In Episode 106 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee chat with author and podcaster Bianca Marais. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about writing, reading, and podcasting. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, + Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & a lively DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!Bianca's Books Hum If You Don't Know the Words If You Want to Make God Laugh The Witches of Moonshine Manor The Prynne Viper Lily and the Octopus | Stephen Rowley Loving Lately 4:58 Marvelous Mrs Maisel (B) 5:23 The Last of Us -Tv Show (B) 6:45 Wondercide (R) 6:44 Mooncat Nail Polish (T)  Top Coat10:45 Book Talk 31:08 Blood Sugar |Sasha Rothchild 36:09 Lessons in Chemistry The Thursday Murder Club Still Life | Sarah Winman 37:15 Thirst for Salt | Madeline Lucas 38:11 Beware the Woman | Megan Abbott Girls and Their Horses | Eliza Jane Brazier Latest Reads 41:17 Big Gay Wedding | Byron Lane (B) Pebble & Dove | Amy Jones (B) Remarkably Bright Creatures 42:20 Drowning | T J Newman (T) The Day I Died | Lori Radar-Day (R) 🎧48:47 Quietly Hostile | Samantha Kirby (T) 50:57 Better Living Through Birding | Christian Cooper (R) 🎧Migrations | Charlotte McConaghy EdelweissBianca's Podcast - The Shit No One Tells You About Writing (also on Instagram) Bianca On Twitter, TSNTYAW - on Facebook*The book titles listed are Amazon Affiliate links (other affiliate links are below) where we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thanks for your support!Bookshop.org Support the showThanks so much for listening!🎧Connect with us! On Instagram- Tina @Tbrec, Renee @Itsbooktalk, Jonathan @infiltrate_jay, & the podcast @booktalketcEmail us at [email protected]

In Episode 105 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their 20 most anticipated summer releases. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about how they chose their books. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial free podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon!  We have great bonus episodes: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, Criminally Booked, Mood Reader Happy Hour, Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & a lively DISCORD all for just $5 a month!Loving Lately 4:15 Veggie Tray (T) Copper Knife Tik Tok Account 7:21 Love and Death  (HBO Max) (R) Latest Reads 10:16 Fourth Wing | Rebecca Yarros (T) 15:31 Nightwork | Nora Roberts (R) 🎧23:07 Book Talk  Previous Shelf Additions We Don't Want You to Forget About Big Gay Wedding | Byron Lane None of This is True | Lisa Jewell The Great Transition | Nick Fuller GooginsYou Can Trust Me | Wendy Heard Prom Mom | Laura Lippman You Can't Stay Here Forever | Katherine Lin Our Picks 31:47 All the Sinners Bleed | SA Cosby (T) 33:42 A Quitter's Paradise | Elysha Chang (R) 36:06 Night Will Find You | Julia  Heaberlin  (T) 38:13 Talking at Night | Claire Daverly (R) 40:09 Little Monsters | Adrienne Brodeur (T) 42:27 The Beach at Summerly | Beatriz Williams (R) 45:45 Wednesdays at One | Sandra Miller (T) 47:37 One Summer in Savannah | Terah Shelton Harris (R) 50:08 A Twisted Love Story | Samantha Downing (T) 51:53 Everyone Here is Lying | Shari Lapena (R) 54:12 I Know What You Did | Cayce Osborne (T) 56:02 Sugar, Baby | Celine Saintclaire (R) 58:07 The Art of Scandal | Regina Black (T) 1:00:17 Kala | Colin Walsh (R) 1:02:11 The Trap | Catherine Ryan Howard (T) 1:04:13 The Many Lives of Mama Love: A Memoir of Lying, Stealing, Writing, and Healing| Lara Love Hardin (R) 1:06:47 Whalefall | Daniel Krause (T) 1:08:40 The Bee Sting | Paul Murray (R) 1:10:35 The Last One | Will Dean (T)1:12:38 The Continental Affair | Christine Mangan (R) *The book titles listed are Amazon Affiliate links (other affiliate links are below) where we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thanks for your support!Bookshop.org  | Blackwell's Support the showThanks so much for listening!🎧Connect with us! On Instagram- Tina @Tbrec, Renee @Itsbooktalk, Jonathan @infiltrate_jay, & the podcast @booktalketcEmail us at [email protected]

In Episode 104 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent beach reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions, and answer YOUR questions. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, + Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & a lively DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!Check out our Merchandise Shop!Any Man |Amber TamblynLoving Lately 3:17 Recess Nonalcoholic Craft Mocktails (T) 5:35 Gerbera Daisy's (Trader Joe's) (R) Benefits of Fresh Flowers Article Latest Reads 9:29 No One Needs to Know | Lindsay Cameron (T) 13:49 `Summer Sisters | Judy Blume (R) 🎧20:49 Book Talk Our Beach Reads Show 202246:37 The Family Secret | Kiersten Modglin (T) 🎧50:34 Thirst For Salt | Madeline Lucas (R) 🎧54:49 The Beach Trap | Ali Brady (T) 58:53 Indiscretion | Charles Dubow (R) 🎧Shelf Additions1:06:00 Boy Parts | Eliza Clark (T) 1:07:36 The Night it Ended | Katie Garner (R) *The book titles listed are Amazon Affiliate links (our other affiliate links are below) where we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thanks for your support!Bookshop.org  | Blackwell's Support the showThanks so much for listening!🎧Connect with us! On Instagram- Tina @Tbrec, Renee @Itsbooktalk, Jonathan @infiltrate_jay, & the podcast @booktalketcEmail us at [email protected]

In Episode 103 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share the new releases they've recently read. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads and shelf additions, and have book talk about bookish things you'll never hear them complain about. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us on Patreon!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, + Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & a lively DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!Check out our Merchandise Shop!Loving Lately 3:50 Osea Clean Beauty Brand (T) - Hyaluronic Sea Serum & Body Butter mentionedOsea Discount Code- TBRETC10 6:51 The Mel Robbins Podcast (Ep 65) (R) Latest Reads 9:44 Happy Place | Emily Henry (T) 14:26 Autopsy of a Boring Wife | Marie-Renee Lavoie 🎧 (R) 19:18 Book Talk Tina's Tik Tok 27:26 Adrift | Lisa Brideau (T) Going Zero | Anthony McCarten 32:40 Yellowface | R.F. Kuang (R) Who is Maud Dixon? | Alexandria Andrews The Plot | Jean Hanff Korelitz 39:08 The Senator's Wife | Liv Constantine (T) The Last Mrs Parrish The Housemaid | Freida McFadden 44:15 City of Dreams | Don Winslow (R) 🎧City on Fire (book 1) | Don Winslow I Am Pilgrim | Terry Hayes Shelf Additions 50:15 The Witching Tide | Margaret Meyer (T) 52:42 The Fiction Writer | Jillian Cantor (R) Beautiful Little Fools | Jillian Cantor *The book titles listed are Amazon Affiliate links (our other affiliate links are below) where we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thanks for your support!Bookshop.org  | Blackwell's Support the showThanks so much for listening!🎧Connect with us! On Instagram- Tina @Tbrec, Renee @Itsbooktalk, Jonathan @infiltrate_jay, & the podcast @booktalketcEmail us at [email protected]

In Episode 102 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent blended genre reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads and shelf additions, and have book talk about the popularity of genre mashups. If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE on your podcast app so you never miss an episode!**If you enjoy our commercial free podcast please consider supporting us onPatreon!  We have great bonus episodes including: Books we DNFed, What's in the Mailbag, + Criminally Booked! Plus, we host fun Zoom events like Mood Reader Happy Hour and Book Talk Book Club, a private Facebook group & a lively DISCORD where you can interact with other patrons all for just $5 a month!Check out our Merchandise Shop!Loving Lately3:22 The Modelone's Gel Builder for Nails (T) Gel Light 6:57 Reddit.com - Suggest Me a Book Thread (R) The Long Walk | Stephen King Latest Read 12:04 Happy Place | Emily Henry (T) 12:21 Homebodies | Tembe Denton Hurst (T) 🎧The Other Black Girl | Zakiya Dalila Harris17:21 The Creative Act: A Way of Being  | Rick Rubin (R) 🎧Four Thousand Weeks | Oliver BurkemanThe Huberman Lab Episode 24:11 Book Talk Book Riot Article Article The Measure | Nikki ERlick The Hunger | Alma Katsu30:34 The Writing Retreat | Julia Bartz33:00 11/22/63 | Stephen King Kindred | Octavia Butler 34:19 Sea of Tranquility | Emily St John Mandel (T) Station Eleven Dark Matter | Blake Crouch Migrations | Charlotte McConaghy The Glass Hotel 38:45 Yesterday | Felicia Yap (R) 🎧44:00 Natural Beauty |  Ling Ling Huang (T) Our Wives Under the Sea | Julia Armfield47:25 Going Zero | Anthony McCarten (R) 🎧Shelf Additions 54:14 Black River Orchard | Chuck Wendig (T) 56:20 Zero Days | Ruth Ware (R) *The book titles listed are Amazon Affiliate links (our other affiliate links are below) where we make a small commission from qualifying purchases (at no cost to you). Thanks for your support!Bookshop.org  | Blackwell's Support the showThanks so much for listening!🎧Connect with us! On Instagram- Tina @Tbrec, Renee @Itsbooktalk, Jonathan @infiltrate_jay, & the podcast @booktalketcEmail us at [email protected]