A Well-Read Tart

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ALASKA FOR CHRISTMAS Book Review

Is it even Christmas if we’re not reading holiday rom-coms?  And I don’t think you can get any more in the holiday spirit than by going to Alaska for Christmas.   What’s Alaska for Christmas about? Alaska for Christmas is a Christmas rom-com about Isla, who gets amnesia during a glacier hike (umm, what???) and ends up falling for her rescuer, Coast Guard office Aaron, who also happens to be her childhood nemesis. Isla (love that name!)...

THE TRUTH PROJECT Book Review

I waited a long time -- too long! -- to read The Truth Project. Author Dante Medema (whether she knows this or not) was one of the very first people to start following the Tart’s Instagram account. Of course, I followed her right back, and not long after that, she announced her upcoming debut publication. I've been waiting to read The Truth Project since the day it was published back in 2020.  Correction: I've been waiting to read it since...

A STORM OF INFINITE BEAUTY Book Review

A Storm of Infinite Beauty begins with a bang – pretty much literally. Did you know that a massive earthquake and tsunami decimated a portion of the Alaskan coastline in the 1960s? Because I had no idea this happened until I read Julianne MacLean’s detailed and deeply researched women’s fiction novel set in Valdez, Alaska.   What’s A Storm of Infinite Beauty about?  A Storm of infinite Beauty is a dual timeline novel. There's young...