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The Books We’re Crazy about on National Book Lovers Day!

It's National Book Lovers Day and as you would expect, we're pretty flipping happy here at BookTrib! It's basically our holiday. So while you're sitting at your desk, up to your ears in work, we've decided to take the day and just -- read. Curious about what we're reading? We've…

BookTrib Nerd SquadAugust 9, 2016

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You’re Not Fooling Anyone: Book Bromances That Should Totally Just be Romances

Ever read a book and wonder why the main characters who are best of friends aren’t just dating each other? Sometimes, if they’re lucky, they will fall in love by the end of the story. However, in many cases, friendship doesn’t always lead to love; which is why we simply…

BookTrib Nerd SquadJuly 7, 2016

Fiction

Summer Celebrations: The 6 Wildest Parties in Literary History

From music festivals to beach bashes, summer gives us the freedom to frolic outside and enjoy a margarita…or six. Summer really is all about the evenings of partying until the early morning with friends, or afternoons in the park, reading in the sun. We decided to combine these two fantastic summer…

BookTrib Nerd SquadJune 1, 2016

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QUIZ! Which Happy-Go-Lucky Literary Character Are You?

Are you a happy person? Ever wonder which character you could portray in a book? Well, we're bringing you the best of both worlds with this literary character quiz.

BookTrib Nerd SquadMay 12, 2016

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Abs as Flat as a Book – Hottest Men of 2015!

Last year we treated our readers (and let’s be honest, ourselves) to a little present—the killer abs of the 10 hottest men of 2014. We’ve been pretty guilty of turning up the temperature a bit lately with “Olicity” Watch, Battle ‘Ships (can we blame Rachel Carter for global warming?) and…

BookTrib Nerd SquadDecember 22, 2015

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Throw an Out-of-this-World Star Wars Viewing Party

So the gang is coming over tomorrow for a Star Wars viewing party before you all go to see Star Wars: The Force Awakens. It goes without saying that you’re going to watch the previous movies in Machete Order as popularized by blogger Rod Hilton. That means starting with A…

BookTrib Nerd SquadDecember 17, 2015

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All We Want for Christmas: The BookTrib Wishlist

Like Santa’s elves, the BookTrib team has been spending their days helping book lovers gift loved ones with the book of their dreams. But what secret yearnings hide deep in our hearts for Christmas? Our eclectic choices might inspire your giving—or even your own wishlist. We know you’ve been very, very…

BookTrib Nerd SquadDecember 16, 2015

Nonfiction

5 Incredible Documentaries to Watch on Netflix Right Now

We love documentaries. Too often seen as the intellectual nerd of the film world, documentaries have been getting wedgies from the spy and superhero flicks for too long. Not on our watch! Documentaries have a mesmerizing power to open minds to new ideas and fresh ways of viewing the familiar.…

BookTrib Nerd SquadSeptember 1, 2015

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Authors Reveal Their Canine Muses for National Dog Day

Ernest Hemingway might have had his cats but here at BookTrib HQ we know the truth--dogs rule. In fact,we have two of them on our staff, acting as furry muses and occasionally distracting us with their cuteness. Lucy is our watch dog, though she will take time out to nap…

BookTrib Nerd SquadAugust 26, 2015

Fiction

Staff Stacks: Accio Harry Potter Sequel!

I can’t say I passed Divination with flying colors, but…is that a sequel I see in the tea leaves? Chris Columbus, who directed the first two Harry Potter movies, recently expressed his interest in directing a Harry Potter sequel. According to Entertainment Weekly, Columbus dreamed of directing all of the…

BookTrib Nerd SquadJuly 22, 2015

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Celebrating Abe & Fido and our staff pals on National Pet Day

Ever wonder why so many dogs were named Fido? It may have something to do with President Abraham Lincoln's beloved dog whom he adopted as a stray in Springfield, Illinois. Fido accompanied Lincoln on his rise from obscure country lawyer to the White House in 1861. It was the move…

BookTrib Nerd SquadApril 10, 2015

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VIDEO: Pig hogs spotlight at dog show

Can we talk for a minute about how adorable, how natural, Lori Stock's 6-month-old mini-pig Amy looks as she challenges the dogs during obedience trials at the Seattle Kennel Club Dog Show? Stock says Amy catches on quickly and has been training with the (not-so-big) dogs since puppy training. To…

BookTrib Nerd SquadMarch 12, 2015

Fiction

Breaking Bad is gone? Here’s a book list to feed your addiction

I mean, it’s working OK and everything, but is has a problem: like millions of TVs across the country, it no longer carries new episodes of Breaking Bad, the most thrilling, gripping, exhilarating, suspenseful, jump-out-of-your-chair-and-scream-holy crap! television series ever broadcast, and quite possibly the best piece of drama committed to…

BookTrib Nerd SquadNovember 1, 2014

Fiction

Colleagues in crime: Our favorite crime, mystery and horror novels

We love getting our fright on for Halloween here at BookTrib headquarters. It’s no exaggeration to say that hundreds of books cross our path each year, but when it comes to crime, mystery and horror we have our favorites. So grab a bowl of candy corn and pull up a…

BookTrib Nerd SquadOctober 30, 2014

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Live Interview: Throwback Thursday with Diana Gabaldon

Hey, Outlander fans--have we got a treat for you! In 2011 Diana Gabaldon chatted live with BookTrib members from her office at Arizona State University to mark the release of The Scottish Prisoner. At the time she was working on Written In My Heart's Own Blood and we learned lots…

BookTrib Nerd SquadAugust 7, 2014

Fiction

Jonesin’ for a Fix: Books for TV Addicts — Bates Motel edition

Always mind your mother. Sometimes this old adage fades as we get older and rebel but not for our geeky, albeit murderous, anti-hero, Norman Bates. He sticks close to his mother, the equally murderous Norma. In Bates Motel’s first season, we saw the closer-than-they-should-be mother and son duo dispose of…

BookTrib Nerd SquadJune 7, 2014