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Saturday, May 2, 2020

The Math(s) Fix: An Education Blueprint for the AI Age by Conrad Wolfram

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Rating: WARTY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. At one point in this book, the author writes, "When I ...
Sunday, April 26, 2020

Copy Boy by Shelley Blanton-Stroud

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Rating: WARTY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. I made it about fourth-fifths the way through this. In the...

The Nut That Fell from the Tree by Sangeeta Bhadra, France Cormier

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Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This was a fun children's book written in sweet rhyme ...
Friday, April 24, 2020

The Campaign by Laurie Friedman

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Rating: WARTY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Errata: “never-a-hair-outof-place” is missing a hyphen. ...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020

Black Women, Black Love by Dianne M Stewart

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Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Errata: "Repeating Laura’s name like a mantra, he en...

Goodnight Mind for Teens by Colleen E Carney

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Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Erratum: "Same’s alarm sounds at 6 a.m." - pres...

#VERYFAT #VERYBRAVE by Nicole Byer

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Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This book pretty much does exactly what it claims it will ...

The Witches of Willow Cove by Josh Roberts

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Rating: WARTY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This book was a bit too much like the trope clones that cam...

Feminist City by Leslie Kern

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Rating: WARTY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Feminist City isn't an interesting sci-fi novel, but a...
Friday, April 17, 2020

The Self-Love Revolution by Virgie Tovar

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Rating: WARTY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Subtitled "Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color,...

Peak Plague Mystery by SA Fearn

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Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This story appealed to me because it's one of the very...
Sunday, April 12, 2020

Don't Mess With This Witch by Liz Lorow

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Rating: WARTY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Errata: “...not a plant like a Fichus or Gardenia.” A fic...

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw

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Rating: WARTY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. I simply could not get into this novel at all. I loved the...
Saturday, April 11, 2020

Modern Kogin by Boutique-Sha

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Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. It's been a while since I've reviewed a crafts boo...

Scullion by Jarad Greene

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Rating: WARTY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. I guess me and writers named Greene with first initial J, a...

Mara the Space Traveler by An Leysen

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Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Here lies another children's picture book mangled by A...

Ella Has A Plan by Davina Hamilton, Elena Reinoso

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Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. This is the second book I've enjoyed by this team of w...

Mop Rides the Waves of Life by Jaimal Yogis, Matthew Allen

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Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Mop is the nickname of a young surfer dude who has some is...

Plastic Soup by Judith Koppens, Andy Engel, Nynke Mare Talsma

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Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. I cannot for the life of me understand why any publisher w...

A Quick & Easy Guide to Consent by Isabella Rotman

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Rating: WORTHY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. I enjoyed this graphic novel aimed at advising people abou...

Wave, Listen to Me! Vol 1 by Hiroaki Samura

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Rating: WARTY! From an advance review copy for which I thank the publisher. Me and this graphic novel ebook did not get along at all. ...