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Mediocre
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January 13, 2020

TRANSFERENCE

By B.T. Keaton
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Author B. T. Keaton creates a science fiction masterwork in TRANSFERENCE that explores human identity and the dignity of the person without unnecessary moralizing. 

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Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

Those who embrace the concepts of mediumship and a belief in the afterlife will likely be mesmerized by COULD ANTHONY NEWLEY BE MY MUSE?, author...

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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

With powerfully evocative text and beautifully illustrated watercolors, ANONYMOUS IS A WOMAN: A GLOBAL CHRONICLE OF GENDER INEQUALITY by Nina Ansary is so deliciously important,...

December 30, 2019

THE SEDUCTIVE PINK CRYSTAL

By Isaac Alexis M.D.
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

THE SEDUCTIVE PINK CRYSTAL by Dr. Isaac Alexis is a messy, exuberant book that turns a scary subject--drug addiction--into a message of hope. 

December 23, 2019

AMANDA’S WHALE TALE

By Kerrie Elizabeth Godding
Rating:
2.8 / 5.0

AMANDA’S WHALE TALE is a colorful children’s early reader that misses the opportunity to teach about water safety and sea creatures, instead focusing on random...

Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

A fairly-reasoned balance is struck between storytelling and political and feminist history and education in THE LESSON OF THE LARK, where a basic prose tale...

Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

Meaningful humor and spunky characters combine to create a classic adventure story with environmentally conscious undertones in Eileen Conway's MADAME X AND THE WORLD BENEATH.

Rating:
3.1 / 5.0

THE WONDERS OF THE PECULIAR PARASOL is a magical fusion of several fairytales into a single plot, with a nice sense of the family and...

December 16, 2019

THIS DAY IS OURS

By Gretchen Jeannette
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

THIS DAY IS OURS is the rare realistic historical romance, blessedly devoid of  insta-love, though Gretchen Jeannette’s historical details and American Revolutionary battle scenes sometimes...

December 6, 2019

HARD LUCK GIRL

By Topshee Johnston
Rating:
3.9 / 5.0

Author Topshee Johnston knows how to dish up fear, suspense, and an anti-heroine worthy of a sequel of his debut novel, HARD LUCK GIRL.

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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

A powerful personal account of one man's mourning process, WHEN WILL IT STOP HURTING? offers hope to those who have lost loved ones and feel...

Rating:
1.5 / 5.0

THE BOOK OF JOHN is a strange amalgam of New Age spirituality and addiction recovery testimonial from an author who hit rock bottom and lived...

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