

Book Talk, etc.
Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
A book recommendation podcast that's bound to grow your TBR!
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Oct 11, 2022 • 1h
Easily Distracted by New Releases III
Send us a textIn 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! 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

Oct 4, 2022 • 1h 2min
Atmospheric Autumn Reads
Send us a textIn 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 ShSupport 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 27, 2022 • 54min
October Books On The Radar
Send us a textIn 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 AbdullahSupport 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 20, 2022 • 1h 31min
The Banned Books Episode
Send us a textIn 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

Sep 13, 2022 • 1h 12min
Book to Screen Adaptations + Is the Book Always Better?
Send us a textIn Episode 69 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share book to screen adaptation reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about whether the book is always better? **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 2:50 Selling the OC (T) Million Dollar Listing NY 6:45 Scrubby Rinse Free Bath Mittens for Pets (R) Latest Reads10:26 The Fortunes of Jaded Women |Carolyn Hunyh (T) 14:58 The Bird Tribunal | Agnes Ravatn (R) Orenda Books 21:11 Uncommon Type | Tom Hanks @lorikleininak 22:26 Book TalkGone Girl The Lincoln Lawyer The Town -based on The Prince of Thieves |Chuck Hogan 24:40 The Shining The Martian |Andy Weir Big Little Lies Game of Thrones Book is better article Another article The Idea of You |Robinne Lee Tell Me Lies |Carola Lovering Judgement, Suspicion | Joseph Finder Orphan X| Gregg Hurwitz Aurora |David KoeppJurassic Park |Michael Crichton 40:00 Upcoming AdaptationsLuckiest Girl AlivePachinkoNo Exit 40:40 125 Books Becoming TV seriesAll the Light We Cannot See Black Cake Daddy City on Fire The Devil in the White CityExpats 43:45 Blonde |Joyce Carol Oates (T) 51:25 The Partner Track | Helen Wan (R) 🎧57:00 My Policeman |Bethan Roberts (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 6, 2022 • 1h 3min
We Read Our Shelf Additions!
Send us a textIn Episode 68 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recently read shelf additions. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about their shelf addition successes (or not) **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 4:42 Battle of the Books Templates by Kelly @kellyhook.readsbooks (R) 9:56 Starbucks Pumpkin Spice Creamer (T) Latest Reads12:45 The Vanishing Point |Elizabeth Brundage 🎧 (R) All Things Cease to Appear 17:42 Allegedly | Tiffany D Jackson (T) 🎧 23:10 Book Talk29:49 Confessions | Kanae Minato (Tina's fav shelf add) 30:48 The Measure |Nikki ErlickCover Story | Susan Rigetti (Renee's Fav Shelf Add)The Violin Conspiracy |Brendan Slocum32:23 When We Were Bright and Beautiful | Jillian Medoff 🎧 (R) Take It Back |Kia Abdullah 40:18 Admissions | Kendra James (T) 🎧 Girls with Bright Futures |Wendy Katzman +Tracy Dobmeier 44:41 Signal Fires| Dani Shapiro (R) 51:17 Why We Fly | Kimberly Jones & Gilly Segal (T) I’m Not Dying with You Tonight Shelf Additions 56:03 Age of Vice | Deepti Kapoor (R) 59:31 The Girls of Summer | Katie Bishop (T) My Dark Vanessa | Kate Elizabeth Russell The Paper Palace | Miranda Cowley HelSupport 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 30, 2022 • 53min
September Books on the Radar
Send us a textIn Episode 67 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 answer each other's "how do you feel about.." questions **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 2:17 Lumify Eye Drops (T) 4:01 The Daily Horoscope App (R) Latest Reads 7:56 The Attic Child | Lola Jaye (T) 🎧11:26 The Lincoln Highway | Amor Towles (R) 🎧19:28 Listener Latest Read - Tina @tschinstock - The Secret Life of Albert Entwistle |Matt Cain19:58 All the Lonely People | Mike Gayle 20:24 Book Talk 21:28 Thank You for Listening | Julia Whelan 21:54 Do Not Become Alarmed | Maile Meloy **corrected title & author 31:59 The Most Likely Club | Elyssa Friedland (T) 34:50 Fairy Tale |Stephen King (R) Billy Summers & 11/22/63 | Stephen King 37:37 How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water | Angie Cruz (T) 39:39 The Gospel of Wellness |Rina Raphael (R) 43:10 The Complicities (Stacey D'Erasmo) (T) 45:15 The Other Side of Night |Adam Hamdy (R) 47:17 House of Hunger | Alexis Henderson (T) 48:57 Shrines of Gaiety | Kate Atkinson (R) Current Reads50:49 Girls with Bright Futures |Tracy Dobmeier & Wendy Katzman (T) 51:00 Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Gabrielle Zevin (R) 🎧*Love audiobookSupport 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 23, 2022 • 1h 12min
Audiobook Award Winners + a Fun Book Chat!
Send us a textIn Episode 66 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee are sharing their recent "reads" of audiobook award winners. They share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about all things audiobooks **If you enjoy our podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! We have 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 +Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & our NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons for just $5 a month! Loving Lately 4:50 Neck & shoulder warmer (R) 7:35 Seventh Sojourn Practical Alchemy (T) Latest Reads10:27 All Good People Here | Ashley Flowers (R) 🎧17:30 You're Invited | Amanda Jayatissa (T) 21:29 Listener Lates Read from Bria Holthe - The Murmur of Bees | Sophia 22:30 Book Talk23:00 Audie Awards 26:45 Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir 28:34 Audiofile Earphone Awards 33:44 The Storyteller | Dave Grohl 37:35 Piranesi | Susanna Clarke (R) 🎧The Sun Does Shine |Anthony Ray Hinton 47:33 Clap When You Land | Elizabeth Acevedo (T) 🎧51:54 Notes From a Young Black Chef | Kwame Onwuachi (R)🎧Kenzie @kenzienoelle.reads Open | Andre Agassi 1:00:57 Reel | Kennedy Ryan (T) 🎧The Idea of You | Robinne Lee Seven Days in June |Tia Williams Shelf Additions 1:06:34 Foul Lady Fortune |Chloe Gong (R) 1:09:14 Heresy | Melissa Lenhardt (T) Booth | Karen Joy Fowler *Love audiobooks like us? Head to LibSupport 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 16, 2022 • 1h 25min
Celebrity Book Club Part II
Send us a textIn Episode 65 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee are sharing their recent reads from celebrity book clubs. They share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about celebrity book clubs **If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We 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 +Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & our NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons for just $5 a month!Loving Lately2:55 Beyond the Blinds Podcast (ep 48)(T) Eva @thepaperbprincess 6:52 Movies- Elvis & Vengeance (R) Latest Reads12:25 The Devil Takes You Home | Gabino Iglesias (T) The Last Housewife The Cartel Trilogy |Winslow20:10 Birds of California |Katie Cotugno 🎧28:46 Reel | Kennedy Ryan (Listener LR from @juliecgrenier)30:06 Book TalkThe Violin Conspiracy | Brendan SlocumTomorrow x3 |Gabrielle Zevin Finding Me |Viola DavisThe Christie Affair |Nina De GramontThe Measure |Nikki Remarkably Bright Creatures Memphis Black Cake |Charmaine Wilkerson 34:08 Literati Book ClubAn Untamed State |Roxane Gay The Audacious Newsletter 36:00 Goop Book Club37:14 Netflix Book Club41:59 The Feather Thief |Kirk Wallace Johnson45:31 The Many Daughters of Afong Moy |Jamie Ford50:47 Minka in Real Life |Emiko Jean Read with Jenna, Reese's Book Club, Oprah's Book Club, GMA, Belletrist 52:34 Anatomy:A Love Story | Dana Schwartz (T) 56:22 Wrong Place Wrong Time |Gillian McAllister (R)🎧Kindred 1:03:47 The Sweetness of Water |Nathan Harris (T) The Underground Railroad|Colson W1:07:56 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 9, 2022 • 1h 7min
Talking Book Influencing + Latest Reads Galore with Dennis From Scaredstraightreads!
Send us a textIn Episode 64 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee are joined by popular Bookstagrammer Dennis from Scaredstraightreads. They share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about the world of book influencing **If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We 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 +Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & our NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons for just $5 a month! Perfect Days | Raphael Montes Best Day Ever |Kaira Rouda The It Girl |Ruth Ware In My Dreams I Hold a Knife | Ashley Winstead 5:50 Loving Lately Ultimate Girls Trip: The Ex-Wives Club (D) The Resident Evil- tv (D) Uncoupled- Tv (D) 7:45 Buxom Full-On™ Plumping Lip Polish Gloss (R- shade Gabby) Fenty Gloss Bomb Mask Skincare 10:23 Pango Books (T) Tina's Pango Shop13:00 Book Talk Chelsea @suspensethrill on Goodreads Latest Reads 35:45 When We Were Bright and Beautiful |Jillian Medoff (D) 36:10 Look Closer | David Ellis (D)🎧37:11 Secluded Cabin Sleeps Six |Lisa Unger (D) 37:28 The Paris Apartment | Lucy Foley 37:47 The Pink Hotel | Liska Jacobs (D) 38:22 The Resemblance | Lauren Nossett (D) 40: 09 Suspicion | Joseph Finder (R)🎧Judgement | Joseph Finder 43:36 Lies | T.M. Logan 44:00 All the Lonely People | Mike Gayle (T) 47:19 Bluff | Michael Kardos (R)🎧52:15 The Force of Such Beauty | Barbara Bourland (T)Shelf Additions 56:20 The Lost Kings | Tyrell Johnson (D) The Wolves of Winter 58:47 The Couple at Number 9 |Claire Douglas (T) 1:00:40 What Lies in the Woods |Kate Alice Marshall (R)1:03:56 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