Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
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Nov 29, 2022 • 60min

Short Books to Help You Meet Your Reading Goals...

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 79 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent short reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about the pros and cons of reading short books **If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, 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 4:05 Dead to Me TV Show (T) Finlay Donovan is Killing It | Elle Cosimano7:15 The One You Feed Podcast (ep548) (R) We Are the Light | Matthew Quick Latest Reads 9:18 The Winners | Fredrik Backman (T) 🎧Beartown, Us Against You | Fredrik Backman13: 56 Birthday Girl | Niko Wolf (R) 🎧19:38 Listener Latest Read- The Lager Queen of Minnesota | J Ryan Stradel @Jenk37 20:33 Book Talk 26:56 The Lovely Bones | Alice Sebold 28:30 Do/Walk | Libby DeLana The Grownup | Gillian Flynn 29:16 How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water | Angie Cruz Tender is the Flesh | Agustina Bazterrica Elevation | Stephen King 30:50 Signal Fires | Dani Shapiro Demon Copperhead 35:00 The Butcher and the Wren | Alaina Urkhart (T) 37:57 Anon Pls. | Deuxmoi 🎧(R) 43:40 Rabbit | Patricia Williams (T) I’m Glad My Mother Died | Jeanette McCurdy 47:57 Manifest: 7 Steps to Living Your Best Life | Roxie Nafousi 🎧(R) Shelf Additions 53:22 The Bandit Queens | Parini Shroff  (T) 56:13 Small Joys | Elvin James Mensah (R) All Together Now | Matthew Norman Love audiobooks like us?  Head to 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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Nov 15, 2022 • 57min

And The Winner Is.....

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 78 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent literary award reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about the pros & cons of literary awards **If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, + 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!5:25 Wayward & The Wanderers | Chuck Wendig Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver The Dark | Sharon Bolton Loving Lately 6:44 Guard Your Id (R) 10:08 Literary Award Lounge on Discord (T) Latest Reads12:10 We Are the Light | Matthew Quick (R)🎧A Little Life | Hanya Yanagihara The Heart's Invisible Furies | John Boyne 15:21 The Opportunist | Elyse Friedman (T) 18:15 Christy | Catherine Marshall from Listener Morgan Paige Smith 19:10 Book Talk Article Mentioned 31:58 The Damage | Caitlin Wahrer 🎧 (R) 36:37 Deer Season | Erin Flanagan37:32 An Island | Karen Jennings (T) The Seven Moons of Maali Alameida |  Shehan Karunatilaka 41:30 New York 2140 | Kim Stanley Robinson 🎧(R) A Desolation Called Peace | Arkady Martine 47:50 When Breath Becomes Air | Paul Kalanithi (T)🎧Shelf Additions52:45 Case Study by Graham Macrae Burnet (R) 54:00 The Fake | Zoe Wittall (T)Love audiobooks like us?  Head to 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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Nov 8, 2022 • 1h 4min

We Read Our Own Shelves + Intriguing Ways to Organize Bookshelves

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 77 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share the books they read off their own shelves. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about ways to organize bookshelves**If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, + 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! Loving Lately 2:36 Laura Mercier Caviar Stick Eye Shadow (T)5:06 Aveeno Hand Mask (R) Pathology Perfect 10 Self Warming Hand MaskLatest Reads7:45 Friends, Lover, and the Big Terrible Thing |Matthew Perry (T) 🎧13:58 Tiny Beautiful Things | Cheryl Strayed (R) 🎧19:51 Listener Latest Read from @Angela_pineda - Pretty Little Wife | Darby Kane 20:58 Book Talk Kindle Oasis Article 37:44 Pen Pal | Dathan Auerbach (T) 40:52 The Friend | Sigrid Nunez (R) 🎧46:22 Yes, Daddy | Jonathan Parks-Ramage (T) 🎧Cortney @bertyinbookland 52:12 A Noise Downstairs | Linwood Barclay (R) 🎧No Time For Goodbye | Linwood Take Your Breath Away | Linwood Find You First | Linwood Shelf Additions 58:18 The Half Moon | Mary Beth Keene (T) Ask Again Yes | Mary Beth Keene1:01:00 Locust Lane | Stephen AmidonLove audiobooks like us?  Head to Libro.fm & find your next must lisSupport 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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Nov 1, 2022 • 1h 2min

Gripping+ Inspiring + Feel Good Reads for Nonfiction November!

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 76 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent nonfiction reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about what makes a riveting nonfiction read **If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, + 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! Loving Lately 5:11 The Good Nurse Movie (T) 5:34 The Good Nurse |Charles Graeber 7:58 Frywall Splatter Guard (R) Chom Chom Pet Roller Latest Reads11:51 The Emergency | Dr Thomas Fisher (T) 15:22 Demon Copperhead |Barbara Kingsolver (R)🎧21:00 Book TalkThe Sun Does Shine | Anthony Ray HintonA Knock at Midnight | Brittany k Barnett I'll Be Gone in the Dark | Michelle McNamara Confidence Man | Maggie HabermanLive Wire | Kelly Ripa32:05 I'm Glad My Mom Died | Jeanette McCurdy (T) 🎧35:35 Wild Game | Adrienne Brodeur37:20 Between Two Kingdoms | Suleika Jaouad (R)🎧44:00 Listening in the Dark | Amber Tamblyn (T) 49:00 Feeding the Soul | Tabitha Brown 🎧 (R) Shelf Addition54:34 Ascension | Nicholas Binge (T) 56:43 Spare | Prince Harry (R) The Palace Papers | Tina Brown Love audiobooks like us?  Head to Libro.fm & find your next must listen audiobook while supporting your favorite Independent Bookstore! *link is anSupport 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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Oct 25, 2022 • 1h 2min

November/December Books On The Radar

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 75 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their Nov/Dec Books on the Radar. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about their end of year reading goals/progress**If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, + 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 4:08 The Cleaning Lady  (R) 7:20 Love is Blind Season 3 8:17 Aker Bluetooth Speaker (T) Latest Reads 11:36 The Swimmers | Julie Otsuka 🎧 (R) 17:00 The Other Side of Night | Adam Hamdy 🎧 (T) 20:33 Listener Latest Read – Wild Spectacle Janisse Ray – Lindsey Nicole Thomas  22:23 Book Talk 24:42 Tell Me An Ending | Jo Harkin Finding Me | Viola Davis Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson Kellyhook.readsbooks     26:52 A Gentleman in Moscow | Amor Towles  The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexandre Dumas    Tracy @turnsapageLittle Prisons | Ilona Bannister Instagram Post Lessons in Chemistry | Bonnie Atonement | Ian McEwan  Greenwood | Michael Christie  33:08 Trespasses | Louise Kennedy (R) Say Nothing 35:30 The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida | Shehan Karunatilaka (T) 38:06 The Lemon | S.E Boyd (R) 41:49 Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing | Matthew Perry (T)   44:33  They’re Going to Love You | Meg Howrey  (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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Oct 18, 2022 • 1h 2min

International Must Reads

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 74 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent international reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about books in translation **If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, + 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 3:35 Instacart (check the app for free trial/ use code TSIMMONS1C3E9)7:56 The Gap's CashSoft Sweater Pants Latest Reads 10:31 Fairy Tale | Stephen King 🎧16:15 The Drowning Kind | Jennifer McMahon (R) 🎧22:16  Hester | Laurie Lico Albanese from Tina R 23:20 Book Talk Why are so few books translated in USOther Article29:13 My Brilliant Friend | Elena Ferrante, Translated by Ann Goldstein33:50 The Hacienda | Isabel Canas (T) Comps - Mexican Gothic meets Rebecca 38:09 In Her Wake | Amanda Jennings (R) 43:34 Tender is the Flesh | Agustina Bazterrica, translator Sarah Moses (T) 49:49 We Know You Remember | Tove Alsterdal, translator Alice Menzies(R) 🎧You Will Never Be Found | Tove Alsterdal Shelf Additions A Nail in the Head - corrected title is  Head Like A Hole | Andrew Van Wey (T) 58:00 Big Swiss | Jen Beagin (R) Like a House on Fire | Lauren McBrayer Love audiobooks like us?  Head to Libro.fm & find your nextSupport 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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Oct 11, 2022 • 1h

Easily Distracted by New Releases III

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 73 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, shelf additions, and have book talk about buddy reads **If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, + 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 3:33 Tatcha Dewy Skin Creme (R) 5:50 iilluminaughtii  on You Tube (T) Latest Reads 9:28 The Grownup | Gillian Flynn 🎧 (R) 15:05 I Am I Am I Am | Maggie O’Farrell (T) @basicbsguide & @dearmrhemingway Instagram buddy read #dearbasicbuddyread19:36 Listener Latest Read from Brad @Fredhandbag_Reads - The Paradox Hotel | Rob Hart 21:15 Book TalkPerfect Days | Raphael Montes 30:01 Dinosaurs | Lydia Millet 🎧(R) Sara from @Fiction Matters & The Novel Pairings Podcast Crazy, Stupid, Love Movie 35:15 The Weight of Blood | Tiffany D Jackson (T) #ReadwithBTE – join us on Patreon 39:50 Mad Honey | Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan (R) 🎧49:29 Wake | Shelly Burr (T) 🎧Shelf Additions 54:53 The Wilderwomen | Ruth Emmie Lang (R) Beasts of Extraordinary Experience 57:10 Closing Costs | Bracken McCloud (T) Love audiobooks like us?  Head to Libro.fm & find your next must listen audiobook while supporting your favorite Independent Bookstore! *link is an aSupport 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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Oct 4, 2022 • 1h 2min

Atmospheric Autumn Reads

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 72 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent atmospheric autumn reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about independent bookstores **If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, + 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! 2:00 Our Patreon - give us a try! 5:25 The Displacements | Bruce Holsinger Loving Lately 5:48 Beauty Ring from  Illios Lighting (T) 8:05 Kate @thesaltybook & Thunder Road Books (R) 9:57 Attack of the Black Reptiles | A.S King The Lamplighters | Emma Stonix Latest Reads10:56 The Two Lives of Sarah| Catherine Adel West (T) 🎧14:29 Next of Kin | Kia Abdullah 🎧(R) 19:44 The Storygraph 20:36 Listener Latest Read - In An Instant | Susanne Redfearn from @talesoftej on Instagram22:00 Book Talk23:03 What is an Independent Bookstore Article 32:27 Signal Fires | Dani Shapiro 35:04 Now is Not the Time to Panic | Kevin Wilson35:06 The Light We Carry|  Michelle Obama36:57 The Long Weekend | Gilly McMillan  🎧(T)40:34 We Spread | Iain Reid 🎧 (R) 41:01 @rita_cant_stop_reading 46:17 I'm Thinking of Ending Things 46:40 The Very Secret Society of Regular Witches | Sangu Mandanna (T) 50:31 The Prophet | Michael Koryta 🎧 (R) Those Who Wish Me Dead Shelf AdditionsSupport 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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Sep 27, 2022 • 54min

October Books On The Radar

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 71 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share a few of their anticipated August Releases. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have a fun Fall Themed book talk **If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, + 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 2:25 Retro Trapper Keeper (R) 4:23 Passions & Prologues Podcast (T) Latest Reads 6:33 The Palace Papers: Inside the House of Windsor-the Truth & the Turmoil | Tina Brown🎧(R)  11:22 Matta_of_fact on Tik Tok 12:55 How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water | Angie Cruz 🎧(T) 16:08 Listener Latest Read from Melinda @webofstories- Suburban Hell | Maureen Kilmer     17:07 Book Talk Flameless Candles 29:41 Such Sharp Teeth| Rachel Harrison (T) Cackle | Rachel Harrison 31:30 The Other Side of Night | Adam Hamdy 31:49 Mad Honey | Jodi Picoult & Jennifer Finney Boylan (R) 34:48 The Bequest | Joanna Margaret (T) The Secret History |Donna Tartt The Silent Patient 38:35 The Storyteller's Death | Ann Davila Cardinal (R) 40:34 Sign Here | Claudia Lux (T) 42:34 Savor: A Chef's Hunger for More | Fatima Ali (R) 45:08 Anywhere You Run | Wanda M Morris (T) 47:23 The Favor | Nikki French (R) Current Reads 50:22 Next of Kin | Kia Abdullah (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
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Sep 20, 2022 • 1h 31min

The Banned Books Episode

Send us Fan MailIn Episode 70 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee welcome the third member of Book Talk, etc- Jonathan- to share our recent banned book reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about banned books **If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, + our ALL NEW CRIMINALLY BOOKED! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & our NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month! Loving Lately 2:57 Nano Face Steamer (J) 6:00 Standing Desk & Treadmill (T) 9:28 The Patient (Tv Show Hulu) Latest Reads14:00 Radium Girls | Kate Moore (J) 14:15 The Woman They Could Not Silence |Kate Moore Say Nothing | Patrick Radden Keefe My Favorite Murder 17:02 The Most Likely Club | Elyssa Friedland (T) 21:14 Daisy Darker | Alice Feeney (R) 🎧His and Hers |Alice Feeney 24:34 Book Talk 44:42 Flowers in the Attic | VC Andrews 44:55 Pet Semetery |Stephen King Supreme Court Article About Book Banning Decisions 45:16 My Bloody Life |Reymondo Sanchez 46:45 Brooklyn Public Libraries - Books Unbanned 47:35 What Students Are Saying About Banning Books 49:10 Our Books Read49:16 Looking for Alaska |John Green  (J) 🎧Paper Towns , An Abundance of Katherines | John GreenWill Grayson Will Grayson, The Fault in our Stars| JG 53:28 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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