Just a note before you begin, there's some sound issues in this episode, particularly on my co-host Haley's end.

We did the best we could to edit it to not make your ears bleed, and the vast majority of our chat, it's perfectly fine.

But apologies in advance, and fingers crossed, these issues won't happen again.

It's The Simple Show. You've got episode 55.

Hi, I'm to Shox and writer and on The Simple Show. We talk about books, travel, and life at home.

In this episode, I'm joined by my co-host, Haley Stewart. Hey, Haley.

Hey, Tish.

Hey, Lee, tell us who you are and what you do.

Sure. I am a writer and speaker in central Texas, and I have three kids that I home

school. And I'm a writer and mom living in Central Texas as well. And I'm online at theartofsimple.net.

So this is a book's episode where we each talk about a book we just read. I'm going to talk

about last year's just sudden instant hit. Everyone

Brave is forgiven by Chris Cleave. And I'm going to talk about the Lord Peter Wimsy Mysteries by Dorothy Sayers.

Okay. So I want you to go first, if you don't mind. I have never read this. I admittedly have not read

much of Dorothy Sayers other than little articles and essays here and there. I've never read a book

of her. So what made you decide to read this one? Well, I read some of her essays in college,

a collection called Letters to a Diminished Church. I'm pretty sure that was the title. And I really

liked them. But I hadn't read the title. And I really liked them.

But I hadn't read anything else and I've always been meaning to. And then the co-host of the

podcast that I do called Fountains of Carrots, she's a huge fan. My friend Christy is a huge Dorothy

Sayers fan. She loves mystery novels. And so she recommended one of

the Dorothy Sayers mysteries to me. And I was just hooked. And I'm not really a crime mystery

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