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Feb 4, 2020

"The Christmas Angel: A Tale of Redemption" by S. Tilghman Hawthorne - IHIBRP 5-Star Book Review

A Perfect Feel-Good Read To Add To Your Holiday Collection! Overview: The magic of the holidays is needed to restore a vital family relationship as one sister prays that all will turn out well for the other in time for Christmas. It is remarkable that S. Tilghman Hawthorne’s “The Christmas Angel” is able to communicate, in just eleven short pages, the depth of emotion that it does as this simple yet charming story takes the reader from heart-wrenching pain and sorrow to a sur

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Oct 2, 2019

"Instant Wisdom: 10 Easy Ways To Get Smart Fast (The Wiseism Series)" by Beth Burgess - IH

An Innovative, Introspective, & Humorous Guide To Positive Self-Change! Overview: Based on Author Beth Burgess’ own life experiences and lessons, “Instant Wisdom”, gives readers positive and proven steps they can take to live their best lives possible through wisdom, humor, self-reflection, and application. Through a blend of academics, science, history, and behavior modification, Burgess encourages positive self-change and constructive thinking to replace stale old habits th

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Oct 11, 2018

“The Fractured Ego” by K.G. Petrone - IHIBRP 5-Star Book Review

A Road Map For Life! From the heart and mind of K.G. Petrone, comes a poetry collection that deals with a greater practical understanding of life and draws much more pertinence to modern-day issues. Basically, “The Fractured Ego” is a road map for Life and how it affects our choices—past, present, and future. The cathartic nature of writing and the near-religious experience that authors and poets go through to give birth to their work is so well expressed in Petrone’s poem ti

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Sep 5, 2018

“Feather of the Blue Heron” by S. Tilghman Hawthorne - IHIBRP 4-Star Book Review

An Insightful, Clever, & Heartening Read! Author S. Tilghman Hawthorne takes readers on a journey through the stages of grief as her main character experiences a hard loss in this intimate and introspective short story, “Feather of the Blue Heron”. As Emma sets out to find solace and come to terms with a life-altering event, she meets her spirit-guide, a Native American named “Little Bear”, who counsels her through her agony and despair. One feels all the emotions of her main

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May 2, 2018

5 Star IHIBRP Book Review: “Forward to What Lies Ahead” by Chloe Flanagan

An Insightful and Poignant Faith-Based Read! Strong Christian values guide Chloe Flanagan’s “Forward to What Lies Ahead”—an insightful and poignant read about a young and independent woman trying to overcome the death of a loved one while striving to come to terms with a shameful secret from her past. The author’s plotline deals with heavy topics, such as childhood sexual-abuse, jealousy, revenge, death, and survivor’s guilt, while her characters each maintain a progressive m

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Apr 2, 2018

4 Star IHIBRP Book Review: “The Scribe” by Liam Robert Mullen

The Beginnings Of Jesus’ Movement In A Whole New Light! "Scribe” is a fictional novel that takes place after the crucifixion of Jesus the Christ. It focuses on the life mission of Luke the Evangelist, along with an array of characters, including Mary, Mother of Jesus, several important Apostles, and a set of constructed characters who enhance the telling of Mullen’s story. Whenever I pick up a novel that is written about that period of history that I have spent a lifetime stu

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Jan 19, 2018

5 Star IHIBRP Book Review: “The Transmigrant” by Kristi Saare Duarte

Astonishingly Eye-Opening and Memorable! Kristi Saare Duarte’s “The Transmigrant” focuses on the missing years of Jesus (Yeshua—in his native Aramaic tongue) and the notion that, as a young lad at 12-years-old, he left his native home in Galilee and traveled to the Far East where he spent nearly 20-years accumulating the wisdom of the Buddhists, Hindis, Zoroastrians, and other eastern philosophies which he incorporated into his later teachings. Duarte’s “The Transmigrant” inv

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Jul 28, 2017

5 Star IHIBRP Book Review: “New Horizons” by Joanne Van Leerdam

A Short Story Collection That is a Gem in and of Itself! In “New Horizons”, Poet Joanne Van Leerdam plies her talent at short story writing and succeeds brilliantly. Each tale contained in this short collection is a gem in and of itself, showing the diversity of the human condition and how the heart reacts to various life situations. From the birth of a child, to the loneliness of old age, to the heartache of lost love, this insightful and touching collection of short stories

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Jul 25, 2017

4 Star IHIBRP Review: “Adam’s Bride: Brothers of Clear Water Book 1” by Mildred B. Lewis

A Novel that Shows the Past Can Come Back With a Vengeance! This sweet romance, about 1890’s Oregonian frontier rancher Adam Jefferson—eldest of five younger brothers orphaned just that same year—and his frantic week-long search to find a wife to take home and tend to his family and farmhouse, is a charming read for those who appreciate simple romantic fare. The focus of Adam’s passion is a true prize and a rare challenger in the form of Camille “Millie” DuFraine, a savvy New

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Jul 4, 2017

4 Star IHIBRP Review: “Mercy … It Was Never About Me” by Gale Nicolai

A Tremendous Story of Survival and Triumph! How would you feel if you grew up knowing that you were never wanted … that you lived your life always out of place … that you never really belonged to the life you were occupying? In “Mercy … It Was Never About Me”, Author Gale Nicolai writes a poignant and intimate autobiography about her own life that is peppered with a good deal of wisdom, humor, and life-lessons. Nicolai grew up in the United States during the fast-paced and ch

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