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The Muse Author: Jessie Burton I loved The Miniaturist, Burton’s break out novel, and when I was offered a review copy of her new book, The Muse I couldn’t wait to get my eyes on it.  And Jessie Burton does not disappoint. With her crisp, intelligent prose, Jessie Burton’s protagonists, Odelle Bastien  and Margaret Quick in 1967 London, and Olive Schloss and Teresa in 1936 Spain create a spell and a miasma that circles around an unknown painter, Isaac Robles.  As she swings from 1936 to ... continue reading...

RETHINK WATER The new alternative to Plastic Bottled Water! Saving our environment one product and one day at a time is what we are all trying to do.  I so support companies who are insistent on saving the planet with packaging that does not hurt the environment or its animals.  So when I came across RETHINK WATER, a reverse osmosis water packaged in a carton composed of 70% paperboard, a renewable resource, made from selectively harvested trees that re-grow naturally I was thrilled to review ... continue reading...

I Will Send Rain Author: Rae Meadows Reminiscent of The Bridges of Madison County, with a slice of Steinbeck’s grim itinerants of California, and a treble not of Flannery O’Connor’s depressing realism, Rae Meadows surprises and embraces us with her second novel, I Will Send Rain. It’s 1934 in Mulehead, Oklahoma, a small farming community beset with a 77 day and counting drought, horrid dust storms and crop failure.  The land is the novel’s backdrop: as the dust consumes the crops and ... continue reading...

I’ll pick the teapot anytime! Check out ATMAN TEA COMPANY with The Review Broads! I feel renewed when I drink Jasmine tea, and when the Atman Tea Company offered me a sample of their Jasmine Green Tea to review, I swooned.  I use tea not only in my teacup but often in my bathwater for a soothing, well scented bath time treat. The ingredients in Atman Tea Company’s Jasmine Green Tea are two: Ashwagandha root and Jasmine green tea.  The ashwagandha root has a fascinating history as I read ... continue reading...

Being a Beast Author: Charles Foster Alluring.  Ethereal.  Other worldly.  Mythic, mandatory, factual, philosophical.  Oh, and Charles Foster should be married to a dictionary!! Such great writing! And such solid inquiry into cross species “beingness” (sentience).  Being a Beast is one of those special once in a great moon books that held me in thrall.  As I escaped past the last page, I felt so utterly sad that I jumped back into the first page again.  As Foster lives, literally and ... continue reading...