Our Overhyped and Underhyped Picks for 2023

In Episode 130 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their picks for overhyped and under hyped books of 2023. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and shelf additions. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!

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2:30 Baum Designs on Etsy (T)

4:30 Sleep eye mask (R)

Latest Reads

7:00 Foe | Iain Reid (T)

10:45 The Vanishing Hour | Serpahina Nova Glass (R)

Such a Good Wife

15:09 Book Talk

Overhyped

31:54 None of This is True | Lisa Jewell (T)

33:45 Shark Heart | Emily Habeck (R)

35:13 I Have Some Questions for You | Rebecca Makkai (T)

37:40 Trust | Hernan Diaz (R)

38:09 The Villa | Rachel Hawkins (T)

40:27 Pineapple Street | Jenny Jackson (R)

The Coworker | Freida McFadden (T)

The Housemaid's Secret

The Housemaid

Never Lie

44:08 Yellowface | R.F.Kuang (R)

Age of Vice | Deepti Kapoor (T)

47:40 Tom Lake | Ann Patchett (R)

Underhyped

50:09 Wednesdays at One | Sandra Miller (T)

Moby Dyke | Krista Burton (R)

Farrell Covington & the Limits of Style | Paul Rudnick (T)

An Honest Man | Michael Koryta (R)

What the Dead Know | Barbara Butcher (T)

A Flaw in the Design | Nathan Oates (R)

Rootless | Krystle Zara Appiah (T)

The Book of (More) Delights | Ross Gay (R)

Adrift | Lisa Brudeau (T)

August Blue | Deborah Levy (R)

Deserved the Hype

Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros

Holly| Stephen King

Bright Young Women| Jessica Knoll

Spare | Prince Harry

The Woman in Me | Britney Spears

The House of Eve | Sadeka Johnson

Go As a River | Shelly Reed

The Vaster Wilds | Lauren Groff

Happy Place | Emily Henry

Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano

1:14:30 2024 Predicted to be Hyped

End of Story | AJ Finn (R)

Wandering Stars| Tommy Orange (T)

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