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Book Talk, etc.

Tackling Our TBR Piles as We Close Out 2025 Reading

Book Talk, etc.

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks

Arts, Books

4.7667 Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Send us Fan Mail In Episode 228 of Book Talk Etc., Tina & Hannah talk about the books they are wanting to read before the end of the year, and sharing some goals they have as 2026 looms around the corner! 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 Hap...

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0:00.0

I love how I'm like, I'll dive right in.

0:04.0

I have no, I don't have it pulled up.

0:05.6

I got nothing.

0:06.3

Hold on.

0:08.6

Okay.

0:19.0

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

0:22.7

I'm Tina from TBR, et cetera.

0:25.0

And I'm Hannah from Handpicked Books.

0:27.0

This is a conversational podcast about books and more from two Midwest mood readers.

0:31.6

We're easily distracted by new releases.

0:34.0

And this week, we read books that we've been putting off all year.

0:37.0

If you enjoy listening, we'd love for you to follow us on Apple Podcasts or your favorite podcast app.

0:41.9

And if you have a quick minute, please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts or sharing us on social media.

0:47.0

It truly helps us connect with other book lovers.

0:50.4

Okay, everyone, before we're jumping to the show, I just wanted to let you know that we will be taking a little tiny break so you will not receive a new episode to leave the Thanksgiving on that Tuesday.

1:00.9

But we hope you have a wonderful holiday. We will be back in early December to talk all things, end of the year reading.

1:06.8

If you are a patron, you can expect our normal bonus content. And if you are not a patron and want to sign up on December 4th, we will be live reacting to the Goodreads Choice Award winners. And we can't wait to chat with you all then. I don't know. Did they get everything? Nice plug. That was good. Okay. Fantastic. Thank you. I was like, okay, quick. Say something about being off.

1:28.4

So I was like, could you do that last minute? Nice. I did. I did. It came from my brain,

1:32.7

which sometimes it's better for me to just talk on the fly and not have things written down.

1:39.0

Not overthink it. And that is certainly the case this week because I felt like I had so much to,

1:45.7

not even so much to say about my books, because honestly, I don't want to spoil it, but

1:52.2

these were easy books to talk about, put it that way. So I felt like I didn't need to put too much

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