Hi everybody and welcome back to the stacks. I am your host Tracy Thomas. We're going to get started in just a moment but before we do I'm telling you about all the things we have going on here. First things first we are doing our Stacks

tote giveaway for anyone who goes to Patreon.com slash the Stacks and

contributes any amount you are entered to win one of our Stacks totes. They're

super cute you can see them on our Instagram at the Stax Pod or you can see them on our

Patreon page which is Patreon.com slash the Stax.

Patreon allows independent creators such as the St to keep their product going, to keep doing

what they love doing, to keep making stuff that you enjoy listening to.

So if you're in a place where you can contribute, now is an amazing time to do so because you're

entered to win one of three tots and also if I feel like doing more tots I

just might. So if you're able to contribute we would really really

appreciate it. That's Patreon.com slash the Stacks. We have some

new members that I want to give some love to who join the Stacks pack this week

Sarah Bernard's, Howa Jola, Jessica Gwen, and Charlotte Zerna.

So thank you all so much for contributing and everyone else you have until August 16th

to join the fun.

Also I'm going to ask everybody who's listening right now

to make sure that you're subscribed to the show wherever you're listening and if you're listening through Apple Podcasts, please rate and review the show.

The reviews go a really long way to helping us get the word out about the stacks.

Our most recent review comes from, I'm going to

fuck this up, but I'm going to try. Idliotopia, and they say, this is an amazing

podcast that will definitely be culpable for adding to your probably already long list of books to read

Prepare to listen to amazing people passionately discuss books. There's a lot of non-fiction books to discuss here, but be prepared for your love of Shakespeare to be reignited.

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