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Book Talk, etc.

Easily Distracted By New Releases + Our Process for Starting New Books

Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

Arts, Books

4.7667 Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail In Episode 251 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah chat about some new book releases, as well as discuss the woes of starting a new book, and how they set themselves up for success when it comes to cracking open a new read. 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 Mo...

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1:18.6

Another sensory fun fact. Actually, it's happening right now. And my friend, Joey, I've known him since I was like 12. I have hyperhydrosis of the hands. My hands get very, very sweaty. And so every time he sees me and he's been doing this now for however many years, he'll just grab my hand and touch it because he's like, he knows if I talk about my hands being sweaty, they get sweaty. They get sweaty. And they're doing it right now, yes. And if you, you probably can't see on camera, but they get real glistening. It's the weirdest thing. Give us a close up for those watching, you know. Gorgeous. Look at the sheen. They're not as sweaty as they could be. Okay. Well, get to work. I know. Now that we're talking about it, it's really ratcheting up. Ratcheting. Ratcheting up. All right. Well, are you excited to talk about books? I am just so delighted. I'm so excited. I'm tickled. These might be the most unhinged books. No, actually, I switched one. I switched my latest read. But these are like weirdos. And you've heard me, anyway, you've probably heard me talk about them, a podcast bound to grow your TBR.

1:22.5

I'm Tina from TBR, et cetera.

1:24.5

And I'm Hannah from Handpicked Books.

1:26.3

This is a conversational podcast about books and more from two Midwest, new readers are easily distracted by new releases. And this week, we leaned in and we are sharing thoughts on some new releases. 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 Podcasts or sharing us on social media. It truly helps us connect with other book lovers.

1:53.4

Hi, Hannah. Hi. How are going? I'm like, why are you looking at me like that? You're like,

2:00.2

oh, look at the NCNU here, as though I didn't, you know, know, know you were on the mic across from me.

2:05.9

Yeah, fancy seeing you here. We've been chatting for a little bit already, but we're nice and excited. We're nice and activated, though. So I'm pretty punch. I feel like we're both in a good mood. Yeah, we're both

2:19.1

feeling good today. I'm just so happy to be here. Work has been so overwhelming for me the last few

2:25.1

weeks. And every time I get to hop on the mic instead, I'm like, you know what? I'm glad I'm in a

2:31.2

meeting that doesn't involve that stress. This is just fun.

2:35.8

This is just fun. I'm glad I can bring that fun for you. We were also commiserating on May itself being in one's mind every year. I'm like, oh, it'll be easy. You know, no, May is the most busy month because you're dealing with end of school year stuff, works busy.

2:54.5

I'm teaching.

2:55.8

I mean, you know, Jonathan has track and field.

2:59.1

It's a lot.

3:00.6

All good things, but also I'm like, oh.

3:02.4

It's just a lot.

3:03.3

Let's fit this in.

3:04.4

I have two hours in my week in which I can do this with you, Hannah, which one works. So happy that we both have that flexibility, though, and sort of get the busyness of it all. So if you two are busy listeners, we're right there with you. Hopefully our podcast can be a bomb for you and also relieve some stress. I'm going to dive into loving lately if it's all the same to you. Please do. Because

3:25.7

we're talking about being busy. And I'm so excited to officially finally share my planner.

3:32.3

This is the Habanichi cousin. Oh, nice. I went ahead. I'm showing it on camera. If you're watching us on

3:39.1

YouTube, I went ahead and did it. Now,

3:42.7

if you're not familiar with the culture, I should say, neither am I. I'm very new to the

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