Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
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Sep 5, 2023 • 1h 1min

Our Mood Reads + Summer Send Off

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 118 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent mood reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about their summer hits and misses. 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!  You get access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and we have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, + Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group &  DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately 6:13 Room Essential Bookcases (T) 9:32 Special Ops: Lioness on Amazon Prime (R) Latest Reads11:53 None of This is True | Lisa Jewell (T) 16:08 Our Town | Thorton Wilder (R) 16:43 Tom Lake | Ann Patchett (R) 🎧23:30 Book Talk 28:32 Bird By Bird | Anne Lamont Thrive MascaraBetter Than Sex Mascara 32:24 Essence Makeup (T) ( Extreme Mascara, banana powder, extreme eye pencil)Koala Berry Opi Nail Polish Lincoln Park After Dark Spindrift Grapefruit 35:16 Eat That Frog | Brian Tracy (@aimzthereader) The Mel Robbins Podcast - “let them theory” episode + Aug 30 ep36:03 Pageboy | Elliott Page (T) 🎧41:31 Songs for the Missing | Stewart O’Nan (R) 🎧46:07 The Great Transition | Nick Fuller Googins (T) 50:50 The Book of Delights | Ross Gay (R) 🎧Shelf Additions56:32 No One Can Know | Kate Alice Marshall (T) 58:30 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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Aug 29, 2023 • 52min

September Books On the Radar + Reading Long Books

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 117 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their most anticipated September releases. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about reading long books. 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!  You get access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and we have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, + Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group &  DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately 2:50 Mini Hand Held Fan (T) 5:26 Papermate Ink Joy Gel Pen (R)Pentel Energel Latest Reads 8:19 They Never Learn | Layne Fargo (T) 🎧11:15 No Two Persons | Erica Bauermeister (R) 16:42 Book Talk Sara's FictionMatters Substack Newsletter Behold the Dreamer's | Imbolo Mbue Reader, Come Home: The Reading in a Digital World | Maryane Wolf 29:42 The September House | Carissa Orlando (T) The Deluge | Steven Markley Holly | Stephen King 32:13 Dark Ride | Lou Berney (R) 36:23 Chenneville| Paulette Jiles (T) 37:13 The Book of (More) Delights | Ross Gay (R) Inciting Joy | Ross Gay 39:37 With Regrets | Lee Kelly (T) 42:09 Land of Milk and Honey | C Pam Zhang (R) 44:09 Wellness | Nathan Hill (T) 45:53 Devil Makes Three | Ben Fountain (R) Current Reads48:14 Vampires of El Norte | Isabel Canas (T) Happiness Falls | Angie Kim 49:11 Our Town | Thorton Wilder (R) Tom Lake | Ann PatchettSupport 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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Aug 22, 2023 • 56min

What We Read On Kindle Unlimited

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 116 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent Kindle Unlimited reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about the pros and cons of Kindle Unlimited. 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!  You get access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and we have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, + Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group &  DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately 3:28 The Deepest Breath on Netflix (T) 6:48 Gays Reading Book Podcast (R) Latest Reads 9:34 Whalefall| Daniel Kraus (T) 14:22 The Marriage Portrait | Maggie O’Farrell (R) 🎧Hamnet20:55 Book Talk Kindle Unlimited Article Tik Tok @author’s pay Watching You | Lisa Jewell The Last Flight | Julie Clark 31:15 The Good Lie | A.R. Torre (T) 34:57 A Darker Shade of Magic | VE Schwab (R) Vicious 41:00 Intercept| TJ Payne (T) Tender is the Flesh | Agustina BezterricaStranger Things 44:00 Still Life | Louise Penny (R) Shelf Additions 48:50 The Exchange| John Grisham (T) 51:22 In Light of All Darkness | Kim Cross (R) *The book titles listed are Amazon Affiliate links (other affiliate links are below) where we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Bookshop.org  | Blackwell's 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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Aug 15, 2023 • 1h 1min

Audiobook Award Winners (2023) + Favorite Narrators

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 115 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their audiobook award winning reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about audiobooks. 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!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, + Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group &  DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately 3:45 Deep Search Tab on Libby (T)  6:40 Skincare Face Masks (R) Latest Reads9:16 Boys in the Valley | Phillip Fracassi (T) 12:54 The Hummingbird’s Gift | Sy Montgomery (R) 🎧17:02 Of Time and Turtles | Sy Montgomery 17:33 Book Talk Episode 66 Our Audiobook Narrator GuideAudiobook Article Audiobook Stats Audie Awards Audiofile  Earphone Awards 31:07 The Violin Conspiracy | Brendan SlocumThe Only Plane in the Sky | Garrett Graff You Made a Fool of Death with your Beauty | Akwaeke Emezi ( Bahni Turpin) 33:43 The Orphan X series | Gregg Hurwitz 34:36 How Y’all Doing | Leslie Jordan (T) 36:57 Cemetery Road | Gar Anthony Haywood (JD Jackson) (R) 41:08 The Green Mile | Stephen King (T) The Sun Does Shine | Anthony Ray Hinton (T) Just Mercy | Brian Stevenson 51:58 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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Aug 8, 2023 • 1h

Easily Distracted By New Releases (August 2023) + An Update On Our Reading Lives

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 114 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share the new releases they recently read. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about their reading lives. 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!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, + Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & a lively DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately 3:15 Deyagoo Wall Mounted Sconce (T) 6:00 Voxer App (R) Sara @fictionmattersLatest Reads 12:30 The Art of Scandal | Regina Black (T) The Idea of You | Robinne Lee 17:01 Sun Damage | Sabine Durrant (R) 🎧22:32 Book Talk 31:16 Hot Milk | Deborah Levy August Blue | Deborah Levy Whalefall | Daniel Kraus 37:55 Strange Sally Diamond | Liz Nugent (T) 🎧Lying In Wait | Liz Nugent 41:36 Talking at Night | Claire Daverly (R) 🎧One Day | David Nicholls 46:32 The Drowning Woman | Robyn Harding (T) 🎧50:08 An Honest Man | Michael Koryta (R) John Hart's BooksMr Mercedes Trilogy | Stephen King The Prophet | Michael Koryta Shelf Additions 55:00 Darling Girls | Sally Hepworth (T) 56:35 Come and Get It | Kiley Reid (R) Such a Fun Age *The book titles listed are Amazon Affiliate links (other affiliate links are below) where we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thanks for your support!Bookshop.org  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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Aug 1, 2023 • 57min

The Storygraph Picks Our Reads

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 113 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share books that The Storygraph  picked for them. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about using The Storygraph. 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!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, + Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & a lively DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately4:24 Based on a True Story on Peacock (T)7:25 Conscious Ink (R) Latest Reads14:00 Wednesdays at One | Sandra Miller (T) We Are the Light | Matthew Quick 18:30 Survival Lessons | Alice Hoffman (R)23:03 Book Talk The Storygraph 28:45 The Long answer | Anna Hogeland The Secret We're Keeping | Rebecca Done 29:09 Under Tow | Jahnavi Barua30:40 Medea's Curse | Anne Buist Alias Emma | Ava GlassThe Girl on the Train | Paula Hawkins 32:20 The Foghorn Echoes | Danny Ramadan (T) 36:33 After the Crash | Michel Bussi 🎧 (R) 42:35 Still Missing | Chevy Stevens (T) The Quiet Tenant | Clarance Michellon 47:27 Code Name Villanelle | Luke Jennings (R) 🎧Killing Eve Netflix series Shelf Additions52:40 Shelter | Jung Yun (T) 53:54 The Golden Gate | Amy Chua (R) *The book titles listed are Amazon Affiliate links (other affiliate links are below) where we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thanks for your support!Bookshop.org  | 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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Jul 25, 2023 • 60min

August Books on the Radar + Finding Books in New Genres

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 112 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share books they're looking forward to reading in August. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about finding books to read in a new to you genre. 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!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, + Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & a lively DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately 3:29 BookMory (T) Book Buddy 10:00 Defying Gravity Moisturizer (R) Latest Reads 12:45 The Quiet Tenant | Clemence Michallon (T) 🎧Notes on An Execution | Danya Kukafka 17:12 The Rachel Incident | Caroline O'Donaghue (R) 🎧22:25 Book Talk Reedsy Article 26:33 The Storygraph Goodreads 33:40 Book Riot 36:00 August Books Already Mentioned on Show The Art of Scandal | Regina Black The Trap | Catherine Ryan Howard None of This is True | Lisa JewellWhalefall | Daniel Kraus Happiness Falls | Angie Kim The Many Lives of Mama Love | Laura Love Hardin Who We are Now |Lauren Chamberlain The Bee Sting | Paul Murray The Continental Affair | Christine Mangan 37:16 The Princess | Wendy Holden (T) The Force of Such Beauty | Barbara Borland 39:39 Sun Damage | Sabine Durrant  (R) 41:45 The Messenger | Megan Davis (T) 43:50 Witness | Jamel Brinkley (R) 46:28 The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store | James McBride (T) Dreamland Burning | 48:18 The Romantic | William Boyd (R) 50:54 Wine People | Michelle Wildgen (T) 52:47Support 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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Jul 18, 2023 • 53min

Shelf Talkers! Reading What Booksellers Recommend

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 111 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent shelf talker reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about what shelf talkers are and where you can find them. 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!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag,+ Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately 2:24 Lounge with Me Pajamas (T) 5:08 LitHub Book List (R) The Millions Book List Latest Reads 7:02 Night Will Find You | Julia Heaberlin (T) 11:00 August Blue | Deborah Levy (R) 🎧16:30 Book Talk Indiebound.org21:53 Indépendant Bookstore List 24:22 Mickey 7 | Edward  Ashton  (T) Tik Tok account30:00 Inciting Joy | Ross Gay (R) 🎧The Book of Delights 37:10 Lavender House | Lev AC Rosen (T) The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches | Sangu Mandanna 42:00 Ocean State | Stewart O'Nan (R) 🎧Shelf Additions48: 16 Good Morning Midnight | Lillie Brooks Dalton (T) 49:25 Little Eyes | Samantha Schweblin (R) 50:12 The Interpreter | Brooke Robinson (R) *The book titles listed are Amazon Affiliate links (other affiliate links are below) where we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thanks for your support!Bookshop.org  | 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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Jul 11, 2023 • 1h 3min

Easily Distracted By New Releases (July 2023) + Threads

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 110 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 Threads . 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!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag,+ Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately 3:51 Gel Seat Cushion (T) 6:03 Hummingbird Feeder (R) Wildbirds Unlimited Better Living Through Birding | Christian Cooper Latest Reads 9:17 What the Dead Know | Barbara Butcher (T) Working Stiff | Judy  Melinek    14:13 You Should Have Known | Jean Hanff Korelitz (R) 🎧The Plot The Undoing - HBO Max 20:30 Book Talk Threads App NYTimes Article Substack 38:45 Beware the Woman | Megan Abbott (T) 42:27 The Wishing Game | Meg Shaffer (R) 🎧50:20 Girls and Their Horses | Eliza Jane Brazier (T) 54:07 The Lie Maker | Linwood Barclay (R) Shelf Additions 59:19 Boys in the Valley | Philip Fracassi (T) Cortney @bertyinbookland1:00:22 Meet the Benedettos | Katie Cotugno (R) Birds of California *The book titles listed are Amazon Affiliate links (other affiliate links are below) where we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thanks for your support!Bookshop.org  | Blackwell's 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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Jul 4, 2023 • 1h 3min

Our 10 Best Books of 2023 (So Far)

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 109 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their favorites of 2023- so far. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about what’s been working -and not- in their reading lives. 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!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag,+ Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month! Loving Lately 5:19 Picture This Plant App (T)  8:11 Voltaren Arthritis Gel (R) Latest Reads 6:26 Big Gay Wedding |Byron Lane A Star is Bored 13:29 Moby Dyke :An Obsessive Quest to Track Down the Last Remaining Lesbian Bars in America |Krista Burton 🎧(R)18:23 Book Talk23:31 Almost Made Its The Creative Act |Rick Rubin (R)Indiscretion |Charles Dubow (R) Hello Beautiful |Ann Napolitano (R) Rootless |Krystle Zara Appeigh (R) Adrift |Lisa Brideau (T) Adelaide |Genevieve Wheeler (T) Before I Go to Sleep | SJ Watson (T) Notes on An Execution |Danya Kukafka (T) 25:18 Least Favorite BooksAnyman |Amber Tamblin (T) Nice Girls |Catherine Dang (R) 26:16 Biggest Disappointment Age of Vice |Deepti Kapoor (T) Small Mercies |Dennis Lehane (R) 28:28 Expected to Enjoy More than We Did Homebodies |Tembe Denton Hurst (T) Everyone Here is Lying |Shari Lapena (R) 29:44 Biggest Surprise Fourth Wing |Rebecca Yarros (T) Rage of Angels |Sidney Sheldon (R) 31:08 Future Hopefuls to Make Our End of Year FavoritesThe Deluge |Stephen Marklay(T) Tom Lake |Ann Patchett (R) Books38:49 Rootless |Krystle Zara Appeigh (T) Sycamore |Bryn Chancellor (R) All the Sinner’s Bleed |SA Cosby (T) Behold the Dreamer’s |Imbolo Mbue (R) Fourth Wing |Rebecca Yarros (T) Still Life |Sarah Winman (RSupport 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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