typically my summer reading works itself into a frenzied theme. i've had a talking animal book summer (the chronicles of narnia, redwall series, wind in the willows, beatrix potter, watership down, mrs. frisby and the rats of nimh), a pendragon summer (the once and future king, lewis's science fiction trilogy, susan cooper's greenwich series, tales of king arthur, lloyd alexandar's newbery winning high king series), fairy tales retold summer (wicked and all other's by gregory maguire, eragon, and several other's ferreted out at the library whose names i can't recall), my non fiction summer (galileo's daughter, the professor and the madman, longitude), and even a summer at sea (patrick o'brien's aubry/maturin series, treasure island, mutiny on the bounty). as has been the habit, this summer has proven to reveal it's own theme. after completing last summer's theme (on a down note i might add) by reading "son of a witch," the sequel to maguire's "wicked," i began what may be the best summer reads i've had in 13 years (except maybe the christmas i re-read the laura ingalls wilder books, and couldn't wait to get up to my room to find out what laura was up to). this has been the summer of "the no. 1 ladies detective agency" and the gently perceptive precious ramotswe as she sleuths about in the peaceful country of botswana. the smell of her red bush tea lures me in every evening. these quite possibly might be the most charming books i've ever enjoyed.
and it helps that red bush is my tea of choice (try it with a little cream and sugar).
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glad to hear it's also your favorite...do you have it with cream (or some such non-dairy substance for me)?
check this out....thinking of getting the almond. a flavour i've not enjoyed:
http://www.adagio.com/rooibos/index.html
have you ever been here?
http://store.teavana.com/storelocater.html
there is one in atlanta at the mall of georgia....definitely worth the trip.
yay for redwall! i think my favorite book was mattimeo.
i have been to the pita house, but never imbibed their concoctions...i'll have to do that when i am back in greenville....
and i did like mattimeo....the only thing is that they all started to run together after a while because the formula was the same: small mice (and other friendly rodents) have a feast. rats attack. small mice get beat or captured or imprisioned in their little monastary. little under-dog mouse hero solves a riddle or sees a badger or finds a weapon. good rodents rally and beat other bad rodents. small mice (and other friendly rodents) along with their new friends have a feast. charming. inspiring. the stories always made me hungry.
i went out and bought the tea...just a little taste of heaven.
glad to hear! don't you love it....so smooth (and beautifully good for you too).
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