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It Started with Back Pain: Perimenopause Hormone Hell, Fibroids, Cancer or Endometriosis? by Siobhan Donoghue (Book Review #2064)
Siobhan Donoghue’s It Started with Back Pain is an extraordinary journey of self-discovery, resilience, and the refusal to accept “this is just the way it is” as an answer. From the opening line—“It didn’t start with a hysterectomy, it started with back pain”—you’re pulled into a deeply personal and powerful story that will resonate with any woman who has questioned her health, her body, or the vague medical explanations she’s been given.
Read MoreDon’t Settle, Choose to Feel Good: 20 Keys to Achieve It By Pablo Tricci (Book Review #2063)
In a world where busyness has become a badge of honor and stress is often worn like a second skin, Don’t Settle, Choose to Feel Good offers a powerful invitation: stop merely existing and start consciously choosing a better, more meaningful way to live. With warmth, clarity, and a quietly persuasive tone, Pablo Tricci guides readers through 20 impactful “keys” that open the door to a more intentional, fulfilling life.
This is not just a motivational book—it is a tool for transformation.
Read MoreADHD STRATEGIES FOR ADULTS by Theo SHARP (Book Review #2062)
Living with ADHD as an adult can often feel like trying to function in a world that wasn’t built with your mind in mind. The distractions, the overwhelm, the guilt of unfinished tasks, and the fear of being misunderstood are all too real. But in his powerful new book, Brian offers more than just hope—he delivers a life-changing perspective. This is not a clinical textbook filled with jargon. It’s a heart-to-heart conversation, a trusted companion that says, “I see you, I’ve been there, and here’s how we move forward.”
Read MoreLike Embers in the Night by Andrew Goliszek (Book Review #2061)
Like Embers in the Night is a haunting, deeply affecting historical novel rooted in the harrowing true story of two survivors of Soviet labor camps and gulags. With unflinching detail and emotional power, the book chronicles the endurance of Janek, a Polish soldier, and his wife Wanda, who are separated during World War II and subjected to unimaginable suffering under Stalin’s brutal regime.
Read MoreIn My Boots by Amanda K. Jaros (Book Review #2060)
Amanda K. Jaros’s In My Boots: A Memoir of Five Million Steps Along the Appalachian Trail is a deeply affecting, gracefully written memoir that charts both a physical odyssey and an emotional reckoning. In the spirit of Cheryl Strayed’s Wild, Jaros invites readers to walk beside her as she leaves behind the confines of a sheltered life—and the emotional scars left by an abusive, volatile father—to embark on a six-month, 2,160-mile solo journey across the Appalachian Trail.
Read MoreAfter Pearl by Stephen G. Eoannou (Book Review #2059)
Stephen G. Eoannou’s After Pearl is a masterfully written, darkly atmospheric historical mystery that immerses readers in the morally murky world of 1940s Buffalo, just months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. At once gritty and psychologically complex, the novel introduces us to Nicholas Bishop, an alcoholic private investigator who wakes up in a hotel room with no memory of the past five days, two bullets missing from his .38 revolver, and a mounting suspicion that he may be responsible for the death of a sultry lounge singer named Pearl DuGaye.
Read MoreImmortality Bytes by Daniel Lawrence Abrams (Book Review #2057)
Daniel Lawrence Abrams’ debut novel, Immortality Bytes, is a ferociously clever, genre-blending cyberpunk satire that hits with the impact of a neural upload and the bite of political comedy at its sharpest. A winner of multiple prestigious awards—including “Best Science Fiction” and “Best Humor/Satire” from the 2024 American Fiction and Storytrade Awards—this book is as much a philosophical manifesto as it is a tech-thriller, pushing the boundaries of speculative fiction with unapologetic intelligence and irreverent charm.
Read MorePrince of Ruin: An Occasional King Novel by Hannah Marie and Caeli Rose (Book Review #2056)
In a literary era increasingly saturated with romance-forward fantasy, Prince of Ruin: An Occasional King Novel boldly charts its own course through grit, gallows humor, and deep moral introspection. Co-authored by sisters Hannah Marie and Caeli Rose, this debut entry in a long-planned series delivers a dramatic and thought-provoking journey into the troubled mind of an unwilling royal.
Read MoreThe Gates of Polished Horn by Mark A. Rayner (Book Review #2055)
In The Gates of Polished Horn, the mundane and the mythic coalesce into a lyrical meditation on memory, marriage, and the fragile nature of identity. Through the lens of Liz and Oscar’s quietly fraying relationship, the novel invites readers to inhabit an interior world shaped by love’s idealism and the slow, subtle erosion of dreams deferred.
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