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“The Mountains Sing:” A Beautiful Family Saga Written From the Heart

I have recently read wonderful books by Vietnamese authors, Ocean Vuong's On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and Thannha Lai's Butterfly Yellow along with Chris Bohjalian’s new book The Red Lotus, which partially takes place in Vietnam. Each of these books pieces together for readers how beautiful the country is and how…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 25, 2020

The Monster Mash Bookshelf We’re Imagining on Halloween!

For me, Halloween means costumes, candy, pumpkins, and -- of course -- The Monster Mash. There’s no other song that’s as iconic this time of year, and even though I’ve heard it a hundred times (or maybe even a thousand), it’s still insanely catchy. Plus, I love the thought of imagining…

Rachel CarterOctober 11, 2016

First Trailer Drops for Stephen King’s ‘The Mist’!

The first trailer for the new Spike show, The Mist, was just released and it looks AWESOME. Based on Stephen King’s 1980 novella, the trailer promises paranoia, creepy creatures and a whole lot of fog. Check it out above! The show premieres June 22 on Spike, and stars Morgan Spector, Alyssa…

Rachel CarterApril 12, 2017

For MaddAddam Fans: Another Margaret Atwood Adaptation Is In The Works

Paramount TV has acquired the rights to the MaddAddam Trilogy, a dystopian series by "The Handmaid's Tale" author. Just last week, Variety revealed that the MaddAddam Trilogy is joining the ranks of anticipated Margaret Atwood adaptations. Like Hulu’s Emmy-winning drama, The Handmaid’s Tale,and Netflix’s Alias Grace, the three novels—Oryx and Crake, The Year of…

Early Bird BooksFebruary 6, 2018

Tall Poppy Review: “The Man She Married” Shocks

There are many ways to write about being in a coma, the shock, the helpless entrapment, and the frightening numbness and silence, but then there is Cathy Lamb's way, with bewilderment, with laugh-out-loud humor, and with chilling fear of why things have gone wrong. In The Man She Married, (Kensington)…

Weina Dai RandelNovember 1, 2018

The Race to Find the Perfect Husband

In Zara Raheem’s fresh debut novel, The Marriage Clock (William Morrow), a Muslim-American woman races to find the man of her dreams as her traditional Indian parents threaten to arrange the marriage for her. The truth? Leila Abid would like to have someone else’s life. As a child, she envisioned…

Anne Eliot FeldmanJuly 23, 2019

“The Man Who Saw Everything:” Perceptions, History and a Touch of The Beatles

There is a barber showing photographs and a banker in a motorcar in Deborah Levy’s new novel, and this may remind you of a popular tune. “Penny Lane” was in my ears and in my eyes as I read this short yet complex story sprinkled with Beatles references by this…

Jennifer BlankfeinJanuary 15, 2020

“The Mirror & the Light:” Long-Awaited Stunning Conclusion to Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell Trilogy

It has been more than a decade since the inaugural novel of Hilary Mantel’s two-time Man Booker Prize winning Thomas Cromwell Trilogy, Wolf Hall, first captivated readers. Fans of Mantel have spent eight years eagerly awaiting the trilogy’s conclusory novel, The Mirror & the Light (Henry Holt and Company), and…

Chelsea CicconeMarch 10, 2020

The Lost City of Z Adaptation Gives Us Charlie Hunnam, Adventures and Dark Obsessions

Real talk: I would watch Charlie Hunnam in anything. Seriously, if the former Sons of Anarchy star sat in an empty room playing solitaire, I would still be glued to the screen. Especially if he's shirtless. (Please, can he be shirtless?) So when I heard he was starring in The Lost…

Rachel CarterApril 11, 2017

“The Lost Family” Covers Marriage and Love Post-WWII

Jenna Blum, author of the bestseller Those Who Save Us, is back with another novel, one that is equally heartbreaking and haunting. Covering topics of grief and love, Blum artfully and skillfully reminds us that the past never seems to stay there, and that the repercussions can still be felt decades and…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 16, 2018

Tall Poppy Review: The Last Honest Politician in Washington

Nietzsche once wrote “Truths are illusions which we have forgotten are illusions,” explaining without a trace of judgment how humans became animals who thrive on lies. Amy Impellizzeri has accomplished a similar feat, using fiction this time. In her latest novel, Why We Lie (Wyatt-MacKenzie) Impellizzeri demonstrates just how much…

Katie PryalMarch 14, 2019

“The Lines Between Us” Explores the Ties That Bind Us to Generations Past

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/The-Lines-Between-Us.jpg "An ambitious, engaging novel that explores the power of finding personal connection to the past." — Kirkus Reviews "... an incredibly well-researched novel with much to offer in its enthralling plotline ..." — Readers' Favorite The Lines Between Us by Rebecca D’Harlingue (She Writes Press) is a riveting and heartfelt historical debut…

BookTrib Guest AuthorSeptember 7, 2020

“The Lost Diary of Anne Frank” Imagines the Final Days of an Extraordinary Young Girl

Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl, first published in 1947, is a universal classic and perhaps the most powerful, important and tragic account of the Nazi occupation of Holland in the early 1940s. It has sold 30 million copies in 67 languages. Some 1.3 million people visit…

Jim AlkonApril 14, 2021

The Harrowing Journey That Led Debut Author Tamara B. Rodriguez to Write ‘Hair to the Queen!’

Introducing new children’s book, Hair to the Queen!, by first-time author, mother and cancer survivor, Tamara B. Rodriguez. Rodriguez shares her writing journey below. As nearly everyone knows, October is recognized as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month by the media and cancer survivors, alike. So, why is a first-time author…

BookTrib Guest AuthorNovember 4, 2016

The Handmaid’s Tale: To Be Continued in “The Testaments”

Good news, Handmaid fans! Margaret Atwood just announced she will deliver a sequel to her dystopian classic, The Handmaid’s Tale, next year. To be titled The Testaments (Random House), Atwood promises readers, “Everything you’ve ever asked me about Gilead and its inner workings is the inspiration for this book. Well, almost…

Joanna PoncavageNovember 29, 2018

JFK Assassination and Cat-and-Mouse Chase with Mobsters

It’s November of 1963, and all Frank Guidry knows is that he dropped off a Cadillac El Dorado in a parking garage in Dallas as a job. Days later, John F. Kennedy is assassinated. The hit man has fled the scene in the same car, from the same parking garage.…

Brielle HeinlJanuary 30, 2019

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