Category Archives: Mach Tey

Love Feud

Posted on September 30, 2020 by thegoodbadbook

Collecting obscure authors from yesteryear presents many joys and challenges.  Some of those challenges include locating copies of titles, or finding much about the author’s life.   Mabel McElliott wrote short stories and a handful of articles of newspapers during … Continue reading →

Posted in 1930s, Grosset and Dunlap, Mabel McElliott, Mach Tey | 3 Comments

Blind Date

Posted on September 17, 2017 by thegoodbadbook

“What must a girl do to be popular?” Cynthia Carter couldn’t get a date to her town’s Valentine’s dance and has just been stood up in the worst way.  A blind date scuttled off after pretending to be called away, … Continue reading →

Posted in 1930s, Grosset and Dunlap, Mach Tey, Vida Hurst | 7 Comments

Saleslady

Posted on December 20, 2015 by thegoodbadbook

I gasped when I first saw Saleslady.  Department store novels are fascinating, and department store romances are a sub-genre I have been searching for over the years.  I had been looking intermittently for Saleslady by Harold Morrow for about a year and … Continue reading →

Posted in 1930s, Grosset and Dunlap, Harold Morrow, Mach Tey | 5 Comments

High Hat

Posted on April 30, 2014 by thegoodbadbook

Recently, I heard from a very good source that radio-themed romances appeal perhaps exclusively to a dwindling aging audience.  This is very likely true, but in my humble opinion these romances are equally as fabulous, if not more so, than … Continue reading →

Posted in 1930s, Alma Sioux Scarberry, Grosset and Dunlap, Mach Tey | 3 Comments

Recycled Cover Art, Round Four!

Posted on March 31, 2014 by thegoodbadbook

The good news is that I have a working draft of an upcoming book review for a really neat book.  The bad news is that said draft is in dire need of serious editing, and in a few hours the … Continue reading →

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One Girl Found

Posted on December 27, 2011 by thegoodbadbook

Finally!  Here it is, the book that may have taken me longer to read than it did for Mr. Andrews to write.  I wonder if he too got caught on chapter eighteen for four months.  Somehow I doubt it. But … Continue reading →

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Three Girls Lost

Posted on September 30, 2011 by thegoodbadbook

One of my favorite vintage romance plot lines I collect is, “small town girl moves to big city.”  I prefer my novels to have a heroine who moves to a big city to pursue a career such as dancer, artist, … Continue reading →

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