A Well-Read Tart

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WHAT FEASTS AT NIGHT (Dark Side of the Word Podcast)

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...

WHAT MOVES THE DEAD (Dark Side of the Word Podcast)

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...

MY DARLING DREADFUL THING (Dark Side of the Word Podcast)

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 My Darling Dreadful Thing by Johanna Van Veen. Forced to pull strings under the floor for her mama’s séances, Roos discovers that she’s not alone. Another poor girl is there with her. A girl that only Roos can see. A ghost. When Roos’ mama discovers her new talent of connecting with...