This third novel in the Empyrean series finds Violet looking beyond the wards for allies to help with the vast invasion of the evil venin.
Shelly's tea: The Spice and Tea Exchange Mystic Dragon Tea
Candy's Tea: True Honey Lavender Lemonade
Isola is the story of a young 15th Century noblewoman who is at the whim of her guardian. She is to sail to on an expedition to New France, but is left to survive on a deserted island before reaching the New France colony. Having been raised to be a lady of the manor, she must learn how to survive the brutal new existence of life on a desolate island.
Shelly's tea: Abbi Teas Blueberry Lemongrass
Candy's tea: Bigelow's Ginger Honey
Aren't demons supposed to be evil? What could possibly go wrong when four demons escape Hell to live on Earth? Ash just wants to make music. Eva is a musician with an uncanny ability to see what isn't supposed to be noticed. What happens when a demon and a human find themselves attracted to each other?
Shelly's tea:Abbi's Teas and ThingsTwinkle Tea
Candy's tea: BigelowSweet Dreams
A man dies of a heart attack at 43 and awakens to find he is 18 again. All of his memories of his former life are there and he has a chance to live it again. And again. Each life gives him a chance to do things differently.
Shelly's tea: The Tea Spot Morning Mojo
Candy's tea: Tea Thyme Refined Orange Spice Tea
Ken Grimwood's books:
Elise (Of course, this is a rare book - very expensive but one Candy would love to read!)
Harold Fry receives a letter from an old friend letting him know she is dying. On his way to send her a letter, he begins walking across England to see Queenie.
Shelly's tea: Taylor's English Breakfast Tea
Candy's tea: Alice in Wonderland tin of Earl Grey (similar here)
Berwick-Upon-Tweed, UK Slightly Foxed Bookshop
At Endgame, the game is afoot and it's a house to die for.... Twelve clues, twelve keys and someone in the family is a murderer- willing to kill to keep Endgame for themselves.
Shelly's Tea: The TeaSpot Naughty N Nice
Candy's Tea: Tea Thyme Refined Orange Spice Tea
Tea Thyme Refined is located in Wake Forest, North Carolina. If you are in the area, by all means stop by and check out their teas- wonderful!
Merry Christmas from Shelly and Candy!
Benjamin Stevenson has brought humor and murder to the Christmas season in this novella murder mystery. Can you figure out Whodunnit? Candy and Shelly share their love of all thing Benjamin along with delicious holiday teas your want in your stocking!
Eleanor is a midwife in 14th century Avignon. She becomes an assistant to the physician to the Pope at the beginning of the plague.
Shelly's tea: Adagio Tea Three French Hens
Candy's tea: Spot Organic (no longer available) Plum Deluxe Ginger Citrus Burst
The Very Bad Reputation of Joanna of Naples
Lauren comes home from a hen party to discover her husband coming down the attic steps...except Lauren has never been married.
Shelly's tea: Chad's Chai Naked Chai
Shelly also recommends: Camino Bakery
Candy's tea: Plum Deluxe Crystal Clarity Oolong (no longer sold, but there are quite a few good oolong flavors)
In the village of Marigold, a magical laundry is conjured up. Painful memories can be washed away, or ironed to get the creases out. The memories become petals that drift away towards the setting sun.
Shelly's tea: The Tea Spot Genmaicha Green Tea
Candy's tea: Traditional Medicinals Nettle Leaf Tea
A hen’s weekend getaway turns into a sinister twisted turn of events.
Shelly's tea: Snarky Tea Turmeric Golden Latte
Candy's coffee: Joffrey's Sanderson Sisters Brew
A marshal walks into an undertaker's office...
He works in the wilds of Tanria killing drudges and taking care of the unsavories. She is struggling to keep her family's business afloat.
Both loathe the sight of each other.
Shelly's tea: The Whistling Kettle Moringa Tea
Candy's tea: Adagio Tea Cat Scratch
It's 1666 in a small Puritan village. An ancient being has been awakened to destroy the humans that have defiled the surrounding forest. But this being is not sure who he is and as he struggles with finding out, he meets a villager with troubles of her own.
Shelly's tea: The Edenton Tea Company Orange Cinnamon
Candy's tea: Adagio Tea Ghoul Gulp
The Thursday Murder Club is back in action when someone from Elizabeth's past asks for her help. Stolen diamonds, drug dealers and a senseless attack on one of the club members are all part of this murder mystery by Richard Osman.
Shelly's tea: TeaSpot Lady Lavender
A recipe for a London Fog latte.
Candy's tea: a delicious surprise tea from her friend Dodie
Dodie's photographs on Instagram @creatingmybestlife72
It's time for The Perfect Blend mid -year book superlatives. Shelly and Candy ask each other 10 questions about the books they have read so far this year.
Here are the questions:
Which characters would you like to invite to dinner?
Which characters would you like to introduce to each other?
Best character to take on a road trip.
Best recipes.
Which book/characters most inspired you?
What have the books we read inspired you to do or try?
Book that took the longest to finish.
Most surprising book.
Most likely to reread.
Most tormented character.
Best dressed cover.
Book setting you’d like to visit.
To find out what Shelly and Candy chose for each, listen in! Hopefully you'll find a book you'd like to read and maybe you'll visit their podcast about that book.
As always,
Read and sip on!
Dorothy Wetstra faces a decision that may change her town forever, and her gift for shaking things up comes in handy.
Shelly's Tea: Earl Gray from The Tea House
Candy's Tea: Snarky Tea's Chocolate Covered Strawberry
In a world devastated by a lethal fog, an isolated island stands as humanity's last refuge. Home to 122 villagers and three scientists, this idyllic sanctuary thrives under strict rules and nightly curfews, ensuring harmony and survival.
Tragedy strikes when one of the scientists is found brutally murdered. This shocking crime triggers a catastrophic failure in the island's security system, which had been the only barrier keeping the deadly fog at bay. Now, the islanders face a dire ultimatum: solve the murder within 107 hours or succumb to the encroaching fog.
Shelly's Tea The Tea Spot- Morning Mojo
Candy's Tea Lipton- Ginger Green Tea
Links of interest:
AI's Next Frontier: Are Brain-Computer Interfaces The Future Of Communication?
Serenity, Reagan and Lorelei are meeting for the first time in Lake Tahoe. They have come together because they have discovered that they are all half sisters, and this trip will give them a chance to get to know each other and hopefully figure out how they are related.
Brenda Novak's Traveling Bookshop/Coffeshop
Shelly's Tea: Zen-Cha Watermelon Oolong
Candy's Tea: Tazo Passion Tea
Cora Seaborne, recently widowed, decides to leave London to pursue her interest in the mythical Essex Serpent. The book explores friendship, love, and the ways those relationships grow and change.
Shelly's Tea: The Teaspot's Clouds & Mist
Candy's Tea: Adagio Tea's Monster Mash
A secret section of the British government has gathered "expats" from different times of history to study their assimiliation and ability to survive.
Shelly's Tea: New English Teas British Breakfast Tea
Candy's Tea: David's Tea (a blue matcha) Organic Blue Moon Tea
