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Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks Season 1 Episode 247

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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.

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Loving Lately

Frixion Erasable Pen (T)

The Folio Society (H)


Latest Read

A Sharp Endless Need | Mac Crane (T)

Euphoria | Lily King

I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself 

The Gifts of Imperfection | Brene Brown (H)

Daring Greatly


New Releases

Boring Asian Female | Canwen Xu (T)

The Infinite Sadness of Small Appliances | Glenn Dixon (H)

The Good Girl | Michelle Dunne (T)

Adrift | Will Dean (H)


Shelf Addition
An Infinite Love Story | Chanel Cleeton (T)

A Beast Slinks Toward Beijing | Alice Evelyn Yang (H)


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