A conversational podcast about books and more from two Midwest mood readers who are easily distracted by new releases.
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!
**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!
Loving Lately
Writech Pens (H)
Poete Scented Bookmarks (T)
Mel Robbins Podcast & workbook (R)
Book Talk
Scamanda Podcast
Bookmory App
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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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!
**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!
Loving Lately
Saving recs on Libib App (T)
The Women | Kristin Hannah
The Dust Child
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
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!
**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!
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!
**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!
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 - [email protected]
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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!
**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!
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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In Episode 142 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, and have book talk about the state of their new release reading. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!
**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!
Loving Lately
3:55 Paula’s Choice Skin Perfecting (T)
Facial cotton pads
7:00 bookgirlsguide.com (R)
Best books of 2014
Latest Reads
10:46 Perfect Parents | L.G. Davis (T)
15:08 Mrs Gulliver | Valerie Martin (R) 🎧
20:34 Book Talk
22:30 Dixon Descending | Karen Outen (T)
Midnight | Amy McCullough
23:00 Leaving | Roxana Robinson (R)
Holiday Country | Inci Atrek
24:58 Poor Deer | Claire Oshtesky
30:22 Come and Get It | Kiley Reid (T)
Such a Fun Age
34:17 The Trail of Lost Hearts | Tracy Garvis Graves (R) 🎧
Amy @novelgossip
38:22 James | Percival Everett (T)
Erasure
The Underground Railroad | Colson Whitehead
43:10 Kill for Me Kill For You | Steve Cavanagh (R)
Shelf Additions
48:27 House of Glass | Sarah Pekkanen (T)
49:29 All the Colors of the Dark | Chris Whitaker (R)
Tall Oaks
All the Wicked Girls
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In Episode 141 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their bookstore browse reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about bookstore browsing. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!
**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!
Patreon episode with Greer from Athena Books
Loving Lately
4:11 The NYTimes Game App
6:33 Workin Moms (Netflix)
Search Party
Latest Reads
11:10 Midnight | Amy McCullough (T)
15:00 Same As It Ever Was | Claire Lombardo (R)
21:50 Book Talk
Exile Bookstore
American Daughters | Maurice Carlos Ruffin
26:09 Parakeet | Marie Helene- Bertino
The Extinction of Irena Rey | Jennifer Croft
Powells.com
Sleeping Giants | Rene Denfeld
Good Material | Dolly Alderton (T)
37:33 While Idaho Slept: The Hunt for Answers in the Murders of Four College Students | J Reuben Appelman (R) 🎧
Meredith @currentlyreadingpodcast
44:43 Dixon Descending | Karen Outen (T)
Into Thin Air | John Krakauer
The Sun Does Shine | Anthony Ray Hinton
Foster | Claire Keegan (R) 🎧
53:53 Shelf Additions
Docile | Hyeseung Song (T)
The Truth About the Devlins | Lisa Scottoline (R)
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In Episode 140 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their anticipated March reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest, and current reads. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!
**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!
Loving Lately
2:50 Reese Teesa on Tik Tok- Who TF Did I Marry? (T)
9:15 Kitchen Aid Food Processor (R)
Protein bar recipe (instagram) - from Real Roots Kitchen
Latest Reads
13:28 Last Call at the Local | Sarah Grunder Ruiz (T)
17:00 A Knock At Midnight : A Story of Hope, Justice, and Freedom | Brittany K Barnett 🎧
Book Talk
21:19 Baby X | Kira Peikoff (T)
23:20 Change | Édouard Louis (R)
Dominos | Phoebe McIntosh (T)
27:10 Women of Good Fortune | Sophie Wan (R)
29:26 Great Expectations | Vinson Cunningham (T)
James | Percival Everett (R)
32:50 The Divorcees | Rowen Beaird (T)
Everyone Is Watching | Heather Gudenkauf (R)
Like Happiness| Ursula Villarreal Moura (T)
38:59 Rabbit Heart: A Mother's Murder, a Daughter's Story | Kristine S. Ervin (R)
Current Reads
Come & Get It | Kiley Reid (T)
Such a Fun Age
Same As It Ever Was | Claire Lombardo (R)
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In Episode 139 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their possible 5+ star reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about trying to find 5-star reads. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW/SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!
**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!
Loving Lately
Bear Brook Season 2 Podcast (T)
Loudermilk (Netflix) (R)
Latest Reads
How the Word is Passed | Clint Smith (T)
Lone Wolf | Gregg Hurwitz (R)
Book Talk
A Place for Us | Fatima Farheen Mirza
Razorblade Tears | SA Cosby
Migrations | Charlotte McConaghy
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow | Gabrielle Zevin
A Little Life | Hanya Yanigahara
Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver
The Heart’s Invisible Furies | John Boyne
One Day | David Nicholls
Good Morning Midnight | Lily Brooks-Dalton (T)
Finding Sophie| Imran Mahmoud (R)
Homegoing | Yaa Gyasi (T)
Father of the Rain | Lily King (R)
Shelf Additions
What You Leave Behind | Wanda Morris (T)
The Briar Club | Kate Quinn (R)
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In Episode 138 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Renee share their recent complicated love story reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about what makes a good complicated story. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!
**If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive Audiobook Guide and bonus episodes, including Books We DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, and Criminally Booked! Plus, invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Bookstore Browsing, and a private Facebook group and Discord server where you can interact with other fans of the show... all for just $5 a month!
Loving Lately
2:34 Cheesegal on TikTok and Instagram (T)
6:05 Ann Patchett’s Laydown Diaries and New to You recs (R)
Latest Reads
8:43 Perfectly Nice Neighbors | Kia Abdullah (T)
13:21 My Husband | Maud Ventura (R)
Sara @fictionmatters
Book Talk
19:03 Article
Now You See Me | Sharon Bolton
29:29 All the Ugly and Wonderful Things | Bryn Greenwood (T)
34:26 Leaving by Roxana Robinson (R)
41:09 A Place for Us | Fatima Farheen Mirza (T)
47:15 Fates and Furies | Lauren Groff (R)
Shelf Additions
52:29 Only for the Weak | Natasha Bishop (T)
54:00 Kill for Me Kill for You | Steve Cavanagh (R)
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Podcast IG @booktalketc
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