“It hurts me now to think of your grief. You must not grieve any more for me. It is better – it shall be better with me because I have known you.” To say I was excited by the prospect of reading another book by George Eliot seems an understatement. Middlemarch and Silas Marner areContinueContinue reading “Daniel Deronda – Review”
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The Girl With the Louding Voice
“My cry is a soft wail, both a whipping and healing to my heart… until someone calls my name from afar, a sound that stops the wail so sudden, as if something snap off a rushing stream from the source of it.”The Girl With the Louding Voice My Dearest Adunni,Finding the words to capture theContinueContinue reading “The Girl With the Louding Voice”
Steeped in Shenanigans – 4.17.2020
Am I overdue for a conversation, catch up post? Yes, of course. There are some drafts of blog posts I started and didn’t finish so I’m going to take a little bit from some of them to share some of the shenanigans I’ve been steeped in for the first few months of 2020! I’m bringingContinueContinue reading “Steeped in Shenanigans – 4.17.2020”
Books By the Cup Café – Lakewood Book Tour
Welcome to Books By the Cup Café (BBTCC). Thank you Amistad Books (publisher) for the free review book. Thank you Amoda Tea for today’s featured tea. Lakewood by Megan Giddings Book: Lakewood by Megan Giddings (MG) available today, March 24, 2020, in the USFeatured Tea: Mint Green Chai, sencha green tea beautifully balanced with cardamom,ContinueContinue reading “Books By the Cup Café – Lakewood Book Tour”
Best of 2019 – Fiction
I’m back with the next installment for my best of 2019, I wanted to wait a few days to share my favorite fiction reads including short stories and historical fiction. Three of the books on this list were published this year. UNMARRIAGEABLE by Soniah Kamal “Jane Austen is ruthless when it comes to drawing-room hypocrisy.ContinueContinue reading “Best of 2019 – Fiction”
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