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Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

A book recommendation podcast that's bound to grow your TBR!

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S1 · E252
May 19 · 1 hr 20 min
Summer Bonanza VI: 20 Books for Your Summer Reading List!
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 252 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Hannah share their 20 most anticipated summer releases. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and chat about how they built their summer reading lists. If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership includes access to bonus episodes like What’s in the Mailbag, Bookstore Browse: The Handsell, and Book Talk After Dark, invites to monthly community events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, and entry into our private Facebook group and Discord server- all for just $5 a month. Loving Lately Countertop Ice Maker - Govee (T) Murdle Mystery Puzzle Activity Book (H) Latest Read Five | Ilona Bannister (T) One Star Romance | Laura Hankin (H) SUMMER BONANZA Plant Lady | Minyoung Kang Helpness | Jessica Knoll Little Wonder | Sophie Chen Keller Take What You Can | Naima Coster The Spin | Faith Gardner Everything to the Sea The Open Era | Edward Schmidt The Great Wherever | Shannon Sanders Famous Men | Julie Buntin Keep Them Close | David Ellis Nothing to My Name | Kangkang Li Kovacs Heart of Glass | Jennifer Hillier Tropesick | Lauren Okie The Secret Dinner | Raphael Montez Whistler | Ann Patchett The Windsor Affair | Melanie Benjamin The Children | Melissa Albert The Lowe Job | Grace Alexander Land | Maggie O’Farrell Strangers Behind Closed Doors | Catherine Adel West Current Reads Trad Wife | Saratoga Schaefer (T) Nesting | Roisin O’Donnell (H) If you prefer other shopping options, you can find today’s books on Bookshop.org or Blackwell's. Purchasing through these links supports us with a small commission, at no extra cost to you. Support the show Let's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmail BTE on Youtube Tina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretc Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
S1 · E251
May 12 · 1 hr 11 min
Easily Distracted By New Releases + Our Process for Starting New Books
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 251 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah chat about some new book releases, as well as discuss the woes of starting a new book, and how they set themselves up for success when it comes to cracking open a new read. If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership includes access to bonus episodes like What’s in the Mailbag, Bookstore Browse: The Handsell, and Book Talk After Dark, invites to monthly community events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, and entry into our private Facebook group and Discord server- all for just $5 a month. Loving Lately Hobonichi Cousin A5 (T) Pilot Fixon Erasable Pens Jet Pens Analog Basket (H) Siece Campbell TikTok Latest Read Forget You Saw Her | Noelle Ihli (T) Ask for Andrea Into the Blue | Emma Brodie (H) Book Talk and EDNR Starting a book well A Good Person | Kirsten King (T) Homebound | Portia Elan (H) Nothing Tastes as Good | Luke Dumas (T) Ruins | Lily Brooks Dalton (H) Shelf Addition: Hollow Bones | Jodi Picoult (T) Love Felt Like This | Julie Olivia (H) If you prefer other shopping options, you can find today’s books on Bookshop.org or Blackwell's. Purchasing through these links supports us with a small commission, at no extra cost to you. Support the show Let's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmail BTE on Youtube Tina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretc Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
S1 · E250
May 5 · 1 hr 35 min
Book Talk Etc. Celebrates 5 Years On Air feat. Renee ♥️
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 250 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah are joined by the Book Talk Etc.’s first co-host, Renee from @itsbooktalk! We’re so excited to have Renee on today to celebrate the podcast’s 5 year anniversary. We hope you enjoy the reunion! If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership includes access to bonus episodes like What’s in the Mailbag, Bookstore Browse: The Handsell, and Book Talk After Dark, invites to monthly community events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, and entry into our private Facebook group and Discord server- all for just $5 a month. Loving Lately Love Trapped - Podcast (T) Mr. B’s Emporium of Reading Delights (R) Two Hot Takes - YouTube Podcast (H) Latest Read On A Quiet Street | Seraphina Nova Glass (T) Such A Good Wife The Vanishing Hour Never Far Away Psychobabble | Joe Nucci (H) Kingfisher | Rozie Kelly (R) Mood Reads: Renee’s Substack Smile, or You're Doing it Wrong: A Journey from Rock Bottom to Redemption | Andy Glaze A Long Petal of the Sea | Isabel Allende The Caretaker | Marcus Kliewer (T) The Extra | Annie Neugebauer (H) Everything to the Sea | Alicia Upano (R ) Shelf Addition: Piranesi | Susanna Clarke (T) Automatic Noodle | Annalee Newitz (H) Somebody Worth Killing | Jessica Payne (R) If you prefer other shopping options, you can find today’s books on Bookshop.org or Blackwell's. Purchasing through these links supports us with a small commission, at no extra cost to you. Support the show Let's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmail BTE on Youtube Tina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretc Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
S1 · E249
April 28 · 1 hr 4 min
May Books on the Radar (2026)
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 249 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah share 10 upcoming May book releases that they are excited about. They also spend time discussing the very buzzy Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke. If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership includes access to bonus episodes like What’s in the Mailbag, Bookstore Browse: The Handsell, and Book Talk After Dark, invites to monthly community events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, and entry into our private Facebook group and Discord server- all for just $5 a month. Loving Lately Tina’s Fan (T) Sports Bra - She Fit (T) Moleskine Cahier Journal, Soft Cover (H) Campus notebooks (H) Amy Catriona on TikTok - Journal Inspo Latest Read Yesteryear | Caro Claire Burke (T + H) May Books on the Radar Five | Ilona Bannister (T) John of John | Douglas Stuart (H) Mercy Hill | Hannah Thurman (T) Make Me Better | Sarah Gailey (H) I Know A Place | Nat Cassidy (T) This Dark Night: Emily Brontë, a Life | Deborah Lutz (T) I’ll Watch Your Baby | Neena Viel (T) Ghalen | Walter Mosley (H) Take Me With You | Steven Rowley (T) Current Read Nothing Tastes as Good | Luke Dumas (T) Into the Blue | Emma Brodie (H) If you prefer other shopping options, you can find today’s books on Bookshop.org or Blackwell's. Purchasing through these links supports us with a small commission, at no extra cost to you. Support the show Let's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmail BTE on Youtube Tina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretc Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
S1 · E248
April 21 · 1 hr 7 min
Bookstore Browse: Tina and Hannah Read Bookseller Recommendations
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 248 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah read books that have been recommended by booksellers through our regular series, Bookstore Browse. If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership includes access to bonus episodes like What’s in the Mailbag, Bookstore Browse: The Hand-sell, and Book Talk After Dark, invites to monthly community events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, and entry into our private Facebook group and Discord server- all for just $5 a month. Loving Lately Shop Miss A (T) AOA Lipstick (T) Ollie Fresh Mint Fluoride Toothpaste (H) Latest Read Greedy | Callie Kazumi (T) Our Perfect Storm | Carley Fortune (H) Book Seller Recs Kitchens of the Great Midwest | J. Ryan Stradal (T) Under the Rainbow | Celia Laskey Theo of Golden | Allen Levi (H) Underlake | Erin L. McCoy (T) Between Friends and Lovers | Shirlene Obuobi (H) Shelf Addition Jane Austen’s Bookshelf | Rebecca Romney (H) If you prefer other shopping options, you can find today’s books on Bookshop.org or Blackwell's. Purchasing through these links supports us with a small commission, at no extra cost to you. Support the show Let's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmail BTE on Youtube Tina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretc Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
S1 · E247
April 14 · 57 min
Easily Distracted by New Releases & Vetting Books for Our Reading Lists
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 247 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah read some new releases as well as discuss how they decide what they are going to read, how they vet books before reading them + how reading book reviews transforms our own reading experiences. If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership includes access to bonus episodes like What’s in the Mailbag, Bookstore Browse: The Handsell, and Book Talk After Dark, invites to monthly community events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, and entry into our private Facebook group and Discord server- all for just $5 a month. Loving Lately Frixion Erasable Pen (T) The Folio Society (H) Latest Read A Sharp Endless Need | Mac Crane (T) Euphoria | Lily King I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself The Gifts of Imperfection | Brene Brown (H) Daring Greatly New Releases Boring Asian Female | Canwen Xu (T) The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances | Glenn Dixon (H) The Good Girl | Michelle Dunne (T) Adrift | Will Dean (H) Shelf Addition An Infinite Love Story | Chanel Cleeton (T) A Beast Slinks Toward Beijing | Alice Evelyn Yang (H) If you prefer other shopping options, you can find today’s books on Bookshop.org or Blackwell's. Purchasing through these links supports us with a small commission, at no extra cost to you. Support the show Let's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmail BTE on Youtube Tina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretc Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
S1 · E246
April 7 · 1 hr 1 min
Reading YOUR Book Recommendations + Tips on How to Recommend Books to Readers
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 246 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah read books that their patrons pushed them to finally read! In this episode we also talk about recommending books – reader to reader – and tips on how to give a great book recommendation. If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership includes access to bonus episodes like What’s in the Mailbag, Bookstore Browse: The Hand-sell, and Book Talk After Dark, invites to monthly community events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, and entry into our private Facebook group and Discord server- all for just $5 a month. Loving Lately Posting Facebook Reels (T) Bran Reel- How to Tina TBR, etc. Facebook Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi Sunshine Drops (H) Latest Read It’s Not Her | Mary Kubica (T) The Everlasting | Alix E. Harrow (H) Dark Matter | Blake Crouch Pines | Blake Crouch Patron Recommendations The Last House on Needless Street | Catriona Ward (T) The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion Vol. 1 | Beth Brower (H) Conclave | Robert Harris (T) The Girls Who Grew Big | Leila Mottley (H) Shelf Addition Harmless | Miranda Shulman (T) Open, Heaven | Sean Hewitt (H) If you prefer other shopping options, you can find today’s books on Bookshop.org or Blackwell's. Purchasing through these links supports us with a small commission, at no extra cost to you. Support the show Let's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmail BTE on Youtube Tina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretc Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
S1 · E245
March 31 · 51 min
April Books on the Radar (2026)
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 245 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah share some new book releases that they are excited about, coming out in April. If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership includes access to bonus episodes like What’s in the Mailbag, Bookstore Browse: The Handsell, and Book Talk After Dark, invites to monthly community events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, and entry into our private Facebook group and Discord server- all for just $5 a month. Loving Lately Sunday Riley Lactic Acid Treatment (T) Derm Store Inside (Apple TV, Steam, Switch) PBS Games - Free Play (H) Latest Read Kin | Tayari Jones (T + H) Interview with NPR April Books on the Radar: Boring Asian Female | Canwen Xu (T) Leave Your Mess at Home | Tolani Akinola (H) The Ending Writes Itself | Evelyn Clarke (T) Go, Gentle | Maria Semple (H) Love by the Book | Jessica George (T) Permanence | Sophie MacIntosh (H) The Subtle Art of Folding Space | John Chu (T) Morsel | Carter Keane (H) Livonia Chow Mein | Abigail Savitch-Lew (T) The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances | Glenn Dixon (H) Tina and Hannah forgot to chat current reads while recording this week! Here they are: It’s Not Her | Mary Kubica (T) The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion | Beth Brower. If you prefer other shopping options, you can find today’s books on Bookshop.org or Blackwell's. Purchasing through these links supports us with a small commission, at no extra cost to you. Support the show Let's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmail BTE on Youtube Tina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretc Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
S1 · E244
March 24 · 57 min
How Bookstores Build Community with Terresa from Black Garnet Books
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 244 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah sit down with Terresa from the indie bookstore Black Garnet Books. In this episode, we step inside an indie bookstore, exploring the role independent bookstores play in shaping local reading communities, what it means to be a bookstore owner and book-seller, and more! If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership includes access to bonus episodes like What’s in the Mailbag, Bookstore Browse: The Handsell, and Book Talk After Dark, invites to monthly community events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, and entry into our private Facebook group and Discord server- all for just $5 a month. Loving Lately Libby’s Coming Soon Tag (T) Book Riot Insiders New Release Index Indie Next Publishers Marketplace Women’s Prize for Fiction (H) Latest Read Cleopatra | Saara El-Arifi (T) The Notebook: A History of Thinking on Paper | Roland Allen (H) Ways to support Black Garnet Books and Terresa https://blackbirdrevolt.com/ Blackbird Podcast Blackgarnetbooks.com Instagram, TikTok Book Titles Mentioned Parable of the Sower | Octavia Butler Can’t Get Enough | Kennedy Ryan The Serviceberry | Robin Wall Kimmerer Shelf Additions: I Know the Ants | Lang Leav (T) The Quarter Queen | Kayla Hardy (H) Support the show Let's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmail BTE on Youtube Tina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretc Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk

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