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Friday, November 10, 2023

Review of The Heiress in Kent by Gregory Kopp




TITLE OF YOUR BOOK: The Heiress in Kent

AUTHOR OF BOOK's NAME: Gregory KoppAUTHOR'S EMAIL ADDRESS  greg.kopp@kopp-company.com

 

 

AUTHOR'S FAVORITE LINKS:

 

Website: https://www.kopp-company.com/publishing.html

Amazon Profile: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Gregory-Kopp/author/B01LVWZJD7

 

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 _X_ Yes, I have received permission from the reviewer to reprint their review in its entirety. 

 

REVIEWER’S BYLINE: DoannĂ© Deventer for Readers’ Favorite 

 

INCLUDE THE THE REVIEW ITSELF, of course! Gregory Kopp's novel The Heiress in Kent takes place in 19th-century London and New York. Sir Richard Mayne and Her Majesty the Queen ordered Scotland Yard detective Richard Cordwell to investigate urgent matters regarding the British throne's financial investments in the American railroads. During a global financial crisis, Cordwell embarks on his journey to uncover the truth and meets new and interesting people along the way. The handsome detective is entrusted with a secret mission from the queen herself that keeps him on his toes. While traveling to different towns to investigate the financial fraud that could negatively impact Britain's economy, he finds himself in challenging situations to complete this secret mission. The burning question on everyone's mind is, who exactly is The Heiress in Kent?


The Heiress in Kent, a historical mystery novel by Gregory Kopp, is a delightful and easy-to-read book. Kopp skillfully introduces several characters in the plot, including two based on his great-grandparents. He has portrayed the era and two different countries remarkably well and has also conveyed the challenging times faced by the characters to the reader in a touching manner. The financial difficulties that the characters experience are relatable to our current economic situation. Kopp has conducted extensive research on the eras and history of both Britain and America, which is evident from the detailed annexures containing references to some of the characters and other relevant information. The book is fast-paced, and not overly complicated. I thoroughly enjoyed the journey it took me on.


REVIEWED BY: DoannĂ© Deventer for Readers’ Favorite

Review Rating: 4 Stars


ABOUT THE AUTHOR WHOSE BOOK IS BEING REVIEWED: Gregory Kopp is an Amazon and Goodreads 5-Star Author, Graduate of Northwestern University and a Principal Consultant for Kopp Company, a privately held firm. Gregory is also a Talent Ambassador for The Walt Disney Company. The Amazon and Goodreads 5-Star acclaimed Kopp Chronicles series of novels have been nominated for Reader's Choice Awards, Goodreads Choice Awards and have received glowing reviews and been featured in “First Lines” of "BookLife Publishers Weekly" (,https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-1-981089-24-6)  an international news website of book publishing nd bookselling and by Readers’ Favorite respected by renowned publishers such asRandom House, Simon & Schuster and Harper Collins. They have also received numerous "Cover of the Month" & "Book of the Day" Honors.  

Thursday, October 26, 2023

Boost Book Sales with a BOGO Offer (Buy One, Get One Free)

Hi there fellow authors,

It's Lois W. Stern here, your NewBookReview Blog Spot Review Acquisition Coordinator, sharing another helpful tip with you: 

This is a great way to grow book sales and brand awareness on a small budget.

The supermarkets do this all the time: BOGO (Buy One, Get One Free) and you can use this same idea to boost book sales.

 

Try bundling a couple of your titles into a 2 for 1 offer. Then send your offer out to your list, post it on your social media pages, add dit to your newsletter, and promote it in any other creative places you can think of. 


Your offer might look like this: Buy (1st book title) at (add list price) and get (2nd book title) for FREE. And if you decide to include free shipping, be sure to use USA MEDIA RATE. When you ship your books, include a friendly message thanking them for their interest and telling them you hope they enjoy your books. This will cost you only a couple of dollars, but you can get barrels full of free PR in return.


(Here are a few ways to benefit from your investment. 

Just be sure to ask permission first, as courtesy builds trust.)


  • Add their name to your newsletter list.
  • Ask them if they could write a testimonial about your books. Then use that testimonial to further spread the word about your books.
  • Post a thank you to them for purchasing your books on your social media pages, while adding a picture of your book cover. 
  • If they give you a great testimonial, ask them if they would expand it into a review, then post it on any of the creditable online book review sites, and send you the link once that review is posted.
  • Submit their review to The New Book Review blog spot, following the format provided at:

https://thenewbookreview.blogspot.com/2023/05/send-us-your-fav-book-review.html .


If you think it’s worth a small investment to get the word out about your books, 

how about giving BOGO a try?


Monday, February 27, 2023

Dr. John H. Krahn Reviews THE SECRET WAR OF HENRY REBBENOFF

Dr. John H. Krahn Reviews THE SECRET WAR OF HENRY REBBENOFF


TITLE OF  BOOK:
THE SECRET WAR OF HENRY REBBENOFF 

AUTHOR OF BOOK: Alice Reiter Laby

X Yes, I have received permission from the reviewer to reprint their review in its entirety.

REVIEWER'S BYLINE: Dr. John H. Krahn is President of The Long Island Authors Group. Dr. Krahn is the author of sixteen books and is also a much sought-after speaker both nationally and internationally.

REVIEW: "A most enjoyable and enlightening read, Laby is a fine writer who weaves all of the elements of great historical fiction into one fine novel. It is a page turner from start to finish. A must purchase."

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Alice Reiter Laby is a life long Long Islander, venturing off Long Island to attend graduate school at Fordham University. Having worked in the maritime industry for several years, she then found rewarding work in her community at a counseling center. Her favorite endeavors were coordinating a disabled adult group and volunteering with her dog Jami as a pet therapy team. She still loves Long Island and her life with her partner and his parrot, a short drive or train ride from her three sons and their families.

AUTHOR'S EMAIL ADDRESS: alicelaby@gmail.com 

AUTHOR'S FAVORITE LINK: Amazon


Dr. John H. Krahn Reviews THE SECRET WAR OF HENRY REBBENOFF

Monday, February 20, 2023

Daniel Gawthrop Reviews Victim ~ A Feminist Manifesto from a Fierce Survivor

TITLE OF BOOK: Victim: A Feminist Manifesto from a Fierce Survivor

AUTHOR: Karen Moe

REVIEWER:  Daniel Gawthrop

REVIEWER’S BYLINEThe British Columbia Review Publisher and Editor

ASSURANCE TO SATISFY COPYRIGHT LAW: 

 X Yes, I have received permission from the reviewer to reprint their review in its entirety. 


Daniel Gawthrop Reviews Victim ~ A Feminist Manifesto from a Fierce Survivor


REVIEW:

For any new author seeking a large audience for a polemical work, the self-declared “manifesto” is a risky undertaking. Driven by the urgency of singular purpose, a manifesto in the wrong hands can result in the most artless of writing: self-righteous, tone-deaf in its didacticism, utterly lacking in irony, or all three. In a book title, the word “manifesto” combined with “feminist” and “victim” calls up all sorts of red flags that will turn off certain readers: one might well assume that what’s between the covers will be drearily predictable and all too depressing.

Fortunately, this “manifesto” is nothing of the kind. To the contrary, the reader is in good hands with Karen Moe: her first book, a memoir about rape and recovery, turns out to be creative non-fiction of the most readable, if gut-wrenching, sort. Much of this has to do with the author’s self-deprecating humility, which shines through in every chapter. In turning the narrative lens toward herself, Moe—an art critic, visual/performance artist, and feminist activist—employs a high degree of self-awareness in deconstructing not only a traumatic event in her own life but also the misogynistic ideas and behaviours that produce rape culture, constantly examining her own assumptions while doing so. She has clearly done her homework, too, coming to this project armed with all the feminist theory she needs to build her case. ...

Now fifty-five, Moe says she was emotionally incapable of writing this memoir until now. And that’s a good thing, for Victim is a much better and wiser book than it would have been had she published it within a short time of her terrifying abduction. As a memoir charting the author’s decades-long recovery, Victim is a rich and soulful testament to the power of human resilience that redefines the meaning of victimhood itself. It confirms the power of art as a source of healing while offering rape victims a time-tested roadmap for recovery, self-empowerment, and—in response to reactionary political events like the overturning of Roe vs. Wade—resistance.

Wednesday, February 15, 2023

Josh Friedman Reviews Jack Sh*t: Voluptuous Bagels and Other Concerns . . .




TITLE OF BOOK:  JACK SH*T: VOLUPTUOUS BAGELS AND OTHER CONCERNS OF JACK FRIEDMAN (JACK SH*T VOLUME 1)


AUTHOR OF BOOK: JACK FRIEDMAN


ABOUT THE AUTHOR: 

 An essayist, reporter, standup comedian, and political columnist, his work has appeared in Esquire, The Progressive Populist, Inside Media; The Las Vegas Review-Journal; and AAPG EXPLORER, a magazine for petroleum geologists, which is all the more noteworthy, considering he knows little about petroleum geology and has hurt himself pumping his own gas, Barry  does radio commentary on Public Radio Tulsa and appeared in UHF with “Weird Al" Yankovic, a movie which still provides him with $3.76 residual checks every time it plays at some Lithuanian drive-in.


 X Yes, I have received permission from the reviewer to reprint their review in its entirety. 


REVIEW:

This is the relationship, including many trips to many 2-for-1 buffets in many different cities, between a 90-something father and his 60-something son over the last 20 years of the father’s life. Through carefully prepared decaf, trips to Florida to see the relatives, hearing loss, dementia, VA visits, playing “Crap” at Indian casinos, and living at “The Hebrew Home,” the father, a Purple Heart recipient (maybe) and a CPA (maybe), wrings every ounce out of life that he can. And a son takes notes throughout it all.


REVIEWER’S BYLINE: 

Barry is also the author of Jacob Fishman's Marriages, Funny You Should Mention It, Road Comic, Four Days And Year Later, and The Joke Was on Me.


AUTHOR'S EMAIL ADDRESS:

barry@barrysfriedman.com


AUTHOR'S FAVORITE LINKS:

www.friedmanoftheplains.com

www.barrysfriedman.com

www.amazon.com/Barry-Friedman/e/B001K7N


AUTHOR'S EMAIL ADDRESS:

barry@barrysfriedman.com



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Tuesday, January 31, 2023

Dan Millman Reviews the Florentine Poet



TITLE OF BOOK: THE FLORENTINE POET


AUTHOR OF BOOK: William Bernhardt


REVIEWER’S BYLINE: Dan Millman, author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior


MORE ABOUT THE REVIEWER: Dan Millman, a former world champion athlete, gymnastics coach, martial arts instructor, and college professor, is author of 17 books read by millions of people in 29 languages. Dan teaches worldwide and has influenced people from all walks of life.


 FAVORITE REVIEW:

In this engaging tale, our poet-protagonist sets out on a hero’s journey. Pietro’s passion for his angelic Sophia mirrors the author’s love affair with the written word. Whether or not poetry is your thing, this book sparkles like a jewel in a cosmic clockwork — an uplifting gift to readers everywhere. 

— Dan Millman, author of Way of the Peaceful Warrior

AUTHOR EMAIL ADDRESS: willbern@gmail.com


AUTHOR'S FAVORITE LINKS: (website, amazon, blog, etc.):

www.williambernhardt.com

www.writercon.com


ASSURANCE TO SATISFY COPYRIGHT LAW: 

 _X_ Yes, I have received permission from the reviewer to reprint their review in its entirety. 


ABOUT THE AUTHOR: William Bernhardt is the New York Times-bestselling author of over sixty novels, including the Daniel Pike legal thrillers starting with The Last Chance Lawyer.


Wednesday, January 11, 2023

Kudos to Dr. Karen Hutchins Pirnot, Winner of the Tales2Inspire Reviewer-of-the-Month Award



TITLE OF YOUR BOOK: 

Tales2Inspire ~ The Diamond Collection - Series I


NAME (AUTHOR OF BOOK): 

An Anthology of stories collated by author/editor Lois W. Stern 


GENRE OR CATEGORY:

Non-fiction anthology of short stories


FORMATS:

Paperback, Kindle



NUMBER OF PAGES

230


ISBN-13 : 978-1505558166

ISBN-10:  1505558166



PUBLISHER:

Self-published by Tales2Inspire viaAmazon.com


AMAZON LINK:

https://www.amazon.com/Tales2Inspire-Diamond-Collection-I/dp/1505558166/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=Tales2Inspire+Collection&qid=1669911629&s=books&sr=1-4


REVIEWED BY:

Dr. Karen Hutchins Pirnot 


YOUR BEST REVIEW:

The short story continues alive and well, and Tales 2 Inspire ~ The Diamond Collectio- Series I. The overriding factor which struck me while reading Tales2Inspire ~ The Diamond Collection - Series I was that these writers were living, breathing people with relatively ordinary backgrounds. At the time of their experiences, they were everyday people struggling to understand their own circumstances. No one was paying them millions of dollars to act on the silver screen or to throw or catch a ball on a field of athletic play. Rather, these were ordinary people who faced challenges that came their way. What made them courageous and/or heroic was that they did not back away; they did not cower in the face of adversity. They accepted what was not asked for and they made their way through to moments of personal victory.


MORE ABOUT LOIS W.  STERN

After twenty years as an active educator, Lois continued to pursue her love of writing, soon becoming co-editor of a popular Long Island web-zine. As she created and authored her column Ordinary People, Extraordinary Lives, she began to solidify her special niche of investigative journalism, and put those same talents to work while writing Sex, Lies and Cosmetic Surgery, for which she interviewed over 100 women about some of the most intimate aspects of their lives. She followed up with her second book, Tick, Tock, Stop the Clock. Getting Pretty on Your Lunch Hour  to address many of the less invasive paths to beauty. 

Tales2Inspire began a whole new chapter in her life. 

Visit her website at: https://www.tales2inspire.com to learn about her he Tales2Inspire® books, contest and ghostwriting services..


MORE ABOUT THE REVIEWER:

A clinical psychologist until retirement and prolific author. (See more about thus reviewer following this review, below)


YOUR FAVORITE LINKS: 

https://www.tales2inspire.com

www.twitter.com/tales2inspire2

wwww.facebook.com/tales2inspire


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REVIEWER’S BYLINE

Clinical psychologist, author


BOOK COVER

 













ABOUT THIS REVIEWER:

Dr. Pirnot has worked with children and their families through the Department of Human Services, the Juvenile Justice System and in private practice. Until her retirement she treated special needs children as well as those with transitional life issues.  Dr. Pirnot established  a thriving private practice in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, but eventually relocated to Sarasota Florida to be close to her family. A prolific writer, she has published over forty books, many of which reflect her personal experiences in and out of private practice. Several titles include: Nothing Left To Burn, a journal of sorts, detailing her experiences with her husband during his slow decline with Alzheimer’s disease;  Benny and the Butterfly, the story of an eight-year-old boy, unable to use his hands, who used a laser device affixed to his head to make pictures on the computer; The Blue Penguin, a great lesson to young readers that it is okay to just be YOU! The Ghost of Gasparilla: A Silky and Sly Adventure, is an imaginary tale of an old offshore shipwreck and the adventures and courage of the  children who discover it; Just a Common Lady, a story of the weathering process of tragedy and opportunity. When not writing or gardening, Karen takes great pleasure in her grandchildren and the many projects and adventures they share,