Firemen don’t put fires out in this world where books are forbidden—they set them. Guy Montag is a fireman who is beginning to doubt why the destruction is necessary.
Shelly's tea: Mocktail Lapsang Souschong Old Fashion
2 oz strong Lapsang Souschog tea infused with orange essence or orange zest
½ tsp of maple syrup
Serve over ice with a cherry and orange twist
The Pedestrian
Ashley is an American student studying abroad in London in the 1980's. She is invited to a classmate's Cotswold manor house for Christmas.
Thirty years later, that Christmas is revisited through the rereading of her diary.
This is a gothic-style thriller novella packed with suspense- something isn't so merry with this supposedly idyllic visit...
Shelly's tea: DavidsTea Christmas Morning (the link is to the holiday webpage)
Candy's tea: Adagio Tea Candy Apple
Samantha Silva has managed to blend fiction and non-fiction in this tale of the inspiration, frustration, and imagination that amalgamated into the classic A Christmas Carol.
Mr. Dickens and His Carol has been added to our list of Christmas favorites.
Shelly's tea: Orange Spice Tea- her own blend
Candy's tea: Adagio Tea: Chestnut Tea
Some of our other favorites:
Maelyn Jones gets stuck in a time loop reliving the same Christmas vacation in the family Utah cabin. She has to figure out how to break the loop and possibly change her life.
Shelly's tea: The Teaspot Sugar Cookie Oolong
Candy's tea: Adagio Tea Candy Cane
The Fairway Players are rehearsing their Christmas pantomime- jack and the Beanstalk for a church roof fundraiser. What unfolds is a murder mystery told through texts, emails and messages.
Janice Hallett
Shelly’s tea: Tea and Spice Exchange Chocolate Candy Cane
Candy’s tea: DavidsTea Gingerbread Matcha (no longer available:/)
Best Christmas Pageant Ever 1983
The Worst/Best Christmas Pageant Ever (book)
Two mystery writers are invited to an English manor for Christmas by a reclusive fan.
Shelly's Tea: Silent Night DavidsTea
Candy's Tea: Secret Santa DavidsTea
An interesting novel about love, family, and relationships.
Shelly's tea: Curly Wurley Southern Virginia Tea Company (Quintin's Tea Emporium)
Candy's tea: Ginger Honey Bigelow Tea
June Farrow is determined to break the Farrow woman curse. What she believes is generational madness is actually something much more.
Shelly's tea: Cranberry Pecan Scone Southern Virginia Tea Company
Candy's tea: Grannie's Garden Tea Thyme Refined
Kate has lost her job, broke her engagement off and decides to move from Manhattan to Coral Cay, Florida. Desperate for a job, she lucks out at the Cookie House. Unfortunately, her new boss is soon accused of murder and she must do what she can to prove his innocence and keep the bakery open.
Shelly's tea: India Spice Chai Keurig Commercial
Candy's tea: Rooibos Cinnamon Roll Adagio Tea
Billy Summers has one last job to do before he retires. He is an assassin who only kills the bad guys and this last job is a challenge.
Shelly's tea: Earl Grey Supreme Harney & Sons
Candy's tea: Adagio tea Campfire S'Mores
Saffron Everleigh is a research assistant to Dr. Maxwell at the University College London. It's 1923 and as she navigates being a woman on the staff of a male dominated department, she is also is compelled to prove her professor innocent of an accused poisoning.
Shelly's tea: PlumDeluxe Smooth Sailing Mango Tea
Candy's tea: Adagio Teas Pumpkin Potion
Steepsters site
The mysterious woman in Doc Martin boots just wanted Gobbelino and Callum to retrieve her book. She doesn't know Gobbelino is a talking cat and that Callum is his human sidekick. The two PIs don't realize it's not an ordinary book they are sent to get. The gumshoes have to race to contain magical destruction of things that are ...nice.
Shelly's tea: Full Leaf Tea's Organic Orange Cinnamon Spice Tea
Candy's tea: Adagio Tea's Cat Scratch
Isabella is a miserable village woman who happened upon a spellbook her miserable husband took from a wizard. All sorts of mysterious magical things begin happening on top of an influx of goblins bearing "bapples". An unlikely entrepreneur decides to take advantage of all the goblin fruit and creates a ponzi scheme. Oh, and there is a pot of basil that talks...
Shelly's tea: Tiesta Tea Fruity Paradise
Candy's tea: Plum Deluxe Oolong Crystal Clarity mixed with Adagio Tea's Candy Apple
Set in New York City, The Cloisters follows Ann Stilwell, a young graduate beginning an internship at the Met during the summer. She begins researching Renaissance divination and she has to navigate all manner of intrigue, power plays and a murder.
Is it choice or fate that truly controls our life? Read Katy Hay's book and see what you think.
Shelly and Candy's tea: Adagio Tea's The Cloistea
The Spectrum of Desire exhibit
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!