Friday, May 28, 2021

Teatime reading: some coming attractions!

Reading is my favorite hobby, and I imagine it always will be. A few times a year, I like to prowl the upcoming tea-related titles on Amazon to see if there are any interesting-sounding ones in the pipeline, and I was delighted to find quite a few. Here are some I'm watching for.

Green with Milk and Sugar: When Japan Filled America’s Tea Cups by Robert Hellyer (October 12, 2021)

"Today, Americans are some of the world’s biggest consumers of black teas. In Japan, green tea, especially sencha, is preferred. These national partialities, Robert Hellyer reveals, are deeply entwined. Tracing the trans-Pacific tea trade from the eighteenth century onward, Green with Milk and Sugar shows how the interconnections between Japan and the United States have influenced the daily habits of people in both countries."






Twisted Tea Christmas
by Laura Childs (A Tea Shop Mystery #23) (October 27, 2021)

Yes, you read that correctly: we get a second tea shop mystery from the delightful Laura Childs this year, so Merry Christmas to us!

"Tea maven Theodosia Browning and her tea sommelier, Drayton Conneley, are catering a Victorian Christmas party at a swanky mansion in downtown Charleston. Drucilla Heyward, the hostess, is one of the wealthiest women in town.

As the champagne flows and the tea steeps, Drucilla is so pleased with the reception by her partygoers that she reveals her secret plan to Theodosia. The Grande Dame has brought the cream of Charleston society together to reveal that she is planning to give her wealth away to various charitable organizations. However, before she can make the announcement, Theodosia finds her crumpled unconscious in the hallway. It looks like the excitement has gotten to the elderly woman—except that there is a syringe sticking out of her neck."


The Tulip Tea Rooms
 by Pam Evans (November 11, 2021)

"The Second World War is finally over when Lola Brown meets Harry Riggs at a dance. It is love at first sight but when Harry tells Lola that he is a policeman, her heart sinks. Lola's father is a petty criminal, and if Harry ever finds out and turns him in, it will destroy her family...

Harry reluctantly accepts that Lola doesn't want to see him again, and eventually starts to find happiness without her. In the meantime, Lola encounters the eccentric Pickford sisters and sets about transforming their run-down tea rooms in London's West End, only to find her own life transformed as well. Despite everything, Harry and Lola continue to feel drawn to each other, but the truth about Lola's family can't stay hidden for ever..."








Tea for One 
by Alice Taylor (December 4, 2021)

"Many of us spend the later years of life living solo when children have grown up and moved on. Others choose this lifestyle. But 2020 brought new challenges to this solo lifestyle. We rose to the first challenge thinking that it would all be over in a matter of weeks. But no. Instead came a series of on-again off-again lockdowns of different levels … Then, gradually, a realisation dawned that maybe there were things to be learnt from this unique situation? Might we discover a new understanding and appreciation of things previously ignored? Alice began to wonder how best to handle this new, solitary experience, and to document her progress though this most extraordinary year. This is her journey."










Pride, Prejudice, and Peril: A Jane Austen Tea Society Mystery Book 1 by Katie Oliver (December 7, 2021)

"Phaedra Brighton is perfectly content with her life of lecturing college students, gossiping with her best friends, and dreaming of Mr. Darcy. As a young, respected (if somewhat peculiar) English professor, her expertise lies in all things Jane Austen—but she knows that the closest she'll ever get to being a real-life Elizabeth Bennet is in her dreams. When Who Wants to Marry Mr. Darcy, a new reality TV show, starts filming at her best friend Charlene's estate, Phaedra is intrigued. And when the producer asks her to lend her Austenian knowledge as a consultant on the show, she's over the moon. But on the first day of filming, when Charlene's new husband is found electrocuted and Charlene herself is accused of the crime, Phaedra comes crashing back to reality."







5 comments:

  1. Thanks for all the information about those new books coming out later this year. It's always good to have something to look forward to.

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  2. Thanks for the recommendations. I’m eagerly awaiting the next Seaside Cafe Mystery in August.

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  3. I never thought about doing a tea search for books on Amazon. Now I am going to be searching too. But then you already did it for me. Sounds like some good ones.

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  5. All those look interesting but I'm really excited about the new Laura Childs book! I enjoy her books so much and I love Christmas themed books, so I'm sure it will be a winner. I'll check into the others, too - thanks for sharing your search results.

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