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1/5
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Work on it.
2/5
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3/5
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4/5
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A slow burn legal thriller blends with a doomed romance beneath gloomy Vancouver skies in Steve Hamilton’s A SCANDAL OF THE PARTICULAR.
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3.0 / 5.0
Despite the obvious love and care which has gone into Tannis DeVilla’s story (and Sakshi Mangal’s illustrations) in THE TRIPLE TERRIBLE T’S, it is difficult...
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5.0 / 5.0
In LEAP THIRTY, Diane Lowell Wilder plumbs the depths of memory to explore how relationships change over time, particularly our relationships to ourselves. It is...
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4.9 / 5.0
Blending fiction and nonfiction, Michelle Tocher’s THE TOWER PRINCESS is a feminist memoir that draws poignant meaning from fairy tales with dreamlike language and keen...
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4.0 / 5.0
Combining of-the-moment racial outrage with timeless themes like the slippage of childhood, the poems in Gary Moore's SONGS FOR THE CLEVELAND AVENUE WARRIORS are an...
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4.5 / 5.0
THE MARLOWE MURDERS is a cleverly-designed murder mystery, with a sharp, determined heroine, an entertainingly dysfunctional set of suspects, and enough suspense and plot twists...
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2.9 / 5.0
SANS STABILITY MINUS SEX is a wildly imaginative premise hampered by its uneven execution and surface-level character development.
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5.0 / 5.0
A modern urban folktale with its own cadence and soul, Duvay Knox's SOUL COLLECTOR shoves aside literary constraints to tell a darkly funny, poignant, and...
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4.7 / 5.0
While Hindu practitioners are an obvious audience for this book, families from all cultures and denominations will appreciate the timeless message of tolerance at the...
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3.5 / 5.0
WILLOW’S RIDGE is an emotional rollercoaster of a book with a strong lead character and a story that takes a profound and unexpected turn. Well...
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4.5 / 5.0
Using sympathetic characters and brisk storytelling, Rolf C. Margenau's WAR STORY offers readers a fascinating glimpse into overlooked events of World War II, making history...