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Book Recs: Recommendations for fans of the CW’s Nancy Drew

Hello friends, happy June! June marks the beginning of summer camp for me, so it’ll be a busy month, but on the upside, season four of The CW’s Nancy Drew premiered last night, therefore I have something to look forward to every Wednesday night! Speaking of the premiere, my Dewds, how’re we feeling? I’m dead. I can’t get over the Nace scenes, I will be thinking about this for at least 15 business years. I fear I won’t be surviving this season. Now, back to the post…

We all know how much I love the Nancy Drew books, and I don’t think it comes as a shock that I love the show as much as I do. I love the inspiration that they took from the book series —- the easter eggs are so well done — and I love the ways that they’ve made the story and characters more modern. It hooked me right from the start, and my love for it continues to grow. I truly can’t remember the last show that I loved this much — we’re talking, thinking about it constantly, theorizing, counting down the days until the next episode, etc. The show was one of the only really positive things in my life during a very difficult 2021, and for that, I will always be grateful. 

I’ve also met some of the most amazing people through the fandom and the relationships that we’ve built because of this show are just so wonderful. Because the show is finally back (we’re not gonna talk about how it’s the last season), I thought it would be fun to share some book recs that I think fans of the CW’s Nancy Drew will enjoy!

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Book Recs: Recommendations for Theatre Fans

Hi besties! In honor of World Theatre Day on the 27th, I thought it would be fun to share some recommendations for books involving theatre. We all know that if a book mentions theatre in any way I will be picking it up, and the five on this list are some that I really love!

This list could’ve been VERY long, especially if I decided to include non-fiction recs, but I decided to keep it short and sweet this time around — I know, you’re all shocked! So, grab a cup of tea, turn on your favorite cast recording, and let’s get to the recs.

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Book Recs: Gossip Girl Book Recs

Hello, everyone! You all may not know this, but Cossette and I both love Gossip Girl (we are Blair Waldorf stans first, and humans second. Also, Dair should’ve been end game), and since the fifteen year anniversary of the show’s premiere is on the 19th — I’m sorry what? — we thought it would be fun to share some Gossip Girl recs with you!

When we were coming up with this post, we originally thought of recommending books based on your favorite character, but then thought “what if we recommended books we think the characters would like?” and so, this list was created! So grab a cup of tea, and some macarons (approved by Blair) and get cozy!

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Let’s Talk: Books by AAPI Authors I’m Looking Forward To

Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! I think that it’s always so important to celebrate our cultures and heritage, but I think after the last few years it’s extra important to celebrate and uplift the AAPI community. 

There are so many exciting new books coming out this year by AAPI authors, so I thought it would be fun to talk about some of the ones that I’m looking forward to!

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Book Recs: Books to Read Based on Your Favorite Musicals

Happy World Theatre Day my friends! Today is one of my favorite days because, and I truly am not exaggerating here, theatre is my life. I was in my first musical when I was 15, and since then I have been in over 15 shows, and worked on over 30 shows (including directing and stage managing) and my day job is running the education department at a theatre company. I really do live and breathe theatre.


As I will take any opportunity I can to combine theatre and reading — two of my favorite things(if you read that to the tune of My Favorite Things from The Sound of Music, bonus points to you!) — I thought it would be fun to do a book recs post based on some of my favorite musicals!

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Book Recs: 2022 Releases, based off of your favorite Taylor Swift Album

I had such a blast putting together my 2021 Releases based off of your favorite Taylor Swift album last year that I knew I had to do it again this year! If you’re new here, I’m Cossette, and I’m a huge Taylor Swift fan, to the point where I roped Caitlyn into doing a book recommendation for every single Taylor Swift song. Just like last year, I wanted to combine two of my loves: Taylor Swift, and books to bring you thirty two of my most anticipated 2022 releases, while assigning them to different Taylor eras! I haven’t read most of these, so it’ll be fun to see how off I am at the end of 2022, once I’ve read these.

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Book recommendations based off of your favorite song from Red

With Red (Taylor’s Version) coming out tomorrow, Caitlyn and I thought it’d be a good time to publish our next installment in Book Recommendations based off of your favorite Taylor Swift song. If you’re new here, Caitlyn and I are massive Taylor Swift fans, and we’ve set out on a task to pair up each Taylor Swift song to a book. You can check out our Folklore, and Evermoreones here! 

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Book Recs: 10 Book Recommendations Based On Your Favorite Comfort Movie

Happy Saturday, friends! While we’re waiting to get our mosaic broken hearts re-shattered by Red (Taylor’s Version), and Adele’s 30, Caitlyn and I figured it would be fun to compile a little book recs post for y’all based on your favorite comfort movie! This is the first post in a series, so keep your eyes peeled for other future recommendations.  

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Guest Post: Who Needs SparkNotes When You’ve Got These 20 Diverse YA Retellings? by Kat from bibliosmile

Happy Thursday, friends! Today, I’m so excited to share that teatimelit has our first ever guest post — Kat, from The Bibliosmile (novelsandwaffles)! We’re huge fans of Kat here at teatimelit, and when she reached out for a guest post about retellings, you can only imagine our excitement! So without any further ado, here’s her guest post on diverse YA retellings!

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