Posts mostly about swing era novels, modern novels set in the era, biographies and how-to books. If you have a book you’d like The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress to review please contact her at: https://www.girlinthejitterbugdress.com/about-tam-francis/contact-tam/
Writing a vintage blog has its perks and this vintage sticker book: The Antiquarian Sticker Book: [Hardcover–Odd Dot; Illustrated edition, March 3, 2020] with over a thousand Victorian stickers is one of them. I was fortunate to be sent one from the publishers to review on this blog. Each page is filled with gorgeous decorative […more…]
I had been overly optimistic. I still am to a small degree. My children are out of school and home (a blessing from COVID19 Quarantine), and I haven’t bought toilet paper yet, and even though I try to avoid the news, the death toll seeps into my mind. I find my anxiety level rising, especially […more…]
The Night Tiger: A Vintage Book Review The Night Tiger book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis The Night Tiger (Flatiron Books; First Edition, Second Printing edition (February 12, 2019) by Yangsze Choo is a genre-crossing, magical realism, murder mystery, historical fiction set in 1930s Malaysia. For The Night Tiger, Choo chose three characters to tell her […more…]
Swing: A Vintage Book Review A Swing book review by Tam Francis The Synopsis Swing (Ever Ink Press, March 30, 2015) by Lindsey Renee Backen is an young adult coming-of-age romance set in post-World War II. In Swing, we’re introduced to our romantic lead, Trey Cunningham, who is not your typical heart throb. For one, he’s […more…]
I originally met Hold On Debut Author Meghan Redmille on social media, and we found we had so much in common: our love of reading, vintage, old movies, vintage sewing, dancing, and now writing. She won a raffle I’d run to launch The Girl in the Jitterbug Dress. Now, she’s written her own novel, which […more…]
I’ve teamed up with a bunch of other swell authors to bring you spine-tingling tales to get you in the Halloween spirit. All this month, I will introduce you to a new author and their Spooktacular ghost story. Meet: D.J. Doyle D.J. Doyle was raised by pot-smoking hippies. She spent her days worshiping pagan deities […more…]
I’ve teamed up with a bunch of other swell authors to bring you spine-tingling tales to get you in the Halloween spirit. All this month, I will introduce you to a new author and their Spooktacular ghost story. Meet: Catherine Kullmann Catherine Kullmann was born and educated in Dublin, Ireland. Following a three-year courtship conducted […more…]
I’ve teamed up with a bunch of other swell authors to bring you spine-tingling tales to get you in the Halloween spirit. All this month, I will introduce you to a new author and their Spooktacular ghost story. Meet: William Todd William has been writing online for nearly 20 years, primarily writing horror stories in […more…]