Mexican Gothic vintage book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis Mexican Gothic Del Rey Publishing (June 30, 2020) by Silvia Moreno-Garcia fits into a 1950s Gothic style horror mystery with hints of Historical Fiction and romance set a small villiage in Mexico. Receiving a frantic letter from her newly-wed cousin, Noemí embarks on a journey […more…]
The Synopsis This Ravenous Fate (Sourcebooks Fire, August 6, 2024) by Haley Dennings is the first book in a lush Sapphic vampire duology set against the backdrop of Jazz Age Harlem, where desire simmers beneath the surface, and death prowls the night. It’s 1926, and reapers—once-human vampires cursed by a horrifying affliction—are stalking the streets […more…]
Texas Jailhouse Music: vintage book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis Texas Jailhouse Music, The History Press (May 2, 2016) by Carolilne Gnagy is a lovely Texas-sized non-fiction that brings to light an almost lost history of iconic Texas music and the players behind bars who contributed to it. For a brief moment in Texas […more…]
Why Look for a Fashion Archeytpe? As I am growing older, I find myself attending more funerals and memorials than I’d like to and while sitting in a church, garden, or hall listening to eulogies, I contemplate my own. What will people say about me when I die? What impression have I left people with? […more…]
Last Dance on the Starlight Pier vintage book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis Last Dance on the Starlight Pier St. Martin Press (April, 2022) by Sara Bird is a lovely Texas-sized historical fiction that spotlights marathan dances of the great depression era. Amidst the tumultuous era of the Great Depression, Sarah Bird’s Last Dance […more…]
The History of our Vintage Botanical Wedding How did this vintage botanical wedding happen? Well, it happened in a blink of an eye. Only yesterday, my precious boy was asking for another bowl of cereal, needing to be picked up from soccer practice, and walking across a makeshift, pandemic stage with cardboard cutouts of admin, […more…]
I’ve had my book club for over ten years now and as a result we’ve done some great reads with amazing food & cocktails, but discussing FOURTH WING was fire and because of that, I need to share all our amazing Fourth Wing Book Club fun. Firstly, you can’t have a lively book discussion without […more…]
Three New Audio Books (Finally, right?) Folks have been asking about audio books and I tried creating books through Amazon’s ACX for Audible, but the talent I was working with disappeared in the middle of production and yours truly can only afford to do the royalty split production path for audio books at this time. […more…]
