Hey listeners!
We are pleased to announce that we just hit 25 episodes, we're officially a quarter of a century old! (that's how it works, right?). In our milestone episode, we discuss a book that just hit the shelves in May: Dear Fang, With Love by Rufi Thorpe. If the pretty cover wasn't enough to get us to buy the book, we were sold once we read the synopsis:
"A bold, spellbinding novel featuring one of the most fascinating protagonists in recent memory, Dear Fang, With Love tells the story of seventeen-year-old Vera—ravishing, troubled, wildly intelligent—who travels to Europe with her estranged father, hoping that an immersion in history might help them forget his past mistakes and her uncertain future.
Lucas and Katya were boarding school seniors when, blindingly in love, they decided to have a baby. Seventeen years later, after a decade of absence, Lucas is a weekend dad, newly involved in his daughter Vera's life. But after Vera suffers a terrifying psychotic break at a high school party, Lucas takes her to Lithuania, his grandmother's homeland, for the summer. Here, in the city of Vilnius, Lucas hopes to save Vera from the sorrow of her diagnosis. As he uncovers a secret about his grandmother, a Home Army rebel who escaped Stutthof, Vera searches for answers of her own. Why did Lucas abandon her as a baby? What really happened the night of her breakdown? And who can she trust with the truth? Skillfully weaving family mythology and Lithuanian history with a story of mental illness, inheritance, young love, and adventure, Rufi Thorpe has written a breathtakingly intelligent, emotionally enthralling book."
Listen to the episode to see how we liked it! And if you haven't read it yet, beware of SPOILERS!
Teas of the Day:
We had so many teas to try, mainly from our Plum Deluxe tea of the month club shipment, that we decided to have a tea tasting and try them all!
- Zesty Lemon Sunshine Chai - Plum Deluxe (not available online yet - hopefully soon!)
- Vista Blend Herbal Tea - Plum Deluxe
- Royale Honeybush Herbal Blend - Plum Deluxe
- ...and last but not least, The Julienne Blend! Find out why this tea was named after one of our very own podcasters and what the other girls thought about it! If you'd like some of this tea, please email us at threeforteapodcast@gmail.com and we can make some for you!!
Currently Reading:
Ashley: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets - J.K. Rowling, Percy Jackson: The Battle of the Labyrinth - Rick Riordan
Alyssa: Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Julienne: Into the Wild - Jack Krakauer
Kristal: Dear Fang, With Love - Rufi Thorpe, The Birth of Venus - Sarah Dunant, The Silver Star - Jeannette Walls, Reform Your Inner Mean Girl - Amy Ahlers and Christine Arylo
Currently Obsessed:
Ashley: Herbivore Blue Clay cleansing bar soap
Alyssa: Good Eggs grocery deliver service in the SF Bay Area
Julienne: Shimmering Skin Perfector highlighter in the color "Champagne Pop", part of the Becca x Jaclyn Hill Champagne Collection
Kristal: RuPaul's Drag Race (available on Hulu!)
We received a very generous offer from an online tea shop called Special Tea Box, they gave us our own discount code! If you want 20% off your order, use the code "THREEFORTEA"
https://www.specialteabox.com/
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