Species
Title: Species
Subtitle: A sci-fi medical thriller of riveting suspense and intrigue
Author: Johan Fundin
Publisher: Asioni Press
ISBN: B08C22XKC4
Pages: 366
Genre: Fiction / Thriller / Science Fiction
Reviewed by: Jake Bishop
Hollywood Book Reviews
Author Johan Fundin’s Species is a wild ride through ages past, present, and potentially, future. Potentially is the qualifier because once you get to the end of the novel there may be some doubt in your mind as to whether or not a future worth being part of
I’ll Remember April
Title: I’ll Remember April
Author: Jean Murray Munden
Publisher: Writers Branding
ISBN: 978-1-953048-00-4
Pages: 354
Genre: Fiction
Reviewed by: Jason Lulos
Hollywood Book Reviews
I’ll Remember April by author Jean Murray Munden is a beautifully written, nostalgic story of a woman reflecting upon her life and wondering about “the road not taken.” Eighty-eight-year-old Louise, grateful but wistful, falls into a reverie when recalling the ordinary and extraordinary events of her life which span most of the 20th century. It is a sweeping, romantic
My Personal War Within
Title: My Personal War Within: “A Struggle to Find Inner Peace “
Author: Ted Bagley
Publisher: Writers Branding LLC
ISBN: 978-1953048141
Pages: 154
Genre: Self-Help / Personal Transformation
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
Hollywood Book Reviews
For centuries the struggle for equality between those of different ethnicities has been a battle that many have fought. One of the greatest struggles, in our modern times especially, is to get people to understand that equal rights for the black community does not take away from the
Come Fill Up My Cup
Title: Come Fill Up My Cup
Author: Jean Murray Munden
Publisher: Writers Branding, LLC
ISBN: 978-1953048028
Pages: 290
Genre: Romance/Romantic Suspense
Reviewed by: Tony Espinoza
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The pain of loss and the road to overcoming that pain are an inherent part of the human experience. The loss of a loved one is especially difficult to overcome. As Johann Gottlieb Fichte once said, “Humanity may endure the loss of everything; all its possessions may be turned away without infringing its true dignity
The Land of The Butterflies
Title: The Land of The Butterflies: Tales of Prophecy Vol. 1: A Prelude to Prophecy
Author: S. L. Bergen
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing LLC
ISBN: 1643613391
Pages: 722
Genre: Fiction
Reviewed by: Aaron Washington
Hollywood Book Reviews
S. L. Bergen gets the reader involved in the story through her narration. The author uses uncomplicated sentence structures and friendly words that are easily comprehensible even by young readers. Following the story becomes a
Women Who Knew Jesus
Title: Women Who Knew Jesus
Author: Rev. Dr. Bonnie Ring
Publisher: Book Venture Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 978-1640697027
Genre: Christian meditation and worship
Pages: 228
Reviewed by: Lisa Brown-Gilbert
Hollywood Book Reviews
A work that intelligently sparks divine inspiration and soul-searching with a feminist bent, Rev. Dr. Bonnie Ring’s Women Who Knew Jesus addresses the necessity for self-love and the spiritual expansion of the feminine soul through examining the biblically documented encounters Jesus had with women during his life and ministry.
Overall, this
Temple of Eternity
Title: Temple of Eternity
Author: R. Scott Boyer
Publisher: Main Street Reads Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-6629023-3-8
Pages: 279
Genre: Young Adult Fantasy
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
One of the most elusive and most sought-after things in this world is youth. While the older generations seek ways of recapturing or holding onto their youth, the young are too oblivious of their own youth to fully appreciate it. As Ralph Waldo Emerson once said, “Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things
The Salsa King Of Scarsdale
Title: The Salsa King Of Scarsdale
Author: Ben Fine
Publisher: Hancock Press
ISBN: 978-1948000697
Pages: 164
Genre: General Fiction
Reviewed by: Aly Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
I believe that people of all ages, at one point or another, feel as though they are in a rut in their life. It is about what you do when you are in that metaphorical rut to change things which really will show the true person you are. This book explores that, as well as an unconventional
The Harem
Title: The Harem
Author: Lawrence Burk
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-64803-288-2
Pages: 186
Genre: Crime / Psychological Mystery
Reviewed by: Jake Bishop
Hollywood Book Reviews
Author Lawrence Burk has penned a story of one woman’s journey from betrayal and tragedy to the opposite ends of the spectrum in this psychological character study of Vivian Bouvier, an individual who refuses to take on the mantle of victim and sets out to right past wrongs regardless of what is necessary to do so. Her’s
Murder With Deceit
Title: Murder With Deceit
Subtitle: A John Stone Mystery
Author: Winnfred Smith
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing
Pages: 384
Genre: Fiction / Mystery / Crime
Reviewed by: Jake Bishop
Hollywood Book Reviews
This is the third novel in Winnfred Smith’s series featuring John Stone. Stone is a different kind of detective. He does most of his detection for his friends who need help in one way or another. But detecting isn’t all he does. He also happens to own
Chubby Wubbles: A Ferret’s Tale
Title: Chubby Wubbles: A Ferret’s Tale
Author: M.J. Abrams
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-4120-7177-6
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Book
Pages: 24
Reviewed by: Beth Adams
Chubby Wubbles: A Ferret’s Tale is a book with a twist on the illustrations being photographs instead of drawings. Author M.J. Abrams has assembled a sequence of phots of two ferrets, Chubby and Coco, and personified their personalities as most all loving pet owners do. Readers see and enjoy the two frolicking together, and
Murder Finds Home
Title: Murder Finds A Home
Author: Winnfred Smith
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 978-1643619842
Pages: 300
Genre: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
Reviewed by: Aly Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
When you think of a suspenseful mystery or thriller type of novel, you think of the lead character as being the dark and broody type with more edge than is always necessary. In Winnfred Smith’s book Murder Finds A
Just Out of Curiosity
Title: Just Out of Curiosity
Author: John D. King
Publisher: Xlibris
ISBN: 978-1-9845-1003-7
Pages: 149
Genre: Historical Fiction
Reviewed by: Jason Lulos
Hollywood Book Reviews
Just Out of Curiosity by author John D. King is an absorbing story with an inspired metaphoric thread. A progressive doctoral student fears his work has been stolen and repurposed for nuclear use. As an idealist who detests such a possibility, he decides to follow up on this hunch
Crotch Thinking
Title: Crotch Thinking: A Memoir of Lust & Damage
Author: David Thomas
Publisher: LitFire Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-64674-095-6
Pages: 119
Genre: Fiction/Memoir
Reviewed by: CC Thomas
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At first glance, David Thomas’s Crotch Thinking: A Memoir of Lust and Damage is a light-hearted look at a typical American male, the story of a sexually-repressed baby boomer who starts his narrative as a toddler and ends it as an old man. A deeper glance will show the real power of the story
Does Lightning Strike Twice?
Title: Does Lightning Strike Twice?
Author: Regina Price
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 1728317533
Pages: 162
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Reviewed by: Liz Konkel
Hollywood Book Reviews
What happens when fantasy becomes reality? It all started with a recurring dream that Molly couldn’t shake. One about Sylvester Stallone that was honestly too good to be true. Some advice from her therapist later and she makes the impulsive decision to leave everything behind, to trade her life as wife and mother for an adventure in California
Where Is My Home?
Title: Where Is My Home?
Author: Joan Romney Groves
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 978-1546216995
Pages: 42
Genre: Children’s Books
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
The desire to find a place to call home lives within all living beings, whether they are conscious of it or not. A place to call home is a place which brings a sense of belonging, safety and in the best moments, loved. As Maya Angelou once said, “The ache for home lives in all of us, the
Un-shackled!
Title: Un-shackled!
Author: Julie Verzani Marr-Potter
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 1622303229
Pages: 234
Genre: Parenting & Relationships
Reviewed by: Liz Konkel
Hollywood Book Reviews
Julie has the change of a lifetime when she moves from Iowa to California where she faces struggles along her journey to find God, challenges of starting a new life, the ups and downs of marriage, and various roadblocks that are thrown her way. Her journey is one she never expected with trials and experiences that shaped her which
Malila of the Scorch
Title: Malila of the Scorch (Old Men and Infidels)
Author: W. Clark Boutwell
Publisher: Indigo River Publishing
ISBN: 978-1950906079
Pages: 396
Genre: Political Fiction / Science Fiction
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
War is a brutal, ever-changing force of mankind’s own making which consistently threatens the landscape of the world stage as a whole. As John F. Kennedy once said, “Mankind must put an end to war before war puts an end to mankind.” In author W. Clark Boutwell’s book Malila
In The Moment
Title: In The Moment
Author: Mick E. Jones
Publisher: XlibrisUS
ISBN: 978-1483644325
Genre: New Age & Spirituality/Religion & Spirituality
Pages: 300
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
To find one’s purpose in life is one of the most important and sought after things a person can ever attain. As Carl Jung once said, “As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.”
In author Mick E. Jones’s
Un-Shackled!
Title: Un-Shackled!
Author: Julie Verzani Potter
Publisher: Xulon Press
ISBN: 978-1622303229
Genre: Humor/Love & Romance/Parenting & Relationships
Pages: 234
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
For many in life, the path to a fulfilling and rich life lies within the world of faith and faith based services. Finding something to believe in and dedicating your life to that ideal is a way for many to life powerfully moral and fulfilling lives. As Saint Augustine once said, “Faith
Dream Wizard
Title: Dream Wizard
Author: Dr. Randall 5th
Publisher: Westwood Books Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 1648032060
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Book
Pages: 166
Reviewed by: Arthur Thares
Hollywood Book Reviews
No matter what the story is, it always amazes me how creative a storyteller’s mind can make up. The Dream Wizard is a fun and imaginative story which hops from one point to the next, like jumping from one stepping stone to the another to cross a river. The book is a lot of
Seek Me and You Will Find Me
Title: Seek Me and You Will Find Me: I Did and I DID
Author: Ron Ziegler
Publisher: Independently published
ISBN: 979-8640058413
Genre: Inspirational /Religious
Pages: 165
Reviewed by: Barbara Bamberger Scott
Hollywood Book Reviews
A man’s life is saved through religious experience in this unusual book of inspirational anecdotes and exhortations by writer Ron Ziegler.
The author gradually unfolds the story of his life before his discovery of Jesus and Christianity and
Surviving Drug Abuse
Title: Surviving Drug Abuse: Seek Help or Die Trying
Author: Esther Morgan
Publisher: LitFire Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-64398-364-6
Genre: Memoir
Pages: 166
Reviewed by: Ella Vincent
Hollywood Book Reviews
Surviving Drug Abuse: Seek Help or Die Trying is an informative and heartbreaking account of a mother’s attempt to deal with the drug addictions of her children. Esther Morgan has written a memoir that readers won’t forget.
Surviving Drug Abuse tells the story of Morgan’s
The Medical Conspiracy Behind My Wife’s Demise
Title: The Medical Conspiracy Behind My Wife’s Demise
Author: Pradeep K. Berry
Publisher: Notion Press
ISBN: 978-1647607975
Pages: 332
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
Grief is one of the most powerful things in the universe. As Henry David Thoreau once said, “Every man casts a shadow; not his body only, but his imperfectly mingled spirit. This is his grief. Let him turn which way he will, it falls opposite to the sun; short at noon, long at
Death Ball
Title: Death Ball
Author: Eddie Ruzzi
Publisher: Lulu Publishing Services
ISBN: 978-1-4834-7600-1
Pages: 166
Genre: Fiction
Reviewed by: Christa Hill
Hollywood Book Reviews
Death Ball by author Eddie Ruzzi is a retro style read with a video game feel. Ruzzi captures a lot of the magic of the 80’s with this easy to read space intergalactic story. The world of the story has a young sci-fi veneer that includes echoes of Orson Scott Cards Ender’s Game. The main characters have a largely dialogue