Hello and welcome to Books Unbound, the podcast where we unbind books to get to their hearts with your host, me, Raylene, and...

Me. It's Ariel. It's true.

What's up? What's up, guys?

I'm in a car.

Yeah. Ariel's still in the car. It's true. What's up? What's up, guys. I'm in a car. Yeah, Ariel's still in the car. It's the same day as the

dig episode. We're having a really crazy time. We thought that we would just do a kind of general life

update slash little chitty chat, just like talking about what's going on in our lives because both of

us have, you know, have had some big changes happen since we last spoke. And we just, we'll talk about books a little bit, but like,

we're just a little overwhelmed and don't feel like getting into it as much as we normally do.

The podcast is becoming what we've always dreamed. Just a talk show. Just, yeah, I mean,

share our feelings. Yeah. We're going to talk about some movies we've

been watching. We'll talk about TV shows we've been watching. We'll talk about a couple of books

because I've read something quite exciting. And yeah, we'll do some life updates. Before we jump

into everything, though, just a reminder that our merch is a thing. Our bookmarks and our pins are out there. They're beautiful. I see a lot of people have bought them already, which we are so thankful for, and I can't wait to start seeing pictures. Like I can't wait. I haven't really looked for them, but I want to see people's pictures, tag us on Instagram, send us emails, whatever. Just I love seeing people holding our merch. It's just so

special. I saw one photo. I saw one photo on Instagram of somebody holding. I think it was, I think it was a

bookmark and a pin and it made me want to cry. Well, bless your heart. That's amazing. With Christmas

coming up, that's just really something nice to see. Yeah. So if you guys want to check out our shop, it's on our website, Books Unbound, podcast.com. There's a shop button. But we really appreciate it. And one of the cool things, too, is that we sell our merch through DFTBA. So part of the profits go to charity, which I really love. Yeah, we like that.

You get a cool pen, you support the podcast, and you support a charity.

I mean, wow, a triple win.

Raleen, I just want to start talking about the most important news of all.

Fine, you can just jump right in.

Raleen, is it true?

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