The latest indie book reviews from Self-Publishing Review
After a year and a half of peace, her sensitivity to the dreams of others suddenly re-emerges the night before her wedding to fiancé Brian, bringing back the troubling feeling of imminent danger as she remembers the horrific acts of the killer she had unwittingly become dream-witness to. As she enters her first month […]
Beyond the Horizon is Marvin Wilmes’ moving memoir about growing up in the turbulent sixties and trying to maintain his Catholic face amid family tragedy. It can be said that every life is worthy of a memoir. Every life is dramatic – every family likely faces illness and certainly faces deaths of loved ones. Wilmes certainly had a storied life and he has crafted an uplifting tome that should help readers navigate through their own troubled times.
Overall, Wilmes’ memoir is a pleasant and comforting read. What’s relaxing about the book, and should help bring readers solace, is that it’s […]
★★★★½ 
In The Power of Courage: An Uplifting Saga of Moving Beyond Abuse by Charol Messenger, a memoir of an abusive relationship, Messenger takes us day by day through the twists and turns of an affair that turns very bad very quickly, becoming emotionally, psychologically, and physically dangerous. In fact, and this is one of the strangest things about this story, it doesn’t really turn bad. It starts out that way.
I have been told that during performances of Shakespeare’s Othello, audiences often shout and leap from their seats in an attempt to stop Othello from killing Desdemona. I […]
On a hill overlooking the Aegean Sea in Turkey, a stone box is unearthed by an international team of archaeologists. The box is the type Jews used to rebury their dead in the first century. On the box is an inscription written in Aramaic: Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ. Sophia Altay, a French-Turkish archaeologist who’s in charge of the dig, attempts to keep the ossuary and its contents a secret until she can […]
Eadwulf has returned to his homeland and has his heart set on exacting revenge on those who wronged him and his family. When the Danish invaders return, he is put in the middle of fighting for his homeland and the loyalties to the friends he made while a slave. Alfred is honing his leadership abilities at the courts of his successive brothers. Before he desires, Alfred’s abilities are put to the test when the Vikings invade […]
101+ Secrets From Nutrition School by Lynne Dorner is a bright and breezy look at nutrition and wellbeing in 101 + quick tips, with fun illustrations and references for anyone looking into improving their way of life with food and exercise. If you’ve ever wanted to lose weight without dieting, and you want clearer skin and better health as a result, this is a good place to start.
Lynne Dorner has put together an account of her time at nutrition school, where she was taught by such legendary lifestyle gurus as Deepak Chopra, and this book does sell the system […]
Zola de Chichen, a Maya science student, tells of the times she has encountered time-travelers, and how she herself time travels once she reaches university, in a world where humans can breed their children with any kinds of looks or variants they choose. When a man from the twenty-first century accidentally gets through the portal with Zola, he has to adjust to life over three hundred years in the future.
One would […]
Books on Spain are always fascinating to other Europeans, and Lester’s book is no exception. I am a Brit, and an ex-pat in Spain, and I was keen to find out if all the foibles I had found further south of Andalusia in the province of Malaga held true for Lester in Granada, albeit some years back before flights to Spain were as common as ten a day per airline from the UK.[…]