Goodreads Rating: Maggie and her daughters and friends are all big fans of Strictly Come Dancing, a television show where ballroom dancers compete for cash and prizes. Every Saturday night, they all meet up to watch the show together. Seb comes home from Australia and, just for a laugh, joins […]
The Last Story of Mina Lee will open your eyes and enable you to see what the life of an immigrant is like in America with profound clarity that you cannot get anywhere else. The narration and descriptions let you experience Koreatown in LA with all your senses, the way Mina […]
Goodreads Rating: A Road Out of Winter is a story based in a dystopian world where uncontrolled human impact on the planet resulted in a never-ending winter. Without the seasons, the earth becomes a cold desolate place where it seems like nothing can survive. What I Liked Two main themes […]
Please join me in welcoming Suzanne Tierney to Tessa Talks Books with her insightful look at the importance of music in her writing. Guest Post LOVERS BENEATH A HARVEST MOON by Suzaane Tierney I once read that Agatha Christie plotted her novels in her bathtub while eating apples. Another author, […]
Goodreads Rating: Under a Siena Sun is like a gentle breeze. It lightens your mood, caresses your emotions, and puts a smile on your face. What I Liked I enjoyed the beautiful setting of Siena, Italy. The village is described in such exquisite detail that if I closed my eyes, I […]
Goodreads Rating: The Vanished Queen is a complex story that spans past and present and takes an in-depth, more personal look at a revolt against a despot king. What I Like Queen Mirantha’s story, found in the chapters with her name, is a beautiful, heart-rending tale of the events leading […]
Goodreads Rating: While I considered the things I want to say about this book, I quickly realized that most everything I want to say about it is a spoiler. When I Was You is a psychological thriller where every twist and turn is one that you want to be surprised […]
Goodreads Rating Love Sold Separately is a fun, light cross between a Romantic Comedy and a Cozy Mystery ā one that packs a big entertaining punch. What I Like I enjoy a mystery that I cannot solve before the conclusion, and this story delivers just that. There are plenty of red […]
Goodreads Rating: In a world where the blood of carriers is as illegal and worth more than any other illicit products out there, one woman is determined to take down the key players. Ellie/Faye goes undercover in the most secretive operation and deals in a blood concoction called Pandora. This […]
Goodreads Rating: Faking It is a fun romp through a field of duplicity and all the crazy antics that come with trying to live a double life. Hannah Thompson is a teacher of high school English and suburban wife and mother. But, she has another side to her life that […]
Book Description Detective Inspector Hunter Wilson is called to the scene of a murder. DCs Tim Myerscough and Bear Zewedu found a corpse, but when Hunter arrives it has disappeared, and all is not as it seems. Hunter recalls the disappearance of a dead body thirty years earlier. The Major […]
Please join me in enjoying this entertaining and enlightening post by R. J. Gould, a male Romance writer. Many thanks to Richard for writing this post for Tessa Talks Books!!! Confessions of a Romance Author by R.J. Gould Confession Number One: Iām a male. Most Romance writers are female, most […]
