https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/TinyImperfections-Watch-the-Interview.jpg Thanks to BookTrib's partnership with Penguin Publishing Group, we had the privilege of speaking with Alli Frank and Asha Youmans, co-authors of Tiny Imperfections, about motherhood, race, elite academia and finding love. Click here for previous interviews and a list of upcoming author events. The authors share a common language —…
BookTribMay 19, 2020
In Kassy O’Roarke, Cub Reporter, Kelly Oliver has written a magnificent middle-grade story that will captivate readers with an exciting plot, relatable narrator, plenty of laughs and a sprinkling of lessons. She not only nails the voice of her 12-year-old heroine but also hits on so many issues, phobias and…
BookTribFebruary 28, 2020
https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/leslie-shimotakahara-300x300.jpg Leslie Shimotakahara Fiction Latest novel, BOOKS: The Reading List: Literature, Love and Back Again (2012) After the Bloom (2017) Red Oblivion (2019) Biggest literary influencers: Kazuo Ishiguro, Edith Wharton, Alice Munro, Julian Barnes, Kate Atkinson Last book read: Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead by Olga…
BookTribSeptember 19, 2019
https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/jj-martin-300x300.jpg J. J. Martin Fiction Debut novel gives readers intimate glimpse into clerical abuse of young boys within the Catholic Church and the lasting, life-altering damage done to those most vulnerable. J.J. Martin grew up Catholic in Ontario and pursued graduate studies in the anthropology of religion at the University…
BookTribJune 17, 2019
https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/herb-300x300.jpg Herb Freed Fiction Ordained rabbi, film director and producer t akes us from humor to pathos in an uplifting examination of what it means to be human. Herb Freed started his adult life as an ordained rabbi and became the spiritual leader of Temple Beth Shalom in Lake Mahopac, NY,…
BookTribMay 5, 2019
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BookTribFebruary 18, 2021
Ms. Bitch by Tricia O’Malley From the outside, it seems thirty-six-year-old Tess Campbell has it all: happy marriage, successful career, and an exciting cross-country move ahead. But she doesn’t. Life is a bitch. And suddenly so is Tess. When Tess discovers the truth about her marriage, she decides it’s time…
BookTribDecember 8, 2020
Façade by Melody Saleh What would you do for your best friend? Or rather, what wouldn’t you do? The lives of Amber and her best friends spiral out of control. Amber sets out to seduce a sexy attorney, but are they meant to be together? Debra tries to rebuild her…
BookTribDecember 10, 2020
The Black Swan of Paris by Karen Robards In 1944 Paris, celebrated singer Genevieve Dumont is both a star and a smokescreen. An unwilling darling of the Nazis, the chanteuse’s position of privilege allows her to go undetected as an ally to the resistance. When her estranged mother, Lillian de…
BookTribJanuary 7, 2021
Killer Graces by Steve Melen A journey of adoption, cancer, addiction, and breakthrough living. In his late thirties, Steve Melen thought he had it all — until a diagnosis of Stage IIIB stomach cancer brought it all to a screeching halt. Steve battled his demons and the fact that he…
BookTribJanuary 12, 2021
https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BookBites.FINAL-3-1180x234.jpg Burden of Proof by Davis Bunn Three weeks after his twenty-third birthday, Ethan missed the chance to save his brother's life when he was murdered on the courthouse steps in Jacksonville, FL. Ever since, Ethan has sensed a deep disconnect between the man he should have been and the…
BookTribNovember 10, 2020
https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/BookBites.FINAL-3-1180x234.jpg No Angels by Steve Jackson Fourteen-year-old Brandy DuVall waits for a ride home at a bus stop, wearing a bright-red Chicago Bulls jersey bearing the number of Michael Jordan. The shirt attracts five young gang members in a circling car. Why would Brandy get in the car? Was it…
BookTribNovember 12, 2020
https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/booktrib_bookbites-template-scaled-1.jpg The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives by Tim Darcy Ellis It is 1522 in The Spanish Netherlands. Juan Luis Vives, a renowned academic, has fled Spain to avoid the fires of the Inquisition. In England, he takes on the role of tutor to Mary, daughter of Catherine of…
BookTribDecember 3, 2020