Bitter Tea and Mystery: Books Read in August 2025

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Books Read in August 2025: As you can see, I am more than a bit behind with my monthly reading summaries. August's reading was a bit unusual for me. I only read fi...

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Perplexing Plots: David Bordwell

Bitter Tea and Mystery: Perplexing Plots: David Bordwell:   The subtitle of this book is "Popular Storytelling and the Poetics of Murder." Bordwell was an influential film scholar; this bo...

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...