Tall Poppy Writers

Tall Poppy Review: Perfect Drama For Moriarty Fans

Not That I Could Tell (St. Martin's Press) by Jessica Strawser examines life under the suburbia microscope. When a group of friends gather around a fire pit in one of their backyards, wine in hand, the conversation turns both dramatic and personal. A few days later, one of the women is…

Kate MorettiAugust 16, 2018

Romance

Tall Poppies Review: “Entanglement” Is a Story of Friendship, Loyalty and Struggles

Entanglement by Katie Rose Guest Pryal is an evocative story of enduring friendship and the ties that bind. Charismatic Daphne, and her more reserved best friend Greta, both have troubled pasts so they are anxious to start an exciting new chapter in Los Angeles near the glitz and glamour of…

Diane HaegerNovember 2, 2017

Miscellany

7 Virtual Book Events That Helped Us Get Through 2020

Funny. If you’d have asked me this time last year, I would have told you one of the things I was most looking forward to in 2020 was live book events. We were in the process of planning our first live BLOOM reader event on the East Coast, and I…

Ann GarvinDecember 24, 2020

Nonfiction

Tall Poppies Review: “In Praise of Difficult Women”

I’ve long been a fan of Karen Karbo, the award-winning author of the Kick-Ass Women series and more. This past fall, I holed up with Karen and about 20 other writer friends at a weekend long conference of our fellow Tall Poppy Writers at an Airbnb in Chicago. We shared…

BookTribMarch 22, 2018

Nonfiction

Who Are the Tall Poppies and Why You Should Care?

At BookTrib, we are constantly searching for the best ways to connect readers with writers, opening their eyes and worlds to fresh ideas! This is how we came across a wonderful group known as the Tall Poppies, who are not only avid readers, but extremely talented writers as well! On…

Maggie MeyersJuly 17, 2017

Fiction Young Adult Young Adult - Featured

Tall Poppy Review: Magic Kisses Become a Curse in “The Holloway Girls”

"A page-turner that will charm you!" ―Beth Revis, New York Times bestselling author " lush tale, full of dramatic moments and themes of sisterhood ... Recommend this slow-burning story to readers who enjoy drama and complicated relationships." ―Booklist ―∞― Admittedly, it was something I thought of often growing up, so entrenched…

Tif MarceloJune 9, 2022

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: Consumed by a Past She’s Desperate to Forget

In Kate Moretti’s The Spires (Thomas & Mercer), Penelope (Pip) Cox, a happily married mother of two, is stunned when an old college friend shows up on her doorstep. She hasn’t spoken to Willa in over 20 years — not since the fire that destroyed the renovated church where they…

Nicole BaartSeptember 30, 2021

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: Unsolved Murder Shakes Midwest Town, and Its Secrets Prove Corrosive

"Nicole Baart dazzles once more in this haunting family saga about the danger of uncovering hard truths ... Expertly plotted." — Liz Fenton & Lisa Steinke, authors of How To Save a Life — ∞ — "Suspenseful, beautifully rendered. Everything We Didn’t Say is Baart at her best." — Heather…

Sandra BlockNovember 18, 2021

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: A Perfect Blend of Murder Mystery and Family Drama

"Readers who enjoy Liane Moriarty (Big Little Lies) won't be able to put this novel down." — Booklist —∞— "Atmospheric, tense, and authentic to the core, Not My Boy will catch you in its thrall." — Sonja Yoerg, author of Stories We Never Told —∞— When Hannah moves into the…

Nicole BaartJanuary 7, 2021

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: A Haunting Dual-Timeline Tale of a Missing Sister

https://booktrib.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/The-Girls-of-Brackenhill-by-Kate-Moretti3.jpg I’ve written plenty of book reviews, especially in recent years, and quite a few for suspense novels. It’s a genre I enjoy reading from time to time because it’s far removed from my “home” genre of historical fiction. It’s often a masterclass in taut pacing from which I can…

Aimie K. RunyanOctober 15, 2020

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: A Whodunit That Twists on a Complicated Axis of Lies and Secrets

"Intricate, complex and devilishly clever, The First to Lie is like reading a burning stick of dynamite." — J.T. Ellison, NYT bestselling author "A twisty, winding road of deception and secrets that starts with a bang and ends with an explosion." — Samantha Downing, author of My Lovely Wife Confession: I’m…

Nicole BaartAugust 6, 2020

Fiction Thrillers

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 MarceloDecember 20, 2018

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: An Investigation at a Boston College Turns Deadly

If you’ve read one Hank Phillippi Ryan book, you know to clear your schedule for the day because you won’t be able to put the book down until you get to the twisted, unpredictable, often socially timely conclusion. Say No More (Forge Books) was no different. Say No More is…

Kate MorettiApril 25, 2019

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: She’ll Stop at Nothing to Find Out “Where She Went”

She thinks immediately of her daughter Emma, a freshman in college, and the only family Maggie has left. But Maggie’s daughter isn’t dead; she’s only missing. And no one knows where she went. Set on the campus of a large Philadelphia university (“Semper”) and in the dark underbelly occupied by…

Ann GarvinOctober 3, 2019

Fiction Thrillers

Tall Poppy Review: Layered Plot and Points of View Create Suspense in “Stories We Never Told”

In Stories We Never Told (Lake Union), Sonja Yoerg weaves a tale about deception, obsession, deep wounds, and acceptance in four points view that’s sure to wind readers into its spell. Jackie Strelitz is a psychology professor who, from a distance, seems to have it all together. She’s happily married…

Tif MarceloApril 16, 2020

Fiction Romance Young Adult

Tall Poppy Review: Festivities Are in Full Swing in High-Spirited Rom-Com

It’s that magical time of year — October — when Christmas starts its convivial seep into our daily lives. Ornaments and pine boughs appear at Target, Hallmark Channel starts teasing their holiday movie line-up, and ambitious decorators string up lights while the weather is still warm (is that only me?).…

Amy ReichertOctober 7, 2021

Tall Poppy Review: Perfect Drama For Moriarty Fans

Tall Poppies Review: “Entanglement” Is a Story of Friendship, Loyalty and Struggles

7 Virtual Book Events That Helped Us Get Through 2020

Tall Poppies Review: “In Praise of Difficult Women”

Who Are the Tall Poppies and Why You Should Care?

Tall Poppy Review: Magic Kisses Become a Curse in “The Holloway Girls”

Tall Poppy Review: Consumed by a Past She’s Desperate to Forget

Tall Poppy Review: Unsolved Murder Shakes Midwest Town, and Its Secrets Prove Corrosive

Tall Poppy Review: A Perfect Blend of Murder Mystery and Family Drama

Tall Poppy Review: A Haunting Dual-Timeline Tale of a Missing Sister

Tall Poppy Review: A Whodunit That Twists on a Complicated Axis of Lies and Secrets

Tall Poppy Review: “Every Single Secret” Faces Lies

Tall Poppy Review: An Investigation at a Boston College Turns Deadly

Tall Poppy Review: She’ll Stop at Nothing to Find Out “Where She Went”

Tall Poppy Review: Layered Plot and Points of View Create Suspense in “Stories We Never Told”

Tall Poppy Review: Festivities Are in Full Swing in High-Spirited Rom-Com

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