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Announcement: July Mini Hiatus

Hi friends! We hope that you’re enjoying your summer, having lots of fun and staying safe! This is a quick announcement to let you know that we’ll be taking a short summer hiatus from July 18th – July 31st as both Cossette and I are attending The Eras Tour, and truthfully, that will be taking up all of our focus for the next few weeks!

We’ll be back to our regular posting schedule on Tuesday, August 1st.

We hope the rest of July treats you well, and we can’t wait to share more bookish content with you!

Wrap Up: December 2022

Hello dear readers! Can you believe that 2022 has come to a close? We hope that you had a wonderful month and holiday season. It was a very good reading month here at teatimelit, so check out the post to see what we loved this month!

This month Caitlyn read 15 books, and Cossette read 20 books

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An Announcement

Hi, hello friends! 

We hope you’ve had a lovely December so far, and that you’re all staying safe and cozy. We wanted to share a few quick announcements with you today!

First, we’ll be going on a hiatus from now until the new year! In the meantime, you can still find us on Twitter at @teatimelits, or on our personal bookstagrams — @readbycait for Caitlyn, @cossettereads for Cossette, and @bookswithmary for Mary. 

With the new year brings some new changes as well. In case you missed it, Mary has stepped down from the blog. You can read more about this in her most recent blog post. When we’re back in January, we’ll also have some new graphics, and a new posting schedule — You can now expect posts from us on Tuesdays and Thursdays! 

Lastly, our December pick — The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches — was our final tea time reads pick. We’ve really loved being your hosts and it genuinely has been wonderful reading with you, hearing your thoughts, getting excited about upcoming releases, and sharing recommendations. The server will stand for people to continue chatting, however we will not be continuing to run it as is.

Hope the rest of your December is wonderful!

Love,

Caitlyn, Cossette, & Mary

Wrap Up: November 2022

Hi, hello everyone! Welcome back to our frequent friends, and welcome to our newer friends joining us today! We’re super excited to be bringing you our monthly wrap up for November, and we cannot believe it is nearly the end of 2022!  


This month Caitlyn read 26 books, Cossette read 22 books, and Mary read 7 books.

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TeaTimeReads December Pick: The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches

Hello everyone! We can’t wait to discuss our November read Arsenic and Adobo with all of you, but until that time comes we’re so excited to announce our December read, The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna! We love this cozy story about found family and can’t wait to share it with all of you.

Here is the full summary for The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches:

As one of the few witches in Britain, Mika Moon knows she has to hide her magic, keep her head down, and stay away from other witches so their powers don’t mingle and draw attention. And as an orphan who lost her parents at a young age and was raised by strangers, she’s used to being alone and she follows the rules…with one exception: an online account, where she posts videos pretending to be a witch. She thinks no one will take it seriously.

But someone does. An unexpected message arrives, begging her to travel to the remote and mysterious Nowhere House to teach three young witches how to control their magic. It breaks all of the rules, but Mika goes anyway, and is immediately tangled up in the lives and secrets of not only her three charges, but also an absent archaeologist, a retired actor, two long-suffering caretakers, and…Jamie. The handsome and prickly librarian of Nowhere House would do anything to protect the children, and as far as he’s concerned, a stranger like Mika is a threat. An irritatingly appealing threat.

As Mika begins to find her place at Nowhere House, the thought of belonging somewhere begins to feel like a real possibility. But magic isn’t the only danger in the world, and when a threat comes knocking at their door, Mika will need to decide whether to risk everything to protect a found family she didn’t know she was looking for….

Links for The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: Goodreads | TheStoryGraph | Bookshop | IndieBound

You can see our loose reading schedule below, but as always, feel free to read at your own pace.

Content Warnings for The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches: death, abandonment, estranged parents, sibling abuse, memory loss

We hope that you all are doing well and can’t wait to read this one with you all!

Wrap Up: October 2022

Happy Halloween and end of the month, everyone! We hope that you’re all doing well and staying safe. As you know, with the end of the month comes our monthly wrap up! Check it out to see what we enjoyed this month!

This month Caitlyn read 13 books, and Cossette read 25 books.

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TeaTimeReads November Pick: Arsenic and Adobo by Mia P. Manansala

Hi friends, we hope that you’re all doing well and enjoying our October pick Babel! We’re so excited to announce that our November pick will be Mia P. Manasala’s Arsenic and Adobo! 

Here is the full summary for Arsenic and Adobo:

The first book in a new culinary cozy series full of sharp humor and delectable dishes—one that might just be killer….

When Lila Macapagal moves back home to recover from a horrible breakup, her life seems to be following all the typical rom-com tropes. She’s tasked with saving her Tita Rosie’s failing restaurant, and she has to deal with a group of matchmaking aunties who shower her with love and judgment. But when a notoriously nasty food critic (who happens to be her ex-boyfriend) drops dead moments after a confrontation with Lila, her life quickly swerves from a Nora Ephron romp to an Agatha Christie case.

With the cops treating her like she’s the one and only suspect, and the shady landlord looking to finally kick the Macapagal family out and resell the storefront, Lila’s left with no choice but to conduct her own investigation. Armed with the nosy auntie network, her barista best bud, and her trusted Dachshund, Longanisa, Lila takes on this tasty, twisted case and soon finds her own neck on the chopping block…

Links for Arsenic and Adobo: Goodreads | TheStoryGraph | Bookshop | IndieBound

You can see our loose reading schedule below, but as always, feel free to read at your own pace.

Content Warnings for Arsenic and Adobo: Murder, death, poisoning, evidence planting, police intimidation, police encounters, drug use, fatphobia, racism, physical assault, hospitals, domestic violence (implied), discussion of food

We’re really looking forward to reading this cozy mystery with all of you, and can’t wait to hear what you think!

Wrap Up: September 2022

Hi, hello friends! Another month is done and dusted and we can’t believe how quickly it’s come and gone. We hope you had a lovely September!

A quick reminder that Mary is on an indefinite hiatus, and you can catch up with her on @bookswithmary !

This month Caitlyn read 18 books, and Cossette read 20 books.

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