Hello and welcome back to hardcore literature and happy new year. I hope you're keeping well and I hope your reading is going well.

And I also hope you are as excited as I am to deep read some great books across the course of this new year.

Now if you're subscribed to my YouTube channel

or if you are a member of the Hardcore Literature Book Club

over at patreon.com forward slash hardcore literature,

then you likely already saw the video announcement

where I finally revealed the book club schedule,

the reading program,

the syllabus for 2026. But I thought it would be a good idea, as always, to put the discussion

and the syllabus reveal here on the podcast for you too. And I would also like to take this

moment to express my deepest gratitude, appreciation and love for you.

Thank you so much for listening to the show. Thank you for sharing your love of great literature with me.

And thank you for keeping the great books alive. And a huge thank you to all of the members at the Hardcore

Literature Book Club. It has been an incredible year, a really transformative, positive and

magical year. And I've heard from so many readers who have found that the great works we've read

together and our discussions around them have really helped to keep them company during the ups

and the downs of life. I've heard from so many readers now who have said that our deep reading

program has led to a lot of powerful, positive personal growth and a renewed sense of meaning

in their lives. The Hardcore Literature Book Club,

I've said it before, is a beautiful literary oasis. And we really do have the kindest,

warmest group. We have members from all over the world, from all professions and backgrounds,

all cultures and walks of life. And we are united by our shared passion for great stories and poems and plays.

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