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Book Talk, etc.

Easily Distracted by New Releases & Vetting Books for Our Reading Lists

Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

Arts, Books

4.7667 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail In Episode 247 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah read some new releases as well as discuss how they decide what they are going to read, how they vet books before reading them + how reading book reviews transforms our own reading experiences. 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 comm...

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0:00.0

I love us little humans.

0:02.3

Me too.

0:03.0

For the most part.

0:14.8

Welcome to Book Talk, Et cetera, a podcast bound to grow your TBR.

0:18.9

I'm Tina from TBR, et cetera.

0:22.5

And I'm Hannah from handpicked books.

0:27.8

This is a conversational podcast about books and more from two Midwest nude readers. We're easily distracted by new releases. And this week, we read some new releases. If you enjoy listening,

0:32.9

we'd love for you to follow us on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. And if you have a

0:37.3

quick minute, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app. And if you have a quick minute,

0:37.8

please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts or sharing us on social media. It truly

0:42.3

helps us connect with other book lovers. Hey, Hannah. Hey, Tina. How are you today? Good. How are you

0:50.5

doing? I'm also doing good. It's a little bit of a rainy day, but I'm just excitedly and eagerly awaiting the Artemis II return, which is happening today as we're recording. So nervous and excited. I know. Same. I spent the morning first cutting my bangs, of course, as one does. And then arguing with Sam's Club, we had a very

1:13.7

old trampoline that we wanted to return because I no longer wanted it. Long story, but I'm

1:19.4

afraid of them now. And so I'm like, I want to return this. I'm talking. It took two hours of like debate

1:25.3

between the store and the managers but they ultimately decided to

1:28.8

return it so thanks sam's club for taking my trampoline from november 2023 we appreciate you

1:35.3

so i was very i was riding a high and plus you know wow good for you right if you ever shop at those

1:41.1

big box stores like sam's club or costco just looking at everything large, just, it really just gets me going. I mean, I was delighted with all the deals we got. So I'm riding a high. You love a good deal. I live for a deal. I love a steal. I love to tell you how much I paid for it. Like I just, I love, I love a bargain. How much you got off for it?

2:02.5

Oh, love a bargain. I love that for you. I take it. You didn't open it. Like you didn't take it out of the box.

2:08.9

No, we never took it out of the box.

2:10.8

If you want to type B for life over here, we left it in our garage.

2:14.9

And I'm like, this is taking up space.

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