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3 Erotic Novels Far Hotter (and Better Written) Than “Fifty Shades of Grey”

It was last year when I first tried to read Fifty Shades of Grey. I didn’t get very far. And no, it wasn’t the content — I can appreciate good erotica as much as the next girl. But see how I used the word "good" there? As much as I…

Rachel CarterFebruary 13, 2015

Miscellany Young Adult

ICYMI! Our Top Picks from the 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards

It’s once again time for the annual Goodreads Choice Awards, where thousands of readers choose their favorite books of the year. The competition is stiff this go around, with three stages of voting and tons of awesome reads to choose from. Goodreads has always been about the readers, bringing together…

Rachel CarterMay 22, 2017

Miscellany

Author Buzz Giveaway: Fantasy, Mystery, Vampires!

A royal fantasy, Mardi Gras mystery, and sizzling vampire romance are all featured in this week's Author Buzz giveaway! Don't miss out on your chance to win a free copy from any of these great authors. Read below for messages straight from the writers! Want more BookTrib? Sign up NOW for…

AuthorBuzzOctober 1, 2018

Miscellany

2017 Goodreads Choice Award Winners Are Here! How Did Our Picks Match Up?

Yesterday, Goodreads announced their 2017 Choice Award Winners. If you recall, BookTrib's Senior Editor, Aisha K. Staggers, and Contributor, Rachel Carter, shared their picks from their list of nominees. Here are the winners of the Goodreads Choice Awards for 2017, see how our picks match up! 2017 Winner in Fantasy…

BookTribDecember 6, 2017

Miscellany

Tasty Food and Book Pairings for Every Literary Genre

There are food and wine pairings, book and wine pairings, and even book and coffee pairings but no one knows what to eat with a book! What should you munch on while reading Mockingjay? Or nibble while reading New Moon? Well, lick your lips and attack a snack, because here…

Rachael ElmyAugust 1, 2017

Miscellany

Kim Alexander Tackles Hair Details in Her Series on World Building

In my continuing series on world building, I’ve mostly been talking about big-picture components: time, religion, the written word. In this edition, let’s narrow the focus. Picture a woman. Now get closer. Let’s look at her head. What’s she got going on? Is her hair flawless; waist length and perfectly…

Kim AlexanderMay 6, 2017

Miscellany

This Week’s Author Jill Hughes on the Butterfly Effect + Giveaway!

Dear Reader, See what this week’s authors have to say! In each AuthorBuzz note you’ll receive invitations to join contests, get free books, bookplates or bookmarks, read personal stories, and more. Dear Reader, I'm so excited to be releasing DOMINO EFFECT and BUTTERFLY EFFECT, the first two books in the sexy, suspenseful…

BookTribMarch 29, 2016

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

Nonfiction

Bring the Fantasy of Dungeons & Dragons to Your Taste Buds with “Heroes’ Feast”

“Ready a tall tankard of mead and brace yourself for a culinary journey to match any quest!” — Tom Morello, Rage Against the Machine —∞— Since its creation in 1974, the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons has challenged players to push the boundaries of their imaginations. Over the…

Chelsea CicconeOctober 27, 2020

Nonfiction

Sex, Voyeurism, A Legendary Journalist And The Thin Line Between Fact And Fantasy

Ever go to a hotel and wonder if anyone is watching you? Voyeur, a documentary shown this weekend at the Hamptons Film Festival about well-known journalist Gay Talese and motel owner Gerald Foos, the voyeur who chose him to write his story. It started more than thirty years earlier when Foos…

Meryl L. MossOctober 9, 2017

Giveaways

Video: Missed It? Interview with K.M. Weiland and Storming: A Dieselpunk Adventure Novel

In the high-flying, heady world of 1920s aviation, brash pilot Robert “Hitch” Hitchcock’s life does a barrel roll when a young woman in an old-fashioned ball gown falls from the clouds smack in front of his biplane. As fearless as she is peculiar, Jael immediately proves she’s game for just…

BookTribDecember 13, 2015

Fiction Young Adult Young Adult - Featured

Imagine Attending “Academy Earth” as a Teenager … Where Your Magic Must Fulfill an Ancient Prophecy

But the idea of being away from home is enough to make Kylie nervous, never mind the fact that the Academy is far from an ordinary school. It is a place for students to learn how to better master their magical abilities. S.K. Molinari’s Academy Earth is also a place…

Nicole MaherDecember 6, 2021

Fiction Young Adult Young Adult - Featured

Whisked Away to Another Dimension, Long-Lost Siblings Discover Magic and Each Other

In the middle of an impending snow storm, Jeremiah attempts to take his family frustrations out on a ski slope. Across the country, Jamie prepares to face her father as he returns from a trip with his secretary-turned-fiancee. But before either of the teenagers have a chance to face their…

Nicole MaherDecember 13, 2021

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 Young Adult Young Adult - Featured

Dark YA Fantasy “Vespertine” Transforms a Scarred Girl Into a Woman Saint

"Rogerson's unveils a grim and intriguing world ... A dark and enthralling journey." — Kirkus —∞— Welcome to a world where spirits of the dead walk again, and nuns hold the power to quell evil with more than just prayers. In Vespertine (Margaret K. McElderry Books), our heroine and the…

Emma LongOctober 5, 2021

Fiction Young Adult

Vivid YA Fantasy “Mortal Sight” Throws Teen Into a World of Monsters and Magic

"A unique blend of fantasy and literary elements." —School Library Journal —∞— In Sandra Fernandez Rhoads’s debut novel, Mortal Sight (Enclave Publishing), Cera Marlowe finds herself in a supernatural world tortured by blood-thirsty, shape-shifting beasts that only she can see — or smell — or even imagine, but it’s here…

Sherri DaleyApril 12, 2021

3 Erotic Novels Far Hotter (and Better Written) Than “Fifty Shades of Grey”

ICYMI! Our Top Picks from the 2016 Goodreads Choice Awards

Author Buzz Giveaway: Fantasy, Mystery, Vampires!

2017 Goodreads Choice Award Winners Are Here! How Did Our Picks Match Up?

Tasty Food and Book Pairings for Every Literary Genre

Kim Alexander Tackles Hair Details in Her Series on World Building

This Week’s Author Jill Hughes on the Butterfly Effect + Giveaway!

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

Bring the Fantasy of Dungeons & Dragons to Your Taste Buds with “Heroes’ Feast”

Sex, Voyeurism, A Legendary Journalist And The Thin Line Between Fact And Fantasy

Video: Missed It? Interview with K.M. Weiland and Storming: A Dieselpunk Adventure Novel

Imagine Attending “Academy Earth” as a Teenager … Where Your Magic Must Fulfill an Ancient Prophecy

Whisked Away to Another Dimension, Long-Lost Siblings Discover Magic and Each Other

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

Dark YA Fantasy “Vespertine” Transforms a Scarred Girl Into a Woman Saint

Vivid YA Fantasy “Mortal Sight” Throws Teen Into a World of Monsters and Magic

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