Bitter Tea and Mystery: Signing up for 20 Books of Summer 2026

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Signing up for 20 Books of Summer 2026: This is my eleventh year of participating in the 20 Books of Summer reading challenge. The event was originally hosted by Cathy at 746Books ...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Pesticide: Kim Hays

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Pesticide: Kim Hays: This summary is from Kim Hays' website : In Pesticide , a street party in Bern morphs into a brutal riot. Hours later, with the medieval...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Books Read in July 2025

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Books Read in July 2025:   Another month where every book was a very good read. I finished seven books in July. Two were short story books; that is unusual. Four wer...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: At Bertram's Hotel: Agatha Christie

 Bitter Tea and Mystery: At Bertram's Hotel: Agatha Christie

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: Olive, Again by Elizabeth S...: Olive, Again  by Elizabeth Strout is the follow-up book to Olive Kitteridge .  It is a very good book but not an easy read. Olive is in her ...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Ninefox Gambit: Yoon Ha Lee

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Ninefox Gambit: Yoon Ha Lee: Ninefox Gambit by Yoon Ha Lee is the first book in the Machineries of Empire trilogy. This is the summary of the book at the author's w...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Books Read in June 2025

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Books Read in June 2025:   I read six books in June, and all of them were from my 20 Books of Summer list . I liked all the books; four of them were upbeat and fun; ...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Oona Out of Order: Margarita Montimore

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Oona Out of Order: Margarita Montimore: This story starts on New Year's Eve 1982; at the stroke of midnight, Oona will turn 19. She expects to be making a decision about whethe...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Burgess Boys: Elizabeth Strout

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Burgess Boys: Elizabeth Strout: In a short prologue, the Burgess family is introduced, focusing mainly on the two boys, Jim and Bob. They both have legal careers and left t...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Death by Accident: Bill Crider

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Death by Accident: Bill Crider: The Sheriff Dan Rhodes series by Bill Crider is set in a small town in Blacklin County, a fictional county in Texas. It is a cozy series; Sh...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: "The Bootlegger" by Amor Amor Towles

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Short Story Wednesday: "The Bootlegger" by Amor To...: This story is from Table for Two , a short story collection by Amor Towles. Table for Two  is book #3 that I am reading for my 20 Books of S...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: A Summer Challenge: 20 Books of Summer 2025

Bitter Tea and Mystery: A Summer Challenge: 20 Books of Summer 2025: It's almost time for 20 Books of Summer . This is my tenth year of participating in this reading challenge. The event was previously hos...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Birdcage: Victor Canning

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Birdcage: Victor Canning: Birdcage is about the machinations of a British intelligence agency, referred to as "Birdcage" because its offices are in Birdcag...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry: Gabrielle Zevin

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry: Gabrielle Zevin:   As the story opens, A.J. Fikry is a widower. His wife died 21 months earlier and left him to run their book store on Alice Island, Massach...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Books Read in August 2023

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Books Read in August 2023: I read nine books in August and completed all of the books on my 20 Books of Summer list. I did not review them all, but did better than usu...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: A Fire Story: Brian Fies

Bitter Tea and Mystery: A Fire Story: Brian Fies: From the dust jacket on my edition: Early in the morning on Monday, October 9, 2017, wildfires burned through Northern California, resulting...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: 84, Charing Cross Road: Helene Hanff

Bitter Tea and Mystery: 84, Charing Cross Road: Helene Hanff: This book is a very short compilation of letters that tell the story of a friendship between Helen Hanff in New York and Frank Doel in Londo...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Murder Most Fowl: Bill Crider

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Murder Most Fowl: Bill Crider: Dan Rhodes is the sheriff of Blacklin County, Texas; he only has a small crew to work with, himself and his deputy and a couple of people in...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Nature of the Beast: Louise Penny

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Nature of the Beast: Louise Penny: This book is the 11th in the Armand Gamache series by Louise Penny, and is set in Three Pines, Quebec in Canada. I like these books no matte...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

Bitter Tea and Mystery: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society:...:   The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society  is an epistolary novel set in London and on Guernsey in 1946. Juliet Ashton, an author ...