Uploaded December 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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Tea and Books and Journals! Oh my!
I'm a little diverse in this chatty video today and I hope you won't mind.
The section talking about calendars, journals, pens, and ink starts at 21:55 if you want to jump to, or skip, that section.

Books mentioned:
A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
The Secret Christmas Library by Jenny Colgan
Didion & Babitz by Lili Anolik (biography)
The Warden by Anthony Trollope (Chronicles of Barsetshire)
The Backyard Bird Chronicles by Amy Tan (non-fiction)
A Redbird Christmas by Fannie Flagg
Depth of Winter by Craig Johnson (Longmire series)
Frankenstein (1818 text) by Mary Shelley
The Last Man by Mary Shelley

People/channels mentioned:
Britta Bohler @brittabohlerthesecondshelf
Shelly Swearingen @Shellyish
Lynnette (she made the bookmarks for me - thank you Lynnette!)
Rowena @retrowtures3896
Rowena's website, if you are interested in her leather journal covers, is sojournerusa.net

- Tea is Cinnamon Orange from villageroaster.com in Lakewood CO
- Leather journal covers shown are by Rowena @retrowtures3896 at her website sojournerusa.net
- Notebooks and calendar for 2026 are Moleskine
- Fountain pen is a Conklin
- Ink is Oxblood by Diamine

Find me on the Web:
Instagram TerriTalksBooks
Goodreads goodreads.com/terrib
Blog territalksbooks.blogspot.com

Thanks for watching!