Up until 2 years ago, Poppy and Alex took a trip every summer . They are best friends and love spending time together discovering new places. But love may or may not have gotten in the way.

Shelly's tea: Snarky Tea Orange Grapefruit

Candy's tea: Snarky Tea Chocolate Strawberry

Kathryn Stockett's latest book takes us back to 1933 Oxford, Mississippi where the lives of Birdie Calhoun and an orphan named Meg converge to change their lives forever.

Shelly's tea: Snarky Tea Blueberry Peach Cobbler

Candy's tea: Corn Silk Tea

America's Forgotten Mass Imprisonment of Women

Earthquake causes fluvial tsunami in the Mississippi River

A Child's Life in the 1930s Compared to Today

Join us for our thoughts on Carl Hiassen's Fever Beach where the lives of a less than intelligent white-suprmacist, a corrupt politicians and his cohorts, a committed environmentalist and a smart, sassy Latina woman all end up in the same orbit for a wild ride in the great state of Florida.

Shelly's tea: Sweet Iced Tea with mint and lime

Shelly's Mantea infuser

Candy's tea: Plain old-fashioned Sweet Iced Tea

Retired temporal agent Wilda Firestone is pulled back into time-travel service to investigate the deaths of time travelers, leading her on a journey through history to uncover a deadly conspiracy.

Shelly's tea: Artemis Tea and Botancials Oracle Tea

Candy's tea: Adagio Elderberry Wine

In 1970's North Carolina, two women's lives converge due to a powerful crone's work. Kate Shaw is a teacher in a soon-to-be-closed one room schoolhouse. She worries for the future of her students, their families and what her future holds. Lydia Brown is dealing with a recent loss and a mystery. She is led to Appalachia that leads her to Kate and the Crone.

Shelly's tea: CharBrew Rose Hibiscus Tea

Candy's tea: Republic of Tea Blackberry Sage

LuLu is a typical 1950s housewife trying to hold it all together, because inside- she is NOT typical at all. She starts to fall apart after the birth of her second child. Seen as "hysteria" the outside world can't understand why she can't get her housewife act together. But all is not as it seems...

Meagan Church

Shelly's tea: Snarky Tea Peach Strawberry ( here is a link to Peachy Keen)

Candy's tea: Adagio Tea Green Popcorn

Dante has retired to the quiet life in a little town in New Zealand. Except his new gardener wants to continue working on the garden and a local developer gives him an offer he can't refuse . It's a great cozy paranormal mystery and it the first in a series!

Shelly's tea: "Almond Joy" Black tea with coconut and almond

Candy's tea: Earl Grey Tea

Cardamom-Rose Water Shortbread Cookies

Bev, Elsie and Margot all share something in common. Their husbands were serial killers. They rely on each other to navigate living with the aftermath of what their husbands did and use what they know to prevent another serial killer from killing again.

Shelly's tea: Luzianne Sweet Tea

Candy's tea: "Margot Long Island" : 2/3 glass brewed black tea, a splash of Kraken Spiced Rum, a splash of pine syrup, 1/3 Crystal Lite Lemonade and ice. Lemon for garnish.

Amber Reynolds is in a coma, but she can her everything around her. As she tries to figure out what happened, she lets the reader know three things about herself:

1. She is in a coma

2. Her husband doesn't love her anymore

3. Sometimes she lies...

Shelly's tea: "Smoke and Mirrors" Mother Shrub Vanilla Hickory Pear, smokey tea poured over ice

Candy's tea: Adagio Tea Foxtrot

Joan Goodwin is navigating her way through her life in the 1980's as an astronaut. One of the first women to fly a mission on a Space Shuttle, Joan begins a life that is different from anything she ever dreamed.

Shelly's tea: The Tea Spot Climbers High Chai

Candy's tea: Snarky Tea Chocolate Strawberry (similar)