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“Beach Read:” They Don’t Need Fate to Write Their Happily Ever After

By Chelsea Ciccone|2020-05-22T10:16:00-04:00May 19th, 2020|Book Club Network, Fiction|

Romance writer January Andrews doesn’t think she believes in Happily Ever After anymore. [...]

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“Happy & You Know It:” Complex Characters and Relatable Themes Make for Great Conversation

By BookTrib|2020-05-22T10:16:58-04:00May 19th, 2020|Book Club Network, Fiction|

Laura Hankin’s debut novel Happy & You Know It (Berkley) is a delightful little [...]

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“Hidden Valley Road:” Review and Q&A with the Author

By Jennifer Blankfein|2020-05-22T11:47:00-04:00May 14th, 2020|Book Club Network, Emerging Author Spotlight|

In Hidden Valley Road (Doubleday), journalist Robert Kolker documents an American family’s incredible journey as [...]

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“The Henna Artist” Paints the Challenges Women Faced in Post-Colonial India

By Sherri Daley|2020-05-20T21:43:50-04:00May 14th, 2020|Book Club Network|

This vivid story is rich and complex!"  —Reese Witherspoon Set in post-colonial [...]

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“The Hierophant Card:” Tarot Reader Plays the Hand She Is Dealt

By Jim Alkon|2020-05-11T10:35:22-04:00May 11th, 2020|Book Club Network|

“It’s just … everything is a mess, and none of it is my fault.” [...]

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Choosing Between a Lost Love and a Privileged Life in “Finding Mrs. Ford”

By Sherri Daley|2020-05-11T09:31:48-04:00May 11th, 2020|Book Club Network|

Deborah Goodrich Royce’s debut novel Finding Mrs. Ford (Post Hill Press) stars two young women who routinely make astonishingly bad [...]

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One Woman’s Brazilian Nightmare and Survival in “The Parrot’s Perch”

By Anne Eliot Feldman|2020-05-11T09:31:29-04:00May 11th, 2020|Book Club Network|

In The Parrot’s Perch (She Writes Press), Karen Keilt offers a brave and detailed account of how she and her [...]

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A Conflict of Conscience in “The Fourteenth of September”

By Sherri Daley|2020-05-11T09:32:06-04:00May 11th, 2020|Book Club Network|

While attending university on a full army scholarship, Pvt First Class Judy Talton becomes a hippie-freak protestor of [...]

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Alli Frank and Asha Youmans: Two Debut Authors with One Clear Voice

By BookTrib|2020-05-13T10:34:19-04:00May 8th, 2020|Book Club Network|

Thanks to BookTrib's partnership with Penguin Publishing Group, we had the privilege of [...]

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This “Trust Exercise” Crosses Student/Teacher Boundaries

By Jennifer Blankfein|2020-05-15T09:44:28-04:00May 6th, 2020|Book Club Network, Fiction|

Trust Exercise (Henry Holt & Co.) by Susan Choi is a challenge when [...]

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Once You Start This Book, You’ll Want to Read on to “The Big Finish”

By BookTrib Guest Author|2020-05-11T10:44:06-04:00May 3rd, 2020|Book Club Network|

In The Big Finish by Brooke Fossey (Berkley), we meet Duffy Sinclair, a [...]

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Author Amy Engel on Her Approach to Writing and “The Familiar Dark”

By BookTrib Guest Author|2020-05-08T15:17:27-04:00May 3rd, 2020|Book Club Network|

People always say there are two types of writers: those who outline and [...]

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Frank and Youmans on Parenting, Privilege and Points of View in “Tiny Imperfections”

By BookTrib|2020-05-08T15:18:56-04:00May 3rd, 2020|Book Club Network|

—∞— WANT A PREVIEW? HERE'S A PREVIOUS Q&A WITH THE AUTHORS In Tiny [...]

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Young Nigerian Girl Fights for the Right to Be Heard in “The Girl With the Louding Voice”

By Jennifer Blankfein|2020-05-11T10:12:02-04:00April 28th, 2020|Book Club Network, Fiction|

The Girl With the Louding Voice by Abi Daré (Dutton)  is a special book; [...]

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Class, Race and Privilege Collide in “A Good Neighborhood”

By Jennifer Blankfein|2020-04-15T12:51:50-04:00April 6th, 2020|Book Club Network|

Oak Knoll, the quaint North Carolina community in A Good Neighborhood by Therese [...]

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Join the Collective Read: Fitzgerald’s “This Side of Paradise”

By BookTrib|2020-03-31T14:39:59-04:00March 26th, 2020|Book Club Network|

One hundred years ago today, a new literary voice was released on the [...]