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Really bad 
Work on it.

2/5

Mediocre
1-2 bright spots.

3/5

Good
Worth reading.

4/5

Very Good
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October 13, 2025

DAUGHTERS OF A WINTER NIGHT

By Doug Belair
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Doug Belair’s DAUGHTERS OF A WINTER NIGHT is a fun yet deeply conventional medieval fantasy, importing both the strengths and weaknesses of its genre predecessors.

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October 13, 2025

KINETIC BLUE-A Novel

By Paul Kevin Wood
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Paul Kevin Wood’s KINETIC BLUE is an engaging and dynamic story with a likeable protagonist who guides the reader through his journey to adulthood. A...

Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

C.J. Loveman’s PROTOCOL HERESY: The Limp in the Code draws on moving and meaningful subject matter, although it doesn’t fully develop that potential across its...

October 10, 2025

LUNCH TALES: Teagan

By Lucille Guarino
Rating:
3.2 / 5.0

Readers drawn to character-driven women’s fiction with a bit of family drama will find LUNCH TALES: Teagan, the second book in Lucille Guarino's Lunch Tales...

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October 10, 2025

THE CRUEL FAULT OF TIME

By Cornelius Walters
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Though on-the-nose in the telling, Cornelius Walters's THE CRUEL FAULT OF TIME is a timely SF-tinged exploration of the state of society in the early...

Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

Rita Henry transforms her daughter's death into a rigorous exploration of trauma and healing in BECAUSE OF AMY: How My Daughter's Death Gave Me Life...

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October 8, 2025

WATER WISHES: Bound by Tides

By Freya Aguiar
Rating:
4.4 / 5.0

Freya Aguiar's WATER WISHES: Bound By Tides ebbs and flows with tension and immersive emotional storytelling. Its prose is as enchanting as the universe it...

October 8, 2025

AFGHANI

By Brendon Patrick
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Well-researched and biting in its geopolitical commentary, Brendon Patrick's AFGHANI is a stirring, breakneck-paced historical novel with a strong voice.

Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

While both stories in Sy S. Kanaan's volume are generally interesting, both A WENDIGO INVITES US TO DINNER and I SPOKE TO THE GUARD OF...

IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Mel Pine’s A BUDDHIST PATH TO JOY: The New Middle Way Expanded Edition is an excellent overall primer to a living practice of modern Buddhism.

IR Approved
October 3, 2025

BAD ACTOR

By Keith Edward Vaughn
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

A blend of mystery-thriller and satire, Keith Edward Vaughn's BAD ACTOR is a rollickingly funny and immersive novel with an acerbic, recovering alcoholic protagonist.

October 3, 2025

FINDING GOD IN VEGAS: A Gen X Spiritual Awakening

By Donald Harold Young
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

Although it doesn’t fully succeed in synthesizing its arguments about the world, Don Young’s FINDING GOD IN VEGAS: A Gen X Spiritual Awakening is a...

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