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Linguistic Formula

Title: Linguistic Formula: (a+f=l) Mexico "desegregated Identity" Author: David Ramirez-Europa Publisher: LitFire Publishing, LLC ISBN: 978-1682568507 Pages: 78 Genre: Social Sciences/Linguistics Reviewed by: Anthony Avina Hollywood Book Review In a time where the people of Mexico and South America are caught in a political maelstrom, author David Ramirez-Europa and his novel Linguistic Formula: (a+f=l) Mexico

A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear

Title: A Layman’s Guide to Managing Fear Subtitle: Using Psychology, Christianity, and Non-Resistant Methods Author: Stanley Popovich Publisher: Mountain View Publishing / Treble Heart Books ISBN: 1512007803 Genre: Self-Help / Christian Reviewed by: Beth Adams Hollywood Book Review Good advice, well taken, is the sign of an intelligent person. Learning from others in ways and

Shattered Triangle

Title: Shattered Triangle Author: William P. Messenger Publisher: Black Rose Writing ISBN: 978-1612963709 Pages: 355 Genre: Crime / Thriller Reviewed by: Jake Bishop Hollywood Book Review This novel starts and ends with a murder case. However, in between it examines the friendship and lives of three distinctly different individuals who make up the triangle referred

The Green Vial

Title: The Green Vial Author: Nicholas Orsini Publisher: LitFire Publishing, LLC ISBN: 978-1641512183 Pages: 214 Genre: Thriller Reviewed by: Arnold Carreiro Hollywood Book Review The Green Vial is a globetrotting thriller that tells the high-stakes story of Rodger Rodgers, an American scientist who travels to Iran with the hopes of studying the after effects of

Confessions of a Clueless Rebel

Title: Confessions of a Clueless Rebel Author: Tom Corbett Publisher: Hancock Press ISBN: 1948000202 Pages: 598 Genre: Autobiography Reviewed by: Susan Milam Hollywood Book Review Tom Corbett, author of Confessions of a Clueless Rebel, characterizes his autobiography as a story about “breaking away.” The author begins life as the “ordinary” only child of working-class Catholic

The Moving Blade

Title: The Moving Blade Subtitle: A Tokyo Mystery Author: Michael Pronko Publisher: Raked Gravel Press ISBN: 978-1942410164 Pages: 319 Genre: Crime / Thriller Reviewed by: Joe Kilgore Hollywood Book Review This is author Pronko’s second novel in his Detective Hiroshi series. The book is packed with intrigue, suspense, and mystery—all the things that make a

The Cellist’s Friend

Title: The Cellist’s Friend Author: Robert J Fanshawe Publisher: AuthorHouse ISBN: 978-1-5462-8833-6 Pages: 195 Genre: Fiction/War/Romance Reviewed by: Holly White Hollywood Book Review Author Robert J. Fanshawe has a way with words that will draw you in from the first paragraph - from the first sentence, actually. His hero, Benjamin Routledge, narrates this fascinating tale

The Singularity Witness

Title: The Singularity Witness Author: Dan Grant Publisher: MindScape Press Inc. ISBN: 9781732504011 Pages: 440 Genre: Mystery/Thriller Reviewed by: Tara Mcnabb Hollywood Book Review Dan Grant has taken some of the world’s most controversial ideas surrounding medicine and technology and transformed them into a carefully crafted, slick thriller that is without a doubt one of

Equanimity

Title: Equanimity: The Spirit Within Author: Samuel D. Bartoli Publisher: Halo International ISBN: 978-1-61244-190-0 Genre: Religion & Spirituality Pages: 326 Reviewed by: Susan Milam Hollywood Book Review Equanimity: The Spirit Within chronicles the spiritual journey of author Samuel D. Bartoli, a former Southern California Golden Gloves Boxing Champion. Part memoir, part guidebook, Equanimity provides an

Icy the Iceberg

Title: Icy the Iceberg Author: Larry Friend Illustrations: Sidney “Mindy” Makis Publisher: LitFire Publishing, LLC ISBN: 978-1-64045-018-9 Genre: Children’s Fiction Reviewed by: Justine Williams Hollywood Book Review With a goofy smile reminiscent of the cross-eyed Olaf the snowman character in Frozen, author Larry Friend gives his protagonist, Icy, the personification of a timeless snowflake in