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Jul 2024
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August Books on the Radar + A Bookish AM...

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
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In Episode 161 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah talk about their August Books on the Radar as well as share “rapid fire” answers to your questions that were submitted for an AMA session of Book Talk.

Loving Lately
The Man with 1000 Kids
FARBERWARE Build-a-Board Cutting Board with Compartments
She’s In Her Apron - Youtube Channel

Latest Reads
The Family Experiment | John Marrs
Annie Bot | Sierra Greer

Book Talk: AMA with Book Talk Etc!

⬇️Books Mentioned ⬇️

Family Sagas
Pachinko | Min Jin Lee (T)
Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson (H)
Hello Beautiful | Ann Napolitano (H)
Ask Again Yes | Mary Beth Keane (T)
The Most Fun We Ever Had | Claire Lombardo (H)

Popular books we haven’t read yet
Know My Name | Chanel Miller (T)
Normal People | Sally Rooney (H)

Other Books Mentioned
My Year of Rest and Relaxation | Ottessa Moshfegh
The Song of Achilles | Madeline Miller

Other links and social channels mentioned
Folded Pages Distillery
The Book Script
The Paper Fury

August Books on the Radar
And So I Roar | Abi Dare (T)
There’s Nothing Wrong with Her | Kate Weinberg (H)
After Oz | Gordon McAlpine (T)
Highway Thirteen | Fiona McFarlane (H)
House of Bone and Rain | Gabino Iglesias (T)
The Full Moon Coffee Shop | Mai Mochizuki (H)
Glass Houses | Madeline Ashby (T)
Come Out, Come Out | Natalie Parker (H)

Current Reads
No Road Home | John Framm (T)
The Boys on the Boat | Daniel James Brown (H)

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