I’m Mostly Here to Enjoy Myself is a delightful love letter to Paris, to freedom of expression, and to oneself.
Long-time Tartlets may remember author Glynnis MacNicol from when I reviewed her memoir No One Tells You This back in 2019. MacNicol’s musings on being a single and childless woman in her 40s struck a huge chord with me. No One Tells You This remains one of my favorite reads to this day.
Now, seven years (omg!!! how?!?!) later,...
I’m late to the party in reading Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. I put off reading this acclaimed novel by Gabrielle Zevin for far too long. And, of course, I ended up loving it.
This one is definitely worth all the fuss, Tartlets.
What’s Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow about? Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow is about Sam and Sadie. While they knew each other as kids, they become friends during college, and then they...
Get ready for a touch of magic, family drama, and a compelling story about love and grief spanning three generations of women in The Unwritten Rules of Magic.
What’s The Unwritten Rules of Magic about? The Unwritten Rules of Magic is about Emerson Clarke, who steals a typewriter from her dad’s office after his funeral. Her dad was a famous author, and through a series of journal entries, the reader learns that the typewriter was...
Calling all Elder Millennials! Remember the early days of reality TV -- and the crash-and-burn lovefest that was Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey's Newlyweds?
In case you've forgotten, Honeymoon Stage is here to remind you of the highs, the lows, and all the craziness we just loved to hate.
What’s Honeymoon Stage about? Cassidy Baum is about to get married on the set of a reality TV show. Even though she doesn’t really like reality TV....
‘Tis the season to start holiday shopping, and The Writer's Table: Famous Authors and Their Favourite Recipes makes the perfect gift for all your foodie friends.
What’s The Writer's Table: Famous Authors and Their Favourite Recipes about? As a food blogger, book blogger, and writer, I’m pretty much the perfect audience for The Writer’s Table. This short nonfiction book combines my love of literature and food into a delectable little...
The universe works in funny ways. The morning before I started reading The Place Where They Buried Your Heart, I was typing up my notes for a Dark Side of the Word episode. And I wrote down, with much regret, that “nothing really scares me anymore” because I’ve read so many horror novels.
That night, I was awake until 2am reading this new supernatural suspense novel from Christina Henry. And I was totally afraid to get out of bed and...
I waited a long time to read The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon. At least, it feels like I did.
This historical fiction novel published in December 2023, and I started seeing its beautiful book cover appear on Instagram not long after. Everyone who recommended it to me told me it was a great “winter read.”
I love me a good seasonal read, so even though my library had the book in stock somewhere around June 2024, I held off. I wanted to read...
I really wanted to like The Ex-Boyfriend’s Favorite Recipe Funeral Committee. Yes, despite its unnecessarily long title. (Anyone else getting The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society flashbacks???)
This Japanese novel by Saki Kawashiro (translated by Yuka Maeno) has food, it has healing, and it has community. The description of the book even reminded me my women’s fiction novel, Desserted, that I still hope to find a home for:...
The perfect Halloween rom-com exists in the form of Haunted Ever After. Get ready, Tartlets, for the sweetest ghostly beach read out there.
What’s Haunted Ever After about?
We meet main character Cassie in Haunted Ever After just after she’s moved to her dream beach cottage in Boneyard Key, Florida. She got the house for a steal and plans to renovate it – but, of course, there’s a reason why.
Um, it’s haunted. Just like the rest of...
First of all, many thanks to author Gail Priest for reaching out to me about her novel Soul Dancing. Gail’s a loyal Tartlet, and she offered to send me a review copy of her book since she knows I love women’s fiction and supernatural stories.
Well, Gail, let’s remove all the suspense – I loved Soul Dancing. I’m so glad you sent it my way!
What’s Soul Dancing about?
We meet elderly main character Shirlene at the very beginning of...
