The Lilac Bush is Blooming
Title: The Lilac Bush is Blooming
Author: Jan Surasky
Publisher: Sandalwood Press
ISBN: 978-0-988-277212
Pages: 290
Genre: Fiction
Reviewed by: Carol Davala Author’s Website
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With all the downhome charm and appeal reminiscent of beloved Americana classics like Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House” series, award-winning author Jan Surasky’s novel, “The Lilac Bush is Blooming,” reveals a beautiful coming-of-age story set in the 1950s amidst the pastoral countryside of central New York.
Through the first person narrative of young freckle-faced
Epic Sloth
Title: Epic Sloth: Tales of the Long Crawl
Author: Philip Gaber
Publisher: Philip Gaber
ISBN: 0615726488
Pages: 169
Genre: Short Story, Psychological Fiction
Reviewed by: Kimberlee Hicks
Hollywood Book Reviews
Henry David Thoreau said, “the mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.” Author Philip Gaber seems to agree, and charts the evolution of our search for meaning in this life in his work, ‘Epic Sloth: Tales of the Long Crawl’. This collection of short stories and poems is a
One Love
Title: One Love
Author: Thomas Duffy
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 978-1502831927
Pages: 268
Genre: Fiction
Reviewed by: Allison Walker
Hollywood Book Reviews
Almost every adult can name and reminisce over “The one who got away.” Maybe it was a blind date that could have been more, or perhaps that “ex” who ended it without any reason, or even it could be a high school crush you had and never was brave enough to ask to dance. For Timothy Anderson, Melody is his one
Rude Boy USA
Title: Rude Boy USA
Author: Victoria Bolton
Publisher: Hairummat Books
ISBN: 1518754333
Pages: 261
Genre: Fiction/Crime
Reviewed by: Carol Davala Author’s Website
Hollywood Book Review
In “Rude Boy USA”, Victoria Bolton offers a compelling take on the popular crime dramas that draw readers into the harsh, enigmatic world of organized crime. While such works are often rooted in the traditions visited in the likes of the renowned Godfather saga or the more recent landmark HBO series, The Sopranos, here the
Quantum Heights
Title: Quantum Heights: Book One of the Dead Path Chronicles
Author: Richard A. Valicek
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 1517453488
Pages: 272
Genre: Science Fiction
Reviewed by: Gary Sorkin Author’s Website
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Quantum Heights: Book One of the Dead Path Chronicles is a dark fiction novel containing quite an interesting mix of anachronistic themes which include elements of ancient concepts and futuristic ideas. This novel might be considered a part of the “vampire” genre but it is more of a
The Dead Brother Club
Title: The Dead Brother Club
Author: Coren Beck
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 978-0994950109
Pages: 305
Genre: Memoir/ Spirituality
Reviewed by: Lisa Brown-Gilbert Author’s Website
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The loss of a loved one is never easy, and for author and memorist Coren Beck it shook him to his existential core and became the catalyst for a deep soul searching journey in which the exploration of his spiritual fortitude became a necessity that ultimately changed the course of his life. In his debut
Stanley Brambles and the Lost City
Title: Stanley Brambles and the Lost City
Author: Owen Spendlove
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 978-1-4917-7866-1
Pages: 367
Genre: Young Adult, Fantasy
Reviewed by: Tiffany Ezuma
Hollywood Book Reviews
Stanley Brambles and the Lost City is the second installment in the Stanley Brambles series. The book is accessible to all readers even if they haven’t read the first book—but after finishing this one, I’m positive you would want to go back and devour the first! The story starts with Stanley, an average
Glossolalia
Title: Glossolalia
Author: Tantra Bensko
Publisher: Insubordinate Books
ISBN: 0692551522
Pages: 237
Genre: Psychological Suspense
Reviewed by: CC Thomas
Author’s Website
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One glance at the front cover of author Tantra Bensko’s book brings to mind the stylistic intentions of wickedly clever Tim Burton, the American film director and artist who forays into the gothic world in his works, perhaps most famously the recent Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland with Johnny Depp. While you shouldn’t judge a book by
She’s Got The Jack
Title: She’s Got The Jack
Author: Suzanne Eglington
Publisher: Xlibris
ISBN: 978-1-5245-6022-5
Pages: 430
Genre: Erotic Romance
Reviewed by: Carol Davala Author’s Website
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“She’s Got The Jack” is the latest addition to author Suzanne Eglington’s evolving erotic romance series featuring the amorous Beckham couple, Robert and Kate. This time around, the hunky cop and his adoring wife are less than a year into their new marriage and thoroughly enjoying all the accoutrements of wedded bliss.
While Eglington’s expertise
Dancing with Shadows
Title: Dancing with Shadows
Author: Shiraz Pradhan
Publisher: Partridge Publishing
ISBN-13: 978-1-4828-3595-1
Pages: 327
Genre: Modern Fiction, Romance
Reviewed by: Jason Lolus Author’s Website
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Scientific determinism, Tarot cards, Cinema, Music, Love, and Quantum Physics. The narrator negotiates love, murder, and war in this captivating philosophical journey. Pradhan is exceptional in showing the narrator’s holistic approach to understanding.
Quantum physics and love. A united theory of everything? It is an idealistic adolescent goal, and this is what makes Dancing
The Ugly Guys Club
Author’s Website
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Writing like Jack Kerouac and Sam Kinison’s long lost cousin, Dan K. Oh provides a comedic confessional in “The Ugly Guys Club.” A self-described member of the organization, Oh blends writer Kerouac’s stream-of-conscious style with the profane musings of shock comic
The Scorpion and the Knight
Title: The Scorpion and the Knight
Author: George E. Garner
Publisher: AuthorHouseUK
ISBN: 978-1-52466-484-8
Pages: 334
Genre: Fantasy
Reviewed by: Allison Walker
Author’s Website
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Sitting in a hole in the desert was not what Robert Simmonwood expected when recruited to serve his King in war, and yet there he waits as a trusted spy of the King in the Crusades to bring the Christian savior back to the Holy Land. Author George E. Garner’s novel “The Scorpion
Herbal Surgeon: Immortal Cancer Care
Title: Herbal Surgeon: Immortal Cancer Care
Author: Translated and amended by Shifu Hwang
Publisher: Immortal Cancer Care Foundation
ISBN: 9780615410845
Pages: 257, Hardcover
Genre: Alternative Health
Reviewed by: Gary Sorkin, Pacific Book Review
Author’s Website
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Shifu Hwang is a teacher of TCM – Traditional Chinese Medicine. He has compiled the wisdom of the ages gained from ancient Masters and categorized it into an easy-to-understand summary format suitable for newcomers to learn its many secrets in his
Transform to Freedom
Title: Transform to Freedom
Author: Elliot Sabino
Publisher: Elliot Sabino
ISBN-13: TBD
Page Count: 129
Genre: Non-Fiction
Reviewed by: Kimberlee Hicks
Author’s Website
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A great many terrible things do, and continue to, happen in this world. Gas prices rise, incomes sink,
crime rates increase, and corruption seems to exist at every level of the government. War and disaster
cripple entire cities, states, and even countries; and there would appear to be nothing we can do to
prevent any of it from
Figurehead: Book 2 – Bite of the Jackal
Title: Figurehead: Book 2 – Bite of the Jackal
Author: Rock Lambert
Publisher: Createspace
ISBN: 151731092X
Pages: 268
Genre: Historical
Reviewed by: Allison Walker
Hollywood Book Reviews
In 1675, Silas Pike sails across the ocean to find and rescue his fiancé, Francine Adams, held captive by the pirate known as Jackal. But the “Figurehead” book series, written by Rock Lambert, is not a Mario and Princess Peach kind of story. It’s a much more painful tale of love and revenge. Book two, “Bite of the Jackal,”
Archangel Fallen
Title: Archangel Fallen
Author: C.W. Lemoine
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 1514294834
Pages: 412
Genre: Espionage thriller
Reviewed by: Krista Schnee, Hollywood Book Reviews
Author’s Website
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Cal “Spectre” Martin found himself in the woods of Louisiana after a bewildering series of events; he was a wanted man, staying with his childhood mentor until he was able to rest and find a way forward. He struggled to make sense of the events of the past few weeks, beginning with being shot down