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February 16, 2026
THROUGH THE GATES OF WRATH: Anviletta’s First Song (The Dance of Force Book 1)
By DarktavianRating:
4.0 / 5.0
Darktavian's THROUGH THE GATES OF WRATH: Anviletta's First Song (The Dance of Force Book 1) is a thoughtful and emotionally powerful fantasy. The book’s depth,...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Johanna Patrick’s TOOTH FAIRY CONFIDENTIAL: Investigations of JoJo P. is an amusing and engaging picture book that can help children feel confident about asking questions...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Emotionally sincere while raising such questions as whether memory can ever substitute presence and where to draw the line between devotion and self-erasure, Clifton Wilcox's...
Rating:
3.1 / 5.0
Rough beyond the source material, GHAD still keeps A PIMP'S DARK LOVE on the right side of read-worthy.
Rating:
3.4 / 5.0
Half intriguing travelogue, half political broadside, BEFRIENDING CHINA: People-to-People Peacemaking offers a contentious take on current events. At times, Dee Knight appears to lose sight...
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0
Although it has a thin plot, Shelby Raebeck’s WONDERLESS offers an engaging style and a heady atmosphere that benefits from attention to detail.
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0
Though not perfect, D. Novo's AS GOOD AS THE BEST: Power and Possibility Beyond C-PTSD succeeds in helping C-PTSD sufferers have faith in the possibility...
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
In A SECOND CHANCE, Asher Frend crafts an emotionally driven, spiritually grounded novel whose heartfelt characters and high-stakes premise deliver a moving and thoughtful exploration...
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0
Despite TOO COMPLEX: It’s a (Enter Difficulty Setting Here) Life's typographical mistakes, Anthony Moffett has created an action-rich, compact, and captivating narrative.
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February 10, 2026
THE 5 LAWS OF AGENCY: How to Stay in Control When the World Falls Apart
By Jonathan JenkinsRating:
4.6 / 5.0
Jonathan Jenkins's THE 5 LAWS OF AGENCY: How to Stay in Control When the World Falls Apart gives readers who feel overwhelmed, burned-out, or stuck...
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Rating:
4.6 / 5.0
Gregory Grosvenor's SECOND POCKET FIRST succeeds as picaresque entertainment with an interesting protagonist.
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
In HAZARDOUS PAY, SHIRT TALK, AND TWENTY-FOUR OTHER STORIES, Ivan Prashker delivers a masterful, deeply humane collection. Elegant, unsentimental, and quietly profound, it deserves to...