Hey, everyone, it's Tina. We just wanted to check in because baby came early. Cassia Charlotte was born on September 12th in pretty dramatic fashion. But thankfully, all is well. And the four of us are happy and healthy and at home. Thank you to everyone who reached out and to my lovely co-host Renee for all of her support.

I'm also here to share a very exciting BTE announcement.

Because Book Talk, etc. is technically off this week.

We thought it would be the perfect time to set up a free trial for our Patreon.

Starting today, September 19th through September 26th, new members to our Patreon

community can sign up to get a seven-day free trial. During this free trial, you'll get access to

two years' worth of exclusive bonus content. We have bonus podcast episodes like what's in the mailbag and criminally

booked. There are some author interviews. You'll get access to our audiobook narrator guide,

our weekly newsletter backlist, our monthly community read, and access to our Facebook

and Discord groups. As we always say, if you've ever wanted your reading

to be more of a community experience, this is a great way to find that connection. In our Patreon,

so if you want to connect with us on a deeper level, this is a great way to do it. Now, please note,

if you don't cancel by the end of the seven days, you'll be charged our regular monthly fee of $5 a month to stay a patron.

Of course, we would love to keep you.

But if you find that it's not for you for whatever reason, not a problem.

Just be sure to set yourself a reminder to cancel before the seven days are up.

Once you are a patron, you'll get two bonus episodes from us a month, and these are full-length

episodes that are at least 40 minutes, including What's in the Mailbag, where we share

new books that hit our radar, and criminally booked, where we pair a true crime story

and crime fiction recommendations. We also do

books we DNFed and other things, but those are our main two. There's also one live event a month,

either a BTE book club discussion or our mood reader happy hour, and those are recorded and

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