Book Talk, etc.

By Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

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

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Number 1: Easily Distracted by New Releases + What Readers Really Want From a Book Club
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 268 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah read some new releases, and also talk about their experiences with book clubs, and talk about the ingredients necessary to making a book club worth joining! 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 The Birth Keepers - Podcast (T) 90’s Mom Dinners on TikTok (H) Amanda Coakley Oddyssie Webb’s Kitchen Mom Jeans 89 Nikki’s Sleepover Club Latest Read Tina and The Pastel Bookshelf YouTube Video The Art of a Lie | Laura Shepherd-Robinson (T) Mendell Station | J.B. Hwang (H) Easily Distracted by New Releases Bookclubs.com Bourbon Drink Recipe Not with a Bang | Temi Oh (T) Take What You Can | Naima Coster (H) The Secret Dinner | Raphael Mo (T) Helpless | Jessica Knoll (H) Shelf Addition This Never Happens Here | Wanda Morris (T) Switzy | Emma Cline (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 Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
September 08, 20261h 7min
Number 2: A Late Summer Reading List + Books That Feel Like Lughnasadh
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 265 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah discuss books that feel like Lughnasadh, a Celtish holiday that celebrates the start of the harvest season and falls halfway between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox. 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, Niche Novels, and Book Talk After Dark. You’ll get to join 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 @readandwright Notes App System (T) Lifelines - Dot by Letter (H) Lifelines Website Latest Read Fruit Fly | Josh Silver (T) Return to Sender | Stephanie Parente (H) Book Talk and Reading for Lughnasadh Tom Lake | Ann Patchett The Wild Beneath | Kelly Anderson (T) Habits of the Sea | Shea Ernshaw (H) Where I End | Sophie White (T) Jane Eyre | Charlotte Bronte (H) Shelf Addition Tokyo Express | Seicho Matsumoto (T) A Quiet Place | Seicho Matsumoto (T) Suspicion | Seicho Matsumoto (T) Too Much of Life | Clarice Lispector (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 Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
August 18, 202658min
Number 3: Tackling the TBR Shelf - Bookish Subscription Boxes
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 269 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah are back at it to tackle their TBRs! This month, the wheel provided them with a prompt to read books from any subscription service! Tina and Hannah spend some time talking about the various kinds of book subscriptions there are out there, and chat through which ones have piqued their interest in the past and present! 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 Loreal True Match Super Blendable Foundation (T) Loreal 3 Second Setting Mist (H) Shelby Ann - TikTok Souper Cubes (H) Latest Read The Last Witch | CJ Cook Pastel Bookshelf The Knave and the Moon | Rachel Gillig (H) Book Subscriptions and TBR Tackle! Page 1 Books Owl Crate Mysterious Crime Club Subscription Night Worms Ashley - @coffeeandcuentos Sadie - @motherhorror 101 Horror Books to Read Before You Die Murder Road | Simone St. James (T) The Love Elixir of Augusta Stern | Lynda Cohen Loigman (H) The Anniversary | Alex Finlay (T) A Scandalous Deal | Joanna Shupe (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 Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
September 15, 20261h 4min
Number 4: Mood Reading Our Hearts Away & An Ask Us Anything!
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 267 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah took a week to do some mood reading, and for book talk, we answered questions from our listeners in an ask us anything style discussion. 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 The Obama Foundation & Museum (T) Sterling Point - Prime Video (H) Latest Read The Unknown | Riley Sager (T+H) Mood Reads Wonderland | Jennifer Hillier (T) The Dog Stars | Peter Heller (H) Mind of a Murderer | Michael Wood (T) Let’s Kiss & Tell | Joss Richard (H) Current Read The Only Plane in the Sky (T) A Plagued Sea | Kim Bo-Young (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 Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
September 01, 20261h 8min
Number 5: September Books on the Radar
Send us Fan Mail In Episode 266 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah share some of the September 2026 Book Releases that top our TBR! 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 1% Better - @Slow_Going Maybelline Lifter Glaze Oil Balm Latest Read Plant Lady | Kang Minyoung (T) Swordheart | T. Kingfisher (H) Books on the Radar The Witches of Cambridge | Alice Hoffman (T) The Eye of Goliath | Diego Muzzio (H) Strange Case of Jane O | Karen Walker Queenie is Working on It | Candace Carty-Williams Pictures of You | Josh Malerman (H) Bird Box | Josh Malerman Fallow | Sarah Anderson Lords of Serendipity | Randy Boyagoda (H) Hollywood Ending | John Green (T) Ripeness | Sarah Moss (H) Call off the Dark | Hallie Shepherd (T) Trust Fall | Lynn Painter (H) Current Read The Secret Dinner | Raphael Montez (T) Helpless | Jessica Knoll (H) Support the show Let's Connect... Email us at booktalketc@gmail BTE on Youtube Tina's TikTok , IG @tbretc YT @tbretc Hannah's TikTok , IG @hanpickedbooks Jonathan IG @infiltrate_jay Podcast IG @booktalketc Renee's Substack Newsletter , IG@Itsbooktalk
August 25, 202650min