You are listening to all the backlist, a weekly show about books that are not new.

I'm your host, Patricia Elsie Tuttle, and do you want to read some backlist?

Come on, let's read some books. This is episode number 257 and a half and today I'm

going to talk about a couple backlist titles that I'm excited to share with you.

Hi everyone, how are we all managing?

Totally okay if your answer is not at all.

You are not alone in that answer.

I am finally getting back into baking. I've been baking donuts. I don't

like the mess of frying and baked donuts don't need yeast so it feels like a

faster process. Honestly I'm just really tired of not having donuts,

so I decided to do something about it.

I think making my own pasta is also in the near future.

I can feel it.

I have started writing more snail mail again and it feels like

stretching a muscle that hasn't been used in a while like oh yeah I remember this and I'm really

really getting a kick out of out of writing more snail mail again.

And of course I've been reading.

Before I get to my backlist book picks, let's hear from today's sponsor. Today's episode is brought to you by Daw Books, an imprint of Astra Publishing House.

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