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Don’t be a junk food vegetarian

The last time I ate meat (intentionally—like most vegetarians I’ve had a few accidental meat ingestions) was a ballpark hot dog in the summer of 2002 at Fenway Park in Boston. We were there on vacation and after the baseball game, we drove out to Cape Cod for the rest…

Karen T. SmithApril 25, 2014

Fiction Young Adult Young Adult - Featured

Open the Door to V.E. Schwab’s “Gallant,” an Eerily Magical Homecoming

Olivia Prior knows hardly anything about her family or where she came from. Raised at the Merilance School for Independent Girls, the only link she has to anyone outside its walls is her mother’s journal — a slim, worn volume that offers very few answers as she watches her mother’s…

Chelsea CicconeMarch 2, 2022

Fiction Romance

Lucinda Riley’s “The Missing Sister” Powerfully Concludes Family Saga Series

In the much-anticipated final installment of her Seven Sisters Series, Irish author Lucinda Riley takes readers on an epic journey to uncover the truth behind Pa Salt’s seventh adopted daughter. Like many of the books in the series, The Missing Sister (Blue Box Press) is a story of love, sacrifice,…

BookTribMay 27, 2021

Fiction Romance

Chaos Hits Home for the Holidays in ‘The Boyfriend Swap’

If you are looking for an escape this holiday season, The Boyfriend Swap by Meredith Schorr is just what you need! We step in on an unforgettable character, Robyn, who is a teacher dating an actor. Her family would like for her to meet a guy with ambition and some success but…

Jennifer BlankfeinNovember 17, 2017

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Fantasy Novel “The Age of Anguish” Leaves Readers Embroiled in Centuries of Conflict

Slay one tyrant king, and before his blood has even dried, another is all too willing to sit atop his throne. Politics and war yield no different results in the land of Kretowa, where the hard-won battle to dispose of the high king leads not to the intended peace and…

BookTribApril 26, 2022

Fiction

“We Are the Brennans” and We Are On Board With This Novel of Family Secrets and Loyalty

Complex and realistic family dynamics take center stage in Tracey Lange’s We Are the Brennans: A Novel (Celadon Books). In an era when fictional families are almost always tiny — when authors seem wary of giving much airtime to more than a couple of characters — it’s refreshing to see…

Kirsten MacdissiAugust 6, 2021

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

Even Conflict Won’t Lessen the Love Between These Two Sisters

From classics like Little Women to Ramona and Beezus, the relationship between sisters has always been explored and celebrated in children’s literature. Maddie and Mabel (Kind World Publishing) is no exception. Kari Allen weaves together scenes of sisterly love, conversations, arguments and playtime to portray a pair of siblings that…

Julianna GoldflussMarch 22, 2022

Children's Books

A Walk Down Memory Lane and a Celebration of Easter Traditions

On page three of Cheryl Hill’s charming book, Happy Easter Day, there is a calendar on the wall that reads March 1951. The calendar is significant, indicating that this is not just another book about children celebrating Easter. The author, a retired teacher/librarian following a 40-year career, is sharing her…

BookTribApril 13, 2022

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

Book Club Network Fiction

“Searching for Sylvie Lee:” A Maze of Love and Heartbreak

Searching for Sylvie Lee (William Morrow) is the perfect combination of literary fiction and suspense. Jean Kwok lets us inside the minds of Chinese immigrant sisters Sylvie, Amy and their Ma. Smart, pretty and accomplished Sylvie is the golden child in the family. Having grown up with her grandmother in…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 1, 2019

Better Self Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured Young Adult

For Both Devoted Alcott Fans and any Christian Little Woman , Here’s a Devotional to Cherish

In her latest work, The Little Women Devotional: A Chapter-By-Chapter Companion to Louisa May Alcott's Beloved Classic (Barbour Books), Rachel Dodge matches a cherished girl’s book with a core concept often overshadowed by feminism and social justice issues. While these ideas are crucial aspects of Little Women, Dodge’s focus on…

Susan BaileyDecember 2, 2021

Better Self Better Self - Featured Nonfiction

“Purpose and Possibilities: How to Transform Your Life” Gets to the Heart of Healing

The subtitle of this book, Purpose and Possibilities (BG Publishing), is “How to Transform Your Life.” And who doesn’t want to transform their life, especially after the year that we’ve had? This is the perfect book at the perfect time — if you’re willing to do the work. This is…

Barbara WilkovJuly 21, 2021

Better Self Nonfiction

After a Mother’s Shocking and Devastating Loss, “The World Looks Different Now”

“A beautifully written and harrowing tale of a mother coming to terms with her son's devastating suicide.” — Sarah Neustadter, PhD and author of Love You Like the Sky —∞— In The World Looks Different Now (She Writes Press), Margaret Thomson introduces readers to a challenging topic from a first-hand perspective,…

BookTribJuly 14, 2020

Fiction

‘White Fur’: Is Love Really More Powerful Than Money?

The more I think about this novel, the more I love White Fur by Jardine Libaire. It’s the 1980s and Elise, a school dropout and recently homeless young girl is living in New Haven with a friend she met on the street. Jamey is one of the white, privileged and wealthy guys…

Jennifer BlankfeinNovember 7, 2017

Fiction

“The Shape of Family” Offers an Inside Look at the Enticing Nature of Cult Life

What brings a person to join a cult? What conversations does she have with herself before she cuts ties with her old life and steps into what she believes is a world that promises acceptance, love, security and fresh vegetables? In The Shape of Family (William Morrow), Shilpi Somaya Gowda…

Sherri DaleyMarch 17, 2020

Fiction

“The Mountains Sing:” A Beautiful Family Saga Written From the Heart

I have recently read wonderful books by Vietnamese authors, Ocean Vuong's On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous and Thannha Lai's Butterfly Yellow along with Chris Bohjalian’s new book The Red Lotus, which partially takes place in Vietnam. Each of these books pieces together for readers how beautiful the country is and how…

Jennifer BlankfeinMarch 25, 2020

Don’t be a junk food vegetarian

Open the Door to V.E. Schwab’s “Gallant,” an Eerily Magical Homecoming

Lucinda Riley’s “The Missing Sister” Powerfully Concludes Family Saga Series

Chaos Hits Home for the Holidays in ‘The Boyfriend Swap’

Fantasy Novel “The Age of Anguish” Leaves Readers Embroiled in Centuries of Conflict

“We Are the Brennans” and We Are On Board With This Novel of Family Secrets and Loyalty

Even Conflict Won’t Lessen the Love Between These Two Sisters

A Walk Down Memory Lane and a Celebration of Easter Traditions

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

“Searching for Sylvie Lee:” A Maze of Love and Heartbreak

For Both Devoted Alcott Fans and any Christian Little Woman , Here’s a Devotional to Cherish

“Purpose and Possibilities: How to Transform Your Life” Gets to the Heart of Healing

After a Mother’s Shocking and Devastating Loss, “The World Looks Different Now”

‘White Fur’: Is Love Really More Powerful Than Money?

“The Shape of Family” Offers an Inside Look at the Enticing Nature of Cult Life

“The Mountains Sing:” A Beautiful Family Saga Written From the Heart

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