Tea or Books?
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Simon (Stuck in a Book) and Rachel (Book Snob) debate the difficult decisions of books and reading.
Location:
United States
Genres:
Arts & Culture Podcasts
Description:
Simon (Stuck in a Book) and Rachel (Book Snob) debate the difficult decisions of books and reading.
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.stuckinabook.com
Episodes
Tea or Books? #127: Do We Have Guilty Pleasures? and A Clergyman’s Daughter vs The Vicar’s Daughter
4/25/2024
George Orwell, E.H. Young, guilty pleasures – welcome to episode 127! In the first half of the episode, we ask: what is our guiltiest reading pleasure? Has that changed over time? Do we feel guilty about anything connected with reading?
Duration:00:48:33
Tea or Books? #126: Should Books Be Banned? and Lessons in Chemistry vs Dear Mrs Bird
3/18/2024
Banned books, Bonnie Garmus and A.J. Pearce – welcome to episode 126! In the first half of the episode, we discuss banned books – should books ever be banned? Does a book being banned make us want to read it
Duration:00:50:13
Tea or Books? #125: Do We Read Celeb Memoirs? and Day vs Landscape in Sunlight
2/10/2024
Celeb memoirs, Michael Cunningham, Elizabeth Fair – welcome to episode 125! In the first half, Rachel and I discuss celebrity memoirs – do we read them? What do we count as a celebrity memoir? In the second half, we each
Duration:00:59:14
Tea or Books? #124: Our Favourite Reads of 2023
1/8/2024
Our favourite books from 2023 – or reads, because of course we mostly read ‘backlisted’ titles. Always a fun one to record – this time with the added bonus that we were each going to choose one from the other’s
Duration:01:18:02
Tea or Books? #123: Critical or Charitable Reading? and Sheep’s Clothing vs Harriet Said…
12/14/2023
Beryl Bainbridge, Celia Dale, critical and charitable reading – welcome to episode 123! In the first half of the episode we use a suggestion from Susannah – do we read charitably or critically? In the second half we compare too
Duration:00:55:44
Tea or Books? #122: Mary Lawson novels w/ Mary Lawson!
11/22/2023
Mary Lawson joins us to talk about all her novels – welcome to episode 122! I can’t quite believe I’m writing this, but THE Mary Lawson – Canadian author of Crow Lake, The Other Side of the Bridge, Road Ends, and A Town Called
Duration:01:20:57
Tea or Books? #121: Should Books Have A Message? and Two Jane Gardam Novels
10/14/2023
Jane Gardam and messages in books – welcome to episode 121! In the first half of the episode, Rachel and I discuss whether or not we think books should have a message. In the second half we pit two Jane
Duration:00:50:55
Tea or Books? #120: Travel Inspiration from Fiction or Non-Fiction? and The English Air vs The Morning Gift – with Claire / The Captive Reader
9/2/2023
D.E. Stevenson, Eva Ibbotson, travel inspo – welcome to episode 120! We have our first returning guest – the wonderful Claire, who blogs at The Captive Reader. In the first half of this episode, we talk about inspiration from travel
Duration:01:04:20
Tea or Books? #119: Amateur Sleuths or Professional Detectives? and Women Talking vs Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead
7/30/2023
Miriam Toews, Olga Tokarczuk and detective fiction – welcome to episode 119! In the first half of this episode, we discuss detective fiction – do we prefer the mystery-solver to be a professional or an amateur? And in the second
Duration:01:02:42
Tea or Books? #118: Do We Read Children and Adult Books By The Same Author? and Lucy vs The Buddha in the Attic
6/28/2023
Julie Otsuka, Jamaica Kincard, adults’ and children’s books – welcome to episode 118! In the first half – a topic suggested by Aileen, where we discuss authors who wrote both children’s and adult’s books and whether we read both. In
Duration:00:43:42
Tea or Books? #117 w/ Lucy Scholes – Do We Like Unnamed Characters? and Ex-Wife vs Sally On The Rocks
6/6/2023
Ursula Parrott, Winifred Boggs, unnamed characters – welcome to episode 117! We are so delighted to welcome Lucy Scholes as a guest for this episode. She’s is a reprint/old books superstar – you might know her Re-Covered column for the Paris
Duration:01:07:08
Tea or Books? #116: Do We Like Books About Sport and Quick Curtain vs It Walks By Night
5/12/2023
John Dickson Carr, Alan Melville, sports – welcome to episode 116! In the first half, we talk about sports in books – do we like them? Will we be able to think of any? Thank you to Lindsey for suggesting
Duration:00:52:25
Tea or Books? #115: Do We Like Books About Bookshops? and Quartet in Autumn vs Journal of a Solitude
4/17/2023
Barbara Pym, May Sarton, and bookshops – welcome to episode 115! In the first half of the episode, we take up Sally’s suggestion of topic – and discuss whether or not we like books set in bookshops and libraries. More
Duration:01:02:20
Tea or Books? #114: Linear vs Non-linear Narratives and Winter in the Air vs A World of Love
3/20/2023
Sylvia Townsend Warner, Elizabeth Bowen, linear narratives – welcome to episode 114! In the first half of this episode, we use a suggestion from listener Sarah – do we prefer linear or non-linear narratives? In the second half we look
Duration:00:57:22
Tea or Books? #113: Do We Like Literary Retellings? and South Riding vs Ruth
2/15/2023
Elizabeth Gaskell, Winifred Holtby, and more – welcome to episode 113! In the first half of this episode, we look at literary retellings – by which we mean authors using fairy tales or Greek mythology or basically whatever we fancy
Duration:00:58:24
Tea or Books? #112: Best Books of 2022 and They Were Sisters vs The Three Sisters
1/11/2023
Dorothy Whipple, May Sinclair, and favourite books of 2022 – welcome to episode 112! Happy new year! Welcome to the first episode of Tea or Books? for 2023 – recorded on two different days, so hopefully it’s not too awkward.
Duration:01:13:57
Tea or Books? #111: Do We Care What Characters Look Like? And Good Behaviour vs Full House
12/8/2022
Molly Keane, M.J. Farrell, and characters’ appearances – welcome to episode 111! In the first half, Rachel and I discuss what characters look like – do we care, do we notice if it’s mentioned, etc. In the second half, we
Duration:01:00:53
Tea or Books? #110: Do We Care Where Characters Work? and A Helping Hand vs The True Deceiver
11/6/2022
Tove Jansson, Celia Dale, jobs in books! Welcome to episode 110 A bit of a longer break than usual because I lost my voice. But we’re back, asking – in the first half of the episode – whether we care
Duration:00:51:08
Tea or Books? #109: Boarding House Novels vs Living Alone and Heat Wave vs Heat Lightning
10/3/2022
Penelope Lively, Helen Hull, boarding houses and isolation – welcome to episode 109! In the first half of this episode, Rachel and I compare boarding houses novels and novels where people live alone – up to and including complete isolation.
Duration:01:06:56
Tea or Books? #108: Books with Bite or No Bite; Late and Soon vs A Game of Hide and Seek
8/27/2022
Bite, E.M. Delafield, Elizabeth Taylor – welcome to episode 108! In the first half of this episode, we discuss a topic suggested by Gina – do we prefer books with bite or without bite? All will be explained in due
Duration:01:01:00