A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

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 Hill House meets The Perfect Nanny," this supernatural thriller by Jason Rekulak surpassed all the expectations I had for it. I ripped through Hidden Pictures in just two days. TWO...

THE SUPREME MACARONI COMPANY Book Review

I spent the last 50 pages of The Supreme Macaroni Company bawling my eyes out. We're talking up at 6:30 in the morning, lying in bed, and flanked by a box of tissues and a wastebasket. I was crying so damn hard that my cat charged down the hall to see what the hell was wrong. (My husband, meanwhile, slept through the whole thing. Bless.) Before those last pages, though? The Supreme Macaroni Company was really, really good.  ...

Daycation: November in New Jersey

November has become my favorite month. The weather turns decidedly cooler, the winds become a bit more blustery, and the leaves on the trees start to change color in full force. I've unpacked my coziest sweaters; I light all my candles when it starts to get dark around 4:30pm; and I revel in the comfort that making warm, filling meals and baked treats brings. Oh, and it's the month of Thanksgiving, which is my favorite holiday. (Shocker -- my...