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Mateo Askaripour’s “Black Buck” Cleverly Analyzes Race, Ambition, and Truth

Grab a cup of coffee and settle in with this one! Peppered with humor and chock full of guidance on how to excel in sales and life, author Mateo Askaripour exposes what goes on in the workplace with Black Buck (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt). He aims for his black and brown…

Jennifer BlankfeinFebruary 4, 2021

Fiction

Pixar Screenwriter’s “Set My Heart to Five” Is a Humorous Exploration of Humanity

In Set My Heart to Five (Hanover Square Press) author Simon Stephenson mines his experience as both a screenwriter for Pixar and a physician to create his robot protagonist Jared, a Michigan dentist who — in the year 2054 — begins to develop emotions and ends up on the run…

BookTribSeptember 2, 2020

Fiction Thrillers

“Squeeze Me:” Widow-Eating Pythons Invade Palm Beach

"Scabrous and unrelentingly hilarious ... the Trump era is truly Carl Hiaasen’s moment." —Richard Lipez, The Washington Post I needed this book. You probably do too. It’s been six months and counting of apocalyptic anxiety and stress. The coming months do not promise to be much better. If you are in…

Casey BarrettSeptember 1, 2020

Miscellany

“The Lions of Fifth Avenue,” Hilarity in the Afterlife and Unsolved True Crime

BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our editors take a pulse on what’s happening in the book world and hand pick stories, tidbits and reviews you may have missed. Unsolved: True Crime Stories With a Few Loose Strings — Novel Suspects Book Thefts at…

BookTribJuly 24, 2020

Better Self Nonfiction

Tall Poppy Review: Saying Goodbye to the Imprisonment of Self-Improvement

Karen Karbo awoke to her usual dread. It was 5 am, and she was already behind. She still had to meditate, exercise, drink a kale smoothie and practice affirmations, just for a start. Then, of course, she had to lose weight and bullet journal. She had to find an app…

Sandra BlockJuly 16, 2020

Miscellany Pop Culture Pop Culture - Featured

The Great Fantasy Debate: Should Dragons Be Pets? and Other Pressing Questions

If you can imagine it, you can debate it. That’s the premise of The Great Fantasy Debate, a new web series that launched this week on Facebook Watch. The series seeks answers to the most pressing issues of the day: Is a degree from Hogwarts worth it? Should people be…

BookTribMay 7, 2020

Book Club Network

Frank and Youmans on Parenting, Privilege and Points of View in “Tiny Imperfections”

—∞— WANT A PREVIEW? HERE'S A PREVIOUS Q&A WITH THE AUTHORS In Tiny Imperfections (Putnam), debut authors Alli Frank and Asha Youmans deliver The Wedding Date meets Class Mom in this delicious novel of love, money and misbehaving parents. At 39, Josie Bordelon’s modeling career as the “it” black beauty…

BookTribMay 3, 2020

Miscellany

What’s Pulsing in the Book World This Week

BookTrib wants to keep you in the loop! Here’s what has been pulsing through the book world this week: Just What Isolation Ordered: Eight Brick-Sized Books to Knock Out Your Pandemic-Induced Boredom — The Cut Anne Tyler’s Quirky Protagonist Keeps Taking the Same Romantic Tumbles in The Redhead by the…

BookTribApril 3, 2020

Nonfiction

Have a Holly Jolly Time Surviving the Hell-i-Daze

In her preface to Surviving the Holidays (Hell-i-Daze), Olivia Michele Giacomini quotes her literary hero Erma Bombeck as saying, “If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.” That’s the perfect setup for the author’s month-by-month romp through the holidays, poking fun at everything that could — and does—…

BookTribDecember 17, 2019

Fiction

With Author Michael Okon, Unusual Characters and Situations are the Norm

This is nothing like your standard fare. An amusement park with monsters (Monsterland)? A society in which witches live among the masses but carry special powers (Witches Protection Program)? Welcome to the world of author Michael Okon, where unusual characters, venues and situations are the norm. Okon is an award-winning…

Jim AlkonJuly 29, 2019

Nonfiction

With Usual Wit, Dave Barry Shares Life Lessons from a Dog

Humorist Dave Barry tells the story of being backstage at a local TV morning show, watching a self-help author say in a confident and soothing manner how viewers needed to change their lives to become happier people. Shortly after, in the green room, this same calm, authoritative author, perhaps a…

Jim AlkonApril 1, 2019

Nonfiction

The Fun, Bizarre and Quirky Side of American Politics

Enter the new book, American Politics on the Rocks: The Bizarre Side of American Politics, as the antidote to the inflammatory political discussion. In it, author Rich Rubino showcases fun, humorous and embarrassing moments of our so-called esteemed political leaders over the years. Whether you need an amusing anecdote to use…

Jim AlkonJanuary 15, 2019

Better Self Nonfiction Save the World

No Plot, Just Lots of Laughs & Tips on Sex and Dating

When I first heard about Lost the Plot, the innovative imprint publisher of Australian firm Pantera Press that is making its foray into the United States, I thought: cute name, cuter logo, and left it at that….until tasked with the assignment of reviewing two of its titles about dating and…

Jim AlkonDecember 5, 2018

Fiction

Sam Hooker’s “Peril in the Old Country” Is The Perfect, Dark Comedy Escape

His latest book, Peril in the Old Country, draws the reader into a kaleidoscope of absurdist humor, stunning imagery, and a fantastical plot. Hooker is an expert when it comes to dark humor, and it clearly shows. In a land where rules are everything - also known as the Old…

BookTribJune 5, 2018

Miscellany

‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Premiered on FOX: Re-live it with Our Reads for Rosa

With her dark hair and pink highlights, she's mysterious, secretive, and highly intelligent. Last night, Rosa Diaz and the cast of Brooklyn Nine-Nine returned to FOX. After last season's twisting finale that no one saw coming, we're all looking forward to seeing what Jake and Rosa will be up to! Despite the…

Rachel Fogle De SouzaSeptember 27, 2017

Nonfiction

Author Steven Gaines Tickles the Funny Bone and Tells His Truth

Steven Gaines is the bestselling author of Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons, The Love You Make: An Insider’s Story of The Beatles, and many others. As a journalist Gaines has written for many publications, most notably Vanity Fair, New York Times and New York Magazine…

Aisha K. StaggersSeptember 22, 2017

Mateo Askaripour’s “Black Buck” Cleverly Analyzes Race, Ambition, and Truth

Pixar Screenwriter’s “Set My Heart to Five” Is a Humorous Exploration of Humanity

“Squeeze Me:” Widow-Eating Pythons Invade Palm Beach

“The Lions of Fifth Avenue,” Hilarity in the Afterlife and Unsolved True Crime

Tall Poppy Review: Saying Goodbye to the Imprisonment of Self-Improvement

The Great Fantasy Debate: Should Dragons Be Pets? and Other Pressing Questions

Frank and Youmans on Parenting, Privilege and Points of View in “Tiny Imperfections”

What’s Pulsing in the Book World This Week

Have a Holly Jolly Time Surviving the Hell-i-Daze

With Author Michael Okon, Unusual Characters and Situations are the Norm

With Usual Wit, Dave Barry Shares Life Lessons from a Dog

The Fun, Bizarre and Quirky Side of American Politics

No Plot, Just Lots of Laughs & Tips on Sex and Dating

Sam Hooker’s “Peril in the Old Country” Is The Perfect, Dark Comedy Escape

‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine’ Premiered on FOX: Re-live it with Our Reads for Rosa

Author Steven Gaines Tickles the Funny Bone and Tells His Truth

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