Category: Books
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 …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Even in 2023, over a decade after it was written, the first thing many people who are unfamiliar with the subject will think of is Fifty Shades of Grey. Or, maybe, Anne Rice’s …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Nora Roberts is a romance novel icon. And, as I found out the more I researched her, she is also an extremely cool person. It’s impossible to overstate her popularity or the impact …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. We know that LGBTQ+ books are under fire across the country and they have been specifically targeted by right-wing conspiracy theorists in a very organized fashion now for several years. In addition, we …
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write The Proposals? The Ketubah is a Jewish betrothal ceremony and many compare it to Jesus leaving Earth and returning to receive His ‘bride’, the church. What’s your favorite genre to read? Is it the same as your favorite genre …
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Emerging From the Dark by Terence Ang Many people have no idea about a stroke and its consequences. Terence Ang was one such person – and never bothered to learn about it. “I had the misconception,” he says, “that it only happened to old people. And as long as I …
After Here by Dave Wolffe What’s it About? The journey of Joe Golden after a fatal car accident takes him to heaven. Joe passes through the seasons of the year on his mission to find his beloved wife who had passed away one year prior to his death. Not sure …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The 2023 Lambda Literary Award winners have been announced! This year’s winners were selected by a panel of over 60 judges from the literary world and from more than 1,300 book submissions from over 300 …
Illinois became the first state in the United States to pass legislation to end book bans. Signed by Governor JB Pritzker June 12, House Bill 2789 takes effect January 1, 2024. Introduced by Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, who serves at the State Librarian, the bill received significant support …
What’s the story behind the story? What inspired you to write Wicked Addiction? I’ve always wanted to write a mafia romance. I started with my MC romance series, Serpents MC Las Vegas, and the mafia characters in the Club Wicked series were born from the MC series. They were originally …
As Pride Month arrives, I’d like to thank Book Trib for asking me to present a list of my favorite works of historical fiction in which queer men are the central characters. While I’ve been openly gay since publishing my first novel 20 years ago, it wasn’t until recently that …
Monet, Picasso, Rodin. These names have gone down in history as essential and influential visionaries who have shaped our idea of art and culture. But what about those who supported these artists? All these men had women behind the scenes who helped them in their careers and modeled for their …
Why Stand Up? by Gwendolyn G. Smith What’s it About? The life of community leader, pastor and teacher, Frank Smith, who faced many hardships for his activities during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s. He looked to his ancestors for inspiration and guidance in deciding whether to stand. The …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Queer bars are the site of some of my most treasured memories. They’re also one of my favorite settings for books. Whether it’s a true story about a real bar or a fictional …
Stars and Smoke by Marie Lu What’s it About? This smoldering enemies-to-lovers novel puts a superstar global phenomenon and a hotshot young spy on a collision course with danger – and Cupid’s arrow – in an electric new series. Fans of Marie Lu will revel in this new, but wholly …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. I have been a fan of The Little Mermaid since my early childhood days of demanding rewatches of our well-loved VHS cassette tape of Disney’s The Little Mermaid. The story has always snagged …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Black-owned Chicago-based alternative comics publisher Iron Circus Comics is having quite the year. In the past 12 months, the publishing house earned two Eisner awards for an anthology, had at least two books …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. We can’t all be Auguste Dupins or Miss Marples. If we were to appear in our very own mystery novel, some of us would undoubtedly be relegated to the role of the sidekick: …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. The launch of ChatGPT in the fourth quarter of 2022 shook up many industries, including publishing. In fact, plenty of doomsaying articles floated the idea that the software might replace many jobs; the …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Today is a good day. The apparent apocalypse seems to have retreated from the East Coast, and there are new books. I live. And the new releases I have for you today are …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Pageboy, Elliot Page’s long-awaited memoir, gives a fragmented but close-up perspective of Page’s life and experiences growing up as someone who has always known that he was a boy even when everything in …
Quarterly crime-fiction and mystery magazine The Strand has announced its list of nominees for the annual Strand Magazine Critics Awards. Authors Louise Penny, Michael Connelly, and Alex Segura headline this year’s nominees for best novel, while Dan Smetanka of Counterpoint Press receives the Publisher of the Year Award. James Lee …
No Stone Unturned by Nadean Stone “Many illegitimate newborns in Canada were sold or illegally given away by the Catholic Church and other institutions in the 1950s. On December 18, 1952, I became one of those babies.” Check out our Facebook Live Author Interview to hear the incredible story of …
This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Summertime is almost here, and as temperatures rise, it’s a great time to lean into some chilling reads by BIPOC writers. There’s nothing like a good work of horror or a contemporary thriller …
Why Did 19 Publishers Pass On “Trial”?: Bestselling author Richard North Patterson couldn’t find a publisher to handle his gripping new suspense novel Trial. Just about everyone agreed it’s a very good novel, but they fear the American Dirt syndrome, and he says they quietly told him white authors can’t …
Atalanta by Jennifer Saint What’s it About? A reimagining of the ancient Greek myth of Atalanta, a fierce huntress raised by bears and the only woman in the world’s most famous band of heroes, the Argonauts. A sad pattern has emerged throughout history — women are often silenced and their …
Bastard Verdict by James McCrone What’s it About? High stakes and low politics combine with deadly effect in new thriller, when a second referendum on Scottish independence looms. Lies, deceit, politics, murder, election fraud. All this and more are what make up James McCrone’s latest crime-thriller, Bastard Verdict (Faithless Elector). …
Male friendships in literature are way more common than you think. But the rare ones are close or intimate male friendships, which feels enigmatic and intriguing. In 2021, a survey done by the Survey Center on American Life revealed that there a“friendship recession” among American men. One of the findings …
Something strange happened to me recently: I looked up from my ereader and found I’d fallen down a sub-genre rabbit hole and was suddenly immersed in hockey romance. It was strange because I know next to nothing about hockey. In fact, I went on a date to an NHL game …
