Oh, God. Why are there so good books coming out? They're all here. They're all coming.

Welcome to Book Talk, Et cetera, a podcast bound to grow your TBR. I'm Tina. And I'm Renee. And this is a

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You ready to talk books or what?

I am.

I've been on a really good reading, not a spree, just a really good reading place this week.

Oh, same.

Slow but steady.

Nothing mind-blowing.

But I think that's fine every now and then. I think three enjoyable books, which I'll take that over like two mediocres and one great.

Agreed. Yeah, no, I feel you on that. I've been doing really well. I mean, truly, I'm actually a little creeped out because my last, I would say, four, maybe five books have all been at least four and a half stars. So I'm like, am I broken in a good way? Like, am I just not discerning anymore? I'm just loving everything. But let me not question it, right? Like, I'm like, okay, just keep it moving. Well, you're on a really good role then. I'm on a really good role. I have two five-star reads today and one like four point five. Well, they're up there. They're up there. Put it that way. One that I'm saying for sure, five-star, one is like a force. Who cares? This is not interesting to anybody less kidding.

Well, I'm curious because I really have no idea what you're reading. Yeah. Well, you will find out shortly. But first, I'll tell you about my loving lately.

And I'm laughing. They're little sleepies. It's a brand. Little Sleepies. Yes. So funny backstory. Jonathan and Cassia, our baby, were at the library, and our librarian friend, clocked her PJ. She's like, oh, Little Sleepies. And I didn't know that it was a noteworthy brand because I had gotten them free with a different purchase. They just sent me a pair of pajamas. So I was like,

oh my God, these are so soft. But I had no idea how special they were. And they were special because

of the fabric. They're made from something called bamboo viscos, which is very stretchy and very,

very soft and good for sensitive skin. And I guess the founder is a mother who was kind of

frustrated with the lack of sleepwear options on the market that were cute, affordable, and

gentle enough for her son. And so she created this company and the timeline's incredible.

And literally, here I am. I'm like, oh my God, I found this like low key under the

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