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, …

2019 Reading Recap & 2020 Ambitions

Life has been busy, so it’s taken most of January 2020 to wrap up my Best of 2019. I’ll link them here ICYMI. Best ClassicsBest FictionBest Nonfiction Best Audiobooks Now that’s finished, I can recap and reflect on my 2019 reading year. 2019 Reading Stats GoodReads goal read 52 books. Total books read 111 My …

JORD Suberhide Wallet at Books by the Cup Café

A few years ago, I had the pleasure to work with JORD (pronounced YODE) to try one of their wood watches, the Frankie in Ebony and Gold (on left wrist). I liked the watch so much, I ordered the CASSIA watch shortly thereafter.  I have what some might call a healthy (heavy) appreciation for beautiful …

My week in books and tea 11.10.19

Last week's post was a few days late (Friday) and I hope you don't mind this one is too (Tuesday). I'm reducing my screen time on the weekend, especially Sunday afternoons and evenings. We've been inviting friends over playing (board) games and it's turned into a hybrid game-tea time shenanigans. Last week's blooming tea was …

Books and Tea – October

Missed sharing this over the weekend because I had too much fun hosting a game night that sort of turned into a tea drinking game night. I planned to share it earlier this week, but here we are at Friday. So here we are, a recap of what I've read in October. Where the Crawdads …

My week in books and tea 10.27.19

Doesn't it seem like, 30 minutes ago, it was Friday evening and now, a few hours later, we're at Sunday night? I'm trying to figure out why the weekend isn't an equal number of days to the work week. Things you think about over tea as you get ready for Monday... Pup update: I shared …

Diamond Doris – Review

"Under no circumstances did I want a 'normal' life--a normal, regular, everyday Black life. No way. Being humiliated at work. Paycheck to paycheck. Church on Sundays. Regular clothes. Routine relationships that don't go nowhere. Absolutely not. Not Miss Doris Payne. I wanted more than that. I wanted nice things. I wanted to travel the world. …

My week in books and tea 10.20.19

Some weeks in reading can feel like a feast and other weeks feel more like an appetizer. This was an appetizer week since I'm reading a little bit of everything and enjoying myself. What I finished readingAsk Again, Yes introduces us to the Glessons and the Stanhopes, with the husband's, Francis and Brian, rookie police …

My week in books and tea 10.13.19

Thank you to the publisher, Bloomsbury Publishing, for the free book featured in this post.It's been a while but I'm back. I shared in this catch up reel post why I've been absent and how I'm hoping to get back on track now. In weather related news, the temperatures are finally cooling off and in …

Where the Crawdads Sing – Review

"Autumn leaves don't fall; they fly. They take their time and wander on this, their only chance to soar. Reflecting sunlight, they swirled and sailed and fluttered on the wind drafts." The book opens in 1969- Chase Andrews is found in the marsh of Barkley Cove, North Carolina, DEAD. Was it an accident or was …