You don't have to ask the universe for that.

No, I'm putting it into the universe.

I'm putting it in the universe because when I say that, then we usually do it.

And I'm welcome to book talk, et cetera, a podcast bound to grow your TBR. I'm Tina. And I'm Renee. And this is a

conversational podcast about books and more from two Midwest mood readers. We're easily distracted by new

releases. And today we are sharing our August books on the radar. If you enjoy listening, we'd love for you

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book lovers find us. Hey, Tina. Hi, Renee. How are you? I'm good. How are you? How are you feeling? I know you had a

busy week. Great. Busy week at work. Got to go to the doctors for the baby. We're about to start

twice weekly appointments. So a lot of high touch care for me. But then I'm like, oh, like, it's finally hit me. I think I told you this last week. I'm like, this is happening soon. We are now recording August books on the radar. Next month, they'll be a new baby. So I'm like, okay, we got to get my ducks in a row, all of that squared away. So I've been, and it's all, you know, we need dressers for the girls. I need

bookshelves to move her, the books I have in the baby's room out into the studio. So there's a lot of

things that need to happen. But all good things. I'm going to quickly do a public thank you. Our patrons

were really, really, really unbelievably, like, sweet and

asked for a link to our registry, and they bought us some books and some, like, other little things

for the new baby. And I am just, like, bold away. So thanks for asking Renee and for the patrons for

setting that up. Just wanted to say, thank you. I'm going to cry because I just swear to God. It was just

so, like, overwhelming to have people that I have never met in person share stuff. So yeah, it's really cool.

I know our Patreon community is amazing. I love it. Every day. They bring me joy. So hopefully,

yeah, hopefully we do the same for them. And here's the thing. I, for August books are

popping. I don't know if I've been this excited for a pub month this year, I think. I can feel

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