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Tea or Books?

Simon (Stuck in a Book) and Rachel (Book Snob) debate the difficult decisions of books and reading.

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Tea or Books? #18: titles: fancy or simple? and Hercule Poirot vs Miss Marple

Tea or Books? #18: titles: fancy or simple? and Hercule Poirot vs Miss Marple

https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Tea-or-Books-episode-18.mp3 Agatha Christie and curious titles c... Read more

23 May 2016

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Tea or Books? #36: audiobooks (yes or no?) and two Furrowed Middlebrow novels

Tea or Books? #36: audiobooks (yes or no?) and two Furrowed Middlebrow novels

Ursula Orange, Elizabeth Fair, and audiobooks – it’s fair to say that people probably won’t know that much about the aut... Read more

3 Apr 2017

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Tea or Books? #10: Reading Resolutions, yes or no? and Barbara Pym vs Elizabeth Taylor

Tea or Books? #10: Reading Resolutions, yes or no? and Barbara Pym vs Elizabeth Taylor

https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Tea-or-Books-episode-10.mp3 ‘Tea or Books?’ is back for the ne... Read more

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Tea or Books? #28: scary vs not scary, and The Home-Maker vs The Victorian Chaise-Longue

Tea or Books? #28: scary vs not scary, and The Home-Maker vs The Victorian Chaise-Longue

Two Persephone titles will help solace us in these bizarre post-election days. https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/u... Read more

10 Nov 2016

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Tea or Books? #50: Question & Answer

Tea or Books? #50: Question & Answer

To celebrate episode 50, we are doing a question and answer episode! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/201... Read more

26 Dec 2017

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Tea or Books? #22: set in the time vs written in the time, and 84, Charing Cross Road vs Howards End is on the Landing

Tea or Books? #22: set in the time vs written in the time, and 84, Charing Cross Road vs Howards End is on the Landing

https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Tea-or-Books-episode-22.mp3 Historical fiction and books-about-b... Read more

18 Jul 2016

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Tea or Books? #60: married vs unmarried characters, and Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day vs Patricia Brent, Spinster

Tea or Books? #60: married vs unmarried characters, and Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day vs Patricia Brent, Spinster

This episode is all about married and unmarried people – in general, and two ‘spinsters’ in particular. Buckle up! https... Read more

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Tea or Books? #78: 19th Century vs 20th Century and Two Unfinished Jane Austen Novels

Tea or Books? #78: 19th Century vs 20th Century and Two Unfinished Jane Austen Novels

Sanditon, The Watsons, and a whistle-stop tour of the centuries – we’re back! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/up... Read more

14 Nov 2019

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Tea or Books? #40: how do we arrange our bookshelves, and two E.H. Young novels

Tea or Books? #40: how do we arrange our bookshelves, and two E.H. Young novels

Alphabetical or thematic shelving? Miss Mole vs Chatterton Square? Episode 40 of ‘Tea or Books?’ continues answering the... Read more

5 Jun 2017

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Tea or Books? #68: Tact vs Attack, and North and South vs Pride and Prejudice

Tea or Books? #68: Tact vs Attack, and North and South vs Pride and Prejudice

The books we hate (and should we tell you?) and Elizabeth Gaskell vs Jane Austen. https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-conten... Read more

29 Jan 2019

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Tea or Books? #26: give up vs soldier on, and Matilda by Roald Dahl vs Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian

Tea or Books? #26: give up vs soldier on, and Matilda by Roald Dahl vs Goodnight Mister Tom by Michelle Magorian

Roald Dahl, Michelle Magorian, and whether or not to give up on books – I’m back from holiday, and Rachel and I have a l... Read more

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Tea or Books? #34: novels based on real life: yes or no?, and A Pin To See The Peepshow vs Messalina of the Suburbs

Tea or Books? #34: novels based on real life: yes or no?, and A Pin To See The Peepshow vs Messalina of the Suburbs

E M Delafield, F Tennyson Jesse, and novels about real people – that’s what’s on the menu for episode 34. https://www.st... Read more

19 Feb 2017

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Tea or Books? #37: does studying books ruin them? and A View From the Bridge vs Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Tea or Books? #37: does studying books ruin them? and A View From the Bridge vs Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, and schooldays – we’ve got it all in episode 37 (depending on your definition of ‘all’). ht... Read more

19 Apr 2017

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Tea or Books? #57: save vs binge, and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd vs The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Tea or Books? #57: save vs binge, and The Murder of Roger Ackroyd vs The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle

Murder mysteries and binge-reading – enjoy episode 57! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Tea-or-Bo... Read more

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Tea or Books? #24: careful or manhandle, and The Love-Child vs Lolly Willowes

Tea or Books? #24: careful or manhandle, and The Love-Child vs Lolly Willowes

https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Tea-or-Books-episode-24.mp3 I have forced two topics on Rachel –... Read more

25 Aug 2016

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Tea or Books? #41: novels set in one day vs many years, and The Forsyte Saga vs The Cazalet Chronicles

Tea or Books? #41: novels set in one day vs many years, and The Forsyte Saga vs The Cazalet Chronicles

John Galsworthy! Elizabeth Jane Howard! Circadian novels! Find out what that means, and much more, in episode 41. https:... Read more

22 Jun 2017

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Tea or Books? #61: Do We Care What Characters Eat? and The French Lieutenant’s Woman vs Remarkable Creatures

Tea or Books? #61: Do We Care What Characters Eat? and The French Lieutenant’s Woman vs Remarkable Creatures

John Fowles, Tracy Chevalier, and eating in books – Lyme and limes, if you will! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-content... Read more

24 Jul 2018

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Tea or Books? #70: Simon Takes a Tour of Rachel’s Bookshelves

Tea or Books? #70: Simon Takes a Tour of Rachel’s Bookshelves

Simon visited Rachel – so naturally took a look around the shelves. Come for the tour! https://www.stuckinabook.com/wp-c... Read more

20 Mar 2019

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Tea or Books? #45: Do Literary Prizes Affect Our Reading and The Heir vs All Passion Spent

Tea or Books? #45: Do Literary Prizes Affect Our Reading and The Heir vs All Passion Spent

A heated conversation about literary prizes AND Vita Sackville-West. Roll up, roll up for episode 45! https://www.stucki... Read more

3 Oct 2017

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Tea or Books? #69: Small World vs Wide World and Blue Remembered Hills vs Seasoned Timber

Tea or Books? #69: Small World vs Wide World and Blue Remembered Hills vs Seasoned Timber

Dorothy Canfield Fisher, Rosemary Sutcliff, and the scope of the books we love. Happy February! https://www.stuckinabook... Read more

20 Feb 2019

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