Pages & Tea

March: Piranesi, by Susanna Clarke

discussed 23 March 2026 · M chose · 4½ teapots

The Beauty of the House is immeasurable; its Kindness infinite.

We argued for half an hour about whether the House was a metaphor or just a House. M was unmoved. K, who had been quiet, said it was probably both, and could we please pour the second pot.

February: The Overstory, by Richard Powers

discussed 24 February 2026 · K chose · 3 teapots

Long. Beautifully written. The middle hundred pages dragged for two of us; the third would not hear a word against it. We have agreed in future to allot a back-up book for slow months.