This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss current “chick lit,” which they both call “brain candy.” Modern chick lit is known for following the ups and downs of 20 and 30-something women who tend to be heterosexual and white. The settings tend to be British and American cities. During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Steep’s … Continue reading S2E7: Brain Candy
This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss books picked for Women’s Month! Kyrie also gives an overview/history of Women’s Month. This post does contain affiliate links for companies we have partnered with. Your clicks and purchases help us fund our operating costs. Tea Time During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink a whole leaf white tea … Continue reading S2E6: The Future is Female
This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss classic chic lit, but instead of doing what they usually do (discussing each book), they instead decide to show the differences/similarities of the two authors, as well as discuss parts of the books. As always, they’ll give a brief description and history of Chick Lit. During their discussion, Kyrie … Continue reading S2E5: Austen vs. Brontë
This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss books by Black authors as well as some history on Black History Month! During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink Plum Deluxe’s Gingerbread Chai Tea. What’s so great about Plum Deluxe’s tea is that everything is perfectly flavoured–Andy does a great job of making things blend so smoothly. It’s … Continue reading S2E4: Black History Month
This week, Kyrie and Cori discuss books for reading during the dark of winter, which are also books you could finish in a day for the Modern Mrs Darcy 2018 Reading Challenge! Dark of winter reads are those that just suck you in so that you don’t want to do anything else but curl up, be … Continue reading S2E3: Dark of Winter
This week, Kyrie and Cori continue their selection of French vs. English, with Kyrie picking a book based in France, while Cori picks a book based in England. Which book/country will they enjoy the most this time? During their discussion, Kyrie and Cori drink an Earl Grey from Flagstaff’s locally owned tea store Steep. The … Continue reading S2E2: Battle of the Countries Part 2
Happy 2018, Book Friends! We’re excited for this new year of reading and recording and sharing our thoughts! Thanks for returning and listening along. To start off the second season, Kyrie and Cori go head to head in book battle with English (Kyrie) vs French (Cori). Because Kyrie is an Anglophile and Cori is a … Continue reading S2E1: Battle of Countries (and Grumpy Old Men)
Hi Book Friends, We are soooo close to announcing our first episode release of 2018! In the meantime, I just found an excellent deal on a book we will be reading later in the season. It’s a ways out, but why not go ahead and snatch it up right now and read it later on … Continue reading Great Deal on an Upcoming Podcast Read
Thanks for starting this journey with us. We can’t wait to start sharing new episodes with you in 2018. As a big thank you for your support and to hopefully catch the attention of new listeners, we are doing a big giveaway. Two lucky people with receive a Books and Tea Podcast bag stuffed with … Continue reading End of Season One 2017 Giveaway
This week, Kyrie and Cori conclude their first season with the continuation of Native American Heritage month books! Tazo tea sent them some sweet dessert tea to try, so Kyrie sipped on the Vanilla Bean Macaron and Cori sipped on the Lemon Loaf. Both were delicious and could easily be used to curb that sweet … Continue reading Episode 17: Fiction Native American Stories