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Solving the mystery of Tana French; one of fall’s most eagerly awaited novels

When I was a kid, my parents had a thing for Murder, She Wrote. We’d watch every week, competing to guess whodunit, how, and why. And somehow, one Sunday, it clicked for me: the culprit was always the extra person, the one whose absence (minus that PG offing in Act…

Tracy ManasterSeptember 9, 2014

Fiction

Jonesin’ for a Fix: Books for TV Addicts — Brooklyn Nine-Nine edition

How does one describe FOX’s freshman hit, Brooklyn Nine-Nine? I’ll let the show’s star, Andy Samberg, do it for me: “We’re a like a family with two black dads, two white sons, two Latina daughters and a strange baby thing.” If that sounds like stunt casting to you, don’t be…

JeriAnn GellerSeptember 6, 2014

Fiction

Video: Missed It? Interview with Pam Jenoff, Author of The Winter Guest

THE WINTER GUEST A stirring novel of first love in a time of war and the unbearable choices that could tear sisters apart, from the celebrated author of The Kommandant's Girl. Life is a constant struggle for the eighteen-year-old Nowak twins as they raise their three younger siblings in rural…

BookTribAugust 22, 2014

Fiction

Who dressed you like that? Doctor Who style from best to worst

Doctor Who is debuting its Twelfth Doctor this week, and every Whovian out there is waiting on pins and needles to see how Peter Capaldi will portray our favorite Time Lord. Will he be goofy and sweet like the Tenth Doctor? Or quirky but a little damaged like the Eleventh?…

Rachel CarterAugust 21, 2014

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Kira Peikoff discusses how a life-changing event inspired her latest novel

When I was 7 years old, my father had a heart attack. Not one that killed him, thank God. He was rushed to the hospital in time for doctors to clear his blocked artery. No one was all that surprised. My dad had smoked three packs a day for 30…

BookTrib Guest AuthorAugust 13, 2014

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Lev Grossman discusses weaving the power of literary fiction into fantasy

Lev Grossman’s latest novel, The Magician’s Land, hits shelves this week, marking the triumphant close of his New York Times bestselling fantasy trilogy. The trilogy is no doubt a beacon on the current rising tide in fantasy readership and writership, a genre which Grossman says is evolving quickly. It’s a…

Angela PalmAugust 11, 2014

Fiction

Move over hobbits and wizards — here come the Dragonriders of Pern

Harpers strike a stirring chord and beat a triumphant cadence – the original dragons are finally coming to life! Warner Brothers has announced its next movie franchise: it is bringing Hugo and Nebula Award-winning author Anne McCaffrey’s beloved Dragonriders of Pern series to the big screen. Anne McCaffrey Now that…

Ann NordlandAugust 11, 2014

Fiction

Heroes on a half-shell: How Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles became a pop-culture powerhouse

It’s been a banner season for sci-fi movie lovers. We’ve cheered with delight as everything from a spider-powered superhero to a giant Japanese monster to an army of intelligent apes to, most recently, a feisty rifle-slinging raccoon have all made their marks in theaters around the world. As the last…

Michael RuscoeAugust 7, 2014

Fiction

A modern heroine rises from Jewish folklore in The Angel of Losses

It’s funny how books speak to you. As a professional journalist and former editorial illustrator, I know that you can’t judge a book by its cover, but the gorgeous Chagallesque fantasy on the cover of The Angel of Losses: A Novel by Stephanie Feldman (Harper-Collins, July 29) drew me right…

JeriAnn GellerJuly 31, 2014

Fiction

Four flash novels for fast times

The trouble with traditionally structured novels is they no longer seem to fit easily into the fast-paced, electronically charged lives of would-be readers, let alone the lives of committed novel readers. Don’t worry, I’m not about to write that the novel is dying. It’s not. I’ve spent hundreds of hours…

Angela PalmJuly 29, 2014

Fiction

Has “New Adult” genre replaced “Chick Lit”?

Fifteen years ago, everyone was talking about Chick Lit. It was the new big genre, and candy-colored books were flying off the shelves. Bridget Jones’s Diary, Confessions of a Shopaholic, anything by Jennifer Weiner – readers couldn’t get enough of the quirky heroines who awkwardly navigated love and careers. But…

Rachel CarterJuly 27, 2014

Fiction

Plague Is Coming to Reign – Here’s Two Books of Treachery While You Wait

Look! So many pretty people on The CW, especially on my guilty pleasure show, Reign. It’s a riveting historical tale that follows Mary, Queen of Scots, in 1557 France. Not interested yet? How about adding a love triangle, a borderline psychotic king and a conniving queen with a growing murder…

McKenzie MorrellJuly 26, 2014

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Superhero movies reach Olympian heights with Hercules

In this new era of superhero movies, has telling one champion from another become a Herculean task? If so, here are a few tips to help you remember the name of the latest hero to smash his way onto the big screen: he’s big, he’s brawny, he’s got a bad…

Michael RuscoeJuly 25, 2014

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Orphan Black books that will take the edge off waiting for Season 3

Calling all #CloneClub members! How are you holding up since the Season 2 finale of Orphan Black? I bet you’re still jamming to the catchy tune from that epic clone dance scene. If you’re anything like me, you’ve probably checked yourself into Clonehab and are shaking life a leaf desperately…

McKenzie MorrellJuly 19, 2014

Fiction

Brian McGreevy shares an excerpt from Hemlock Grove

''It takes a rare stroke of genius to reconfigure the gothic novel within the postindustrial barrens of steel country and another entirely to upstage this conceit with a mythic and ambitious story of adolescence and alienation. Like a collaboration between Edgar Allan Poe and J. D. Salinger, this is a…

BookTribJuly 9, 2014

BooksToScreen Fiction

Your cheat sheet for Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove

For many readers, opening a Debbie Macomber book is like coming home. Her humor and gift for storytelling echo through her books. And that is exactly why fans everywhere are scrambling to watch Cedar Cove on the Hallmark Channel. With more than 170 million copies of her books in print…

Ann NordlandJuly 6, 2014

Solving the mystery of Tana French; one of fall’s most eagerly awaited novels

Jonesin’ for a Fix: Books for TV Addicts — Brooklyn Nine-Nine edition

Video: Missed It? Interview with Pam Jenoff, Author of The Winter Guest

Who dressed you like that? Doctor Who style from best to worst

Kira Peikoff discusses how a life-changing event inspired her latest novel

Lev Grossman discusses weaving the power of literary fiction into fantasy

Move over hobbits and wizards — here come the Dragonriders of Pern

Heroes on a half-shell: How Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles became a pop-culture powerhouse

A modern heroine rises from Jewish folklore in The Angel of Losses

Four flash novels for fast times

Has “New Adult” genre replaced “Chick Lit”?

Plague Is Coming to Reign – Here’s Two Books of Treachery While You Wait

Superhero movies reach Olympian heights with Hercules

Orphan Black books that will take the edge off waiting for Season 3

Brian McGreevy shares an excerpt from Hemlock Grove

Your cheat sheet for Debbie Macomber’s Cedar Cove

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