SPR’s book reviews of new self-published books
Museum Exhibit by Tom Brown
Experimenting with form, content, and emotion, Museum Exhibit by Tom Brown is a surprising, probing collection that runs the gamut from classical odes to modern free verse.
Some of these delicately penned poems resemble snapshot musings of cultures and older times from around the world, flowing smoothly between the Middle East examined in “Pashmina,” to the simple homage of “Philadelphia Highboy,” and the sound of “Virginia’s Violin” in the echoing beauty of the Shenandoah Valley.
Nature, emotion, and philosophy also blend freely in these pieces, as in the poet’s natural worship in “Wildflowers,” with their “exquisite fine art perfuming in […]
Author Susan May delivers a heartwarming and powerful account of her son’s incredible journey of survival in Nick’s New Heart: 30 Years and Counting…
Jacob Paul Patchen transports readers to a smoky and unexpected American battlefield in Sheltered: When a Boy Becomes a Legend, a bold YA American dystopia.
Frank C. Senia presents a quartet of thought-provoking novellas in Collection of Four, a well-balanced and memorable collection. From the insightful observations of a career barman to an old man discovering the existential crisis of age, this collection takes readers on a powerful exploration of life, love, meaning, and mortality.
A haunting origin story, Headless 1776 by Tom Schneider is a wildly imaginative YA novel for those who love a good mix of fact and fiction.
Workplace drama, emotional tragedy, and the winding roads of reconciliation abound in Book Endings: A Call Numbers Novel by Syntell Smith.
A stunning new fantasy world reveals itself in Element of Reflection, the first visionary installment of The Waterbringer Trilogy by T.C. Elofson.
Terry Connelly delivers a rousing and unrelenting call to action with Let’s Blow Up The Elite College Admissions Black Box: It’s Roiling Young Lives, Rigged for the Rich, and Wrong for America, a stirring treatise addressing the historical and worsening inequities in America’s college admissions process.