Title:
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 the sky, and spirits slip out of their bodies to make love or commit murder, in what is a truly remarkable journey.
Tea/Coffee:
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Title:
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 souls of people who must reckon with the past while moving forward—with hope and pain—into the future.
Tea/Coffee:
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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:
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Title:
Between the World and Me
Author:
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Genres:
African American Biography
Summary (from publisher):
Americans have built an empire on the idea of “race,” a falsehood that damages us all but falls most heavily on the bodies of black women and men—bodies exploited through slavery and segregation, and, today, threatened, locked up, and murdered out of all proportion. What is it like to inhabit a black body and find a way to live within it?
Tea/Coffee:
Mocha using this medium dark roast and melting this chocolate in it
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Title:
Frankenstein
Author:
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Genres:
Horror
Summary (from publisher):
Stepping far afield from his medical studies, Victor Frankenstein brings to life a human form he has fashioned from scavenged body parts. Horrified by his achievement, he turns his back on his creation, only to learn the danger of such neglect.
Tea/Coffee:
Ginger tea.
Review:
I have not read this book, it is an honorable mention. It is in my TBR. As I cannot stomach horror/gore, it will probably remain there for quite some time. Please list your own review in the comments!
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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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AUTHOR:
Genres:
Romance, Contemporary Romance, Other Romance
Summary (from publisher):
A wild, snowy night stranded in a hotel room with two sexy men is perfect for Avery. She believes in flirting and flings, not relationships. Except those two cowboys aren’t strangers, they’re from her Montana hometown. When they see her at her sister’s wedding, they try to change her mind about the one “f” word she avoids: fiancés. Because they’ll do everything they can to make her theirs. Permanently.
Tea:
Cinnamon Vanilla Dandelion Tea (Recipe)
Review:
Sweet, spicy, and with roots she didn’t know she needed.
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Title:
Shadow Sight (Ivy Granger Psychic Detective #1)
Author: EJ Stevens
Genres:
Urban Fantasy
Summary (from publisher):
Welcome to Harborsmouth, where monsters walk the streets unseen by humans…except those with second sight, like Ivy Granger.
Some things are best left unseen…
Ivy Granger’s second sight is finally giving her life purpose. Ivy and her best friend Jinx may not be raking in the dough, but their psychic detective agency pays the bills–most of the time. Their only worry is the boredom of a slow day and the occasional crazy client–until a demon walks through their door.
Demons are never a good sign…
Tea:
Organic Peppermint Tea by Arbor Teas
Review:
Ivy is fresh, bright, and unstoppable. Just what I look for in a FMC. Will be continuing this series.
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Title:
Vampire Interrupted (Argeneau Vampire Series #9)
Author: Lynsay Sands
Genres:
Vampire Romance, Parnormal Romance, Romance
Summary (from publisher):
After seven hundred years of life, Marguerite Argeneau finally has a career. Well, the start of one, anyway. She’s training to be a private investigator, and her first assignment is to find an immortal’s mother. It seemed simple enough, until Marguerite wakes up one evening to find herself at the wrong end of a sword. Now she realizes she’s in way over her head.
Julius Notte wants to protect Marguerite, and not because someone just tried to take her head off. She doesn’t know it yet, but she’s his lifemate and he’s determined to woo her. It’s been over five hundred years since he last courted a woman, but surely the techniques haven’t changed. Now if only he can keep her alive—so to speak—so they can have that happily-ever-after.
Tea:
Harney and Sons “Organic Earl Grey Supreme“
Review:
Nothing unexpected with the tea. Unlike what happened to Marguerite…
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Title:
Crocodile on the Sandbank (Amelia Peabody Series #1)
Author: Elizabeth Peters
Genres:
Mystery, Detective, Women Sleuths, Historical Mystery
Summary (from publisher):
Amelia Peabody, that indomitable product of the Victorian age, embarks on her debut Egyptian adventure armed with unshakable self-confidence, a journal to record her thoughts, and, of course, a sturdy umbrella. On her way to Cairo, Amelia rescues young Evelyn Barton-Forbes, who has been abandoned by her scoundrel lover. Together the two women sail up the Nile to an archeological site run by the Emerson brothers-the irascible but dashing Radcliffe and the amiable Walter. Soon their little party is increased by one-one mummy that is, and a singularly lively example of the species. Strange visitations, suspicious accidents, and a botched kidnapping convince Amelia that there is a plot afoot to harm Evelyn. Now Amelia finds herself up against an unknown enemy-and perilous forces that threaten to make her first Egyptian trip also her last . . .
Tea:
Adagio “Earl Grey Moonlight“
Review:
Excellent tea and superb book. Will be diving into both again and again and again.
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Coffee, Tea, and Fiction, please 