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March 26, 2025

SILVER ECHOES

By Rebecca Rosenberg
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0

Though it makes a few narrative missteps along the way, Rebecca Rosenberg’s SILVER ECHOES is still a rollicking and tragic take on the historic Tabor...

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March 26, 2025

ALTIPLANO AND OTHER SHORT STORIES

By David Bassano
Rating:
4.2 / 5.0

David Bassano’s ALTIPLANO AND OTHER SHORT STORIES evokes a very modern malaise with well-imagined scenarios rendered in muscular prose.

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Rating:
3.7 / 5.0

Though stylistically uneven, CRACKING THE SHELL OF THE EGG: A Memoir of Spiritual Experience sends readers on an interesting journey through author Craig Philip Staufenberg's...

Rating:
3.5 / 5.0

The third entry in Ian Crouch's thorough and well-researched A Pyrrhic Victory series, FATE offers an interesting perspective on the potential of the crucial years...

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Rating:
4.4 / 5.0

As a forward-thinking guide from a mobile design veteran, Shawn Borsky's UNTETHERED: How Visionaries Think about the Mobile-First Future ultimately succeeds in providing a fresh...

Rating:
3.6 / 5.0

Although a somewhat incompletely drawn protagonist and a notably ambiguous approach to its main themes detract from the story, C.G. Fewston’s CONQUERGOOD AND THE CENTER...

March 24, 2025

GLITCHING SOULS

By Steve Kenney
Rating:
3.0 / 5.0

Steve Kenney’s GLITCHING SOULS has an intriguing conceit and asks some interesting questions, but it feels like setup for a plot that never arrives.

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March 21, 2025

ALIVE AND BEATING

By Rebecca Wolf
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

Rebecca Wolf’s debut novel ALIVE AND BEATING is an insightful, humorous, and soul-stirring harmonization of seven stories into one piercing tale of sacrifice, pain, and...

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Rating:
4.1 / 5.0

Reenita M. Hora's SUNDRI AND MUNDRI’S LOHRI ADVENTURE is a straightforward and nicely illustrated tale about customs and tales associated with Northern India that will...

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March 21, 2025

SUNDAY JENKS

By Nellie Hill
Rating:
4.9 / 5.0

Nellie Hill's SUNDAY JENKS is a first-rate exploration of a woman's struggle to escape from an abusive relationship.

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March 19, 2025

RED AND ME

By Terry Lee Caruthers
Rating:
4.8 / 5.0

Terry Lee Caruthers's RED AND ME is a charming, innocent tale of childhood in an America gone by—as well as a heartfelt paean to the...

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March 19, 2025

DAMAGED BEAUTY: Joey Superstar

By Margaret Gardiner
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0

In Margaret Gardiner’s novel DAMAGED BEAUTY: Joey Superstar, authentic, evocative prose paints an absorbing portrait of a brazen, intelligent young woman.

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