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The Perfect Blend

Candace Biecker and Shelly Haskell

The Perfect Blend is where Shelly and Candy get to do what they love best- drink tea and read and discuss books.

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00:25:55

Miss Cecily's Recipes for Exceptional Ladies

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2023/06/14

Welcome to The Perfect Blend. Kate Parker is approaching 40 thinking her life is falling into place, but during her romantic vacation to France it all falls apart. She comes back with no boyfriend and no place to stay. Hurt and humiliated, she gives her boyfriend 2 months to make up his mind and moves in with her mother. Things seem to go from bad to worse until her friend sends her on a mission to get involved. This lands her at the Lauderdale House for Exceptional Ladies. There she meets the

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00:26:59

One Italian Summer

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2023/06/07

Welcome to The Perfect Blend. Katy is reeling from the death of her mother. Carol was not just her mother, but her best friend and she is lost without her. She decides to embark on the mother-daughter trip Carol had planned and is for the first time on her own. While taking in the beauty of Positano, Katy runs into the 30 year old version of her mother. Not sure what is happening, she follows Carol along and gets to see her and Positano as her mother knew and loved it. Along the way, she finds

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00:48:19

The Signature of All Things

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2023/05/31

Welcome to The Perfect Blend. The Signature of All Things chronicles the epic saga of the Whittaker family. From Henry Whittaker's humble beginnings in England, his seeking fortune abroad and establishing himself as the wealthiest man in Philadelphia , to his daughter Alma. She is a curious, brilliant, well educated and disciplined in her study of plants. She inherits Henry's instincts and wealth and establishes herself as a botanist in her own right. When she meets Ambrose Pike, her

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00:26:24

The Last Garden in England

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2023/05/24

Welcome to The Perfect Blend. The Last Garden in England takes us back in time to the early 1900's, WWII, and back to present day to tell the story of the people and gardens of Highbury House. As Emma works to unravel the secrets and lost stories of the neglected gardens of the present day Highbury House to restore it to its former glory, the story travels back to WWII when the house was requisitioned as a convalescent hospital for wounded soldiers, to 1907 when the garden was designed and

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00:22:34

The Silent Patient

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2023/05/17

Welcome to The Perfect Blend. Can you ever be freed from childhood trauma? It's a great question and one that may or may not be answered in The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides. This book is a contemporary psychological thriller that tells the story of Alicia, who killed her husband, Gabriel, six years earlier—and hasn’t spoken since. Theo Faber is a criminal psychotherapist who is determined to help Alicia as he deals with events in his own life. Shelly's tea: Dark Iris Candy's

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00:23:36

The Other Birds

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2023/05/10

Welcome to The Perfect Blend where we pair a perfect cup of tea with a great book. The Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen introduces Zoe, a high school graduate moving to South Carolina before beginning college. She moves into the condominium that her mother left her to start a new life and she is looking forward to having that connection and getting to know the other owners at Dallowisp Condos. Her neighbors each have their own secrets and their own ghosts. Shelly's Tea: Get Soothed from

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00:23:17

Killers of A Certain Age

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2023/05/03

Welcome to The Perfect Blend. Today's book is a fast paced entertaining story about, well, killers of a certain age. Deanna Raybourn knocked this one out of the park! Four retired assassins board an all-expenses paid cruise only to realize that this a plan for a permanent retirment. The ladies must use their wits and abilities to figure out who is behind the hit and how they will survive. Shelly's tea: Dirty Chi Latte recipe Candy's tea: Peppermint Links to things from the book: Paris

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00:28:15

The Illegal Gardener

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2023/04/26

Welcome to The Perfect Blend! Today's featured book is The Illegal Gardener by Sara Alexi . Juliet has left her home and life in England to work remotely from the Greek villa she has just bought. In need of help with her gardens she hires Aaman, an illegal immigrant from Pakistan. Both Juliet and Aaman have hardships and though they come from different backgrounds and situations, they learn that they have had similar traumas in their lives and these traumas help them forge a friendship that

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00:28:15

The Shadow in the Glass

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2023/04/19

Welcome to The Perfect Blend! J.J.A. Harwood has blended a fractured fairy tale with a faustian morality twist. Shelly and I have a lot to say about this- it definitely wasn't the Cinderalla story we expected! Ella is a lady in training downgraded to a lowly housemaid. The opportunity for seven wishes appears along with a peculiar fairy godmother, but each wish comes with a heavy price. Shelly's Tea: Forever Yours Canday's Tea: Mystic Dragon

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00:28:45

Neverwhere

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2023/04/12

Welcome to The Perfect Blend! Beware of Doors.....you never know where they will take you. Neil Gaiman has created magically fearful and wondrous worlds under the London we are familiar with. A hero's journey for a rather average gentleman who goes on a dangerous quest. Are you up for it? Shelly's tea: Lavender Lady Candy's tea: Insane Cinnamon Orange Links mentioned: Marquis de Carabas Lyke Wake Dirge Mr. Wint and Mr. Kidd from Diamonds Are Forever

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00:24:31

The London Seance Society

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2023/04/05

Welcome to The Perfect Blend. We are revisiting author Sarah Penner and her second novel, The London Seance Society. What a treat! If you are interested in seances, ghosts, murder and intrigue- this is a book you'll definitely want to read. Shelly's tea: http://spotorganic.com/index.html Candy's tea: https://www.spiceandtea.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=victorian%20chai%20black%20tea Jeanne Robertson "Don't send a man to the grocery store!" Let us know what you think!

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00:31:10

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd

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2023/03/29

Welcome to The Perfect Blend. We saved an Agatha Christie classic for our final March murder mystery. This was at the time a controversial book for Christie because she broke all the rules of writing a traditional murder mystery. We DO spoil it for you if you haven't read it, but that doesn't mean it's not worth reading anyway. Roger Ackroyd is murdered just as he is about to find out who was blackmailing his fiance. The suspects all have motives and secrets and things are not always as

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00:26:31

Murder Your Employer

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2023/03/22

Welcome to The Perfect Blend podcast! Today we had a delightful discussion of Rupert Holmes's book Murder Your Employer. Woweee-wow-wow....it's a wicked good guide to how to go about eh-hem...deleting a despicable boss. Told through case studies of three particular students who have been made absolutely miserable by the person that employs them, we get a peek into McMaster's Conservatory for the Applied Arts. Be prepared for great wit, a few twists and some very interesting events

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00:23:54

Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone

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2023/03/15

Welcome to The Perfect Blend! We chose this book because we were immediately intrigued by the title. Benjamin Stevenson did NOT disappoint! A family reunion is taking place at a decrepit ski resort and not everyone is excited to be there. On top of lots of family drama, murders are happening. Oh you'll know when- the narrator makes sure to tell you. And while he reveals clues and lets you know what's coming, you will still be surprised and curious as to WHAT happens next. Shelly's tea: Connemara's

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00:22:55

Thursday Murder Club

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2023/03/08

Welcome to The Perfect Blend. This week's book is Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman. Four individuals who live in Cooper's Chase Retirement Home and meet each week in the Jigsaw Room to discuss and try to solve unsolved murders. Shelly's tea (is DELICIOUS!): Tropical Chamomile Dreams by Caribbean Fusion Sauces and Spices Loose Tea Candy's tea (also yummy): Peppermint Tea by Harris Teeter We can only hope to be as cool as these septuagenarians and octogenarians when we get there...

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00:24:04

Murder at the Book Club

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2023/03/01

Welcome to The Perfect Blend. March is all about murder mysteries and we are springing forward with Betsy Reavley's Murder at the Book Club. Nine women get together for tea and cake and a book discussion. All friends, on the surface at least. Until one of them is murdered and secrets start to come out.... *We give away some spoilers in this episode, so be forewarned. Shelly's tea: Tin Roof Tea's Red Chai Candy's tea: Tazo's Passion Tea Websites and other mentions: DIY Starbuck's Pink Drink

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00:23:21

Daisy Jones and The Six

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2023/02/22

Welcome to The Perfect Blend! Young, beautiful, talented and untethered by the usual conventions, Daisy Jones is on her way to stardom when she partners with the band The Six. In a rockumentary interview style, Taylor Jenkins Reid characters revisit their past as a rock and roll band experiencing the wild and groovy 70s. To celebrate the launch of Daisy Jones and The Six on Netflix, we will host our first ever book club online. On Thursday, March 2, we will be live on Facebook to talk about the

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00:26:03

Things in Jars

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2023/02/15

Welcome to The Perfect Blend. We are going back to London in the 1800's- we can't seem to get enough of this time period- to talk about Things in Jars by Jess Kidd. We are blending the phantasmagoric mystery full of intrigue, kidnappers, ghosts and Irish folklore with Connemara Kitchen's Irish Tea and Tin Roof Tea's Einstein's Equation. Jess Kidd brings together a history, a mystery, collectors of interesting things, a kidnapping, a ghost and ties it all together into a great story. To find out a

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00:30:42

Hester

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2023/02/08

Welcome to The Perfect Blend! Shelly and I are exploring Laurie Lico Albanese's book Hester. We must really love Salem because we keep revisiting, and every time we go back we learn so many new things! Albanese brings together some historical characters and adds some new twists to the Salem Witch legacy. Hester is the main character in Nathaniel Hawthorne Scarlet Letter and you might just meet some characters you've heard of before. Well worth the read! Shelly's tea: Cyotea's Tea as Old as

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00:27:40

The Lost Apothecary

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2023/02/01

Welcome to The Perfect Blend! February is going to feature all things dark and not-so-romantic here on the podcast. We are kicking off with Sarah Penner's debut novel The Lost Apothecary. Sipping Wild Iris and honey lemon teas, Shelly and Candy go back and forth in time exploring London England and some mysteries and miseries shared by some ladies 200 years apart. Settle in and sip along!

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