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Brimming With Political Tension, “The Sun Collective” Is an Eerily Relevant Supernatural Thriller

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/booktrib_Baxter_TheSunCollective.jpg Like a skilled magician, Charles Baxter, author of The Soul Thief, messes with reality just enough to transport the reader into an ominous fog of "tomorrow-plus-today” — Baxter’s shorthand for interwoven timelines. In his supernatural thriller, The Sun Collective (Pantheon), a cultist new age movement has taken root in…

Karina Holosko, M.A. English LitNovember 17, 2020

Fiction

Redemption and Second Chances in Thomas’ “The Future She Left Behind”

A story of new beginnings in old places - with baggage. Unwanted baggage. Katelyn ran from her small-town roots as soon as she could. Don was everything she wanted: ambitious, caring, safe. After nineteen years, the kids have left for college, and she’s just beginning to realize her life has…

Laura DrakeSeptember 14, 2017

Fiction

Author Cate Holahan Answers One Question about ‘The Widower’s Wife’

The opening lines to Cate Holahan’s The Widower’s Wife (Crooked Lane Books, August 9, 2016) solidified my perpetual refusal to go on a cruise ship. Her newest thriller follows the investigation of a young wife gone missing on a cruise and she just so happens to have a lofty inheritance. Ryan…

Matt GillickNovember 2, 2016

Fiction

From AuthorBuzz: A Belated Coming-of-Age Story

This week's AuthorBuzz giveaway features a novel about growing up, long after you're supposed to have grown up. To learn more about how to win this clever suburban satire, read on. Dear Reader— Maybe you know a Marjorie Moore. Maybe you are one. She’s dauntless, desperate, and a little bit…

AuthorBuzzMarch 24, 2019

Fiction

At an Elite School, Be Careful Who You Trust

Set in the early 1980s, Susan Choi’s Trust Exercise (Henry Holt & Co.) is an artful and bold novel that elasticizes form and content. The plot centers on a love affair between Sarah and David, students at an elite school for the performing arts in an unnamed city. As in Donna…

Jessica McEnteeApril 26, 2019

Fiction

Ann Claycomb Explores the Life of a Mermaid in ‘The Mermaid’s Daughter’

BookTrib is partnering with Bookish to bring you more great content, including this article from Ann Claycomb! Fiction and creative nonfiction writer Ann Claycomb has become the master of the underwater life of mermaids since researching for her latest novel, The Mermaid's Daughter. Below, she shares with Bookish her discoveries and…

BookishMarch 15, 2017

Fiction

Book Review: Alexander McCall Smith brings Emma into the 21st century

In her lifetime, Jane Austen gained neither great fame nor fortune from novels that today are considered some of the best in the world. This year marks 200 years since the publication of Austen’s “Emma,” the story of a well-meaning but misguided matchmaker who makes more mischief than marriages. Modern…

Carol MemmottApril 7, 2015

Fiction

2017 Goodreads Choice Awards: BookTrib’s Top Picks in Every Category

The Goodreads Choice Awards are here once again, and we’re already knee-deep in the semifinal rounds. The books have been narrowed down to 20 choices in each category, and the competition is tougher than ever. Semifinals last until November 12th, with the final round of voting open from the 14th…

BookTribNovember 11, 2017

Fiction

“After Happily Ever After” Comes a Winning Novel by Leslie Rasmussen

Welcome to After Happily Ever After (She Writes Press), the debut novel by the multitalented TV screenwriter Leslie A. Rasmussen. This highly entertaining and thought-provoking book portrays the struggles that millions of women in the “sandwiched generation” face. In the story, Maggie Dolin is 45 and she isn’t dealing with…

BookTribApril 8, 2021

Fiction

A Buried Family Secret is Revealed in Alison Hammer’s “Little Pieces of Me”

An engaging and fast read, Little Pieces of Me (William Morrow Paperbacks) by Alison Hammer is perfect for a weekend away! Paige had a special connection with her beloved father, Mark, and with his recent death, she was missing their closeness. Her relationship with her mother, Betsy, was tenuous yet…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 15, 2021

Fiction

Video: Missed It? John P. Davidson follows the twisted and melancholy path to assassination

Author and journalist John P. Davidson joined BookTrib to talk about THE OBEDIENT ASSASSIN: A Novel Based on a True Story. Based on 10 years of meticulous research, Davidson recreates the story of a man at a crossroads of modern history. Viewers came question ready, and you can also enter…

BookTribJanuary 31, 2014

Fiction

“Outlander” Origins with Author Diana Gabaldon

Take a time-traveling, fiercely independent, brave British nurse, the Scottish highland, a handsome, courageous, redheaded Scottish warrior, passionate love, conflicted love with two husbands, incredibly exciting history and dozens of riveting characters and you have a genre-defying series encompassing historical fiction, science-fiction, romance, fantasy, and of course time-travel. Bestselling author…

Just The Right Book PodcastNovember 30, 2018

Fiction

Review: Alexandra Kleeman’s Brilliant Debut “You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine”

Think of Alexandra Kleeman as an heir to Dave Eggers and Douglas Coupland, with a hefty dollop of Margaret Atwood thrown in. Her debut novel, You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine (Harper Collins; August 25, 2015), is a full-on postmodern satire bursting with biting commentary on women’s body…

Rebecca FosterAugust 25, 2015

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: “Have You Met Nora” Questions All You Know About Identity

I can’t remember the last time a novel swept me up into a life and a world so very different from my own while also making me question so very much about myself. But Nicole Blades' Have You Met Nora? (Dafina) is just that book. Nora, is a protagonist who walks a…

Sonali DevNovember 10, 2018

Fiction

Video: Missed It? Live Interview with Ariel Lawhon, Author of THE WIFE, THE MAID, AND THE MISTRESS

“More meticulously choreographed than a chorus line. It all pays off.” –THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW THE WIFE, THE MAID, AND THE MISTRESS A wickedly entertaining novel that reconstructs one of America’s most famous unsolved mysteries–the disappearance of Justice Joseph Crater in 1930–as seen through…

BookTribApril 2, 2014

Fiction

Video: Missed It? Interview with Robert Dugoni and the Tracy Crosswhite Series

Detective Tracy Crosswhite has a skill, and a soft spot, for tackling unsolved crimes. Having lost her own sister to murder at a young age, Tracy has dedicated her career to bringing justice and closure to the families and friends of victims of crime. So when Jenny, a former police…

BookTribMay 17, 2016

Brimming With Political Tension, “The Sun Collective” Is an Eerily Relevant Supernatural Thriller

Redemption and Second Chances in Thomas’ “The Future She Left Behind”

Author Cate Holahan Answers One Question about ‘The Widower’s Wife’

From AuthorBuzz: A Belated Coming-of-Age Story

At an Elite School, Be Careful Who You Trust

Ann Claycomb Explores the Life of a Mermaid in ‘The Mermaid’s Daughter’

Book Review: Alexander McCall Smith brings Emma into the 21st century

2017 Goodreads Choice Awards: BookTrib’s Top Picks in Every Category

“After Happily Ever After” Comes a Winning Novel by Leslie Rasmussen

A Buried Family Secret is Revealed in Alison Hammer’s “Little Pieces of Me”

Video: Missed It? John P. Davidson follows the twisted and melancholy path to assassination

“Outlander” Origins with Author Diana Gabaldon

Review: Alexandra Kleeman’s Brilliant Debut “You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine”

Tall Poppy Review: “Have You Met Nora” Questions All You Know About Identity

Video: Missed It? Live Interview with Ariel Lawhon, Author of THE WIFE, THE MAID, AND THE MISTRESS

Video: Missed It? Interview with Robert Dugoni and the Tracy Crosswhite Series

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