Family Life Fiction

Books & Looks Podcast: Hanging With Hugo: Crafting a Killer Mystery Novel with Katherine Bolger Hyde

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio and video interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews…

BookTribApril 10, 2024

Fiction Miscellany

Author Aimie K. Runyan Shares The Joy of Writing Foodie Fiction

Julia Child famously said, “People who love to eat are the best people” and in my experience, she’s right—and they are terribly fun to write about. In my latest novel, The Memory of Lavender and Sage, the protagonist Tempèsta Luddington is a disaffected food critic who, despite having a great…

Aimie K. RunyanMarch 15, 2024

Fiction Miscellany

An Author’s Fictionalized Account of Three Generations Living Together

When Christine Heuner’s in-laws became incapable of living alone, there was a big decision to make. The in-laws could move to a long-term care facility, or Christine and her husband could hire caregivers to come into her in-laws’ home. These are the standard choices available for the adult children of…

Ilan HermanFebruary 28, 2024

Miscellany Romance

“The Enchanted Hacienda” Author J.C. Cervantes Teases a Sequel, Talks Magic, Love and Self-Care

“I was born a romantic! There is so much hope and magic in love, and it makes me believe that all things are possible.” Those are the words of J.C. Cervantes, bestselling author YA and adult contemporary romance and fantasy, and so appropriate to consider on Valentine’s Day. In fact,…

BookTribFebruary 14, 2024

Fiction Listicles

5 Books About Musicians Reckoning with a Complex Past

From rock n’ roll, to blues, to punk, to love ballads and angry, angsty rebellions, music tells a story. But sometimes, that story is cut short, interrupted, or shrouded in secrecy. What happens when the truth is finally revealed? Is the power of music enough to recover, reunite and heal…

Megan BeauregardFebruary 7, 2024

Fiction Recommended Thrillers

Two Desperate Strangers Collide in Suspenseful Case of Missing Boy

Hope Chen’s heart is shattered when she receives the tragic news that her sister, Cassidy, who disappeared from her life nine years earlier has turned up dead. Luckily, she is comforted by the presence of her 9-year-old nephew, Luca, whom she and her husband must take care of in her…

Natalia KavaleFebruary 6, 2024

Fiction

Army Nurse Comes of Age During Vietnam War in Kristin Hannah’s Historical Epic, “The Women”

Imagine you are a veteran returning home from war after serving in the terrifying jungles of Vietnam. Then imagine that no one ever acknowledges your service. In fact, you are spat upon, shamed, and ignored by the country whose freedom you have sworn to protect. In Kristin Hannah’s latest novel,…

Jodé MillmanJanuary 31, 2024

Thrillers

Crime Made Her Life a Spectacle — Then It Got Worse

“I had always thought of my memory as something like a historical record. Evidence. “Now, I’m not so sure. Now, I have a new appreciation for the unreliable narrator. Now, I understand how a normal person could go mad. It takes one tug at one thread, and the whole illusion…

Neil NyrenDecember 29, 2023

Fiction

Uplifting Testimony to the Power of Hope and Love Amidst Grief

Australian journalist and best-selling YA author Emma Grey’s first adult novel The Last Love Note (Zibby Books) is an extraordinary bittersweet romance replete with genuine warmth, emotion and elements of wry humor. It was moving, uplifting and relevant leaving the reader with an appetite for more from this writer. This…

Linda HitchcockJanuary 15, 2024

Recommended Romance

Search for Singer’s Muse Leads Journalist on Journey of Love, Loss and Power of Music

“Music’s all the words we’re afraid to say out loud. So we create lyrics. And the tune carries it where it needs to go.” The muse behind the greatest love song of all time is a mystery. But Cecilia James, a determined young assistant at Rolling Stone is determined to…

Megan BeauregardOctober 17, 2023

Book Club Network Fiction

Nathan Hill: Master Observer of the Modern Relationship

Here’s a simple truth: Wellness by Nathan Hill (Alfred A. Knopf) is one of the best books I’ve ever read. It is poignant, thought-provoking, all-encompassing, insightful and expertly written — and packed with truths of its own about our world and ourselves. It paints a full-length picture of a relationship…

Jim AlkonSeptember 19, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Heartfelt & Enchanting Love Story Enriched by Historic Puerto Rican Backdrop

Margarita Barresi’s debut novel A Delicate Marriage (Atmosphere Press) weaves a romantic story of an idealistic coming-of-age couple building a new marriage on their home island of Puerto Rico. Within the 1935-1952 timeframe for the story, Puerto Rico is ripe for its own coming of age, with economic and public…

Anne Eliot FeldmanOctober 10, 2023

Fiction Miscellany

Naming Names and Rewriting History: Why One Author Used Her Family’s Real Names in Her Novel

I grew up in a family of secrets that I wasn’t supposed to reveal. Of course, because they made such great stories, I did anyway, but I did it in fiction, writing about my parents, my sister, always changing their names, their appearances. “It’s no one’s business what goes on…

Caroline LeavittSeptember 15, 2023

Fiction Podcasts

Books & Looks Podcast: Karaoke Showdown & Tourist Meltdowns: The Wild Side of Being Human

Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either…

BookTribSeptember 13, 2023

Book Club Network - Featured2 Fiction

Good Morning America Book Club Pick Explores A Father’s Disappearance

Angie Kim’s Happiness Falls (Hogarth) expertly balances a page-turning plot, beautiful writing, and memorable characters to tell a story of love, family, and the importance of communication as the Parkson family tries to figure out what happened to their missing father. Kim captures our attention immediately with her choice of…

Darryl OliverSeptember 6, 2023

Fiction

Food Is the Nourishment of the Soul in Multi-Generational Historical Novel

“Sometimes food is simple nourishment for the body. Sometimes it is nourishment for the soul. Sometimes it is an apology”. A Bakery in Paris (William Morrow) brings a fresh take to a historical fiction novel, and Aimie K. Runyan can bring together mystery, comfort and two strong female characters to…

Lydia LefevreAugust 29, 2023

Family Life Fiction

Books & Looks Podcast: Hanging With Hugo: Crafting a Killer Mystery Novel with Katherine Bolger Hyde

Author Aimie K. Runyan Shares The Joy of Writing Foodie Fiction

An Author’s Fictionalized Account of Three Generations Living Together

“The Enchanted Hacienda” Author J.C. Cervantes Teases a Sequel, Talks Magic, Love and Self-Care

5 Books About Musicians Reckoning with a Complex Past

Two Desperate Strangers Collide in Suspenseful Case of Missing Boy

Search for Singer’s Muse Leads Journalist on Journey of Love, Loss and Power of Music

Heartfelt & Enchanting Love Story Enriched by Historic Puerto Rican Backdrop

Naming Names and Rewriting History: Why One Author Used Her Family’s Real Names in Her Novel

Books & Looks Podcast: Karaoke Showdown & Tourist Meltdowns: The Wild Side of Being Human

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