Tasha Brandstatter

Tasha is the least practical person you will ever meet. She grew up reading historical romance novels, painting watercolors like a 19th century debutant, and wanting to be Indiana Jones--or at the very least Indiana Jones's girlfriend. All this led her to pursue a career in the field of art history. After spending ten years in academia without a single adventure in Mesoamerica, however, Tasha decided to change her career and be a freelance writer (although she's still waiting on that adventure). In addition to writing for Book Riot, she's a regular contributor to History Colorado, the Pueblo PULP, and Opposing Views. She also runs two book blogs: Truth Beauty Freedom and Books (title inspired by Moulin Rouge, best movie ever) and The Project Gutenberg Project, dedicated to finding forgotten classics. Tasha also likes to have a drink or two and blogs about cocktails at Liquid Persuasion, as well as small town restaurants on Nowhere Bites.
Blog: Truth Beauty Freedom and Books and The Project Gutenberg Project
Twitter: @heidenkind
How to Tell He’s Into You: Romance Novel Edition
Tasha Brandstatter
October 28, 2014
Recently I was reading a self-published romance, and while I enjoyed it, there was one thing that drove me absolutely ...
Classic Writers Who (I Imagine) Would Be All About Blogging If They Were Alive Today
Tasha Brandstatter
September 22, 2014
There’s no set formula for brilliant blogging. It’s kind of like finding love or the perfect book: you know a ...
Word Wars: Alright Is Not All Right
Tasha Brandstatter
August 15, 2014
It’s time for another edition of Tasha’s pet peeves. There are some people in the world who have grammar pet ...
The DVR Is Destroying My Reading Time
Tasha Brandstatter
July 31, 2014
This is a story about habits. As Charles Duhigg discusses in The Power of Habit, habits shape our productivity, community, ...
Her Name Was Trouble With a Capital L
Tasha Brandstatter
July 3, 2014
While we at the Riot are taking this lovely summer week off to rest (translation: read by the pool/ocean/on our ...
Reading Pathways: MARY STEWART
Tasha Brandstatter
June 25, 2014
Recently, novelist Mary Stewart died at the age of 97. I spent my early teen years reading—and then rereading—her novels, ...
A Highly Scientific Analysis of the Amazon Fire Phone Based Entirely on the Promotional Video
Tasha Brandstatter
June 23, 2014
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91x3JhanUoQ[/youtube] Techies and readers of the world unite! There’s a new piece of gadgetry competing for our money and our ...
What to Read If You Love Hitchcock Movies
Tasha Brandstatter
May 20, 2014
Even if you’ve never watched a single movie (and if not um… maybe you should give that newfangled technology a ...
Stephen Colbert’s Best Bookish Moments
Tasha Brandstatter
April 14, 2014
It was announced last week that Stephen Colbert of The Colbert Report will be taking over The Late Show after ...
Her Name Was Trouble With a Capital L
Tasha Brandstatter
April 10, 2014
For the past few months, I’ve been on a bit of a crime fiction/thriller kick. And, this may just have ...