I got chocolate on my shirt, in fact.

Nice.

Cassia chocolate?

No, this is my.

Oh, dang.

Dang.

Thank you.

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And I'm Hannah from Handpicked Books.

And this is a conversational podcast about books and more from two Midwest mood readers who are easily distracted by new releases.

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It truly helps us connect with other book lovers. Hey, Tina. Who says that? Who goes first? I always forget. You're supposed to go first, but then if there's

too much of a delay, I can't handle it. So then I just say hi. Yeah, yeah, yeah. No, that's cool.

All right. How's it going? It's going good. Better week this week. I know it's been a little bit of a

rough one for you, though. I mean, nothing crazy. We have crazy storms in our area. I know it's been a little bit of a rough one for you, though.

I mean, nothing crazy. We have crazy storms in our area. I know a lot of people did. I mean, looking at the radar was so intense. You and I were texting with Jonathan. Like, and Jonathan

loves the weather. He's always, you know, my weatherman. I don't even pay attention. I just ask him.

Very into it. Yeah. He's very into it. Yes. I was enjoying our riveting conversation. You guys, I know, I was laughing, but like also like understanding, okay, so we're out to dinner. And he's like, yeah, it's going to start like 9 o'clock. Sure enough. Soon as I pull in. And not 15 minutes later, I hear the tornado sirens.

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