Monster Mania
Title: Monster Mania: The Love Story of Dreams
Author: Alister Mackinnon
Publisher: Westbow Press
ISBN: 978-1973604204
Pages: 222
Genre: Christian Books & Bibles / Literature & Fiction
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
Hollywood Book Reviews
When looking at any type of relationship, it is always important to determine the strength of the bond two or more people share with one another. Whether it is the bond of a parent and their child, a group of friends or even two people who have fallen in
Second Chance
Title: Second Chance
Author: Cheryl Moran
Publisher: Xlibris
ISBN: 978-1483640471
Pages: 244
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
Hollywood Book Reviews
It is quite rare in life that we as a people are able to get a second chance at achieving something or doing something in our lives. Being able to have the opportunity to either redo something or change something in our lives that we wish we’d been able to do the first time around is a truly natural feeling that
The Fifth Battalion
Title: The Fifth Battalion: Death is a Poor Excuse for Dereliction of Duty
Author: Michael Priv
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 978-1981249718
Pages: 338
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Romance
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
Hollywood Book Reviews
The Fifth Battalion: Death is a Poor Excuse for Dereliction of Duty is a captivating, action-packed novel that follows Norman, the main character, a lab technician living in San Francisco. Norman finds out about his past life and discovers he was (and is) a member
Deafening Silence
Title: Deafening Silence
Author: Reverend Carl Yount
Publisher: URLink Print & Media, LLC
ISBN: 1647537568
Pages: 102
Genre: Poetry
Reviewed by: Aaron Washington
Hollywood Book Review
When you read the first poem in Deafening Silence, ‘Two Lovers,’ you get a glimpse of what it is to be in love; the joys, the challenges. The lines in this poem are short, the stanzas too are short, but the message is all too powerful to ignore. When you get to the second poem, the feeling remains
Live or Die: A Stroke of Good Luck
Title: Live or Die: A Stroke of Good Luck
Author: Richard L. Burns
Publisher: Author Reputation Press
ISBN: 978-1649611970
Pages: 160
Genre: Biography / Health and Fitness
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
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“There is so much to learn about life. It is a mixture of both good and bad and one has to look at it for a long haul and create a balance”- propounds author Richard L. Burns, a retired television and advertising executive.
A stroke sometimes called a “brain attack”
Demon in the Pulpit
Title: Demon in the Pulpit
Author: Sarah Mason
Publisher: Litfire Publishing
ISBN: 978-1646741410
Pages: 78
Genre: Autobiography / Self-help
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
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“One’s hopes and dreams are never over until it is over. Life can turn on a dime. Life is a roller coaster, and an unpredictable ride. You can only do your best and then you have to trust God with the rest.” – explains author and autobiographer Sarah Mason.
Demon in the Pulpit is an incredibly engaging book
Return of the Shadows Book Two
Title: Return of the Shadows Book Two
Author: Donald L. Marino
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 1644620391
Pages: 118
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Aaron Washington
Hollywood Book Reviews
Author Donald L. Marino’s Return of the Shadows Book Two is a thrilling, humorous, absorbing and entertaining book. The reader gets to experience vicariously a series of emotions due to how intense the action is. Return of the Shadows Book Two is the type of book, as the plot develops, it becomes more interesting and deeper
See You Along the Way
Title: See You Along the Way: Reflections of a Veteran Hiking the Camino De Santiago
Author: Colonel Tracey Meck
Publisher: Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1642998986
Pages: 566
Genre: Christian Books & Bibles
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
Hollywood Book Reviews
Whenever a person gets to a major milestone in their life, it is only natural to feel a need for a period of self-reflection. To stare into one’s own reflection in essence, or to look back upon the life they’ve led thus far,
The Ghost of Bertha Mae: Part 1
Title: The Ghost of Bertha Mae: Part 1
Author: Carolyn Virginia Parnell
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc
ISBN: 978-1646285914
Pages: 462
Genre: Fiction
Reviewed by: Barbara Bamberger Scott
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A little girl born in poverty to an abusive mother rises to what seems to be a successful womanhood – until she begins to be tormented by an evil presence, in this debut novel by author Carolyn Virginia Parnell.
Rose Marie, her sister and two
Pursuit
Title: Pursuit
Author: John C. Owens
Publisher: PageTurner Press & Media
ISBN: 978-1098025939
Pages: 308
Genre: Fiction / Crime / Mystery
Reviewed by: Jake Bishop
Hollywood Book Reviews
Things get freaky early in author John C. Owens’s novel of strange goings-on in Michigan…make that Minnesota…well, Las Vegas too, but that comes later. Did I mention Viet Nam? No? Well, I will, eventually. The point is there’s a lot of crazy going down and once
Charles Haldeman
Title: Charles Haldeman: A Memoir; Mid-Century Journeys of a Vagabond Author
Author: Richard Haldeman
Publisher: Page Publishing, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1647010546
Pages: 212
Genre: Author Biographies/Memoirs/Arts & Literature
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
Hollywood Book Reviews
It is often said that life is not about the destination, but the journey to get to that destination. A journey is the adventure of building life experiences, and each experience helps to add new layers to the person we
Beneath The Ice
Title: Beneath The Ice
Author: C. M. Weaver
Publisher: Gold Touch Press
ISBN: 978-1954673984
Pages: 270
Genre: Fiction / Crime / Mystery
Reviewed by: Jake Bishop
Hollywood Book Reviews
The chill in the air isn’t just the cold Minnesota weather in this intriguing crime novel from author C. M. Weaver. Sometimes it’s the icy reception that the female detective protagonist gets from her misogynistic superior. Other times it’s the feeling that comes over her
The Unknown
Title: The Unknown: A Taste of the Dead
Author: Castello Gilbert
Publisher: XlibrisUS
ISBN: 978-1664144828
Pages: 172
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Reviewed by: Christina Avina
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Death is an often terrifying and a very difficult subject to wrestle with in life. Whether it is dealing with the death of a loved one, or someone close to us – how the loss impacts our lives, or the even the impending death of ourselves and facing the uncertainty of death face to face,
Princesses and Mermaids
Title: Princesses and Mermaids: A Taryn & Kevin High Seas Adventure
Author: Terry Boucher
Publisher: PageTurner Press and Media
ISBN: 978-1649088956
Pages: 60
Genre: Children’s Folk Tales & Myths / Adventure
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
Hollywood Book Reviews
Some of the world’s greatest lessons come not from history, but rather from the myths and legends that have come before us. While some may believe these myths and legends to be true, others see value
The Silicon War
Title: The Silicon War
Author: Mark Hanson
Publisher: Pageturner Press and Media
ISBN: 978-1649089328
Pages: 310
Genre: Fiction / Suspense
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
Hollywood Book Reviews
The Silicon War is a thrilling fictional story that is based on events as they may have happened after World War II. Set in the period during the Cold War and the arms race, the book begins with the American intelligence team realization that advanced electronic equipment and stolen integrated circuits from Silicon Valley companies have
Marshal Felton and the Wild Bunch
itle: Marshal Felton and the Wild Bunch
Author: Terry Larkin
Publisher: Pageturner Press and Media
ISBN: 978-1649089090
Pages: 490
Genre: Literature & Fiction/Literary
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
Hollywood Book Reviews
In an age where technology reigns supreme and continues to advance every single day, one of the aspects of life that people want to get back to but are nervous about their safety or security in the process is adventure. Life itself is an adventure, and there are so many paths to take
The Sixth of September
Title: The Sixth of September
Author: Callista Bowright
Publisher: CMD
ISBN: 978-1952046100
Pages: 892
Genre: Literature & Fiction/Erotica
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
Hollywood Book Reviews
Far too often in life, we as a people forget just how much we struggle, and how people around us are struggling as well. It is easy to take a person at face value and make snap judgements, but there is usually far more to a person than a single moment, and
Insanitytoo
Title: Insanitytoo
Author: Donald Lee Overman
Publisher: PageTurner Press and Media
ISBN: 978-1638710431
Pages: 292
Genre: Fiction / Thriller
Reviewed by: Philip Zozzaro
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The Year is 2022 and the leader of Russia yearns for the greater glory of the Soviet Union. The respect and power of the awesome “evil empire” has dissipated; countries they once dominated buckle at their oversight. Vocoding, the current Russian President, has a plan to utilize alliances with fellow countries (Iran,
The Mirror Apocalypse
Title: The Mirror Apocalypse
Author: John Ayang
Publisher: LifeRich Publishing
ISBN: 978-1489711854
Pages: 326
Genre: Literature & Fiction/Religious Literature & Fiction
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
Hollywood Book Reviews
As science and technology advanced in the world, many different industries and ways of life have been impacted. Health is definitely one of them, from having new technology to help surgeons see things on a microscopic level in real time – to battling diseases which would have been deadly only a century
Bush Pilot
Title: Bush Pilot
Author: Ron Carpenter
Publisher: Independently published
ISBN: 979-8673329603
Pages: 119
Genre: Traveler, Biography/Memoir
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
Hollywood Book Reviews
“When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been – and there you will always long to return.” Leonardo DaVinci. Bush Pilot is a swift-moving and lucid memoir of Ron Carpenter as he takes readers through his flying adventures in the skies, some of the places he
Playing For Keeps
Title: Playing For Keeps: How A 21st Century Businesswoman Beat The Boys
Author: Therese Allison
Publisher: TA Books
ISBN: 978-1735088600
Pages: 314
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Reviewed by: Aly Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
As a young, eager, goal-oriented, aspiring businesswoman myself, a book like Playing For Keeps: How A 21st Century Businesswoman Beat The Boys by author Therese Allison could not have been a more perfect read for me. In this telling and intimate biography which doubles as a lesson in
Spirituality in the 21st Century
Title: Spirituality in the 21st Century
Author: Frank P. Daversa
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 978-1491853047
Pages: 130
Genre: Self-help book, Christian Literature
Reviewed by: Lily Amanda
Hollywood Book Reviews
Reasonably thinking, we cannot achieve all of our goals overnight. They represent ongoing works-in-progress. It is the pursuit itself of these changes which makes for a positive difference in life.
In author Frank P. Daversa’s book, Spirituality in the 21st Century, I found it to be an engaging,
The High Sign
Title: The High Sign
Author: David S. Heeren
Publisher: URLink Print & Media, LLC
ISBN: 978-1647531584
Pages: 312
Genre: Christian Reference
Reviewed By: Dan MacIntosh
Hollywood Book Reviews
There have been plenty of books written about the second coming of Jesus. Many have even foolishly set an exact date for Jesus’ return, only to be proven decidedly wrong by history. To a large degree, though, the Bible is a book filled with prophecy. Books like Daniel in the Old Testament and
V is for Vivian: Vengeance hath no fury…
Title: V is for Vivian: Vengeance hath no fury…
Author: Lawrence Burk
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing
ISBN: 978-1648035814
Genre: Thriller
Pages: 200
Reviewed by: Aaron Washington
Hollywood Book Reviews
One thing every reader will like about V is for Vivian is how engaging the author is. Lawrence Burk’s style of writing is friendly and encouraging as he narrates the plot like he is giving a story in real-time, getting the readers’ full attention.
In His Father’s World
Title: In His Father’s World
Author: C.D. Harper
Publisher: URLink Print & Media, LLC
ISBN: 9781647536534
Genre: Literature & Fiction/Historical Fiction/Drama
Pages: 390
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
Hollywood Book Reviews
One topic which has been a constant source of friction and tension amongst people of the world has bene the subject of race and equality. While it may seem like such a simple task to make sure everyone is seen as equal in not only the eyes of the