Wet My Hands
Title: Wet the Hands
Author: Dr. A. H. Yurvati
Publisher: Yurvati Legacy Press
ISBN: 979-8991704809
Genre: Non-Fiction / Memoir
Pages: 120
Reviewer: Margie Przybylski
Hollywood Book Reviews
Doctor Yurvati’s memoir, Wet the Hands, weaves the coming of age tale of a Catholic school boy who was condemned to “never amount to anything,” among the rich American history of Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Public Hostage, Public Ransom
Title: Public Hostage, Public Ransom: Ending Institutional America
Author: William Bronston, M.D.
Publisher: Page Publishing
ASIN: 978-1684569090
Pages: 383
Genre: Autobiography / Politics
Reviewer: David Allen
Hollywood Book Reviews
‘Institutional America’ includes but is not necessarily limited to ‘hospitals’ and ‘schools’ for the mentally retarded, the
The Metaphysical Metamorphosis of Miss Nancy
Title: The Metaphysical Metamorphosis of Miss Nancy
Author: Nancy L. Briggs
Publisher: Stratton Press
ISBN: 1643451057
Pages: 136
Genre: Creative / Metaphysical
Reviewer: David Allen
Hollywood Book Reviews
Imagine if you can Joan Rivers doing a stand-up monologue co-written by universalist preacher and former presidential candidate, Marianne Williamson. Imagine a heartfelt exhortation assuring you that despite the present tumult in the world, things will all work out.
Janine
Title: Janine: Tale of an Abandoned Wife and Mother
Author: Mark Eric Johansen
Publisher: ARPress
ISBN: 979-8893412666
Pages: 377
Genre: Fiction / Novel / Human Tale
Reviewer: Subhrajit Saha
Hollywood Book Reviews
Imagine leading a cherishable and luxurious life, free from any financial struggle or otherwise. You are in a perfect space, with
Nothing Short of Amazing
Title: Nothing Short of Amazing: The True Story of Terrie Suica-Reed, Merle Thompson, and Phase 4 Learning Center
Author: Linda Morris, Terrie Suica-Reed (narrator), Merle Thompson (narrator)
Publisher: Black Vellum
ASIN: 9798323332526
Pages: 228
Genre: Biographies & Memoirs/Non-Fiction
Reviewer: Alyssa Avina
Hollywood Book Reviews
There are significant times in our lives when it takes something truly tragic and life-altering for
Unseen Scars
Title: Unseen Scars
Author: Martin Terrell
Publisher: Explora Books
ISBN: 9781998394784
Pages: 118
Genre: Biography/Poetry
Reviewer: David Allen
Hollywood Book Reviews
The deepest scars are unseen, according to author Martin Terrell, whose poems celebrate a lifetime spent variously as a Black man, as an American, as a child growing up in the inner city, as a convict, as an ex-con.
Yet despite these
The Race is On!
Title: The Race is On!
Author: Melisa Calcote
Publisher: Urlink Print & Media, LLC
ISBN: 978-1684867844
Pages: 76
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Reviewer: Liz Konkel
Hollywood Book Reviews
Fireball is awaiting his first race and has captured everybody’s attention as they’re eager to see what he is made of. The consensus is that he’ll be a star. While the horse is at
Toxic Minds
Title: Toxic Minds: A Medical Thriller
Author: Anthony Lee
Publisher: Anthony Lee
ISBN: 979-8348330576
Pages: 435
Genre: Fiction / Thriller / Mystery
Reviewer: Ephantus M.
Hollywood Book Reviews
Anthony Lee’s medical thriller Toxic Minds: A Medical Thriller tells the story of a doctor who, in order to expose a convoluted lethal malignant cult that he suspects caused the death of one of his patients, makes the perilous decision to join
Return to the Magic Cornfield
Title: Return to the Magic Cornfield: A Love so Forever
Author: Todd Bernacil
Publisher: Primedia eLaunch LLC
ISBN: 979-8892179454
Pages: 453
Genre: Fantasy/ Action/ Adventure
Reviewer: Lily Amanda
Hollywood Book Reviews
Return to the Magic Cornfield: A Love so Forever by author Todd Bernacil is a spellbinding children’s novel about a world that
12 Simple Words
Title: 12 Simple Words
Author: John W. Kennedy, Ph.D., DESA
Publisher: BookBaby
ISBN: 979-8350966152
Pages: 160
Genre: Non-Fiction
Reviewer: David Allen
Hollywood Book Reviews
You could do far worse than utilize the twelve simple words of the Scouts’ Code as words to live by, as Dr. Kennedy and his impressive array of contributors amply
Gregory Green moves to the Purple side of town
Title: Gregory Green moves to the Purple side of town
Author: Tim Kasun
Illustrators: Theresa Kasun, Joy Kasun, Andrew Wood
Publisher: The Little Artist, Inc.
ISBN: 978-1-962046-00-8
Pages: 17
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Book / Morality
Reviewer: Beth Adams
Hollywood Book Reviews
Using a new publishing brand called “The World of PaintBears,” author Tim Kasun has assembled talent from his family and others to compose an
Angels Unaware
Title: Angels Unaware
Author: Melisa Calcote
Publisher: Urlink Print & Media, LLC
ISBN: 978-1684867943
Pages: 60
Genre: Christian Fiction
Reviewer: Ephantus M.
Hollywood Book Reviews
Set in Marshfield, Massachusetts, author Melisa Calcote’s Angels Unaware is an uplifting faith-based story which explores the existence of angels through the
Thlewiaza-Seal Rivers: The Challenge of the Ice
Title: Thlewiaza-Seal Rivers: The Challenge of the Ice
Author: Fred E. Nelson
Publisher: Writers’ Branding
ISBN: 978-1639455102
Pages: TBA
Genre: Non-Fiction
Reviewer: David Allen
Hollywood Book Reviews
This is not your run of the mill fishing party. Nor is it a mere afternoon spent cutting holes in the ice to fish like the Eskimos. This is a memoir of six men toughing
Overtaken by Insanity
Title: Overtaken by Insanity: Two Sisters Lives Are Burdened by Elder Sister’s Mental Illness
Authors: Louise Killifer and Lois Martin
Publisher: Ewings Publishing, LLC
ISBN: 979-8890316509
Pages: 330
Genre: Autobiography
Reviewer: Ephantus M.
Hollywood Book Reviews
Authors Louise Killifer’s and Lois Martin’s Overtaken by Insanity: Two Sisters Lives Are Burdened by Elder Sister’s Mental Illness tells the heartbreaking
A Capitol Idea
Title: A Capitol Idea
Author: Bill Hause
Publisher: Fulton Books
ISBN: 979-8887317847
Pages: 190
Genre: Fiction / Politics
Reviewer: David Allen
Hollywood Book Reviews
Some folks out there are spreading the malicious rumor that literary fiction is dead. Not true. A Capitol Idea, a novel by Bill Hause, puts
Jay Jax 1936
Title: Jay Jax 1936
Author: R. A. Fedak
Publisher: Authors’ Tranquility Press
ISBN: 978-1964362991
Pages: 112
Genre: Mystery
Reviewer: Lily Amanda
Hollywood Book Reviews
Author R. A. Fedak’s Jay Jax 1936 is a murder mystery story about uncovering secrets regarding the protagonist’s friend’s death, which is tightly wrapped with
Biblical Cures for the Wounded Spirit
Title: Biblical Cures for the Wounded Spirit
Subtitle: Answers for PTSD and Healing
Author: Wayne A. Keast
Publisher: ARPress
ISBN: 9798893895285
Pages: 194
Genre: Spiritual
Reviewer: Rae Capri
Hollywood Book Reviews
In Biblical Cures for the Wounded Spirit: Answers for PTSD and Healing the Invisible Wound, author Wayne A. Keast captures various instances where human resilience is demonstrated, especially amongst war soldiers. No one wants to face the battle of taking another person’s life, even if due to
And The Hills Replied
Title: And The Hills Replied
Author: Sparhawk Hutchins
Publisher: WP Lighthouse
ISBN: 979-8895184363
Pages: 285
Genre: Historical Fiction / Fantasy
Reviewer: Lee Brown
Hollywood Book Reviews
And The Hills Replied is a book which will please both fantasy fans and lovers of historical fiction. It’s an
Curiosity, Adventure Travel, Exploration, Trade, War, Murder
Title: Curiosity, Adventure Travel, Exploration, Trade, War, Murder: The European Expansion, 15th to 20th Century
Author: James B. Read
Publisher: Create Space
ISBN: 9781539496366
Genre: History, Travelogue
Pages: 235
Reviewer: Lily Amanda
Hollywood Book Reviews
Curiosity, Adventure Travel, Exploration, Trade, War, Murder: The European Expansion, 15th to 20th Century is a
The In-Between Time
Title: The In-Between Time
Author: Micki Lin Mongogna-Alarcon
Publisher: PageTurner Press
ASIN: B0DHV5554Z
Pages: 119
Genre: fantasy / Science Fiction
Reviewer: Jennifer Bailey
Hollywood Book Reviews
The in between time is a time between sleep and waking when almost anything is possible. Shala is a young, beautiful girl, a mystery to
Navigation History, Application and Fun with the Sun
Title: Navigation History, Application and Fun with the Sun
Author: James B. Read
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 978-1663247360
Pages: 88
Genre: Navigation History / Non-Fiction
Reviewer: Subhrajit Saha
Hollywood Book Reviews
There was a time when the world believed that the sun revolved around the earth, until the Renaissance brought a wave of transformation, and Nicolaus Copernicus forever changed the most basic concept of science,
Global Immigration Crisis
Title: Global Immigration Crisis
Author: Dick Sim
Publisher: Leap Write Literary
ISBN: 979-8893761344
Pages: 96
Genre: Non-Fiction
Reviewed by: Subhrajit Saha
Hollywood Book Reviews
If you are a deeply inquisitive individual with a profound understanding of contemporary world politics and a touch of historical perspective, then author Dick Sim’s Global Immigration Crisis is the book you’ve been searching for. This
Delayed Diagnosis
Title: Delayed Diagnosis
Author: Harold Myers
Publisher: Twenty Literary Group
ISBN: 978-1-961250-72-7
Genre: Fiction/Thriller
Pages: 190
Reviewer: Margie Przybylski
Hollywood Book Reviews
While a work of fiction, author Harold Myers’ Delayed Diagnosis delves into an issue faced by many – discrimination when seeking medical attention. Doctor Lionel Viking is found to be consistently mis-diagnosing patients. Not only
Spunky’s Special Friend
Title: Spunky’s Special Friend
Author: Maureen McGrath
Publisher: ARPress
ISBN: 979-8-89389-177-5
Pages: 22
Genre: Illustrated Children’s Book
Reviewer: Beth Adams
Hollywood Book Reviews
Every person as well as most everything is unique, making each individual different from the others. It is the difference between us which is special and should be celebrated. This is the
The New Planet
Title: The New Planet
Author: Carol Love Forbes
Publisher: URLink Print & Media, LLC
ISBN: 9781684860708
Pages: 65
Genre: Science Fiction/Screenplay
Reviewer: Lily Amanda
Hollywood Book Reviews
Carol Love Forbes’s The New Planet is a touching tale that celebrates the strength of love. Dr. Alana Hargate, a scientist at the Intergalactic Research Society (IRS) headquarters on Planet Xenon, is entrusted