John Staughton, Senior Reviewer

Author Monika Kloeckner deep-dives into personal growth, professional confidence, spiritual enlightenment, and goal-oriented thinking in The Rebellious Singleton, outlining in part how women are often held to unfair standards and expectations in the modern world, but their mental flexibility and emotional resilience are also invaluable resources. Kloeckner’s enlightening tome has some elements of a traditional self-help book, but is also a spiritual guide and a self-worth-boosting read for anyone, regardless of gender, who is trying to forge their path as an unattached person in a world that prizes marriage. While some of the ideas recur repetitively, this is a […]

Evoking the primal devotion of maternal love, Tell Me Every Lie by P.J. Stanley is an intense thriller that puts a gun to your pounding heart. Boasting deep character exploration of the protagonist’s most personal anxieties, readers will find it impossible not to empathize with the brutally flawed people at the heart of this story. Though occasional moments of melodramatic prose could be toned down, the emotionally twisting plot that drives this female-driven rollercoaster is gripping from the start.

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Covering a wide range of perspectives, Onward: The Art of Leadership is an easy-to-read, informal guide that is both uplifting and insightful. As author Mark Joseph Huckabee makes clear, being a trend-setter and an inspiring figure can come in many non-traditional forms, from Hollywood directors exploring their insecurities to visionary corporate leaders reinventing the structure of authority. With a helpful clear-cut structure, this is the kind of book you can open to any page for a boost of confidence or guidance. Accessible, humorous, and unpredictable, Onward is a hyper-modern leadership guide that is undeniably unique in the genre.

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Take a mind-bending and time-traveling journey through three bizarrely fascinating novellas in Premonitions of a Lucid Dreamer by Peter Saucier. In each story, traditional culture is challenged by the unexpected presence of the modern world, a through-line that gives the collection a strong thematic feel, with thoroughly unpredictable plot lines and well-detailed characters that are both amusing and effectively symbolic. Some additional emotion in the language, particularly during peaks of each story, could increase the impact of the writing even further. However, with a clearly creative mind and an ability to vividly paint a time and setting with little effort, […]