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Haruki Murakami’s Literary Collection “First Person Singular” Has Readers in Awe

“Some novelists hold a mirror up to the world and some, like Haruki Murakami, use the mirror as a portal to a universe hidden beyond it.” — The Wall Street Journal —∞— "An essential addition to any Murakami fan’s library." — Kirkus —∞— Haruki Murakami tells the story of a young…

Jim AlkonApril 6, 2021

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

“Into the Wind” Inspires Readers With a Friendship That Transcends Generational Divides

Adult readers, don’t be dissuaded by the middle-grade designation for Into the Wind (One Elm Books) by William Loizeaux. Yes, the first person narration is that of Rusty, a boy in the summer before he enters the sixth grade. As such, the middle school label is appropriate. However, Rusty’s summer…

Mary Helen SheriffSeptember 30, 2021

Children's Books

“Love” Brings Tenderness and Wisdom to Your Baby’s Bookshelf

“A picture is worth a thousand words” goes the old adage. And for those of us who write about art, we know that a picture can also inspire a thousand words. With Love by children’s author Casey Rislov, that same picture can take on deeper meanings in the context of…

Cynthia ConradOctober 15, 2020

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From a Barroom in England to the Streets of Italy, Sarah Winman’s “Still Life” Is Life Well-Lived

If you had the opportunity to read Tin Man, a beautiful story of love, loss and art by Sarah Winman and loved it like I did, then you cannot miss Still Life, her latest novel! Still Life is a lovely meandering through lives well-lived where the eclectic characters choose their…

Jennifer BlankfeinJanuary 14, 2022

Book Club Network Fiction

“Burning Ground” Is the Frontier Epic, Time-Traveling Tale You Didn’t Know You Needed

On a frigid New Year’s Eve in 1961, Graham Davidson just wants to join his elder brother, Frank, and skate on a frozen pond. He has to drag along little Billy per his mother’s request, but his younger brother isn’t around to inconvenience Graham for very long; he dies under…

Judy MorenoNovember 12, 2021

Book Club Network

This Month’s Pick: Jesmyn Ward’s “Sing, Unburied, Sing”

For the month of September, all chapters of the Girly Book Club are reading Jesmyn Ward's Sing, Buried, Sing (Scribner). Here's the review that BookTrib filed shortly after the title was published late last year: Sing, Unburied, Sing is a beautifully written, character-driven, heartfelt novel that takes place in the…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 8, 2018

Better Self Better Self - Featured Nonfiction

Vignettes Paint a Colorful Mosaic of Life Lessons That Can Serve Anyone and Everyone

A 50-year-old woman is beginning to resign herself to a life without romantic love. She moves to Tulsa for work, without knowing anyone, and attends a Toastmasters District Conference with the intention of just meeting potential friends. At the event, she strikes up a conversation with some friendly women, and…

BookTribNovember 17, 2021

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: “Chasing Chaos” Glimpses Hollywood

I approach novels set in the world of the entertainment business with trepidation. My husband is a TV reporter who covers entertainment for a living, so I’m familiar with the beat and therefore quick to spot inaccuracies or false notes in novels with a Hollywood setting, so it was a…

Eileen GoudgeDecember 6, 2018

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Love and Afterlife in “A Change of Heart”

Sonali Dev’s third novel, A Change of Heart (Kensington), opens with Dr. Nikhil “Nic” Joshi, a former Doctors Without Borders physician, who's working as a cruise ship doctor. He's drinking himself to death while alternately chasing down, and hiding from, the ghost of his wife, Dr. Jen Joshi, who has been dead for…

Amy ImpellizeriJanuary 24, 2019

Fiction

Tall Poppies Review: Brandi Megan Granett’s “Triple Love Score”

Life is really a bunch of scrambled words—love, loss, joy, zest, quest (note to self: I possess the high-scoring j, z, and q tiles) and figuring out how they fit into our journey. In her page-turning love story Triple Love Score, Brandi Megan Granett introduces us to the smart and…

Lisa BarrNovember 13, 2017

Fiction

Tall Poppies Review: “Fallout Girl” Seeks Freedom From a Fractured Family

I'm a sucker for broken families--well, stories about them, anyway. Throw in secrets, especially L.A. secrets, and I'm in with both feet. Most of the cast in Fallout Girl (Blue Crow Publishing) are twenty-somethings. It's the age of becoming: choosing a career and a place to live, figuring out what…

Sonja YoergJune 28, 2018

Fiction

Science and Humor Explode in Weike Wang’s ‘Chemistry’

I was pleasantly surprised at how much I loved the book Chemistry! Author Weike Wang’s unnamed narrator, a Chinese-American Ph.D. student, lives with her redheaded boyfriend behind her traditional parents’ backs. Despite the high expectations for their daughter to become a chemist, she is unable to be successful in her research,…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 15, 2017

Fiction

Sally Rooney Depicts the Highs and Pitfalls of Two Teens in Love

sSally Rooney’newest novel, Normal People (Hogarth) is an engaging page-turner focusing on the shifting relationship between two teenagers from Ireland. This propulsive novel from the author of Conversations with Friends was longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, with little wonder. Connell is a smart, popular athlete with a working class single mother,…

Jennifer BlankfeinMay 22, 2019

Fiction

A ‘Red-Haired Woman’ Turns Lives Upside Down in Pamuk’s New Book

I really enjoyed this short but dense book, The Red-Haired Woman written by Turkish Nobel Prize winning author Orhan Pamuk. In the 1980s, a teenage, fatherless boy is an apprentice to Master Mahmut, a well digger. They dig for water in the hot sun, and tell stories to pass the time.…

Jennifer BlankfeinNovember 20, 2017

Fiction

Love, Faith, and Writing: A Chat with Herb Freed

We recently sat down with Herb Freed to discuss his new book Love, Faith and a Pair of Pants, now available for purchase. Herb Freed started his adult life as an ordained rabbi and became the spiritual leader of Temple Beth Shalom in Lake Mahopac, NY, while producing and directing three shows…

Jim AlkonOctober 24, 2018

Fiction

Elliot Ackerman Has Endless Inspiration for ‘Dark At the Crossing’

Here is an author whose fiction cannot be separated from his life, or, if you indulge me, whose novels are based on his life. Once a marine, with an impressive five tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, Elliot Ackerman is now a journalist based in Istanbul, from where he…

Frederic ColierOctober 11, 2017

Haruki Murakami’s Literary Collection “First Person Singular” Has Readers in Awe

“Into the Wind” Inspires Readers With a Friendship That Transcends Generational Divides

“Love” Brings Tenderness and Wisdom to Your Baby’s Bookshelf

From a Barroom in England to the Streets of Italy, Sarah Winman’s “Still Life” Is Life Well-Lived

“Burning Ground” Is the Frontier Epic, Time-Traveling Tale You Didn’t Know You Needed

This Month’s Pick: Jesmyn Ward’s “Sing, Unburied, Sing”

Vignettes Paint a Colorful Mosaic of Life Lessons That Can Serve Anyone and Everyone

Tall Poppy Review: “Chasing Chaos” Glimpses Hollywood

Tall Poppy Review: Love and Afterlife in “A Change of Heart”

Tall Poppies Review: Brandi Megan Granett’s “Triple Love Score”

Tall Poppies Review: “Fallout Girl” Seeks Freedom From a Fractured Family

Science and Humor Explode in Weike Wang’s ‘Chemistry’

Sally Rooney Depicts the Highs and Pitfalls of Two Teens in Love

A ‘Red-Haired Woman’ Turns Lives Upside Down in Pamuk’s New Book

Love, Faith, and Writing: A Chat with Herb Freed

Elliot Ackerman Has Endless Inspiration for ‘Dark At the Crossing’

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