Fiction

The stakes have been raised! Carmilla returns for more vampire-y goodness

Calling all Creampuffs: Season 2 of Carmilla (one of our favorite vampire webseries) is back, and I might die from excitement. OK, DIE might be a bit melodramatic, but you get the picture. We’re loving all this queerness in transmedia storytelling these days—and it’s about damn time! Carmilla, which was…

McKenzie MorrellJune 2, 2015

Fiction

“The Stationery Shop:” The Story of Young Love Lost Amid the 1953 Iranian Coup

In The Stationery Shop (Gallery Books), author Marjan Kamali tells a love story gone wrong among political unrest in Iran 1950s. We begin in 2013 in Massachusetts when an older woman, Roya, is visiting an old man in a nursing home. Then we go back in time to the 1950s…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 13, 2020

Fiction

The Scent of Reincarnation

The Collector of Dying Breaths (Atria, April) is the follow-up to The Book of Lost Fragrances and Seduction. They all feature Jac (short for Jacinth) L’Etoile, a young woman who is part of a perfume dynasty in France. She was joined in the previous novels by her brother Robbie, her on-and-off…

Barbara TomApril 8, 2014

Fiction

These 15 Fantasy Novels by Female Authors are Electrifying the Genre

Fantasy is everywhere these days, and I’m not complaining. I’ve always loved reading about other worlds, with their kings and queens and dragons and epic romances. When I was younger, most of the fantasy authors I would see on the shelves were men. These days, I’m happy to see that…

Rachel CarterMay 27, 2016

Fiction

These 6 Books Will Help You Beat the Country Fair Traffic Blues

There is nothing better than a country fair in the fall, amiright? The Ferris Wheels are twirling bright against the night sky, the smell of cotton candy is in the air, and the oxen are already pulling their weight in concrete blocks. Fairs are currently happening all across the country…

Rachel CarterSeptember 22, 2016

Fiction

If You Love “The Shack,” Check Out These Inspiring Novels

The movie adaptation of William P. Young’s bestselling inspirational novel, The Shack, came out on March 3, and we could not wait to get to the theater and check it out. We’ve been fans of Young ever since reading The Shack almost nine years ago — and we’re happy to say we…

Rachel CarterMarch 15, 2017

Fiction

“The Shape of Family” Offers an Inside Look at the Enticing Nature of Cult Life

What brings a person to join a cult? What conversations does she have with herself before she cuts ties with her old life and steps into what she believes is a world that promises acceptance, love, security and fresh vegetables? In The Shape of Family (William Morrow), Shilpi Somaya Gowda…

Sherri DaleyMarch 17, 2020

Fiction

The Perfect Book Boyfriends We Wish Existed in Real Life

Let’s face it: if book boyfriends were like real boyfriends, then I would be a little fast, as my grandmother likes to put it. I have so many book boys that I’ve fallen for over the years, and so many more that I continue to fall for with every new…

Rachel CarterJuly 20, 2016

Fiction

The Roaring ’20s and Wizards in America Set up the Awesomeness of Fantastic Beasts

Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is finally out in theaters this Friday, November 18, and we're so excited that we can barely eat or sleep. It has been way too long since we last had a Harry Potter film gracing our screens. And this prequel looks just as awesome…

Rachel CarterNovember 17, 2016

Fiction

“There There” Offers Visceral Vision of Urban Indian Life

There There (Knopf) by Tommy Orange tells the stories of 12 people of Native American descent in Oakland, California, Deep East Oakland, that is, where crime is so rampant a failing mall has been turned into a police station. Like more than half of all Native Americans today, they are urban…

Joanna PoncavageAugust 23, 2018

Fiction

“The Rosie Result:” A Fulfilling End to Trilogy

Life for Don Tillman is ever so slowly starting to come together. After having navigated his way through the trials of adulthood and romance in the two previous novels, the quirky and socially awkward Professor of Genetics—whose personality is somewhat reminiscent of Sheldon Cooper’s—classifies his life essentially as perfect. He,…

Emily WolfeMay 21, 2019

BooksToScreen Fiction

The Other, Other George R.R. Martin Series Comes to Television: Wild Cards

Superheroes are clearly super hot right now. So is the hit HBO television series Game of Thrones, based on George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Ice and Fire fantasy novels, which is hot off its extremely well-received sixth season. “Hmm, if only there was a way to capitalize on the…

Katie HiresAugust 11, 2016

Fiction

The Multi-Generational Journey to Make the World “A Better Place”

Before he wrote A Better Place (Mandevilla Press), Steven M. Forman made a name for himself with the Boca trilogy, a series of mystery novels set in Forman’s own Boca Raton. This novel, an epic 400-plus-page saga spanning most of the twentieth century and revolving around the story of one…

BookTribDecember 4, 2019

Fiction

The Night Watchman: A Mid-Century Tale of Native American Determination

The granddaughter of a Chippewa leader who challenged the U.S. Government’s policies toward Native Americans, Louise Erdrich has long written about the bitter history of twentieth-century American Indian culture. In The Night Watchman (Harper Collins Publishers), she returns to the themes of love and death that have haunted her work.…

Claudia KeenanMarch 2, 2020

Fiction

“The Number of Man” Explores Playing God With Clones and Trackers

Sounds like a wonderful world: tracking devices to help find missing children, protect against identity theft, provide instant access to medical information in the event of an emergency. The list goes on. But without legal authorization, who gives researchers, technicians, scientists and others the right to, in effect, play God…

Jim AlkonMay 20, 2020

Fiction

“The Mother-in-Law” is an Addictive Dive into Sinister Relationships

The mother-in-law relationship has the reputation for being tense and strained. The latest book from Sally Hepworth, the fun and addictive The Mother-in-Law (St. Martin’s Press), is no exception. Chapters alternate between past and present, as well as between narrators Lucy, the daughter-in law, and Diana, the mother-in-law. Diana had…

Jennifer BlankfeinOctober 4, 2019

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The stakes have been raised! Carmilla returns for more vampire-y goodness

“The Stationery Shop:” The Story of Young Love Lost Amid the 1953 Iranian Coup

The Scent of Reincarnation

These 15 Fantasy Novels by Female Authors are Electrifying the Genre

These 6 Books Will Help You Beat the Country Fair Traffic Blues

If You Love “The Shack,” Check Out These Inspiring Novels

“The Shape of Family” Offers an Inside Look at the Enticing Nature of Cult Life

The Perfect Book Boyfriends We Wish Existed in Real Life

The Roaring ’20s and Wizards in America Set up the Awesomeness of Fantastic Beasts

“There There” Offers Visceral Vision of Urban Indian Life

“The Rosie Result:” A Fulfilling End to Trilogy

The Other, Other George R.R. Martin Series Comes to Television: Wild Cards

The Multi-Generational Journey to Make the World “A Better Place”

The Night Watchman: A Mid-Century Tale of Native American Determination

“The Number of Man” Explores Playing God With Clones and Trackers

“The Mother-in-Law” is an Addictive Dive into Sinister Relationships

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