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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

Excellent!
Must-read.

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IR Approved
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

With a friendly voice and intimate detail, Ana Hebra Flaster’s moving PROPERTY OF THE REVOLUTION: From a Cuban Barrio to a New Hampshire Mill Town...

IR Approved
July 2, 2025

TO WALK HUMBLY

By Frank S Joseph
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

Frank S. Joseph brings journalistic chops and novelistic insight to this ambitious novel about Chicago's racial fault lines in the 1950s. Through the tangled fates...

IR Approved
July 2, 2025

ERNEST

By Andre Durivage
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Andre Durivage's ERNEST quickly evolves into a tale of revenge, generational trauma, and the excesses of wealth. It marks an impressive beginning for what will...

June 30, 2025

SEVEN TREASURES

By Paul Harmon
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

Paul Harmon writes with confidence and control in SEVEN TREASURES, moving smoothly between timelines and crafting an emotionally compelling story of courage, cowardice, and the...

IR Approved
June 30, 2025

COLD VICTORY

By Helena P. Schrader
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

For fans of thoughtful historical fiction that values depth and insight over action-packed sensationalism, Helena P. Schrader’s COLD VICTORY stands as a poignant and satisfying...

June 27, 2025

RETURN TO ANELEYA

By David Gittlin
Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

David Gittlin's RETURN TO ANELEYA is another enjoyable episode in the Silver Sphere series that will make fans excited for the next.

June 27, 2025

PARTIAL TRUTHS

By Shahed Ghanimati
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Shahed Ghanimati's PARTIAL TRUTHS is a passionate, intensely emotional, sensual, and extremely frustrating novel, as two people barrel towards disaster without having the sense to...

June 25, 2025

THE NOEMA CYCLE

By Salvatore Cataudella
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Salvatore Cataudella's THE NOEMA CYCLE can sometimes be unclear, but that may just attract readers interested in a novel that's conceptually rich, often poetic, and...

IR Approved
June 25, 2025

THE BONES IN THE GARDEN

By Elizabeth Michaud
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

Elizabeth Michaud's poetry in THE BONES IN THE GARDEN beautifully and compellingly runs the gamut from historical injustice to modern themes of love, loss, and...

Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

Jerry Payne's 365 QUOTES ON WRITING THAT WILL MAKE YOU A BETTER WRITER offers diversion and inspiration for the struggling author.

IR Approved
June 23, 2025

A FONDNESS FOR TRUTH

By Kim Hays
Rating:
5.0 / 5.0

Kim Hays’s A FONDNESS FOR TRUTH is an intelligent, emotionally resonant novel.

IR Approved
June 23, 2025

EXTRATERRESTRIAL NOIR

By Rich Leder
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

Rich Leder’s EXTRATERRESTRIAL NOIR is a slap-bang absurdist thriller that bounces from page to page and clearly loves every minute of it.

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