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From Homeless to Billionaire: 18 Principles of Success

“I am a high school dropout with no higher intelligence than you. I came to a country with no knowledge of the local language or culture. Worse, I had no money, and slept on the beaches of Phuket with a suitcase for a pillow.” Today, Andres Pira is one of…

Jim AlkonMay 8, 2019

Book Club Network Thrillers

Unraveling the Past in “Her Secret Son”

Initially, it seems innocuous enough in Hannah Mary McKinnon’s domestic suspense novel Her Secret Son (MIRA). Yet as the plot of this unpredictable thriller unfolds, one looks back for any clue that might provide answers. Josh, a thirty-five-year-old landscaper with a history of bad luck, has found the love of…

Gisèle LewisAugust 19, 2019

Book Club Network Thrillers

Exacting Revenge in the City of Love

In Mike Bond’s latest thriller Goodbye Paris (Big City Press), that’s how Special Forces veteran Pono Hawkins remembers what happened eight years ago in Mosul, when he and his buddy Mack were grabbed by Mustafa al-Boudienne and Mustafa’s terrorist crew. Pono and Mack escaped. And now Mustafa is thought to…

Jim ParryJune 25, 2019

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Plane Discovered in a Glacier Brings Nazi Horrors to Life in “EO-N”

If you’ve never recognized the contribution of Canadian aviators during World War II or fully grasped some of Nazi Germany’s horrors, EO-N (Hellbox Editions) will open your eyes. Those things alone make it a novel worth reading but fail to capture just what a terrific debut novel this is. Author…

Dennis HetzelDecember 16, 2020

Book Club Network Fiction

The Pivotal Revolutionary Battle Story Never Told

On a marshy Brooklyn battlefield on August 27, 1776, 400 men from Baltimore, MD, assembled to do battle with a vastly superior British army. Seemingly overnight, these young soldiers matured from naïve teenagers to perhaps the most important, yet most forgotten, citizen soldiers in all of American history. In Chris…

BookTribJanuary 8, 2019

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One Man’s Race Through Appalachia to Hunt a Killer

“What a ride! I haven’t been this glued to a book in years.” — Lynn McKamey, Amazon reviewer —∞— We first meet Master Sergeant Roman Keane, the protagonist of Harry Harrigan's The Road King Chronicles: Blue Ridge Run, in his favorite place in the world: speeding along the highway on…

Nikki ErlickDecember 4, 2020

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The Gods Must Be Crazy: Zeus and Crew Get With the Times on Reality Courtroom Show

Mount Olympus has a big PR problem. While the Greco-Roman names of its inhabitants still carry varying degrees of recognition among humanity, it’s evident that today's rank-and-file shmoes don't see them as the almighty forces they once were. At least, not the kind of forces that can control their fates…

Cynthia ConradMarch 22, 2022

Book Club Network Thrillers

Puzzles, Espionage and a Ticking Time Bomb

By page 3 of Dan Grant's Thirteen Across (MindScape Press), Agent Morgan is crawling over body parts to escape a subway train wreck, fire sucking up the air and sending sparks and white-hot shards of Plexiglas into the melee. People are screaming and dying and being carted out in various…

Sherri DaleyJune 4, 2019

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Thriller Set in Contras Era Asks, “How Much Should a Man Sacrifice for His Country?”

It was during the pandemic that friends encouraged Tony Roth, entrepreneur and founder of a major eldercare business, to write the story he was destined to bring to life. And he did. 90 days later, and with more than 110,000 words and a number of fascinating characters, Trigger Point (Full…

BookTribMarch 1, 2022

Book Club Network Listicles

6 Perfect Summer Reads For Your Next Book Club Meeting

Are you looking for a new book to incite thrilling conversations with your book club? Look no further! We’ve got six books this month that are sure to spark lively discussions, entertain and teach you something new. Each month, BookTrib helps book clubs pick their next read by sending 60…

BookTribJune 25, 2024

Book Club Network Miscellany

It’s All About the Relationships – With Books and With People

What are the top priorities of any book club? Sure, books are lovely. So is a glass or two of wine. But for Vesna Dan and the Book Club Girls Sparta book club in Sparta, NJ, the book club experience transcends spirited talk about the monthly selection. “What I love…

BookTribJune 24, 2024

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A Globe-Trotting Sci-Fi Thriller Worth Your Time – No Matter How You Measure It

"Jam-packed with action, adventure and magic! It takes you on a fantastical journey filled with descriptive imagery from start to finish. ... A page-turner for sure!" —Hina Khan, reviewer —∞— You’ve probably seen the lithographs of the artist M.C. Escher, whose mind-bending optical illusions make you question the nature of…

Dennis HetzelMarch 22, 2022

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Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun” Explores Humanity and the Ethical Conundrum of AI

“A haunting fable of a lonely, moribund world that is entirely too plausible.” — Kirkus Reviews —∞— “Moving and beautiful … an unequivocal return to form, a meditation in the subtlest shades on the subject of whether our species will be able to live with everything it has created." — The Los…

Karina Holosko, M.A. English LitMarch 2, 2021

Book Club Network Fiction

Fighting Magic Fire with Magic Fire in the “Witches Protection Program”

What always struck me about the dark, cultish television series "True Blood" was how it portrayed a society in which vampires strutted around as a class onto themselves – thanks to a synthetic blood product -- interacting with humans in the normal fabric of things. That’s to say nothing of…

Jim AlkonJuly 16, 2019

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“Wild Blueberries:” Nostalgic and Funny Essays That Tip Their Hats to Rural Michigan

A little bit Huckleberry Finn, a little bit Spanky and Our Gang, Wild Blueberries (O'Brien & Whitaker) is a delightful and beautifully written collection of essays by Peter Damm about growing up in rural Michigan. We meet the whole Damm family: young Peter, his four older brothers, one formidable sister Susan,…

Sherri DaleyJune 7, 2020

Book Club Network Fiction

Small-Town Karting Novel Twists, Turns and Crosses the Finish Line With Profound Social Insight

In this resounding debut novel by Dd Jaseron, readers are strapped in for a twisting, turning ride through the world of competitive karting that explores speed, grief and greed in surprisingly profound ways. Wheelboys (Jaseron Publishing), winner of both the 2020 Readers’ Favorite Award and the eLit Book Award, delivers…

Michael FerryNovember 15, 2021

From Homeless to Billionaire: 18 Principles of Success

Unraveling the Past in “Her Secret Son”

Exacting Revenge in the City of Love

Plane Discovered in a Glacier Brings Nazi Horrors to Life in “EO-N”

The Pivotal Revolutionary Battle Story Never Told

One Man’s Race Through Appalachia to Hunt a Killer

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Zeus and Crew Get With the Times on Reality Courtroom Show

Puzzles, Espionage and a Ticking Time Bomb

Thriller Set in Contras Era Asks, “How Much Should a Man Sacrifice for His Country?”

6 Perfect Summer Reads For Your Next Book Club Meeting

It’s All About the Relationships – With Books and With People

A Globe-Trotting Sci-Fi Thriller Worth Your Time – No Matter How You Measure It

Kazuo Ishiguro’s “Klara and the Sun” Explores Humanity and the Ethical Conundrum of AI

Fighting Magic Fire with Magic Fire in the “Witches Protection Program”

“Wild Blueberries:” Nostalgic and Funny Essays That Tip Their Hats to Rural Michigan

Small-Town Karting Novel Twists, Turns and Crosses the Finish Line With Profound Social Insight

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