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Book Review: My Backward Life

MY BACKWARD LIFE by Claire Merle is a YA novel about a teenage girl’s desperate race against time to prevent a life-altering incident from taking place. Check out what Chika Anene has to say about this indie author title.

by IndieBookView November 20, 2020 0

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Interview with Artress Bethany White

“Interview with Artress Bethany White” by Samantha Hui is a question and answer interview with the author of Survivor’s Guilt: Essays on Race and American Identity from New Rivers Press.

by IndieBookView November 19, 2020 0

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Book Review: Survivor’s Guilt

SURVIVOR’S GUILT: Essays on Race and American Identity by Artress Bethany White is a book full of heart, angst, confusion, and – above all – love. Check out what Samantha Hui has to say about this New Rivers Press nonfiction book.

by IndieBookView November 17, 2020 0

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Book Review: She Is a Beast

SHE IS A BEAST by Christina Rosso is an illustrated collection of feminist fairy tales, including both reimaginings and original fairy tales. Check out what Felicia Nicole Hall has to say about this Apep Publications book.

by IndieBookView November 13, 2020 0

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Book Review: The Albatross Contact

THE ALBATROSS CONTACT by Connor Mackay is an expertly written military sci-fi novel about humans teaming up with extraterrestrials to take down an enemy. Check out what Chika Anene of Independent Book Review has to say about this indie author novel.

by IndieBookView November 12, 2020 0

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Book Review: Eye for Eye

EYE FOR EYE by J.K. Franko is a tightly written thriller that has all the lust, revenge, and murder you could hope for in a can’t-put-down novel. Check out what Joseph Haeger has to say about this indie author thriller novel.

by IndieBookView November 11, 2020 0

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Book Review: Professor Everywhere

PROFESSOR EVERYWHERE by Nicholas Binge reminds us there is too much wonder in the world to let ourselves be bogged down by the failures of others to pursue it. Check out what Joshua Ryan Bligh has to say about this Proverse Publishing novel.

by IndieBookView November 10, 2020 0

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Book Review: How to Save a Life

HOW TO SAVE A LIFE: ANSWER THE CALL by R. Read is a nonfiction book chock-full of useful advice for how to remain positive in a time where positivity seems hard to find. Check out what Chika Anene has to say about this indie author title.

by IndieBookView November 9, 2020 0

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Book Review: Micro Democracy

MICRO DEMOCRACY: The Democracy Revolution of the Information Era by Aaron Ran exposes how our political systems are not quite as democratic as they should be. Check out what Samantha Hui has to say about this indie author title.

by IndieBookView November 6, 2020 0

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Book Review: Eye of the Storm

EYE OF THE STORM by Sherilyn Decter is an atmospheric finale filled with courage and heartache. Check out what Steph Huddleston has to say about this last book in the Rum Runners Chronicles historical fiction series.

Independent Book Review wants to help you discover your next favorite book—and to help the authors who are writing them. Books that you’ve just got to hear about are being published by small presses and self-publishers every day, but they’re rarely on the shelves of your local bookstore. Why? Because they weren’t published by the Big Five. And you know what? We think that kind of sucks.

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In April 2018, we started IBR to encourage our audience to put their trust in small press and self-published books and to feel great about reading the lesser-known authors who aren’t always getting the attention they deserve.

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We publish only good reviews at IBR, despite reading many more of them, so that you can trust each new publication as a recommendation from our team. In addition to publishing reviews, blog posts, interviews, and more, we also offer literary services to help authors improve their unpublished books and to help them get their published ones into the hands of more readers.

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