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Oct 2024
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Reading our Feelings and Navigating the ...

Tina @tbretc and Hannah @hanpickedbooks
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In Episode 173 of Book Talk, Etc., Tina and Hannah discuss mood reading! How they navigate their reading moods, and tips on how to make your mood reading experience more fun and hopefully slightless less chaotic.

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Loving Lately
Hooever Women’s Wool Coat (T)
Oregon Trail Game (H)

Latest Read
If an Egyptian Cannot Speak English | Noor Naga (T)
What I Ate in One Year | Stanley Tucci (H)

Book Talk:
Book Riot Article

Mood Reads ⤵️

So Thirsty | Rachel Harrison (T)
The Night Guest | Hildur Knútsdóttir (H)
How To Sell A Haunted House | Grady Hendrix (T)
A Better World | Sarah Langan (H)
Perfect Little World | Kevin Wilson (mentioned)

Shelf Additions
Like Mother, Like Mother | Susan Rieger (T)
Fang Fiction | Kate Stayman-London (H)


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