A Well-Read Tart

A Food and Book Lover’s Blog

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...

I WAS A TEENAGE SLASHER (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 I Was A Teenage Slasher by Stephen Graham Jones. I admired so much about I Was A Teenage Slasher. The story concept is brilliant, the humor is sharp and witty, the book’s unique setting of a rural West Texas town is practically its own character, and I love how the author tied everything...

Book List: Scary Books You Need to Read

Welcome, Tartlets, to my living, breathing, ever-updating list of Scary Books You Need to Read. This book list is compiled by yours truly. Unlike a lot of book lists on the internet, the spooky books I've recommended below are all books I’ve actually read.     Table of Contents for The Best Scary Books to Read List Horror consists of so many subgenres these days, so I've divided my list into separate categories. You can scroll...

HOW TO MAKE A HORROR MOVIE AND SURVIVE (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 How to Make a Horror Movie and Survive by Craig DiLouie. After attending the premier for the third installment of his horror movie franchise, Hollywood director Max can’t get the audience’s laughter out of his head. It haunts him. It makes him want to quit. But the contract with his...