Underrated Reads

An Exceptional UnderratedRead Revisited: The Dying Crapshooter’s Blues- David Fulmer

Posted on January 23, 2023 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) Atlanta, 1923: In the midst of Prohibition, the city is seething with corruption, bootlegging, narcotics, gambling, and counterfeiting scams. This would seem the perfect scenario for Joe “Indian Joe” Rose to drift into town, as he does every year or so, to try to make some cash. Actually, Joe couldn’t…

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The Words That Remain – Stênio Gardel (Translated by Bruna Dantas Lobato)

Posted on January 17, 2023 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “The river calmly flowed and cried its eternal murmur. Raimundo got up and looked at the empty sky. The shadows had taken over the blue as well. The stars must have fallen and become the seeds of reality at his feet.” Raimundo could never forget his first love, Cicero. They…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Women with Big Eyes – Angeles Mastretta, (Translated by Amy Schildhouse Greenberg)

Posted on January 12, 2023 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned “A shiver ran down Paulina Trasloheros’s back. This man was horrible, excessive, outrageous. To exorcise him, she would have to commit a string of sins for which she could never repent. Not even when he decided to return to New York, where they lay success, a success that could not…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Law of the Jungle – Christina Hoag

Posted on January 9, 2023 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) #CommissionsEarned Rowena Aldus is an Oxford scholar whose passion is researching the venom in spiders to use for medicinal purposes in humans. Though she finds this fascinating, she struggles to get funding. Author Christina Hoag details the hardships one has in living a very primitive life in the Amazon Jungle away…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: The Exhumation – Nick Padron

Posted on January 6, 2023 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Don Jung) #CommissionsEarned Madrid, 1937 - Civil War chaos has engulfed the country as the city is under siege. Amid uncertainty, three Americans are going there to find and hopefully exhume the remains of a dead American soldier and give him a proper family burial. The deceased’s uncle hires Major Williamson, a former…

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Just a Reminder…

Posted on January 3, 2023 by J D Jung

(JD Jung) Dear readers, Do you wonder why it takes us so long to post reviews and why there is so much time between posts? I assure you that we're still reading, searching for those literary gems to share with you. Unfortunately, most of them don't meet UnderratedReads' standards of at least "highly recommended." So,…

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Happy New Year 2023!

Posted on December 31, 2022 by J D Jung

(by JD Jung) We at UnderratedReads wish all our readers a safe and Happy New Year filled with health and love throughout 2023. We have discovered wonderful books during 2022, and since we only post reviews of books that we recommend, all books on our site are highly recommended. However, here's an abbreviated list of…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Five-Alarm Fire (Cat Caliban Series Book 5) – D.B. Borton

Posted on December 29, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) I have a friend named Dori. We don’t see each other or speak to each other often, but when we do get together, something special happens. We get into a rapid-fire back-and-forth that turns into laughter and the laughter feeds on itself and grows and grows until we don’t know why…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: One for the Money (Cat Caliban Series Book 1) – D.B. Borton

Posted on December 26, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by Pat Luboff) #ComissionsEarned ”Suspicion is second nature to any woman who’s raised three kids.” I’m going to say something about this book that I don’t think I’ve ever said about a book: I loved every word! It gave me such a feeling of joy as I read it. I felt like it was…

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An UnderratedRead Revisited: Christmas Eve Can Kill You – William Marantz

Posted on December 24, 2022 by J D Jung

(Reviewed by JD Jung) #CommissionsEarned For many of us, ushering in the New Year serves as a letdown, following the joyous Christmas season. For Izzy Miller (aka Muddy Rivers, aka Val Virgo), the season represents the low points of his life. Not only did he feel like an outsider looking in as a Jewish kid,…

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