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“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

Book Club Network Miscellany

Thriller Pro Mike Bond Pens First Poetry Book

Best-selling novelist Mike Bond, "master of the existential thriller," balances intricate lyrical language while wrestling with his classic existential views in his first book of poems, The Drum That Beats Within Us (Big City Press). "By uniting knowledge with a sudden shock of emotion, a poem takes us out of our…

Rebecca ProulxOctober 22, 2018

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Secrets Conceal the Bonds of Family After Argentina’s Dirty War

Claudia Ermey’s new novel, The Confessional, is a sweeping narrative that spans multiple continents and follows several generations of mothers and daughters, bound by familial ties yet separated by secrets. The novel opens in California, 1978, just after Julia has given birth to a baby girl whom she knows that…

Nikki ErlickJanuary 31, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Poignant and Thought-Provoking, “The College Shrink” Seeks to Unravel the Threads That Connect Our Lives

There is a defining moment near the end of William Haylon’s brilliant The College Shrink, an emotional moment when two key characters are in the middle of a gripping conversation. They are standing two feet apart, and Haylon writes, “He didn’t take the two steps required to hug her.…

Jim AlkonJuly 14, 2022

Fiction Recommended

Man’s Mystical Journey to Amend the Past in Bohemian Ibiza

There’s a passage in author Justin Kurian’s ambitious novel The Canticle of Ibiza where John, who has abandoned his life in New York as a high-flying financial whiz to seek answers on the mystical island of Ibiza, Spain, explains to a budding love interest, Diana, how he ditched his previous…

Jim AlkonMay 7, 2024

Fiction Recommended

Illicit Passion & Enduring Love Amid Cruel Prejudices of Edwardian England

Stephanie Cowell’s The Boy in the Rain (Regal House Publishing) is a love story of the highest order, so powerful for advancing important issues from a historical perspective in Edwardian England, but more significantly for vividly and elegantly capturing the passion, beauty and despair of a forbidden (at the time)…

Jim AlkonJuly 21, 2023

Fiction

Dr. Lowe Prescribes Laughs and Life Lessons in “The Backseat Shrink”

The perfect job, the perfect family, the perfect life. As a renowned psychiatrist with a brand-new book deal, Dr. Carlton Lowe is living the high life among the wealthy elite of Chicago. Upper-crust clients and talk show interviews are his bread and butter; he has no time for the seedy…

Paige VigliaroloOctober 14, 2020

Book Club Network Fiction

Joani Elliott’s “The Audacity of Sara Grayson” is Poignant, Playful and Perceptive

“Audacity,” writes Sara’s mother from the grave. “A word with superb meaning and long overlooked as a girl’s name.” And something that Sara Grayson is pretty sure she does not have. Things happen quickly in Joani Elliott’s debut novel The Audacity of Sara Grayson (Post Hill Press). Sara wanders through…

Sherri DaleyMay 25, 2021

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Journalist Recruited to Stop Hitler’s A-Bomb in “The Armageddon Secret”

“He needed time to clear his mind, to fight through. He’d just looked in the face of the anti-Nazi underground, seen mental images of H.G. Wells’s super bombs, grasped the truth about his father’s murder, received a summons to help defeat Nazism — all simultaneously mind-boggling. Was this Black Orchestra…

David ToddNovember 15, 2021

Fiction Recommended

Choices Collide with Destiny in Short Stories Set Across the Multiverse

“In a universe of many possible worlds, there is no such thing as right or wrong, good or evil. Only a multitude of choices with unintended consequences.” These words, spoken by an AI-forged “universal intelligence” in the short story, “The Ice Cream Man,” might well describe the center that holds…

Cynthia ConradMarch 27, 2023

Fiction Recommended

Screenwriter Collaborates With Shakespeare’s Ghost on Manuscript That Transcends Time

“Imagine a string of pearls. Each pearl is a life, yet yon string connects each pearl. We are, ultimately, that string.” Therein is just one piece philosophy from William Shakespeare — or, shall we say, the ghost of William Shakespeare, an apparition who plays a key role in the plot…

Jim AlkonMarch 8, 2024

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Ordinary People Do Extraordinary Things in “Storm Surge”

“Never quit. There is a light at the end of the tunnel, and if you quit you seal your fate or the fate of a loved one,” says author John Banas. In his new novel Storm Surge, this rings particularly true, as finding a way to persevere is the name…

Wyatt SemenukJuly 18, 2022

Author Spotlight Fiction

TV Talk Show Host Bill Boggs Tells on the Dogs of the Entertainment Industry … Literally

In a world filled with dog-centric tales, from classics like Lassie to modern tales of inspiration like Marley & Me, Bill Boggs adds another layer of fun with Spike Unleashed: The Wonder Dog Returns (Post Hill Press). Boggs brings keen observations, wit and a bit of social commentary to this…

BookTribSeptember 27, 2023

Book Club Network Fiction

“Snatch 2&20:” An Edgy Burlesque of Wall Street

Luke Fellows’ novel Snatch 2&20 is an immensely readable book about an immensely unlikeable leading man. “I’m no saint,” repeats Giles Goodenough, and by chapter 3, he really doesn’t have to tell us. He’s a harmless character with little moral fiber in an amicably open marriage to a stripper named Cherry,…

Sherri DaleyAugust 27, 2020

Fiction Young Adult

“Shine Until Tomorrow” Tells of a Girl’s Transformative Journey Through the Summer of Love

What do you get when you combine The Wizard of Oz with Back to the Future? You get a delightfully nostalgic romp in Shine Until Tomorrow (Rare Bird Books) by Carla Malden. Through the eyes of Tamara Caldwell, a.k.a. Mari, and the lens of her vintage Leica camera, we behold…

Valerie Taylor, author of the "Venus Bixby Mystery" seriesMay 13, 2021

Fiction

Historical Novel Reveals Enriching Bond Between Humans and Horses

If you’ve ever had the privilege of looking a horse in the eye, you may have noticed a shimmer of recognition. Eyes are the windows to the soul after all. Horses and humans have a long history together, from work and war to sports and recreation, from the days before…

Katie BloomerFebruary 14, 2023

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

Thriller Pro Mike Bond Pens First Poetry Book

Secrets Conceal the Bonds of Family After Argentina’s Dirty War

Poignant and Thought-Provoking, “The College Shrink” Seeks to Unravel the Threads That Connect Our Lives

Man’s Mystical Journey to Amend the Past in Bohemian Ibiza

Illicit Passion & Enduring Love Amid Cruel Prejudices of Edwardian England

Dr. Lowe Prescribes Laughs and Life Lessons in “The Backseat Shrink”

Joani Elliott’s “The Audacity of Sara Grayson” is Poignant, Playful and Perceptive

Journalist Recruited to Stop Hitler’s A-Bomb in “The Armageddon Secret”

Choices Collide with Destiny in Short Stories Set Across the Multiverse

Screenwriter Collaborates With Shakespeare’s Ghost on Manuscript That Transcends Time

Ordinary People Do Extraordinary Things in “Storm Surge”

TV Talk Show Host Bill Boggs Tells on the Dogs of the Entertainment Industry … Literally

“Snatch 2&20:” An Edgy Burlesque of Wall Street

“Shine Until Tomorrow” Tells of a Girl’s Transformative Journey Through the Summer of Love

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