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Recovering Workaholic Depicts Nervous First-Times and Hilarious Mishaps in Tell-All Memoir

“Freeland’s memoir is unique … Her style is friendly and conversational; you’ll feel like the two of you are close friends having a ‘girly’ conversation over several glasses of wine.” —Readers' Favorite  —∞— After reading The Ins and Outs of My Vagina: A Penetrating Memoir (Karin Freeland Publishing) by Karin…
Barbara Wilkov
September 15, 2021
FictionFiction - Featured

Einstein? Time Travel? In One Man’s Attic, Eternal Questions and an Enticing Sci-Fi Adventure Unfold

Children are not shy about asking the tough, practically unanswerable questions of our existence, such as, "What happens after we die?" However, haunted by a fundamentally unanswerable question his eleven-year-old self asked, present-day quantum physicist Adam Reemi turns to four critical scientific and philosophical minds for answers, including none other…
Ann Lineberger
September 1, 2022
Miscellany

What’s Pulsing in the Book World This Week

BookTrib wants to keep you in the loop! Here’s what has been pulsing through the book world this week: Just What Isolation Ordered: Eight Brick-Sized Books to Knock Out Your Pandemic-Induced Boredom — The Cut Anne Tyler’s Quirky Protagonist Keeps Taking the Same Romantic Tumbles in The Redhead by the…
BookTrib
April 3, 2020
Miscellany

Dining with: The Giver

What would it be like to dine with The Giver? BookTrib steps into his world to explore... During one of his most intense training sessions with The Giver, 12-year-old Jonas was introduced to the vibrant diversity of food. As a dynamic parade of fruits and vegetables, teaming platters of sumptuous,…
Amanda Aldinger
August 15, 2014
Nonfiction

Have a Holly Jolly Time Surviving the Hell-i-Daze

In her preface to Surviving the Holidays (Hell-i-Daze), Olivia Michele Giacomini quotes her literary hero Erma Bombeck as saying, “If you can’t make it better, you can laugh at it.” That’s the perfect setup for the author’s month-by-month romp through the holidays, poking fun at everything that could — and does—…
BookTrib
December 17, 2019
Nonfiction

With Usual Wit, Dave Barry Shares Life Lessons from a Dog

Humorist Dave Barry tells the story of being backstage at a local TV morning show, watching a self-help author say in a confident and soothing manner how viewers needed to change their lives to become happier people. Shortly after, in the green room, this same calm, authoritative author, perhaps a…
Jim Alkon
April 1, 2019
Nonfiction

The Fun, Bizarre and Quirky Side of American Politics

Enter the new book, American Politics on the Rocks: The Bizarre Side of American Politics, as the antidote to the inflammatory political discussion. In it, author Rich Rubino showcases fun, humorous and embarrassing moments of our so-called esteemed political leaders over the years. Whether you need an amusing anecdote to use…
Jim Alkon
January 15, 2019