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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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Heart the Lover | Lily King (T+H)

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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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The Exorcist | William Peter Blatty (T)

This is a Safe Space | Lucinda Berry (H)

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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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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

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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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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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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)

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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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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

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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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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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Best Offer Wins | Marisa Kashino (T)

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

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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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