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Tara’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Tara’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
Tara Lynn Masih’s Followers (618)
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Tara Lynn Masih
Goodreads Author
Born
The United States
Website
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October 2008
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https://www.goodreads.com/goodreadscomtara_lynn_masih
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My Real Name Is Hanna
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2018
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The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips from Editors, Teachers, and Writers in the Field
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2009
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The Best Small Fictions 2015
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2015
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Where the Dog Star Never Glows
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2010
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How We Disappear: Novella & Stories
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Nothing Short Of: Selected Tales from 100 Word Story.org
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2018
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The Best Small Fictions 2016
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The Best Small Fictions 2017
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The Chalk Circle: Intercultural Prizewinning Essays
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The Bitter Kind: A Flash Novelette
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Tennessee Williams Festival and New Orleans Literary Festival Appearance March 24
Goodreads used to allow authors to post their events and invite people to attend. That's how I met author Teresa Tumminello Brader, and in New Orleans, of all places!
Heading back there for two events: a panel on Otherworldy Fiction and a reading during their closing ceremony. Both on Sunday. The following books will be for sale:
Hope to make some new friends and reunite with old ones, like Read more of this blog post »
Heading back there for two events: a panel on Otherworldy Fiction and a reading during their closing ceremony. Both on Sunday. The following books will be for sale:
Hope to make some new friends and reunite with old ones, like Read more of this blog post »
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Tara~Thanks. I enjoyed the women characters. Sort of Revenge Fantasy." Interesting! ...more " |
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added a status update: So grateful: THE JACKAL’S MISTRESS is a Library Journal Best Book of 2025! Thank you, LJ! Learn more right here on Goodreads!
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I know that I am who I am not because of the titles I’ve held or the celebrities I’ve met, but because of the snaking paths and winding roads, the frustrations and contradictions, the constant growth that is painful and joyful and full of confusion.
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The Seven Daughters of Dupree
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“Being a doctor he didn't want for choices, but also being a doctor he understood the fragility of bone and sinew that encompassed the even more fragile organ of the heart. He envisioned Therese's as being wound in intricate, tight, vinelike veins that he would slowly make sense of and unravel.”
― Where the Dog Star Never Glows
― Where the Dog Star Never Glows
“I dream of a day when we will no longer need Holocaust stories to remind us to be kind to each other, and to be watchful of those who aren’t.”
― My Real Name Is Hanna
― My Real Name Is Hanna
“I want to have that feeling again that I’d felt in the forest, when I heard the Long-eared owl bark its presence, letting me know I wasn’t alone and that something or someone greater was watching out for me.”
― My Real Name Is Hanna
― My Real Name Is Hanna
Topics Mentioning This Author
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| Untreed Reads: Where the Dog Star Never Glows hits Top Ten of 2011 | 1 | 4 | Dec 21, 2011 01:22PM | |
| Untreed Reads: Stories to Savor: WHERE THE DOG STAR NEVER GLOWS | 1 | 3 | May 04, 2012 12:22PM | |
| Around the Year i...: Shelly's Pliant Plan 2017 | 8 | 36 | Feb 01, 2017 11:53AM | |
| Play Book Tag: My Real Name is Hanna - 5 stars | 2 | 17 | May 30, 2018 07:17AM | |
| Grab a Book & Pla...: Reviews - May 2018 - Mother's Day | 26 | 26 | Jun 29, 2018 07:50AM | |
| Play Book Tag: My Real Name Is Hanna by Tara Lynn Masih - 5 stars | 3 | 21 | Aug 03, 2018 02:00PM | |
Nothing But Readi...:
October 2018 2018 YA (can NOT be Fantasy, SciFi, Paranormal) Book of the Month Nominations
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November 2018 Young Adult Historical Fiction Book of the Month Nominations
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| Aussie Readers: September Challenge 2018- Book Match | 240 | 217 | Oct 26, 2018 01:48PM |
“Writing isn't about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it's about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Being a doctor he didn't want for choices, but also being a doctor he understood the fragility of bone and sinew that encompassed the even more fragile organ of the heart. He envisioned Therese's as being wound in intricate, tight, vinelike veins that he would slowly make sense of and unravel.”
― Where the Dog Star Never Glows
― Where the Dog Star Never Glows
“There open up, deep inside a city, reflected streets, streets which are double, make-believe streets. One's imagination, bewitched and misled, creates illusory maps of the apparently familiar districts, maps in which the streets have their proper places and usual names but are provided with new and fictitious configurations by the inexhaustible inventiveness of the night.”
― The Street of Crocodiles
― The Street of Crocodiles
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C. (Never PM. Comment, or e-mail if private!) wrote: "💫 💜 Have an amazing 2024, Tara, full of goodness and the bright lights of your life! Your friend, Carolyn!"Thanks so much for the wonderful wishes! I wish the same for you, and more.
💫 💜 Have an amazing 2024, Tara, full of goodness and the bright lights of your life! Your friend, Carolyn!
Shanereads wrote: "Thanks for accepting my invite!"Thanks for the connection! I like your taste in books.
Trisha wrote: "Thanks for the friend invite, Tara! For a moment, I went into a brain freeze and was like - ‘Is she who I think she is’. Enjoyed reading How We Disappear: Novella & Stories and will..."Loved your review! Thanks for the kind words.
Thanks for the friend invite, Tara! For a moment, I went into a brain freeze and was like - ‘Is she who I think she is’. Enjoyed reading How We Disappear: Novella & Stories and will definitely be looking out for more works by you. 🤍
Carolyn wrote: "Thanks for your friend request Tara. I loved reading My Real Name Is Hanna."Thanks so much!
Allison wrote: "Thanks for the kind note you added to the friend request! Glad we connected."Me too! Keep writing!
Thanks for the kind note you added to the friend request! Glad we connected.
Sandra wrote: "Hi Tara,Thanks for the friend-invite! :)"
And thanks for accepting! We have a ton of friends in common :-).
Barbara wrote: "Hi Tara,I generally do not accept invitations from authors, particularly because many seem to be seeking readership. Also I like to keep my "friends" list small so that we can really keep in touch..."
Thank you for the acceptance, then. As you can see from my profile, I'm a pretty active Goodreads member and enjoy connecting with fellow readers and getting their recs. It's kind of the only social site I enjoy, honestly, cause it's all about books.
Hi Tara,I generally do not accept invitations from authors, particularly because many seem to be seeking readership. Also I like to keep my "friends" list small so that we can really keep in touch. I have met several! I enjoy your writing in"Hanna" and I am a long time Massachusetts resident so, here I am!
Caterina wrote: "Thank you for the invitation, Tara, delighted to meet you here. I haven't yet read All the Living but had found it while browsing at random in my public library and checked it out ... then came acr..."I don't think I know anyone personally who did not love ATL. But reading is so personal, you never know. Thanks for the acceptance!
Thank you for the invitation, Tara, delighted to meet you here. I haven't yet read All the Living but had found it while browsing at random in my public library and checked it out ... then came across your review that confirms my desire to read it. I look forward to reading something of yours as well.
Maria wrote: "Hello TaraIm very pleased to meet you :)"
You too, Maria! Thanks for stopping by, I appreciate it.
Hi, Tara!Thanks so much for your kind message about my review of A Boy in Winter. Will you please PM me so we can talk more about reviewing your forthcoming book?
Thanks! :)
Cheryl wrote: "Thanks for the friend invite, Tara. An author...my favorite people!"Aww, that is so nice to hear! Musicians are great people, too :-). And artists, and...
Thanks for the friend invite, Tara. An author...my favorite people!
Majenta wrote: "Hi, Tara! Friend Request Accepted, thanks for Requesting! Congratulations on your books! I hope you're having a good week. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from ..."
Thanks so much! Deep into writing mode...
Hi, Tara! Friend Request Accepted, thanks for Requesting! Congratulations on your books! I hope you're having a good week. Happy reading, writing, and everything else. Blessings!Best wishes from Majenta
The wonderful Matchbook Stories is doing a giveaway: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2.... Includes my story Ella: Now and a story by Etgar Keret. They are fun to own! 5 cc so 5 chances.
K.E. wrote: "Thanks for the GR friendship, Tara!"You're so welcome! Thanks for the support.
Vincent wrote: "Just purchased The Book Thief hearing good things about it!"Enjoy! Haven't gotten to it yet.
Just purchased The Book Thief hearing good things about it!
Teresa wrote: "Tara, I just read a great review at "The Mom Egg" of your Where the Dog Star Never Glows. Wonderful!http://themomegg.com/themomegg/Book_R......"
Thanks once again for reading!
Tara, I just read a great review at "The Mom Egg" of your Where the Dog Star Never Glows. Wonderful!http://themomegg.com/themomegg/Book_R...
Catie wrote: "Hi Tara,Thanks for the friend request! Look forward to seeing what you're reading."
You too, I'll try to keep up ;-).
Teresa wrote: "Tara wrote: "Thanks, Teresa! Our paths keep crossing, don't they??? Glad you read that journal and that you found the story."I used to feel like I was 'stalking' Pia Z. Ehrhardt over the internet..."
I think it's great that you read so much and keep authors posted. We don't hear enough from readers.
Tara wrote: "Thanks, Teresa! Our paths keep crossing, don't they??? Glad you read that journal and that you found the story."I used to feel like I was 'stalking' Pia Z. Ehrhardt over the internet, because I kept crossing her path. Now I feel that way about you. I promise it's not 'intentional,' ;) but I can't imagine having better literary company!
Teresa wrote: "I was reading the latest issue of "Status Hat" and was excited to see and read a story by you there. To anyone else reading this comment who might be interested, the story is here: http://www.stat..."Thanks, Teresa! Our paths keep crossing, don't they??? Glad you read that journal and that you found the story. I was impressed with the issue as a whole. Love how they represent all genres on one theme.
I was reading the latest issue of "Status Hat" and was excited to see and read a story by you there. To anyone else reading this comment who might be interested, the story is here: http://www.statushat.org/create/statu...
Hi..Tara wish you a happy women's day!!! (better late than never)
Hi Tara,Thank you very very much for adding,accepting me as your friend, thanks for your comment in book excerpts too..you have around 162 friends,and it requires a great talent to locate friends comment and to answer it.
Hi Tara,Thanks for befriending this fellow author on Goodreads!
Just want to wish all my goodreads friends a happy and safe holiday, with lots of time to relax and read! Thanks for the support in 2009.
Hi Barbara:Thanks, liked your review of the new TC Boyle book.
I'll let you know when the book will be ready. I hear mid-May?
Not sure why goodreads was giving you a hard time on the comments page. Hopefully a one-time glitch!
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(Will goodreads let me comment on your page today?!?)Hi, Tara!
I always love seeing what you've been reading! You've been very influential on my to-read list.
Definitely let me know when I can order your new book.
~B
Dear Friends:Thanks for joining and I wish everyone a happy holiday and lots of quality reading time over vacation!
Tara
