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Today is June 23, 26. I'm Liberty Hardy, here with Danica Ellis, and we're coming to you from bookriot.com. Danica, hello. Hello. How's going? Well, I feel like we went through a grand adventure together, trying to get to this point. That's true. We had to reschedule. It's all me. First, we had to reschedule, And then my microphone wasn't working. It was like, no. Because it has, like, these crazy, like, laser light show thing on it when you speak. And it, like, would it show it to me? I was sad. Yeah. But here we are. Finally. We got here., that's exciting. Yeah.

But the bad news is I completely forgot what I was going to talk about.

Books, right.

Yeah, we should probably talk about books.

As I was telling you, I got to go bookstore hopping yesterday, and I wanted to know your, what's your ideal bookstore to browse? Do you like

a super crowded old used bookstore or do you like more of a new one with displays and stuff?

Oh, no. I'm a new bookstore person. Yeah. It's just like a personal preference. I think it's

because I grew up in the library and like everything that I read like a million people had touched.

So I just like want all my own copies of things now, you know. But like that's my birthday next month and,

you know, I want books. You know, we've been together for so long and still my husband is like, it's my birthday next month and, you know, I want books, you know.

Yeah. We've been together for so long and still my husband is like, really? I'm like, yes, that's all I want. That's all I ever want. Nobody buys me books. They think, I don't know. They think I have too many books or something. I think it's harder. It's the great love of my life. Come on. I mean, they don't know what you've read.

And, like, I get that, you know. Yeah, but it's harder. It's the great love of my life. Come on. They don't know what you've read.

And like, I get that, you know. But it's like, give me a gift certificate to a bookstore. You know, like, it's fine. So he'll take me and it's fun. It's like a little tiny version of supermarket sweep. Like, I get to like walk around and like pick out a few things. You know, I don't get to fill the cart, but I'll pick out a few things that I want, and that'll be fun.

Yeah. sweep. Like I get to like walk around and like pick out a few things. You know, I don't get to fill the cart, but like I'll pick out a few things that that I want.

And that'll be fun.

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