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[Book Review] In The Air Tonight By Lori Handeland & San Marco Coffee Strawberry
Charmed meets Ghost Whisperer in the first book of the Sisters of the Craft series, a trilogy following three gifted sister witches as they learn the secret of their origins, the truth of the powers they inherited from their parents, and the evil that stalks them in their current time.
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[Book Review] Venomoid By J.A. Kossler & Starbucks Komodo Dragon Blend
Seventeen-year-old vampire Lorin has been an operative for the International Paranormal Organization, a human-run agency that studies paranormals and regulates their behavior, for the last four years, and under the organization’s watchful eye since he was turned into a vampire at the age of ten. Now weeks from his eighteenth birthday, the IPO board member are keeping an even closer eye on him, and Lorin lives in fear of stepping even a hair out of line least he gives them an excuse to torture or kill him – something the IPO does to other paranormals on a daily basis.
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[Anthology Review] Grim Edited By Christine Johnson & CoffeeAM Black Forest Cake Flavored Coffee
All of the short stories in Grim are retellings of classic fairy tales – and not the sanitized, Disney versions, oh no, these stories stay true to the essence of the original tales, which are much darker, grittier, and, in some cases, bloodier. There’s a good selection here with some modern retellings, some set in the fairy tale settings of olde (in a kingdom far far away during an indeterminable time), and yet others set in a technologically advanced future with a definite Sci-Fi feeling. To give you an idea of the many different characters encountered throughout this collection, you will find psychics who live in a trailer park, a…
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[Book Review] Miss Spelled By Sarah Belle & Ritual Grounds Coffee Roasting Night Sky
Lou, a 30-year-old school teacher, turns to a magic spell found on the internet to erase her past with an ex-from-hell – an ex who turns out to be her new fiancés nemesis. Of course the spell backfires in a big way and Lou is left scrambling to put the jagged pieces of her perfect life back to the way it was before.
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[Novella Review] Nightlife: Hazardous Material By Matthew Quinn Martin & Joe Coffee Wake Up Joe
If you've never heard the real life urban legend of the Polybius arcade games, I highly recommend Googling it before reading this novella – I really think it will increase your enjoyment of the story. According to the legend, which may or may not have some basis in reality, in the early 80’s a handful of Polybius game cabinets were placed in a select few arcades in Portland, Oregon. Apparently, the game was highly addictive, to the point of long lines forming and fights breaking out over who got to play next game, and reports were made of players exhibiting symptoms such as blackouts, amnesia, and night terrors. Periodically “men in…
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Monday Coffee News
Happy Monday! Here's what's been going on in coffee news these past 2 weeks: Starbucks introduced new mini-sized Frappuccinos, Keurig announced they'll be releasing a reusable coffee filter compatible with their 2.0 brewers, and THC-infused coffee pods are hitting the market. Also, the creators of the Space Cup, used by espresso-drinking astronauts aboard the International Space Station, launched a Kickstarter campaign offering backers a chance to get their hands on one of there own.
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