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December 8, 2023
CRANKY SUPERPOWERS: Life Lessons Learned from the Common CrankaTsuris Chronicles
By Steven JosephRating:
4.0 / 5.0
Though Steven Joseph's CRANKY SUPERPOWERS seems rather too idiosyncratically arranged to be read as a self-help tome, the book is consistently funny and perhaps best...
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Rating:
5.0 / 5.0
Full of wit, insight, and provocative imagery, EXITS is a masterful collection by award-winning poet Stephen C. Pollock.
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Rating:
4.2 / 5.0
With its focus on South African leadership culture and a clarity of purpose, Claudio Chistè’s RISE OF THE WARRIOR LEADER offers enough new ideas to...
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Rating:
4.3 / 5.0
P.H. Mountain was a lovable scumbag in his early years, and NUNS WITH SHOTGUNS is a hilarious romp that follows this immature young man as...
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Rating:
4.2 / 5.0
Radio listeners in Quebec are already familiar with the wit and wisdom of Robert McBryde. The non-fiction collection, MY TIME WITH YOU HAS BEEN SHORT...
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December 6, 2023
YOU PROMISED TO DO NO HARM: A True Story of Love, Loss, and the Horror of Healthcare Disparity for One African-American Family
By Jonnie Ramsey BrownRating:
4.9 / 5.0
Jonnie Ramsey Brown's YOU PROMISED TO DO NO HARM (A True Story of Love, Loss, and the Horror of Healthcare Disparity for One African-American Family)...
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Rating:
4.6 / 5.0
Thriller, mystery, and gothic horror combine in Charlotte Zang and Alex Knudsen's LOST GROVE: Part One. It is (so far) a page-turning novel about a...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
At once foreign and familiar, Jeong Mu’s A MIRROR FOR THE BLIND provides keen insight into both the traditional and technological forces weighing on young...
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December 4, 2023
NOTHING SACRED (Outspoken Voices in Contemporary Fiction)
By Edited by Bernard Schweizer and James MorrowRating:
4.3 / 5.0
NOTHING SACRED (Outspoken Voices in Contemporary Fiction) is a finely edited, well-designed anthology of contemporary fiction. A bright start for a bold, small press.
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0
Gregory G. Allen's THE MONSTERS OF MARYMOUNT MANSION, with illustrations by Shelby Goodwin, delivers a fresh take on the well-worn theme of living with and...
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0
Katherine Tirado-Ryen illuminates a warning sign against predatory older men in her compulsively readable novel, THE SECRETS INSIDE.
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0
BISENTIENT by Patrick O’Connor is an uneven blend of science fiction, fantasy, politics and the occult that works best as a cinematic action-adventure tale.