Tea or Books?

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

  1. 2025-12-16

    #145: Younger vs Older Authors and Rhine Journey vs Fenny

    Ann Schlee! Lettice Cooper! Authors! Welcome to episode 145 of Tea or Books? In the first half of this episode, we discuss whether we prefer younger authors or older authors (thank you Lindsey for the suggestion!) In the second half,

  2. 2025-11-25

    #144: Simple vs Ornate Style, and Sylvia Plath vs Janet Malcolm

    Sylvia Plath, Janet Malcolm and our thoughts on writing style – welcome to episode 144! In the first half of this episode, we discuss whether we prefer writing style to be ornate or simple. In the second half, we compare

  3. 2025-10-31

    #143 : Do We Avoid Books That Will Upset Us? and Agatha Christie vs Ethel Lina White

    Agatha Christie, Ethel Lina White, and sad books – welcome to episode 143! In the first half, we use Geraldine’s suggestion – do we avoid books that will upset us? In the second half, we compare They Came To Baghdad by Agatha

  4. 2025-09-27

    #142: Can We Like A Character Who Makes Stupid Decisions? and Other People vs A Five Year Sentence

    Celia Dale! Bernice Rubens! Stupidity! Welcome to episode 142 of Tea or Books? In the first half of the episode, we ask if we can like characters in novels who make stupid decisions. In the second half, we compare Other People

  5. 2025-08-20

    #141: Do We Care About Weather in Novels? and Crooked Cross vs The Spring Begins

    Sally Carson, Katherine Dunning, and the weather – welcome to episode 141! In the first half, Rachel and I discuss significant weather scenes in novels, and whether knowing about the weather in novels makes a difference to us. In the

  6. 2025-07-21

    #140: Our 10 Favourite Books from 10 Years

    It’s time for our favourite 10 books from 10 years of ‘Tea or Books?’! Rachel and I have looked through the books we read for the first ten years of the podcast and have each picked our ten favourites –

  7. 2025-06-28

    #139: 10th anniversary special! O Caledonia vs The Sundial, and celebrating 10 years

    Shirley Jackson, Elspeth Barker, and your emails – welcome to episode 139 of Tea or Books?! Can you believe we’ve been going for ten years? It’s wild to me! In the first half of the episode we compare two gothic-inspired

  8. 2025-05-26

    Help us celebrate 10 years of Tea or Books?!

    A super quick mini-episode – well, not really an episode – asking for your contributions to the next episode of ‘Tea or Books?’. It will be TEN YEARS since Rachel and I first put an episode out into the ether

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

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  • Creator
    Simon and Rachel
  • Years Active
    2015 - 2025
  • Episodes
    146
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Show Website
    Tea or Books?

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