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Get your hunt on! Susan Mallery’s Fool’s Gold Challenge

BookTrib warmly welcomes you to the Fool's Gold Challenge! Designed around the wonderful world Susan Mallery has created within her Fool's Gold series, we're excited to bring you a virtual scavenger hunt in the coming weeks to coincide with this years Fool's Gold trilogy release. The FGC officially launches on…
BookTrib
April 2, 2015
Miscellany

5 Healthy lunches for the time-crunched crowd

Yeah, it's tough. Eating properly while on the run is a constant hurdle for those who put a premium on health. Work is as demanding as ever and you have less time than ever before. What to do? Well, here are some simple, tasty and healthy options for the busy professional…
Ben S. Dutka
January 12, 2016
Miscellany

Barbecue and char is a love-hate relationship

It's the unofficial start of grilling season. (Sorry veggie fans, this one isn’t for you.) Nothing makes the Bookish Diva happier than to bite into a perfectly grilled piece of meat. There is something about the combination of natural juices and char that uniquely defines all that is good about…
Mea Stewart
May 24, 2015
Miscellany

Martha Stewart goes back to prison

Martha Stewart is headed back to the slammer. Orange is the New Black, the hit Netflix show created by Jenji Kohan, will return to Netflix on June 12 with all-new episodes. Perhaps the most intriguing addition to this year's cast is a character inspired by the homemaking maven (via Time).…
Ben S. Dutka
April 24, 2015
Miscellany

5 benefits of adopting the high-fiber African diet

There is also evidence to suggest that returning to your roots - i.e., eating the foods your direct ancestors ate - will improve your personal health. Now, thanks to the positive results of a recent study, we know that Black Americans who switch to a high-fiber African diet dramatically decrease…
Ben S. Dutka
April 29, 2015
Miscellany

VIDEO: Pig hogs spotlight at dog show

Can we talk for a minute about how adorable, how natural, Lori Stock's 6-month-old mini-pig Amy looks as she challenges the dogs during obedience trials at the  Seattle Kennel Club Dog Show? Stock says Amy catches on quickly and has been training with the (not-so-big) dogs since puppy training. To…
BookTrib Nerd Squad
March 12, 2015
Miscellany

Happy Birthday, Anne Lamott!

There’s no denying it—I adore Anne Lamott. While we’ve had the pleasure of featuring her interview with Melissa Duclos here on BookTrib, I’ve never met her in person. So why do I, and thousands of my fellow fans, feel like she’s a close personal friend? Maybe it’s because of the…
JeriAnn Geller
April 10, 2015
Miscellany

5 Gorgeous, endangered places to remember on Earth Day

Happy Earth Day, global citizens! First celebrated in 1970 to honor the Earth and the concept of peace, this originally groovy holiday has evolved to become an international observance focused on the environment and the health of the planet. In fact, President Barak Obama spent his Earth Day in the…
JeriAnn Geller
April 22, 2015
Miscellany

Disco queen? Punk princess? Find your ’70s style

Wrap dresses, leather jackets, flowing peasant tops — who doesn’t love the fashion of the 70s? This diverse and stylish decade has been perfectly captured in Seventies Glamour, a collection of rare and extraordinary photographs  by photo curator and historian David Wills (HarperCollins, 2014). From David Bowie to Divine to Debbie…
Rachel Carter
January 13, 2015
Miscellany

Leonard Nimoy: Actor, Vulcan, Renaissance man, friend

It’s too easy to say that he lived long and prospered, although many writers will begin their remembrances of Leonard Nimoy with his time-honored catchphrase. Nimoy—who was a writer, poet, photographer and musician as well as an actor—prospered in a singular and unique way. He was the breakout star playing…
Michael Ruscoe
February 27, 2015