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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

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Excellent!
Must-read.

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March 27, 2023

THE NARRATOR

By Babak Hodjat
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Author Babak Hodjat writes with authority in THE NARRATOR, throwing back the curtain on the innovative coders of Silicon Valley with prose that is clean...

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March 24, 2023

THE MAENAD’S GOD

By Karen Michalson
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

THE MAENAD'S GOD is never the same book twice: flowing from intrigue to mysticism, romance to mythology, Karen Michalson weaves an epic and constantly surprising...

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

El. T. Fullah writes with confidence and overall the stories in KALI MA are entertaining and show great potential, but this flash fiction is impatient...

March 24, 2023

SIMPLIFY YOUR HEALTH

By Lucas Ramirez
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Written in an engaging analytical style with sound advice and guidelines, SIMPLIFY YOUR HEALTH (A Doctor's Practical Guide to a Healthier Life), by Lucas Ramirez,...

March 22, 2023

CHRISTMAS LAND

By Amber & Davina Bernardi-Kim
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

With a likable heroine and an alluring wintery setting, CHRISTMAS LAND by Amber & Davina Bernardi-Kim is a fun adventure and an endearing tale of...

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Rating:
4.9 / 5.0

Frances Alvarado-Ng's BEYOND A GLUTEN-FREE DREAM is a well-written, beautifully-illustrated children’s book that tells a compelling story that will educate, engage, and entertain children of...

March 22, 2023

VIBRATIONS IN THE FIELD

By Daniel Burke
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Daniel Burke's VIBRATIONS IN THE FIELD is a surprising, scintillating, and hard-hitting blend of intrigue, spirituality, and quantum physics that makes for a truly compelling...

March 20, 2023

THE HEART OF FAMILY

By Renee Field
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

THE HEART OF FAMILY by Renee Field astutely portrays a family’s experience with and reaction to conventional familial problems—difficulties related to strained relationships, shaky finances,...

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March 20, 2023

MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH

By Kristine McGuire
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Kristine McGuire's MEANWHILE, BACK AT THE RANCH is absorbing account of the history of Wyoming, an exploration of the West, a political analysis, social commentary,...

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March 20, 2023

THREE RIVERS

By Sarah Stusek
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

THREE RIVERS, Sarah Stusek's debut YA novel, brings a fresh approach to timeless childhood themes of inclusion, forgiveness, and change.

March 17, 2023

THIS ISN’T JUST A SOUVENIR

By Ki Hyun Park
Rating:
2.8 / 5.0

Ki Hyun Park's THIS ISN'T JUST A SOUVENIR benefits from beautiful descriptive writing, but is hampered by a wayward plot and uneven pacing.

March 17, 2023

TO CATCH THE SETTING SUN

By Richard I Levine
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

For readers who tear through crime thrillers and love sinking their teeth into stories of deranged, violent, pathetic killers and the damaged men and women...

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