Hey everyone. Welcome back to Heaving Busams. The podcast where two best friends recap the plot of romance novels, mostly recommended by you, while staying connected and trying to stay sane.

HBs, we generally record at least a same. and the hilarity Aaron always brings. This podcast is one of my means of self-care.

It's also a means of escape for a lot of you and that's important.

However, things are not okay and they haven't been since before our country's founding.

George Floyd, Brianna Taylor, Tamir Rice, Eric Gardner, Sandra Bland, and countless, countless others cannot be overlooked or forgotten.

We've got work to do so that we can help affect change.

If you don't know where to start, I'll include links in the show notes to

bail funds that you can donate directly to to support protesters all over the country,

as well as a new book club started by HBs, that's all about undoing

internalized white supremacy. The more we, especially white women, educate

ourselves about the systems we unconsciously prop up and benefit from,

the better armed we are to help.

Okay, let's get to our regularly scheduled escapism.

Here is the fifth and final part of a court of wings and Ruin by Sarah J Moss.

Hello, Aaron.

Hello, Aaron, how are you? Are you so excited to finish at a war? Oh, oh, I am so ready.

My body is so ready to no longer be in this world and never come back.

What? I just, I can't, it's no more, I can't no more, I can't no more. I can't no more I'm done I will I'll be back I'll go back I'll go back I'll go back and I'll read the new books but I'm not we can't do this again no we can't do this again this is a

we can never do this again it's so much I have never talked about anything

with another person as much as I've talked about this with you. I'm

this with you. Well, I'm serious. I'm so glad it's been such a good

experience for you. It has been, but I'm tired, I'm sleepy, I need a nap like that cauldron.

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