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Sep 2023
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Our Mood Reads + Summer Send Off

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
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In Episode 118 of Book Talk, Etc. Tina and Renee share their recent mood reads. They also share what they've been loving lately, their latest reads, and have book talk about their summer hits and misses. 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
6:13 Room Essential Bookcases (T) 
9:32 Special Ops: Lioness on Amazon Prime (R) 

Latest Reads
11:53 None of This is True | Lisa Jewell (T)
16:08 Our Town | Thorton Wilder (R)
16:43 Tom Lake | Ann Patchett (R) 🎧

23:30 Book Talk
28:32 Bird By Bird | Anne Lamont
Thrive Mascara
Better Than Sex Mascara
32:24 Essence Makeup (T) ( Extreme Mascara, banana powder, extreme eye pencil)
Koala Berry Opi Nail Polish
Lincoln Park After Dark
Spindrift Grapefruit
35:16 Eat That Frog | Brian Tracy (@aimzthereader
The Mel Robbins Podcast - “let them theory” episode + Aug 30 ep

36:03 Pageboy | Elliott Page (T) 🎧
41:31 Songs for the Missing | Stewart O’Nan (R) 🎧
46:07 The Great Transition | Nick Fuller Googins (T)
50:50 The Book of Delights | Ross Gay (R) 🎧

Shelf Additions
56:32 No One Can Know | Kate Alice Marshall (T)
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