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Tea or Books?

Simon and Rachel

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

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Tea or Books? #56: Review vs Recommendation and The...

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2018/04/23

We’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...

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2018/04/09

Dorothy 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...

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2018/03/19

A 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...

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2018/03/05

It’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...

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2018/02/18

Detective 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,...

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2018/01/23

Literary 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

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2017/12/26

To 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...

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2017/12/11

Wilkie 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

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Tea or Books? #48: Sad Beginnings vs Happy Beginnings...

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2017/11/22

Emily Eden and the openings of books – we muddle our way through episode 48! First – do send any questions you have for episode 50 to simonthomasoxford[at]gmail.com. We’re quite excited about finding out what you’ll ask – about

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Tea or Books? #47: sequels vs new-author sequels, and...

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2017/11/02

Sybille Bedford and sequels by the original author vs sequels by a different author… we need to come up with snappier titles for these things. In episode 47, we start with a topic suggested by Karen via email –

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Tea or Books? #46: Canadian vs Irish Literature, and...

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2017/10/19

Elizabeth Strout is our author this episode – and we also dip a toe in the worlds of Canadian and Irish literature. Spoilers: we know a lot less than we should. Suggestions welcomed, please! I’m off to Canada shortly,

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Tea or Books? #45: Do Literary Prizes Affect Our...

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2017/10/03

A heated conversation about literary prizes AND Vita Sackville-West. Roll up, roll up for episode 45! In the first half of this fortnight’s episode, we try to determine whether or not literary prizes affect our reading – which wanders

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Tea or Books? #44: Monogamous vs Polygamous, and The...

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2017/09/17

After a bit of a hiatus, we’re back with an episode about Marghanita Laski and whether we read one book at a time or many books at once. And because that’s a bit of a mouthful, I’m calling it monogamous

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Tea or Books? #43: scientists vs clergymen, and As It...

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2017/07/24

Scientists! Vicars! H.E. Bates! Helen Thomas! We’re popping in between holidays to record an episode about clergymen and scientists in novels – doubtless missing plenty of them, but thank you for everyone who tweeted in with your suggestions. We’d

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Tea or Books? #42: trains vs boats, and Illyrian...

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2017/07/12

Trains! Boats! Anita Brookner! Ann Bridge! This episode has it all. Books set on trains vs books set on boats – Rachel didn’t want us to do it but it happened. And… it was a roaring success? Right? Well, I had

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Tea or Books? #41: novels set in one day vs many...

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2017/06/22

John Galsworthy! Elizabeth Jane Howard! Circadian novels! Find out what that means, and much more, in episode 41. Guys, it was SUPER hot when we were recording this podcast. It’s rather cooler now that I’m editing, but I rather

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Tea or Books? #40: how do we arrange our bookshelves,...

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2017/06/05

Alphabetical or thematic shelving? Miss Mole vs Chatterton Square? Episode 40 of ‘Tea or Books?’ continues answering the important questions that others don’t dare to. In the first half of this episode, Rachel and I address the pressing issue of how books

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Tea or Books? #39: spoilers or no spoilers, and Anne...

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2017/05/20

Special guest Jenny joins us for episode 39 – discussing children’s classics and spoilers! I was SO excited that Jenny agreed to join me and Rachel on ‘Tea or Books?’ while she was visiting England – her podcast, Reading

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Tea or Books? #38: male characters by women vs female...

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2017/05/01

Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Bailey, and a bit of a debate about male and female characters. Here’s episode 38 – which is unusually short, but hopefully fun nonetheless. I’ve left in an amusing moment of drama… Many thanks to Kaisha

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Tea or Books? #37: does studying books ruin them? and...

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2017/04/19

Arthur Miller, Edward Albee, and schooldays – we’ve got it all in episode 37 (depending on your definition of ‘all’). In the first half of this episode, we meander around the topic of whether or not studying a book

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