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All right, let's get started on part two of One War Blue by Heather Graham.

Once again, big trigger warnings for depictions of slavery and hate speech.

Okay, here we go. Hi, Aaron.

Hey, how are you?

How are you?

How are you? I am well. Yeah, I am doing well. What's up? How is your week? Not much. Did you finish this book? Boy, it was honestly touch and go there for a while. I think yesterday you

talked to me 66%. Yeah. You guys, this book is so long. And I kept reading and being like I'm sorry 46% I was just at 42% like 45

I swear I would be reading and I would look and it would be 46% and I could have sworn I was at 55% a moment ago and suddenly I've gone back in time.

That's how I felt. I know I felt like the more I read the more book there was.

You guys like I have so many notes that are like they march north?

Wear romance! Where romance! Every time a chapter began, I skipped 10 pages and I still didn't skip all of the

bullshit at the beginning of every chapter that was just like, and a new day rose for the

confederacy and the schmer schmerz marchmarf and then they

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