Category: Self-Publishing Book Review of the Week

We post a weekly book review of a self-published book (submitted by the author). To submit your review, please send it to selfpublishingadvice@gmail.com with a .jpg image of your cover. Self Publishing Advice will post your review and cover image on our blog.

Self-Publishing Book Review of the Week

Weekly Self Published Book Review: Dusk

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:

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Dusk

Carolyn Budd-Goertzen

Publisher: Outskirts Press

ISBN: 9781432777883

Animals were almost members of the family in ancient times. “Dusk: God’s Chosen Donkey” seeks to tell the early life of Christ through the eyes of his family’s donkey. Offering a unique perspective, Carolyn Budd-Goertzen provides an unusually powerful story from the most unlikely of sources. The first of a series, “Dusk” is worth picking for those seeking original Christian fiction, recommended.

Self-Publishing Book Review of the Week

Weekly Self Published Book Review: The Revival

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 Revival

The Revival

Maggie Allen

Publisher: Outskirts Press

ISBN:9781432776408

When uncertainty clouds your past, the future doesn’t look much clearer. “The Revival” is a novel following Virginia Wilson as she tries to piece together what happened at a strange summer in Totoba in Africa. Returning to the continent to find some evidence of understanding through it all, to know what happened, to know what’s going to happen. The second in the trilogy, “The Revival” is of interest for general fiction readers.

Self-Publishing Book Review of the Week

Weekly Self Published Book Review: Wally Wander

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:

 

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Wally Wander

NovaMelia

Publisher: Outskirts Press

ISBN:9781432779108

Reviewed by Paige Lovitt

“Wally Wander” by NovaMelia is the story of Wally. Precocious as a child, Wally grows up with a family who has a lot of issues. Her mother has Parkinson’s and believes that the refrigerator talks to her. A niece has Asperger’s Syndrome and has played a role in a huge family secret. Wally lives in her own world. No matter what situation her family hands to her, whether it is being shipped off to live with relatives as a child, or being put in a nursing home as an adult, Wally makes the best of each situation. Her perceptions of reality help hold her together during the times that most people would fall apart.
A family tragedy and family secrets have more of an effect on Wally’s life than she realizes. As an adult when pieces of a puzzle start falling into place, she gains a greater understanding of her family and realizes why certain things had to happen the way that they did. Wally’s own eccentricities show that she has inherited some of her family’s genetic predispositions. It doesn’t really matter to her because no matter what she will continue to go with the flow.
I enjoyed reading “Wally Wander” by NovaMelia. This novel is something out of the ordinary and I think readers will enjoy it for its uniqueness. The characters are eccentric but still likeable. There were many times where I found myself pitying Wally and the circumstances that life handed her, yet because of her strong character she didn’t let it hold her back. This perseverance gave me a great deal of admiration for her character. I think that “Wally Wander” would make a great selection for an English class or a reader’s group. I think that it will generate many interesting discussions and I would find it interesting to hear other reader’s perceptions about the story.

Self-Publishing Book Review of the Week

Weekly Self Published Book Review: Carbaviud The Fuel For The Future

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:

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Carbaviud The Fuel For The Future

Cindy Fleck Howlett

Publisher: Outskirts Press

ISBN: 9781432769017

I was excited to read this book. It was a confident feeling knowing that the author, Cindy Howlett, has been a nurse for thirty years. Certainly, she has knowledge in this area that I would want to know.

I am pretty well versed on carbohydrates, but the information in this book boasted my knowledge. Like eating protein helps burn fat (page 9); I did not know that.

The illustrations that were used throughout the book brought a clearer picture of what she was talking about and definitely enhanced the read. My grand-daughter actually picked up the book and read and enjoyed it without any influence. It’s hard to find an author who can successfully teach different age groups with the same format.

I recommend this book. It’s not a long read, but it sure is packed full of useful information to use for yourself and your loved ones. Very well done.

Self-Publishing Book Review of the Week

Weekly Self Published Book Review: The Beads of Lapis Lazuli

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 Beads of Lapis Lazuli

Doris Kenney Marcotte

Publisher: Outskirts Press

ISBN: 9781432760540

The search for truth can drive people, even when that truth is thousands of years old. “The Beads of Lapis Lazuli” tells the story of Kathryn Marshall as her obsession with ancient Minoan civilization begins to try her life and marriage. Working with a psychic to find the bits and pieces of history that are lost, “The Beads of Lapis Lazuli” is a riveting mystery with a good human drama woven into the tale.