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May 2023

Here are all of the books we've reviewed that were published May 2023.

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Transformative Grief

by Hannah Pearson

"Transformative Grief" is a spiritual self-help book that models compassion for all who are grieving. Grief counselor Tracee Dunblazier’s spiritual, metaphysical self-help book "Transformative Grief" bases its recommendations on... Read More

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Journey of Sea, Heart, and Land

by Mari Carlson

In the epic novel "Journey of Sea, Heart, and Land", intertwined people are encouraged to embrace a future that “exists in the present.” In Jaime Enrique Gutierrez Perez’s coming-of-age novel "Journey of Sea, Heart, and Land", the... Read More

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Imagination Blast

by Mary McNichol

The interactive picture book "Imagination Blast" utilizes rhyming poems and illustrations to enhance children’s perspectives of the world and themselves. In Vicky-Lyn Ashby-Harris’s picture book Imagination Blast, poems are paired... Read More

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It's This

by Michele Sharpe

Restrained, vibrant language and delightful surprises abound in the spiritual, loving poems collected in It’s This. Laura Foley’s poetry collection It’s This spins webs between nature, human love, and spiritual connections. These... Read More

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Kimbumba!

by Carolina Ciucci

"Kimbumba!" is a diverse book that memorializes a game, a mentor, and a childhood Cuban team. Emilio Collar’s intriguing book "Kimbumba!" combines elements of a childhood memoir with the story of a thousand-year-old African game. When... Read More

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Famous Seaweed Soup

by Karen Rigby

A plucky, ignored little girl on the beach makes her own fun in the upbeat picture book "Famous Seaweed Soup". In Antoinette Truglio Martin’s sunny picture book "Famous Seaweed Soup", a young beachcomber dishes up a make-believe... Read More

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Flare, Corona

by Matt Sutherland

Edginess, unsettlement, a sense of foreboding: what weather can come to bear and a skillful poet with some thoughts on mortality to share. Jeannine Hall Gailey’s ability to turn it up—or down, thankfully—is what makes reading her... Read More

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Gutted

by Erin Nesbit

A troubled woman is fast to accept the vicious shortcomings of her new love in the startling psychological thriller "Gutted", the first book in a series. In Anna Madorsky’s exciting thriller "Gutted", a troubled woman enters into a... Read More

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