In Episode 4, Tina from the blog TBR, etc. and I talk book recommendations, break down #bookstagram (including when her engagement photo went viral!), and compare our reading tastes.

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Highlights

• When Tina’s engagement photo (featuring books) went viral on #bookstagram.
• When Tina inadvertently ending up listening to the same audiobook as her husband.
• Sarah’s husband’s favorite reading material.
• Behind the scenes of #bookstagram…including what we like and what we don’t (i.e. the Instagram post Tina thought was going to do great, but didn’t).
• How to see every post from the people you actually want to on Instagram.
• We compare our reading taste by debating 2 thrillers we felt differently about.
• How we both feel about WWII fiction.
• When publisher marketing sets inaccurate expectations for a book.

Tina’s Fiction Audiobook Recommendations

Two OLD Books She Loves

• The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [14:04]
• The Humans by Matt Haig | Buy from Amazon [16:20]

Two NEW Books She Loves

• Sunburnby Laura Lippman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [18:43]
• The Hunger by Alma Katsu | Buy from Amazon [21:46]

One Book She Didn’t Love

• The Girls by Emma Cline (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [27:01]

One Upcoming Release She’s Excited About

• Parkland by Dave Cullen (Release Date: February 12, 2019) | Buy from Amazon [27:03]

Other Books Mentioned

• The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo by Taylor Jenkins Reid (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [2:03]
• The Wife Between Us by Sarah Pekkanen and Greer Hendricks | Buy from Amazon [2:10]
• Kindred by Octavia E. Butler | Buy from Amazon [4:09]
• A Well-Behaved Woman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [7:04]
• Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald by Therese Anne Fowler (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [7:05]
• November Road by Lou Berney (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [9:12]
• Since We Fell by Dennis Lehane (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [9:12]
• From the Corner of the Oval by Beck Dorey-Stein (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [12:19]
• The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [14:24]
• How to Stop Time by Matt Haig | Buy from Amazon [18:27]
• Sunburn by Laura Lippman (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [18:43]
• Columbine by Dave Cullen | Buy from Amazon [27:06]
• A Mother’s Reckoning by Sue Klebold (My Review) | Buy from Amazon [28:34]

Other Links

• Tara from Running N Reading
• Tina’s Newport, Rhode Island Instagram picture
• Sarah’s 2018 Summer Reading Guide
• Lisa Jewell (mystery / thriller author recommended by Tina)…and on Instagram

About Tina

Blog | Instagram | Facebook | Twitter 

Tina is happiest when reading and reviewing books – especially thrillers and new releases. She’s a blogger at tbretc.com and Bookstagrammer @tbretc. That’s TBR (as in to be read) Etc.

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