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Marmotte’s Journey by mari reiza

A poignant meditation on finding one’s own voice… A coming-of-age story, Reiza’s fantastic latest chronicles the journey of a young woman struggling to find her own identity. Unable to put herself first, Marmotte’s life is marked by consistent disregard from…
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Tales of the Starmen: Volume 1 by Nathan Burton

Thoroughly entertaining… a page turner! In his action-packed debut, Burton imagines the world in a far-future where all the planets in the universe are governed by a single powerful empire. The Solarium Empire has ruled the universe for centuries under…
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Department of Temporal Adjustment Series (3 books) by Veronica R. Tabares

A page-turner… A fresh, funny twist to time travel, Tabares’s outstandingly hilarious series tells the story of a time-traveler mother of four who gets entangled into a set of hilarious situations while attempting to fix the timeline shift. In the…
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Equus Rising: How the Horse Shaped U.S. History by Julia Soplop

  Thoroughly engrossing and compelling… In this ambitious book about the powerful influence of horse on US history, Soplop delivers a gripping account of North American history, charting horse’s progression across the Great Plains. Registering the evolution of the horse,…
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Ripped Away (Uncommon Senses #2) by S.D. Christopher

  An ingenious blend of hard-boiled crime and science fiction, Christopher’s gripping drama is both superbly executed and deeply absorbing… Christopher’s original concept and engrossing storytelling strengthens this novel, the second installment in the Uncommon Senses series, where ordinary people…
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Never-DEAD by Ann Greyson

Fast-paced and engrossing… In Greyson’s intriguing debut, a young woman struggles to stay alive while navigating through a zombie-like pandemic and learning about her own strength. It is 2012. The Mayas calendar has ended with a contagious disease that brings…
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Please Don’t Say An X Word by W. Nikola-Lisa

Delightful and deeply engrossing… With wit, sensitivity, and insight, award-winning author W. Nikola-Lisa explores the key issue of verbal bullying in this fabulous concept picture book. The narrative consists of fancy, funny words starting with each letter of the alphabet…
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The Songbirds: Set Yourself Free by Alif

A meditation on love’s complicated intimacies… Set in South India and London, Alif’s brilliant novel beautifully captures the melancholy of longing and love. The son of an “upper-class family” Kasim falls in love with “the poor distant relation” Sumera, the…
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A Day at the Zoo by Cassie Roberts (Author), Judith Richards (Illustrator)

  A funny, charming read… Roberts’s latest is a short, simple rhyming book of two children’s adventure at the zoo. William and Rose go to the zoo, where they meet many friendly animals performing amazing tricks. The children are invited…
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On the Trail of the Ruthless Warlock by Lynne Armstrong-Jones

  Thrilling and engrossing… An unlikely band of travelers seeking to destroy a deadly Warlock sets on a dangerous quest in Armstrong-Jones’s engrossing latest fantasy. There are concerns about an evil force on the rise, but when destruction hits next…
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Travel in Time by Anişoara Laura Musteţiu

  An earnest collection… Drawn from her own life experiences and written in a compelling prose, Musteţiu’s poignant debut is highlighted by moments of startling insight into life’s journey, exploring various themes of love, dreams, grief, and memories. The first…
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Big Green Country by Frances Rivetti

Deeply moving, highly engrossing… Two young women’s trials of physical and mental abuse in Northern California’s infamous emerald Triangle makes the heart of Rivetti’s searing debut. When Mia and Jazmin left their homes to take seasonal jobs as trimmigrants in…
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The Sawyer Shepherd Chronicles: Rites of Passage (The Chronicles of Sawyer Shepherd Book 1) by Chad Lehrmann

  A clever and thrilling supernatural tale… Lehrmann makes his debut in urban fantasy with this action-packed, fantastical first installment in The Chronicles of Sawyer Shepherd series featuring a teenager hero. After losing his parents to a church shooting, 18-year-old…
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The Latecomers by Rich Marcello

  Intricately woven, lyrically written… A poignant tale! An elegiac portrait of an old couple exploring the nature of deep relationship, Marcello’s latest is a poignant study of a couple’s journey through life as they set on to unravel the…
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Karma’s Dilemma by Karma

  An elegantly written, lustrous story of love… Set in India, Dubai and London, Karma’s evocative novel tells a poignant tale, exploring one man’s quest for true love as he goes to extreme length to find his soulmate. Karma seems…
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Celtic Knot: A Clara Swift Tale by Ann Shortell

  Authenticate detail, artistic intuition, and luminous prose mark this fascinating historical tale… A finalist for the Arthur Ellis Award, Shortell’s debut which details the assassination of the politician Thomas D’Arcy McGee and its aftermath, is both original in conception…
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The Mixtape to My Life by Jake Martinez

  A captivating coming-of-age romance… An introvert, shy teenager struggles to navigate the demands of an ordinary world as he tries to come to terms with his sexual identity in Martinez’s poignant coming-of-age story set in the early 90s. Seventeen-year-old…
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Daddygasm: A reality-fiction by Frost Grenwald

Brutally honest and funny… In this hilarious, witty journey through online dating, a family man tries to deal with his sexual urges as mid-life crisis hits him hard. After almost two decades of togetherness and thirteen years of marriage, 38-year-old…
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Author Straight Talk by Sarah Gerdes

  An indispensable resource for writers… Award-winning Gerdes’s latest non-fiction is an insightful look at the raw material that goes into the making of a successful author, as well as proof that a successful writing career depends equally on the…
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Something Lost Something Found by Natalia Paruzel-Gibson

A deeply moving exploration of grief… In Paruzel-Gibson’s poignant debut, a young girl struggles with the loss of her mother. Yearning to find the happiness after losing her mother, Ella sets on a journey, looking for it in all the…