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This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Kristian Wilson Colyard grew up weird in a one-caution-light town in the Appalachian foothills. She now lives in an old textile city with her husband and their clowder of cats. She’s on Twitter …
25 Aug 2023 6 Books to Read for Fans of Louise Penny Ready to dive into a world of heart-pounding thrills? If you can’t get enough of Louise Penny’s gripping tales, you’re in luck. This ultimate list of thriller books will have you hooked from page one with hidden secrets, …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. By day, Leah Rachel von Essen is the editor-in-chief of Chicago Booth Magazine at the University of Chicago. By night, she reviews genre-bending fiction for Booklist, and writes regularly as a senior contributor …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Mara (They/Them) has accidentally on purpose made their entire life about books and stories. Mara graduated with a B.A in creative writing and theatre and is halfway through an MFA in Creative writing. …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Carolina Ciucci is a teacher, writer and reviewer based in the south of Argentina. She hoards books like they’re going out of style. In case of emergency, you can summon her by talking …
For August, we are celebrating women’s fiction titles that showcase characters relocating from a small town to a big city. Big cities and small towns can be canvas on which authors develop their characters or even characters in and of themselves. Here are four books that perfectly capture this plot …
Mrs. Plansky’s Revenge by Spencer Quinn What’s it About? Mrs. Plansky receives a phone call from a voice claiming to be her grandson, who needs ten thousand dollars to get out of a jam. By morning, she has lost everything to the scammers. She follows her only clue on a …
There are so many stories regarding AI right now that it feels like a five-alarm fire mixed with a Whac-A-Mole game. And no, it’s not a five-alarm fire. But it is the very important pocket of time wherein a thing needs some form of regulation before we are fully immersed …
A tidal wave of literary enthusiasts, avid readers, book influencers and media hit the community for the annual Authors Night in East Hampton, NY on Saturday evening. This event attracts the crème de la crème of the literary world: critically acclaimed authors, Pulitzer Prize winners, celebrity authors, and enthusiastic bibliophiles from …
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“Itwas a scary story to write, but I think I’d have to pull out of the Author’s Guild if I were afraid to take risks.” After 85 novels — 74 of them New York Times bestsellers — Sandra Brown has certainly earned the right to be fearless. But with her …
Whalefall by Daniel Kraus What’s it About? “The Martian” meets “127 Hours” in this scientifically accurate thriller about a scuba diver who’s been swallowed by an eighty-foot, sixty-ton sperm whale and has only one hour to escape before his oxygen runs out. How far would you go to gain closure? …
Tough and Competent: Leadership and Team Chemistry by Eugene F. Kranz The unique leadership and teamwork principles that pushed America’s space program to the moon and back are the focal point of former NASA Director of Mission Operations Eugene F. Kranz’s riveting memoir, Tough and Competent: Leadership and Team Chemistry …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Megan Mabee has been filling notebooks with her story ideas since she first began reading. She enjoys board gaming, rewatching Miyazaki movies, and building elaborate train sets with her toddler. She savors nap …
Author Nancy Bilyeau has taken a few journeys into the past. Her debut series — the acclaimed Joanna Stafford trilogy — guided readers through the tumultuous Tudor era. With The Blue and The Fugitive Colors, we were transported to 18th-century London. Dreamland is set in 1911. With her latest historical …
Captivated by Jessica Rooker What’s it About? Shy innkeeper Amelia is trapped in a toxic relationship. When billionaire playboy Quinton realizes Amelia is unattainable, he executes a plan to ensure their paths will cross again. Fate steps in and gives Quinton the opportunity he needs to make Amelia his. “I …
New City by Patrick Girondi What’s it About? Follow the misadventures of a poverty-stricken neighborhood in the South Side of Chicago as one man tries to help neighbors and loved ones stay above the rising tide of avarice that threatens to sweep indigent residents from their homes and into the …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Alison Doherty is a writing teacher and part time assistant professor living in Brooklyn, New York. She has an MFA from The New School in writing for children and teenagers. She loves writing …
The Last Professional by Ed Davis It’s been said that Ed Davis has done for American railroads what Jack Kerouac did for American highways and John Steinbeck did for American nomads. Lofty comparisons indeed. And it’s amazing this can all happen while writing a book about hobos, what Davis calls …
The Kids’ Pit by Judge Roy Sparkman The Kids’ Pit by Judge Roy Sparkman provides an insightful look at contemporary threats to religious freedom and how quickly a person may become trapped in a moral hole that seems impossible to escape. A Christian pastor faces time in prison for his …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Alex Luppens-Dale won the “Enthusiastic Reader Award” all four years of high school. She is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College and received her MFA in Creative Writing from The New School. Her …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Carina Pereira, born in ‘87, in Portugal. Moved to Belgium in 2011, and to Rotterdam, The Netherlands, in 2019. Avid reader, changing interests as the mods strikes. Whiles away the time by improvising …
A Secret Password and a Speakeasy Door: It’s the wild 1920s in Greenwich Village Prime and prime suspect Zia Deluca is given a secret password into the world of gimlets and gin parlors in The Orchid Hour by Nancy Bilyeau. Check out this BookTrib interview. A Legacy of True Betrayal: …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Laura Sackton is a queer book nerd and freelance writer, known on the internet for loving winter, despising summer, and going overboard with extravagant baking projects. In addition to her work at Book …
In the United States alone, over forty-two million people are living with a disability—thirteen percent of the population. And yet, it wasn’t until 1990 that the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act was passed by Congress. We have a long way to go to be a truly inclusive society, and that’s why being mindful …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Addison Rizer is a writer and reader of anything that can be described as weird, sad, or scary. She has an MA in Professional Writing and a BA in English. She writes for …
18 Aug 2023 5 Books to Read for Fans of Tessa Bailey Get ready to fan yourself and swoon, because we’re diving into a world of romance that’s as steamy as it is sweet – just like your favorite Tessa Bailey novels! This handpicked selection of romance reads is guaranteed …
Books & Looks: Real Books for Real Readers was started as a podcast to supplement Blaine Desantis’ website, ViewsOnBooks.com, and expand into audio interviews with authors. With Books & Looks, Blaine’s goal is to focus on real books that real people will read. At least half of the books he reviews are either …
Anastasia by Willard Thurston What’s it About? A talented Russian spy striving to free herself from the ever-tightening Gordian knot she finds herself at the center of. Identity and independence are inextricably linked in Willard Thurston’s newly illustrated edition of Anastasia, a study of a talented Russian spy striving to …
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