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December 2023

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

Book Review

Gold

by John M. Murray

A teenager on a farm shoulders increasing responsibilities to help her family and community in the moralistic historical novel "Gold". The fourth book in a series, Linda Jane Niedfeldt’s standalone historical novel "Gold" is about an... Read More

Book Review

AfterLife

by Cierra Taylor

At last freed from her pain, a woman who loves her family enters paradise for a period of spiritual growth in the fantastical novel "AfterLife". In E. Vince’s religious novel "AfterLife", an angel is assigned to guide a troubled family... Read More

Book Review

Look toward the Rising Sun

by Michele Sharpe

"Look toward the Rising Sun" is a striking historical novel about growing up Black and middle class in the Jim Crow era. In Sarah Smith Ducksworth’s historical novel "Look toward the Rising Sun", a Black girl comes of age in Jackson,... Read More

Book Review

Midlife Metamorphosis

by Aimee Jodoin

A rounded psychological guide to self-reflection, "Midlife Metamorphosis" models entering one’s fifties with intentional positivity. Part memoir, part self-help text, Ekaterine Mrelashvili’s book "Midlife Metamorphosis" concerns the... Read More

Book Review

The Equity of Love

by Kelley Lynne Moncrief

Treating the early 2000s with nostalgia, "The Equity of Love" is an intriguing novel set in the high-stakes world of technology companies. In Marcus LaPierre’s nuanced contemporary novel "The Equity of Love", miscommunications in... Read More

Book Review

The Riverbed

by Natalie Marino

In Stefan Mattessich’s fantastical novel "The Riverbed", an isolated teenager encounters a troubled friend’s fantasy world and learns to accept his own strangeness. After a move to Orange, California, Fox is feeling solitary, knowing... Read More

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