Hey friends and welcome to the happy hour. I'm so glad you're here. I'm your host Jamie

Ivy and I host this happy hour podcast every single week where I invite a girlfriend

or two to join me and we just sit and chat about life. It's as if we really were meeting

up at a coffee shop to enjoy a glass of coffee together or happy hour and having a glass

of wine together. It's just real life and real conversation and we'd like to invite

you to come along with us. So welcome to the happy hour. Today my guest is Lindsay Paschal

and she is a friend of mine that I met at a book club through my mutual friend Megan.

I really started following Lindsay's book reading last year when she vowed to read 52

books and so I was just amazed at how she was just knocking down books left and right.

52 may seem like nothing for you or it may seem like a crazy amount for you. Whatever your

book reading goal is for 2015 we hope that you make it. I made a new goal this year on

this podcast with Lindsay so I hope to meet that goal. We also talked about her life as

a new mom. She has two kids now. She just had a baby in the fall and so how's that looking

for her and we talk about books, books and books. So if you are the person that wants to

get tons of new books to read this year we have a lot for you. Don't worry about grabbing

a pen and paper. I wrote down every single book over at jmeiv.com where you can find

links to buy them all. I took care of you. Don't worry. So thank you so much for listening.

Before we get going on and say two thank yous. Number one, someone left a comment over

on iTunes that said I'm enjoying happy hour thanks to a sincere and authentic host with

a variety of passionate and knowledgeable guests. I'm leaving a comment because of the episode

featuring Becca and Maris who highlighted foster care. Thank you. Such a powerful topic.

This was a real conversation about something which can be glossed over, stigmatized or ignored.

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