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 “desegregated Identity” helps dive head first into the language, history and the identity of Mexico as a whole. It is a book that explores the true
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 techniques for handling fear are explained in simple terms by author Stanley Popovich in his book titled A Layman’s Guide to
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 to in the author’s title. Giovanni and Giuseppe are twins. Tom is their friend. They grow up together in Southern California, begin to grow apart
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 a devastating earthquake, who is quickly thrown headfirst into the deep
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 parents. Not gifted athletically, sometimes grouped with the slow learners, sometimes grouped with the smart kids, Mr. Corbett spends much of his adolescence
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 thriller thrilling—but it’s also filled with detail, rich characterizations, and vivid scene descriptions—all the things that make a good
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 with a tone which is friendly and self-knowing, yet at the same time, a bit mysterious.
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 the most pioneering books to come out in 2018.
A sinister biological research organization
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 in-depth model for living a life based on service to God. Having fought it out with his own demons, Mr. Bartoli now seeks to
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 Icy the Iceberg. Written while the author was on an Alaskan cruise, looking out at the icebergs on the chilly water,
Rob the Vatican
Title: Rob the Vatican
Author: Robert Gallant
Publisher: Robert Gallant Books
ASIN: B07GVR3FVS
Pages: 287
Genre: Thriller
Reviewed by: Jake Bishop
Hollywood Book Review
Think about a heist. Not just any heist, but a heist of the highest order. Author Robert Gallant has envisioned theft from one of the richest entities of all time, the Roman Catholic Church’s fabled treasures within The Vatican itself.
Triumph
Title: Triumph
Subtitle: Taming the Monster Within
Author: Ingrid Kern
Publisher: Dog Ear Publishing
ISBN: 978-1457552984
Pages: 150
Genre: Self Help
Reviewed by: Barbara Bamberger Scott
Hollywood Book Review
Triumph: Taming the Monster Within is the story of hopes dashed in childhood replaced by hopes fulfilled in later years, written by an intelligent, determined woman with a give-back philosophy.
Kern suffered in her youth from a
Tsavo
Title: Tsavo
Subtitle: Oddball Researchers Use Data and Guns to Save African Elephants
Author: Daniel B Botkin
Publisher: Book Vine Press
ISBN: 978-1949574036
Pages: 388
Genre: Science & Math/Environmentalism/Conservation
Reviewed by: Anthony Avina
Hollywood Book Review
If there’s ever been a perfect example of the debate between conservationists and hunters, it’s the wild’s of Africa and the struggle to prevent poachers from hunting big
Relic
Title: Relic
Author: Julie Restivo and Bob Thielke
Publisher: N/A
ISBN: N/A
Pages: 99
Genre: Screenplay, Action/Adventure
Reviewed by: Jessica Schmidt
Hollywood Book Review
Relic is a screenplay of a film that shifts between present day and prehistoric times and follows multiple storylines which are interwoven and connected. In the present day, a body is discovered and the main character is part of a team
Our Fated Century
Title: Our Fated Century
Author: Grant Rodkey
Publisher: IdeoPage Press Solutions LLC
ISBN: 978-1-948928-15-1
Genre: Autobiography/History
Page: 462
Reviewed by: Susan Milam
Hollywood Book Review
Our Fated Century uses the life of Dr. Grant Rodkey to examine the changes which have occurred in culture and in the medical profession during the one hundred plus years of the author’s life. Dr. Rodkey aims to give readers an overview
Killing Juri Kasagan
Title: Killing Juri Kasagan
Author: William Scoales
Publisher: Xlibris US
ISBN: 978-1499074109
Genre: Fiction
Pages: 332
Reviewed by: Ella Vincent
Hollywood Book Review
Killing Juri Kasagan is a fascinating and intriguing novel about international intrigue and family bonds. William Scoales has written a novel that will enthrall readers.
Killing Juri Kasagan tells the story of Juri Kasagan, a prisoner from Russia in 1990 just as
Treacherous Estate
Title: Treacherous Estate
Author: Behcet Kaya
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN-13: 978-1722829698
Pages: 314
Genre: Fiction / Crime
Reviewed by: Joe Kilgore
Hollywood Book Review
It’s comforting to know that there are still books being written (print or digital) that ought to have a musty smell to them. You know the kind of books I mean. Paper back with yellowing pages and a brown circular coffee cup stain here and there. The
Fine Again
Title: Fine Again
Author: Michael S. Vassel
Publisher: BookBaby
ISBN: 978-1543930467
Pages: 300 pages
Genre: Romance
Reviewed by: Erin Nicole Cochran
Hollywood Book Review
“I would sell my soul to have you back.” Author Michael S. Vassel’s fictional romance Fine Again will reel you in with its earnest words. Vassel creates a world so in-depth it starts to become a land which is no longer fictional but all too real in the mind
General Order No. 5
Title: General Order No. 5: The Redemption of a Muslim American Patriot
Author: F. Qasim ibn Ali Khan
Publisher: Toplink Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 978-1-5444-6776-3
Pages: 662
Genre: Autobiography
Reviewed by: CC Thomas
Hollywood Book Review
Khan’s story, General Order No. 5: The Redemption of a Muslim American Patriot, took this reader completely by surprise. The expectation was that the book would focus on the trials of being a Muslim patriot in
The Dating Policy
Title: The Dating Policy
Author: Suzanne Eglington
Publisher: Xlibris
ISBN: 978-1984535047
Pages: 192
Genre: Romance/Erotica
Reviewed by: Ella Vincent
Hollywood Book Review
The Dating Policy is an exciting and provocative novel about workplace romance by Suzanne Eglington. The novel is a timely novel about how dating a co-worker can get very complicated. The Dating Policy tells the story of Mallory Kennedy, a customer service expert who takes a year
The Loveable Resident
Title: The Loveable Resident
Author: Mary A. Faderan
Publisher: Ideopage Press
ISBN: 978-1-5434-6636-2
Pages: 136
Genre: Fiction / Mystery / Crime
Reviewed by: Jake Bishop
Hollywood Book Review
This novel is a bit out of the ordinary. To begin with, it has what appears to be the hero committing a brutal murder. For a good portion of the tale, it seems as if multiple characters are more interested in rationalizing the hero’s action than
Bell-Eye’s Palm Beach, Florida Christmas
Title: Bell-Eye’s Palm Beach, Florida Christmas: Bell-Eye, The Best Littlest Detective Agency in Palm Beach, Florida, The Lives of the Rich, Famous, and Not So Naughty
Author: Barrett Hays
Publisher: Toplink Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 978-1948962353
Pages: 74
Genre: Mystery
Reviewed by: Ella Vincent
Hollywood Book Review
Bell-Eye’s Palm Beach, Florida Christmas is a short, fun mystery about a small dog who solves big problems among socialites in
Our Beguine
Title: Our Beguine: The Dance of Life
Author: Joel M. Levin, MD
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 978-1496959478
Pages: 320
Genre: Memoir/Autobiography
Reviewed by: Ella Vincent
Hollywood Book Review
Our Beguine: The Dance of Life is a heartwarming and emotional memoir about the love story between a man and woman in Chicago for over 40 years. Joel Levin’s autobiography is a sweet tribute to love that will make readers reach for a box of tissues.
A Fox in the Family
Title: A Fox in the Family
Author: Jane Conner King
Publisher: Toplink Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 978-1-949169164
Pages: 100
Genre: Non-Fiction, Young Adult
Reviewed by: Barbara Miller
Hollywood Book Review
One would have to have lived the experiences gained by author Jane Conner King in order to write with such detailed animal behavioral personification, bringing to life Frisky and Friendly, two foxes brought into their rural home, already filled with dogs, cats, a horse, a pony and other animals.
Broken To Be Blessed
Title: Broken To Be Blessed
Author: Louise Beaubrun-Macaluso, PhD
Publisher: Toplink Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 978-1948962513
Pages: 184
Genre: Memoir
Reviewed by: Tara Mcnabb
Hollywood Book Review
Powerful and moving, Louise Beaubrun-Macaluso’s Broken To Be Blessed is a fascinating chronicle of one woman’s journey through tragedy, ultimately leading to healing and a renewed faith in God.
The author begins by tracing her childhood roots in Haiti, where she developed close bonds with her siblings. Her unique background and upbringing gives the book a deeper context