Plum Tea Crazy – Review

Thanks Berkley Publishing for this book of a fun tea shop mystery. “Kettles steamed, candles flickered, and the Aroma of sweet Moroccan Mint tea and malty Assam tea permeated the Indigo Tea Shop.” —Plum Tea Crazy, Laura Childs Can’t you just smell the deliciousness that is The Indigo Tea Shop? If not I’ve attempted toContinueContinue reading “Plum Tea Crazy – Review”

It’s Not All Downhill from Here

Thank you Random House #randomhousepartner for the review book. “Would you like some hot tea or does that make you feel like an old lady?”— It’s Not All Downhill from Here, Terry McMillan First off, great Auntie Lo (Loretha), I implore you and Jalecia STOP MAKING TEA USING THE MICROWAVE and dunking tea bags inContinueContinue reading “It’s Not All Downhill from Here”

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”

Miracle Creek – Review

“We all have thoughts that shame us.”Miracle Creek, Angie Kim Miracle Creek This simple statement reveals a truth about human nature. None of us are perfect and those moments of frustration, anger, fear, loneliness—the list is long—can spark a chain reaction of events we never expected. Are we so consumed by our own lives andContinueContinue reading “Miracle Creek – Review”

Ask Again, Yes – Review

“We repeat what we don’t repair.” — Ask Again, Yes, Mary Beth KeaneThank you to the publisher, Scribner Books, Dart Frogg Company and the author for a complimentary copy of this book. Ask Again, Yes by Mary Beth Keane What do you think? Are we bound to make the same mistakes, further compounding them, whenContinueContinue reading “Ask Again, Yes – Review”