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In Episode 182 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah reflect on a fantastic year of reading as they share their top 20 books of 2024! We share our absolute favorites, the reads that stood out most to us, and a little bit about why these books made our best-of-the-year list.

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Latest Read (Community Read)
Rental House | Weike Wang
Joan is Okay | Weike Wang (mentioned)

Bookish Superlatives Mentioned:
Allow Me to Introduce Myself
Maeve Fly
Dixon Descending
The Eyes are the Best Part
Everyone is Watching
Patricia Wants to Cuddle
All This & More
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
I Who Have Never Known Men

Favorites of the Year!!!!
If We Were Villains | ML Rio (T)
The Lost Story | Meg Shaffer (H)
The Paper Palace | Miranda Cowley Heller (T)
The Indifferent Stars Above | Daniel James Brown (H)
We Used to Live Here | Marcus Kliewer (T)
Just for the Summer | Abby Jimenez (H)
The Safekeep | Yael van der Wouden (T)
The Mighty Red | Louise Erdrich (H)
Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi (T)
Stealing | Margaret Verble (H)
A Place for Us | Fatima Farheen Mirza (T)
The God of the Woods | Liz Moore (T)
These Impossible Things | Salma El Wardany (T)
I Who Have Never Known Men | Jaqueline Harpman (H)
Fingersmith | Sarah Waters (T)
The Secret History | Donna Tartt (H)
The Light Pirate | Lily Brooks Dalton (T)
Open Water | Caleb Azum

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In Episode 181 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah dive into the buzzworthy books of the year, sharing which ones lived up to the hype, which deserved more recognition, and which fell short of expectations.

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Latest Reads:
I Might Be In Trouble | Daniel Aleman (T)
The Most Wonderful Crime of the Year | Ally Carter (H)

Books Mentioned:
First Lie Wins
The Night We Lost Him
Bride
How to End a Love Story
Blue Sisters
Cleopatra and Frankenstein
Quicksilver
Good Material
Martyr!
Intermezzo
All the Colors of the Dark
The Berry Pickers
Jaded
Knife River
Wolf at the Table
Last House
The Ballad of Jacquotte Delahaye
Hum
A Secret Worth Keeping
Summer Fridays
How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund
The Women
The Wedding People
Funny Story
The Safekeep
The God of the Woods
Margo’s Got Money Troubles
Just for the Summer
We Used to Live Here

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In Episode 180 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah discuss celebrity book clubs! We talk about our favorite celebrity clubs, some under the radar celebrity book clubs you may not have heard about, and share some titles we've read.

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Girls and Toddlers' Sherpa Fleece Full-Zip Jacket
Women's Waffle Snug Fit Pajama Set

Latest Reads and Other Mentions
The Butcher | Jennifer Hillier (T)
Little Secrets
Things We Do In the Dark
Jar of Hearts
Knock Knock Open Wide | Neil Sharpson (H)
Kayla’s Channel

Book Talk Books Mentioned
These Impossible Things
The Blue Hour
Colored Television
Small Things Like These
Devotions

Other Celebrity Book Club Mentions
Mindy's Book Studio - Mindy Kaling
Audacious Book Club - Roxanne Gay
Belletrist - Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss
TeaTime Book Club - Dakota Johnson
Service95 Book Club - Dua Lipa
Richard and Judy Book Club
Our Shared Shelf - Emma Watson
Between Two Books - Florence Welch
Library Science - Kaia Gerber
Natalie’s Book Club - Natalie Portman
Jimmy Fallon’s Book Club

Celebrity Book Club Books
From Here to the Great Unknown | Lisa Marie Presley and Riley Keough (T)
The Mighty Red | Louise Erdrich (H)
The Paper Palace | Miranda Cowley Heller (T)
Great Circle | Maggie Shipstead (H)

Shelf Addition:
This Motherless Land | Nikki May (T)

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In Episode 179 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah venture beyond their usual reading habits! We discuss what it means to step outside our comfort zones, the types of books that intimidate us, and the challenges of staying present and patient with our reading lives.

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Latest Reads:

Framed | John Grisham (BTE Community Read)

Bear Brook - Season 2

Book Talk and Out of Our Comfort Zone Reads ⤵️

When She Unravels: A Mafia Romance | Gabrielle Sands (T)

A Winter’s Promise | Christelle Dabos (H)

The Davenports | Krystal Marquis (T)

Pines | Blake Crouch (H)

Shelf Addition:

Black Woods Blue Sky | Eowyn Ivy (T)

The Snow Child | Eowyn Ivy

One Golden Summer | Carley Fortune (H)

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In Episode 178 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah dive into the world of digital reading! We discuss Tina’s NetGalley November project, share why we love reading on our Kindles, reveal some handy Kindle hacks, and explore how digital reading enhances our reading lives. Whether you're a seasoned e-reader or just curious about the benefits of using an e-reader, this episode is bound to stock up your digital TBR!

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Common Place Journaling (T)
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Latest Reads:
She’s Not Sorry | Mary Kubica (T)
Check & Mate | Ali Hazelwood (H)

Book Talk
Netgalley
What to Do When You DNF a Netgalley Book

Kindle Reads:
The Hitchcock Hotel | Stephanie Wrobel (T)
Stealing | Margaret Verble (H)
My Darlings | Marie Still (T)
56 Days | Catherine Ryan Howard (H)

Shelf Addition:
The Poppy Fields | Nikki Erlich (T)
So Late in the Day | Claire Keegan (H)

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In Episode 177 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah sit down with Traci Thomas from The Stacks to discuss gateway nonfiction books—perfect picks for readers looking to ease into the nonfiction genre. We really dive deep in this episode, so buckle up for a nice long discussion!

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Book Talk
The Stacks Podcast
Blood in the Water
WSIRN Episode 162 with Traci Thomas
Ep. 263 of The Stacks - Waco
You Must Remember This - Podcast
Challenger | Adam Higginbotham
Bad Blood | John Carreyrou
She Reads - Traci’s Column
What if We Get it Right | Ayana Elizabeth Johnson
Reign of Terror | Spencer Ackerman
The New Jim Crow | Michelle Alexander

Nonfiction Reads:
The Demon of Unrest | Erik Larson (Tina)
What My Bones Know | Stephanie Foo (H)
Finding Ways to Heal with Stephanie Foo on The Stacks
Into Thin Air | Jon Krakauer (Traci)
Under the Banner of Heaven
Where Men Win Glory
There’s Always This Year | Hanif Abdurraqib (Tina)
Dinner for Vampires | Bethany Joy Lenz (H)
Defectors: The Rise of the Latino Far Right | Paola Ramos (Traci)
Traci’s Gift Guide

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In Episode 176 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah are easily distracted by new releases! We also share our upcoming reading plans for the end of 2024 (!!!), and share some books we'd love to get to before we wrap up the year.

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Everything Happens with Kate Bowler (H)
Hope Is A Muscle Episode
Brave, Beautiful, and Good Things with Rainn Wilson

Latest Read
Clean | Alia Trabucco Zerán (T)
How Not To Drown in a Glass of Water
This is Where We Talk Things Out | Caitlin Marceau (H)

Book Talk
The God of the Woods (T)
The Warm Hands of Ghosts (H)
Martyr! (T)
Razorblade Tears (T)
All the Sinners Bleed (H)
I Who Have Never Known Men (T)

Easily Distracted by New Releases ⤵️
The Sequel | Jean Hanff Korelitz (T)
Into the Uncut Grass | Trevor Noah (H)
How Does That Make You Feel, Magda Eklund? | Anna Montague (T)
Intermezzo | Sally Rooney (H)

Shelf Additions
Mutual Interest | Olivia Wolfgang-Smith (T)
This Princess Kills Monsters: The Misadventures of a Fairy-Tale Stepsister | Ry Herman (H)

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In Episode 175 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah dive into the world of literary suspense! We discuss the differences between mysteries, thrillers, and literary mysteries, and share their recent reads in the literary suspense genre.

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Latest Read
Blue Sisters | Coco Mellors (T+H - BTE Community Read)

Book Talk
Mystery and Suspense Website
Things Don’t Break On Their Own | Sarah Easter Collins (T)
Everything I Never Told You | Celeste Ng (H)
The Blue Hour | Paula Hawkins (T)
The Secret History | Donna Tartt (H)
Classics Student Analyzes The Secret History

Shelf Additions
When The Wolf Comes Home | Nat Cassidy (T)
The Queen | Nick Cutter (H)

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In Episode 174 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah share their November and December Books on the Radar for 2024!

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Latest Read
Rest Stop | Nat Cassidy (T)
Summer Fridays | Suzanne Rindell (H)

Books on the Radar:
She’s Always Hungry | Eliza Clark (H)
Deadly Animals | Marie Tierney (T)
Shy Creatures | Clare Chambers (H)
The City and Its Uncertain Walls | Haruki Murakami (T)
Private Rites | Julia Armfield (H)
City of Night Birds | Juhea Kim (T)
Rental House | Weike Wang (H)
I Might Be In Trouble | Daniel Aleman (T)
Apartment Women | Gu Byeong-mo (H)
The Shutouts | Gabrielle Korn (T)

Current Reads
Heir | Sabaa Tahir (H)
The Blue Hour | Paula Hawkins (T)

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In Episode 173 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah discuss mood reading! How they navigate their reading moods, and tips on how to make your mood reading experience more fun and hopefully slightless less chaotic.

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Oregon Trail Game (H)

Latest Read
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English | Noor Naga (T)
What I Ate in One Year | Stanley Tucci (H)

Book Talk:
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Mood Reads ⤵️

So Thirsty | Rachel Harrison (T)
The Night Guest | Hildur Knútsdóttir (H)
How To Sell A Haunted House | Grady Hendrix (T)
A Better World | Sarah Langan (H)
Perfect Little World | Kevin Wilson (mentioned)

Shelf Additions
Like Mother, Like Mother | Susan Rieger (T)
Fang Fiction | Kate Stayman-London (H)

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