In Episode 130 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their picks for overhyped and under hyped books of 2023. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and shelf additions. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!
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Loving Lately
2:30 Baum Designs on Etsy (T)
4:30 Sleep eye mask (R)
Latest Reads
7:00 Foe | Iain Reid (T)
10:45 The Vanishing Hour | Serpahina Nova Glass (R)
Such a Good Wife
15:09 Book Talk
Overhyped
31:54 None of This is True | Lisa Jewell (T)
33:45 Shark Heart | Emily Habeck (R)
35:13 I Have Some Questions for You | Rebecca Makkai (T)
37:40 Trust | Hernan Diaz (R)
38:09 The Villa | Rachel Hawkins (T)
40:27 Pineapple Street | Jenny Jackson (R)
The Coworker | Freida McFadden (T)
The Housemaid's Secret
The Housemaid
Never Lie
44:08 Yellowface | R.F.Kuang (R)
Age of Vice | Deepti Kapoor (T)
47:40 Tom Lake | Ann Patchett (R)
Underhyped
50:09 Wednesdays at One | Sandra Miller (T)
Moby Dyke | Krista Burton (R)
Farrell Covington & the Limits of Style | Paul Rudnick (T)
An Honest Man | Michael Koryta (R)
What the Dead Know | Barbara Butcher (T)
A Flaw in the Design | Nathan Oates (R)
Rootless | Krystle Zara Appiah (T)
The Book of (More) Delights | Ross Gay (R)
Adrift | Lisa Brudeau (T)
August Blue | Deborah Levy (R)
Deserved the Hype
Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros
Holly| Stephen King
Bright Young Women| Jessica Knoll
Spare | Prince Harry
The Woman in Me | Britney Spears
The House of Eve | Sadeka Johnson
Go As a River | Shelly Reed
The Vaster Wilds | Lauren Groff
Happy Place | Emily Henry
Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano
1:14:30 2024 Predicted to be Hyped
End of Story | AJ Finn (R)
Wandering Stars| Tommy Orange (T)
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