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This is the Book Riot Podcast, it's weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool and worth talking

about the world of books and reading.

Today is Thursday, August 31st, 2023. I'm Jeff O'Neill here with Rebecca Schinsky and we definitely

Rebecca needed to record this episode for Monday. We absolutely knew that we had

this advertising responsibilities to record this for Monday.

Actually, we didn't.

Rebecca just before we got on the call, said Jeff, I think we forgot that Monday is Labor Day

and we typically black out holidays so we don't have to make stuff.

We want to do the show.

And I said, Rebecca, how dare you? Think of the listeners.

Think of the listeners.

You're so magnanimous. That's why we're here. That's right that's why we're here.

We had an agenda we've been gone too long and you're gonna be out next week so we got to check in here

real quick. We do. The book world's all right how are things going do you think the books are fine do they seem fine I think books are okay you know the vibes are fine the vibes are fine enough is where I'm at, fine enough, yeah. But we do need to

reassure the people that the Shinsky O'Neil show will go on because four weeks of us not on this show together I don't I don't

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