November Share-a-Tea Check-in

Mary Cassatt, The Cup of Tea

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 from a past or current read?
What teas have you enjoyed this month?

Finished since last time...


99. Westering Women. Sandra Dallas. 2020 [January 7] 336 pages. [Source: Review copy]
100. Birth of the Cool: How Jazz Great Miles Davis Found His Sound. Kathleen Cornell Berman. Illustrated by Keith Henry Brown. 2019. 40 pages. [Source: Library]
101. White Bird: A Wonder Story. R.J. Palacio. 2019. 224 pages. [Source: Library]
102. You Are My Friend: The Story of Mister Rogers and His Neighborhood. Aimee Reid. Illustrated by Matt Phelan. 2019. Harry N. Abrams. 40 pages. [Source: Review copy]

I've tried several new teas. I can't remember mentioning Lavender Camomile Tea in the past few months? I'm not sure when I first tried it...if it was November or October...or even September.

One new tea I've tried this month...this past week...is Peppermint Peak. It is AWFUL.

© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

October Share-a-Tea Check-In Post

Hilda Fearon, Afternoon Tea

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 from a past or current read?
What teas have you enjoyed this month?

Books Read since last check-in:

91. A Family of Strangers. Emilie Richards. 2019. 491 pages. [Source: Library]
92.  The Penderwicks In Spring. Jeanne Birdsall. 2015. 352 pages. [Source: Library]
93. Girl Waits With Gun. (Kopp Sisters #1) Amy Stewart. 2015. 408 pages. [Source: Review copy]
94. Cold Sassy Tree. Olive Ann Burns. 1984. 405 pages. [Source: Bought]
95. The Sunne in Splendour. Sharon Kay Penman. 1982. 936 pages. [Source: Library]
96. The Penderwicks at Last. Jeanne Birdsall. 2018. 256 pages. [Source: Review copy]
97. William Shakespeare's Get Thee...Back to the Future! Ian Doescher. 2019. Quirk. 176 pages. [Source: Library]

98. Lady Cop Makes Trouble. Kopp Sisters #2. Amy Stewart. 2016. 310 pages. [Source: Library]

Currently reading:
I'm reading Anthony Trollope's Can You Forgive Her?

I've been enjoying so many teas! One new-to-me tea is Oolong tea.

© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

September Share-a-Tea Check-In Post

Jean McLane, Tea Time

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 from a past or current read?
What teas have you enjoyed this month?

Currently reading the second book in the Kopp Sisters series. 

Books read since last time:

81. A Place to Belong. Cynthia Kadohata. Illustrated by Julia Kuo. 2019. 416 pages. [Source: Library]
82. The Hobbit. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1937.  320 pages. [Source: Bought]
83. The Fellowship of the Ring. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1954/1965. Houghton Mifflin. 423 pages. [Source: Bought]
84.  The Two Towers. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1954/1965. Houghton Mifflin. 352 pages.
85.   The Return of the King. J.R.R. Tolkien. 1955/1965. Houghton Mifflin. 440 pages.
86. The Lady and the Highwayman. Sarah M. Eden. 2019. Shadow Mountain. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
87. One Good Deed. David Baldacci. 2019. 432 pages. [Source: Library]
88. The Lightest Object in the Universe. Kimi Eisele. 2019. 325 pages. [Source: Library]
89. Sophia: Mother of Kings. Catherine Curzon. 2019. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
90. The Tuscan Child. Rhys Bowen. 2018. 336 pages. [Source: Library]

I have tried a new tea this month. I love, love, love Stash's Jasmine Blossom Green Tea.

© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

August Share-a-Tea Check-In Post

Mary Cassatt, Dame am Teetisch

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 from a past or current read?
What teas have you enjoyed this month?

 
77. A Time  Traveler's Theory of Relativity. Nicole Valentine. 2019. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
78. The Handmaid's Tale. Margaret Atwood. 1985. 344 pages. [Source: Library]
79. The Brave Princess and Me. Kathy Kacer. Illustrated by Juliana Kolesova. 2019. 32 pages. [Source: Review copy]
80. Eventown. Corey Ann Haydu. 2019. 328 pages. [Source: Library]

I haven't tried any new-to-me teas. But I have been drinking old favorites. 

© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

July Share-a-Tea Check-In

Mädchen mit Teekanne

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 from a past or current read?
What teas have you enjoyed this month?

These are my books:

71. More Than Words Can Say. (Patchwork Family #2) Karen Witemeyer. 2019. Bethany House. 368 pages. [Source: Review copy]
72. Dark Triumph (His Fair Assassin #2) Robin LaFevers. 2013. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 387 pages. [Source: Review copy]
73. ESV Prayer Bible. 2019. Crossway Books. 1920 pages. [Source: Review copy]
74.  The Penderwicks at Point Mouette. Jeanne Birdsall. 2011. 295 pages. [Source: Review copy]
75. I Always Loved You. Robin Oliveira. 2014. 343 pages. [Source: Library]
76. Lovely War. Julie Berry. 2019. 480 pages. [Source: Library]

These are my teas:

• Constant Comment Green
• Honey Vanilla Camomile
• Earl Grey
• Green 
• English Tea Time
• Double Bergomot
• Irish Breakfast
• Camomile

© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

June Share-a-Tea

Hilda Fearon La fiesta del te

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 from a past or current read?
What teas have you enjoyed this month?

Currently Reading...

several Bibles
Cecilia by Fanny Burney


Recently finished...

67. Beverly, Right Here. Kate DiCamillo. 2019. Candlewick Press. 256 pages. [Source: Review copy]
68. Taking Back the Good Book: How America Forgot the Bible and Why It Matters To You. Woodrow Kroll. 2007. Crossway Books. 222 pages. [Source: Review copy]
69. The Lady of the Lakes: The True Love Story of Sir Walter Scott. Josi S. Kilpack. 2017. Shadow Mountain. [Source: Library]
70. Resistance Women. Jennifer Chiaverini. 2019. 608 pages. [Source: Library]

Looking forward...

Perhaps something Victorian...and also translated from the French?

Teas enjoyed....

• Citrus Green
• Perfect Peach
• Peppermint
• Camomile
• White Tea
• Candy Cane Lane
• Constant Comment Black

© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

May Share-a-Tea Check-In Post

Albert Anker, Grandmother

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 from a past or current read?
What teas have you enjoyed this month?

Currently reading....

Bibles mostly

Books I've finished recently:


60. My Creative Bible KJV (Pink Hardcover) Illustrated by Brad Miedema and Allison Sowers. 1611/2016. Christian Art Publishers. 1410 pages. [Source: Review copy provided by KJV Bibles.com]
61.  Howl's Moving Castle. Diana Wynne Jones. 1986/2001. 329 pages. [Source: Bought]
62. On Earth As It Is In Heaven: How the Lord's Prayer Teaches Us To Pray Effectively. Warren Wiersbe. 2010. 156 pages. [Source: Bought]
63. Mimi's Adventures in Baking Chocolate Chip Cookies. Alyssa Gangeri. Illustrated by Chiara Civati. 2015. 38 pages. [Source: Library]
64. Mimi's Adventures in Baking Gingerbread Men. Alyssa Gangeri. Illustrated by Chiara Civati. 2015. 38 pages. [Source: Library]
65. Les Miserables. Victor Hugo. Translated by Julie Rose. 1862/2008. Modern Library. 1330 pages. [Source: Bought]
66.  The Refuge. Ann H. Gabhart. 2019. Revell. 400 pages. [Source: Review copy] 

Book I'm looking forward to starting....

So many. I really need to find a way to balance reading the Bible during tea time and reading other books. Recently, I've been reading heavy bibles that require sitting up and reading other books in bed. It all gets read--it is just a matter of where.

Quotes...

I actually took the time to TYPE UP almost all the sentences I underlined in Les Miserables.

Teas:

• Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin
• Constant Comment Black
• Earl Grey Jasmine
• Constant Comment Green
• PG Tips
• Candy Cane Lane
• Meyer Lemon
• Citrus Green Tea

© 2019 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

April Share-a-Tea Check-In

Arturo Ricci Nachmittagstee

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 from a past or current read?
What teas have you enjoyed this month?

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What I'm currently reading....
Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

What I've finished since last time....
45. ESV Story of Redemption Bible. Crossway. 2018. 1920 pages. [Source: Gift]
46.    The Innocents Abroad. Mark Twain. 1869. 560 pages. [Source: Bought]
47. Invisible Heroes of World War II: True Stories That Should Never Be Forgotten. Jerry Borrowman. 2019. Shadow Mountain. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
48. Devil's Cub. Georgette Heyer. 1932/2003. Harlequin. 272 pages. [Source: Bought]
49. Cries From the Cross: A Journey Into the Heart of Jesus. Erwin Lutzer. 2002. Moody. 170 pages. [Source: Bought]
50.  Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption. Laura Hillenbrand. 2010. Random House. 473 pages. [Source: Bought]
51.  Song for the Stars. Ilima Todd. 2019. Shadow Mountain. 352 pages. [Source: Review copy]
52. Dealing with Dragons. (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #1) Patricia C. Wrede. 1990/2015. 208 pages. [Source: Review copy]
53. They Found Him Dead. Georgette Heyer. 1937/2019. Sourcebooks. 384 pages. [Source: Review copy]
54. Searching for Dragons. (Enchanted Forest Chronicles #2) Patricia C. Wrede. 1991/2015. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. 239 pages. [Source: Review copy]
55. Sense and Sensibility. Jane Austen. 1811. 409 pages. [Source: Bought]
56. Sister of the Bride. Beverly Cleary. 1963. 240 pages. [Source: Bought]
57.  Resistance. Jennifer A. Nielsen. 2018. Scholastic. 385 pages. [Source: Review copy]
58. Beautiful Stories from Shakespeare. E. Nesbit. Illustrated by Arthur Rackham. 1918. 192 pages. [Source: Library]
59. Duplicate Death. (Inspectors Hannasyde and Hemingway #7) Georgette Heyer. 1951/2019. Sourcebooks. 400 pages. [Source: Review copy] 

Is there a book I'm looking forward to starting...
So many! I would love to read David Copperfield by Charles Dickens and/or Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell.

Favorite quotes:

• Wouldn't it be nice if people purred as charmingly as cats when they are hungry? Half the quarrels in the world would never take place. (Beverly Cleary, Sister of the Bride)
• “It is not every one,” said Elinor, “who has your passion for dead leaves.” “No; my feelings are not often shared, not often understood. But sometimes they are.” (Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility)

Teas I've Enjoyed

• PG Tips (Black)
• Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin
• Earl Grey Jasmine
• Black Cherry Berry
• Constant Comment Black
• Constant Comment Green
• Perfect Peach
• Steep Bigelow Pomegranate Green
• Camomile

© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

February Share-a-Tea Check-In

Emile Eisman-Semenowsky, Tea Time

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 from a past or current read?
What teas have you enjoyed this month?

---My answers

I am currently reading Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. I am also reading Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand.

Yes. I've finished several books this month for this challenge.

20. What is Poetry? The Essential Guide to Reading and Writing Poems. Michael Rosen. Illustrated by Jill Calder. 2019. Candlewick Press. 208 pages. [Source: Library]
21. Ballet Shoes. (Shoes #1) Noel Streatfeild. 1936/2018. Random House. 256 pages. [Source: Library]
22. Through Gates of Splendor. Elisabeth Elliot. 1956/1996. Tyndale. 219 pages. [Source: Bought]
23. Evangelism and the Sovereignty of God. J.I. Packer. 1961/1991. IVP. 126 pages. [Source: Bought]
24. The Diary of a Young Girl. Anne Frank (The Definitive Edition). Edited by Otto Frank and Mirjam Pressler. Translated by Susan Massotty. 1947/1996. 352 pages. [Source: Bought]
25. Queen Victoria: Twenty-Four Days That Changed Her Life. Lucy Worsley. 2019. 432 pages. [Source: Library]
26. Ashamed of the Gospel: When the Church Becomes Like the World. John F. MacArthur Jr. 1993/2001. Crossway. 266 pages. [Source: Bought]
27. Cotillion. Georgette Heyer. 1953/2007. Sourcebooks. 355 pages. [Source: Review copy]
28.  The Book Thief. Markus Zusak. 2006. Random House. 560 pages. [Source: Bought]
29. The Princess Bride. William Goldman. 1973/2003. 398 pages. [Source: Bought]
30. Bonnie and Clyde: The Making of a Legend. Karen Blumenthal. 2018. 256 pages. [Source: Library]
31. Jane Austen for Kids: Her Life, Her Writings, and World with 21 Activities. Nancy I. Sanders. 2019. Chicago Review Press. 144 pages. [Source: Review copy]

I'm looking forward to reading more books....always. I would love to finish Shirley by Charlotte Bronte, Sense & Sensibility by Jane Austen and Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome.

Quotes:

I always used to bemoan the fact that I couldn't draw, but now I'm overjoyed that at least I can write. And if I don't have the talent to write books or newspaper articles, I can always write for myself. But I want to achieve more than that. I can't imagine having to live like Mother, Mrs. van Daan and all the women who go about their work and are then forgotten. I need to have something besides a husband and children to devote myself to! I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death! And that's why I'm so grateful to God for having given me this gift, which I can use to develop myself and to express all that's inside me! When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived! But, and that's a big question, will I ever become a journalist or a writer? (Anne Frank, 251)

Teas

• Honey Vanilla Camomile
• Candy Cane Lane
• I Love Lemon
• Wild Raspberry Hibiscus
• PG Tips
• Salted Caramel
• White Tea
• Black Cherry Berry
• Peppermint
• Earl Grey

© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews

January Share-a-Tea Check-In

Carl Thomsen, A Sunday Afternoon

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 from a past or current read?
What teas have you enjoyed this month?

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What are you currently reading for the challenge?
I almost always read the Bible for one of my tea times. The other tea time I read whatever is handy. Last night I started Through Gates of Splendor by Elisabeth Elliot.

Have you finished any books for this challenge this month?
YES.

1. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood: The Poetry of Mister Rogers. Illustrated by Luke Flowers. 2019. [March] Quirk. 144 pages. [Source: Review copy]
2. Into the Jungle: Stories for Mowgli. Katherine Rundell. Illustrated by Kristjana S. Williams. 2018. 240 pages. [Source: Library]
3. Tisha: The Wonderful True Love Story of a Young Teacher in the Alaskan Wilderness. As told to Robert Specht. 1976. 342 pages. [Source: Bought]
4.  A Garden in Paris. Stephanie Grace Whitson. 2005. 285 pages. [Source: Bought]
5. Ivanhoe. Walter Scott. 1819. 544 pages. [Source: Bought]
6. The Murder of Patience Brooke. (Charles Dickens Investigations #1)  J.C. Briggs. 2018. Sapere Books. 290 pages. [Source: Review copy]
7. Together Forever (Orphan Train #2) Jody Hedlund. 2018. Bethany House. 343 pages. [Source: Library]
8. The Black Moth. Georgette Heyer. 1921/2009. Sourcebooks. 355 pages. [Source: Review Copy]
9. Not God Enough: Why Your Small God Leads to Big Problems. J.D. Greear. 2018. Zondervan. 237 pages. [Source: Review copy]10.
11. Winnie's Great War. Lindsay Mattick and Josh Greenhut. Illustrated by Sophie Blackall. 2018. Little, Brown. 244 pages. [Source: Library]
12. The Plot Against America. Philip Roth. 2004. 391 pages. [Source: Library]
13. Evelina. Fanny Burney. 1778. 455 pages. [Source: Bought]
14. When We Were Very Young. A.A. Milne. 1924. 100 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
15. Now We Are Six. A.A. Milne. 1927. 102 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
16. Winnie the Pooh. A.A. Milne. Illustrated by Ernest H. Shepard. 1926. 163 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
17.What Is Given From the Heart. Patricia C. McKissack. Illustrated by April Harrison. 2019 [January]. 32 pages. [Source: Library] 
18. Death in the Stocks. Inspectors Hannasyde & Hemingway #1) Georgette Heyer. 1935/2019. Sourcebooks. 384 pages. [Source: Review copy] 
19 Abridged Classics: Brief Summaries of Books You Were Supposed to Read But Probably Didn't. 2018. 160 pages. [Source: Library] 

Is there a book you're looking forward to starting next month?
Yes. I hope to read Shirley by Charlotte Bronte and Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen. Also finishing up Three Men in A Boat by Jerome K. Jerome.

Favorite quotes:

"When you wake up in the morning, Pooh," said Piglet at last, "what's the first thing you say to yourself?" "What's for breakfast?" said Pooh. "What do you say, Piglet?" "I say, I wonder what's going to happen exciting today?" said Piglet. Pooh nodded thoughfully. "It's the same thing," he said. ~ A.A. Milne

Love is fragile as your tears.
Love is stronger than your fears.
When your heart can sing another's gladness
Then your heart is full of love.
When your heart can cry another's sadness
Then your heart is full of love. ~ Fred Rogers

She does not, beautiful as she is, seize the soul by surprise, but, with more dangerous fascination, she steals it almost imperceptibly. ~ Fanny Burney

January Teas

• Green
• Perfect Peach
• PG Tips
• White Tea
• Peppermint
• Peppermint Bark
• I Love Lemon
• Wild Raspberry Hibiscus
• Earl Grey Jasmine
• Camomile
• Candy Cane Lane
• Honey Vanilla Camomile
• Meyer Lemon
• Black Cherry Berry
• Cranberry Vanilla Wonderland

© 2018 Becky Laney of Becky's Book Reviews