A Well-Read Tart

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Book Review of MY MAGNOLIA SUMMER (DNF review)

Unpopular opinion alert: I didn’t like My Magnolia Summer. I hate to break it to you, but this is another DNF book review. This Southern fiction novel by Victoria Benton Frank has been sweeping through the #bookstagram and BookTok feeds recently. The main reason is because it looks like the perfect summer read. Another reason might have something to do with the fact that author Frank is the daughter of famed novelist Dorothea Benton Frank....

Beautiful Sullivan’s Island and Isle of Palms

Psst. Here's a secret about my recent vacation to South Carolina: I liked Charleston... but I fell deeply in love with Isle of Palms. Welcome, Tartlets, to Part 2 of my South Carolina vacation. As I said in my previous vacation post, Mr Tart and I spent a few days in Charleston, then we headed to the nearby Charleston sea islands for a few days of relaxing on the beach. Of course, we didn't do that much relaxing. That's really hard for us. We...