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3.5 / 5.0
Well-imagined and often fun, Rhya Tenney's FISHER’S LUCK is a good first entry of a new, eccentric series with lots of potential.
August 18, 2023
THE VIRTUOUS PHYSICIAN: A Brief Medical History of Moral Inquiry from Hippocrates to COVID-19
By Elliott B. Martin, Jr.Rating:
3.0 / 5.0
For those with an obsessive interest in historical linguistics and abstract philosophy, historical linguist turned psychiatrist Elliott Martin's detail-dense THE VIRTUOUS PHYSICIAN: A Brief Medical...
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2.4 / 5.0
With a wide array of characters, monsters and worlds, Barbara Cottrell's THIN PLACES gives readers an action-packed adventure that die-hard H.P. Lovecraft fans will adore.
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August 18, 2023
THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY – Seeing Myself Through Shakespeare’s Eyes
By Diane Meyer LowmanRating:
4.5 / 5.0
Honest, warm and frequently witty, Diane Meyer Lowman's THE UNDISCOVERED COUNTRY (Seeing Myself Through Shakespeare’s Eyes) is an inspiring memoir of finding truth, revelation and...
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3.6 / 5.0
Though frequently dark and harrowing, debut novelist Winnie D Pagora's UNCLUTTER (A Survivor’s Story) is an effective and affecting YA novel that tackles difficult subjects...
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3.0 / 5.0
Kit Hindmarsh’s ENDS & STARTS is a fast-paced romance that could use more world-building and on-the-page action to set the scene.
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3.8 / 5.0
Sam Arnold‘s rollicking PYRAMIDS OF MERIDIAN is a creative but uneven story that combines thoughtful theology and action-packed military science fiction to tackle death and...
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3.3 / 5.0
Full of entertaining scenes and a strong central character, Stephen Lloyd Auslender's THE STREAMLINED LOCOMOTIVE is an amusing look at how not to run a...
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3.5 / 5.0
A sweet and hot romance with a touch of mystery, Cat Treadgold's THE SILENT WOODSMAN (the audio version) covers more than a few of the...
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3.7 / 5.0
Dina Arruda's THE LOVE AWAKENING: LOVE UNCONDITIONAL is an enjoyable and unusual contemporary romance novella with a well-drawn lead character and a first person narration...
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3.9 / 5.0
Heather Beal's EXTINGUISHING SHADOWS is an accessible and fast-paced text planted firmly in an underworld of magical folklore and vampire fantasy that remains fresh with...
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3.9 / 5.0
While the plot of Ulla Håkanson's highly entertaining mystery thriller, FLIGHT ACROSS WATERS, is driven by some barely credible actions by rather thinly drawn villains,...