Reviews of Good Indie Books discussion

I am a self published author, Celtic Blood who grew up with a passion for books on the supernatural, Stephen King, and historical fiction, particularly, the writing of Nigel Tranter.

I have a feature film writing credit, 'Underdog's Tale', an Australian Indie movie which featured a few actors who went onto big things, one of the stars, Ollie Torr starred in a film with Rebel Wilson.

Thanks for this platform. Indie authors unite ... and become the establishment and kick those other buggers to the curb, Stephen King, this does not apply to you ... or George Martin ... or ...

Hi James nice to meet you.

Hi everyone!

I am Leo Borgelin and a creative writer. I have an upcoming book coming out called The Sun Came Through My Window To Say Hello.

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We Were Once Gods

We were once Gods,
living high in the mountain tops
Free of order, roaming the free land,
The day was young, but it had yet to grow,
Giving time the opening to run aimlessly

But then the day grew old,
Time limited itself, order became my captor
holding me with its bare hands as time marks my new boundaries,
I now sit on a flat land with no ups and downs
Restricted to travel a day's worth abroad my new land,
Never again are we to reach our beloved land

The mountains were high
And the Greenland was low,
Never again we were to access our beloved land,
Foreign to us as we now know it,
But still strong in our roots
To only serve as a reminder to what kind of life we once lived,
As our only option we helped these new Gods grow,
Nurturing the Gods because they remind us of what was once ours,

For we too were once in their land,
As we had fallen from the mountain tops,
They will do accordingly,
Side by side in the land where time age,
No longer in the Mountains where youth persist
For this is the life of us Gods

Hi. I'm a year late; hope that's okay.

I'm a self-published author with a middle grade children's historical fiction novel coming out shortly.

My book is called, Tula's Path: A Cherokee Trail of Tears Story.

Here's my blurb:
When Tula’s father announced that he was moving the family outside of the Cherokee Nation to live as whites, something inside her began to die. That was six long years ago, and Tula has struggled every day since. She hated leaving her people. She hated leaving her grandfather. She hated watching her mother grieve herself to death. But what she hates most of all is keeping her Cherokee heritage a secret. Then in one day, all the pent-up anger and guilt comes to a head, and Tula is forced to choose between keeping her family’s secret or standing with her friend in his darkest hour. Is she brave enough to choose the right path? Will God sustain her through the dark times?

Movie rating for my book is G--it's Christian.

Here's a link to my book trailer:
(on a budget, so I did the trailer myself)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhFcV...

Hi, to everyone. My name is Mary. I still class myself as a young adult and impressionable. I'm the only person in my family that reads: they laugh at me. I started out with run-of-the-mill thrillers: I shan't mention titles. My family would say, "Why waste your time and money. Watch the film."
I am the youngest in the family and I lived in a small house with all my brothers, my mum and her boyfriend. My brothers are just thugs: never work, sit in front of the telly all day, drink, fight and cause trouble. My mum and her boyfriend are little better.

I used to work in a supermarket (shelf-stacker) and read on the bus when going to and from work. An elderly gent used to say, "hello," whenever he saw me and once asked about my book. I wasn't too complimentary. He said, "A good book teaches you something." That comment put me on a path to learn from my reading. A short time after, I joined Goodreads and since have moved to live with a lady who once taught English and History. Her son, who I think must be on first name terms with just about everyone in the country, found me a job in a garden centre and paid for me to go to Open University; where I'm reading History.

I'm in my first year and so studying like mad.

My life has changed, I am the luckiest girl in the world and all because of a man on a bus.

I'm now reading what I believe is 'good stuff'. My interests are being drawn to thrillers and crime set in Eastern Europe.

I have read that some of the best works are from indie authors but they never get recognised because 'indie books' are largely ignored.

I've recently read Cossack, Ronald Mcqueen: a great thriller that taught me lots and lots (I believe he is an indie author, but I'm not sure).

I've also read two books by an indie author that I think are superb. He is a Goodreads author and he doesn't seem to promote his work. I wrote to him and he tells me he is in Europe helping to provide aid-work and involved in the transport of aid-supplies and other things and has little time to go online. I have asked his permission to talk about his books on your group and await his reply.

I ask, can I provide a review of Cossack? And, can I provide a review of Ben Carlyle's books, if he allows me?

I live just to the west of Chicago and spend my days working as a payroll clerk. My passion and that of my wife is making furniture; of which the house now abounds and has become a small business enterprise (we sell to friends and friends of friends). My wife’s family has a long military history; she was USAF and how we met. I did some time in the British Army (The Pay Corps). We read in our down-time, more so now the boys are getting ready to flit the roost. We tend towards good quality thrillers, espionage and political intrigue. Most of our friends and neighbours spend their time in front of the ‘box’ so we decided to take the step and join an online book club. Any recommendation will be gratefully received.

Hello, I'm Poppy.
I work in hospitality: a plush establishment, patronised by more gentle, conservative folk. I work. I walk. I read. I work. I walk. I read.
I don't know just yet what I really wanted to read, I'm just picking books from the small library where I work. I hope to find friends and share thoughts on what I do read.
I'm very new to this: I'm all ears or should I say, "All eyes."

Hello, I’m John. I took early retirement and with a large garden/orchard I have become almost self sufficient: my responsibilities at present rest with a small group of not-so-able hedgehogs. The neighbours became aware that I was caring for a hog with one-eye and a hospice seemed to blossom from there. Returning to university, I read history and that led me to such works as: The Great Game - The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia, On Secret Service East of Constantinople - The Plot to Bring Down the British Empire, and the like; all of which gripped me and I class as exceptional thriller/suspense/mysteries. My grandmother on my mother’s side was a White Russian and as youngster she left Russia in 1921, under the care of her father and mother. Her father was killed in Ukraine; and so she made the crossing from France to Blighty with her mother in November of 1923. From their accounts the journey across Europe was most harrowing. My mother has the family book and the the dairies of both her grandparents. I have often thought of creating a manuscript from those, but feel unqualified and not able to do justice to their story. There is no mention in my great-grandparent’s memoirs of escape lines and safe houses, but my grandmother, during her later years with what she excused as her failing memory, often spoke of ‘the kindest of people’ and how they are the only reason she survived. I spend time researching escape-lines, underground networks and life-in-the shadows. I won’t claim a need to find evidence of who might have helped my grandmother, as I am content with a desire to more fully understand the ways and means by which many sought to resist oppression even in the face of the great risk to them and their family. I yearn for well-researched, real-life thrillers focused on 20th Century Europe.

Hello Group,
James Patrick, I'm known by all as 'Jimp' - my elder brothers started that (short for JimmyP) and so it was carried over to school and then my adult life. My wife-to-be, when we first met, thought it most funny. Jimp, I find from her, [a Norwegian], in the English dictionary means: scant, slender and I am slender [long-distance runner slender]. A sport I love and love much more as it helped break the ice when I met Tordis (Tor): an angel. Tor she told me means Thor. I'm most fascinated by thriller/suspense - fiction/non-fiction and have always taken an interest in books concerning the modern history of Europe and of late more the second war and the years post those dark times. If anyone has recommendations, I would be most grateful. Happy reading to all.

I'm a shopfitter from Wales. I tend to work all over the UK. Unless it is bitter out, I tend to kip onsite so books are good ally. As yet, I've only read two 'Indie books', both from the same author. Good. Better than a fair few from the publishing houses.
Reccs would be welcome: not from the author!

Other than my horses, I did books in my school days (chick lit). I’m not happy with noisy places, so avoid the pubs and clubs: I fell off a horse when I was young and banged my tiny brain quite hard (weeks in the hospital, and I couldn’t remember too about it once they let me out). The doctors don’t know if that has anything to do with it - I just get wrinkly in crowded, noisy places. Even a household party makes my head buzz and me get bothered. I gave the books up once I was full-time on the farm, but now I'm without the TV and the books, good books this time around, are here to stay. Joining Goodreads has added to the pleasure.

May I put this book on your shelf?



I know the author. It's a long story.... Several years after I had reviewed his book, I met him. We are now friends. At this time and for the foreseeable future the author is offline and busy transporting household goods within the Black Sea Basin.

My review is at: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show...

There are other reviews, far more insightful than mine.

Thank you for your consideration.

I'm not a writer, I'm a reader:
I'm a single girl from West England and struggling to make ends meet.
I'm a signed up member of the local library and I'm an ebook fan (it's a cost thing) and have the Kindle app on my laptop.
The library has a book group. I thought of joining, but coffee and a bun costs an arm and a leg: I'll stay home.

Friends and recommendations would be good.