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1/5
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Work on it.
2/5
Mediocre
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3/5
Good
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4/5
Very Good
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5/5
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Part traditional crime story, part study in trauma recovery, STUMBLE AND FALL satisfies readers at both levels, offering a portrait of humanity at its best...
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
Impressively solid in its historical information and skillfully written, Jennifer Dobbs' LOST IN CHINA: A Memoir of World War II, effectively describes the people and...
September 12, 2022
EMMA’S ARMY (How Millions of Angry, Marching Seniors Saved Their Vanishing America)
By Dan ChabotRating:
2.8 / 5.0
Too broadly absurd to offend progressives and too simplistic to provide a meaningful critique of the left, Dan Chabot's EMMA'S ARMY (How Millions of Angry,...
IR Approved
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0
With BE SOMEBODY (A Dante Jacoby Thriller), Matt Rogers pairs impeccable writing with a highly effective origin story template that makes for a must-read series...
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0
P.H. Mountain’s PEPPERONI, JALAPEÑOS & LSD isn’t for the easily offended, but, as a chronicle of an ill-spent youth well-spent in Boulder, Colorado, it testifies...
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0
LADY GARLAND TAMES HER DRAGONS AND BRINGS PEACE TO THE KINGDOM has confident prose and lots of heart, but its rapidly-shifting focus and loose overall...
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0
Educational consultant Stephen Juracka offers useful and practical advice in a breezy manner on issues such as hiring criteria, motivating employees, and brainstorming for organizations...
Rating:
3.2 / 5.0
Somewhat mired in inconsistency, Rick Fishman’s THE NAVAJO EVENT ultimately succeeds on the strength of a strong premise, solid writing and a cast of compelling...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Isaac Thorne creates characters who feel like real people in HELL SPRING and then puts them through the wringer, but doesn’t get much beyond the...
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0
In Mark Zvonkovic's BELINDA, subplots and shadow characters overwhelm the narrative's central drives, creating a medley that often proves too intricate for its own good....
IR Approved
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
With lovable, complex characters and fast-paced, brutal battle scenes, Scott Warren's CHEVALIER (War Horses Book 1) is an explosive introduction to a promising military sci-fi...
IR Approved
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
IN CIRCLING FLIGHT, Jane Harrington's captivating novel about the initially tenuous but ultimately resilient connections of a few friends in Appalachia, hits every literary and...