

Book Talk, etc.
Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
A book recommendation podcast that's bound to grow your TBR!
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May 16, 2023 • 56min
Easily Distracted By New Releases (May 2023) + Bookish Things We'll Never Complain About
Send us a textIn 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 *TheSupport 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 a textIn 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 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 2, 2023 • 1h 2min
May Books On the Radar + A DNF Chat
Send us a textIn 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 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 a textIn 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: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 a textIn 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 BeaSupport 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 a textIn 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 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

Apr 4, 2023 • 1h 17min
Talking Books & Reading With Liberty Hardy
Send us a textIn 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 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 28, 2023 • 1h 3min
April Books On The Radar
Send us a textIn 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 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 21, 2023 • 1h
Resurrecting the Unread: Delving Into Our Kindle Graveyard
Send us a textIn 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'DonSupport 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 a textIn 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