SPR’s book reviews of new self-published books
A Frostbitten Memory of a Stillborn Spring by Lindy Kennedy
In her debut collection of poetry, A Frostbitten Memory of a Stillborn Spring, Lindy Kennedy shows an admirable talent for describing life’s vicissitudes with sensitivity.
Kennedy expresses in the introduction her intention to capture “eternal pairs” – highs and lows, beginnings and ends – reflected in the book’s three sections: People and Love, Things and Time, and Places and Ambition. Kennedy uses a clever turn of phrase when she’s at her best, as in “Where Are You?” which wryly asks, “If it’s over, where did ‘it’ go?” There is the quiet exhortation in the aptly titled “Life Lived Leaves […]
Jean B. MacLeod believes in using simple supplies, tools and devices to solve a myriad of kitchen and cooking related dilemmas, as revealed in her well-organized manual, The Kitchen Paraphernalia Handbook: Hundreds of Substitutions for Common and Uncommon Utensils, Gadgets, Tools, and Techniques.
A compelling message and two well-drawn protagonists make Frank Cardinale’s Gift From Above a unique work of science fiction.
Author and business consultant Jeff Rawlins explores how leadership and teamwork go together in Leaderology: How to Crush Mediocrity For Once and For All.
