Easily Distracted by New Releases & Coming Clean On Bad Bookish Behavior

Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

Arts, Books

4.7 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail In Episode 239 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah come clean about some of their “bad” bookish behaviors, and chat through their thoughts on some new releases they’ve read recently. If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon! Your membership includes access to bonus episodes like What’s in the Mailbag, Bookstore Browse: The Handsell, and Book Talk After Dark, invites to monthly community events like Mood Reader Happy Hour, and entry into our ...

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0:00.0	Look how great I turned out.
0:01.3	Look how great you turned out.
0:04.0	Humble.
0:04.8	So very humble.
0:05.7	And I'm Hannah.
0:19.1	I'm Hannah from TBR, etc.
0:22.9	And I'm Hannah from Handpicked Books.
0:27.5	This is a conversational podcast about books and more from two Midwest, nude readers.
0:29.4	We're easily distracted by any releases.
0:34.3	And this week, we are leaning into that love and reviewing some books that were recently published.
0:37.9	If you enjoy listening, we'd love for you to follow us on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. And if you have a quick minute, please consider leaving us a review on Apple
0:42.1	podcasts or sharing us on social media. It truly helps us connect with other book lovers.
0:47.3	Hey, Hannah. Hey, Tina. How's it going? Great. How are you? I'm doing okay. We are, well, are well not we actually i am solo parenting this week
0:59.1	so staying very busy and excited to take you know a little break to talk about books good i'm glad
1:06.2	you get to take that break it's always nice to have a built-in time where we get to just have a
1:10.2	little fun together agreed all is good over. We are thawing out a little bit. You know, it's above,
1:16.9	I think it's maybe 35, but maybe 40, approaching 40, but the snow is by and large melted.
1:23.5	I got to get a car wash yesterday. So I'm flying high, truly.
1:27.9	It's amazing what little it takes for us to feel like we're back.
1:32.3	Yeah, my window's open.
1:34.1	So I am feeling good and the sun is shining.
1:38.1	It is so good to see the sun and not have just a dreary, cloudy day. It's so nice. We had this on yesterday. I was like,
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