Hi, everybody. Welcome to the librarian is in the New York Public Libraries podcast about books, culture, and what to read next. I'm Gwen. And I'm Franke.

Franca. Franca. Francois. Franco. Franco. Because I always make up a name or say a different name because I hate saying Frank. Frank. It's like, it's like the unk thing. I think you should start going by Francis. I think that would be very dignified. I used to hate that as a kid, but now I sort of do. Some people call me Franklin, just jokingly. Anyway. I can't think of any currently famous Franks. Hello, you're sitting across from.

I know, right.

Present company accepted.

Okay, so, hi everybody.

So, books, culture, and what to read next.

Right.

That's what we're going to talk about today.

And then in our next episode, stay tuned.

We're going to announce our summer reading challenge for each other.

And it's going to be cool.

Oh, should we, which will be a short.

It will be a short episode next time for Memorial Day so you can go do all your fun outdoor

activities.

But next will be the summer reading challenge announcement.

Correct.

To be then a book that we'll each read recommended by the other.

Correct.

To be discussed later in July.

Yes.

Okay.

Okay.

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