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[Book Review] The Dead House By Dawn Kurtagich & Gloria Jean’s Chocolate Raspberry Truffle Coffee With Inclusions
The Dead House is a fantastically dark, chilling mystery told in a very unique case-file style that uses newspaper clippings, transcripts, reports, and very detailed diary entries to tell the story of a very unique girl, two “sisters” trapped in one body, and the horrifying events involving her at Elmbridge High, an English co-ed boarding school, that ended in death and destruction.
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Monday Morning Coffee News
Happy Monday! A quick recap of some interesting coffee-related news stories from the last few weeks: South Sudan will soon begin exporting coffee for the first time ever, a study recently linked enjoying your coffee black with being a psychopath, and Stumptown Coffee Roaster is being bought out by Peet's Coffee & Tea. Starbucks is getting into the holiday season, unveiling their 2015 red holiday cups and once again offering a special, limited edition Halloween-themed frappuccino. Also, Walter's Coffee, the Breaking Bad themed coffee shop, may soon come to the U.S. with help from their recently launched Kickstarter campaign.
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Making My Own Coffee-Infused Vodka
I've really been having a blast playing around with coffee lately. With the holiday season coming up so soon, I thought it might be fun to try making some coffee cocktails. I decided to begin by making my own coffee-infused vodka. If you aren't aware, it's apparently all the rage to infuse your own vodka with all kind of fun things like fruit and spices and COFFEE - and here I am jumping on the bandwagon just in time to make some seasonal cocktails.
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[Short Story Review] Storytime By K. Lynn & Eight O’Clock Ground Dark Italian Espresso
In his first attempt to get out of the house and move on with his life after the death of his partner a year ago, author James Murphy decides to volunteer for storytime at his local library. It’s not long before he develops a fascination with the children’s librarian, David, who just happens to be the spitting image of his dead lover.
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[Book Review] Taking A Chance By A.M. Arthur & CoffeeAM Orange Coconut Flavored Coffee
The Restoration Series follows three best friends – James, Boxer, and Elliott – all finding love after experiencing some major setbacks in their lives. Each book features one of the three finding love, with the other two friends playing their own important roles in their friend's story. Taking A Chance is Elliott’s story and, oh my goodness, does Elliott experience some heartbreaking setbacks! After the year from hell, Elliott Quinn is fresh out of rehab and trying to get his life back on track. His confidence is at an all-time low and all his focus is on getting back on his feet – that is until he lays eyes on…
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[Book Review] The Suffering By Rin Chupeco & Deadly Grounds Coffee Hell’s Fury
Okiku, the 300 year old vengeful spirit of a murdered Japanese teenage girl, and Tark, a seventeen-year old Japanese-American high school student/spirit magnet, are back in The Suffering, a companion novel to The Girl From The Well. In The Girl From The Well, Okiku helped Tarq fight the evil living within his skin. Now the two are inseparable (literally). They make a bit of an odd team, what with one being a vengeful spirit who often looks like a rotting corpse and all, but the two are actually the best of friends. Okiku helps Tark with his hobby of exorcising spirits and Tark helps Okiku carry out her bloody vengeance…
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