Title:
Pedro Páramo
Author:
Juan Rulfo
Genres:
Mexican fiction
Teaser:
Surrealist exploration of death and memory.
Tea/Coffee:
Dark Mocha
Category: Uncategorized
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The Bluest Eye
Title:
The Bluest Eye
Author:
Toni Morrison
Genres:
African American fiction, YA
Summary (from publisher):
Pecola Breedlove—an 11-year-old Black girl in an America whose love for its blond, blue-eyed children can devastate all others—prays for her eyes to turn blue: so that she will be beautiful, so that people will look at her, so that her world will be different.
Tea/Coffee:
Spiced Apple tea
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The Left Hand of Darkness
Title:
The Left Hand of Darkness
Author:
Ursula LeGuin
Genres:
Science Fiction
Summary (from publisher):
A lone human ambassador is sent to the icebound planet of Winter, a world without sexual prejudice, where the inhabitants’ gender is fluid. His goal is to facilitate Winter’s inclusion in a growing intergalactic civilization. But to do so he must bridge the gulf between his own views and those of the strange, intriguing culture he encounters…
Tea/Coffee:
Iced Peppermint Latte with extra foam
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the color purple
Title:
The Color Purple
Author:
Alice Walker
Genres:
African American Fiction
Summary (from publisher):
Depicts the lives of African American women in early twentieth-century rural Georgia. Separated as girls, sisters Celie and Nettie sustain their loyalty to and hope in each other across time, distance and silence.
Tea/Coffee:
Lemon balm tea.
Review:
N/A. Due to trigger (S.A.), I am unable to personally review the book. I recognize and honor the literary legend that it is. Please leave your reviews in the comments.
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one hundred years of solitude
Title:
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Author:
Gabriel Garcia Márquez
Genres:
Latin American Fiction
Summary (from publisher):
The epic tale of the Buendía family, navigating through seven generations of love, war, and magical realism in the fictional town of Macondo.
Tea/Coffee:
Café de Olla (recipe here)
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The vampire’s mail order bride
Title:
The Vampire’s Mail Order Bride
Author:
Kristen Painter
Genres:
Paranormal Romance, Contemporary Romance, Vampire Romance
Summary (from publisher):
After seeing her maybe-mobster boss murder a guy, Delaney James assumes a new identity and pretends to be a mail order bride. She finds her groom-to-be living in a town that celebrates Halloween every day. Weird. But not as weird as what she doesn’t know. Her groom-to-be is a 400-year-old vampire.
Tea/Coffee:
Nelson’s Dark Chocolate Cherry
Review:
Paranormal small town with enough quirks and crazy to keep things interesting.
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How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire
Title:
How to Marry a Millionaire Vampire (#1 Love at Stake)
Author:
Genres:
Romance, Paranormal Romance, Vampire Romance
Summary (from publisher):
So what if he’s a bit older and usually regards a human female as dinner, not a dinner date? Yes, Roman Draganesti is a vampire, but a vampire who lost one of his fangs sinking his teeth into something he shouldn’t have. Now he has one night to find a dentist before his natural healing abilities close the wound, leaving him a lop–sided eater for all eternity.
Tea/Coffee:
Organic Crimson Berry Fruit Tisane
Review:
A complex creation that you never want to come to an end
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What Remains of Love
Title:
Author:Suzanne Trauth
Summary (from publisher):
At the reading of her beloved father’s will, Kate, a divorced French professor, learns of
his affaire de coeur during World War II with a French artist named Emilie, to whom he has
left a substantial bequest. Kate, stunned to discover the existence of this woman who
captivated her father, is determined to unravel the mystery of his past and unearth the truth.Genres:
General Fiction, Wartime Fiction
Tea:
(Lavender) That Peaceful Feeling Blend
Review:
Heartbreaking, healing, and an engaging journey.
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