Literary Fiction – Book Club Babble

While many great books are slated to come out in 2022, it’s not too late to look back at the ones we loved from last year! If you’re looking for something new to read, maybe you’ll enjoy one of our favorite boo... Read More...

Lara Elena Donnelly’s Base Notes – A Charmingly Snarky and Distinctive Literary Thriller

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Reviews

As a writer, words are my purview. So, it would only be fair that I give Lara Elena Donnelly's Base Notes due credit for leaving me speechless, i.e. wordless. Like Ella Fitzgerald's singing, Donnelly's voice is... Read More...

Hidden Pictures | The Images Writers Place in Fiction by Lynne Reeves Griffin

Amy Wilhelm

Literary Lagniappe, on Writing

Guest post by Lynne Reeves Griffin, author of The Dangers of an Ordinary Night, publishing November 9, 2021, by Crooked Lane Books When I was a kid I couldn’t get enough of the Hidden Pictures puzzle... Read More...

The Author’s Cut with Cheryl Bostrom

Tabitha Lord

The Author's Cut

I had the pleasure of chatting with Cheryl Grey Bostrom last week about her debut fiction novel, Sugar Birds. This little gem of a story will stick with you long after you turn the last page. Check out our ... Read More...

Sugar Birds – Cheryl Grey Bostrom’s Powerful Fiction Debut

Tabitha Lord

Interviews, Reviews

When ten-year-old Aggie Hayes accidentally lights a tragic fire with disastrous results, the terrified girl flees to the forest, where she uses her deep knowledge of the woods to hide. Meanwhile, angry at being... Read More...

We’re All A Buzz About Melissa Scholes Young’s The Hive

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews, Reviews

Melissa Scholes Young's novel The Hive is a story that will enchant you from the first page. Growing up in Missouri, the Fehler sisters and their parents run a generations-old pest control business. Even though... Read More...

Carol Goodman Thrills with THE NIGHT VISITORS

Amy Wilhelm

Interviews

In Carol Goodman's latest The Night Visitors, Alice and Oren are on the run. They're fleeing to Sanctuary, a secret harbor for victims of domestic abuse. Mattie, an older woman with a sympathetic nature, meets ... Read More...

An Interview with Kim Hooper, Author of Cherry Blossoms

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Reviews

Can someone truly abandon their will to survive? And if they do, how does ordinary life test that will? From the author of the critically-acclaimed debut novel People Who Knew Me comes the story of thirty-four-... Read More...

An Interview with the author Sarahlyn Bruck

Maribel Garcia

Interviews, Reviews

An Interview with the author Sarahlyn Bruck If you are, like so many of us, obsessed with a good book and home design shows, well, then Sarahlyn Bruck’s Designer You just may b... Read More...

Alice Mattison talks marriage, political protest, and her new novel, Conscience

Mary Sullivan

Interviews

Alice Mattison’s new book (2018), Conscience, hooked me right away. It’s about a middle-aged couple who grapple with something that happened in their shared past, during protests against the Vietnam War. When t... Read More...

Come Aboard the Starship Horizon: An Interview with Tabitha Lord

Spotlight on What We Leave Behind – Christine Gallagher Kearney’s Debut Historical Fiction Novel

Rachel Howzell Hall And What Never Happened

Your Next Book Club Read – Snakes of St. Augustine by Ginger Pinholster

The Best Laid Plans – Guest Post by Mark Goldblatt

Love Buzz – An Intelligent and Charming Debut by Neely Tubati-Alexander

Q&A with Award-Winning Science Fiction Writer Michael C. Bland

Disgruntled

Book Club Questions for Pierce Brown’s Red Rising

Manslaughter Park, a cozy mystery YA retelling of Jane Austen is a delight

YA Romance Rhythm & Muse Is a Joy

Looking for YA Fantasy Romance? Try Cursed Crowns

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Love Buzz – An Intelligent and Charming Debut by Neely Tubati-Alexander

The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Should I Watch The People We Hate at the Wedding?

Should I Watch All the Old Knives? – Joint Review with Katie Kupstas

The Best Book-To-Movie Adaptations To Hit Your Screens

The Top Fantasy Book Adaptations to Look Forward To

Why BCB Thinks Dune Will Be A Spectacular Movie

Should I Watch Chaos Walking

Why Read? My Top Eight Reasons

Middle Grade Author Dani Resh Talks About Her Writing Journey

Journey to Ancient Greece with Author Sophia Kouidou-Giles!

Spotlight on What We Leave Behind – Christine Gallagher Kearney’s Debut Historical Fiction Novel

BCB’s Favorite Books from 2021

Lara Elena Donnelly’s Base Notes – A Charmingly Snarky and Distinctive Literary Thriller

Hidden Pictures | The Images Writers Place in Fiction by Lynne Reeves Griffin

The Author’s Cut with Cheryl Bostrom

Sugar Birds – Cheryl Grey Bostrom’s Powerful Fiction Debut

We’re All A Buzz About Melissa Scholes Young’s The Hive

Carol Goodman Thrills with THE NIGHT VISITORS

An Interview with Kim Hooper, Author of Cherry Blossoms

An Interview with the author Sarahlyn Bruck

Alice Mattison talks marriage, political protest, and her new novel, Conscience

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