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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
1-2 spots that need work
5/5
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2.5 / 5.0
With an intriguing and relevant story, there’s enough information and imagination in Louis Siegel's THE DOCTOR WILL KILL YOU NOW to overlook the slight meanderings...
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0
Susan Scutti's FENCE SICKNESS is engaging and quietly dramatic, full of poetic prose and gritty, real life details. It's an in-depth, emotional examination of family...
IR Approved
November 6, 2019
ME & MARIO: Love, Power & Writing with Mario Puzo, author of The Godfather
By Carol GinoRating:
4.0 / 5.0
Not all anecdotes are created equal, but most in Carol Gino's ME & MARIO create a compelling portrait of two great minds and the adventurous,...
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Rating:
4.8 / 5.0
Succinct chapters that interweave personal anecdotes, Cambodian cultural history, and the indoctrination of the Khmer Rouge all serve to create a page-turning memoir of emotional...
IR Approved
October 25, 2019
HOPE DANCING: Finding purpose and a place to serve among the Maya
By Leslie Baer DinkelRating:
5.0 / 5.0
HOPE DANCING: Finding purpose and a place to serve among the Maya is a thorough, sometimes harrowing, always thought-provoking memoir about Leslie Baer Dinkel's adventures...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
Intense wartime scenes are teamed with moments of tender comradery in UP-CLOSE & PERSONAL, an epic Vietnam memoir that relays author Robert C. Bogison's raw...
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
In SAILING BLUE WATER MYSTIQUE SOLO: SAILING THE EXUMAS ALONE, H. Downing Lane’s personal insights and observations of both the self and the blue world...
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0
SIMON'S MANSION is a thoughtful and philosophical book about coming to terms with one's past, facing the consequences of past misdeeds and failures, and figuring...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
With COUNT IT ALL JOY, Mitchell Allen unfurls a subtle, poignant and engaging look at one young man's life in a small-town, amidst the unsatisfying...
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0
DAYS PASSED is an ambitious novel with a sprawling plot and while author McEntry Dunbar II has created engaging characters who struggle with deeply relatable...
September 30, 2019
THE MILLION DOLLAR ORGANIZER: 365 Tips for Professional Union Organizers
By Bob OedyRating:
3.4 / 5.0
THE MILLION DOLLAR ORGANIZER is a helpful guidebook that fully delivers on its promise to explain how union organizers can recruit more members than ever...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
A taut, suspenseful thriller, GATED grips readers from its opening pages all the way to its shocking conclusion.