Hi, hello everyone! We are super excited to have read THE CARTOGRAPHERS with you this month, and we cannot wait to get into our discussion questions!
Read moreTeaTimeReads: The Cartographers Discussion
TeaTimeReads July Pick: The Heartbreak Bakery by A.R. Capetta
Hi friends, we hope that the month of June has been treating you well and that you’re enjoying our current read THE CARTOGRAPHERS! We’re so so excited to announce that our TeaTimeReads pick for July will be A.R. Capetta’s THE HEARTBREAK BAKERY!
Here is the full summary for The Heartbreak Bakery:
Teenage baker Syd sends ripples of heartbreak through Austin’s queer community when a batch of post-being-dumped brownies turns out to be magical—and makes everyone who eats them break up.
“What’s done is done.”
Unless, of course, it was done by my brownies. Then it’s getting undone.
Syd (no pronouns, please) has always dealt with big, hard-to-talk-about things by baking. Being dumped is no different, except now Syd is baking at the Proud Muffin, a queer bakery and community space in Austin. And everyone who eats Syd’s breakup brownies . . . breaks up. Even Vin and Alec, who own the Proud Muffin. And their breakup might take the bakery down with it. Being dumped is one thing; causing ripples of queer heartbreak through the community is another. But the cute bike delivery person, Harley (he or they, check the pronoun pin, it’s probably on the messenger bag), believes Syd about the magic baking. And Harley believes Syd’s magical baking can fix things, too—one recipe at a time.
Links for The Heartbreak Bakery: Goodreads | TheStoryGraph | Bookshop | Indie Bound
Content Warnings for The Heartbreak Bakery: descriptions of gender dysphoria, misgendering (non-malicious)
We’ll be doing a loose reading schedule this month, but of course, feel free to read at your own pace!
Have a wonderful rest of the month, and we hope you’ll join us next month in reading THE HEARTBREAK BAKERY!
Wrap Up: May 2022
Hi, hello everyone! Another month is done and dusted, and we’re so excited to share what we read with you!
This month Caitlyn read 23 books, Cossette read 30 books, and Mary read 0 books.
Read moreTeaTimeReads: Like a Love Song Discussion
Hi friends! Welcome back to another discussion question post. This month, for those who don’t know, we read and discussed Like a Love Song by Gabriela Martins, and let me tell you, we had an absolute blast doing so. Grab a warm drink and a cozy blanket, and keep reading to see what we thought of Like a Love Song.
Read moreTeaTimeReads June Pick: The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd
Hi, everyone! We hope that you’ve been enjoying LIKE A LOVE SONG! We’re looking forward to starting discussion questions soon! Today is the 22nd, which means it’s time for us to announce our June pick for TeaTimeReads. We’re so excited to announce that in June we’ll be reading THE CARTOGRAPHERS by Peng Shepherd!
Here is the full summary for The Cartographers:
What is the purpose of a map?
Nell Young’s whole life and greatest passion is cartography. Her father, Dr. Daniel Young, is a legend in the field and Nell’s personal hero. But she hasn’t seen or spoken to him ever since he cruelly fired her and destroyed her reputation after an argument over an old, cheap gas station highway map.
But when Dr. Young is found dead in his office at the New York Public Library, with the very same seemingly worthless map hidden in his desk, Nell can’t resist investigating. To her surprise, she soon discovers that the map is incredibly valuable and exceedingly rare. In fact, she may now have the only copy left in existence… because a mysterious collector has been hunting down and destroying every last one—along with anyone who gets in the way.
But why?
To answer that question, Nell embarks on a dangerous journey to reveal a dark family secret and discovers the true power that lies in maps…
From the critically acclaimed author of The Book of M, a highly imaginative thriller about a young woman who discovers that a strange map in her deceased father’s belongings holds an incredible, deadly secret—one that will lead her on an extraordinary adventure and to the truth about her family’s dark history.
Links for The Cartographers: Goodreads | TheStoryGraph | Bookshop | IndieBound
Content Warnings for The Cartographers: death, murder, gun, estranged parents, grief, fire
We’ll be doing a loose reading schedule this month, but of course, feel free to read at your own pace!
We hope that the rest of May treats you well and that you’ll join us in reading THE CARTOGRAPHERS next month! As always, you can join the Discord here.
Wrap Up: April 2022
Hi, hello friends! We’re so excited to be sharing our April wrap up with you today, and we cannot believe how quickly the month flew by! We read some pretty good books this month, so stay tuned to see what we got to!
This month Caitlyn read 30 books, Cossette read 25 books, and Mary read 6 books.
Read moreTea Time Reads: Fresh Discussion
Hi, everyone! We’re so excited to bring you our discussion questions (and answers) for Fresh! We hope you enjoyed reading it along with us this month, and be sure to let us know your thoughts in the comments!
Before we get into the questions, I just wanted to pop in and say that unfortunately, Fresh just wasn’t for me. In fact, I really struggled to get through it, and it actually caused me to slump. But this is ok! Not every book can be for me, and I am confident I will bounce back. For the sake of my own enjoyment and my own reading routine, I DNF’ed Fresh, so I won’t be answering the questions this month. Love, Mary.
TeaTimeReads May Pick: Like a Love Song by Gabriela Martins
Hello, friends! We hope that you’re having a lovely spring so far and that the end of April is treating you well. We’re so excited to announce that our May book club pick is LIKE A LOVE SONG by Gabriela Martins!
Here is the full summary for Like a Love Song:
Fake boyfriend. Real heartbreak?
Natalie is living her dream: topping the charts and setting records as a Brazilian pop star…until she’s dumped spectacularly on live television. Not only is it humiliating—it could end her career.
Her PR team’s desperate plan? A gorgeous yet oh-so-fake boyfriend. Nati reluctantly agrees, but William is not what she expected. She was hoping for a fierce bad boy—not a soft-hearted British indie film star. While she fights her way back to the top with a sweet and surprisingly swoon-worthy boy on her arm, she starts to fall for William—and realizes that maybe she’s the biggest fake of them all. Can she reclaim her voice and her heart?
Links for Like a Love Song: Goodreads | TheStorygraph | Bookshop | Indie Bound
Content Warnings for Like a Love Song: mentions of anxiety/panic attacks, death of a parent (dad), child abandonment/estranged parents, mentions of homophobia, mentions of xenophobia / racism
We’ll be doing a loose reading schedule this month, but of course, feel free to read at your own pace!
We’re really looking forward to reading this super sweet story with you all next month!
Monthly Wrap Up: March 2022
Hi, hello friends and welcome back to another wrap up post! We’re super excited to be sharing what books we read this month – it’s been yet another successful reading month for us all!
This month Caitlyn read 25 books, Cossette read 31 books, and Mary read 10 books.
Read moreTeaTimeReads April Pick: Fresh by Margot Wood
Happy Spring, everyone! We hope that you’re enjoying OPHELIA AFTER ALL – we can’t wait to start discussion questions! We’re super excited to announce that our April book club pick will be Margot Wood’s FRESH!
Here is the full summary for Fresh:
A hilarious and vulnerable coming-of-age story about the thrilling new experiences––and missteps––of a girl’s freshman year of college
Some students enter their freshman year of college knowing exactly what they want to do with their lives. Elliot McHugh is not one of those people. But picking a major is the last thing on Elliot’s mind when she’s too busy experiencing all that college has to offer—from dancing all night at off-campus parties, to testing her RA Rose’s patience, to making new friends, to having the best sex one can have on a twin-sized dorm room bed. But she may not be ready for the fallout when reality hits. When the sex she’s having isn’t that great. When finals creep up and smack her right in the face. Or when her roommate’s boyfriend turns out to be the biggest a-hole. Elliot may make epic mistakes, but if she’s honest with herself (and with you, dear reader), she may just find the person she wants to be. And maybe even fall in love in the process . . . Well, maybe.
Links for Fresh: Goodreads | TheStoryGraph | Bookshop | IndieBound
Content Warnings for Fresh: drinking, drug use, profanity, sex, and one scene with sexual assault
This month we’ve decided to try some new things that we’re all really excited about! We decided that this month we would try a loose reading schedule, which you can see in the image below. We also thought that since Fresh is a retelling of Jane Austen’s Emma, it would be fun to stream some Emma adaptations (2020 Emma, Emma Approved, Clueless, etc.) as well as some new and fun ways to interact with each other through social media! More information about that will be coming soon, most of which will be detailed in the Discord.
We’re super excited to read this fun and hilarious retelling! See you in April!
