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September 29, 2021

THE MAYFLY

By Ben Rogers
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

While Ben Rogers’ short story collection THE MAYFLY toes the line between focused and myopic, the freshness and care of the prose remain riveting to...

September 27, 2021

THE GODS WONDER TOO: Musings From Out of the Ether

By g. h. butler calabrese
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

THE GODS WONDER TOO: Musings From Out of the Ether by g.h. Butler Calabrese is a well-intentioned, broad-minded, and somewhat uneven compendium of wisdom, observation,...

September 27, 2021

THE MELODY OF THREE

By S.D. Reeves
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Vivid scenery and quirky characters populate THE MELODY OF THREE, worlds divided among humans, fairies, and elves, but the story is so packed with action...

September 24, 2021

NO GOOD ABOUT GOODBYE

By CT Liotta
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

Rich with often realistically crude boy lingo, NO GOOD ABOUT GOODBYE by CT Liotta is an utterly charming teenage LGBTQ falling-in-love adventure while simultaneously rocking...

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September 24, 2021

MILIEU

By Jay Green
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

MILIEU offers a thought-provoking, intelligent, and sometimes controversial panorama of what it’s like to live on this planet in the early 21st century. Whether readers...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

The rare example of a 'self-help' book that never overstays its welcome, EACH PASSING MOMENT begins as an understated examination of an existential crisis but...

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September 22, 2021

HAPPY HERE AND NOW

By Matt Tracy
Rating:
4.9 / 5.0

Personable, not-preachy, HAPPY HERE AND NOW by Matt Tracy is a concise, extra helpful self-help/self-empowerment book; the kind one might want to read twice...or better...

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September 22, 2021

THE OTTAWA WAY: Guilty by Gender in Canada’s Capital

By Demetrios (Jim) Angelis
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

Accused of murder, THE OTTAWA WAY by Demetrios (Jim) Angelis offers an exhaustive, thought-provoking (if somewhat gender-biased) examination of concepts including intergenerational abuse, the vulnerability...

IR Approved
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Glen Reddick’s memoir THREE MONTHS ON AN E-BIKE (What Could Possibly Go Wrong) is filled with humor, and his descriptions of the Australian countryside provide...

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September 20, 2021

A WICKED WIND (Book Two of the Archanium Codex)

By Nicholas McIntire
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

A worthy and almost impossible to put down second book in the Archanium Codex saga, A WICKED WIND continues the complex characters, action and event-filled...

September 17, 2021

TRIALS OF POWER

By Ben Crow
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Crow has penned a fast-paced YA fantasy and crafted an affable cast of adventurers to move through his world. But an undercooked universe, use of...

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September 17, 2021

RAMPING YOUR BRAND: How to Ride the Killer CPG Growth Curve

By James F. Richardson, PhD
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

No Consumer Packaged Good (CPG) is exactly like another, yet there is general, insider knowledge regarding ways to effectively structure one's entry into the CPG...

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