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Jennifer Grey’s Memoir, Janelle Monáe’s Sci-Fi Debut, and Sherlock Holmes Heads to Broadway

Hello, book lovers, and happy World Book Day! What better way to promote reading than by sharing our favorite titles with fellow readers? Luckily for all the bibliophiles out there — between much-anticipated new releases from beloved writers, like Emily St. John Mandel and David Baldacci, and intriguing literary debuts…

BookTribApril 23, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Ending Humanity’s Spiral of Chaos and Tragedy Rests on the Shoulders of Three Children

Power in the wrong hands poses great, perhaps catastrophic, consequences. It takes frighteningly little force to push an ambitious vision for progress over the edge of a cliff and send it plummeting toward the jagged rocks that lay below. Yet time and time again, the world sees just that horror…

BookTribApril 22, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Explore the Depths and Effects of Grief in Sci-Fi Thriller “Collision”

Collision: an activity where two people are connected by an unknown force that mirrors the brains. It is considered one of the most sensitive topics in science. International scientists have gone many years trying to resolve the mystery behind it, but none has succeeded. That’s a lot to swallow for…

BookTribApril 22, 2022

Giveaways

BookTrib Giveaway: Discover the Inspiration Behind an Artist

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BookTribApril 21, 2022

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BookTrib’s Bites: Secrets, Poetry, Celebrities, Plot Twists

An Upside-Down Sky by Linda Dahl When Lidia, a blocked Latinx artist in her sixties, goes on a group tour of Namyan, a fictional Southeast Asian country reopened to the world after a long dictatorship, she gets much more than the vacation she thinks she’s signed on for. Against a…

BookTribApril 21, 2022

Children's Books

Lace Up! This Interactive Children’s Book Makes Learning a New Skill Fun for Everyone

When’s the last time you learned a new skill? As adults we typically know how to complete the actions of our everyday lives. When we do choose to learn a new hobby, it’s often for the sake of trying something new — whether it’s taking Spanish lessons or learning a…

BookTribApril 20, 2022

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BookTrib’s Bites: Cold Case, Murder Case, Christianity, Kids Go Green

Hooker Avenue by Jodé Millman Being a Good Samaritan is hazardous. Amid a violent Hudson Valley thunderstorm, Jessie Martin discovers a woman lying unconscious in a roadside ditch. The badly beaten victim, Lissie Sexton, a local prostitute, claims she's escaped the attack of a killer. Jessie's more than a casual…

BookTribApril 19, 2022

Miscellany

Viola Davis, Hulu’s “Conversations With Friends,” Plus John Grisham and Celeste Ng at U.S. Book Show

Hello, book lovers! Publishing insiders at the London Book Fair say we'll be reading a number of celebrity-penned fiction in the coming year, but in just a few weeks we'll be reading quite the celebrity memoir from Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis. Netflix will even air a special interview with…

BookTribApril 16, 2022

Miscellany Potpourri - Featured

Musings on Nature and Art, History and the Eternal, Home and the Cosmos from a “Gypsy Soul”

Like the patchwork quilt its cover connotes, Gypsy Soul: R.G.V. Texas Poetry (B&N Press) by I.A. Croesus combines poetry, photography and inspiring quotes to build a multifaceted picture of one poet’s mind and soul. Here we can find musings on nature, the cosmos, the divine, life, music, literature, and the…

BookTribApril 15, 2022

Giveaways

BookTrib Giveaway: An Unbreakable Bond Between Sisters

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BookTribApril 14, 2022

Children's Books

A Walk Down Memory Lane and a Celebration of Easter Traditions

On page three of Cheryl Hill’s charming book, Happy Easter Day, there is a calendar on the wall that reads March 1951. The calendar is significant, indicating that this is not just another book about children celebrating Easter. The author, a retired teacher/librarian following a 40-year career, is sharing her…

BookTribApril 13, 2022

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When AI Calls the Shots: A Glimpse at 5 Terrifying Futures

When we speculate about future technology, we hope that whatever advancements we make will be overwhelmingly positive: 3D-printing vital organs or light-speed transportation with net-negative carbon emissions. You might even envision a frivolous piece of tech two: hovercrafts and life-like holograms. What no one wants to imagine is constructing the…

BookTribApril 11, 2022

Miscellany

Emily St. John Mandel on HBO Max, PEN America’s Banned Books Index and B&N Audiobook Subscriptions

Hello, book lovers! Did you binge Station Eleven on HBO Max this past December? Whether your answer is an enthusiastic "You bet I did!" or an exasperated, albeit excited, "Why didn't anyone tell me that existed?!" we've got some exciting news to share: HBO Max (and you, dear reader) has not…

BookTribApril 9, 2022

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

The Secret Lives of Animals Are Silly and Fun in Children’s Verse Book “Help Baby Walrus”

From various bodies of water, we meet the yellow walrus, Minnie-muddle (our titular baby) who's afraid of drowning in a puddle; a dancing pair of frogs named Frag and Frog who prank other animals in their bog; and a “lovely, slender crocodile” who lives by the Nile (of course) and…

BookTribApril 8, 2022

Giveaways Nonfiction

BookTrib Giveaway: Two Very Different Reads Related to the Natural Sciences

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BookTribApril 7, 2022

Author Discovery Zone

Linda Huntzinger Calhoun

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BookTribApril 6, 2022