Book Talk, etc.

By Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

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

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May 26, 2026 Bookstore Browse: Inside the Life of a New York Bookseller with Phoebe Wright
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In Episode 253 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah are joined by Phoebe Wright from @readandwright on bookstagram, and bookseller at Alice, Ever After in Buffalo, New York. We talk all things romance, pop culture, and of course, books! We hope you enjoy our lively, casual conversation and that your TBR stack grows taller for your summer reading.
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
Neck Cream (T)
Susan Lee Skin Care Recs (Phoebe)
Real Housewives of Rhode Island
Jamie Attenberg 1000 words of summer

Latest Read & Books Mentioned
The Echo Wife | Sarah Gailey (T)
Tropesick | Lauren Okie (H)
Nesting | Roisin O’Donnell (H)

Other Books Mentioned - (Please make sure you’re supporting Alice Ever After on Bookshop.org if you decide to purchase any of the following books!)

Devney Perry Books
This Story Might Save Your Life | Tiffany Crum
The Magic Treehouse Books
Our Guncle | Stephen Rowley
Dory Fantasmagory | Abby Hanlon (2nd-4th Grade)
Dogman & Captain Underpants
Dragon Master Series | Tracy West
The Princess in Black | Shannon Hale
Mail Duck | Erica Sirotich
Buffalo Fluffalo | Bess Kalb
Sandwich and Wreck | Catherine Newman
Nobody Tells You This But Me | Bess Kalb
The Correspondent | Virginia Evans
Yesteryear | Caro Claire Burke
Project Hail Mary | Andy Wier
Legendborn | Tracy Dion
Good Girls Guide to Murder | Holly Jackson
The Guncle | Stephen Rowley
Samantha, the Next Chapter | Fiona Davis
If Not You | Ellen O’Clover
Sunflower Season | Danica Nava
Whistler | Ann Patchet
Hollywood Ending | John Green

Shelf Additions
Marion: A Novel | Leah Rowen (T)
If Not You | Ellen O’Clover (P)
Flashlight | Susan Choi (H)

@Aliceeverafterbooks on social
Aliceeverafter.com
@readandwright on social

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1h 18min
May 19, 2026 Summer Bonanza VI: 20 Books for Your Summer Reading List!
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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)

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1h 21min
May 12, 2026 Easily Distracted By New Releases + Our Process for Starting New Books
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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.

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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.
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1h 12min
May 05, 2026 Book Talk Etc. Celebrates 5 Years On Air feat. Renee ♥️
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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.

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BTE on Youtube
Tina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretc
Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks
Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay
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Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk

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1h 36min
April 28, 2026 May Books on the Radar (2026)
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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.

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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
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Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay
Podcast IG @booktalketc
Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk

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1h 5min
April 21, 2026 Bookstore Browse: Tina and Hannah Read Bookseller Recommendations
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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.

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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.

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Tina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretc
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Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay
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Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk

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1h 8min
April 14, 2026 Easily Distracted by New Releases & Vetting Books for Our Reading Lists
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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.

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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.
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Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay
Podcast IG @booktalketc
Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk

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58min
April 07, 2026 Reading YOUR Book Recommendations + Tips on How to Recommend Books to Readers
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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.
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.
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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.
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1h 2min
March 31, 2026 April Books on the Radar (2026)
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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.
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.

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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.
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52min
March 24, 2026 How Bookstores Build Community with Terresa from Black Garnet Books
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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!
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)
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