Tea or Books? #106: Book or Movie First, and The Feast vs Grand Canyon

Tea or Books?

Margaret Kennedy, Vita Sackville-West, and film adaptations – welcome to episode 106!

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In the first half of this episode, Rachel and I discuss whether you should read the book before you watch the film. In the second half, we pit two novels about hotels against each other: The Feast by Margaret Kennedy and Grand Canyon by Vita Sackville-West.

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The books and authors we mention in this episode are:

Suddenly a Knock at the Door by Etgar Keret
The Optimist by E.M. Delafield
The Balkan Trilogy by Olivia Manning
Enbury Heath by Stella Gibbons
Wolf Hall by Hilary Mantel
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Wheel Spins by Ethel Lina White
The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas
Along For the Ride by Sarah Dessen
The Hating Game by Sally Thorne
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Dorothy Whipple
The Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Fingersmith by Sarah Waters
Persuasion by Jane Austen
The Hours by Michael Cunningham
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers
Emma by Jane Austen
Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Trial by Franz Kafka
George Bernard Shaw
Monica Dickens
Together and Apart by Margaret Kennedy
The Forgotten Smile by Margaret Kennedy
Lucy Carmichael by Margaret Kennedy
Lucy Gayheart by Margaret Kennedy
Agatha Christie
The Heir by Vita Sackville-West
All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West
The Constant Nymph by Margaret Kennedy