“You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to suit me.” C.S. Lewis
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies by Catherine Mack My rating: 4 of 5 stars Eleanor Dash has made a career writing mystery novels and is struggling with her next book, mainly because she intends to kill off her main character, who happens to be based on a real life man, Connor Smith. …
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Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury My rating: 4 of 5 stars This is one of those books that’s been on my TBR list for decades. Mainly because I saw the movie as a kid and it has haunted me ever since. Those don’t always hold up, but Something Wicked definitely did. Still …
Thank you to NetGalley and Alcove press for an advanced copy of this book. All opinions are my own. A book described as “Practical Magic” meets “Gilmore Girls”? Sign me up! I’m not sure that’s how I would describe it, though. Did it have magic? Absolutely. Awkward family dynamics? Sure. A curse about heartbreak? Yup. …
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Clara’s search for her father’s identity leads her to dig into her mother’s past. It takes her back to Nazi Germany, her mother’s history and the porcelain maker of Dachau. As she discovers what her mother had to do to preserve both of their lives, she finds her way to the truth of her identity, …
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Little Monsters by Adrienne Brodeur My rating: 4 of 5 stars It was the setting that first made me request this book from NetGalley – Cape Cod is one of my favorite places on the planet. A story of siblings with a troubled relationship, their bipolar father, and an unknown young woman who seems to …
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Picture it: Providence, 1993. I’m midway through my third year at Rhode Island College and living my best life. If I had a chance to go back and live for a week at any time in my past, this would be it. No stress, no fear, no obligations except class and a work study job …
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Morgan is happily living her life – two jobs she loves, a house, a best pal roommate. What else does she need? And then Luke Hudson walks into her bar. Things go sideways very quickly – a violent murder and identity theft send Morgan back home to her mother and grandmother in Vermont. Life with …
1983. I turned 10. Ronald Reagan was president. Total Eclipse of the Heart was the number one song (on my birthday, anyway – I looked it up). MASH aired its final episode. And Sally Ride was the first female astronaut. It was an exciting year! And then came cable TV and HBO. Suddenly we could …
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I had intentions of posting my vision board back in January. Things got busy, and I didn’t. So here we are in June, six months in, and I’m finally sitting down to write about my 2023 vision board. (If you’ve been following along, you may have seen my slightly less detailed 2022 version…this one was …
I hate to talk about myself. It’s one of my biggest challenges. Often I find myself deflecting the “tell me about you” type questions. I don’t know why it’s so hard. I almost never write about myself. About books I read and teas I drink, definitely. About other people in my life, sure. But very …
A Cup of Tea and My TBR List 