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November 17, 2021

PROPHECY OF LOVE

By T. Satterfield
Action/Adventure
Rating:
3.4 / 5.0

Part mind-bending examination of love, part sight-seeing tour through time and space, T. Satterfield’s PROPHECY OF LOVE is an intriguing, genre-blending adventure that’s just a...

November 17, 2021

FRACTURED WEAPONS

By DL Farmer
Fantasy
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

While the world and characters of DL Farmer’s FRACTURED WEAPONS are deeply imagined and lovingly rendered, the narrative structure and prose style produce too much...

November 17, 2021

BAR MAID

By Daniel Roberts
Literary Fiction
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0

A stylish and occasionally engaging coming-of-age love story, Daniel Roberts' BAR MAID is a period novel set in the 1980s that is unerringly accurate in...

November 15, 2021

IT IS WHAT IT IS

By Mak (Chanchal) Khan
Politics & Current Events
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0

An attempt to deal with Covid conspiracies and the impact the virus has had on our politics and media in a factual way, Mak (Chanchal)...

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November 15, 2021

THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR: Turning Tragedy into Triumph to Embrace my Destiny in Entrepreneurship

By Serena Holmes
Business
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

THE ACCIDENTAL ENTREPRENEUR: Turning Tragedy into Triumph to Embrace my Destiny in Entrepreneurship by Serena Holmes is an introspective, hopeful self-help tome offering detailed facts...

November 15, 2021

HANDING DOWN HOPE

By Nate Slaymaker
Parenting
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

HANDING DOWN HOPE may not be the first book that a person working with teenagers will turn to but as an inspirational, hands-on history from...

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November 15, 2021

ILL INTENT: A Medical Thriller

By Geoffrey M Cooper
Mystery/Thriller
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

An intriguing and engaging mystery mingling science, crime, and academic backstabbing, Geoffrey M Cooper's ILL INTENT has enough twists and turns to keep readers turning...

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November 12, 2021

THE ROAD HOME

By Christina Berry
Romance
Rating:
4.1 / 5.0

Driven by a pair of nuanced protagonists teeming with authenticity, THE ROAD HOME is a romance novel with true cross-over potential that easily side-steps any...

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November 12, 2021

NOT RIGHT NOW

By K. Thomas
Paranormal
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

K. Thomas’s paranormal romance NOT RIGHT NOW shows a skillful and intriguing return to the world of Time to Wake, pairing well-imagined character relationships and...

November 12, 2021

LADY BE GOOD

By Pamela Hamilton
Literary Fiction
Rating:
4.6 / 5.0

A high-society coming-of-age story that proves truth is sometimes stranger than fiction, LADY BE GOOD provides an intoxicating mix of glitz, glamour, love, and betrayal,...

November 10, 2021

THE DELIVERY

By K.M. Halpern
Literary Fiction
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

THE DELIVERY is a quick and quirky read blending the horrors of bureaucracy with the pressures of conformity.

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November 10, 2021

WHAT’S WRONG WITH A PET DINOSAUR?

By Tony Philips
Children's (Early to intermediate readers)
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Funny, quirky, and undeniably charming, WHAT’S WRONG WITH A PET DINOSAUR? is the rare example of a book that can follow a child through all...

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