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Send us a textIf you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed and What's in the Mailbag. Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other listeners of the show... all for just $5 a month! Support the ShowLoving Lately3:19 Any List (T)9:10 Booklist Queen: Books for Every Taylor Swift EraLatest Reads13: 00 Wolf at the Table (T)19: 45 Renee's Substack20: 01 Sara Hildreth | Fiction Matters20: 02 Liz Hein's Instagram20:38 Come Closer (H)26: 29 - Book Talk - Hacking Your Reading Habit (and Tips for Every Reader)Easily Distracted by New Releases40: 35 How to End a Love Story (T)44:40 This Summer Will be Different (H)49:31 Missing White Woman (T)Like a Sister52:36 Daughter of Mine (H)Shelf AdditionsA Killing Cold - Releasing February 2025 (T)Lost Man's Lane (H)Knife River*The book titles listed here are Amazon links  *You can also shop our Bookshop.org shop.  Either place, we make a small commissionSupport 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

Send us a textIf you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed and What's in the Mailbag! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately:Jacket Potato Recipes (H)The Foldie (T)Current Reads:Eileen | Otessa Mosfegh (T)Never Saw Me Coming | Vera Kurian (H)Book Talk:Big Swiss | Jen BeaginEarthlings | Sayaka Murata (T)The Employees | Olga Ravn (H)I’m Thinking of Ending Things | Iain Reid (T)I Who Have Never Known Men | Jacqueline Harpman (H)Shelf Additions:The Silent Companions | Laura Purcell (T)You're Safe Here | Leslie Stephens (H)The book titles listed here are Amazon links  *You can also shop our Bookshop.org shop.  Either place, we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thank 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

Send us a textIn Episode 149 of Book Talk, Etc Tina and Hannah dive into their reading preferences. Additionally May is bursting with promising releases. They can't wait to share what has them excited this month.  **If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately Baby Reindeer (T)Glocusent Upgraded LED Neck Reading Light (H)Community Read DiscussionSociopath | Patric Gagne (T + H 🎧)Book TalkJust for the Summer | Abby Jimenez (H)Talking at Night | Claire Daverley (H)The Paper Palace | Miranda Cowley Heller (H)Razorblade Tears | S.A. Cosby (T)I’m Thinking of Ending Things | Iain Reid (H)The Nickel Boys | Colson Whitehead (H)The Humans | Matt Haig (T)Borne | Jeff Vandermeer (H)When I Ran Away | Ilona Bannister (T)May Books on the RadarShanghailanders | Juli Min (H)Women and Children First | Alina Grabowski (T)This Summer Will be Different | Carley Fortune (H)The Lady Waiting | Magdalena Zyzak (T)The Honey Witch | Sydney J. Shields (H)The Deepest Lake | Andromeda Romano-Lax (T)Vladivostok Circus | Elisa Shua Dusapin with Aneesa Abbas Higgins (H)Oye | Melissa Mogollon (T)Current ReadsMissing White Woman | Kellye Garrett (T)Greenwich Park | Katherine Faulker (H) 🎧 The book titles listed here 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

Send us a textThe show is off this week, but today Tina officially welcomes Hannah to the show. They chat about their vision for the show, what Hannah hopes to bring to the show, the genres she reads, and more. 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

Send us a textIn Episode 148 of Book Talk, Etc (Renee’s last episode), Tina and Renee reminisce about their podcasting journey. They share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about favorite episodes and loving lately's. 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!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately’s Beyond All Repair Podcast (T) Algenist Lip Serum (R) Past Loving Lately’s 23:24 Chom Chom Pet RollerGuard Your ID AirPods Cleaner Drybar Shower Cap Shark cordless pet vac Olive and June nail polish Fantastic Fiction Website Books Mentioned Confessions | Kanae ManatoThe Measure | Nikki ERlick Birthday Girl | Niko Wolf Like a House on Fire | Lauren McBrayer Buzzword Episode - ep9Stephen King Special Universal Recommendations Bookstore Browsing Renee's Substack- itsbooktalk.substack.comRenee’s Instagram - @itsbooktalk 37:17 Jaded | Ella Lee (T) Bear | Julia Phillips (R) 51:50 Down River | John Hart (T) The Last Child The Unwilling Find You First | Linwood Barclay (R) 🎧Shelf Additions The Sequel | Jean Hanff Korelitz (T) The Tears of Dark Water | Corban Addison (R) Hannah 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

Send us a textIn Episode 147 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee welcome new co-host Hannah. They share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about their first quarter 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!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Loving Lately Writech Pens (H) Poete Scented Bookmarks (T) Mel Robbins Podcast & workbook (R) Book Talk Scamanda Podcast Bookmory App The Storygraph Battle of the Back Burners (@kellyhook.readsbooks)The Women | Kristin Hannah Father of the Rain | Lily KingLeaving | Roxana Robinson James | Percival EverettA Place for Us | Fatima Farheen MerzaThe Frozen River | Ariel Lawton Latest ReadsThe Berry Pickers | Amanda Peters (H) A Great Country |  Shilpi Somaya Gowda (T) Happiness Falls | Angie Kim Mayluna | Kelley McNeil (R) Daisy Jones and the Six Songs in Ursa Major | Emma Brodie The Idea of You | Robinne Lee Lapvona | Ottessa Moshfegh (H) My Year of Rest and Relaxation The Gunners | Rebecca Lowman (T) California Bear | Duane Swerzenski  (R) Shelf Additions The Paris Novel | Ruth Reichl (H) If the Tide Turns | Rachel Rueckert (T) Love Letters to a Serial Killer | Tasha Coryell (R) Hannah @hanpickedbooks *The book titles listed here are Amazon links  *You can also shop our 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

Send us a textIn Episode 146 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their new release reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about book blurbs. 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!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Loving Lately Saving recs on Libib App (T) The Women | Kristin HannahThe Dust Child Microwaveable booties (R) Latest Reads The Divorcees | Rowan Beard (T) Sunburn | Laura Lippmann (R) Book Talk The Atlantic  “The Blurb Problem Keeps Getting Worse”Annie Bot | Sierra Greer (T) The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan (R) What Happened to Nina? | Dervla McTiernan (T) Colton Gentry’s Third Act | Jeff Zentner (R) Shelf Additions There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension | Hanif Abdurraqib@lizisreading_The Heart in Winter | Kevin Barry (R) *The book titles listed here are Amazon links  *You can also shop our Bookshop.org shop.  Either place, we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thank you! 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

Send us a textIn Episode 145 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share books they’ve been meaning to read. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about why books stay on their tbr's. 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!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Leaving | Roxana Robinson Loving Lately4:50 Good Molecules Eye Creme (T) Forever Eye Mask 8:35 Palm Royale on Apple TV+ (R) Mr & Mrs American Pie | Julie McDaniel Latest Reads  10:55 The Women | Kristin Hannah (T) In Memorium | Alice Winn The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah 15:50 The Great Alone | KH Night Road | KH 16:40 My Sunshine Away | M.O Walsh (R) 21:45 Book Talk Night | Ellie Wiesel The Rosary Girls | Richard Montanari 30:50 The Vegetarian | Han Kang (T) 35:10 Atonement | Ian McEwan (R) 🎧40:40 CAWPILE review system44:10 Data Baby | Susannah Breslin (T) 51:43 Station Eleven | Emily St John Mandel (R) 🎧The Singer's Gun The Stand | Stephen King Shelf Additions 1:03:02 Forgotten Sisters | Cynthia Pelayo (T) Zack @ry_reads1:05:10 Tell Me Who You Are | Louisa Luna (R) *The book titles listed here are Amazon links  *You can also shop our 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

Send us a textIn Episode 144 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their anticipated April reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about upcoming show changes. 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!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Loving Lately2:50 The Crown (Netflix) (T) 5:40 CND Solar Oil Cuticle Pen (R) Latest Reads 7:42 She Started It| Sian Gilbert (T) 12:10 After Annie | Anna Quindlen (R) 🎧April Books 17:40 Sociopath | Patrick Gagne  (T) 20:51 Wild Life Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World | Rae Wynn-Grant (R) 22:58 The Sleepwalkers | Scarlett Thomas (T) 24:53 The Cemetery of Untold Stories| Julia Alvarez (R) 27:35 The Gathering| CJ Tudor (T)The Drift 29:45 Days of Wonder | Caroline Leavitt (R) 32:14 Darling Girls | Sally Hepworth (T) 33:58 Granite Harbor | Peter Nichols (R) 36:25 Book Talk Hannah @hanpickedbooks  Renee's Email - itsbooktalk@gmail.com*The book titles listed here are Amazon links  *You can also shop our Bookshop.org shop.  Either place, we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thank you! 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

Send us a textIn Episode 143 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their recent reads by female authors. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about 10 of their favorite debuts. 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!  Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month! Loving Lately 2:15 Little Sleepies (T) 4:49 Books Are My People podcast (Feb 26 episode)Leaving | Roxana RobinsonLatest Reads7:06 The One | John Marrs (T) 10:00 Manifest in Action | Roxie Nafousi (R) Manifest Big Magic | Elizabeth Gilbert 14:50 Book Talk - Fav female authors Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi (T) Mother in the Dark | Kayla Maiuri (R) The Girl With the Louding Voice | Abi Dare (T) Rootless | Kyrstle Zara Appeigh (R) 18:16 Luster | Raven   (T) What Beauty There Is | Cory Anderson (R) 20:34 Migrations | Charlotte McConaghy (T) 21:15 Finding Mrs Ford | Deborah Goodrich Royce (R)Sometimes I Lie | Alice Feeney (T) Take It Back | Kia Abdullah (R) 23:58 I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself | Marissa Crane  (T) 27:47 Still See You Everywhere | Lisa Gardner (R) 🎧33:33 Listen for the Lie | Amy Tinterra  (T) 🎧37:28 Sweetwater | Roxana Robinson (R) Shelf Additions 42:52 And So I Roar | Abi Dare (T) 44:49 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