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Apr 2023
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Talking Books & Reading With Liberty Har...

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
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In Episode 97 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee welcome special guest Liberty Hardy. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, shelf additions and have book talk about Liberty's reading life.  If you enjoy this episode, be sure to FOLLOW /SUBSCRIBE so you never miss an episode!

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Loving Lately
2:52 Trivia Shows MasterMind, Jeopardy, Switch (L)
Purdle NBA (L)
6:10 @sim_bookstagrams_badly @readwithrhys (T)
8:04 Algenist Genius Lip Serum (R)

10:48 Book Talk
The Westing Game
And Then There Were None | Agatha Christie
28:28 Beyond That the Sea | Laura Spence Ash
29:44 Chain Gang All Stars | Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah
Friday Black
Happiness Falls & Miracle Creek | Angie Kim
32:09 Liberty's Favorite Authors
- Elizabeth McCracken
-Colson Whitehead
-Paul Murray (The Bee Sting)
-Patrick DeWitt (The Librarianist)
-Alexander Chi
 Unlikely Animals | Annie Hartnett
36:15  84 Charring Cross Road | Helene Hanff
My Murder | Katie Williams
Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano
42:00 Fry Guys | Eric Geron
The InvestiGators | John Patrick Green

Latest Reads
43:15 The Fake | Zoe Whittall (T)
47:00 The Deep Sky | Yume Kitasi  (L)
49:06 All That Is Mine I Carry With Me | William Landay (R) 🎧
52:29 The Eden Test | Adam Sternberg (T)
55:33 Kelly Armstrong Casey Duncan Series
56:41 The Dog of the North | Elizabeth McKenzie (L)
The Dog of the South | Charles Portis
The Portable Veblen
1:02:02 You and Only You | Caroline Kepnes (R) 🎧
Who is Maud Dixon? | Alexandra Andrews

Shelf Additions
1:07:31 In Memorium | Alice Winn  (T)
1:09:48 Shark Heart | Emily Habeck  (L)
Our Wives Under the Sea | Julia Armfield  (L)
Mrs Calliban | Rachel Ingells  (L)
1:11:41 You Can't Stay Here Forever | Katherine Lin (R)

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