 Marathons in 35 Days
By Alan CorcoranRating:
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...
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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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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...
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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...
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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...