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Matt McAvoy

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Sheridan Le Fanu,
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As well as writing books, I love to read, and I will happily read and review ARCs and published books from authors, publishers and publicists - I will read ALL GENRES, FICTION AND NON-FICTION. Unlike many summary reviews you find on Goodreads, my reviews are bloggy and detailed; I write hundreds of words.

My reviews are posted here on Goodreads, at Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Pinterest and at my own popular blog:

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Reviews can be added to Amazon in Author Central, as Editorial Reviews. I also offer beta-reading, synopsis-writing, proofreading and copy-editing services, all of which can also be found at my website. ...more

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	Full Circle: Lucia's Story by Robert James Saniscalchi (Goodreads Author), Matt McAvoy (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.91 avg rating — 46 ratings — published 2022 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Magnanotron: The Evolution: A Bond of Brothers Thriller by Robert James Saniscalchi (Goodreads Author), Matt McAvoy (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.51 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	ANDROMIDUS: A Bond of Brothers Thriller by Robert James Saniscalchi (Goodreads Author), Matt McAvoy (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.78 avg rating — 18 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bond of Brothers: Danger Close by Robert James Saniscalchi (Goodreads Author), Matt McAvoy (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.75 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2021 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Clouds 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2012 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Granjy's Eyes 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2012 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Should I Ever Pay for An Editorial Appraisal Of My Book?

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Great! You’ve finished your book! You’ve been working hard on it for weeks… months… ten years, even! You’ve checked through, double-checked, put it through the spellcheck and your reasonably priced grammar software, and now you think you’re ready to go ahead and submit it to publishers, or upload it to your self-publishing platform. But, think agai Read more of this blog post »

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Charlie Goes Sideways: A Novel

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