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How reminiscing about elementary school helped me make my 2026 resolutions
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The Best and Worst Book to Screen Adaptations
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Every Literary Reference in Taylor Swift's Songs
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The Dream Hotel by Laila Lalami: A Review & Reading Reflection
Apr 5, 2025
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How I'm Breaking My Phone Addiction in 2026: More Reading, Less Scrolling
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Announcing Season 7 of The Novel Tea Podcast
Plus, vote on a book you'd like us to discuss!
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How I'm Breaking My Phone Addiction in 2026: More Reading, Less Scrolling
Diagnosing the problem and finding specific solutions
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Our 2025 in Books
It's another end-of-year list
Dec 27, 2025
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Books with a Strong Sense of Place
Saying goodbye to Season 6, and an exciting guest episode
Dec 22, 2025
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Spill the Novel Tea #9: Second Tries and Tales of Desire
Our December 2025 Reads
Dec 20, 2025
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The Classic You Should Read in 2026, Based on Your Favorite Book of 2025
Let's run it back
Dec 13, 2025
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Metafiction: Why Can't a Story Just Stay a Story?
A look at why creators go meta, when it works, and when it does not.
Dec 10, 2025
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Spill The Novel Tea #8: Marketing Missteps and Literary Fiction in Crisis
Our November 2025 Reads
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Rohinton Mistry's Social Realism: Dickensian Worlds and Characters that Feel True
Community and empathy across three novels
Nov 26, 2025
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