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The Perfect Blend is where Shelly and Candy get to do what they love best- drink tea and read and discuss books.
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She Didn't See It Coming (opens the original)
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Bryden Frost disappears on the way to pick up her daughter from daycare. Her husband finds her phone, laptop and keys still at home. Shari Lapena Shelly's tea: Plum Deluxe Coconut Macaron Dessert Black Tea Candy's tea: Adagio Tea Monster Mash
I've Got a New Complaint (opens the original)
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Laurie Notaro's book I've Got a New Complaint is a book of essays about being a mid-life woman and all the tomfoolery and disasters that entails. Irreverently funny and the perfect cure when you need a good belly laugh! Shelly's tea: The Republic of Tea Pumpkin Spice for Gourdists: Tiesta Tea Pumpkin Spice Candy's tea: Earl Grey
We Were Never Here (opens the original)
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Emily and Kristen have been best friends for years. On a trip to Cambodia, Emily experiences a traumatic event and Kristen helps her through it. Emily begins to see that Kristen is not the friend she thought she was and she must figure out how to untangle the web she is caught in. Shelly's tea: The Tea Spot Climber's High Chai Candy's tea: Asheville Tea Company Hibiscus Mojito
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (opens the original)
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Imagine signing up to become cryogenically frozen upon your death and then reanimated sometime in the future. Bob Johannsen did just that, dying not 24 hours after buying a cryogenic package. 177 years later, he is awakened to find he is now an AI probe. The planet is in peril, the world is at war, and Bob is sent out into the Universe to find planets that are viable for the humans that are left. Shelly's tea: Twinings Chai Black Tea pod , espresso coffee pod Candy's tea: Caribbean Fusion Peachy
These Summer Storms (opens the original)
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April Storms is prepared to spend a few days with her estranged family for her father's funeral. She has no idea that her father left one last family challenge for them all and staying could be the undoing of her and her siblings. Sarah MacLean Shelly's tea: Bigelow Earl Gray with vanilla and sweet cream Candy's tea: Yerba Mate
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