A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

BAT EATER AND OTHER NAMES FOR CORA ZENG (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 horror novel Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kaylie Lee Baker.   Everyone! BIG NEWS!! Kait and I both loved a book! The same book. We agreed that Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng is one of the freshest horror novels we’ve read in awhile. It's a unique blend of Chinese folklore and...

MORNING IN THIS BROKEN WORLD Book Review

I cried from the very first page of Morning in this Broken World. The more I read, the more I cried. In good and bad ways. But, the important thing is that I kept reading. Because Morning in this Broken World is one of the best books I’ve read in a long, long time.     What’s Morning in this Broken World about? Morning in this Broken World is about love. The power of love, and how it can be both healing and destructive all at once. It's...

Pantry Staples Recipes: A Coronavirus Meal Planning Survival Guide

Hello, Tartlets! We interrupt our regularly scheduled book review and book-inspired recipe posts to bring you this specially curated list of Pantry Staples Recipes, designed to help you figure out what the heck to cook each day while you're spending 24/7 with those you love...with, um, rather limited resources. My grandmother always kept a well-stocked pantry and freezer in her basement. Whenever I would visit her, we would go downstairs and...