Category: Self-Publishing Book Review of the Week

Book reviews are a great way for self-publishing authors to gain exposure. After all, how can someone buy your book if he or she doesn’t know it exists? Paired with other elements of your book promotion strategy, requesting reviews is a great way to get people talking about what you’ve written.

When we read good reviews, we definitely like to share them. It gives the author a few (permanent) moments of fame and allows us to let the community know about a great book. Here’s this week’s book review by Midwest Book Review:

Coach Can Fitness Fun

Mike Alexander

Publisher: Outskirts Press

ISBN: 9781432742645

“Coach Can Fitness Fun” gives lots of tips to kids about how to live healthier lives by playing with friends and different sports that they can also find to be lots of fun to play. Some of the lessons are the importance of drinking water and eating vegetables and other foods as well as getting the proper amount of sleep. Parents of young children should read “Coach Can Fitness Fun’ as well to help reinforce the positive messages of the author.

Book reviews are a great way for self-publishing authors to gain exposure. After all, how can someone buy your book if he or she doesn’t know it exists? Paired with other elements of your book promotion strategy, requesting reviews is a great way to get people talking about what you’ve written.

When we read good reviews, we definitely like to share them. It gives the author a few (permanent) moments of fame and allows us to let the community know about a great book. Here’s this week’s book review by Midwest Book Review:

The Last Buffalo

Ed Kienzle

Publisher: Outskirts Press

ISBN: 9781478709442

“The Last Buffalo” by Ed Kienzle is a book about 12-year-old Wyman and his uncle Little Kettle on their adventure to save the buffalo. It all started when Wyman was born and Little Kettle proclaimed him keeper of the buffalo. He made sure that from the start Wyman loved the buffalo. When Wyman started getting dreams about a mysterious buffalo that he could not see, Little Kettle and Wyman set off to Yellowstone Park, a ten hour drive from where they live, to see if they can save the buffalo that have been getting shot when they cross the border. They also want to find the meaning of his dreams. Along the way he finds allies in the most unlikely of places. Will he be able to save the buffalo or will the ranchers get the best of him and kill the buffalo that cross the border of Yellowstone? Read and find out.
The characters were easy to relate to and enjoy. There were not too many or too few and each one had a distinct personality that was easy to like. My favorite character was Wyman who had trouble at school since everyone was bullying him because he was the keeper of the buffalo. He was adventurous and enjoyed nature. He also was nice and easy to be around.
I would recommend “The Last Buffalo” by Ed Kienzle to people who like adventure and action. I think all people young and old would like this book. I could not put this book down until I finished it. It was smoothly written and easy to follow, making it an easy read.

Book reviews are a great way for self-publishing authors to gain exposure. After all, how can someone buy your book if he or she doesn’t know it exists? Paired with other elements of your book promotion strategy, requesting reviews is a great way to get people talking about what you’ve written.

When we read good reviews, we definitely like to share them. It gives the author a few (permanent) moments of fame and allows us to let the community know about a great book. Here’s this week’s book review by Midwest Book Review:

The Cult Worship and the Warriors

Maria Sanctissima Trinidad

Publisher: Outskirts Press

ISBN: 9781432776534

Professional nurse and devout Christian Maria Sanctissima Trinidad shares a chilling true story (names are changed to protect those mentioned) in The Cult Worship and the Warriors, written partly as a warning to readers of all faiths against the insidious pull of cults that may mime Christian faith, but in practice put other gods before the one true God. Maria tells of her personal experiences of being drawn into a small cult led by “God’s chosen teacher” that called its members Warriors. Gradually, Maria came to understand that the abuse, bullying, and even life-threatening humiliations of the cult were against the will of God. The Cult Worship and the Warriors concludes with a cautionary description of distinguishing features of cult leaders – notably their magnetism, and the common prevalence of negative character disorders among them, even psychopathy – and an explanation of why people are lured to join exploitive cults. “To be informed is to live a life and prevent living and keeping up to a deceptive cult standard that is both an insult to human spirituality and human intelligence. It is degrading in the sense that freedom of worship is stalled and hampered by a sick psychopath with no regard to society’s norm and standards.” A strong cautionary tale, The Cult Worship and the Warriors is highly recommended.

Book reviews are a great way for self-publishing authors to gain exposure. After all, how can someone buy your book if he or she doesn’t know it exists? Paired with other elements of your book promotion strategy, requesting reviews is a great way to get people talking about what you’ve written.

When we read good reviews, we definitely like to share them. It gives the author a few (permanent) moments of fame and allows us to let the community know about a great book. Here’s this week’s book review by Midwest Book Review:

Now You See It, Now You Don’t

John Daly

Publisher: Outskirts Press

ISBN: 9781432777319

When murder is on your trail, you start to wonder why the world seems out to get you. “Now You See It, Now You Don’t” delves into the chronicles of two buddy cops Mason and Striker, who have a storied past. But as they try to work their way through a web of cruelty and unsavory nature in their world, their friendship and duty will be tested. “Now You See It, Now You Don’t” is a fine pick for anyone who enjoys mysteries and the buddy cop dynamic.

Book reviews are a great way for self-publishing authors to gain exposure. After all, how can someone buy your book if he or she doesn’t know it exists? Paired with other elements of your book promotion strategy, requesting reviews is a great way to get people talking about what you’ve written.

When we read good reviews, we definitely like to share them. It gives the author a few (permanent) moments of fame and allows us to let the community know about a great book. Here’s this week’s book review by Midwest Book Review:

Keep Dancing

Rosie Giesie

Publisher: Outskirts Press

ISBN: 9781432771799

Life’s too short to not enjoy it. “Keep Dancing: Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we are here, we might as well dance” is an inspirational guide from Rosie Giesie as she shares her experiences of dealing with grief and daring to live life to its fullest. With plenty of thought and humor spread among it all, “Keep Dancing” is filled with practical wisdom and inspiration for seniors who may be coping with the loss of somewhere dear.