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The Descent of the Drowned – A Stunning YA Fantasy Debut by Ana Lal Din

Tabitha Lord
Diversity, Interviews, Reviews

Barbara Linn Probst Interview for Book Club Babble: THE SOUND BETWEEN THE NOTES

Maribel Garcia
Book Club Questions, Interviews, Reviews

The Happiness Thief by Nicole Bokat Is Not Your Ordinary Thriller

Amy Wilhelm
Interviews, Reviews

Why BCB Thinks Dune Will Be A Spectacular Movie

Amy Wilhelm
Reviews, Should I Watch?

Should I Watch Chaos Walking

Amy Wilhelm
Reviews, Should I Watch?
As a perpetual optimist, writing an honest review of the adaption of Patrick Ness's brilliant internationally best-selling book The Knife of Never Letting Go is heartbreaking for me. All the subtlety, intellige... Read More...

The Expanse Series Versus the Books: The Character of James Holden Broken Down

Amy Wilhelm
Reviews, Should I Watch?
First of all, let me make it clear – I LOVED the James S.A. Corey books - written collaboratively by Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck - that  The Expanse series is based on. I thought the novels were sharp, creativ... Read More...

It’s Complicated! Colin Alexander’s New Release Checks All the Boxes

Tabitha Lord
Interviews, Reviews
I met Colin Alexander last year, before the world shut down, at Boskone, an annual SFF convention held in Boston. The event gathers authors, scientists, artists, musicians, and gamers for a weekend full of panels, programs, and meet and greets. Colin and I gee... Read More...

Black Canary Breaking Silence by Alexandra Monir

Amy Wilhelm
Interviews, Reviews
Growing up in a society where the Court of Owls has silenced the voices of all females, Dinah Lance still refuses to let go of her memory of a girl singing. She knows it was real even though her father denies i... Read More...

Book Club Babble’s January Thriller Pick: Waiting for the Night Song by Julie Carrick Dalton

Amy Wilhelm
Interviews, Reviews
Waiting for the Night Song is a thriller imbued with lushness and depth. Its pacing is perfect, its characters genuine. And its woodland New Hampshire setting is an invitation to view the natural and human worl... Read More...

White Ivy by Susie Yang: Review and Book Club Questions

Mary Sullivan
Book Club Questions, Reviews
Susie Yang’s debut novel, White Ivy (2020), is about a Chinese-American girl who is determined to get her version of the American dream…by any means necessary. Growing up, Ivy never got what she wanted, which was to be popular. Maybe if her unsympathetic mo... Read More...

The Most Enjoyable Books About the World of Horse Racing

Amy Wilhelm
Reviews
Horse racing is a great sport to watch on TV or at the track, but it can be exciting and enjoyable to read about too! To that end, we've compiled our list of the most enjoyable books ever written about the spor... Read More...

Fall in Love with A.R. Taylor’s Jenna Takes the Fall

Amy Wilhelm
Interviews, Reviews
When Jenna, a twenty-something native Mid-westerner, is offered a job working for Vincent Hull, a prominent businessman in New York City, she jumps in feet first with no idea what she's getting into. But is it ... Read More...

Elinor Lipman Delights Again with Rachel to the Rescue

Amy Wilhelm
Interviews, Reviews
Rachel to the Rescue was published by Lightning Books out of the UK because American publishers thought their readers might have Trump fatigue. In reality, the story is much less about Trump and much more about its heroine Rachel Klien and her ability to d... Read More...

Book Club Babble’s Best of 2020

Mary Sullivan
Best of 2020, Reviews
As this dumpster fire that was 2020 comes to a close, let's look at the bright side: many great books were published this year! And thanks to all of that social distancing, we've had a chance to read many of th... Read More...
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