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I'm Annie Jones, owner of the Bookshelf, an independent bookstore in beautiful downtown Thomasville, Georgia, and this week I'm joined by Bookshelf floor manager Olivia Schaefer to give you a rundown of our favorite new books releasing in March.

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Hi, Olivia. Hey, welcome back. It's almost March. Can you believe it?

No, but also yes.

You know, well, it's about it's going to be 80 degrees here today. So in that sense, I'm like, might as well be March.

I just feel like February as the shortest month has felt so long.

It's felt so full. We were talking off air. There's just been so much crammed into February. I think reader retreat sidewalk sale, little women book club conclusion.

It's just been a lot of stuff. And so I am ready for March because for some reason, I don't and I feel like I should knock on wood.

But I do feel like March feels like it should be calmer than January and February were. Is that true?

Yes. I mean, like, I don't want to give you a warning what you do have literary lunch at the end of that month.

But like, other than that huge event.

Other than that really big thing that you got to read 25 books for.

I don't want to be that person. But yes, it should be calm. What do they say in like a storm out like a sunny day?

Wait, what is that in like a line out like a lamb?

That's it. That's it. Except February was our lion. I feel like, right?

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