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This is episode 31.

We're recording on Thursday

December 5th. I'm Rebecca Shinsky and I'm here with Jeff O'Neill and we are the

editors of Book Riot.com. Jeff, hello. I'm feeling better. Are you couple shows, which we, it seemed like we recorded

forever ago now. Yeah, it's been two weeks I've been in a little Jeff withdrawal.

Well, it's understandable. It happens. But it's, You know, it turned Christmasy since we talked. I mean, we did the

gift guide show last time. That was the last episode that was released. And then I have to admit it didn't feel like Christmas

time quite yet, but it does now. Oh yeah and I have the completely shameless Spotify

playlist history from the last four days to to prove that it has turned Christmasy at least in my

office.

Yeah I've already had one viewing of white Christmas only 10,851 to go.

Yeah, I saw Home Alone for, you know, the like four millionth time earlier this week.

There's an old theater in Richmond that was showing it and there were a bunch of kids in the audience.

Oh you went to go see it you didn't just watch it on TV.

No I went to go see it and there were a bunch of kids that you could tell I could never

seen it before and they were giggling and cheering and it was so great and I think my heart grew three sizes.

Did they make a collective gross noise when he steps on that nail?

Everybody like squirmed and when he you know first when he first does the cueing up the video yes

for the pizza guy and then for the bad guys outside and sets up those firecrackers in the

kitchen the kids all the kids just sort of went nuts but I had forgotten like how great

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