

Book Talk, etc.
Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
A book recommendation podcast that's bound to grow your TBR!
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Jun 27, 2023 • 56min
July Books On the Radar + Book Club Conversations
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 108 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share books they're looking forward to reading in July. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about having successful book club conversations. 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 2:46 The Ultimatum Queer Love on Netflix (T) 6:15 45 Genius Vaseline Uses for Your Beauty Routine (R) Latest Reads 10:00 Farrell Covington and the Limits of Style | Paul Rudnick (T) 13:25 Everyone Here is Lying | Shari Lapena (R) 🎧18:09 Book TalkChain Gang All Stars | Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahOur Amazon Storefront Notes on an Execution | Danya KukafkaAll That Is Mine I Carry with Me | William Landay I Have Some Questions for You | Rebecca Makkai 29:00 Indiscretion | Charles Dubow The Whispers | Ashley Audrain 31:41 Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano 33:26 Beautiful Little Fools | Jillian Cantor 34:49 At the End of Every Day | Arianna Reiche (T) 36:49 The Sunset Crowd | Karin Tanabe (R) 39:39 Do Tell | Lindsay Lynch (T) 41:39 The Anniversary | Stephanie Bishop (R) 43:35 Thicker Than Water | Megan Collins (T) 45:25 How to Love Your Daughter | Hila Blum (R) 47:45 How Can I Help You | Laura Sims (T) Looker 49:15 An Honest Man | Michael Koryta (R) The Prophet Current Reads 51:25 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

Jun 20, 2023 • 1h 7min
Under the Radar Reads
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 107 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent under the radar reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about under the radar 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! 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 Scamanda Podcast (T) Special Dark Chocolate Chips (R) Latest Reads All the Sinner’s Bleed | S.A. Cosby (T) The Last Time I Lied | Riley Sager (R) Book Talk The Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros Yellowface | RF Kuang Indie Publishers Article Article The Membranes | Chi Ta Wei (T) Charm City Rocks | Matthew Norman (R) All Together Now Last Couple Standing Just Between Us | Rebecca Drake (T) Big Little Lies | Liane Moriarty The Lost Girls | Jessica Chiarella (R) 1,001 Novels: A Library of America Shelf Additions Bye Baby | Carola Lovering (T) Swipe Up for More: Inside the Unfiltered Lives of Influencers (R) @basicbsguide *The book titles listed are Amazon Affiliate links (other affiliate links are below) where we maSupport 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

Jun 6, 2023 • 1h 2min
Talking Reading, Writing, and Podcasting With Bianca Marais
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 106 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee chat with author and podcaster Bianca Marais. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about writing, reading, and podcasting. 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!Bianca's Books Hum If You Don't Know the Words If You Want to Make God Laugh The Witches of Moonshine Manor The Prynne Viper Lily and the Octopus | Stephen Rowley Loving Lately 4:58 Marvelous Mrs Maisel (B) 5:23 The Last of Us -Tv Show (B) 6:45 Wondercide (R) 6:44 Mooncat Nail Polish (T) Top Coat10:45 Book Talk 31:08 Blood Sugar |Sasha Rothchild 36:09 Lessons in Chemistry The Thursday Murder Club Still Life | Sarah Winman 37:15 Thirst for Salt | Madeline Lucas 38:11 Beware the Woman | Megan Abbott Girls and Their Horses | Eliza Jane Brazier Latest Reads 41:17 Big Gay Wedding | Byron Lane (B) Pebble & Dove | Amy Jones (B) Remarkably Bright Creatures 42:20 Drowning | T J Newman (T) The Day I Died | Lori Radar-Day (R) 🎧48:47 Quietly Hostile | Samantha Kirby (T) 50:57 Better Living Through Birding | Christian Cooper (R) 🎧Migrations | CharloSupport 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

May 30, 2023 • 1h 17min
Summer Bonanza III: Our Picks for 20 of the Hottest Summer Book Releases
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 105 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their 20 most anticipated summer releases. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about how they chose their 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, consider supporting us on Patreon! We have great bonus episodes: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, Criminally Booked, Mood Reader Happy Hour, Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & a lively DISCORD all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately 4:15 Veggie Tray (T) Copper Knife Tik Tok Account 7:21 Love and Death (HBO Max) (R) Latest Reads 10:16 Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros (T) 15:31 Nightwork | Nora Roberts (R) 🎧23:07 Book Talk Previous Shelf Additions We Don't Want You to Forget About Big Gay Wedding | Byron Lane None of This is True | Lisa Jewell The Great Transition | Nick Fuller GooginsYou Can Trust Me | Wendy Heard Prom Mom | Laura Lippman You Can't Stay Here Forever | Katherine Lin Our Picks 31:47 All the Sinners Bleed | SA Cosby (T) 33:42 A Quitter's Paradise | Elysha Chang (R) 36:06 Night Will Find You | Julia Heaberlin (T) 38:13 Talking at Night | Claire Daverly (R) 40:09 Little Monsters | Adrienne Brodeur (T) 42:27 The Beach at Summerly | Beatriz Williams (R) 45:45 Wednesdays at One | Sandra Miller (T) 47:37 One Summer in Savannah | Terah Shelton Harris (R) 50:08 A Twisted Love Story | Samantha Downing (T) 51:53 Everyone Here is Lying | Shari Lapena (R) 54:12 I Know What You Did | Cayce Osborne (T) 56:02 Sugar, Baby | Celine Saintclaire (R) 58:07 The Art of Scandal | Regina Black (T) 1:00:17 Kala | Colin Walsh (R) 1:02:11 The Trap | Catherine Ryan Howard (T) 1:04:13 The Many LivesSupport 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

May 23, 2023 • 1h 10min
Beach Reads + Ask Us Anything
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 104 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent beach reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and answer YOUR questions. 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!Check out our Merchandise Shop!Any Man |Amber TamblynLoving Lately 3:17 Recess Nonalcoholic Craft Mocktails (T) 5:35 Gerbera Daisy's (Trader Joe's) (R) Benefits of Fresh Flowers Article Latest Reads 9:29 No One Needs to Know | Lindsay Cameron (T) 13:49 `Summer Sisters | Judy Blume (R) 🎧20:49 Book Talk Our Beach Reads Show 202246:37 The Family Secret | Kiersten Modglin (T) 🎧50:34 Thirst For Salt | Madeline Lucas (R) 🎧54:49 The Beach Trap | Ali Brady (T) 58:53 Indiscretion | Charles Dubow (R) 🎧Shelf Additions1:06:00 Boy Parts | Eliza Clark (T) 1:07:36 The Night it Ended | Katie Garner (R) *The book titles listed are Amazon Affiliate links (our 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

May 16, 2023 • 56min
Easily Distracted By New Releases (May 2023) + Bookish Things We'll Never Complain About
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 103 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share the new releases they've recently read. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads and shelf additions, and have book talk about bookish things you'll never hear them complain about. 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!Check out our Merchandise Shop!Loving Lately 3:50 Osea Clean Beauty Brand (T) - Hyaluronic Sea Serum & Body Butter mentionedOsea Discount Code- TBRETC10 6:51 The Mel Robbins Podcast (Ep 65) (R) Latest Reads 9:44 Happy Place | Emily Henry (T) 14:26 Autopsy of a Boring Wife | Marie-Renee Lavoie 🎧 (R) 19:18 Book Talk Tina's Tik Tok 27:26 Adrift | Lisa Brideau (T) Going Zero | Anthony McCarten 32:40 Yellowface | R.F. Kuang (R) Who is Maud Dixon? | Alexandria Andrews The Plot | Jean Hanff Korelitz 39:08 The Senator's Wife | Liv Constantine (T) The Last Mrs Parrish The Housemaid | Freida McFadden 44:15 City of Dreams | Don Winslow (R) 🎧City on Fire (book 1) | Don Winslow I Am Pilgrim | Terry Hayes Shelf Additions 50:15 The Witching Tide | Margaret Meyer (T) 52:42 The Fiction Writer | Jillian Cantor (R) Beautiful Little Fools | Jillian Cantor *The book titles liSupport 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

May 9, 2023 • 60min
We ❤️ Genre Mashups
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 102 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent blended genre reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads and shelf additions, and have book talk about the popularity of genre mashups. 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 onPatreon! 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!Check out our Merchandise Shop!Loving Lately3:22 The Modelone's Gel Builder for Nails (T) Gel Light 6:57 Reddit.com - Suggest Me a Book Thread (R) The Long Walk | Stephen King Latest Read 12:04 Happy Place | Emily Henry (T) 12:21 Homebodies | Tembe Denton Hurst (T) 🎧The Other Black Girl | Zakiya Dalila Harris17:21 The Creative Act: A Way of Being | Rick Rubin (R) 🎧Four Thousand Weeks | Oliver BurkemanThe Huberman Lab Episode 24:11 Book Talk Book Riot Article Article The Measure | Nikki ERlick The Hunger | Alma Katsu30:34 The Writing Retreat | Julia Bartz33:00 11/22/63 | Stephen King Kindred | Octavia Butler 34:19 Sea of Tranquility | Emily St John Mandel (T) Station Eleven Dark Matter | Blake Crouch Migrations | Charlotte McConaghy The Glass Hotel 38:45 Yesterday | Felicia Yap (R) 🎧44:00 Natural Beauty | Ling Ling Huang (T) Our Wives Under the Sea | Julia Armfield47:25 Going Zero | Anthony McCarten (R) 🎧Shelf Additions 54:14 Black River OrcSupport 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

May 2, 2023 • 1h 2min
May Books On the Radar + A DNF Chat
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 101 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share the books they're looking forward to reading in May. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest and current reads, and have book talk about how decide when to DNF. 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!Check out our Merchandise Shop!Loving Lately 6:04 Drop dead gorgeous powder shampoo (T) 9:00 Cali Cargo Standard Rise Pants from Sanctuary.com (R) Latest Reads11:40 The Half Moon | Mary Beth Keene (T) 14:56 Swimming Lessons | Claire Fuller (R) 🎧Sara @fictionmatters 19:12 All That Is Mine I Carry With Me | William Landay 21:56 Book Talk Our Patreon for Bonus DNF Episodes 27:23 The Daydreamers | Laura Hankin Rootless | Krystle Zara Appiah 37:51 Paper Names | Susie Luo (T) 39:39 The Lie Maker | Linwood Barclay 39:54 We Are Too Many: A Memoir | Hannah Pittard (R) 43:03 Did You Hear About Kitty Karr? | Crystal Smith Paul (T)45:21 The Garnett Girls | Georgina Moore (R) 47:16 Homebodies | Tembe Denton-Hurst (T) 49:16 Yellowface | R. F. Kuang (R) 52:00 The Time Has Come | Will Leitch (T) How Lucky Anxious People | Fredrik Backman 54:22 Closer By Sea | Perry Chafe (R) Current Reads 56:50 Happy 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

Apr 25, 2023 • 1h 23min
All We Got for Our 100th Episode Was 20 Stellar Books 🎉
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 100 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee celebrate their 100th🎉 episode by sharing their all time favorite books! They also share what they've been loving lately, their shelf additions, and have book talk about how they picked their 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! 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!Check out our Merchandise Shop!Loving Lately 3:52 Beef on Netflix (T) 5:47 National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled (R)@cathleens.bookbag 9:52 Book Talk16:42 The Stand | Stephen King (T) 18:57 This is Where I Leave You | Jonathan Tropper (R) Dark Matter | Blake Crouch (T) 24:04 The Last Child | John Hart (R) 27:38 The Heart's Invisible Furies | John Boyne (Both) 29:31 One Day | David Nicholls (R) An American Marriage | Tayari Jones (T) 34:54 The Book Thief | Marcus Zusak (R) Kindred | Octavia Butler) (T) 40:27 A Little Life | Hanya Yanagihara (R) The Great Believers | Rebecca Makkai (T) If You Want to Make God Laugh | Bianca Marais (T) 50:19 Maybe You Should Talk to Someone | Lori Gottlieb (R) 🎧53:36 Razorblade Tears | S.A Cosby (T) The Sun Does Shine | Anthony Ray Hinton (R) 🎧1:00:11 Migrations | Charlotte McConaghy (T) 🎧The Cartel Trilogy | Don Winslow (R) - The Power of Dog, The Cartel, The Border) 1:06:56 Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano (T) 1:13:33 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

Apr 18, 2023 • 1h 4min
Historical Fiction Beyond WWII
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 99 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent historical fiction reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about life during their favorite decades. 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!Check out our Merchandise Shop!Book Talk, etc Reading Challenge on The Storygraph & Instagram Loving Lately 3:02 IT Cosmetics CC Creme SPF 40 (T) 5:37 Leuchtturm 1917Journal (R) Article 10:16 Suleika Jaouad 30 Day Journal Project Latest Reads 10:38 The Soulmate | Sally Hepworth (T) 13:36 The Lonely Hearts Book Club | Lucy Gilmore 🎧 (R) 20:14 Book Talk 21:12 Article WWII Article 26:36 Our House Will Pay | Steph Cha 27:46 Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson 28:14 The Attic Child | Lola Jaye31:32 Gone With the Wind | Margaret Mitchell 33:03 The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah Small Things Like These | Claire Keegan 40:22 Carrie Soto is Back | Taylor Jenkins Reid 41:40 Coronation Year | Jennifer Robson (T) 🎧44:44 Another Brooklyn | Jacqueline Woodson (R) 🎧50:40 In Memoriam | Alice Winn (T) 🎧@brettsbookstack The Things They Carried | Tim O'Brian 54:44 Beautiful Little FSupport 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


