Tea & Books - What are you reading?

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Shae said

A few months back, my mom brought along a couple of books for me to read while we were on vacation. I never got around to them then, but when I came across the worn paperbacks a couple of weeks ago I decided to settle in and start reading. She lent me her copies of Outlander by Diana Gabaldon and Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. I started with Redeeming Love since Outlander is the first in a series.

I wasn’t expecting to enjoy this book as much as I did since I’m not usually a fan of romance novels, but this story is gritty, real, and incredibly emotional. I don’t think I’ve ever read a novel that has moved me so much as this one did. Very highly recommended.

Vanyahiril said

I love Francine Rivers! If you liked that one, I recommend her Mark of the Lion series.

Shae said

I’ll be adding this series to my reading list as well. I couldn’t get enough of this book so I’m sure anything else she writes I’ll love just as much.

gmathis said

After I binge-read Mark of the Lion some years back, my husband threatened to ban Francine Rivers books from the house because they made me neglect my family! Leota’s Garden is a contemporary one, but I loved it.

Vanyahiril said

Leota’s Garden was amazing as well! There’s not much of hers that I didn’t really enjoy.

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Lynxiebrat said

Current Booklist:

The Autobiography of James T. Kirk-David A.Goodman
Ancient Guardians Book 1-S.L. Morgan
The Shadow Fabric-Mark Cassell
Any Witch Way You Can-Amanda M. Lee
The Ninja-Eric Lustbader
The Aviary-Kathleen O’Neil
A People’s History of the Peculiar-Nick Belardes
The Cold Dish (Longmire.) Craig Johnson
Traditional Witchcraft: Visualization-Peter Paddon
Voodoo Butterfly-Camille Faye
Cybill Disobedience-Cybill Shepherd
101 Reasons why I am a Unitarian Universalist-Ed Searl & Jeff Briere
Graveyard Shift-Angela Roquet

I had wanted to add Brandon Sanderson’s 1st book in the Mistborn series, since I adored his The Arithmatist, but ran out of moola.

Lynxiebrat said

Update: Finally got and read Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson. It is terrific, I enjoyed reading it alot. I did have trouble getting thru it but that was more to my getting easily distracted lately.

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gmathis said

Have been working my way through a series of medieval mysteries by Margaret Frazer featuring a troupe of traveling players. Currently reading “A Play of Piety,” but they’ve been all quite good. Lots of wonderful period detail.

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Reading Wally Lamb’s ‘We Are Water.’ Drinking Mincing Lane tea, more for the name than anything. :)

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mtchyg said

A bit of a cross post but… My tea book club is going to be reading Station Eleven as our next book. I’ve had great success with using tea pairing suggestions from all of you in the past. Any ideas for a tea that might go well with the book Station Eleven?

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Matu said

Currently reading “Civilization: The West and the Rest” by Niall Ferguson. An interesting look at how, in the sixteenth century, western nations came to dominate a large portion of the world, outstripping the formerly more advanced and arguably more “civilized” eastern parts of the world, including Ming Dynasty China and the Muslim World of the 11th and 12th centuries.

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For Tea and food, I am currently enjoying “Paris Sweets” by Dorie Greenspan. so many recipes involve tea. I am inspired to get creative.

For curling up with a good book and a cuppa…or two or three…
Try “The Tea Rose” by Jennifer Donnelly.
Starts in 1888 London and ends up in New York. Historical fiction involving the Tea Trade.

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reading Annotated Classic Fairy Tales, but skipping the familiar texts. it’s fun to read the notes & look at the different illustrations.

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LuckyMe said

Just finished Murakami’s “Norweigian Wood” and picked up “And the Mountains Echoed” by Khaled Hosseini. Feels like I’ve traveled from Japan to Afghanistan by way of literature :-)

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On a challenge from a Canadian Friend, I’m working my way through the five finalists of the 2015 Canada Reads Awards. Just finished the winner, Ru by Kim Thúy, and the shortlisted “And the Birds Rained Down” by Jocelyne Saucier and “The Inconvenient Indian” by Thomas King. Two more to go…

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