Books + Bookmarks + Tea
Book:
Relentless by Dean Koontz
Bookmark:
Metal with Pokemon
Tea:
Lemon Lift
(because it's tangy and keeps me up at night)
Read - May 2020
Book:
The Night Circus - by Erin Morgenstern
Bookmark:
all black and white
Tea:
caramel apple pie
(because caramel was such a prominent flavor of the circus)
Read - May 2020
Book:
A Separate Peace, by John Knowles
Bookmark:
This book was very important to me in high school, so I used the hair ribbon from my cross country days
Tea:
Green with Lemon
Read - January 2019
Book:
Wittgenstein's Nephew, by Thomas Bernhard
Bookmark:
A freebie from a book store.
(I thought it looked appropriately scholarly)
Tea:
Mate Chocolate
Read - January 2019
Book:
Forever Odd, by Dean Koontz
Bookmark:
Frodo,
(Not so much because it matched the book. I just needed the daily reminder to keep crawling up that volcano)
Tea:
Earl Gray (the wonderland version)
Read - December 2018
Book:
Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker - by Jennifer Chiaverini
Bookmark:
Chosen because Mary Todd loved flowers
Tea:
Peach and Passion Ceylon
Read - Oct 2018
Book:
Normal Deviation - by Lyle Skains & DeAnn Bell
Bookmark:
My “Olivia” bookmark
(Because I have a story in the anthology)
Tea:
Pure Leaf Chai
Read - August 2018
Book:
Cold Fire - by Tamora Pierce
Bookmark:
Homemade, beads and burlap
Tea:
Cinnamon Hibiscus
(preferable strained through a lump of sugar held between the front teeth)
Read - August 2018