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Rebecca Proulx

Rebecca Proulx

Rebecca grew up in Connecticut and returns to her home state to pursue her favorite subject of all time, books. She completed her undergraduate education at Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island with dual degrees in English Literature and Global Communications. She is the Assistant Editor at BookTrib and looks forward to connecting people with great authors.

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Rebecca Proulx

NonfictionSave the World

Free Love and a Food Revolution in the U.S. Diet

We’re all just a bunch of easygoing hippies--at least where are stomachs are concerned. Skeptical? Jonathan Kauffman, IACP and James Beard Award-winning food writer, unpacks the impact of this colorful group of people on our current diet in his book Hippie Food: How Back-to-the-Landers, Longhairs, and Revolutionaries Changed the Way We…
Rebecca Proulx
January 23, 2019
Author Discovery ZoneFictionYoung Adult

Stacey Rourke

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/authorphoto-1-300x300.jpg Stacey Rourke Young Adult Sci-Fi/Fantasy Dystopian thriller features instantly lovable characters that fight together for their freedom in and out of virtual simulations. Apocalypse 5 (2019) Rise of the Sea Witch (2017) Crane (2016) The Conduit (2013) Biggest literary influencers: Stephen King, PC Cast, Christopher Pike and Suzanne Collins.…
Rebecca Proulx
January 14, 2019
Fiction

Toxic Masculinity, Suffocating Parents and Survival

In Sophie Mackintosh's debut dystopian fiction, The Water Cure (Doubleday), love is rationed like water--and in scarce supply. Dubbed "a gripping, sinister fable" by dystopian queen Margaret Atwood, I had high expectations coming into this novel. Mackintosh did not disappoint. Three sisters live on an island with their mother and…
Rebecca Proulx
January 9, 2019
Children's Books

Gary the Giraffe Teaches Kids To Ask For Help

It's fantastic when children act independently and want to try new things on their own, but they can also hurt themselves or become easily frustrated in the process. Giraffe Asks For Help (Magination Press), written by Nyasha Chikowore and illustrated by Janet McDonnell, tells the story of the lovably determined giraffe, Gary,…
Rebecca Proulx
January 7, 2019
Romance

10 Hot Romances To Get You Through That Winter Chill

The first snow of the season can be magical, but the stifling winter cold that always follows is anything but enchanting. One way to beat the boredom of the season is to transport yourself with some fantastic romances. From festive to fiery, here are ten BookTrib picks that will take…
Rebecca Proulx
December 20, 2018
Author Discovery Zone

Martin Jay Weiss

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Marty-Weiss-profile-pix-1-e1543936119239-300x300.jpeg Martin Jay Weiss Thriller Creates the ultimate transparency app, Stalker, to expose everyone’s secrets and lies. MARTIN JAY WEISS  is an award-winning filmmaker who has written, directed and produced a vast anthology of commercials, films, and television projects. He has a BS in Journalism from the University of Illinois and…
Rebecca Proulx
December 4, 2018
Young Adult

The Truth On How an Ordinary Girl Becomes Magical

If 14-year-old Cassandra Reed makes it through her first day at Miss Castwell's Institute for the Magical Instruction of Young Ladies without anyone discovering her secret, maybe, just maybe, she'll let herself believe that she really does belong at Miss Castwell's. The Changeling, by Molly Harper, tells the story of…
Rebecca Proulx
November 29, 2018
MiscellanyPop Culture

Hide Your Takeout Menus: Holiday Wining and Dining

Shopping, cooking and entertaining is the holiday trifecta that sends people into a regular flurry of excitement, and also invariably panic. Creating a feast on a time crunch, prepping your abode, and making all those last-minute arrangements before company comes calling can give anyone a conniption. Whether it's your first…
Rebecca Proulx
November 20, 2018
Author Discovery Zone

Alexandre Montagu

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Alex-Montagu-Picture-300x300.jpg Alexandre Montagu Literary Fiction A daring escape from Iran to Princeton to the Caspian Sea to New York in psychological drama through the lens of alternate realities. ALEXANDRE MONTAGU is a lawyer living in New York City.  Fluent in English, French, Farsi and German he studied at the University…
Rebecca Proulx
November 14, 2018
Thrillers

The Elderly Female Antihero We Never Knew We Needed

Maud an 88-year-old introverted Swedish woman, seems so innocuous and frail....but of course maybe that's the perfect cover for getting away with murder. In Helene Tursten's An Elderly Lady Is Up To No Good (Soho Press), the resources normal senior citizens rely on for rehabilitation quickly turn to tools of…
Rebecca Proulx
November 7, 2018

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