Easily Distracted by New Releases + Our Bookish Ins and Outs for 2026

Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

Arts, Books

4.7 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail In Episode 230 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah discuss their thoughts on some new releases that they have read recently, and also dive into their bookish related ins and outs for 2026! 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 invites to monthly events like Mood Reader Happy...

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0:00.0	Oh, did you hear that?
0:02.1	Yes. What was that?
0:03.3	I don't like that.
0:07.7	Sorry.
0:09.3	The mic picked that up.
0:11.0	Welcome to Book Talk, Et cetera, a podcast bound to grow your TBR.
0:27.8	I'm Tina from TBR, et cetera.
0:30.1	And I'm Hannah from Handpicked Books.
0:32.0	This is a conversational podcast about books and more from two Midwest mood readers who are easily distracted by new releases.
0:38.9	And this week, we read some new releases and we'll be sharing our thoughts on them.
0:42.8	If you enjoy listening, we'd love for you to follow us on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.
0:47.9	And if you have a quick minute and love our show, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts
0:52.5	or sharing us on social media. It truly
0:54.5	helps us connect with other book lovers.
0:59.0	Hey, Hannah. Hi, Tina. How are you? I am good. I'm excited to be recording today. I've got a lot
1:06.7	to say. How are you doing? Me too. Yeah. I'm also doing good and also really excited to talk about
1:14.1	my new releases because I loved both of my picks today. And they're both totally different books.
1:19.5	Fantastic. I love when that happened. I have one that many people have heard me talk a little bit
1:24.4	about, but then I have one that nobody knows my thoughts on and I have so much to say about it, it's going to be polarizing. So I'm excited to get through on,
1:33.4	or to get to that one. I am excited that you are talking about a polarizing book.
1:39.1	It's polarizing. Thoughts. I'm excited. Yay. I've got to, yeah, it's going to be, yeah, it'll be a good one to review.
1:47.0	And we are fresh off of, we recorded live last night or we were on live on our YouTube
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