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If Jupiter Ascending crashes and burns; 3 books to console yourself

I’ve been drooling over the Jupiter Ascending trailer for almost a year now. And here’s why: A hot, alien Channing Tatum? Mila Kunis kicking some serious sci-fi ass? Produced and directed by the Wachowski siblings (also responsible for a little movie called The Matrix)? Seriously, what’s not to like here?…

Rachel CarterFebruary 6, 2015

Fiction

Switched at Birth scoop: Meet Sarah Stouffer, aka, Tess— Bay’s twisted new cohort

What would you do if you found out that the child you loved and raised for the last 16 years wasn’t biologically yours? Two polar-opposite families must struggle to live together after finding out that their daughters had been misidentified at the hospital is the shocking premise of the hit ABC…

McKenzie MorrellJanuary 27, 2015

Fiction

Susan Mallery on how friendship starts

Finding our one true, romantic love is important, but it’s not the only cornerstone relationship of a happy life. We have just as deep a need for friends. The craving for connection is fundamental and universal, and so we search for our tribe. The infinite variations of friendship fascinate me.…

BookTrib Guest AuthorJanuary 25, 2015

Fiction

Can’t wait for your favorite Scot to return? A wee list to tide ye over

As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a diehard fan of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander books. So I had very high hopes —and fears—for the television adaptation. But from the first episode of the new hit Starz series, I’ve basically been happy-dancing in my living room. Hot accents, a perfect Jamie, dreamy lighting,…

Rachel CarterJanuary 23, 2015

Fiction

Not afraid of Virginia Woolf? 3 Novels to celebrate her birthday

How can you celebrate the timeless author’s big day? You can read some of her great works, of course. Or, for something a bit different, you can treat yourself to some novels that feature Woolf as a character. Here are some of our favorites: Vanessa and Her Sister by Priya…

Rebecca FosterJanuary 23, 2015

Fiction

Video: Missed It? Interview with Jay Richards and the lethal unknowns of Silhouette of Virtue

It is 1973. A small college town in Southern Illinois is terrorized by a spree of sadistic assaults. The rapist tells the victims--all Asian women--that he is making them pay for America's betrayal in Vietnam. When the only other Black faculty member is accused of the crimes, African American philosophy…

BookTribJanuary 17, 2015

Fiction

Melissa Falcon Field and the Risks of Social Media

Melissa Falcon Field alights on the literary fiction scene with her spell-binding debut novel, What Burns Away (Sourcebooks Landmark, January 2015). In a delicately woven tale of temptation and loyalty, new mom and protagonist Claire Spruce’s high school sweetheart resurfaces via social media at a vulnerable time in her life.…

Angela PalmJanuary 1, 2015

BooksToScreen Fiction

From Into the Woods to Grimm, fairy tales get real

The term “realistic fairy tale” gets thrown around a lot these days, used to describe gritty books or movies that take a Disney-style fairy tale and un-Disney it. For an example, look no further than the soon-to-be-released movie musical Into the Woods. The first act is all traditional fantasy tales,…

Rachel CarterDecember 23, 2014

BooksToScreen Fiction

Your favorite classic holiday movies started as books

Holiday practices such as the Christmas tree, caroling, and exchanging gifts are rooted in traditions that go back generations. But for people of the modern age, there’s a new tradition without which the holiday season would be incomplete: gathering the family around the television and watching our favorite Christmas movies.…

Michael RuscoeDecember 18, 2014

Fiction

Web series brings favorite books to life

We webheads love to watch our favorite books come to life. Long before there was vlogging, we got our fix from the silver screen. Swooning over Colin Firth and Matthew McFadyen as Mr. Darcy in Pride & Prejudice made us wildly impatient to see Pemberley Digital’s elusive William Darcy. Alicia…

Ann NordlandDecember 17, 2014

Fiction

Covering Jane Austen, one cover at a time

Jane Austen has never been as popular as she is now. Since the publication of Sense and Sensibility over 200 years ago, her novels have been in almost continuous print. There are stage and film adaptions of her novels, modern retellings from books to Web series, and a book industry…

Ann NordlandDecember 14, 2014

Children's Books Fiction

The Magic Repair Shop will cast a spell on your middle-grade reader

Anyone who watched television in the 1980s remembers RIF’s PSA encouraging young people to read. The biggest hurdle to getting children to read is finding something that they actually want to read. There are many iterations of this quote, but the message is the same regardless of the attribution—if you…

Mea StewartDecember 9, 2014

Fiction

A Little Women Christmas Beautifully Illustrates the Season’s Good Will

I recently took a copy of A Little Women Christmas (Simon & Schuster, 2014) to read with my Reading Buddy, Heidi. Author Heather Vogel Frederick took the story of Mr. March’s surprise homecoming from Louisa Mae Alcott’s classic, Little Women, and adapted it for 4-7 year olds. Who better to…

Ann NordlandDecember 8, 2014

BooksToScreen Fiction

Harry Potter: The Creature Vault reveals the origins of J.K. Rowling’s fantastic beasts

Ladies and gents, it’s honesty hour. I am a fraud of a Potterhead. Dobby forgive me, I watched the movies before I read the books. In fact, I did not see the light until very late, like Deathly Hallows Part I late. Do not judge me. I did not endure…

Mea StewartDecember 6, 2014

Fiction

4 Essential P.D. James books

Since 1962, English author P.D. James—who passed away on November 27 at age 94—delighted readers with a new kind of crime fiction. Despite the fact that they share a home country, and rampant popularity, James actually has little in common with Agatha Christie, to whom she’s too often compared. Never…

Jordan FosterDecember 4, 2014

Fiction

Eileen Goudge shares a cookie swapper’s basic recipe — no BS, no wheat germ.

They say taste is the sense with the longest memory. It must be true because my most memorable moments growing up involve food. Baked goods, in particular. With six kids, my mom always had a full cookie jar. With five daughters, she had a full kitchen. On Saturdays my sisters…

Eileen GoudgeNovember 29, 2014

If Jupiter Ascending crashes and burns; 3 books to console yourself

Switched at Birth scoop: Meet Sarah Stouffer, aka, Tess— Bay’s twisted new cohort

Susan Mallery on how friendship starts

Can’t wait for your favorite Scot to return? A wee list to tide ye over

Not afraid of Virginia Woolf? 3 Novels to celebrate her birthday

Video: Missed It? Interview with Jay Richards and the lethal unknowns of Silhouette of Virtue

From Into the Woods to Grimm, fairy tales get real

Your favorite classic holiday movies started as books

Web series brings favorite books to life

Covering Jane Austen, one cover at a time

The Magic Repair Shop will cast a spell on your middle-grade reader

A Little Women Christmas Beautifully Illustrates the Season’s Good Will

Harry Potter: The Creature Vault reveals the origins of J.K. Rowling’s fantastic beasts

4 Essential P.D. James books

Eileen Goudge shares a cookie swapper’s basic recipe — no BS, no wheat germ.

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