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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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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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
September 24, 2021
EACH PASSING MOMENT: The Path to Yourself: How to Find Peace, Meaning, and Fulfillment
By Theodor Vik AndreasRating:
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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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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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...
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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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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...
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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, PhDRating:
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...