Reading Books with Buzzword Titles + Discussing Title Trends 🐝

Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

Arts, Books

4.7 • 667 Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail In Episode 215 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah are reading books with buzzword titles. From “Girls,” and “Daughters,” to “Night,” and “Dream,” we talk about those words that keep popping up in the titles of the books we love to read. 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 receiv...

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0:00.0	I think my kids have found the recorder, so that's fun.
0:03.5	Oh.
0:04.2	Oh, that's loud.
0:06.3	Uh-huh.
0:06.9	Okay.
0:07.5	Hold on.
0:21.5	Welcome to Book Talk, et cetera. podcast bound to grow your TBR.
0:23.7	I'm Tina from TBR, et cetera.
0:25.5	And I'm Hannah from Handpicked Books.
0:30.2	This is a conversational podcast about books and more from two Midwest, move readers.
0:32.1	We're easily distracted by new releases.
0:35.1	And today, we are talking about buzzwords and titles.
0:47.4	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 booklovers.
1:14.7	Hi, Hannah. Hi, Tina. How are you? I mean, I'm fine. You know, I'm excited to record. I'm excited to record and I am excited that school's coming back in session. I feel like, you know, I always talk about this, but I like a good schedule. And we have been working on getting my oldest up a little bit earlier, going to bed earlier, because, you know, that bus is coming quick in the morning.
1:16.4	Yeah, getting ready for that transition.
1:18.6	You can take the bus.
1:22.6	No, they might at some point.
1:30.5	But where we are currently, they can't do the bus because we live right on a hill. And if the bus is going to come to the house, it has to be within like 500 feet of, like there's be 500 feet of visibility on both sides.
1:36.7	And right now we don't have that because our driveway is literally on a hill. Right. So if the bus were to
1:42.2	stop, it's just not safe. It can't do it. Okay. Yeah. Can't do it. But we
1:45.5	would love that. And it might be a possibility in the future. I had initially signed up. I was like, oh, no, I'll drive her. And then I was like, why, though? Like, you can just walk to the corner. and it's a thing. It's, it's, it just blows my mind that she can ride the bus because she's baby. I know. It's
2:02.8	going to be great. But anyway, that's what I'm up to. I am reading wise in a shambles. I was just looking at my, still, I was just looking at my story graph and my overall rating is like a 3.9 or something for the year.
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