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[Book Review] Circus Games By Lilliana Rose & JumpinGoat Coffee Roasters Wine Infused Chocolate Coffee
Circus Games is the second book in the wild-west-meets-space-age Steampunk Mecha Mania series and takes place a week after the end of the first book, Circus Escape, with Nessie now running the mechanical machine fighting circus she was so obsessed with in the precious story. This also puts her in close quarters with Joy, the mecha operator she had become so smitten with. The problem is Nessie has no experience and no idea how to handle the Mecha Mania business – she has no idea how to handle a potential relationship with Joy right now either.
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[Book Review] Danced Close By Annabeth Albert & Ann Marie’s Wedding Cake Flavored Coffee
Kendall is a wedding planner who’s yet to meet that special someone who wholeheartedly accepts his love of pretty things and his genderqueer identity. Todd is a tattooed, bearded, flannel-wearing bakery assistant just getting his life on track after battling addiction. Both guys are very attracted to each other, but they’re also both coming off of relationships with people who didn’t treat them with the respect they deserve so they're a little (re: very) skittish at the idea of starting up something new. The fact that each is also very aware that they aren’t the other's usual type also causes some hitches in the road to romance. When Kendall’s partner for a…
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[Book Review] Death By Vanilla Latte By Alex Erickson & Gevalia Kaffe Vanilla Latte
Death By Vanilla Latte is the 4th book in the Bookstore Cafe Mystery series following the adventures of Krissy Hancock, the quirky and inquisitive owner of a small town bookstore café, as she finds herself again and again tangled up in puzzling murder investigations. In this installment of the series, Krissy’s father, famed mystery writer James Hancock, comes to town for a surprise visit/book launch, bringing along his ill-mannered literary agent Rick Wiseman and his agent’s assistant, sending all the local writers with unpublished manuscripts into a frenzy. When Wiseman is found dead and it looks like Hancock is the main suspect, Krissy becomes determined to prove her father's innocence…
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Monday Morning Coffee News
Happy Monday! Some interesting coffee news stories: A recent study looked into the affects of regular caffeine consumption on using caffeine as a supplement for increased athletic performance, new research indicates increased coffee consumption may lead to a decreased risk of liver cancer, and farmers are looking to establish a coffee growing industry in Southern California. Also, Krispy Kreme is giving away free coffee to teachers through the months of June and July.
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[Book Review] Get It Together, Delilah! By Erin Gough & Gloria Jean’s Madagascar Vanilla Caramel Coffee
In Get It Together, Delilah! 17-year-old Delilah is going through it! It’s her final year of school and she’s struggling to keep her grades up while dealing with homophobic bullying from classmates. Her father goes on an extended world trip, leaving it up to Delilah to keep the Flywheel, her family’s café, afloat through a string of calamities. On top of all that she’s also dealing with friend drama and a seemingly hopeless crush on Rosa, a college activist/flamenco dancer. With all the things she’s juggling, it’s inevitable Del’s going to drop the ball on at least one of them – somehow, she manages to drop the ball on all…
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Monday Morning Coffee News
Happy Monday! A few interesting coffee items in the news: Jim Beam released a line of bourbon flavored coffee, Starbucks is testing out coffee ice cubes, a coffee shop in Melbourne invented the "avolatte", and TimeCup launched a Kickstarter campaign for an automatic Turkish coffee maker.
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