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Tif Marcelo

Tif Marcelo

Tif Marcelo believes and writes about the strength of families, the endurance of friendship and heartfelt romances. She hosts The Stories to Love Podcast, and is the USA Today bestselling author of novels for adults and young adults She and her books have been featured in The Today Show, Shondaland, Real Simple Magazine, The Asian Journal and more!

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Tif Marcelo

Miscellany

Our Best Friends in Fiction

I happened upon a listopia category called Dog Book Lists, and it contained seven pages of lists devoted to our four-legged best friends. At first, I was surprised at the sheer amount of books mentioned, then thought, why not? The American Veterinary Medical Association reported that in 2024, 59.8 million…
Tif Marcelo
July 1, 2025
YA Holiday Romances - Tall Poppy listicleListiclesRomanceYoung Adult

5 YA Holiday Romances to Warm Your Heart

How is everyone? By the time this posts, those who are celebrating Christmas, or are in communities where holiday preparations are at their peak might either be bursting with excitement or exhaustion. Our to-do lists might seem impossible to overcome, our schedules packed to the brim. But we have books—print,…
Tif Marcelo
December 23, 2024
FictionListicles

8 Books With Fish-Out-Of-Water Protagonists

As a military spouse of over two decades, changing residences (also called a PCS, or a permanent change of station) is both an exciting and a daunting process. The logistics of it all, the myriad of moving pieces that must somehow come together, and saying farewell to places and people…
Tif Marcelo
June 10, 2021
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5 Books with Best Friends You’ll Wish You Had

What makes a book irresistible? High stakes and a fast-paced plot may keep our attention, but the characters are the ones we keep coming back for. Enter the swoon-worthy love interest or the endearing, wise grandparent. And then there’s the best friend, the fun, flawed, ride-or-die character.  Through these friendships,…
Tif Marcelo
August 15, 2019
FictionThrillers

Tall Poppy Review: “Every Single Secret” Faces Lies

In the emotional psychological thriller Every Single Secret (Lake Union Publishing), Emily Carpenter takes us through Daphne Amos' shocking discovery that all she thought to be truth was not.  Daphne thought she'd found love with her fiancé, Heath. But their precarious relationship that is built on secrets teeters when Heath begins…
Tif Marcelo
December 20, 2018
Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: “Dragon Springs Road,” Orphan’s Tale

In Dragon Springs Road (William Morrow Paperbacks), Janie Chang constructs a magical, rich and compelling historical novel set in the early twentieth-century about Jialing, a girl of Eurasian descent, as she navigates her life as an orphan near Shanghai, China. The Western Residence of Dragon Springs Road is the place Jialing…
Tif Marcelo
September 27, 2018