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5.0 / 5.0
D.L. Orton’s HIVE: Madders of Time, Book 1 delivers a gripping, emotionally resonant, and impeccably paced narrative that elevates time-travel fiction into something deeply human....
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Rating:
4.9 / 5.0
Nancy Heart's WHISPERS, SHADOWS, AND SAINTS offers a heart-rending and emotionally uncompromising glimpse into the goings-on of an abusive childhood, as well as the trauma...
IR Approved
Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Highly detailed, forensic, and unyielding in its insistence on fairness, Robert Michael Kelly's STATE OF GEORGIA VERSUS CLEVON JAMEL JENKINS is an exhaustive examination of...
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Rating:
4.0 / 5.0
Written by Sam C. Hemmings, TO THE EDGE OF BURNING SHADOWS is an intimately engaging series opener.
Rating:
3.7 / 5.0
A creative blend of cyberpunk intrigue and metaphysical exploration, Steven Ochs's PUDDING HEROES: The Rising Child is imaginative and engaging, even as its emotional depth...
IR Approved
December 19, 2025
RACING AGAINST TIME: On Ironman, Ultramarathons and the Quest for Transformation in Mid-Life
By Jeffrey WeissRating:
4.0 / 5.0
Written by Jeffrey Weiss, RACING AGAINST TIME: On Ironman, Ultramarathons and the Quest for Transformation in Mid-Life is a fine memoir about seeking and finding...
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0
Jeff R. McGowan’s WISDOM NUGGETS contains useful and thought-provoking material from some of history's greatest luminaries, but its origins as something resembling a modern-day commonplace...
Rating:
3.8 / 5.0
Salvatore Cataudella’s THE NOEMA PULSE: Awakening the Heart of Compassion is by turns contemplative, speculative, and at times even wistful for its vision of a...
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Rating:
4.5 / 5.0
Written with style, Kathleen Donovan's FROMAGE introduces an utterly charming new feline heroine and her rodent pal.
Rating:
3.3 / 5.0
Christopher W. Selna's MEMORY, MEMORY, GO AWAY is an unevenly paced but thought-provoking thriller that captures multiple views on what could either be an aid...
IR Approved
December 17, 2025
FIGHTING BACK: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force
By Jeffrey Weiss, Craig WeissRating:
4.6 / 5.0
Written by Jeffrey and Craig Weiss, FIGHTING BACK: Stan Andrews and the Birth of the Israeli Air Force is a thoroughly researched and compelling biography...
Rating:
3.6 / 5.0
Benefiting from a graceful style and crammed with historical detail, S. Scott Anderson’s THE SCOTT BOYS nevertheless tries to cover too much ground.