In Episode 149 of Book Talk, Etc Tina and Hannah dive into their reading preferences. Additionally May is bursting with promising releases. They can't wait to share what has them excited this month.

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Loving Lately
Baby Reindeer (T)
Glocusent Upgraded LED Neck Reading Light (H)

Community Read Discussion
Sociopath | Patric Gagne (T + H 🎧)

Book Talk
Just for the Summer | Abby Jimenez (H)
Talking at Night | Claire Daverley (H)
The Paper Palace | Miranda Cowley Heller (H)
Razorblade Tears | S.A. Cosby (T)
I’m Thinking of Ending Things | Iain Reid (H)
The Nickel Boys | Colson Whitehead (H)
The Humans | Matt Haig (T)
Borne | Jeff Vandermeer (H)
When I Ran Away | Ilona Bannister (T)

May Books on the Radar
Shanghailanders | Juli Min (H)
Women and Children First | Alina Grabowski (T)
This Summer Will be Different | Carley Fortune (H)
The Lady Waiting | Magdalena Zyzak (T)
The Honey Witch | Sydney J. Shields (H)
The Deepest Lake | Andromeda Romano-Lax (T)
Vladivostok Circus | Elisa Shua Dusapin with Aneesa Abbas Higgins (H)
Oye | Melissa Mogollon (T)

Current Reads
Missing White Woman | Kellye Garrett (T)
Greenwich Park | Katherine Faulker (H) 🎧

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The show is off this week, but today Tina officially welcomes Hannah to the show. They chat about their vision for the show, what Hannah hopes to bring to the show, the genres she reads, and more.

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In Episode 148 of Book Talk, Etc (Renee’s last episode), Tina and Renee reminisce about their podcasting journey. They share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about favorite episodes and loving lately's. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!

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Loving Lately’s
Beyond All Repair Podcast (T)
Algenist Lip Serum (R)

Past Loving Lately’s
23:24 Chom Chom Pet Roller
Guard Your ID
AirPods Cleaner
Drybar Shower Cap
Shark cordless pet vac
Olive and June nail polish
Fantastic Fiction Website

Books Mentioned
Confessions | Kanae Manato
The Measure | Nikki ERlick
Birthday Girl | Niko Wolf
Like a House on Fire | Lauren McBrayer
Buzzword Episode - ep9
Stephen King Special
Universal Recommendations
Bookstore Browsing

Renee's Substack- itsbooktalk.substack.com
Renee’s Instagram - @itsbooktalk

37:17 Jaded | Ella Lee (T)
Bear | Julia Phillips (R)
51:50 Down River | John Hart (T)
The Last Child
The Unwilling
Find You First | Linwood Barclay (R) 🎧

Shelf Additions
The Sequel | Jean Hanff Korelitz (T)
The Tears of Dark Water | Corban Addison (R)

Hannah @hanpickedbooks

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In Episode 147 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee welcome new co-host Hannah. They share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about their first quarter reading. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!

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Loving Lately

Writech Pens (H)
Poete Scented Bookmarks (T)
Mel Robbins Podcast & workbook (R)

Book Talk

Scamanda Podcast

Bookmory App

The Storygraph

Battle of the Back Burners (@kellyhook.readsbooks)

The Women | Kristin Hannah

Father of the Rain | Lily King

Leaving | Roxana Robinson

James | Percival Everett

A Place for Us | Fatima Farheen Merza

The Frozen River | Ariel Lawton

Latest Reads

The Berry Pickers | Amanda Peters (H)

A Great Country | Shilpi Somaya Gowda (T)

Happiness Falls | Angie Kim

Mayluna | Kelley McNeil (R)

Daisy Jones and the Six

Songs in Ursa Major | Emma Brodie

The Idea of You | Robinne Lee

Lapvona | Ottessa Moshfegh (H)

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

The Gunners | Rebecca Lowman (T)

California Bear | Duane Swerzenski (R)

Shelf Additions

The Paris Novel | Ruth Reichl (H)

If the Tide Turns | Rachel Rueckert (T)

Love Letters to a Serial Killer | Tasha Coryell (R)

Hannah @hanpickedbooks

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Blackwells

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In Episode 146 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their new release reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about book blurbs. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!

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Loving Lately

Saving recs on Libib App (T)

The Women | Kristin Hannah

The Dust Child

Microwaveable booties (R)

Latest Reads

The Divorcees | Rowan Beard (T)

Sunburn | Laura Lippmann (R)

Book Talk

The Atlantic “The Blurb Problem Keeps Getting Worse”

Annie Bot | Sierra Greer (T)

The Backyard Bird Chronicles | Amy Tan (R)

What Happened to Nina? | Dervla McTiernan (T)

Colton Gentry’s Third Act | Jeff Zentner (R)

Shelf Additions

There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension | Hanif Abdurraqib

@lizisreading_

The Heart in Winter | Kevin Barry (R)

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In Episode 145 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share books they’ve been meaning to read. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about why books stay on their tbr's. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!

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Leaving | Roxana Robinson

Loving Lately
4:50 Good Molecules Eye Creme (T)
Forever Eye Mask
8:35 Palm Royale on Apple TV+ (R)
Mr & Mrs American Pie | Julie McDaniel

Latest Reads
10:55 The Women | Kristin Hannah (T)
In Memorium | Alice Winn
The Nightingale | Kristin Hannah
15:50 The Great Alone | KH
Night Road | KH
16:40 My Sunshine Away | M.O Walsh (R)

21:45 Book Talk
Night | Ellie Wiesel
The Rosary Girls | Richard Montanari
30:50 The Vegetarian | Han Kang (T)
35:10 Atonement | Ian McEwan (R) 🎧
40:40 CAWPILE review system
44:10 Data Baby | Susannah Breslin (T)
51:43 Station Eleven | Emily St John Mandel (R) 🎧
The Singer's Gun
The Stand | Stephen King

Shelf Additions
1:03:02 Forgotten Sisters | Cynthia Pelayo (T)
Zack @ry_reads
1:05:10 Tell Me Who You Are | Louisa Luna (R)

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In Episode 144 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their anticipated April reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about upcoming show changes. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!

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Loving Lately
2:50 The Crown (Netflix) (T)
5:40 CND Solar Oil Cuticle Pen (R)

Latest Reads
7:42 She Started It| Sian Gilbert (T)
12:10 After Annie | Anna Quindlen (R) 🎧

April Books
17:40 Sociopath | Patrick Gagne (T)
20:51 Wild Life Finding My Purpose in an Untamed World | Rae Wynn-Grant (R)
22:58 The Sleepwalkers | Scarlett Thomas (T)
24:53 The Cemetery of Untold Stories| Julia Alvarez (R)
27:35 The Gathering| CJ Tudor (T)
The Drift
29:45 Days of Wonder | Caroline Leavitt (R)
32:14 Darling Girls | Sally Hepworth (T)
33:58 Granite Harbor | Peter Nichols (R)

36:25 Book Talk

Hannah @hanpickedbooks

Renee's Email - itsbooktalk@gmail.com

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In Episode 143 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their recent reads by female authors. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about 10 of their favorite debuts. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!

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Loving Lately
2:15 Little Sleepies (T)
4:49 Books Are My People podcast (Feb 26 episode)
Leaving | Roxana Robinson

Latest Reads
7:06 The One | John Marrs (T)
10:00 Manifest in Action | Roxie Nafousi (R)
Manifest
Big Magic | Elizabeth Gilbert

14:50 Book Talk - Fav female authors
Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi (T)
Mother in the Dark | Kayla Maiuri (R)
The Girl With the Louding Voice | Abi Dare (T)
Rootless | Kyrstle Zara Appeigh (R)
18:16 Luster | Raven (T)
What Beauty There Is | Cory Anderson (R)
20:34 Migrations | Charlotte McConaghy (T)
21:15 Finding Mrs Ford | Deborah Goodrich Royce (R)
Sometimes I Lie | Alice Feeney (T)
Take It Back | Kia Abdullah (R)

23:58 I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself | Marissa Crane (T)
27:47 Still See You Everywhere | Lisa Gardner (R) 🎧
33:33 Listen for the Lie | Amy Tinterra (T) 🎧
37:28 Sweetwater | Roxana Robinson (R)

Shelf Additions
42:52 And So I Roar | Abi Dare (T)
44:49 The Wedding People | Alison Espach (R)

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