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November 3, 2021

FROM GRANDMA WITH LOVE

By Bella Neville Cruz, Katia Quintana Cruz
Rating:
3.1 / 5.0

FROM GRANDMA WITH LOVE is a perfect book for grandparents to gift their preschool grandchildren. The simple picture book presents positive affirmations for children to...

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November 3, 2021

JESUS CHRIST DIVIDED

By Michael LaFond
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Michael LaFond has written a thoughtful, detailed, and thorough argument with some startling but surprisingly plausible conclusions. Whether readers agree with him or not, it's...

November 3, 2021

HEART VALUE

By Mary Tess Rooney
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Part how-to guide, part why-are-we-here manifesto, HEART VALUE is a worthy addition to the self-help canon.

IR Approved
November 1, 2021

MISPLACED MISTLETOE

By Isabel Jolie
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

MISPLACED MISTLETOE is a feel-good festive romance: heart-warming, uncomplicated, and highly agreeable. 

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November 1, 2021

LOUIE AND THE DICTATOR

By Lisa Bournelis
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

LOUIE AND THE DICTATOR is an impactful and heartwarming story about a boy learning to live with OCD during the COVID-19 pandemic that may empower...

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November 1, 2021

A SIMPLE TALE OF WATER AND WEEPING

By Kami King Larsen
Rating:
4.1 / 5.0

Kami King Larsen's A SIMPLE TALE OF WATER AND WEEPING is a well-crafted, richly visualized, satisfying story of a nameless town in a magical Ireland...

October 29, 2021

JUMPBACK

By Terry Hayman
Rating:
3.6 / 5.0

With JUMPBACK, the first book in a series that lays the groundwork for Jackson Traine, Terry Hayman has created a contemporary crime thriller and added...

October 29, 2021

SALVATION ON PERIL ISLAND

By Nash Knight
Rating:
2.5 / 5.0

SALVATION ON PERIL ISLAND is an interesting speculative look at one side of an America broken in two over political differences, and at the struggle...

October 29, 2021

A SPELL OF ROWANS

By Byrd Nash
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

With well-balanced structure, smooth pacing, and clean prose, A SPELL OF ROWANS needs only more grounding character work to successfully deliver its story.

October 29, 2021

A WISH TOO DARK AND KIND

By M.L. Blackbird
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

M. L. Blackbird’s ambitious dark fantasy A WISH TOO DARK AND KIND has a strong voice and a provocative structure, but too many characters with...

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October 27, 2021

LEGACY OF EVIL

By Ed Marohn
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

A nuanced, well-plotted action-adventure that simmers with intrigue, LEGACY OF EVIL confronts a chilling reality and reminds us what’s worth fighting for.

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October 27, 2021

THE PROFESSOR’S WIFE: A Novella

By Marina DelVecchio
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Sumptuous prose and a mind-blowing twist will make sure that readers don’t forget THE PROFESSOR’S WIFE, an unsettling psychological thriller wrapped in a provocative dark...

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