I'm Natalie Moore. I fell in love with soap operas when I was just five years old, and I still

watch them. Their television's longest scripted series and have zero reruns. Now let me tell you,

soap operas aren't just some silly art form. They are significant. In this season of making,

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From WBEZ Chicago, I'm Greta Johnson, and this is The Nerdat Book Club.

It's just like a regular book club, except sometimes the author stops by.

Our March selection is Danya Kukovka's Notes on an Execution.

It's about Ansel, who we know from the beginning is a convicted serial killer.

He's set to be executed in 12 hours. The book is also about

the women whose lives drastically changed because of Ansel. There's Lavender, his mom, Saffy, a

detective who's obsessed with this case, and Hazel, his wife's twin sister. That's all I'm going to say

for now, since this is a spoiler-free conversation.

Donya, welcome to Nerdat.

Thank you so much for having me.

I'm so happy to be here.

Oh, my gosh.

I just loved this book so much.

I thought it was fascinating and challenging in, like, all the right ways.

Oh, thank you.

As I was talking to our mini book club, which is our producer and executive producer before talking to you this morning, we were trying to decide.

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