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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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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...
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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.
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4.0 / 5.0
MISPLACED MISTLETOE is a feel-good festive romance: heart-warming, uncomplicated, and highly agreeable.
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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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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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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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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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...