SPR’s book reviews of new self-published books
Hair on Fire by Larada Horner-Miller
A charming collection of poems, stories, and memories about Christmastime, Hair on Fire: A Heartwarming & Humorous Christmas Memoir by Larada Horner-Miller is a spirited and inspiring take on the holiday season.
Starting from Joseph and Mary, Horner-Miller has put together a lovely compendium of personal, religious, and cultural anecdotes around Christmas that serve as a gentle way to transition to that wonderfully busy time of year, nudging our own memories forward, and refreshing our knowledge about this festive occasion. Both personal and informative about the holiday season, the book asks questions like when do people put up their Christmas […]
Spectacularly creative and emotionally gripping, The Lost Souls of Guayaquil by Brian Gibb is an original and thought-provoking novel about life, death, and what defines us in between.
Author Athene Z. Adam delivers another entrancing read with Twisted Monarch, a stellar second installment of the Reign of the North Forest series.
Following the adventures of a group of talking animals trying to make it in show business, The Fred Parker Show by Vincent Glen is a wildly inventive and original novel with a theatrical structure.
Seamlessly blending technology and magic in his exhilarating new novel Sons of Empire, author Chandler McGrew has delivered a brilliant allegorical adventure and a bold opening salvo in the World of Arras series.
Tracing humanity’s trajectory from systems of faith to our modern era of science, Red Thread: Occult to Science and Beyond by Anne Kampf looks to find overlap and common ground between these two seemingly opposing forces.
A delightful book that revisits Irish folk tales and legends, Pixylations by Joe Laudati tells the story of a rebellious and talented pixy called Faela, immersing the reader in a spellbinding story about friendship, love, and self-acceptance.