Share-a-Tea September Check-In

• What are you currently reading for the challenge? 
• Have you finished any books for this challenge this month?
• Is there a book you're looking forward to starting next month?
• Want to share any favorite quotes? It could be from your current read. It could be about reading. It could be about drinking tea. 
• What teas have you enjoyed this month? 
• Do you have a new favorite tea?

What I am currently reading for the challenge:

• Holy Bible: Revised English Bible. 1989/1996. Cambridge. 1264 pages. [Source: Bought] 
• Adam Bede. George Eliot. 1859. 624 pages. [Source: Bought]

What I have finished for the challenge this past month:

• The Wretched. Victor Hugo. Translated by Christine Donougher. 1862/2013. 1456 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Catch-22. Joseph Heller. 1961. 453 pages. [Source: Library]
• The Wife Between Us. Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen. 2018. St. Martin's Press. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
• Verdict of Twelve. Raymond Postgate. 1940/2017. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
• The Case of the Lucky Loser. Erle Stanley Gardner. 1957. 192 pages. [Source: Bought] 
• The Case of the Fiery Fingers. Erle Stanley Gardner. 1951. 192 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Case of the Daring Decoy. (Perry Mason #54) Erle Stanley Gardner. 1957. 198 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Case of the Gilded Lily. (Perry Mason #50) Erle Stanley Gardner. 1956. 188 pages. [Source: Bought]
• The Circular Staircase. Mary Roberts Rinehart. 1908. 197 pages. [Source: Bought]
• Godspeed: Voices of the Reformation. David Teems. 2017. Abingdon Press. 384 pages. [Source: Review copy]  
• Sing!: How Worship Transforms Your Life, Family, and Church. Keith and Kristyn Getty. 2017. B&H Books. 176 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
• Martin Luther: A Spiritual Biography. Herman Selderhuis. 2017. Crossway. 288 pages. [Source: Review copy]
• ESV Reformation Study Bible. 2015. Edited by R.C. Sproul. Reformation Trust. 2560 pages. [Source: Gift/Bought] 
• The Living Bible. 1974. Tyndale. 1090 pages. [Source: Bought]

What I'm looking forward to starting:

I would love to read some Victorian literature for my challenge. These are the slots I need:

_ 10. A book published between 1861-1870
_ 13. A book published between 1891-1901
_ 19. A book by Elizabeth Gaskell
_ 20. A book by George Eliot
_ 22. A book by a new-to-you female author
_ 27. Biography, Autobiography, or NONFICTION book about the Victorian era
_ 31. A Christian book fiction or nonfiction
_ 32. A children's book

My favorite quotes:

• Love each other always. That’s about the only thing in the world that matters: loving each other. ~ Victor Hugo
• It’s God who determines the lot that falls to us. He’s up there, he sees us all, and he knows what he’s doing among his great stars. ~ Victor Hugo
• When the heart is on the slippery slope, there is no stopping it. ~ Victor Hugo
• It’s not enough to be happy, you have to be content. ~ Victor Hugo
• The first step is nothing, it is the last step that is hard. ~ Victor Hugo
• To love, or to have loved, is enough. Ask for nothing more. There is no other pearl to be found in life’s shadowy convolutions. To love is an achievement. ~ Victor Hugo
• Everything can be parodied, even parody. ~ Victor Hugo
• Love is the foolishness of men and the wit of God. ~ Victor Hugo
• When grace is combined with wrinkles, it is enchanting. There is a sort of dawning in the full bloom of old age. ~ Victor Hugo
• One of his anxieties was that he was being made to think. ~ Victor Hugo
• Alas! to have climbed does not preclude falling. This can be seen in history more frequently than anyone would wish. ~ Victor Hugo
• Peoples, like stars, have the right to go into eclipse. ~ Victor Hugo
• The poetry of a people determines its progress. ~ Victor Hugo
• ‘What is the cat?’ he exclaimed. ‘It’s a correction. The good Lord, having made the mouse, said, “Oh dear, that was a mistake!” And he made the cat. The cat is the mouse’s erratum. Mouse plus cat are the revised and corrected proofs of creation.’ ~ Victor Hugo
• Love is an ardent forgetfulness of everything else. ~ Victor Hugo

This month's teas:

• English Breakfast
• Chocolate Mint
• White Tea
• Green Tea
• Peppermint
• Earl Grey
• Sweet Dreams

New teas:

• PG Tips Black Tea -- LOVE, LOVE, LOVE
• Bigelow Benefits: Cinnamon & Blackberry Herbal Tea -- Love

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