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Work on it.

2/5

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Worth reading.

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November 19, 2021

OIL AND DUST

By Jami Fairleigh
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

While its setting is fascinating and characters likable, Jami Fairleigh's post-apocalyptic novel OIL AND DUST suffers from some storytelling and pacing problems.

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Rating:
4.6 / 5.0

Readers of all ages will smile, cat-owners will surely laugh, and a handful of future veterinarians will likely find inspiration in the pages of HAZEL,...

November 19, 2021

HITTING THE ROAD WITHOUT A MAP

By Fred Rutter
Rating:
2.8 / 5.0

HITTING THE ROAD WITHOUT A MAP, the saga of author Fred Rutter's RV journey from Ohio to Oregon, has some nice photography and fun historical...

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November 18, 2021

MY GAY CHURCH DAYS

By George Azar
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

George Azar’s MY GAY CHURCH DAYS is a touching autobiography that will resonate among all those who denied themselves for a cause or a group...

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November 17, 2021

HALF A LION

By Palle E.K. Oswald
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Palle E.K. Oswald's HALF A LION is a rollicking, violent, battle-filled sword-and-sorcery epic “jungle fantasy” featuring a murdered king, jealous heirs clashing over the throne,...

November 17, 2021

PROPHECY OF LOVE

By T. Satterfield
Rating:
3.4 / 5.0

Part mind-bending examination of love, part sight-seeing tour through time and space, T. Satterfield’s PROPHECY OF LOVE is an intriguing, genre-blending adventure that’s just a...

November 17, 2021

FRACTURED WEAPONS

By DL Farmer
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

While the world and characters of DL Farmer’s FRACTURED WEAPONS are deeply imagined and lovingly rendered, the narrative structure and prose style produce too much...

November 17, 2021

BAR MAID

By Daniel Roberts
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0

A stylish and occasionally engaging coming-of-age love story, Daniel Roberts' BAR MAID is a period novel set in the 1980s that is unerringly accurate in...

November 15, 2021

IT IS WHAT IT IS

By Mak (Chanchal) Khan
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0

An attempt to deal with Covid conspiracies and the impact the virus has had on our politics and media in a factual way, Mak (Chanchal)...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR: Turning Tragedy into Triumph to Embrace my Destiny in Entrepreneurship by Serena Holmes is an introspective, hopeful self-help tome offering detailed facts...

November 15, 2021

HANDING DOWN HOPE

By Nate Slaymaker
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

HANDING DOWN HOPE may not be the first book that a person working with teenagers will turn to but as an inspirational, hands-on history from...

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November 15, 2021

ILL INTENT: A Medical Thriller

By Geoffrey M Cooper
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

An intriguing and engaging mystery mingling science, crime, and academic backstabbing, Geoffrey M Cooper's ILL INTENT has enough twists and turns to keep readers turning...

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