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Tall Poppy Bloggers Recommend: Heartwarming Holiday Reads

It’s the most wonderful time of the year — and it just might be the most wonderful time for books as well! In addition to sharing a few of my can’t-miss sweet reads for the holiday season, I asked favorite book influencers to share what stories are making them feel…

Kristy HarveyDecember 16, 2021

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7 Books On What Comes After Happily Ever After … Falls Apart

Divorce is almost always messy. In marriage, two become one, but in its ugly stepsister, one becomes two. It’s an emotional chasm, the Mariana’s Trench of relationship deconstruction. Beyond the gut-wrenching, heartrending, cry-while-listening-to-Taylor Swift elements of the whole horrid affair (extra horrid if an affair is what broke up the…

Judy MorenoOctober 5, 2021

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7 Books With Characters Experiencing “Failure to Launch Syndrome”

Have you ever heard of Failure to Launch Syndrome? Or maybe you’ve heard its other name, Peter Pan Syndrome? You haven’t? Well, I think you’ll get the gist of it pretty quickly after a few insights. The name pretty much says it all! First and foremost, this is not a…

Judy MorenoJune 9, 2021

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7 Fictions Attacking the Civil War From All Sides

We are living through a tumultuous time in history. The COVID-19 pandemic, racial injustice, political tension — every day, it seems, we experience a new event in keeping with the recent theme of crazy-high levels of change. This isn’t the first time, however, that this country has gingerly picked its…

Judy MorenoApril 23, 2021

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What Happens When Humanity Destroys Its Own World?

The Apocalypse is on everyone’s minds these days. I may sound a little dramatic, but the events of the past year have justified speaking of catastrophic and cataclysmic occurrences with courage and a previous-unused bluntness. Suddenly, the unknown seems to be the expectation. One place where drama is usually very…

Judy MorenoMarch 26, 2021

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Celebrating Books That Have Cultivated, Challenged and Revitalized a Love of Reading

Happy National Book Lovers Day to me! And to you, of course. I am a book lover. I think I’d feel like a fake if I worked for a company called BookTrib and wasn’t someone who authentically loves to read. Seriously, would you want to read something about books written…

Judy MorenoAugust 9, 2021

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Of Love and War: 7 Novels Featuring Romance After War-Torn Trauma

“All’s fair in love and war,” says a proverb so well-known that its origin is blurry and has long since passed. When you break it down, however, love isn’t fair at all, and in many circumstances, one does not get what one deserves. As for war? There’s nothing even remotely…

Judy MorenoDecember 28, 2021

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‘Tis the Season For Esoterics, Conjured in These 6 Magically Mysterious Books

When seasons change, there is a sense of magic in the air. November is the start of the traditional season of gratitude, fellowship, spirituality and hope. This month's women’s fiction storylines involve magic shops, fortune-telling, astrology, psychics, magical foods and mystical intrigue. With literary spells as enchanting as this, well,…

Women's Fiction Writers AssociationNovember 10, 2021

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National Short Story Day: Listen to Your Literature With These Podcast Highlights

As we await the biggest (at least commercial) holiday of the year, take a breather to celebrate another holiday. And this one is timed perfectly, because you really are taking a perfectly-sized brief break to honor it: National Short Story Day! Speaking of timing, this sneaky little devil intentionally falls…

BookTribDecember 21, 2021

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This Veterans Day We’re Showcasing 12 of Our Authors Who Served the Nation

“Now, therefore, I, Dwight D. Eisenhower, President of the United States of America, do hereby call upon all of our citizens to observe Thursday, November 11, 1954, as Veterans Day. On that day let us solemnly remember the sacrifices of all those who fought so valiantly, on the seas, in…

BookTribNovember 11, 2021

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What We’re Reading on National Read a Book Day

We celebrate reading every day simply by doing our work over here at BookTrib ... but that doesn't mean we don't love an extra reason to celebrate! And how about a double reason to celebrate? On Labor Day, a national holiday, we're not on our usual work schedule. This means…

Judy MorenoSeptember 6, 2021

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A Birthday Present for F. Scott Fitzgerald: Book Recommendations

You’ve probably heard of him: F. Scott Fitzgerald wrote The Great Gatsby, This Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, a deluge of delightful short stories, screenplays and multitudes more. His talent, imagination and innovation knew no bounds. His green light pulled us in, again and again, like boats against…

Judy MorenoSeptember 24, 2021

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A Brief Primer For Black Poetry Day

Black Poetry Day was established in 1985 to honor Black poets from past to present. Why October 17th you may ask? It’s the birthday of the first Black poet to be published in the United States, Mr. Jupiter Hammon, and the road he paved for those to come. Every year,…

Judy MorenoOctober 15, 2021

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Year in Review: Most Popular BookTrib Posts of 2020

2020 ... Enough said, right? But we at BookTrib know that there's never enough said about books, and this year, books have been especially sustaining. Playing favorites is usually frowned upon, so we're going to be objective here; strictly looking at the number of views on stories we posted this…

BookTribDecember 21, 2020

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16 Favorites From 2020 That You Probably Never Heard Of

BookTrib was created to serve as the voice of emerging authors. For our editorial team, one of the many gifts of the job is to be able to discover and share with you some marvelous writers, incredible stories and magnificent characters. As we wind down the most turbulent year many…

Jim AlkonDecember 15, 2020

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8 Fiction and Nonfiction Books With Compassionate Insights on the Holocaust

It feels deeply wrong to wish you “Happy” International Holocaust Remembrance Day. So I’ll wish you a safe, peaceful and loving one. On this day, January 27, the world gathers to remember abjectly horrifying events in the not-so-distant past, events that still haunt us today. That such evil was done…

Judy MorenoJanuary 27, 2022

Tall Poppy Bloggers Recommend: Heartwarming Holiday Reads

7 Books On What Comes After Happily Ever After … Falls Apart

7 Books With Characters Experiencing “Failure to Launch Syndrome”

7 Fictions Attacking the Civil War From All Sides

What Happens When Humanity Destroys Its Own World?

Celebrating Books That Have Cultivated, Challenged and Revitalized a Love of Reading

Of Love and War: 7 Novels Featuring Romance After War-Torn Trauma

‘Tis the Season For Esoterics, Conjured in These 6 Magically Mysterious Books

National Short Story Day: Listen to Your Literature With These Podcast Highlights

This Veterans Day We’re Showcasing 12 of Our Authors Who Served the Nation

What We’re Reading on National Read a Book Day

A Birthday Present for F. Scott Fitzgerald: Book Recommendations

A Brief Primer For Black Poetry Day

Year in Review: Most Popular BookTrib Posts of 2020

16 Favorites From 2020 That You Probably Never Heard Of

8 Fiction and Nonfiction Books With Compassionate Insights on the Holocaust

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