A Well-Read Tart

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THE DROWNING KIND Book Review

The Drowning Kind has made me SO happy that I didn't buy a house with a pond. Or, a lake. Hell, even a pool. Because I am legit now a little creeped out by all bodies of water and what may be lurking beneath the surface.    What's The Drowning...

GHOSTER Book Review

Ghoster isn't a book I'd normally gravitate toward, but I’m glad I picked it up. A fellow Bookstagrammer who rarely steers me wrong when it comes to thriller recommendations put this Jason Arnopp novel on my radar. Sure enough, Arnopp's clever...

A DISCOVERY OF WITCHES (DNF Book Review)

I'm just going to come out and say it. **deep breath** A Discovery of Witches is Twilight for adults. **cringes** And y'know what? I liked Twilight better. **ducks as A Discovery of Witches fans throw things at her**      I feel like I've...

HIDDEN PICTURES Book Review

Hello, Tartlets! I'm so excited to be part of the blog tour for Hidden Pictures. Because I seriously loved this book. (Whew! What a relief. It would've been totally awkward to be part of a blog tour for a book I hated.) Billed as "The Haunting of...

THE BABYSITTER Book Review

"To the Women." Author Liza Rodman dedicated her memoir, The Babysitter: My Summers with a Serial Killer, "to the women." I always read dedication pages, and when I saw this phrase at the beginning of the book, I thought the sentiment was sweet....

A HOUSE AT THE BOTTOM OF A LAKE Book Review

Umm, could someone please explain A House at the Bottom of a Lake to me? Because I sure as hell don’t get it. Admittedly, that could just be me. This could be another Bunny situation going on, where I’m just not existential enough to understand...

THE GIRL WHO DIED (Book Review)

I'm not sure how I stumbled across The Girl Who Died. I think author Ragnar Jonasson blurbed another scary book that I'd read and loved. I thought, if I loved that book, I'd probably love books by this author, too.   What's The Girl Who...

THE WINTER’S CHILD Book Review

I never really think of December as a spooky time of year. But, author Cassandra Parkin manages to change that with her book The Winter's Child.   What's The Winter's Child about? The Winter's Child is full of twists and turns,...

N0S4A2 Book Review

N0S4A2 is a Christmas book in the way that Die Hard is a Christmas movie. It's a horror novel that just so happens to be centered around Christmas. There are all the entrancing, alluring elements of the holidays that we love: carols, trees...