Okay, feeling scattered, will persevere.

That's our mantra for 2026.

Literally.

Oh, okay.

Feeling scattered will persevere.

Cheers to that.

Cheers to that.

It's all we can do, right?

Okay.

Welcome to Book Talk, Et cetera, a podcast found to grow your TBR. I'm Tina from TBR, et cetera.

And I'm Hannah from Handpicked Books. This is a conversational podcast about books and more from two Midwest mood readers who are easily distracted by new releases.

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book lovers. Hey, Hannah. Hey, Tina. Are you so excited? Oh my gosh. I'm so excited. Yes, I am ready.

Frankly, though, here's the thing. I feel I'm just going to get right into it. I feel like I've been making so much content lately and looking at these same books over and over. I'm like, I'm ready to put this year to bad. Not like the year itself, but these particular group of books, they're excellent. Don't get me wrong. But I'm like, let's close this chapter. You know what I mean? I hear you. I haven't made my end of your content yet. So I just put my list together today. And then I'm planning on kind of putting together some content after this. So I'm in a little bit of a different position, but I hear you because I feel like once you get to that point where you've made

all of your end of your lists, you've made all of your videos, all of your posts, you get so

excited for the next year and you're ready to just say, okay, good night. We're ready to be done.

Thank you for your service. Moving on to the next one, because of course, right? But no, I'm good. I'm excited to share these titles. And I tend to be a reader that typically reads until like the 31st of December, right? To find my next great read, add one to the list. Not this year, though. I honestly am like feeling settled. I'm like, I think I've got it. I don't know if I'm going to finish another book this year. Like, I really might not. I'll probably start some. But I'm like, right now I have a good round number. And so for me, I'm like, I've done it. I'm good. This year, let's move on to next year. But anyway, these are the problems we struggle with.

Are you at 130 exactly? 160. Oh my gosh. Yes. I knocked so my goal. My goal was 150.

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