Gambling for Good Mail
Title: Gambling for Good Mail
Author: Evelyn Cole
Publisher: URLink Print & Media
Genre: Fiction / Satire
ISBN: 978-1-64367-924-2
Pages: 336
Reviewed by: Nicole Olson
Hollywood Book Reviews
With impeccable attention to detail – author Evelyn Cole tells the story of Felicia Thorpe Felletta Papadakis Haggarty Wood. This eccentric character with a slew of surnames belonging to ex-husbands and a penchant for collecting mail order items returns to her uncle’s home to visit, after her most recent husband leaves her after becoming tired
Rolling the Dice With Nuclear Weapons
Title: Rolling the Dice With Nuclear Weapons
Author: John Ward
Publisher: Our Planet Project Foundation Press
ISBN: 978-0-578-53936-2
Pages: 348
Genre: Non-Fiction
Reviewed by: Dan MacIntosh
Hollywood Book Reviews
John Ward’s book, Rolling the Dice With Nuclear Weapons, has a clearly stated purpose, which is the tall order for complete elimination of all nuclear weapons. Ward is the director of Our Planet Project Foundation, an organization with the stated purpose of forcing “politicians to give up nuclear weapons whether they want to or
Big Bully Bob
Title: Big Bully Bob
Author: Cynthia Gadson
Illustrated by: Maurice Lindsey
Publisher: PageTurner Press and Media
ISBN: 978-1-64908-042-4
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Book / Behavioral Education
Pages: 28
Reviewed by: Beth Adams
Hollywood Book Reviews
Schoolyard bullying has always been an issue for children growing up, yet nowadays many books, school policies, and rules of behavior have saturated the topic to an acutely heightened awareness. Even the social media world has coined “cyber-bullying” as a means of conducting unwanted behavior. In author Cynthia Gadson’s book
Crazy Bird Stories
Title: Crazy Bird Stories
Subtitle: Prepare yourself for Strange Birds Behaving in Strange Ways
Author: Daryl Barnes
Illustrated by: Stephen Adams
Publisher: PageTurner, Press and Media LLC
ISBN: 978-1-64376-634-8
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Book / Bird Education
Pages: 34
Reviewed by: Barbara Miller
Hollywood Book Reviews
Crazy Bird Stories by author Daryl Barnes is dichotomized into two separate and distinct formats. The first is a fanciful reveal of cartoonish bird drawings in totally silly situations, captioned by a
Elva’s Master
Title: Elva’s Master: The Coburg Chronicles
Author: Warren Downing
Publisher: PageTurner, Press and Media
ISBN: 978-0228831229
Pages: 318
Genre: Action & Adventure
Reviewed by: Aly Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
There is a multitude of fantasy worlds in which avid fantasy readers are apt to find themselves in, but none quite as exciting as this one in recent years. In his debut novel, Elva’s Master: The Coburg Chronicles, author Warren Downing takes us down the
Well of Living Water
Title: Well of Living Water: The Story of a Man Who Was God
Author: Sonia Coldicutt
Publisher: PageTurner Press
ISBN: 978-1-64908-503-0
Genre: Religion/Memoir
Pages: 226
Reviewed by: Ella Vincent
Hollywood Book Reviews
Well of Living Water: The Story of a Man Who Was God is an inspiring story about how the life of Jesus inspired a writer. Author Sonia Coldicutt has written a book that will educate readers.
Well of Living Water recounts stories from the Bible and specifically the life of Jesus. Coldicutt
Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream
Title: Defining Moments of a Free Man from a Black Stream
Author: Dr. Frank L. Douglas
Publisher: Frank Douglas Books
ISBN: 978-1948828703
Genre: Biographies/Black & African American
Pages: 388
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
Racism and race-motivated violence continue to plague our world, creating some of the most hateful and devastating moments in our world’s history. Never before has there been a time when this was as prevalent today as it was during the Civil Rights Movement. As the late and great
Rational Polemics
Title: Rational Polemics: Tackling The Ethical Dilemmas of Life
Author: Richard Todd Devens
Publisher: Outskirts Press; Illustrated edition
ISBN: 978-1432798802
Pages: 228
Genre: Philosophy / Politics & Social Sciences
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
Hollywood Book Reviews
A topic of much discussion amongst people of different religions or viewpoints around the world is the question of morality. What truly defines morality, does it truly exist, and does one person’s personal morality become the world’s definition
Cat Tales
Title: Cat Tales: Da Real Pussy
Author: Mick E. Jones
Publisher: PageTurner Press and Media
ISBN: 978-1643767956
Pages: 68
Genre: Inspirational/Animals
Reviewed by: Christina Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
Cats have had a mysterious air attached to their personalities throughout their history. In truth, there have always been major differences between the personalities of dogs versus cats in modern history. These differences have often been pointed to when someone makes the decision as to which they prefer as a pet. In fact, there are
The Evolution of Spring
Title: The Evolution of Spring: The Qrie, Mad Mac and the Mer Book One
Author: J.. Hair
Publisher: Go to Publish
ISBN: 978-1647492700
Pages: 502
Genre: Science-Fiction & Fantasy/Fantasy
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
Hollywood Book Reviews
Humanity has many struggles and obstacles both personally and socially in which they must overcome throughout their lives. One such issue is the need many face that tells them to fit in and be like everyone else. Yet
Embracing Love’s Healing Touch
Title: Embracing Love’s Healing Touch
Author: Robert Stirling
Publisher: URLink Print and Media, LLC
ISBN: 978-1643671222
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 296
Reviewed by: Nicole Ole
Hollywood Book Reviews
Embracing Love’s Healing Touch follows two characters who do just that for each other. In this heartwarming romance novel once exes Rebecca and David cross paths again at the scene of a car accident. They dated in college but shortly went on their separate ways. David married the next girl he dated while Rebecca’s heart was
Wild Ride at the Dude Ranch
Title: Wild Ride at the Dude Ranch
Author: Sherry Walraven
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN: 978-1977228024
Pages: 184
Genre: Fiction / Mystery / Adventure
Reviewed by: Jake Bishop
Hollywood Book Reviews
A gaggle of female cousins ,who frequently vacation together, decide that a dude ranch would be just what the doctor ordered. For some bizarre reason, they decide that it would be fun to change their names and make
Accidental Blessing
Title: Accidental Blessing
Author: K. A. White
Publisher: URLink Print & Media, LLC
ISBN: 978-1647530419
Genre: Non-Fiction / Christian life
Pages: 99
Reviewed by: Lisa Brown-Gilbert
Hollywood Book Reviews
Author K.A. White’s non-fiction work, Accidental Blessing, offers deep spiritual insight as well as powerful inspiration, with a winning narrative which traces her journey directly into the very heart of faith, grace, devotion, and healing, through “accidental blessings.”
Offering powerful food for thought for the
Peter & Jane’s Eternal Love
Title: Peter & Jane’s Eternal Love
Author: Jane McIntosh Holland
Publisher: URLink Print & Media
ISBN: 978-1-64753-513-1
Genre: Memoirs
Pages: 46
Reviewed by: Beth Adams
Hollywood Book Reviews
Mental illness is a health condition which is a dimension of reality unto itself, causing sequences and conditions of thoughts unimaginable to those of us who live within the “normal” bell-curve. Yet, as revealed in Peter & Jane’s Eternal Love, many emotions are the same no matter of the internal imbalances of the chemistry of the
The Conspiracy
Title: The Conspiracy: New Revelations
Author: Liam McCarthy
Publisher: Liam McCarthy
ISBN: 978-1-64753-497-4
Genre: Memoir / Christianity
Pages: 454
Reviewed By: Susan Brown
Hollywood Book Reviews
In 2003, this author was accused of a reprehensible offense, the sexual molestation of two young sisters. At the time, he was on the verge of retirement after a 40-year commitment to serving God and his church as a Catholic priest. The accusation completely upended his life, but not his faith. That is what carried him through
The Amherst Protocol
Title: The Amherst Protocol
Author: Richard Whitney
Publisher: PageTurner, Press and Media
ISBN: 978-1643765020
Genre: Science & Technology Teaching Materials
Pages: 320
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
Something that has started to take over the Internet in recent years, or at least grow exponentially thanks to the Internet, is the concept of conspiracies. From large government and business conspiracies to grand universal conspiracies and everything in between, conspiracies keep the mind focused and forces us to question everything we thought we
Where is My Home?
Title: Where is My Home?
Author: Joan Romney Groves
Publisher: PageTurner Press and Media LLC
ISBN: 978-1-64908-347-0
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Book
Pages: 78
Reviewed by: Barbara Miller
Hollywood Book Review
Where is My Home? by author Joan Romney Groves is the quintessential children’s story; one with adventure, animals acting in their natural ways, love between humans and cats, and laden with morals galore throughout the lessons. What’s more impressive, is it’s based on
The Darkwind Chronicles
Title: The Darkwind Chronicles: The First Act
Author: Christopher Cifelli
Publisher: URLink Print & Media, LLC
ISBN: 978-1-64367-272-4
Genre: Fantasy
Pages: 169
Reviewed by: Arthur Thares
Hollywood Book Reviews
The Darkwind Chronicles is an ambitious book for several reasons. First and foremost, it is within the Fantasy genre, which is so saturated already one has to write something extraordinary for it to stand out. Christopher Cifelli took that challenge to heart to create a world which stands out in a genre filled with
We Are Joseph
Title: We Are Joseph: What the Striking Similarities between Joseph, son of Jacob and African Americans Reveal about the Divine Mission of African Americans in America
Author: Jean Louis Tailly
Publisher: URLink Print and Media, LLC
ISBN: 978-1-64753-058-7
Pages: 342
Genre: Politics & History/Religion
Reviewed by: Nicole Olson
Hollywood Book Reviews
We Are Joseph: What the Striking Similarities between Joseph, son of Jacob and African Americans Reveal about the Divine Mission of African Americans in America is a written Bible Study of how the
The Blue Orb
Title: The Blue Orb
Author: Suzy Vivian
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 1532026951
Pages: 274
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Nicole Olson
Hollywood Book Reviews
The Blue Orb by author Suzy Vivian follows the adventure of a young girl who takes it upon herself to deliver a powerful artifact to a wizard named Zarcon. Jasmine uses her femininity and her assassin stealth to obtain the Blue Orb – a powerful legacy left by the wizard Xyrene. Nearing the end of his days Xyrene yearns to cast
Death to Moby Dick
Title: Death to Moby Dick: A Love Story
Author: Stephen Melillo
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing
ISBN: 1648033822
Pages: 296
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewed by: Leah Shepherd
Hollywood Book Reviews
There’s plenty to enjoy in this sequel to the well-known classic Moby Dick. Death to Moby Dick: A Love Storyby author Stephen Melillo is a fictional blend and overlaps in interesting ways. It’s both a captivating love story and an adventurous tale of mankind’s struggle against sin and evil. The white whale, Moby Dick,
Soul Seeker
Title: Soul Seeker
Author: Kaylin McFarren
Publisher: Independently Published
ISBN-13: 979-8665284903
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 393
Reviewed by: Aaron Washington
Hollywood Book Reviews
Soul Seeker is an exciting thriller that puts the reader on the edge from the start of the book to the end. The author’s astounding creativity and writing skills are displayed through the pages. Author Kaylin McFarren has crazy characters, attention-grabbing scenes, and an entertaining storyline, as the more you
Dangerous Bureau
Title: Dangerous Bureau
Author: Roger Williams
Publisher: Black Rose Writing
ISBN: 978-1684335619
Pages: 349
Genre: Psychological/Crime Thrillers
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
If there was one thing that most people clamored for in life, it would be justice. Far too often people are victimized by others, and any lack of justice creates a sense of defeat amongst us all, making the pursuit of justice all the more important. As author Lois McMaster
The Spider Weeps
Title: The Spider Weeps
Author: Dolly Coley
Publisher: URLink Print & Media, LLC
ISBN: 978-1643679969
Pages: 246
Genre: Suspense
Reviewed by: Christina Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
From as far back as I can remember, I loved a good suspense novel. I’m the kind of reader that likes to escape into the pages of a book and then goes through withdrawal once I reach the final climax. When I find a book that I can’t put down and I finish it in a matter
Facing Troublemakers
Title: Facing Troublemakers: Notes on Dealing with Conflict
Author: Amr Muneer Dahab
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 978-1-6655-0466-9
Genre: Self-Help
Pages: 52
Reviewed by: Ella Vincent
Hollywood Book Reviews
Facing Troublemakers: Notes on Dealing with Conflict is an insightful book that offers intriguing views of conflict. Author Amr Muneer Dahab has written a book that will greatly interest readers.
Facing Troublemakers details how people can deal with conflict. He offers typical, common-sense advice in chapters like “Before We Start”: “Dealing with conflicts is not a necessity