A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

Book Review of A BAKERY IN PARIS

Although I started off a little annoyed with A Bakery in Paris, this heartwarming story about two Parisian ladies -- and their delicious French recipes -- grew on me by the end of the book.   What’s A Bakery in Paris about? A Bakery in Paris follows two women in the same family – Lisette, living in 1870, and Micheline, living in 1946 – as they overcome hardships during times of pronounced Parisian conflict. Each woman finds comfort in...

Book Review of GAD’S HALL and THE HAUNTING OF GAD’S HALL

How do I even begin to review the confounding and enchanting reading experience that is Gad’s Hall and The Haunting of Gad’s Hall? First, let me reassure you that despite the book cover promising “two novels of the supernatural,” Gad’s Hall/The Haunting of Gad's Hall is the most benign ghost story I’ve ever read. Like, if you blink, you miss the scary parts. Which aren’t even that scary to begin with. Shockingly, I was okay with...