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Book summaries with tea or coffee pairings.

  • The Fifth Season

    Title: The Fifth Season Author: N.K. Jemisin Genres: Epic Fantasy Summary (from publisher): This is the way the world ends. . .for the last time. It starts with the great red rift across the heart of the world’s sole continent, spewing ash that blots out the sun. It starts with death, with a murdered son Read more

  • The House in the Cerulean Sea

    Title: The House in the Cerulean Sea Author: TJ Klune Genres: LGBTQ+ Fiction Summary (from publisher): When Linus is unexpectedly summoned by Extremely Upper Management he’s given a curious and highly classified assignment: travel to Marsyas Island Orphanage, where six dangerous children reside: a gnome, a sprite, a wyvern, an unidentifiable green blob, a were-Pomeranian, Read more

  • Kafka on The Shore

    Title: Kafka on The Shore Author: Haruki Murakami Genres: Japanese Fiction Summary (from publisher): Here we meet fifteen-year-old runaway Kafka Tamura and the elderly Nakata, who is drawn to Kafka for reasons that he cannot fathom. As their paths converge, acclaimed author Haruki Murakami enfolds readers in a world where cats talk, fish fall from Read more

  • An American Marriage

    Title: An American Marriage Author: Tayari Jones Genres: African American Fiction Summary (from publisher): This stirring love story is a profoundly insightful look into the hearts and minds of three people who are at once bound and separated by forces beyond their control. An American Marriage is a masterpiece of storytelling, an intimate look deep into the Read more

  • Middlesex

    Title: Middlesex Author: Jeffrey Eugenides Genres: Historical Fiction Summary (from publisher): “I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day of January 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of l974…” Tea/Coffee: Open Hearts Blend Read more

  • The Black Flamingo

    Title: The Black Flamingo Author: Dean Atta Genres: LGBTQ+ Fiction, Teen Fiction Summary (from publisher): As he gets older, Michael’s coming out is only the start of learning who he is and where he fits in. When he discovers the Drag Society, he finally finds where he belongs—and the Black Flamingo is born. Tea/Coffee: Iced Read more

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