by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Aug 3, 2023 | Barb's Book Reviews
Sinners of Starlight City by Anika ScottMy rating: 4 of 5 starsWhat a refreshing change of pace from all the WW2 books I’ve been reading! I’d never read Anika Scott before, but based on how much I enjoyed Sinners of Starlight City, I’ll definitely...
by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Jul 16, 2023 | Blog Thoughts, For Writers
I turned 59 yesterday. Not a milestone birthday, but dangerously close As a result, I found myself spending a good portion of this week taking stock. How do I want to spend the last decades of my life? What changes over the next twelve months to become that person?...
by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Jul 7, 2023 | Barb's Book Reviews
It’s summer reading time. Despite having a crazy June, I managed to squeeze in some reading. Several of the books were for research, but there were two historical fiction reads that fans will love. The Spectacular by Fiona Davis: Fiona Davis’s books have always been...
by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Jun 30, 2023 | Uncategorized
June began in San Antonio at the Historical Novel Society’s North American Conference, the first in-person writing conference I’ve attended since 2019. I’d forgotten how energizing it was to be around other writers. From the moment I stepped into the hotel lobby, I...
by Barbara Tanner-Wallace | Jun 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
It’s been books aplenty, books galore at my house this month as my desk is piled high with research reading. Fortunately, in between learning about Ziegfeld girls and prohibition, I managed to squeeze in four awesome – and I mean awesome – fiction. Only the Beautiful...
