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Listeners Pick Our Books + Even More Ask Us Anything Jun 14, 2022

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In Episode 56 of Book Talk, etc Tina and Renee share what they're loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about books that their listeners picked for them.
**If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, + our ALL NEW CRIMINALLY BOOKED! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & our NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!
Loving Lately
Duolingo (T)
Backpacking Kitty (Instagram & Tik Tok) (R)
Latest Read
Remarkably Bright Creatures | Shelby Van Pelt (T)
Yerba Buena | Nina LaCour 🎧 (R)
Like A House on Fire | Lauren McBrayer
Book Talk
Nonbook podcasts
Bitch Sesh
Everything Iconic
Forever 35
Absolutely Not
My Favorite Murder
Top 4
The Goal Digger Podcast
School of Podcasting
And Just Like That
This Morning Walk
We Can Do Hard Things
Novel Suspects
Finding Me |Viola Davis
The Lost Summers of Newport | Beatriz Williams, Lauren Willeg, Karen White (T)
Charter Books
The Expatriates |Janice Y.K. Lee 🎧 (R)
Flying Solo |Linda Holmes 🎧(T)
Evvie Drake Starts Over
Vacationland |Meg Mitchell More 🎧 (R)
Shelf Additions
Nevada | Imogen Binnie
Last Call at the Nightingale |Katharine Schellman (R)
Live By Night |Dennis Lehane
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Connect with us on social media! On Instagram, Tina @Tbretc, Renee @Itsbooktalk, and the podcast is @booktalketc
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Book Club Books For Great Conversations Jun 07, 2022

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In Episode 55 of Book Talk, etc Tina and Renee share what they're loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about books that would be great for book clubs.
**If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, + our ALL NEW CRIMINALLY BOOKED! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & our NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!
Loving Lately
2:22 Algenist SPLASH Absolute Hydration Replenishing Emulsion (R)
4:38 Secrets of the Zoo (T)
Latest Reads
7:28 Hidden Pictures | Jason Rekulak (R) 🎧
13:51 How to Keep House While Drowning | KC Davis (T) 🎧
14:56 Domestic Blisters Tik Tok
18:53 Book Talk
32:53 The Dive From Clausen’s Pier | Ann Packer (R) 🎧
39:17 We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves | Karen Joy Fowler (T)
42:34 Girls with Bright Futures | Tracy Dobmeier & Wendy Katzman (R) 🎧
Author’s book club event guide
Katie @basicbsguide
42:54 Admission| Julie Buxbaum
49:08 After Francesco | Brian Malloy (T)
A Little Life | Hanya Yanagihara
The Great Believers | Rebecca Makkai
Shelf Additions
54:08 The Confession | Jessie Burton (R)
@Genevieve.reading
56:26 The Surrogate | Toni Halleen (T)
*The book titles listed are linked to Amazon Affiliates, where we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thanks for your support!
Connect with us on social media! On Instagram, Tina @Tbretc, Renee @Itsbooktalk, and the podcast is @booktalketc
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Summer Bonanza II: 20 Books to Read This Summer! May 31, 2022

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In Episode 54 of Book Talk, etc Tina and Renee share what they're loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and highlight 20 upcoming summer releases they can't wait to read.
**If you enjoy the podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, + our ALL NEW CRIMINALLY BOOKED! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & our NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!
4:45 Carrie Soto is Back | Taylor Jenkins Reid
Loving Lately
5:11 Taylor Wynn on You Tube (T)
7:25 Athleta Seasoft Straight Pant (R)
Latest Reads
10:10 The House Across the Lake | Riley Sager (T) 🎧
14:33 Necessary People | Anna Pitoniak (R) 🎧
#Dearbasicbuddyread on IG
18:15 The Morning Show Apple TV
19:00 Book Talk
24:49 Summer Books
24:52 Aurora | David Koepp (T)
26:29 Counterfeit | Kirstin Chen (R)
29:20 More Than You'll Every Know | Katie Gutierrez (T)
31:30 The Last Resort |Sarah Stodola (R)
34:29 The Lifestyle | Taylor Hahn (T)
36:19 Last Couple Standing |Matthew Norman
36:49 The Angel of Rome |Jess Walter (R)
39:22 Body Grammar |Jules Ohman (T)
41:03 Acts of Violet |Margarita Montimore (R)
43:36 NSFW |Isabel Kaplan (T)
45:49 Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow |Gabrielle Zevin (R)
48:48 Groupies |Sarah Priscus (T)
50:48 First Born |Will Dean (R)
52:23 A Hundred Other Girls |Iman Hariri-Kia
54:49 The It Girl |Ruth Ware (R)
57:07 Kismet |Amina Akhtar (T)
58:19 Nine Perfect Strangers
58:52 The Work Wife |Alison Hart (R)
1:01:17 The Force of Such Beauty |Barbara Bourland (T)
1:02:52 Dirt Creek |Hayley Scrivener (R)
1:04:25 My Dirty California|Jason Mosberg (T)
1:06:16 Girl, Forgotten |Karen Slaughter (R)
*The book titles listed are linked to Amazon Affiliates, where we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thanks for your support!
Connect with us on social media! On Instagram, Tina @Tbretc, Renee @Itsbooktalk, and the podcast is @booktalketc
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Ask Us Anything + Beach Reads May 24, 2022

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In Episode 53 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee answer YOUR questions! They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about beach reads
**If you enjoy our podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, & Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, plus fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & our BRAND NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons & we just introduced reading parties🎉- all for just $5 a month!
Loving Lately
3:08 Our Listeners! Thank you for an amazing first year
Latest Reads
4:57 Rough Draft | Katie Tur (T)
10:05 Take Your Breath Away | Linwood Barclay (R)🎧
15:26 Find You First |Linwood Barclay
15:40 No Time for Goodbye |LB
17:43 Book Talk
26:54 Behind the Scene of BTE
41:50 Unlikely Animals | Annie Hartnett
42:07 I Came All This Way to Meet You | Jami Attenberg
42:16 The Island | Karen Jennings
43:14 Midlife Bites | en Mann
43:40 A Murder Mystery Tour | Marian Babson
44:27 We Are Not Like Them |Christine Pride, Jo Piazza
47:42 Our dream guests?
48:20 Bitch Sesh Podcast
51:30 A Million Little Pieces|James Frey
52:07 Our Goals
56:28 Celebrity Book Club Episode
57:12 Stephen King Special
58:40 Books We Disagree on Patreon Episode
1:00:41 Finding Me |Viola Davis
1:02:13 Stacy @Prose_and_Palate w/Oprah
1:02:40 The Measure |Nikki Erlick
1:06:42 Jonathan Joins Us
1:09:49 The Black Death |Rosemary
1:11:18 The Edge Question Series |John Brockman
1:19:02 Nothing to See Here | Kevin Wilson (Tina's Ennegram book rec)
1:20:56 The Art of Racing in the Rain |Garth Stein (Renee's Ennagram Rec)
1:24:08 Beach Reads
1:26:10 Love, Lists, and Fancy Ships |Sarah Grunder Ruiz (T)
1:29:10 London is the Best City in America |Laura Dave🎧(R)
1:32:25 One of Us is Dead |Geneva Rose (T)
1:38:31 Judgement| Joseph Finder (R)🎧
1:43:13 Whistleblower|Susan Fowler
Shelf Additions
1:43:22 Luck and Last Resorts| Sarah Grunder Ruiz (T)
1:45:59 Damascus Station| David McCloskey (R)
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Advanced Screening: New Books for Your Summer Reading! May 17, 2022

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In Episode 52 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share upcoming releases . They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about motherhood trends in fiction
**If you enjoy our podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, What's in the Mailbag, & Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, plus fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & our BRAND NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons & we just introduced reading parties🎉- all for just $5 a month!
Loving Lately
2:57 Vacay All Day Face Set
7:20 Topo Chico Hard Seltzer
Latest Reads
10:45 I Must Betray You| Ruta Sepetys (R) 🎧
16:26 Fountains of Silence | Ruta Sepetys
16:43 The Murder Rule | Dervla McTiernan (T) 🎧
22:40 Book Talk
26:05 People.com
26:11 Ew.com
26:56 Kirkus
27:00 Edelweiss
28:26 Page 1
28:34 Book of the month
33:17 Does The Dog Die.com
34:16 The Measure | Nikki Erlick (R) 🎧
44:09 The Lies I Tell | Julie Clark (T)
46:32 The Last Flight | Julie Clark
47:23 Last Summer on State Street | Toya Wolfe (R) 🎧
54:05 The Last Housewife | Ashley Winstead (T)
54:42 In My Dreams I Hold a Knife | Ashley Winstead
Shelf Additions
58:44 Geiger | Gustaf Skordeman (R)
1:01:58 Novel Suspects
1:02:12 Hokuloa Road | Elizabeth Hand (T)
Connect with us on social media! On Instagram, Tina @Tbretc, Renee @Itsbooktalk, and the podcast is @booktalketc
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Mommy Dearest: Complicated Motherhood Stories May 10, 2022

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In Episode 51 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share books involving mothers. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about motherhood trends in fiction
**If you enjoy our podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We have great bonus episodes including Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, Even More Best of the Year, Backlist Book Club, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, Mood Reader Happy Hour, a private Facebook group & our BRAND NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons, and more- all for just $5 a month!
Loving Lately
2:40 Lake Time Supply (R)
6:35 Dupes for Apple Airpod Pros (T)
Latest Reads
10:50 Finding Me | Viola Davis (T) 🎧
13:00 How to Get Away With Murder
14:30 Speak | Tunde Oyeneyin (R) 🎧
18:50 Peloton App
21:55 Book Talk
27:45 Article about motherhood
28:07 The Push |Ashley Audrain
29:31 Bomb Shelter |Mary Laura Philpott
29:36 Untamed |Glennon Doyle
30:00 You Got Anything Stronger |Gabrielle Union
30:36 When I Ran Away | Ilona Banister
30:51 The Mothers|Brit Bennett
31:01 The Light Between Oceans|M. L. Stedman
31:12 Little Secrets |Jennifer Hillier
31:35 Mary Jane |Jessica Anye Blau
31:45 Confessions |Kanae Minato
31:58 Like A House on Fire |Lauren McBrayer
32:04 The World That We Knew |Alice Hoffman
32:16 The Unbreakables |Lisa Barr
32:26 The Late Lamented Molly Marx |Sally Koslow
32:46 An Untamed State |Roxane Gay
33;21 The Paper Palace |Miranda Cowley Heller
33:42 Catch Us When We Fall |Juliette Fay (T)
Reminders of Him |Colleen Hoover
38:12 The End of Her |Shari Lapena (R) 🎧
40:12 Unmissing |Minka Kent
45:03 Not a Happy Family, Someone We Know, A Stranger in the House
45:44 An Unthinkable Thing |Nicole Lundrigan (T)
49:41 Tomorrow There Will Be Sun |Dana Reinhardt (R) 🎧
Shelf Additions
58:17 Rough Draft|Katie Turr (T)
1:00:31 Disappeared|Bonnar Spring
Connect with us on social media! On Instagram, Tina @Tbretc, Renee @Itsbooktalk, and the podcast is @booktalketc
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Authors We've Been Meaning to Read & Finally Did! May 03, 2022

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In Episode 50 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share a few books by authors they've been meaning to read. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about authors, book signings, and festivals
**If you enjoy our podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We'd love for you to join our Book Talk community! We have great bonus episodes including Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, Even More Best of the Year, Backlist Book Club, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, Mood Reader Happy Hour, an engaging private Facebook group & our BRAND NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons, and more- all for just $5 a month!
Loving Lately
4:53 Author Events (T)
7:16 Clinique Chubby Stick Eye Shadow Tint (R)
9:14 Thrive's Brilliant Eye Brightener
Latest Reads
10:12 Whistleblower | Susan Fowler (T) 🎧
12:24 Cover Story | Susan Rigetti
The Silence Breakers Article
11:45 Educated |Tara Westover
Know My Name |Chanel Miller
15:25 Blood Sugar |Sascha Rothchild (R) 🎧
15:38 Kailey @kmc_reads
Katie @basicbsguide
19:37 You Series |Caroline Kepnes
19:47 For Your Own Good |Samantha Downing
21:01 Book Talk
23:28 Blonde | Joyce Carol Oates
24:41 Rules of Civility | Amor Towles
25:19 Maine | J Courtney Sullivan
25:35 Salvage the Bones | Jesmyn Ward
26:00 My Name is Lucy Barton/ Olive Kitterage | Elizabeth Strout
27:12 Booksigningcentral.com
27:54 Book Riot Book Festivals in 2022
29:10 Bookreporter.com book festivals
32:12 Girls Night Out | Liz Fenton Lisa Steinke
33:12 Magnolia Palace |Fiona Davis (T) 🎧
36:42 Jericho's Fall | Stephen Carter 🎧
42:00 So Happy for You | Celia Laskey
45:47 No Time for Goodbye | Linwood Barclay 🎧
Shelf Additions
51:12 Two Little Girls | Laura Jarratt (T)
53:01 The Lunar Housewife | Caroline Woods (R)
@Zackary.goodreads
@Genevieve.reading
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May Books On The Radar Apr 26, 2022

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In Episode 48 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share a few of their anticipated May Releases. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about various aspects of their reading lives
**If you enjoy our podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We'd love for you to join our Book Talk community! We have great bonus episodes including Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, Even More Best of the Year, Backlist Book Club, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, Mood Reader Happy Hour, an engaging private Facebook group & our BRAND NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons, and more- all for just $5 a month!
Loving Lately
The Bad Vegan on Netflix (T)
Broward County Online Library Card (R)
Latest Reads
You Made a Fool of Death with Your Beauty | Akwaeke Emezi (T)
City on Fire | Don Winslow 🎧 (R)
The Power of the Dog (Cartel bk 1)
Book Talk
Book Buddy App
Chom Chom Pet Roller
Netgalley
Edelweiss
Breathless | Amy McCullough (T)
The Summer Place | Jennifer Weiner (R)
That Summer | Jennifer Weiner 🎧
Big Summer | JW
The Cherry Robbers | Sarai Walker (T)
Every Summer After | Carley Fortune (R)
One Day | David Nicholls
28 Summers | Elin Hilderbrand
Hide | Kirsten White (T)
The Wanderers | Chuck Wendig
Fierce Kingdom | Gin Phillips
Two Nights in Lisbon | Chris Pavone (R)
The Ex-Pats | Chris Pavone
Sinkhole | Davis Breier (T)
On Gin Lane | Brooke Lea Foster (R)
Summer Darlings | Brooke Lea Foster
Mary Jane | Jessica Anya Blau
The Lioness | Chris Bohjalin (T)
Midlife Bites | Jen Mann 🎧
Connect with us on social media! On Instagram, Tina @Tbretc, Renee @Itsbooktalk, and the podcast is @booktalketc
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Easily Distracted by New Releases Part II Apr 19, 2022

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In Episode 47 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent new release reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk what distracts them in their reading lives
**If you enjoy our podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We'd love for you to join our Book Talk community! We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, Even More Best of the Year, Backlist Book Club, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, Mood Reader Happy Hour, an engaging private Facebook group & our BRAND NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons, and more- all for just $5 a month!
2:21 Perfect Days | Raphael Montes
Loving Lately
4:29 Rothy’s Flats in Desert Cat (T) Referral Code
8:23 DryBar Shower Cap (R)
Latest Reads
10:46 The Good Son | You-Jeong Jeong (T) 🎧
14:26 Out | Natsuo Kirino
14:58 Confessions | Kanae Minuto
16:20 The Lifeguards | Amanda Eyre Ward (R) 🎧
20:21 Big Little Lies | Liane Moriarty
23:08 The Jetsetters | Amanda Eyre Ward
Leslie @Lesliedawn72
Book Talk
37:23 The Wild Girls | Phoebe Morgan (T)
42:53 Unlikely Animals | Annie Hartnett (R) 🎧
49:31 Love and Other Disasters | Anita Kelly (T)
Aimee @aimzthereader
54:50 Cover Story | Susan Rigetti 🎧 (R)
1:01:04 My Friend Anna | Rachel DeLoache Williams
Inventing Anna on Netflix
Shelf Additions
1:03:02 Hope and Glory | Jendella Bensen (T)
_lalabear on Ig
1:05:16 Look Closer | David Ellis (R)
Other Mentions
@Zackary.goodreads & Genevieve.reading
Connect with us on social media! On Instagram, Tina @Tbretc, Renee @Itsbooktalk, and the podcast is @booktalketc
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Revenge Reads; Will We Ever Get Tired of Vengeful Books? Apr 12, 2022

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In Episode 46 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent revenge reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and have book talk about revenge and why it seems to be a popular theme in books ?
**If you enjoy our podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon ! We'd love for you to join our Book Talk community! We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, Books We Disagreed On, Even More Best of the Year, Backlist Book Club, Second Year Spoiler Author Chat, Mood Reader Happy Hour, an engaging private Facebook group & our BRAND NEW DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons, and more- all for just $5 a month!
**The story in Your House Will Pay is inspired by the killing of Latasha Harlins (not Harris)
Loving Lately
5:25 Mukoko 32 oz Glass Water Bottle (T)
7:45 This Morning Walk Podcast (R)
Do/Walk | Libby DeLana
Alex Elle on Instagram
Latest Reads
11:45 A Novel Obsession | Caitlin Barasch (T)
17:48 Bomb Shelter | Mary Laura Philpott 🎧 (R)
I Miss You When I Blink | Mary Laura Philpott 🎧
23:06 Book Talk
27:30 Carrie | Stephen King
27:52 Confessions | Kanae Minato
28:12 Razorblade Tears | S.A. Cosby
28:27 The Collective | Alison Gaylin
32:46 Different Class | Joanne Harris
33:39 The Count of Monte Cristo | Alexandre Dumas père
34:45 Vicious | VE Schwab
34:50 Atonement | Ian McEwan
35:17 When the Reckoning Comes | LaTanya McQueen (T)
40:02 The Stranger Behind You | Carole Goodman (R) 🎧
45:02 Your House Will Pay | Steph Cha (T) 🎧
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Latasha_Harlins
45:17 Long Way Down | Jason Reynolds
50:45 An Elderly Lady is Up to No Good | Helen Tursten (R) 🎧
Shelf Additions
54:48 The Wild One | Colleen Mckeegan (T)
56:42 Trust | Hernan Diaz (R)
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