Easily Distracted by New Releases + Tropes We Love and Hate
Summary
Hosts Tina and Hannah announce the end of their "Bookstore Browse" series to focus on reading more books. They share recent loves, including the Instagram account Tabletop Family and a video on healing "brain rot" via the ABCD method. The duo reviews *Open Wide* by Jessica Gross and *The Night Tiger* by Yang Xianzhi, then discuss favorite and overused literary tropes like unreliable narrators and enemies-to-lovers.
Topics discussed
Welcome to Book Talk Etc. and summer updates
Podcast format change: Ending bookstore browse episodes
Loving lately: Tabletop Family Instagram account
Loving lately: The ABCD method for healing brain rot
Review: Open Wide by Jessica Gross
Review: The Night Tiger by Yangsze Choo
Discussion: Tropes we love vs. tropes we are tired of
Review: Trad Wife by Sarah Toga Schaefer
Review: The Summer of Broken Rules by Ashley Poston
Review: Dissection of a Murder by Joe Murray
Review: The Forever Family by Casey Sheska
Upcoming reads: Backstabbers and They All Fall in Love
Outro and call to action
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