A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

STRANGE SALLY DIAMOND (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 psychological thriller novel Strange Sally Diamond by Liz Nugent. After throwing her father’s corpse into the family trash incinerator, Sally Diamond doesn’t understand why her neighbors are treating her weirdly. But, it's fine; she's used to be on her own, and she has memories of her dad to keep her...

Cursed Bread (Dark Side of the Word Podcast)

Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! A new podcast episode is up on Dark Side of the Word. Join me and Kait as we discuss Cursed Bread by Sophie Mackintosh. The story is set around one woman in the midst of the (real life) 1951 unsolved mass poisoning of a French village. When we picked up the book, we thought we were in for dark historical fiction with some occult-y vibes -- but, boy, were we wrong. SO WRONG.   Listen as we try our best to piece...