A Well-Read Tart

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LAST TO LEAVE THE ROOM (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 sci-fi horror novel Last to Leave the Room by Caitlin Starling. Even though I hated the first 200 pages of Last to Leave the Room (the fifty-page rule doesn’t apply to book club picks), I ended up giving this book four stars. At least, until I talked to Kait about it. In this episode, we explore themes of...

THE ECHO WIFE Book Review

The Echo Wife is very different from the type of books I usually read. The premise sounded a bit domestic suspense-y, so I grabbed it since I love reading thrillers in the winter months. It wasn’t until I glanced at the side of my library copy and saw a little “science fiction” sticker on the spine that I was like, “Wait, what?” What I got from author Sarah Gailey’s novel was so much more. This domestic thriller/science fiction...

MY MURDER (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 the psychological thriller novel My Murder by Katie Williams. After being brutally murdered, wife and new mother Lou is brought back to life via cloning, along with several other victims of her serial killer. She gets to return to her happy marriage. Her daughter. Her old job. All the parts of her life she was told she...