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Our Reviewers won’t judge your book as compared to other self-published titles, but against other books, period. Our ratings are based on the following criteria, although reviewers are able to award partial stars (i.e. a 1.3 or a 4.7), rather than rounding up or down to a whole or half number.

1/5

Really bad 
Work on it.

2/5

Mediocre
1-2 bright spots.

3/5

Good
Worth reading.

4/5

Very Good
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Excellent!
Must-read.

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January 6, 2021

RISE AND FALL OF MY BELOVED

By Utanu Maa
Rating:
3.6 / 5.0

Utanu Maa’s RISE AND FALL OF MY BELOVED is a heart-breaking collection of poems that teaches the reader important lessons in resilience and trauma-recovery in...

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January 4, 2021

NEUROTOPIA: Geppetto’s Chains

By Tony Mohorovich
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Tony Mohorivich’s NEUROTOPIA: Geppetto’s Chains is an exciting science fiction adventure exploring the concepts of interplanetary politics, self-sacrifice, and personal freedom, complete with a neurotic...

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January 4, 2021

YOU’VE GOT SOME NERVE

By Derryen Plante
Rating:
4.3 / 5.0

A glance at personal trauma through a practical lens, Derryen Plante’s YOU’VE GOT SOME NERVE is a succinct, pragmatic and memorable look at both her...

January 4, 2021

LOCKED DOWN BUBBLING UP

By Mark Rice, Lesley Smith, Mairead de Bhal
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Though all the stories are tied to a central theme, LOCKED DOWN BUBBLING UP is a collection by three writers that is by turns pastoral...

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January 4, 2021

FROM THERE TO HERE: War, Peace, Pandemic

By Romy Wyllie
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Romy Wyllie’s FROM THERE TO HERE offers a vivid, loving glimpse into a life both alien and familiar: growing up wealthy in England during a...

Rating:
1.0 / 5.0

Aura D. McClain's HAPPINESS IN QUANTUM LEAPS: De stressing WITHOUT DRUGS! could be a good book on living the Christian lifestyle or a good book...

December 28, 2020

THE PLAYGROUND

By Matthew Taggart
Rating:
2.9 / 5.0

Enjoyable for fans of creature-feature horror flicks but thin on plot and characters, THE PLAYGROUND--wherein a giant spider stalks people and pets in a tiny...

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December 28, 2020

NO MATCH FOR HER

By Travis Lee Hicks
Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

Readers will need a box of tissues for this heart-warming story of how a family, their friends, church, and community all pulled together to help...

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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0

A cute, cheerful little book about a child enjoying herself in the rain, MOUSE'S SPLASHY TUESDAY will charm and entertain in equal measure.

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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

MAKING PHOTOGRAPHY EASY AND FUN delivers on its premise, providing expert advice and interesting exercises that will delight burgeoning photographers.

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December 23, 2020

GLORY DAYS

By J.P. Michaels
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

J.P. Michaels’ GLORY DAYS is a fascinating examination of the racism and turmoil in small-town southern America and its hostility to racial justice, told through...

December 23, 2020

DESTINY CONTROL

By David Garrahan
Rating:
3.4 / 5.0

A stark and sometimes startling journey through a man’s unusual career, from New York street urchin in the 1940s to highly educated professor and school...

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