Pandemic

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Amid the Uncertainty of the Pandemic, a New Addition to the Family Brings Comfort and Happiness

We’ve heard the stories of the pandemic dogs — over 23 million Americans, or 1 in 5 households, has gained one over the course of these past years. It can be hard to fathom a statistic like that — 23 million dogs means 23 million wagging tails, 23 twitching noses…

Cameron KimballSeptember 12, 2022

Children's Books Children's Books - Featured

Escapism, Inner Strength and Sustainability: Lessons for Children in a Post-Pandemic World

“Unprecedented” is a word we’ve heard over and over to describe these past two years, but that doesn’t make this sentiment any less true. As we all try to make sense of the uncertain world around us, no one is more impacted than this generation of young children. Even now…

BookTribSeptember 9, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Immerse Yourself in the Emotions Brought on by the Pandemic in “Wish You Were Here” by Jodi Picoult

After waiting a bit to recover from the stress, I was finally ready to dive in to a novel set during the Covid outbreak. Surprisingly, I really enjoyed where Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult took me! Diana is almost 30 years old and is hoping to get engaged when she…

Jennifer BlankfeinJuly 15, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

“100 Voices” Share Their Experiences of Inspiration in the Face of Global Uncertainty

“What if we thought of ourselves as pinecones and the coronavirus our fire? Maybe it will pop open and release our seeds to grow something new.” That is one of many — well, 100 to be exact — thoughts and insights compiled during the prime years of Covid-19 and presented…

Jim AlkonJuly 11, 2022

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Long-Divorced Lucy Barton Finds Love During Pandemic

A LONG-DIVORCED COUPLE'S UNEXPECTED BOND IN THE EARLY LOCKDOWN DAYS In Elizabeth Strout’s latest novel Lucy By The Sea (Penguin Random House), Lucy Barton draws us right in with her first few words, understated, self-effacing and intimate: “Like many others, I did not see it coming. But William is a…

Anne Eliot FeldmanSeptember 19, 2022

Thrillers

Chatting with King of the Medical Thriller Robin Cook

So says the dean of the medical thriller, Robin Cook, speaking with BookTrib shortly after the launch of his latest novel, Pandemic (Putnam Books). Cook, who vaulted to prominence more than 40 years ago with the release of the now-epic Coma, has written more than 30 books and is widely…

Janice LombardoJanuary 3, 2019

Miscellany

Celebrate 155 Years With “Alice in Wonderland” and May Must-Reads

BookTrib wants to keep you in the book news loop! Each week our BookTrib editors artfully curate book stories that we hope you like. If you read a story you’d like to see in The Pulse, please email [email protected]. Here’s what’s pulsing this week: How the Writing and Worldview of…

BookTribMay 8, 2020

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Presidential Funny Business: Old Abe Had Plenty of Both Wisdom and Wit

It was in the heat of one of the famous Lincoln – Douglas debates in 1858 for the Illinois Senate seat that the Democrat incumbent Stephen Douglas accused Abraham Lincoln of waffling on his position on slavery, the most contentious topic of the times. At one point, he called Lincoln…

Jim AlkonFebruary 16, 2022

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

COVID-19: Who’s to Blame? Figurative Citizen’s Arrest Points Finger at China

Written last year during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, the pseudonymous author Justin C. Denton lays out a case for its origins as a planned Chinese bioweapon attack upon the United States and Hong Kong in his book And the Sky Fell: Who Benefits? Who Loses? The Real Story…

BookTribOctober 27, 2021

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

“Surfacing” Dives Into Secret Deep State

Surfacing (Fiery Dawn), a new thriller by Andrew Dean, brims with secret military operations and what-if scenarios not too far from possibility, if not probability. The book begins in the unforgiving heat of Afghanistan as Theodore (last name redacted) watches the gate of a heavily guarded U.S. military outpost. Teddy,…

Joanna PoncavageApril 11, 2022

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

Vaccine Held Hostage in Chilling Alternate History of COVID-19

In October 2019, in the city of Wuhan in the People’s Republic of China, virologist Zhou Zhihao is hard at work creating a new virus at the behest of her father, a well-connected doctor who works closely with the national health minister, Ma Xiaowei. An employee at the Wuhan Institute…

Peggy KurkowskiJanuary 14, 2022

Fiction Thrillers Thrillers - Featured

A Post-Pandemic Murder Dredges Up Past Sins in “The Madness of Crowds”

Is it too soon to read a novel inspired by the pandemic experience? In Louise Penny’s latest novel, The Madness of Crowds (Minotaur Books), Armand Gamache, Chief Inspector of Homicide for the Sûreté du Québec, and the residents of his cozy village of Three Pines, view the pandemic as a…

Jodé MillmanAugust 24, 2021

Fiction Fiction - Featured

Emily St. John Mandel’s Time Traveler Seeks to Solve a Mystery Across Time and Space in “The Sea of Tranquility”

It is difficult to discuss Sea of Tranquility (Knopf), Emily St. John Mandel’s amazing sixth novel, without discussing the author. The two are so intertwined that it is impossible to determine where one ends and the other begins. In the opening pages, we are introduced to Edwin St. Andrew, the…

Jodé MillmanApril 19, 2022

Children's Books

Inspiring Viral Poem of the Pandemic “And the People Stayed Home” Becomes Heartwarming Children’s Book

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/booktrib_KittyOMeara_AndThePeopleStayedHome.jpg "Wisdom that can help during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. She is challenging us to grow." — Deepak Chopra "An eloquent, heartwarming reflection that will resonate with generations to come … encouragement for a brighter tomorrow." — Kate Winslet —∞— It’s all too easy to let disappointment and loss…

Chelsea CicconeNovember 10, 2020

Business Business - Featured Nonfiction

A Resourceful Guide to Navigating an Era of Disaster and Uncertainty

If 2020 taught us anything, it is that the unexpected happens, and that everyone — from the government, to institutions, corporations and businesses, and individual homes and families — must be actively involved in dealing with it. Juliette Kayyem, an international leader in crisis management, disaster response and homeland security,…

BookTribMarch 29, 2022

Amid the Uncertainty of the Pandemic, a New Addition to the Family Brings Comfort and Happiness

Escapism, Inner Strength and Sustainability: Lessons for Children in a Post-Pandemic World

Immerse Yourself in the Emotions Brought on by the Pandemic in “Wish You Were Here” by Jodi Picoult

“100 Voices” Share Their Experiences of Inspiration in the Face of Global Uncertainty

Chatting with King of the Medical Thriller Robin Cook

Celebrate 155 Years With “Alice in Wonderland” and May Must-Reads

Presidential Funny Business: Old Abe Had Plenty of Both Wisdom and Wit

COVID-19: Who’s to Blame? Figurative Citizen’s Arrest Points Finger at China

“Surfacing” Dives Into Secret Deep State

Vaccine Held Hostage in Chilling Alternate History of COVID-19

A Post-Pandemic Murder Dredges Up Past Sins in “The Madness of Crowds”

Emily St. John Mandel’s Time Traveler Seeks to Solve a Mystery Across Time and Space in “The Sea of Tranquility”

Inspiring Viral Poem of the Pandemic “And the People Stayed Home” Becomes Heartwarming Children’s Book

A Resourceful Guide to Navigating an Era of Disaster and Uncertainty

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