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May 2023
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We ❤️ Genre Mashups

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
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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!

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Loving Lately
3:22 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 Harris
17:21 The Creative Act: A Way of Being  | Rick Rubin (R) 🎧
Four Thousand Weeks | Oliver Burkeman
The Huberman Lab Episode

24:11 Book Talk
Book Riot Article
Article
The Measure | Nikki ERlick
The Hunger | Alma Katsu
30:34 The Writing Retreat | Julia Bartz
33:00 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 Armfield
47:25 Going Zero | Anthony McCarten (R) 🎧

Shelf Additions
54:14

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