A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

YESTERYEAR Book Club (Dark Side of the Word Podcast)

Hello, Tartlets and Darksiders! We are BACK! I know, I know. It’s been a crazy long time since you’ve heard from us. Lots of Life Stuff happened, and we had to take an unscheduled break from the podcast. But, like I said: Kait and I are back, and we’re excited to finish up 2026 with a few more book club episodes, including a December episode where we’ll read… Christmas horror. Yeah. I’m stoked. For this October 2026 episode, we...

WOLF WORM (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 historical fiction horror novel Wolf Worm by one of our favorite authors, T. Kingfisher!   What’s this episode about? While Kait and I didn’t love Wolf Worm as much as Kingfisher’s previous novels, we still had a good time reading this one. And, as we talked about the story, we came away with an ever...

DOLLFACE (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 slasher horror novel Dollface by Lindy Ryan.   What’s this episode about? Shockingly, Kait and I have agreed on another book. Only…we agreed that we didn’t really like Dollface. Womp, womp. There were a lot of mixed feelings about this book. It has some great moments, sure. For example, learning what...