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4.1 / 5.0
Readers looking for a humorous romance colored with nostalgia and summer magic will find it all in Katie Walsh’s FOLLOW YOU DOWN.
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January 5, 2026
FROM VISION TO VITALITY: Building Transformative Healthcare Organizations
By Lawrence RosenbergRating:
4.7 / 5.0
Drawing on a lifetime of experience in Canadian and American healthcare, Lawrence Rosenberg's FROM VISION TO VITALITY: Building Transformative Healthcare Organizations offers a myriad of...
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0
In DRIFTLESS IDENTITY, Sue Berg has given readers a charming if somewhat-predictable mystery with likeable detectives and a beautiful setting.
January 2, 2026
MIND ODYSSEY: A Doctor’s Guide to Training Your Brain for Purpose, Balance, and Fulfillment
By Spyros PapapetropoulosRating:
3.6 / 5.0
Written by Dr. Spyros Papapetropoulos, MIND ODYSSEY: A Doctor's Guide to Training Your Brain for Purpose, Balance, and Fulfillment is a concise and very well-designed...
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0
Tony Welch’s THE PROMETHEUS PROTOCOL offers a Dan Brown-esque tale of corporate politicking and AI-created disasters in the near future.
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Short and punchy, Kip Koelsch's RESONANCE is an emotionally charged horror story that leaves a mark.
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0
Filled with interesting but often underdeveloped ideas, Panayotis Cacoyannis's IMAGINING MORE AND OTHER STORIES easily engages and entertains in the moment yet doesn't stay with...
December 29, 2025
THE BLUEBERRY SOCIETY: A Schoolyard Novella, Misguided Short Stories, and Other Ramblings
By ZeeboRating:
3.8 / 5.0
Occupying the gray area between fiction and memoir, Zeebo's THE BLUEBERRY SOCIETY: A Schoolyard Novella, Misguided Short Stories, and Other Ramblings offers insights on the...
December 29, 2025
THE COMING DISRUPTION: How AI First Will Force Organizations to Change Everything or Face Destruction
By Fred VoccolaRating:
3.9 / 5.0
Fred Voccola's THE COMING DISRUPTION: How AI First Will Force Organizations to Change Everything or Face Destruction is a bold, frank look at how artificial...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
Where so many medical mysteries get too knotted up in the “medical” aspect, Arsheeya & Ari Mashaw's THE DOCTOR’S RECKONING balances all aspects of its...
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
D.L. Orton’s HIVE: Madders of Time, Book 1 delivers a gripping, emotionally resonant, and impeccably paced narrative that elevates time-travel fiction into something deeply human....
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Rating:
4.9 / 5.0
Nancy Heart's WHISPERS, SHADOWS, AND SAINTS offers a heart-rending and emotionally uncompromising glimpse into the goings-on of an abusive childhood, as well as the trauma...