Easily Distracted By New Releases + Our Process for Starting New Books
Summary
Hosts Tina and Hannah discuss their "loving lately" items, featuring a Habanichi planner and an analog basket for reducing screen time. They review Noelle Eilie’s dark thriller *Forget You Saw Her* and Emma Brody’s romance *Into the Blue*, sharing mixed reactions to the latter’s pacing. The episode also covers strategies for overcoming decision fatigue when starting new books, including using TBR lists and timed reading sessions, before concluding with a review of Kirsten King’s *A Good Person*.
Topics discussed
Intro: Sensory fun facts and hyperhidrosis
Welcome to BookTalk, etc. and host introductions
Loving Lately: Habanichi planner and stationery
Loving Lately: Analog baskets and screen-free hobbies
Review: Forget You Saw Her by Noelle Eilie
Review: Into the Blue by Emma Brody
Discussion: Strategies for starting new books
Review: Showboat by Lucy Foley
Review: Homebound by Portia Iannone
Review: Nothing Tastes as Good as Home by Luke Dumas
Review: Ruins by Lily Brooks-Dalton
Upcoming Releases: Hollow Bones and Love Felt Like This
Outro: Sensory sensitivities and misophonia
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