Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
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Apr 16, 2024 • 1h 4min

First Quarter Reading Check-In + Welcoming New Co-Host Hannah

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 147 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee welcome new co-host Hannah. They share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about their first quarter reading. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Loving Lately Writech Pens (H) Poete Scented Bookmarks (T) Mel Robbins Podcast & workbook (R) Book Talk Scamanda Podcast Bookmory App The Storygraph Battle of the Back Burners (@kellyhook.readsbooks)The Women | Kristin Hannah Father of the Rain | Lily KingLeaving | Roxana Robinson James | Percival EverettA Place for Us | Fatima Farheen MerzaThe Frozen River | Ariel Lawton Latest ReadsThe Berry Pickers | Amanda Peters (H) A Great Country |  Shilpi Somaya Gowda (T) Happiness Falls | Angie Kim Mayluna | Kelley McNeil (R) Daisy Jones and the Six Songs in Ursa Major | Emma Brodie The Idea of You | Robinne Lee Lapvona | Ottessa Moshfegh (H) My Year of Rest and Relaxation The Gunners | Rebecca Lowman (T) California Bear | Duane Swerzenski  (R) Shelf Additions The Paris Novel | Ruth Reichl (H) If the Tide Turns | Rachel Rueckert (T) Love Letters to a Serial Killer | Tasha Coryell (R) Hannah @hanpickedbooks *The book titles listed here are Amazon links  *You can also shop our Support the showLet's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmailBTE on YoutubeTina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretcHannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooksJonathan IG @infiltrate_jayPodcast IG @booktalketcRenee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
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Apr 9, 2024 • 1h 4min

Easily Distracted By New Releases (April 2024)

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 146 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their new release reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about book blurbs. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Loving Lately Saving recs on Libib App (T) The Women | Kristin HannahThe Dust Child Microwaveable booties (R) Latest Reads The Divorcees | Rowan Beard (T) Sunburn | Laura Lippmann (R) Book Talk The Atlantic  “The Blurb Problem Keeps Getting Worse”Annie Bot | Sierra Greer (T) The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan (R) What Happened to Nina? | Dervla McTiernan (T) Colton Gentry’s Third Act | Jeff Zentner (R) Shelf Additions There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension | Hanif Abdurraqib@lizisreading_The Heart in Winter | Kevin Barry (R) *The book titles listed here are Amazon links  *You can also shop our Bookshop.org shop.  Either place, we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thank you! Blackwells Support the showLet's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmailBTE on YoutubeTina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretcHannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooksJonathan IG @infiltrate_jayPodcast IG @booktalketcRenee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
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Apr 2, 2024 • 1h 8min

Books We've Been Meaning To Read

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 145 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share books they’ve been meaning to read. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about why books stay on their tbr's. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Leaving | Roxana Robinson Loving Lately4:50 Good Molecules Eye Creme (T) Forever Eye Mask 8:35 Palm Royale on Apple TV+ (R) Mr & Mrs American Pie | Julie McDaniel Latest Reads  10:55 The Women | Kristin Hannah (T) In Memorium | Alice Winn The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah 15:50 The Great Alone | KH Night Road | KH 16:40 My Sunshine Away | M.O Walsh (R) 21:45 Book Talk Night | Ellie Wiesel The Rosary Girls | Richard Montanari 30:50 The Vegetarian | Han Kang (T) 35:10 Atonement | Ian McEwan (R) 🎧40:40 CAWPILE review system44:10 Data Baby | Susannah Breslin (T) 51:43 Station Eleven | Emily St John Mandel (R) 🎧The Singer's Gun The Stand | Stephen King Shelf Additions 1:03:02 Forgotten Sisters | Cynthia Pelayo (T) Zack @ry_reads1:05:10 Tell Me Who You Are | Louisa Luna (R) *The book titles listed here are Amazon links  *You can also shop our Support the showLet's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmailBTE on YoutubeTina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretcHannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooksJonathan IG @infiltrate_jayPodcast IG @booktalketcRenee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
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Mar 26, 2024 • 46min

April Books on the Radar + Major Show Announcement

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 144 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their anticipated April reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about upcoming show changes. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Loving Lately2:50 The Crown (Netflix) (T) 5:40 CND Solar Oil Cuticle Pen (R) Latest Reads 7:42 She Started It| Sian Gilbert (T) 12:10 After Annie | Anna Quindlen (R) 🎧April Books 17:40 Sociopath | Patrick Gagne  (T) 20:51 Wild Life Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World | Rae Wynn-Grant (R) 22:58 The Sleepwalkers | Scarlett Thomas (T) 24:53 The Cemetery of Untold Stories| Julia Alvarez (R) 27:35 The Gathering| CJ Tudor (T)The Drift 29:45 Days of Wonder | Caroline Leavitt (R) 32:14 Darling Girls | Sally Hepworth (T) 33:58 Granite Harbor | Peter Nichols (R) 36:25 Book Talk Hannah @hanpickedbooks  Renee's Email - itsbooktalk@gmail.com*The book titles listed here are Amazon links  *You can also shop our Bookshop.org shop.  Either place, we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thank you! Blackwells Support the showLet's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmailBTE on YoutubeTina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretcHannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooksJonathan IG @infiltrate_jayPodcast IG @booktalketcRenee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
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Mar 19, 2024 • 48min

Books By Female Authors + Favorite Debuts

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 143 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their recent reads by female authors. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about 10 of their favorite debuts. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Loving Lately 2:15 Little Sleepies (T) 4:49 Books Are My People podcast (Feb 26 episode)Leaving | Roxana RobinsonLatest Reads7:06 The One | John Marrs (T) 10:00 Manifest in Action | Roxie Nafousi (R) Manifest Big Magic | Elizabeth Gilbert 14:50 Book Talk - Fav female authors Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi (T) Mother in the Dark | Kayla Maiuri (R) The Girl With the Louding Voice | Abi Dare (T) Rootless | Kyrstle Zara Appeigh (R) 18:16 Luster | Raven   (T) What Beauty There Is | Cory Anderson (R) 20:34 Migrations | Charlotte McConaghy (T) 21:15 Finding Mrs Ford | Deborah Goodrich Royce (R)Sometimes I Lie | Alice Feeney (T) Take It Back | Kia Abdullah (R) 23:58 I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself | Marissa Crane  (T) 27:47 Still See You Everywhere | Lisa Gardner (R) 🎧33:33 Listen for the Lie | Amy Tinterra  (T) 🎧37:28 Sweetwater | Roxana Robinson (R) Shelf Additions 42:52 And So I Roar | Abi Dare (T) 44:49 The Wedding PeSupport the showLet's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmailBTE on YoutubeTina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretcHannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooksJonathan IG @infiltrate_jayPodcast IG @booktalketcRenee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
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Mar 12, 2024 • 52min

Easily Distracted By New Releases (March 2024)

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 142 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their recent new release reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about the state of their new release reading. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Loving Lately 3:55 Paula’s Choice Skin Perfecting (T) Facial cotton pads7:00 bookgirlsguide.com (R)Best books of 2014Latest Reads10:46 Perfect Parents | L.G. Davis (T) 15:08 Mrs Gulliver | Valerie Martin (R) 🎧20:34 Book Talk 22:30 Dixon Descending | Karen Outen (T) Midnight | Amy McCullough 23:00 Leaving | Roxana Robinson (R) Holiday Country | Inci Atrek 24:58 Poor Deer | Claire Oshtesky 30:22 Come and Get It | Kiley Reid (T) Such a Fun Age 34:17 The Trail of Lost Hearts | Tracy Garvis Graves (R) 🎧Amy @novelgossip 38:22 James | Percival Everett (T) Erasure The Underground Railroad | Colson Whitehead 43:10 Kill for Me Kill For You | Steve Cavanagh (R) Shelf Additions 48:27 House of Glass | Sarah Pekkanen (T) 49:29 All the Colors of the Dark | Chris Whitaker (R) Tall Oaks All the Wicked Girls *The book titles listed here are Amazon links  *You can also shop our Support the showLet's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmailBTE on YoutubeTina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretcHannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooksJonathan IG @infiltrate_jayPodcast IG @booktalketcRenee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
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Mar 5, 2024 • 59min

Bookstore Browsing

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 141 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their bookstore browse reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about bookstore browsing. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Patreon episode with Greer from Athena BooksLoving Lately 4:11 The NYTimes  Game App 6:33 Workin Moms (Netflix) Search Party Latest Reads11:10 Midnight | Amy McCullough (T) 15:00 Same As It Ever Was | Claire Lombardo (R) 21:50 Book TalkExile Bookstore American Daughters | Maurice Carlos Ruffin    26:09 Parakeet | Marie Helene- BertinoThe Extinction of Irena Rey | Jennifer Croft Powells.comSleeping Giants | Rene Denfeld Good Material | Dolly Alderton (T) 37:33 While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students | J Reuben Appelman  (R) 🎧Meredith @currentlyreadingpodcast 44:43 Dixon Descending | Karen Outen (T)Into Thin Air | John Krakauer The Sun Does Shine | Anthony Ray Hinton Foster | Claire Keegan (R) 🎧53:53 Shelf Additions Docile |  Hyeseung Song (T) The TruthSupport the showLet's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmailBTE on YoutubeTina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretcHannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooksJonathan IG @infiltrate_jayPodcast IG @booktalketcRenee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
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Feb 27, 2024 • 45min

March Books On The Radar (2024)

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 140 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their anticipated March reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest, and current reads. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Loving Lately 2:50 Reese Teesa on Tik Tok- Who TF Did I Marry? (T) 9:15 Kitchen Aid Food Processor (R) Protein bar recipe (instagram) - from Real Roots Kitchen Latest Reads13:28 Last Call at the Local | Sarah Grunder Ruiz (T) 17:00 A Knock At Midnight : A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom | Brittany K Barnett 🎧 Book Talk 21:19 Baby X | Kira Peikoff (T)23:20 Change | Édouard Louis (R) Dominos | Phoebe McIntosh  (T) 27:10 Women of Good Fortune | Sophie Wan (R) 29:26 Great Expectations | Vinson Cunningham   (T) James | Percival Everett (R) 32:50 The Divorcees | Rowen Beaird (T) Everyone Is Watching | Heather Gudenkauf (R) Like Happiness| Ursula Villarreal Moura (T) 38:59 Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story | Kristine S. Ervin (R) Current Reads Come & Get It | Kiley Reid (T)Such a Fun Age Same As It Ever Was | ClaSupport the showLet's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmailBTE on YoutubeTina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretcHannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooksJonathan IG @infiltrate_jayPodcast IG @booktalketcRenee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
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Feb 20, 2024 • 1h 4min

⭐ The 5+ Star Challenge ⭐

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 139 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their possible 5+ star reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about trying to find 5-star reads. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Loving Lately Bear Brook Season 2 Podcast (T) Loudermilk (Netflix) (R) Latest ReadsHow the Word is Passed | Clint Smith (T) Lone Wolf | Gregg Hurwitz (R) Book Talk A Place for Us | Fatima Farheen Mirza Razorblade Tears | SA Cosby Migrations | Charlotte McConaghyTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Gabrielle Zevin A Little Life | Hanya Yanigahara Demon Copperhead | Barbara KingsolverThe Heart’s Invisible Furies | John Boyne One Day | David Nicholls Good Morning Midnight | Lily Brooks-Dalton (T) Finding Sophie| Imran Mahmoud (R) Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi (T) Father of the Rain | Lily King (R) Shelf Additions What You Leave Behind | Wanda Morris (T)  The Briar Club | Kate Quinn (R) *The book titles listed here are Amazon links  *You can also shop our Bookshop.org shop.  Either place, we make a small commission from qualifying Support the showLet's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmailBTE on YoutubeTina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretcHannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooksJonathan IG @infiltrate_jayPodcast IG @booktalketcRenee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
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Feb 13, 2024 • 57min

Complicated Love Stories

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 138 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their recent complicated love story reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about what makes a good complicated story. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately 2:34 Cheesegal on TikTok and Instagram (T)  @lthale on Instagram6:05 Ann Patchett’s Laydown Diaries and New to You recs (R) Latest Reads8:43 Perfectly Nice Neighbors | Kia Abdullah (T) 13:21 My Husband | Maud Ventura (R) Sara @fictionmattersBook Talk19:03 Article Now You See Me | Sharon Bolton 29:29 All the Ugly and Wonderful Things | Bryn Greenwood (T) 34:26 Leaving by Roxana Robinson (R)41:09 A Place for Us | Fatima Farheen Mirza (T) 47:15 Fates and Furies | Lauren Groff (R) Shelf Additions 52:29 Only for the Weak | Natasha Bishop (T) 54:00 Kill for Me Kill for You | Steve Cavanagh (R) *The book titles listed here are Amazon links  *We also have all the books listed on our Bookshop.org shop.  Either place, we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thank you! Support the showLet's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmailBTE on YoutubeTina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretcHannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooksJonathan IG @infiltrate_jayPodcast IG @booktalketcRenee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk

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