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Book Talk, etc.

A Celebration of BookTube and the Creators We Love

Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

Arts, Books

4.7667 Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail In Episode 222 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah dive into BookTube! We talk about creators that we love, Tina’s experience joining BookTube within the last year, and books that we have read and loved because of this online community. If you enjoy our commercial-free podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership will give you access to our exclusive bonus episodes, including Niche Novels, Books We DNFed, and What's in the Mailbag! Plus, you’ll receive ...

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0:00.0

As soon as it starts recording, we're not funny anymore.

0:03.0

Nope.

0:03.3

Never been funny a day in my life.

0:18.1

Welcome to Book Talk, Et cetera.

0:20.0

I'm Tina from TBR, et cetera.

0:22.1

And I'm Hannah from Handpicked Books.

0:24.2

This is a conversational podcast about books and more from two Midwest, mood readers who are easily distracted by new releases.

0:31.3

And today, we're talking about BookTube.

0:34.1

If you enjoy listening, we'd love for you to follow us on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.

0:38.7

And if you have a quick minute, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts or sharing us on social media.

0:44.2

It truly helps us connect with other book lovers.

0:46.8

Hey, everyone. It is the start of a brand new month, so we wanted to take the time to invite you to join us on Patreon.

0:53.1

Our Patreon is such a wonderful, supportive

0:55.6

community of readers. And if you ever wanted your reading to be more of a social experience,

1:00.6

this is a great way to find that connection. Becoming a patron is a great way to financially support

1:05.3

our work, meet other readers, and of course get access to our exclusive bonus contents.

1:12.4

For $5 a month, you will get access to our exclusive bonus contents. For $5 a month,

1:17.4

you will get access to two bonus episodes a month, one live event, as well as invites to our book talk, et cetera, Discord server, Facebook group, and our monthly community read. You also have

1:23.9

access to everything we've created since we've started, which is a ton at this point,

1:29.3

and you also help keep this main show ad-free.

1:32.3

Our October live event will be Mood Reader Happy Hour, and this one's so fun.

1:36.3

It's when everyone gets together to share their latest reads and maybe something they've been loving lately.

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