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March 20, 2026

DISCONNECTED

By Marcelo Marçal
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

Marcelo Marçal’s DISCONNECTED pairs an imaginative, high-stakes virtual-world concept with vivid settings and escalating intrigue. Although exposition-heavy stretches and uneven dialogue occasionally blunt its momentum,...

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March 20, 2026

A PROMISE OF POWER

By Rachel Enriquez
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

In A PROMISE OF POWER, Rachel Enriquez has created a rich world that provides an immersive backdrop for characters caught in a struggle for power...

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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Kathleen Donovan’s FROMAGE IN SCOTLAND is a charming and well-executed children’s fantasy that succeeds through warmth, clarity, and strong moral intent. An engaging and reassuring...

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Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

Ryan Normandeau demonstrates as much care in the structuring of CONNECTIVE TISSUE: Finding Your Path Through Mentorship and Resilience as he did in building his...

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Rating:
4.6 / 5.0

William Lower’s THE TYPO: In the Name of God is a brisk, witty historical adventure with strong character dynamics and a sharp sense of institutional...

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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

With its fusion of raw memoir and structured character-building methodology, Marc Schneider’s THE CHARACTER ROUTE TREE: A Memoir, A Method, A Mastery of Obsessive Character...

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March 20, 2026

WHAT DOES JESUS SEE IN YOU?

By Coleen Aquino
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Largely secular in its approach, WHAT DOES JESUS SEE IN YOU? (A Guide to Self-Discovery) by Conrad and Coleen Aquino is a Christian-centric book that...

Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

A strong start to the series, Anthony Dwayne Webb's THE HISTORY OF LIGHTNING: Book 1 of the Garna Cycle excels at building a captivating world...

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March 19, 2026

WROUGHT IN FLESH

By Corinne Price
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Through descriptive world building and engaging themes, Corinne Price's WROUGHT IN FLESH presents an immersive and dark narrative that will keep the audience eager to...

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March 19, 2026

THE COLOR OF OUR NAMES

By Mahitab Mahmoud
Rating:
4.3 / 5.0

THE COLOR OF OUR NAMES is a culturally grounded and meticulously structured novella by Mahitab Mahmoud, providing a disciplined examination of identity in the face...

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Rating:
4.7 / 5.0

Benefiting from lucid prose and thoughtful, experience-driven analysis, Mylinh Brewster Shattan's RAISING ATHENA: A Mother and Daughter Attend West Point Thirty Years Apart is an...

Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

Though the approach is unoriginal, LISTEN TO YOUR BODY: Holistic Choices for Managing Chronic Pain by Wendi M. Lindenmuth succeeds in giving readers grappling with...

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