Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the space horror novel Ghost Station by S.A. Barnes.
No one’s more surprised than I about loving a space horror book. Ghost Station has opened up a whole new genre for me, and I am here for it. It’s just too bad this book had the exact opposite effect on Kait.
Join us as we discuss character development,...
Hello, my wonderful Tartlets! Welcome to 2025. I hope you all had a lovely and restful January to start the new year.
My 2025 posts won’t begin officially until next week, but I wanted to send out a newsletter. This is something new I’m trying on the blog. Lots of amazing writerly and bloggerly things happened to me in 2024, and I want to shout them from the rooftops.
About the A Well-Read Tart Newsletter
I try to keep my blog posts...
Happy holidays, my wonderful Tartlets!
I'm going to keep this holiday message short and sweet because, well, it's a busy time of year and we all have things to do.
I have had a YEAR, Tartlets. In a very, very good way. Lots of things happened in 2024 that were beyond my expectations and that boosted my blogging and writing career and confidence. I'm super pleased with how the past 12 months have gone. I'll share more about that in...
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the sci-fi horror novel Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling.
Even though I hated the first 200 pages of Last to Leave the Room (the fifty-page rule doesn’t apply to book club picks), I ended up giving this book four stars. At least, until I talked to Kait about it.
In this episode, we explore themes of...
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the dark historical romance novel Vampires of El Norte by Isabel Cañas.
My biggest gripe with Vampires of El Norte is that it’s barely a horror novel. Although the story is billed as a supernatural thriller, the titular vampires take backseat to the star-crossed romance between separated-then-reunited...
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the horror novel Incidents Around the House by Josh Malerman.
While I wasn’t full-on freaked out by Incidents Around the House, there were more than a few moments in the book that were exceptionally creepy. Particularly one involving a toilet. Thanks so much, Malerman, for making me scared to use to the bathroom in...
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! Another new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word! Join me and Kait as we discuss Book #2 in The Sworn Soldier series: What Feasts at Night by T. Kingfisher.
It's another hit for Kingfisher! Kait and I both enjoyed the What Feasts at Night, though I still liked What Moves the Dead more. We appreciated the continued humor in this second book, as well as the banter between the characters...
Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new book club podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss the Gothic horror novel What Moves the Dead, which is Book #1 in The Sworn Soldier series by T. Kingfisher.
This episode is a love fest for What Moves the Dead. Kait and I both really enjoyed Kingfisher's smart, spooky, and surprisingly funny retelling of Edgar Allen Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher. We discuss...
Welcome back, Tartlets! We’re ending our French vacation today at Monet’s House and Gardens. You’ve already heard me go on and on about the picturesque village of Giverny, France.
But I’m sure a lot of you were wondering why I didn’t talk much about the house of famous painter Claude Monet, which is located smack in the center of the town (on a street named after him, no less). The reason is because Monet’s house and gardens deserve...
Welcome back, Tartlets! Today we're leaving Paris and heading to the quaint French villages of Giverny and Vernon. Even though these towns are only an hour away from Paris, we felt as if we were miles away from the hustle and bustle of city life.
Spoiler alert: C'était magnifique.
From Paris to Giverny and Vernon
We had beautiful weather the entire time we were Paris. On our last day in the city, it rained. But this was fine since we were...
