Coffee Blog

Another Cookie Jar Coffee flavour

My first impression of the scent filling the space is of warm peanut butter cookies fresh from the oven! That sweet and nutty cookie dough smell that is interlaced with the oily notes of peanut butter. The flavour palate is oily roasted peanut, mildly bitter with an almost vanilla fade out. Big thanks to Cookie… Continue reading Another Cookie Jar Coffee flavour

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Coconut Cream Pie Flavoured Coffee

I love the smell of my coffee today. It fills the air with a sweet almost lime-lemon fragrance mixed with the bitter notes of coffee. I would expect this java to have an oily sheen, but it doesn’t. However, my first sip is reminiscent of oily coconut. Its flavour is both woodsy and roasted nut.… Continue reading Coconut Cream Pie Flavoured Coffee

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Zombie Halloween Book Review

Zombie Halloween: Goosebumps Most Wanted Author: R.L. StinePublished in 2014Publisher is Scholastic PaperbackAvailable in eBook, paperback (print length 192 pages) and Library BindingChildren’s Books on Halloween | Children’s Humour |Literature and Fiction for Children My children and I watched the Jack Black Goosebumps movie a few years ago. It was our first Goosebumps experience together.… Continue reading Zombie Halloween Book Review

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Witch Wraith Book Review

Witch Wraith (The Dark Legacy of Shannara, #3) Author: Terry BrooksPublished in 2013Publisher is Del RayAvailable in eBook, paperback, mass market paperback (print length 512 pages), Hardcover & AudiobookShannara | Fantasy Action & Adventure | War & Military Action & Adventure The following review was originally posted on Goodreads: December 2021. “What you need is… Continue reading Witch Wraith Book Review

Writing

Kaleidoscope

The colours blur together: yellows, pinks, oranges, and light blues. Moving shapes like the coloured glass of a kaleidoscope. Each colour and pattern are representatives of my jumbled emotions. The colours bleed out to shades of red—a warning of danger-bearing emotions—as the sequence continues to dance.  I’m trapped, glued to the eyepiece as the tube… Continue reading Kaleidoscope

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Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Book Review

Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1) Author: Judy BlumePublished in 2007 with Puffin BooksPublisher is Puffin BooksAvailable in eBook, paperback (print length 120 pages), Mass Market paperback, Library Binding, & AudiobookTeaching Resources | Children’s Book on Siblings | Children’s Book on New Experiences Judy Blume has so many great books. Some of my… Continue reading Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing Book Review

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Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life Book Review

Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life Author: Terry BrooksPublished in reprint edition in 2004Publisher is Del RayAvailable in eBook, paperback (print length 208 pages), Hardcover & AudiobookScience Fiction & Fantasy Writing | Science Fiction & Fantasy Literary History & Criticism | Science Fiction & Fantasy History & Criticism I loved reading The… Continue reading Sometimes the Magic Works: Lessons from a Writing Life Book Review