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Sinopsis
Simon (Stuck in a Book) and Rachel (Book Snob) debate the difficult decisions of books and reading.
Episodios
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Tea or Books? #68: Tact vs Attack, and North and South vs Pride and Prejudice
29/01/2019The books we hate (and should we tell you?) and Elizabeth Gaskell vs Jane Austen. In the first half of this episode, we talk about the books we’ve hated – prepare for things to get contentious! – and
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Tea or Books? #67: Books as Gifts: Yes or No, and Little vs Alva & Irva
08/01/2019Edward Carey and books as gifts – happy new year; we’re back! We had a bit of a longer break over Christmas, but we’re back and raring to go with a post-Christmas discussion about whether or not we like
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Tea or Books? #66: Domestic Books vs Worldly Books and Elizabeth Bowen vs Elizabeth Taylor
27/11/2018Elizabeth Bowen, Elizabeth Taylor, and venturing into the worldly… In the first half of this episode, we look at… domestic books vs worldly books? Or something like that? We never quite worked out what we meant, but we
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Tea or Books? #65: cars vs bicycles, and Hons and Rebels vs Tory Heaven
08/11/2018We are finally back! Apologies for the lengthy break – all is explained in this episode. We’re not back as soon as intended, because we recorded an episode a few days ago that… didn’t record. The podcasters’ nightmare! Nothing
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Tea or Books? #64: WW1 vs WW2 and Coronation vs Love of Seven Dolls
12/09/2018Paul Gallico and two World Wars – quite a mix! In the first half of this episode, we look at the books of the World Wars – whether written at the time or later – and decide which we
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Tea or Books? #63: First Edition vs Worst Edition and Parnassus on Wheels vs The Education of Harriet Hatfield
28/08/2018Women opening bookshops, and how we feel about the physical book. In the first half of this episode, we look at first edition vs worst edition – in a fairly sprawling discussion about whether we care about first editions,
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Tea or Books? #62: Internet vs Bookshop and Mr Pim Passes By vs Four Days’ Wonder
13/08/2018Two novels by A.A. Milne and we get deep about Amazon. In the first half, we talk buying books in bookshops vs buying books online – taking our cue from a suggestion by Karen – and then we wander
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Tea or Books? #61: Do We Care What Characters Eat? and The French Lieutenant’s Woman vs Remarkable Creatures
24/07/2018John Fowles, Tracy Chevalier, and eating in books – Lyme and limes, if you will! Sorry for a bit of a delay (because I had to read two quite long books) – and advance apologies for the delay before
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Tea or Books? #60: married vs unmarried characters, and Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day vs Patricia Brent, Spinster
27/06/2018This episode is all about married and unmarried people – in general, and two ‘spinsters’ in particular. Buckle up! (Apologies if the podcast in your app overlaps the intro music with the intro chat… this one doesn’t, but I
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Tea or Books? #59: Hard vs Easy Holiday Reading, and We Have Always Lived in the Castle vs The Haunting of Hill House
13/06/2018Shirley Jackson and holiday reading – welcome to episode 59! In the first half of this episode, we look at holiday reading – chiefly whether we prefer easy or difficult books when we go off on holiday, but we
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Tea or Books? #58: Book Groups (yes or no), and The Fountain Overflows vs Invitation to the Waltz
29/05/2018Rebecca West, Rosamond Lehmann, and book groups – welcome to episode 58! I can hardly believe that we’ve not done an episode on book groups before – but here we are! In the first half, Rachel and I talk
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Tea or Books? #57: save vs binge, and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd vs The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
14/05/2018Murder mysteries and binge-reading – enjoy episode 57! In this episode, we compare an uncharacteristically modern novel – The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton, published in 2018 – with Agatha Christie’s classic Poirot novel The Murder of Roger
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Tea or Books? #56: Review vs Recommendation and The Lark vs High Wages
23/04/2018We’ve finally done the reviewers vs recommendations episode! Also: E Nesbit and Dorothy Whipple. Every now and then, the critics vs bloggers debate rears its head. In the first half of the episode, we take a slightly different look
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Tea or Books? #55: Versatility vs Dependability and House-Bound by Winifred Peck vs The Priory by Dorothy Whipple
09/04/2018Dorothy Whipple, Winifred Peck, and authors who hop genres – welcome to episode 55! In the first half of this episode, Rachel and I discuss a topic suggested by my friend Paul (thanks Paul!) – versatility vs dependability. Well,
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Tea or Books? #54: Reading Children’s Books as Children vs Adults, and Tom’s Midnight Garden vs The Secret Garden
19/03/2018A children’s books special today, featuring Frances Hodgson Burnett and Philippa Pearce. Not in person, you understand. In the first half of the episode, we discuss whether it’s better to read children’s books as children or as adults (especially
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Tea or Books? #53: Top of TBR vs Bottom of TBR, and The Bookshop vs According to Mark
05/03/2018It’s the battle of the Penelopes – and which books we’re most likely to read first (top or bottom of the pile?) Rachel is back (hurray!) – many thanks to Karen for taking her seat last time. And in
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Tea or Books? #52: Detective Fiction vs Crime Fiction and Merry Hall vs The Sweet and Twenties
18/02/2018Detective fiction, crime fiction, and Beverley Nichols – what fun! Rachel has had to take a quick break from the podcast, but I was delighted to have a special guest in the form of Karen, from Kaggsy’s Bookish Ramblings,
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Tea or Books? #51: Author Parents vs Author Children, and The Boat by L.P. Hartley vs Crossing to Safety by Wallace Stegner
23/01/2018Literary families, and the reveal on our recommendations for each other – we’re back after a seasonal break. We’ve missed you! In the first half of our 51st episode, we look at families where more than one generation has
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Tea or Books? #50: Question & Answer
26/12/2017To celebrate episode 50, we are doing a question and answer episode! I hope you’ve all had a wonderful Christmas – I’m editing this a few days before Christmas, but I’m going to assume that a wonderful time was
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Tea or Books? #49: Death of the Author?, and The Woman in White vs Possession
11/12/2017Wilkie Collins, A.S. Byatt, and the death of the author (sort of) – episode 49 is quite the mixed bag. nbsp; I found it quite hard to describe the first half of this episode – though hopefully it will become