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Fight for Faith, Glory and the Fate of the Western World in “The Secret of Etemenanki”

The year is 1187 and the Muslim forces of Sultan Saladin have just crushed the Christian armies struggling to maintain control of the Holy Land. As two great faiths continue to fight and kill for supremacy, the pair journeys from the heart of Rome, the seat of Christian power, to the…

Wyatt SemenukApril 11, 2022

Book Club Network Fiction

“The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives” Resurrects a 16th Century Thinker Ahead of His Time

—∞— “Ellis writes ... with magnificent gusto … reminiscent of Hilary Mantel’s Wolf Hall … a fast-paced and richly engaging story.” — Kirkus Reviews “Beautiful metaphors and tactile, evocative descriptions bring sixteenth-century England and Spain to life.” — Foreword Reviews —∞— “I was to play the clever little fish. And…

Chelsea CicconeNovember 5, 2020

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Novella by a Vietnam Vet Is a Masterful Study of a War-Ravaged Psyche

That message comes through loud and clear in Les Burns’ riveting, deeply moving and beautifully written novella, The Sand Fiddlers: A Rogue Green Beret’s Escape From the Memories of Vietnam. It’s the story of Alex Driscoll, who has recently returned home from battle, painting a vivid, uncomfortable portrait of a…

Jim AlkonJanuary 20, 2022

Fiction

Fiction Imitates Fact in Unique Chronicle of U.S. Marine Family During WWI

Somewhere beyond the halfway point of the fascinating World War I chronicle The Remains of the Corps: Volume I (EG&A Publishing), protagonist and Marine Second Lieutenant Kenneth Remain, grandfather of author Will Remain, has his first brush with the enemy, a German U-boat spotted from his ship’s crow’s nest: “His…

Jim AlkonMay 15, 2020

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Step Into the Brutal Lives of Our Ancestors in this Unique Historical Thriller

If you’ve ever had the opportunity to visit a natural history museum that features exhibits of the earliest humans, especially Neanderthals, you may have wondered if they got it right. Did groups huddle in caves and hunt in groups? Did people live with family or extended communities, or both? In…

Laura McCaffertySeptember 30, 2022

Fiction

Courageous Mother Confronts Devastation of WWII in Rhys Bowen’s New Heartbreaking Novel

A romantic meeting at the Sorbonne in Paris 1931 sets British student Madeleine Grant off on a life adventure equal parts heartache and heroism in The Paris Assignment by bestselling author Rhys Bowen. Madeleine meets Giles Martin a month after beginning French language studies at the prestigious university and…

Peggy KurkowskiAugust 8, 2023

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“The Optimist” Skewers Academia with a Smile

Shortly after I moved to New York City right out of college, I had to get my tonsils removed — a bit unusual for an adult. A friend came by to visit and brought along a book. Understanding my state of oral incompetence, she jotted a note within: “Don’t bother…

Jim AlkonJanuary 20, 2020

Fiction

Literary Tale of Sadness, Sorrow and Grief Told by a Poet

Should a book ever win a prize for its unreliable narrator, bet on The Offering (Penelope Books) by Salah el Moncef. The narrator in question is Tariq Abbassi, a lapsed Muslim who leaves Tunisia to study philosophy at the Sorbonne but ends up running a successful Middle Eastern restaurant in…

Joanna PoncavageNovember 7, 2022

Fiction

“The Musician” Will Stop at Nothing to Have His Name Among the Stars

Musicians are often tragic characters. They struggle with poverty, their own spirit and passion, drug addiction, alcohol abuse, depression and love. The list of accomplished musicians who came to ruinous ends is long — from Billie Holiday to Amy Winehouse, Charlie Parker to Kurt Cobain. But Mike Shaw’s novel The…

Sherri DaleySeptember 13, 2021

Fiction Recommended

Character-Driven Drama Follows a Lifelong Search for Parental Love, Trust and Happiness

Jill Charlotte Thomas’ novel is a paean to the 1980s excess of Manhattan’s very rich: attending the opera in black tie, tea in the Palm Court at the Plaza, bellinis at Cipriani’s, shopping at Bergdorf’s, limousines, Verve Clicquot and oysters. It was a fine life for Morton Guthrie, a young…

Sherri DaleyNovember 8, 2023

Fiction

Strength of a Woman: Katherine Nouri Hughes’ ‘The Mapmaker’s Daughter’ Sheds a New Light on History

Katherine Nouri Hughes is Iraqi-Irish by birth. Graduating from Princeton University with a Masters Degree in Near Eastern Studies, Hughes has published two books on K-12 education. Formerly a communications executive in the public and private sectors, Hughes serves on the boards of the American University in Cairo, the Orpheus…

Aisha K. StaggersOctober 6, 2017

Fiction

“The Great Cyprus Think Tank” Is An Intellectual Tour of Both Island and Human Psyche

"To grasp Cyprus in its essence both mythic and real, hurry up and join Bart Beasley's fantastic expedition, as told in this priceless novel by master storyteller Larry Lockridge." — Takis Kayalis, Professor of Modern Greek Literature, Hellenic Open University; formerly with the University of Cyprus. A zoologist, a nutritionist,…

BookTribOctober 4, 2021

Fiction

If You Don’t Want a Devastating Answer, Don’t Ask “The Gretchen Question”

A Gretchen question, Gretchenfrage in German, derived from poor Gretchen in Goethe’s Faust, is an uncomfortable question, one that is difficult to ask and more difficult to answer as it will reveal something ruinous and hurtful. In Jessica Treadway’s moving and delicately paced novel, The Gretchen Question (Delphinium Books), there’s more…

Sherri DaleyJune 9, 2020

Fiction

“The Girl and the Tiger:” When the Rainforest is Running Out

Readers often ask novelists, “Where do you get your ideas?” Experience, observation, news stories are common responses. Imagine, though, you’re an environmentalist about to embark on a long-planned adventure to the Amazon. You wake up at 4 a.m. and decide to check your email. There among the usual messages is…

Valerie Taylor, author of the "Venus Bixby Mystery" seriesSeptember 16, 2019

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Business Thriller “The F Place” Delivers a Parable for the Workplace

How wonderful that the two primary products of The F Place, a fictitious multibillion-dollar pharmaceutical company, are drugs to help people combat depression and control bipolar disorder. How ironic that the company leaders are greedy, conniving and immoral back-stabbers, the last people you’d expect to have any interest in the…

Jim AlkonFebruary 10, 2021

Fiction Recommended

“The Devil Wears Prada” Meets “Sex and the City” in Story of Manhattan’s Corporate World

There’s a scene in author Kem Richards’ The End of May (Grandeur Publishing) when Marcy, an up-and-comer from Ohio looking to make a new life in the lavish and lecherous world of New York City, is snubbed from a great entry-level job at Vogue magazine that she thought was hers.…

BookTribNovember 29, 2023

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Fight for Faith, Glory and the Fate of the Western World in “The Secret of Etemenanki”

“The Secret Diaries of Juan Luis Vives” Resurrects a 16th Century Thinker Ahead of His Time

Novella by a Vietnam Vet Is a Masterful Study of a War-Ravaged Psyche

Fiction Imitates Fact in Unique Chronicle of U.S. Marine Family During WWI

Step Into the Brutal Lives of Our Ancestors in this Unique Historical Thriller

“The Optimist” Skewers Academia with a Smile

“The Musician” Will Stop at Nothing to Have His Name Among the Stars

Character-Driven Drama Follows a Lifelong Search for Parental Love, Trust and Happiness

Strength of a Woman: Katherine Nouri Hughes’ ‘The Mapmaker’s Daughter’ Sheds a New Light on History

“The Great Cyprus Think Tank” Is An Intellectual Tour of Both Island and Human Psyche

If You Don’t Want a Devastating Answer, Don’t Ask “The Gretchen Question”

“The Girl and the Tiger:” When the Rainforest is Running Out

Business Thriller “The F Place” Delivers a Parable for the Workplace

“The Devil Wears Prada” Meets “Sex and the City” in Story of Manhattan’s Corporate World

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