COVID 19

What Comes After: 5 Post-Pandemic Reads

It's no surprise that our "new reality" has been creeping into the pages of fiction books — whether it's just a nod thrown in at the last moment of the production process or an entire book based around it (see Robin Cook's soon-to-pub Viral, for instance). There's a whole burgeoning…

BookTribAugust 2, 2021

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

“100 Voices” Share Their Experiences of Inspiration in the Face of Global Uncertainty

“What if we thought of ourselves as pinecones and the coronavirus our fire? Maybe it will pop open and release our seeds to grow something new.” That is one of many — well, 100 to be exact — thoughts and insights compiled during the prime years of Covid-19 and presented…

Jim AlkonJuly 11, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

COVID-19: Who’s to Blame? Figurative Citizen’s Arrest Points Finger at China

Written last year during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pseudonymous author Justin C. Denton lays out a case for its origins as a planned Chinese bioweapon attack upon the United States and Hong Kong in his book And the Sky Fell: Who Benefits? Who Loses? The Real Story…

BookTribOctober 27, 2021

BooksToScreen Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Sci-Fi Military Thriller Takes Ex-SEALs Time Traveling to Identify COVID-19’s Origins

Some books are timely, some are timeless and some are about time travel. Nicklois Leonard’s The Quantum Effect: Mission Covid-19 manages to be two of the three. With a subtitle referencing the one topic on everyone’s mind these days, it would be stating the obvious to say that this military…

BookTribNovember 5, 2021

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Leroy Field Merges Fiction and Current Events in Thriller “China Deception”

China Deception, Part 1 (Gatekeeper Press) by Leroy Field provides a chilling perspective on the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States and around the world through the medium of dystopian fiction. During a time characterized by worldwide fear and placing blame on various members of the global community for inciting…

Gabby TorrentiJuly 21, 2021

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

Breathe a Deep Sigh of Relief With the Educational and Personal “Covid Warriors: Lung Savers”

The school curriculums being presented to our young children these days have taken a turn from the numbers, letters, sounds and visual recognition we typically associate with those first days of school. This is not a conscious choice by our educators but a function of a new world children are…

Jim AlkonOctober 15, 2021

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

Encouraging Kids to “Be a Hero” in a Global Pandemic

How far would you go to protect your loved ones from getting sick? Throughout the past year, many aspects of the pandemic have presented unique challenges that have impacted our lives in a myriad of ways. One of these issues is a question parents and educators have been grappling with…

Cameron KimballJune 21, 2021

Children's Books

“The Big Bad Coronavirus” Playfully Presents Kids With Some Serious Safety Tips

In the case of our young children, misinformation is much worse than no information, especially when it comes to understanding the biggest story that’s ever stared them in their masked faces: the COVID-19 virus. In her clever, caring and informative book, The Big Bad Coronavirus and How We Can Beat…

Jim AlkonMarch 17, 2021

Children's Books

“Always Together at Christmas” is an Uplifting Tale for This Holiday Season

How will families spend the holidays this year? What about Santa? Does he leave presents out on the sidewalk, or does he wear a mask? Inspired by the ways her own family and friends are coming together – while staying apart – during the pandemic, author Sara Sargent has penned…

BookTribNovember 26, 2020

Business Business - Featured Nonfiction

A Resourceful Guide to Navigating an Era of Disaster and Uncertainty

If 2020 taught us anything, it is that the unexpected happens, and that everyone — from the government, to institutions, corporations and businesses, and individual homes and families — must be actively involved in dealing with it. Juliette Kayyem, an international leader in crisis management, disaster response and homeland security,…

BookTribMarch 29, 2022

Fiction Giveaways

BookTrib Giveaway: Paradigm-Shifting Reads

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/booktrib_giveaway_2021-11-18-feature-scaled.jpgThe 180 by Otsilac and Calisto—∞—An unexpected and provocative question drives a 180-minute argument that prompts a central question: Would the term “meritocracy” ever have been invented if society would’ve gleaned the fact that variables beyond our control forge our personhood, paths, and outcomes?The 180 tells the fictional story of…

BookTribNovember 18, 2021

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BookBites: Wide Range of Storytellers to Suit All Reading Tastes

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BookTribJanuary 21, 2021