Easily Distracted by New Releases + Tropes We Love and Hate

About this episode

Tina and Hannah discuss recent book releases and share their thoughts on various literary tropes.

Send us Fan Mail In Episode 255 of Book Talk Etc., Tina and Hannah share some analog friendly loving latelies to continue to help you stay off your phone this summer and cure your brain rot! We also share some thoughts on new books that have released recently, as well as some thoughts on tropes we love, book tropes we hate, book tropes we anticipate being popular as well as the ones that are already buzzing around in the publishing world. If you enjoy this commercial-free podcast, consider su...

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Hosts: Tina, Hannah

Topics covered

• new book releases
• tropes in literature
• analog activities
• summer reading
• book recommendations

Keywords

• book talk
• new releases
• tropes
• summer reading
• brain rot

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