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.

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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)

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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.

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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)

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In Episode 245 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah share some new book releases that they are excited about, coming out in April.

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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.

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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!

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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

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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)

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In Episode 243 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah read through some new releases! We also discuss bookish expectations and whether or not they ruin the reading experience, our role as reviewers, and what we can do about bookish hype as readers. 

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What Happens in the Dark | Kia Abdullah (T)

The Raven Scholar | Antonia Hodgson (H)

New Releases:

Her Last Breath | Taylor Adams (T)

The Swamps | Seraphina Nova Glass (H)

Lady Tremaine | Rachel Hochhauser (T)

The Best Dog in the World: Essays on Love | Alice Hoffman (H)

Shelf Addition
Little Wild | Laura Evans (T)

In Her Defense | Philippa Malicka (H)

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In Episode 242 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah dive into some lesser known celebrity book clubs! We chat about which book clubs lean into our reading tastes, and the value of chatting books with a group of readers.

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Latest Read

Keeper of Lost Children | Sadeqa Johnson (T)

The Hitchhikers | Chevy Stevens (H)

Book Club Picks

Hot Springs Drive | Lindsay Hunter (T)

Lost Lambs | Madeline Cash (H)

So Old, So Young | Grant Ginder (T)

Nightwatching | Tracy Sierra (H)

Other Links:

Belletrist picks

Roxanne Gay’s Book Club

Jimmy Fallon’s Book Club

Good Housekeeping

Tina’s “Why Done It” YouTube Video

Brett’s Interview with Grant Ginder 

Shelf Addition
The Extra | Annie (T)

How to Write a Love Story | Catherine Walsh (H)

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In Episode 241 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah chat with one another about some books coming out in March that they've got on their reading radar. March is packed full of some awesome books, so get excited to add even more books to your already toppling TBR pile!

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Latest Read

Vigil | George Saunders (T + H)

New Releases

Lady Tremaine | Rachel Hochhouser (T)

No Matter What | Cara Bastone (H)

Strangers in the Villa | Robyn Harding (T)

Ruby Falls | Gin Phillips (H)

That’s What Friends Are For | Wade Rouse (T)

The Shock of the Light | Lori Inglis Hall (H)

Nothing Tastes as Good | Luke Dumas (T)

Strange Girls | Savat Hasin (H)

A Good Person | Kirsten King (T)

The Fountain | Casey Scieszka (H)

Current Reads
What Happens in the Dark | Kia Abdullah Book (T)

The Raven Scholar | Antonia Hodgson (H)

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In Episode 240 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah sit down with Gayle from the indie bookstore Wonderland Books in Bethesda, MD. 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 more.

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Latest Read

Missing Sam | Thirty Umrigar (T)

The Rachel Incident | Rachel Donohue (Gayle)

The Secret Lives of Church Ladies | Deesha Philyaw (H)

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Book Titles Mentioned

Please purchase via this link which supports Wonderland Books

Theo of Golden

The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman

Family of Spies

Loneliness of Sonya and Sonny

Heart the Lover

On Tyranny

If We Were Dogs

Gish Jen (Author)

Kitchens of the Great Midwest

Buckeye

The Bright Years

The Safekeep

The Wedding People 

Remarkably Bright Creatures

Margot’s Got Money Troubles

Kin

Unwitness

Respair

Allegra Goodman (Author)

Cactus League

Clutch

Brawler

Shelf Additions: 

Frankenstein: 1818 Edition

Whistler | Ann Patchet

Beneath | Ariel Sullivan

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In Episode 239 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah come clean about some of their “bad” bookish behaviors, and chat through their thoughts on some new releases they’ve read recently.

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Latest Read

Burn Down the Master’s House | Clay Cane (T)

All the Blood We Share | Camilla Bruce (H)

New Releases

The Better Mother | Jennifer van der Kleut (T)

Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books | Hwang Bo-Reum (H)

Good Intentions | Marisa Walls (T)

The Briars | Sarah Crouch (H)

Other Links & Books Mentioned

J ina with a J Instagram

The Hunger | Alma Katsu

Shelf Addition
The Burning Side |  Sarah Damoff

The End of Romance | Lily Meyer (H)

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Looking for the best thriller and romance books of all time? In episode 238 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah share the thrillers and romances they recommend again and again, as well as discuss books that fall into the niche sub-genre that blends the two together: romantic suspense.

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Latest Read

Anatomy of an Alibi | Ashley Elston (T)

The Correspondent | Virginia Evans (H)

Favorite Thriller and Romances

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (T)

Every Summer After (H)

Gone Girl (T)

Open Water (H)

Razorblade Tears (T)

Fangirl (H)

Confessions (T)

The View Was Exhausting (H)

Next of Kin (T)

Talking at Night (H)

Romantic Suspense

Woman Down | Colleen Hoover (T)

Hideaway | Nora Roberts  (H)

This Story Might Save Your Life | Tiffany Crum  (T)

A Curious Beginning | Deanna Raybourne (H)

Other Links & Books Mentioned

Cherry Baby

Crime Reads Article on Romantic Suspense

Shelf Addition
Discipline | Larissa Pham (T)

The One Day You Were My Husband | Rosie Walsh (H)

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In Episode 237 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah share the February releases currently on their reading radars.

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Latest Read

Skylark | Paula McClain (T+H)

Books on the Radar

Good People | Patmeena Sabit (T)

The Secret Snow | Tina Harnesk (H)

Murder Bimbo | Rebecca Novack (T)

The Fourth Princess | Janie Chang (H)

Family Drama | Rebecca Fallon (T)

She Made Herself a Monster | Anna Kovatcheva (H)

The Shape of Dreams | April Reynolds (T)

How to Get Away with Murder | Rebecca Philipson (H)

Other Links & Books Mentioned

Kin | Tayari Jones

Current Read
My Darkest Prayer | SA Cosby (T)

Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books | Hwang Bo-reum (H)

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In Episode 236 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah sit down with Joanna from the indie bookstore This Is a Bookstore & BookBug in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In this episode, we step inside an indie bookstore with Joanna from This Is a Bookstore & BookBug in Kalamazoo, exploring the role independent bookstores play in shaping local reading communities, what it means to be a bookstore caretaker, and more!

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All book links direct you to This Is a Bookstore and BookBug’s storefront, so you can support them directly with your purchase.

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Latest Reads:

How to Read a Book | Monica Wood (T)

Coffin Moon | Keith Rosson (H)

Theo of Golden | Allen Levi (Joanna)

Books Mentioned

Grown Up Book Fair

The Gales of November: The Untold Story of the Edmund Fitzgerald | John U. Bacon

The Correspondent | Virginia Evans

Vigil | George Saunders 

American Fantasy | Emma Straub

Adult Braces: Driving Myself Sane | Lindy West 

Shelf Additions: 

Murder Your Darlings | Jenna Blum (T)

Meet the Newmans | Jennifer Nivens (Joa

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In Episode 235 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah discuss their thoughts on some new book releases as well as chat through their feelings on negative book reviews.

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Latest Read

A Family Matter | Claire Lynch (T)

The Reformatory | Tananarive Due  (H)

New Releases

The Book of Luke | Lovell Holder (T)

Needle Lake  | Justine Champine (H)

My Husband’s Wife | Alice Feeney (T)

Crux | Gabriel Tallent (H)

Other Links

Plant Based Bride

By Don Martin

Brad Bought A Book

Shelf Addition:
The Better Mother | Jennifer van der Kleut (T)

The Marrow Thieves | Cherie Dimaline (H)

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In Episode 234 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah chat about the Book Talk Etc., reading challenge for 2026 and bring books that meet the challenge prompts.

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Latest Read

Endling | Maria Reva (T)

Half His Age | Jenette McCurdy (H)

BTE Reading Challenge Reads

Stiff | Mary Roach (T)

Lady Killers | Tori Telfer (H)

October Sky | Homer Hickam (T)

Emergency Contact | Lauren Layne, Anthony Ledonne (H)

Other Links

BTE Storygraph Challenge
Books and Lala Buzzword Challenge

Read Harder Book Riot

Shelf Addition:
The Hostess | Courtney Psak (T)

This Is Not About Us | Allegra Goodman (H)

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In Episode 233 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah discuss January books on the radar! It’s a new year of reading and there are so many great books coming out this year–we’re excited to get started!

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Latest Read

Just Watch Me | Lior Torenberg (T)

Culpability | Bruce Hollsinger (H)

BOTR

Bloody Brick Road | Maude Royer (T)

Is This A Cry for Help? | Emily Austin (H)

Anatomy of an Alibi | Ashley Elston (T)

The Last of Earth | Deepa Anappara (H)

Very Slowly All at Once | Lauren Schott (T)

Rules of the Heart | Janice Hadlow (H)

The Seven Daughters of Dupree | Nikesha Elise Williams (T)

The Future Saints | Ashley Winstead (H)

Missing Sam | Thirty Umrigar (T)

Crux | Gabriel Tallent (H)

Other Links

BTE Storygraph Challenge

Current Read:
Party of Two | Jasmine Guillory (T)

Needle Lake  | Justine Champine (H)

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In Episode 232 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah share our favorite books of 2025!

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TINA AND HANNAH'S TOP FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025!

Red Clay | Charles B. Fancher (T)

Great Black Hope | Rob Franklin (H)

The Favorites | Layne Fargo (T)

Nothing to See Here | Kevin Wilson (H)

Sunrise on the Reaping | Suzanne Collins (T)

Sandwich | Catherine Newman (H)

One Yellow Eye | Leigh Radford (T)

Rainbow Black | Maggie Thrash (H)

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng | Kylie Lee Baker (T)

The War That Saved My Life | Kimberly Brubaker Bradley (H)

What Kind of Paradise | Janelle Brown (T)

The Staircase in the Woods | Chuck Wendig (H)

Broken Country | Claire Leslie Hall (T)

The Names | Florence Knapp (H)

Dominion | Addie Citchens (T)

The Knight and the Moth | Rachel Gillig (H)

Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy (T)

Hamnet | Maggie O'Farrell (H)

Lonesome Dove | Larry McMurtry (T)

Current Reads

The Death of Us | Abigail Dean (T)

The Reformatory | Tananarive Due (H)

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In Episode 231 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah discuss the books that they personally deemed under, over and appropriately hyped for 2025 book releases!

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A Guardian and a Thief | Megha Majumdar (T)

Passion Project | London Sperry (H)

Over, Under, and Appropriately Hyped Books

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Kin | Tayari Jones (T)

Half His Age | Jennette McCurdy (H)

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In Episode 230 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah discuss their thoughts on some new releases that they have read recently, and also dive into their bookish related ins and outs for 2026!

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Latest Read

Cursed Daughters | Oyinkan Braithwaite (T+H)

Book Talk

Secret of Secrets | Dan Brown (T)

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother) | Rabih Alameddine (H)

Her One Regret | Donna Freitas (T)

Conform | Ariel Sullivan (H)

Shelf Additions

Just Watch Me | Lior Torenberg (T)

Molka | Monika Kim (H)

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In Episode 229 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah talk about the Goodreads Choice Awards! Tina talks a little bit about her experience reading through the mystery and thriller nominations, and we discuss the pros and cons of the awards and how they operate.

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Latest Read

Don’t Let Him In | Lisa Jewell (T)

In A Holidaze | Christina Lauren (H)

Book Talk

Book Riot Article

Dominion | Addie E. Citchens

Vera Wong's Guide to Snooping (on a Dead Man) | Jesse Q. Sutanto (T)

Amity | Nathan Harris (H)

We Are All Guilty Here | Karin Slaughter (T)

The Lilac People | Milo Todd (H)

Shelf Additions

The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts | Kim Fu (T)

Like Family | Erin O. White (H)

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In Episode 228 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah talk about the books they are wanting to read before the end of the year, and sharing some goals they have as 2026 looms around the corner!

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Latest Read

The Perfect Divorce | Jeneva Rose (T)

Climate | Whitney Hanson (H)

Book Talk

Hannah’s End of Year TBR

You’ll Never Know | Caleb Stephens (T)

Persuasion | Jane Austen (H)

Lonesome Dove | Larry McMurty (T)

Hamnet | Maggie O’Farrell (H)

Fantastic Fiction

Shelf Additions

Land | Maggie O’Farrell (T)

Whidby | T. Kira Madden (H)

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In Episode 227 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah discuss some new releases that they have read recently, as well as chat through some of their winter reading plans.

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Latest Read

Life & Death & Giants | Ron Rindo (T)

Dating After the End of the World | Jeneva Rose (H)

Book Talk

Cursed Daughters

Best Offer Wins

@Scaredstraightreads

The Favorites | Layne Fargo (H)

Tina’s GoodReads Choice Awards Predictions

Seascraper | Benjamin Wood (T)

Ten Year Affair | Erin Somers (H)

The Wilderness | Angela Flournoy (T)

It’s Different This Time | Joss Richard (H)

Shelf Additions

Muder Most Haunted | Emma Mason (T)

Frida’s Cook | Florencia Etcheues (H)

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In Episode 226 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah talk about books that tackle retellings of old classics, folklore, and mythology.

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Latest Read

Heart the Lover | Lily King (T+H)

Book Talk

Cinder | Marissa Meyer

Grimm’s Fairy Tales

The Poppy Fields | Nikki Erlich (T)

The Bog Wife | Kay Chronister (H)

The Great Mann | Kyla Davis Lurie (T)

A Land So Wide | Erin A. Craig (H)

Shelf Additions

The Wives of Hawthorne Lane | Stephanie DeCarolis (T)

It’s Different This Time | Joss Richards (H)

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In Episode 225 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah chat about books coming out in November and December that they are excited about.

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The Intruder | Freida McFadden (T)

A Psalm for the Wild Built | Becky Chambers (H)

November and December Books on the Radar

59 Minutes | Holly Seddon (T)

The Sunshine Man | Emma Stonex (H)

Son of the Morning | Akwaeke Emezi (T)

That’s Not How It Happened | Craig Thomas (H)

The Heir Apparent | Rebecca Armitage (T)

Palaver | Bryan Washington (H)

Love Me Stalk Me | Laura Bishop (T)

The Emergency | George Packer (H)

Watch Us Fall | Christina Kovac (T)

Current Reads

The Bog Wife | Kay Chronister (H)

Writers & Lovers | Lily King (T)

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In Episode 224 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah chat about what makes an author an official favorite, share the writers they absolutely adore, and talk about the authors whose entire catalogs they still want to complete.

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Latest Read

The Exorcist | William Peter Blatty (T)

This is a Safe Space | Lucinda Berry (H)

Book Talk

We Spread | Iain Reid (T)

Wild Reverence | Rebecca Ross (H)

Unraveling Oliver | Liz Nugent (T)

People Watching | Hannah Bonam-Young (H)

Shelf Additions

A Land So Wide | Erin A. Craig (H)

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In Episode 223 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah dive into the topic of Bubblegum books! These are fun books that we enjoy reading but they may not have a lasting impact. We also share our thoughts on some new book releases ✨ 

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Latest Read

The Once and Future Me | Melissa Pace (T)

Discontent | Beatriz Serrano (T)

Book Talk

Freida McFadden Books

The Retirement Plan | Sue Hincenbergs

Legends and Lattes | Travis Baldree

Several People are Typing | Calvin Kasulke (T)

The Scammer | Tiffany D. Jackson (H)

Nobody Knows You’re Here | Bryn Greenwood (T)

Thistle Farms

Fake Skating | Lynn Painter (H)

Long Shot | Kennedy Ryan 

Kingmaker | Kennedy Ryan

Shelf Additions

Saltcrop | Yume Kitasei (T) 

The Bog Queen | Anna North (H)

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In Episode 222 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah dive into BookTube! We talk about creators that we love, Tina’s experience joining BookTube within the last year, and books that we have read and loved because of this online community.

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Eryn Reads Everything - YouTube (H)

Latest Read

Katabasis | R. F. Kuang (T+H)

BookTalk + List of Booktubers

Booktuber List and other accounts mentioned 🔽

Folded Pages Distillery

Booksandlala

What Michaela Reads

The Pastel Bookshelf

Peruse Project

Savage Reads

Jen Campbell

Jeans Thoughts

The Book Castle

Wicked Reading

Plant Based Bride

Books

You Should Have Left | Daniel Kehlmann (T)

The Raven Boys | Maggie Stiefvater (H)

Mary | Nat Cassidy (T)

Enter Ghost | Isabella Hammad (H)

The Isle of the Silver Sea | Tasha Suri

Shelf Additions

Keep This For Me | Jennifer Fawcett (T)

In Tongues | Thomas Gratton (H)

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In Episode 221 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah share October books on the radar!

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Latest Read

One Yellow Eye | Leigh Radford (T)

And Then I Woke Up | Malcolm Devlin (H)

October Books on the Radar

Workhorse | Caroline Palmer (T)

The Hitchhikers | Chevy Stevens (H)

Boom Town | Nic Stone (T)

Boleyn Traitor | Phillipa Gregory (H)

When They Burned the Butterfly | Wen-yi Lee (T)

Girl Dinner | Olivie Blake (H)

Gone Before Goodbye | Reese Witherspoon, Harlan Coben (T)

The Unveiling | Quan Barry (T)

The Isle of the Silver Sea | Tasha Suri (H)

Current Reads

Nobody Knows You’re Here | Bryn Greenwood (H)

The Once and Future Me | Melissa Pace (T)

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In Episode 220 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah discuss books with ugly covers and read books with covers that made us cringe.

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Cords Club

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Latest Reads

Next of Kin | Kia Abdullah (currently .99 on Kindle!)

True Crime Story  | Joseph Knox (H)

Book Talk + Covers We Hate

The Swarm | Andy Marino

The Troop | Nick Cutter

The Space Between Worlds | Micaiah Johnson

The Deep | Nick Cutter

The Cut | CJ Dotson

Twilight | Stephanie Meyer

@bridgetish on TikTok

In the Dark | Richard Layman (T)

Finding Grace | Loretta Rothschild (H)

Redemption | Jack Jordan (T)

The Strange Case of Jane O. | Karen Thompson Walker (H)

Shelf Additions

One of Us | Dan Chaon (H)

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In Episode 219 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah are talking about their journey with easing into fall reads for the 2025 autumn reading season.

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Latest Read

Look Closer | David Ellis (T)

One Dark Window | Rachel Gillig (H)

Fall Reads

Tina’s Fall TBR - YouTube Video

Lonesome Dove | Larry McMurtry (H)

Spread Me | Sarah Gailey (T)

The Barn: The Secret History of a Murder in Mississippi | Wright Thompson (H)

Such Sharp Teeth | Rachel Harrison (T)

Eartheater | Dolores Reyes (T)

Shelf Additions

She Didn’t See It Coming | Shari Lapena (T)

The Pillagers Guide to Arctic Pianos | Kendra Langford Shaw (H)

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In Episode 218 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah are easily distracted by new releases! Alongside sharing our opinions on some buzzy new titles, we also discuss a joint loving lately - a documentary that has taken the internet by storm and captivated our interest as well.

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Latest Read

Best Offer Wins | Marisa Kashino (T)

The Summer I Turned Pretty (Series) | Jenny Han (H)

Easily Distracted By New Releases

Tina’s TikTok Post

Every Step She Takes | Alison Cochran (T)

Problematic Summer Romance | Ali Hazelwood (H)

Dead Husband Cookbook | Danielle Valentine (T)

Happiness and Love | Zoe Dubno (H)

Shelf Additions

Play Nice | Rachel Harrison (T)

Full Bloom | Francesca Serritella (H)

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In Episode 217 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah discuss what makes a book 5 PLUS stars and how they chase that perfect reading experience.

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Latest Read

The Bewitching | Silvia Moreno Garcia (T+H)

Chasing Those 5 Star Books

Dominion | Addie E. Citchens (T)

C. Forte - @melenatedreader 

In the Family Way | Laney Katz Becker (H)

If Beale Street Could Talk | James Baldwin (T)

Project Hail Mary | Andy Weir (H)

Shelf Addition 

A Guardian and a Thief | Megha Majumdar (T)

We Met Like This | Kasie West (H)

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In Episode 216 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah are bringing you 10 books coming out in September that they are excited about!

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Focus Friend by Hank Green (T)

The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 Deep Dive - Sasha Raquel (H)

Latest Read

Too Old for This | Samantha Downing (T)

Not Alone | Sarah K. Jackson (H)

September Books on the Radar

A Blood As Bright as the Moon | Andrea Morstabilini (T)

What We Can Know | Ian McEwan (H)

To the Moon and Back | Eliana Ramage (T)

Discontent | Beatriz Serrano (T)

Follow My Voice | Ariana Godoy (H)

Sympathy Tower Tokyo | Rie Qudan (T)

Moonflow | Bitter Karella (H)

The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre | Phillip Fracasi (T)

The Faerie Morgana | Louisa Morgan (H)

Current Reads

Best Offer Wins | Marisa Kashino

In the Family Way | Laney Katz Becker (H)

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In Episode 215 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah are reading books with buzzword titles. From “Girls,” and “Daughters,” to “Night,” and “Dream,” we talk about those words that keep popping up in the titles of the books we love to read.

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Latest Read

Notes on Infinity | Austin Taylor (T)

Front Desk | Kelly Yang (H)

Buzzword Books

Buzzwordathon - Books and Lala Storygraph Challenge

The Good Samaritan | Toni Halleen (T)

Black Woods Blue Sky | Eowyn Ivey (H)

A Twist of Fate | Se-Ah Jang (T)

A Torch Against the Night | Sabaa Tahir (H)

Shelf Addition 

The Ballad of Bonaventure Palmier | Adam Sockel (T)

The Macabre | Kosoko Jackson (H)

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In Episode 214 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah are sharing how they make the most out of their reading lives with their busy schedules. They also talk about some new releases, and share how they felt about them.

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This American Life - Chicago Hope (T)

The Retrievals

Estee Lauder Hydrating Lip Balm (H)

Latest Read

Night Watcher | Daphne Woolsoncroft (T)

@Scaredstraightreads

The Going West Podcast

Better Than Fiction | Alexa Martin (H)

New Releases

A Marriage at Sea | Sophie Elmhirst (T)

Great Black Hope | Rob Franklin (H)

Everyone is Lying to You | Jo Piazza (T)

These Summer Storms | Sarah McLain (H)

Shelf Addition 

The Truth About Ruby Cooper | Liz Nugent (T)

The Black Carnival | Harlequin Grim

Stiff | Mary Roach

Working Stiff | Judy Melinek MD

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In Episode 213 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah are reading like it's 1997 and bringing books that we would have read if we didn't have the internet.

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What Michaela Reads (T)

The Pastel Bookshelf (T)

Sliding Door Lock (H)

Latest Read

The Compound | Aisling Rawle (T+H)

Reading Books We Haven’t Heard Of 

Chloe | Connie Briscoe (T)

Cannibal Killers: Monsters with a Taste for Murder | Moira Martingale (H)

Hush Little Baby | R. H. Herron (T)

The Color of Blood | Mona Kabbani

Shelf Addition 

Redemption | Jack Jordan (T)

The Satisfaction Cafe | Kathy Wang (H)

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In Episode 212 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah are sharing their August books on the radar. This is a regular monthly episode where we highlight upcoming releases that have caught our attention. We can’t wait to share these with you!

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Latest Read

Slanting Toward the Sea | Lidija Hilje (T)

The Crane Husband | Kelly Barnhill (H)

Japanese Folk Tale - The Crane Wife

August Books on the Radar

People Like Us | Jason Mott (T)

The Sunflower Boys | Sam Wachman (H)

Too Old for This | Samantha Downing (T)

Dogs | C. Mallon (H)

Forget Me Not | Stacy Willingham (T)

Fonseca | Jessica Francis Kane (H)

Lime Juice Money | Jo Morey (T)

Anatomy of a Con Artist | Jonathan Walton (H)

Kitboga Podcast

Island of Last Things | Emma Sloley (T)

Current Reads

Chloe | Connie Briscoe (T)

The Color of Blood | Mona Kabbani (H)

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In Episode 211 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah talk about their Goodreads Graveyard, aka, the books they've added to their TBR lists that have gotten a little dusty sitting on the ephemeral shelves of the internet.

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Latest Read

We Don’t Talk About Carol | Kristen L. Berry (T)

Big Fan | Alexandra Romanoff (H)

831 Stories IG

Goodreads Graveyard

The Enchanted | Renee Denfeld (T)

The Firekeepers Daughter | Angeline Boulley (H)

The Summer That Melted Everything | Tiffany McDaniel (T)

Jobis89 IG

Upstream | Mary Oliver (H)

Shelf Addition

Culpability | Bruce Holsinger (T)

Twist of Fate | Se-Ah Jang (T)

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In this episode of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah are diving into two of their favorite things: new book releases and chatting through their library browsing habits! Whether you’re a regular at your local branch or someone who hasn’t browsed the stacks in a while, we hope that this episode will inspire you to rediscover all the magic your library has to offer, both digitally and in person!

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Novelist (T)

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Latest Read

You Killed Me First | John Marrs (T)

Lovely War | Julie Berry (H)

We Can Still Save the Libraries - Book Riot Article

@Tomesandtextiles on Instagram

New Releases:

These Heathens | Mia McKenzie (T)

My Friends | Fredrik Backman (H)

When the Wolf Comes Home | Nat Cassidy (T)

So Far Gone | Jess Walter (H)

Shelf Addition

Our Last Resort | Clémence Michallon (T)

Runner 13 | Amy McCulloch (H)

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In Episode 209 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah are sharing thoughts on weird girl books! In this episode we share some books that worked for us, some that missed the mark, and discuss some heroines that we found strangely endearing and relatable - even in their weird quirks.

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Latest Read

What Kind of Paradise | Janelle Brown (T)

Heartwood | Amity Gaige (H)

Weird Girl Books

Immaculate Conception | Ling Ling Huang (T)

Victorian Psycho | Virginia Feito (H)

Sky Daddy | Kate Folk (T)

Deadly Animals | Marie Tierney (H)

Shelf Addition

The Widow | John Grisham (T)

August Lane | Regina Black (H)

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In Episode 208 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah reflect on their reading year so far with fun bookish superlatives, surprising standouts, and, of course, their favorite reads of 2025 (so far)! 

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Conair Crimper

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Latest Read:

King of Ashes | SA Cosby 

Superlatives:

Red Clay

Nothing to See Here

Tell Me What You Did

The War that Saved My Life

When the Wolf Comes Home

The Secret History of the Rape Kit

Audition

The Float Test

Say You’ll Remember Me

The Favorites

Wild Dark Shore

We Live Here Now

The Names

Favorites:

The Favorites

Sandwich

Atmosphere: A Love Story

Happy Land

Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng

The Knight and the Moth

Broken Country

Rainbow Black

Wild Dark Shore

The Names

Current Read

Sky Daddy

The Odyssey

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In Episode 207 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah are sharing their July Books on the radar. We also share some thoughts on two buzzy new releases that we read and had strong feelings about!

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Latest Read

Atmosphere | Taylor Jenkins Reid (T)

The Knight and the Moth | Rachel Gillig (H)

July Books on the Radar

Night Watchers | Daphne Woolsoncroft (T)

My Train Leaves at Three | Natalie Guerrero (H)

The Other Wife | Jackie Thomas-Kennedy (T)

Mendell Station | J.B. Hwang (H)

The Confessions | Paul Bradley Carr (T)

Rose in Chains | Julie Soto (H)

Everyone is Lying to You | Jo Piazza (T)

Soulgazer | Maggie Rapier (H)

Angel Down | Daniel Kraus (T)

The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey | Kathleen Kaufman (H)

Current Read

Jill is Not Happy | Kaira Rouda (T)

Victorian Psycho | Virginia Feito (H)

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