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Thrillers

Cold Weather Thrillers You Absolutely Have to Read This November

This November, the weather is getting cold and we're ready to sit down and read some favorites. Thrillers are a hit right now, so we have some suggestions for you to help you pick up the next novel for your bookshelf. The Midnight Line, Lee Child Jack Reacher, the best…

Jon LandNovember 6, 2017

Romance

In “Switch and Bait,” Ricki Schultz Spoofs Modern Online Dating

If sarcastic wit and sharp insight into modern dating culture are your cup of exotic tea, then meet author Ricki Schultz. Last year’s debut novel, Mr. Right-Swipe, threw readers into the world of online dating and was relatable to anyone who has ever been on a bad date, which excludes…

BookTribJune 11, 2018

Miscellany

Sybil’s List: Publishers Weekly Book Reviewer Sybil Steinberg’s List of Reads

We love a good booklist to peek our interest and inspire us to read more. Westport Connecticut resident Sybil Steinberg, contributing editor and former book review section editor for Publishers Weekly puts together a list of her favorites several times a year and recently she presented her July 2017 picks…

Jennifer BlankfeinAugust 9, 2017

Miscellany

Tom Hanks Uses a Typewriter and You Should, Too

Richard Polt I’m typing these words on a computer, and you’re reading them from one. The ideas begin in my head, flow down my arms into the keyboard, and then they’re digitized and blasted through the great, endless expanse of the Internet. Your computer snags them and turns them into…

Michael RuscoeNovember 23, 2015

Miscellany Nonfiction

New Complete Companion to “Peaky Blinders” Takes the TV Drama to an All-Time High

This article is now under the protection of the Peaky Blinders. The Peaky Blinders Compendium: The Official A-Z Guide to the World of Peaky Blinders (Mobius) by BBC One should be your go-to guide to all things Peaky. This alphabetical guide tells you everything you need to know about the…

Kelsey HallFebruary 10, 2022

Miscellany Nonfiction Pop Culture

Strange Stars: A Must-Read For Sci-Fi and Pop Music Fans

At the time, Bowie was just a skinny singer with a dream, and a penchant for science fiction. After identifying with Robert Heinlein’s novel Starman Jones, about an Ozark farm boy who wants to go to space, Bowie devoured Ray Bradbury, Theodore Sturgeon, Isaac Asimov and all that the Golden…

Joanna PoncavageJune 21, 2018

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

Alice McDermott Shares Writerly Wisdom in “What About the Baby?”

For almost four decades, award-winning fiction author, essayist and teacher Alice McDermott has impressed readers with novels about loss, resilience and nostalgia that bind strong-knit communities. What About the Baby? Some Thoughts on the Art of Fiction (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) is her newest work, a collection of essays about…

Gisèle LewisAugust 16, 2021

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

The Magic of Musical Passion in “This Was Toscanini: The Maestro, My Father, and Me”

Samuel Antek — first violinist with the famed NBC Symphony Orchestra for 17 years — captures what it was like to perform under Maestro Arturo Toscanini, who many consider to be the greatest conductor of the mid-20th century. In This Was Toscanini, his musical memoir published in 1963, Antek shared…

K.L. RomoAugust 17, 2021

Nonfiction Nonfiction - Featured

“To Poison a Nation” is an Eye-Opening New Historical Offering

Written history that starts with a seemingly insignificant incident is often more enlightening than a sweeping narrative. Such is the case with To Poison a Nation: The Murder of Robert Charles and the Rise of Jim Crow Policing in America (The New Press), a stunning new book by Andrew Baker,…

Claudia KeenanJune 15, 2021

Nonfiction

A Different Kind of Raw Narrative to Help Seniors Relate

A Senior Love Story: Love Never Dies by Richard E. Corey is not your typical read. It unfolds chronologically but has no chapters. The prose is minimal, the dialogue expansive. It is not particularly literary. There is not much character development. The author himself says, “This is not the great…

BookTribJanuary 30, 2019

Nonfiction

Marcia Gay Harden’s Powerful Memoir Honors Her Mother

A well-known actress from both stage and screen, Marcia Gay Harden tells the story of her life in the context of memories she has with her mother in her memoir, The Seasons of My Mother (Atria). Their close relationship is so beautiful and all the more painful as her mother’s memory…

Jennifer BlankfeinMay 21, 2018

Nonfiction

The Man Who Brought Cherry Blossoms to D.C., and Other Fun Facts

Each spring, thousands of tourists travel to our nation’s capital to see the Tidal Basin swathed in clouds of cherry blossom pink. Peak bloom this year is predicted to be March 17-20 but festivities will continue for the following four weeks. The first flowering cherry trees were planted more than…

BookTribMarch 29, 2018

Nonfiction

Morgan Jerkins’ ‘This Will Be My Undoing’ is Timely Portrait of Womanhood in America

One of the most prolific of these to be released this year is Morgan Jerkins' debut, This Will Be My Undoing: Living at the Intersection of Black, Female, and Feminist in (White) America. Jerkins' collection of essays is a timely discourse on the treatment and experiences of Black women in…

Monet TimmonsFebruary 7, 2018

Nonfiction

Sacred and Complex, Amy Bloom’s ‘White Houses’ Chronicles First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s Secret Affair

One of the highlights of my year, thus far, was interviewing bestselling author, Amy Bloom about her new book, White Houses. Released in time for Valentine's Day (February 13, Penguin Random House) with rave reviews from the likes of Joyce Carol Oates, White Houses is a love story about a complex affair…

Aisha K. StaggersFebruary 14, 2018

Nonfiction

From One Survivor to Another: A Posthumous Memoir Brings Two Sickle Cell Survivors Together

Gail Woolley was told at the age of seven that she, along with her brother, would not live past the age of thirty five. Unfortunately, Gail’s brother lived a different lifestyle than she did and proved the doctor’s prognosis to be true, but Gail did not. She was determined prove…

Jennifer K. Moore SmithJanuary 25, 2018

Nonfiction

Tragic, Praiseworthy and Monumental: Review of Tara Westover’s ‘Educated’

Tara Westover's coming-of-age story in her memoir Educated, is incredible, tragic, praiseworthy and monumental. From a young girl loving and believing everything her parents tell her, to questioning their logic and actively pursuing different answers and other ways of thinking, Westover has always had the inherent desire to know more. Reminiscent of…

Jennifer BlankfeinJanuary 11, 2018

Cold Weather Thrillers You Absolutely Have to Read This November

In “Switch and Bait,” Ricki Schultz Spoofs Modern Online Dating

Sybil’s List: Publishers Weekly Book Reviewer Sybil Steinberg’s List of Reads

Tom Hanks Uses a Typewriter and You Should, Too

New Complete Companion to “Peaky Blinders” Takes the TV Drama to an All-Time High

Strange Stars: A Must-Read For Sci-Fi and Pop Music Fans

Alice McDermott Shares Writerly Wisdom in “What About the Baby?”

The Magic of Musical Passion in “This Was Toscanini: The Maestro, My Father, and Me”

“To Poison a Nation” is an Eye-Opening New Historical Offering

A Different Kind of Raw Narrative to Help Seniors Relate

Marcia Gay Harden’s Powerful Memoir Honors Her Mother

The Man Who Brought Cherry Blossoms to D.C., and Other Fun Facts

Morgan Jerkins’ ‘This Will Be My Undoing’ is Timely Portrait of Womanhood in America

Sacred and Complex, Amy Bloom’s ‘White Houses’ Chronicles First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt’s Secret Affair

From One Survivor to Another: A Posthumous Memoir Brings Two Sickle Cell Survivors Together

Tragic, Praiseworthy and Monumental: Review of Tara Westover’s ‘Educated’

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