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We Are Bridges: A Memoir – Cassandra Lane
(reviewed by Ann Onymous ) “We are bridges made of blood and water, soil and skin.” Yes, we are bridges: connecting our present to our past and to our future. Cassandra Lane’s great-grandfather was named Burt Bridges. He was lynched … Continue reading
Posted in Modern Literary Fiction
Tagged book reviews, family, police brutality, racism, social justice
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Happy New Year!
( by JD Jung) We at UnderratedReads wish all our readers a safe and Happy New Year filled with health, love, justice and tolerance throughout 2021. We have discovered wonderful books during 2020 to help us get through these … Continue reading
Yes, we’re still here!
(JD Jung) Dear readers, So you’re wondering 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 working. We are constantly reading, searching for those literary … Continue reading
I Don’t Share Cheesecake: …because my life is too good to share with just anybody – Stephanie Mills
(Reviewed by Christopher J. Lynch) If you were to say that I was a huge consumer of female self-help books – or any self-help books for that matter, you would fail your polygraph test miserably. So when I picked up … Continue reading
Posted in Bios and Memoirs, Your Best Self
Tagged book reviews, memior, Non-fiction, self-help
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Why it takes us so long to post new content…
(JD Jung) Dear readers, Yes, we realize that content is king. And we know that you want to see it all the time. That’s the problem. There is so much out there to get our eyes on. We are constantly … Continue reading
Wishing all a Happy New Year along with a reminder…
( by JD Jung) First, we want to wish all our readers a safe New Year filled with love and happiness throughout 2020 and beyond! Second, you may wonder why we don’t post reviews more often. Yes, we realize that … Continue reading
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Tagged book reviews, New Year
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Two Suspects: A Legal Mystery – Gary Sherbell
(Reviewed by Christopher J. Lynch) It’s said that good things come in small packages and Two Suspects by Gary Sherbell bears this out. At only 107 pages, the book could easily be devoured on a plane flight or on a … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Mystery and Thrillers, Skinny reads
Tagged book reviews, legal mystery
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Feast Of Sapphires – Matt Nagin
(Reviewed by Matt McAvoy) A prolific collection of poetry by a hugely creative author. These poems, although short, are very bittersweet, and they yell “quality”, from beginning to end. I do enjoy reviewing poetry from time to time, and it … Continue reading
Revisited: The Pursuit of Ordinary – Nigel Jay Cooper
(Reviewed by JD Jung) The Pursuit of Ordinary has been announced as a finalist in The People’s Book Prize for Fiction. Congratulations, Nigel! “With me inside him, he didn’t feel dislocated like he used to. It was like he was … Continue reading
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Tagged ADULT FICTION, book reviews, British literature, mental illness
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From Hollywood to Holy Wars: Hounding celebs, dodging bullets, raising a family abroad – Cherie Hart
(Reviewed by Heidi A. Swan) From the first page, I was captured by this autobiography. Ms. Hart has been writing most of her life and it shows. Like her assignments which traveled the globe, Ms. Hart’s prose deftly jet sets … Continue reading
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Tagged autobiography, book reviews, Non-fiction
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