

Book Talk, etc.
Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
A book recommendation podcast that's bound to grow your TBR!
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Oct 10, 2023 • 55min
Five Star Authors
Send us a textIn Episode 122 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their repeat 5 ⭐️ authors. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and shelf additions. 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 3:24 African American Literature Book Club5:50 Ep 243 of the We Can Do Hard Things PodcastLatest Reads9:00 Saving Noah | Lucinda Berry (T) 11:48 Never Far Away | Michael Koryta (R) 🎧- An Honest Man 16:40 AUTHORS & BOOKS21:47 John Green (T) *The Fault in our Stars *Looking for Alaska *The Anthropocene Review 23:20 John Hart (R) *The Last Child *Iron House *The Unwilling 25:00 Gillian Flynn (T) *Gone Girl *Sharp Objects 26:44 Oprah Winfrey (R) *The Path Made Clear *What I Know for Sure *The Wisdom of Sundays 26:13 Kennedy Ryan (T) *Before I Let Go *Reel 🎧 30:00 Alice Hoffman (R) *Survival Lessons *Here On Earth *Faithful *The World That We Knew *Rules of Magic *Magic Lessons31:40 Ilona Bannister (T) *When I Ran Away *Little Prisons 32:29 Kia Abdullah (R)*Next of Kin *Take It Back 33:47 Tiffany D Jackson (T) *Allegedly *The Weight of Blood 35:16 Rene Denfield (R)*The Child Finder *The Butterfly Girl 36:58 Lisa Jewell (T)*Then She Was Gone *I Found You *The Night She Disappeared39:27 Thomas Enger (R)*Pierced *Cursed 40:56 Stephen King (T) *The Stand *It *Pet Sematery *Misery42:53 Britt Bennett (R)*The Mothers *The Vanishing Half 43:44 John Grisham (T) *Gray Mountain *The Firm *The Pelican Brief *A Time to Kill Sharon Bolton (R) *Daisy in Chains *Dead Woman Walking *Now You See Me *Dead ScSupport 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

Oct 3, 2023 • 56min
🍁 Easing Into Fall Reading 🍂
Send us a textIn Episode 121 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their fall reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their shelf additions and have book talk about fall mood 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! 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 4:36 Hands Free Reading for iPhone (T)8:29 Maple Olive Oil Granola (R) Tupperware containerLatest Reads 11:34 How Can I Help You | Laura Sims (T) 15:30 The Bear | Andrew Krivak (R) 🎧The Vaster Wilds | Lauren Groff 20:48 Book Talk Stephanie @cozylittlebrownhouse (IG) 30:23 Slewfoot | Brom (T) 36:14 Let the Right One In | John Ajvide Lindqvist (R) 🎧40:43 The September House | Carissa Orlando (T) 45:10 The Current | Tim Johnston (R) 🎧Shelf Additions 50:00 Nestlings | Nat Cassidy (T) Mary 51:41 The Year of the Locust | Terry Hayes (R) I Am Pilgrim *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 | 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

Sep 26, 2023 • 41min
October Books On the Radar
Send us a textIn Episode 120 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their anticipated October reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, as well as 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! 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 3:23 Believable Podcast (T) Scamanda 9:00 Human Design by Jenna Zoe App and Book (R) Latest Read 14:29 The Coworker | Freida McFadden (T) 17:30 Half Light | Tayari Jones (R) 🎧Book Talk21:50 Red River Seven | AJ Ryan (T) 23:45 The List | Yomi Adegoke (R) 25:45 The House of Doors | Tan Twan Eng (T) 28:00 Opinions | Roxane Gay (R) 30:32 Let Us Descend | Jesmyn Ward (T) 32:30 Shoot the Moon | Isa Arsen (R) 34:13 The Paleontologist | Luke Dumas (T) 36:10 Distant Sons | Tim Johnston (R) Current Reads38:30 Bright Young Women | Jessica Knoll (T) 39:30 The Book of (More) Delights | Ross Gay (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 | 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

Sep 19, 2023 • 3min
BTE Announcement!🎉
Send us a textWe have a very exciting BTE announcement! Starting today- September 19th, through September 26th, new members to our Patreon community can sign up to get a 7-day free trial!During this free trial, you’ll get access to 2 years’ worth of our exclusive bonus content, including bonus podcast episodes like What’s in the Mailbag and Criminally Booked, author interviews, our audiobook narrator guide, our weekly newsletters, our monthly community read, AND access to our Facebook and Discord groups. If you've ever wanted your reading to be more of a community experience, this is a great way to find that connection.If you decide to stick around as a Patron, you’ll get 2 bonus episodes and 1 live event a month, in addition to everything else.If you’re interested- head to patreon.com/booktalketc for more information. Thank you for your support! --Tina and Reneehttps://www.patreon.com/booktalketc 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

Sep 12, 2023 • 59min
Easily Distracted By New Releases (September 2023) + Reading Anticipation
Send us a textIn Episode 119 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 anticipation. 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 La Colombe Coffee in a Can (T) Coupon Code Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones on Netflix (R) Live to 100: Secrets of the Blue Zones | Dan Buettner Latest ReadsThe Outsider | Stephen King (T) Fairytale Holly| Stephen King (R) Mr Mercedes Series Joyland Book Talk Anticipation Article The Many Lives of Mama Love| Laura Love Hardin (T) The Sun Does Shine | Anthony Ray Hinton Just Mercy | Bryan Stephenson The New Jim Crow | Michelle Alexander Dark Ride | Lou Berney (R) The Long and Faraway Gone November Road Family Lore | Elizabeth Acevedo (T) The Vaster Wilds | Lauren Groff (R) The Marriage Portrait | Magie O'Farrell Beasts of Extraordinary Experience| Ruth Emma LangShelf Additions Family Family| Laurie Frankel (T) The Fake Wife | Sharon Bolton (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). 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

Sep 5, 2023 • 1h 1min
Our Mood Reads + Summer Send Off
Send us a textIn 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

Aug 29, 2023 • 52min
September Books On the Radar + Reading Long Books
Send us a textIn 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

Aug 22, 2023 • 56min
What We Read On Kindle Unlimited
Send us a textIn 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

Aug 15, 2023 • 1h 1min
Audiobook Award Winners (2023) + Favorite Narrators
Send us a textIn 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

Aug 8, 2023 • 1h
Easily Distracted By New Releases (August 2023) + An Update On Our Reading Lives
Send us a textIn 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!BooSupport 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