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My Life’s Dream Took Me to Sea

Title:  My Life’s Dream Took Me to Sea Author: Ronald Epner, MD Publisher: Newman Springs Publishing, Inc ISBN: 978-1684981182 Pages: 451 Genre: Memoir/non-fiction Reviewer: Aaron Washington Hollywood Book Reviews Through author Ronald Epner’s memoir, My Life’s Dream Took Me to Sea, readers sail around the world, experiencing the sea, the adventures, and every challenge

My Journey of Captivity

Title: My Journey of Captivity: The Story of a German POW   Author: Helga McKee  Publisher: Leap Write Literary ASIN: B0CZ7GSTLT Pages: 180 Genre: Non-fiction / Biographies & Memoirs Reviewer: Christina Avina   Hollywood Book Reviews   Far too often, when it comes to the horrors of war, it is the common soldier who gets overlooked

Coming 2 America

Title: Coming 2 America: This is a Story of a Fifteen-Year-Old African Girl Author: Dr. John Ayoola Akinyemi Publisher: The Reading Glass Books ISBN: 978-1959151289 Pages: 92 Genre: Biography, Memoir Reviewer: Lily Amanda  Hollywood Book Reviews   Coming 2 America: This is a Story of a Fifteen-Year-Old African Girl is a bracingly revealing text

Things I Wanted My Grandsons To Know

Title: Things I Wanted My Grandsons To Know   Subtitle: Before I Leave   Author: Kenn Stobbe   ISBN: 979-8-88945-501-1   Publisher: Brilliant Books Literary   Pages: 88  Genre: Non-fiction   Reviewer: Dianne Shapiro  Hollywood Book Reviews   The book, Things I Wanted My Grandsons To Know, is a non-fiction work by author Kenn Stobbe. It contains quotes, sayings, and

Letters from Mr. JB Fact Finder

Title: Letters from Mr. JB Fact Finder   Subtitle: A Weekly Letter on History Trivia   Author: Joe W. Boyd   ISBN: 979-8-89174-091-4   Publisher: PageTurner Press and Media   Pages: 120   Genre: Non-Fiction   Reviewer: Dianne Shapiro Hollywood Book Reviews   The book, Letters from Mr. JB Fact Finder, by author Joe W. Boyd is an interesting collection of

Transcending Bipolar Disorder

Title:  Transcending Bipolar Disorder: My Own True Story of Recovery from Mental Illness Author:  B. Robert Jameson Publisher: Page Turner Press and Media ISBN:  979-8891743601 Pages:  112 Genre:  New Age and Spirituality Reviewed by:  Lisa Brown-Gilbert Hollywood Book Reviews Offering an illuminating tracing of his personal journey through mental illness, author B. Robert Jameson’s

Landing on my Feet

Title: Landing on my Feet:  Teaching and Learning During a Career in Education Author: James Kleiner Publisher: BookBaby ISBN: 979-8350926163 Pages: 350 Genre: Memoir, Non-fiction Reviewed by:  Susan Brown Hollywood Book Reviews   “To teach is to touch a life forever.” This quote, although anonymous, is so appropriate to this account of the author’s

The Change Center

Title: The Change Center   Author: Howard D. Blazek   Publisher: Howard D. Blazek ISBN: 979-8890301444 Pages: 264 Genre: Biographies & Memoirs Reviewed by: Jack Chambers  Hollywood Book Reviews In the modern age, one of the most widely discussed, hotly debated, and important topics with which our society focuses on is the state of mental health

A One-Way Trip to Death

Title:  A One-Way Trip to Death: A Survivor’s View of Cruise Missiles in the Cuban Missile Crisis Author:  Richard F. Kaufman, Ph.D Publisher:  Archway Publishing ISBN:  978-6657-0245-4 Pages:  121 Genre:  Memoir Review by: Barbara Bamberger Scott Hollywood Book Reviews   Author Richard F. Kaufman, PhD, now retired from the US Navy, recalls in vivid

We Remember

Title: We Remember: Stories of September 11, 2001 Victims Written by Families   Author: Maureen Crethan Santora  Publisher:  Ewings Publishing LLC ISBN: 9798890319432 Pages: TBA Genre: Non-fiction / History / Americas Reviewed by: Jack Chambers Hollywood Book Reviews   As a society, it is rare to be able to say for certain that we have