I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still

watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,

soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,

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We did it.

We made it to another weekend.

And to celebrate today's episode is all about summer books.

2024 has already been an epically great year for books.

And here to tell us about some of her picks for the summer is the Liberty Hardy.

She is the host of Book Riot's All the Books podcasts and reads more than literally anyone else I know. Liberty, welcome back to the show.

Hello, thank you for having me. Do you agree with my characterization that 2024 has just

been like a great fucking book year? The best. Right? I feel like the last three years, I read through the whole year ago, I haven't really

loved anything.

Without I get to the end of the year and I'm like, oh yeah, I loved that.

But like this is just right off the back.

Just like bangers.

It's so exciting.

Amazing.

So before we jump into it, I would love to know, like, do you have, like, what do you think is the perfect summer book?

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