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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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The Man on the Inside - Netflix (Joanna)

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 | Jenni

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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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Latest Read

A Guardian and a Thief | Megha Majumdar (T)

Passion Project | London Sperry (H)

Over, Under, and Appropriately Hyped Books

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Hyped Predictions

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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Affordable Flavors

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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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