Hello and welcome to Story Time for Grownups. I'm Faith Moore, and this season we're reading

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. Each episode, I'll read a few chapters from the book, pausing from time

to time to give brief explanations so it's easier to follow along. It's like an audiobook with built-in

notes. So brew a pot of tea, find a cozy chair,

and settle in. It's story time.

Hi everyone. Welcome to Hi, everyone, welcome back.

I cannot believe it.

We're almost done.

This is kind of it, you guys.

This is the second to last episode with chapters in it.

And then there'll be a conclusion episode.

So we're reading today. we're reading on Monday,

and Monday's it. We'll finish the book on Monday. It's amazing. I know this was a short book,

but it really did feel like it just flew by. It's been tons and tons of fun. So spooky season

is almost over. I hope you guys have your Halloween costumes picked out, or that your kids

have their Halloween costumes picked out, that your kids have their Halloween costumes

picked out and you're all ready for Halloween. I know we are here in my household. So I hope that you

have had a wonderful spooky season. I have had a wonderful spooky season here with you. And I'm

looking forward to finishing it out with you now today and on Monday and to wrap it all up on Thursday a week from today and then move into our

early Christmas spectacular. I'm really excited. I can't wait. We are reading, as I mentioned before,

and as we've probably heard in the trailer, we are reading A Little Princess by Francis Hodgson Burnett.

She, by the way, is the author of The Secret Garden. I know some of you are writing in to say, I don't know what this is. I've

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