BookTrib Lit Picks: First Chapters from the Hottest Books Looking for your next page-turner or a hidden gem? BookTrib has your back! For over 20 years, BookTrib.com has been the ultimate haven for book lovers, offering reviews, news, podcasts, TV interviews, book club picks, and more. In 2023, we launched an eBook series to help you discover your next great read, featuring both current and forthcoming titles from traditional and independent publishers. BookTrib Lit Picks: First Chapters from the Hottest Books showcases over 50 titles from rising stars and beloved favorites. Each installment is your ticket to finding your next bookish obsession! BookTrib Lit Picks Holiday/Winter 2024 includes Patricia Cornwell, Stephen King, Meg Gardiner, Sara Shepard, Jeneva Rose, David Wroblewski, Norman Reedus, Stanley Tucci, Dean Koontz, Josh Malerman, Kate McKinnon, and many more! Go to BookTrib.com/LitPicks for your free eBook — the perfect digital stocking stuffer — available now! ...

The Story Behind Dear Hero   How do two college friends end up writing a book together? The answer is sillier than you think! Way back in ye olden days (the summer of 2018) Hope Bolinger and I were just two interns working for a literary agency, nerding out about the MCU, and spending too much time on what was then Twitter. I thought it would be funny if I created a Twitter account for a supervillain and imagined what they might tweet about. Instead of #justgirlythings, what if a villain tweeted about their latest villainous activity with #justvillainthings? I tweeted out my quips to a moderately entertained audience, until who should appear but…a superhero account, vowing to defeat my villain account! It didn’t take me long to realize the superhero was, in fact, Hope. We had a fun time with our parody accounts, and it got us thinking—what if we wrote a book about Gen Z superheroes in the age of social media? And even better, what if they met on a nemesis pairing app,...

**Celebrating 14 Years of The Phantom Paragrapher: A Journey Through the Pages** On July 17, 2024, The Phantom Paragrapher celebrates an incredible milestone—14 years of blogging and writing book reviews! It's been a remarkable journey filled with countless stories, unforgettable characters, and a community of readers and authors who have become like family. When I started The Phantom Paragrapher back in 2010, I had no idea that it would grow into the beloved book blog it is today. As a New Zealander, I was eager to share my passion for books with the world, and the blog quickly became a platform for connecting with fellow book lovers across the globe. At that time, the literary landscape was vastly different—self-publishing and ebooks were still in their infancy, and traditional publishing dominated the market. Over the past 14 years, I've had the privilege of reading and reviewing nearly 10,000 books. From contemporary romance to historical fiction, young adult to thrillers, ...

About the Talking Stick - From the Author's Perspective - Donna Levin.  Hunter Fitzgerald has a problem.   Well, two problems, actually.  She’s lost her job as a fitness center manager, her husband has left her for one of their friends after running up a $40,000 debt on their joint credit card, and now, though she’s frantically making calls and sending emails in search of a new position, her professional contacts are ghosting her. Desperate for money to pay her electric bill, she gathers her William Shatner Christmas albums and heads to the local flea market to sell them.  There she meets a mysterious woman who gives her an ancient Navajo talking stick with the implied promise that it will come in handy. Through a series of accidents that might-not-be accidents, Hunter soon meets three other women: Dannika, a young woman mourning her mother’s death, Alicia, an obstetrician with a troubled teenage daughter, and Penelope, an older woman in denial about her Valium...

  📚 💚 Welcome the 12th Annual Mental Health Awareness Month Book Fundraiser benefiting the Keith Milano Memorial Fund at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention . 📚 💚 Here is how you can help raise money and awareness for mental health: 📗 Purchase a book from the amazing books listed below! We hope you will #1click4charity a number of these amazing books! The portion of sales is from ANY platform: digital, print, and audio. 📗If you have read one of the wonderful stories included, gift a copy to a friend who might love it! 📗 Share the image below or any of the custom photos the participating authors share on social media to raise awareness and to show your support. 📗 In this digital age, COMMENTS are currency so as you see these images PLEASE Comment 📗 Make a tax-deductible donation directly to the Keith Milano Memorial Fund at the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention. Thank you in advance for your support as we work to bring mental illness out...