

Book Talk, etc.
Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
A book recommendation podcast that's bound to grow your TBR!
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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

Apr 11, 2023 • 1h 3min
Reading From Our Favorite Decades
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 98 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee read from their favorite decades. 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 Lately2:57 Planta App (T)5:30 Google Lens6:48 Devotions by Mary Oliver (R)The Journey Poem by Mary Oliver Latest Reads8:58 Adelaide | Genevieve Wheeler (T)🎧13:11 You Know Her | Meagan Jennett (R) 🎧20:33 Book Talk80s Instagram Account 80s Instagram Account 33:25 The Top Selling Books of the 1980s Top Selling Books of the 1990s39:30 Malice | Keigo Higashino (T) - can find for free on Kindle Unlimited 42:51 Sag Harbor | Colton Whitehead (R) 🎧47:51 The Editor | Stephen Rowley (T) 🎧The Guncle The Celebrants (upcoming release) 52:20 Rage of Angels | Sidney Sheldon (R) 🎧Shelf Additions57:52 The Sun Sets in Singapore | Kehinde Fadipe (T) 59:55 Friends Like These | Meg Rosoff (R) (**PSupport 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 4, 2023 • 1h 17min
Talking Books & Reading With Liberty Hardy
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 97 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee welcome special guest Liberty Hardy. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions and have book talk about Liberty's reading life. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE 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 Lately2:52 Trivia Shows MasterMind, Jeopardy, Switch (L)Purdle NBA (L) 6:10 @sim_bookstagrams_badly @readwithrhys (T) 8:04 Algenist Genius Lip Serum (R) 10:48 Book TalkThe Westing Game And Then There Were None | Agatha Christie 28:28 Beyond That the Sea | Laura Spence Ash 29:44 Chain Gang All Stars | Nana Kwame Adjei-BrenyahFriday Black Happiness Falls & Miracle Creek | Angie Kim 32:09 Liberty's Favorite Authors- Elizabeth McCracken -Colson Whitehead-Paul Murray (The Bee Sting) -Patrick DeWitt (The Librarianist) -Alexander Chi Unlikely Animals | Annie Hartnett 36:15 84 Charring Cross Road | Helene Hanff My Murder | Katie Williams Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano42:00 Fry Guys | Eric GeronThe InvestiGators | John Patrick Green Latest Reads 43:15 The Fake | Zoe Whittall (T) 47:00 The Deep Sky | Yume Kitasi (L) 49:06 All That Is Mine I Carry With Me | William Landay (R) 🎧52:29 The Eden Test | Adam Sternberg (T) 55:33 Kelly Armstrong Casey Duncan Series 56:41 The Dog of the North | Elizabeth McKenzie (L) The Dog of the South | Charles Portis The Portable Veblen1:02:02 You and Only You | Caroline Kepnes (R) 🎧Who is Maud Dixon? | Alexandra Andrews Shelf Additions 1:07:31 In Memorium | Alice Winn (T) 1:09:48 Shark Heart | Emily Habeck (L)Our Wives Under the Sea | Julia Armfield (L) Mrs Calliban | Rachel Ingells (L) 1:11:41 You Can't Stay Here Forever | Katherine Lin (R) Where to Find Liberty AllSupport 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

Mar 28, 2023 • 1h 3min
April Books On The Radar
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 96 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share 8 books they're looking forward to reading in April. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, current reads and have book talk about how they fir reading into their days. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE 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 Lately3:56 This Crazy Life Vlog (T)6:51 Ulta's 21 Days of Beauty (R)Latest Reads9:23 The Anthropocene Reviewed | John Green (T) 🎧The Fault in Our StarsThe Vlog Bothers 12:47 A Short Guide to a Happy Life | Anna Quindlen (R)16:41 Book Talk32:27 Ascension | Nicholas Binge Symphony of Secrets | Brendan Slocum 33:00 Coronation Year | Jennifer Robson (T) The Gown 35:44 The Bird Has Flown | Susanna Hoffs (R) 39:41 Life and Other Love Songs | Anissa Gray (T)The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson 41:37 The Fitful Sleep of Immigrants | Orlando Ortega Medina (R) 45:00 Pomegranate | Helen Lee (T) 47:00 Saturday Night at the Lakeside Supper Club | J Ryan Stradel (R) 51:30 Adelaide | Genevieve Wheeler (T) 53:26 Small Mercies | Dennis Lehane (R) Current Reads 57:09 The OSupport 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

Mar 21, 2023 • 1h
Resurrecting the Unread: Delving Into Our Kindle Graveyard
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 95 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent reads from their Kindle graveyards. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, current reads, and have book talk about how books end up on their Kindles. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE 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 Belkin 3 in 1 Wireless Charger (T)Chat GPT (R) Answers from chat gpt- Best tearjerkers- The Fault in our Stars | John Green, Books w/twists you won't see coming - Gone Girl |Gillian Flynn, Book that will make me stay up late reading - Hunger Games | Suzanne Collins @Laurasloaninglibrary Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Gabrielle ZevinLessons in Chemistry | Bonnie Garmus Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver Latest Reads Rootless | Krystle Zara Appiah (T) I Will Find You | Harlan Coben (R) Book Talk Kindle Oasis Renee's Case Before I Go to Sleep | SJ Watson (T) The Best Kind of People | Zoe Whittall (R) Penance | Kanae Minato (T) Confessions Sycamore | Bryn Chancellor (R) Shelf Additions Nineteen Claws in a Black Bird | Agustina Bazterrica (T) Tender is the Flesh The Rachel Incident | Caroline O'Donoghue (R) 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

Mar 14, 2023 • 1h 5min
Easily Distracted By New Releases (March 2023)
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 94 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, current reads, and have book talk about how they tackle book reviewing. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE 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: 30 Lauras Loaning Library on Instagram (T) 5:43 Eucalyptus Shower Spa Mist (R) Latest Reads9:30 Notes on an Execution | Danya Kukafka (T) 🎧17:30 Never Finished | David Goggins (R) 🎧Can't Hurt Me | David G 26:25 Book TalkTina's Tik Tok 39:14 Our Best Intentions | Vibhuti Jain (T) Monday's Not Coming | Tiffany D Jackson 44:17 Red Queen | Juan Gomez-Jurado (R) 🎧The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo | Stieg Larsson 51:00 The Housemaid's Secret | Freida McFadden (T) The Housemaid 55:05 A Flaw in the Design | Nathan Oates (R) Shelf Additions 59:22 Even if Everything Ends | Jens Liljestrand (T) 1:01:42 You Can Trust Me | Wendy Heard (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!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

Mar 7, 2023 • 55min
Books That Hooked Us From the First Page
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 93 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share books that hooked them from the first page. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about bookish first impressions. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE 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!Our Merchandise Shop!Loving Lately 4:15 Dagne Dover Diaper Bag (T)7:01 Shrinking & Full Swing (R) Tiger Woods | Jeff Benedict Latest Reads 10:25 The Reunion | Kayla Olson (T) 13:50 A Simple Plan | Scott Smith (R) 🎧 19:00 Book Talk Article Article 27:27 The Deluge | Stephen Markley An Untamed State | Roxane Gay Perfect Days | Raphael Montes 30:09 The Invisible Life of Addie Larue | VE Schwab His Only Wife | Peace Adzo MenzieThe Seven Visitations of Sydney Burgess | Andy Marino 31:39 The Accomplice | Lisa Lutz (T) 34:55 All Her Fault | Andrea Mara (R) 🎧Rita_cant_stop_reading39:27 The Getaway | Lamar Giles (T) 43:17 Before He FiSupport 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

Feb 28, 2023 • 52min
March Books On the Radar
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 92 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share 10 books they're looking forward to reading in March. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and current reads. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE 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 4:15 Gold Spoon Jewelry on Etsy (T) 7:40 Booklistqueen.com (R) 38 Books You Can't Put Down Once You Begin & 2022 End of Year Reading List Latest Reads10:15 Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano (T) Little Women | Louisa May Alcott Dear Edward | Ann N 14:53 Forbidden Notebook | Alba de Cespedes (R) 🎧Astra House Books When I Ran Away | Iiona Banister Book Talk 23:29 Joanna Porter is Not Sorry | Sara Read (T) Finlay Donovan Is Killing It | Elle Cosimano 25:47 All That is Mine I Carry With Me | William Landay (R) 28:15 Our Best Intentions | Vibhuti Jain (T)Miracle Creek | Angie Kim 30:40 At Sea | Emma Fedor (R) 33:53 Lone Women | Victor LaVelle (T)35:27 Red Queen | Juan Gomez-Jurado (R) 39:34 American Mermaid | Julia Langbein (T) 41:17 The Fake | Zoe Whittall (R) 43:49 Not So Perfect Strangers | L.S. Stratton (T) 45:33 The New One | Evie 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

Feb 21, 2023 • 1h 3min
Debuts! Why Do We Love New Authors & Their First Books
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 91 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent debut reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, current reads, and have book talk about why they love debuts. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE 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 4:00 You tv series on Netflix (T) 7:00 We Can Do Hard Things Podcast (ep 178,180) (R) Latest Reads11:01 I Have Some Questions for You | Rebecca Makkai (T)🎧18:56 The Last Orphan | Gregg Hurwitz (R)🎧Dark Horse25:27 Book Talk Age of Vice | Deepti KapoorMy Darkest Prayer | SA CosbyThe Divorce Party | Laura Dave Debut Article Debut Article International Thriller Writers- Best First Novel- My Sweet Girl | Amanda JayatissaEdgar Awards- Best First Novel- Deer Season | Erin FlanaganThe Center for Fiction First Novel PrizePEN/Hemingway Award for Debut NovelThe Violin Conspiracy | Brendan Slocumb (T) Symphony of Secrets Remarkable Bright Creatures (T) Cover Story | Susan Rigetti Lessons in Chemistry | Bonnie Garmus (R) I Liked My Life | Abby Fabiaschi (R) White Ivy | Susie Yang 39:28 Monday’s Not Coming | Tiffany D Jackson (T) Allegedly 43:23 Nice Girls | Catherine Dang (R) 🎧49:45 The Writing Retreat | Julia Bartz (T) 🎧52:40 Mother in the Dark | Kayla Maiuri (R) 🎧Sara @fictionmattersThis isSupport 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

Feb 14, 2023 • 55min
❤️ Love Is in the Air... Or Not 💔
Send us Fan MailIn Episode 90 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent reads involving love- or not. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads , current reads, and have book talk about romance tropes. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE 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 2: 31 SheFit Ultimate Sports Bra (T) 4:22 Bottle Bright Cleaning Tabs (R) Latest Reads 7:04 The Family | Naomi Krupitsky (T) 11:19 The Social Climber | Amanda Pelligrino (R) 🎧16:00 Book Talk Romance Trope Article The Idea of You | Robinne Lee 50 Shades of Gray | EL James Seven Days in June | Tia Williams The Happily Every After Playlist | Abby Jimenez 30:40 Delilah Green Doesn't Care | Ashley Herring Blake (T) 33:56 Big Swiss | Jen Beagin (R) 🎧40:33 All This Could Be Different | Sarah Thankam Mathews (T) 🎧44:47 The Lonely Hearts Hotel | Heather O'Neil (R) 🎧Anne @candles.to.books The Invisible Life Of Addie Larue | VE Schwab Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver Shelf Addition 50:24 Penance | Kanae Minato (T) Confessions 52:05 The Good Family | Matt Goldman (R) *The book titles 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


