The 'omg' book review

Last week I shared my story of having the blues because the folks I chose to receive Advance Reader Copies (ARC) of the third novel in the Irish Troubles Series – Dead Reckoning hadn’t turned in a review in more than two months.
I sent out the reminder emails and that nudge resulted in a trickle of responses – two to be exact.  I had lunch with one of the advance readers and learned there was legitimate confusion.  Because   Dead Reckoning was published on April 6th he thought it was too late to send a review that could be printed on the book cover or inside pages.  He had a legitimate concern.  I should have explained that my publisher planned a future release of the book and the reviews would be included.

The mystery to me was that once the review was written he didn’t consider posting it on Amazon.  Oh well.

I received a review from one of my first writing teachers, coach, and friend Christine DeSmet that took my breath away.  I quote from a portion of her review:
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“The wisdom and tone—including much humor—in Dead Reckoning place it solidly on the shelf with popular novels such as Plainsong by Kent Haruf, A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, and the entire Mitford series starring Father Tim and written by Jan Karon. I highly recommend Dead Reckoning.”
 
Are you kidding?  Christine compared me to Kent Haruf!  Kent Haruf is one of my favorite authors.  His final novel, Benediction, may be the perfect novel – it is for me.  I was not familiar with the other two authors but researched them and I am among the best and am humbled.
 
What is the best book review you ever received?