A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

Book Review of THE LAST COMMANDMENT

The Last Commandment, which is the first book in the Austin Grant of Scotland Yard series by Scott Shepherd, has a really great premise: a serial killer running across two continents, leaving behind murder victims who correspond to The Ten...

Book Review of DAISY JONES & THE SIX

By all accounts, I should have hated Daisy Jones & The Six. I ended up loving it instead. ​ ​Why should I have hated this novel? For starters, ​I don't like band biopi​​c​s. They bore me with their petty dramas and creative...

Book Review of THE SUPREME MACARONI COMPANY

I want you to know that 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 reading, flanked by a box of tissues and a wastebasket, and crying so damn hard that my cat...

Book Review of AN IRISH COUNTRY FAMILY

Well, Tartlets, we're rounding out a year of reading by heading back to Ballybucklebo with another book in the Irish Country Novels series: An Irish Country Family. And, I'm happy to report that I enjoyed this book much more than the last one in...

Book Review of CHRISTMAS SHOPAHOLIC

Christmas Shopaholic may be the best Christmas book I've read in a long time. It might also be the best book in Sophie Kinsella's Shopaholic series I've read in a long time. On both counts, nothing could have surprised me more. Every December, I...

Book Review of THE MERRIEST MAGNOLIA

Even though The Merriest Magnolia sounds like a Christmas book, and the beautiful cover makes it look like a Christmas book… it’s not what I would call a true Christmas book. And, I really liked that about it. Hear me out, Countdown to Christmas...

Book Review of AMERICAN ROYALS

If I'd known that drinking tea in American Royals is considered unpatriotic, I might have avoided reading this one. Out of protest for my favorite beverage, of course. Naaaaawwww, jk! This book is awesome. I'm so glad I didn't know about the tea...

Turkey, Fig, and Brie Grilled Cheese (Recipe Inspired by THE PRINTED LETTER BOOKSHOP)

Decadence, thy name is Turkey, Fig, and Brie Grilled Cheese. Get ready for the BEST grilled cheese sandwich you will ever eat. Someone is always popping out of The Printed Letter Bookshop to grab a sandwich for lunch, and several crucial...

Book Review of AUNT DIMITY AND THE KING’S RANSOM

Aunt Dimity and The King's Ransom is cozy AF. I know, probably not how you expected me to begin this book review. Especially with the name "Aunt Dimity" in the title. But, "cozy AF" is the best way to describe this light, cute, and almost...

Book Review of DEATH IN THE COVENANT

“I’m looking for a good Mormon mystery.” Said not most people.  Honestly, until I read Death in the Covenant by D.A. Bartley, I didn’t even know such a genre existed. But, exist it does, and lemme tell ya – it’s pretty darn great. I...