This is the Book Right Podcast. It's a weekly news and talk show about what's new, cool, and worth talking about the world of books and reading.

Recording on Thursday, March 17, 2022. I'm Jeff O'Neill here with Rebecca Shinsky coming to you from bookriot.com.

Last time you were all daffodils and hummingbirds and now you're back into a 50 degree rainy.

And for Richmond, that's winter, right?

Essentially, that's a winter day.

It's late fall, early winter, it feels like.

Yeah, I was telling you before we started here that yesterday I was. I felt like

Cinderella yesterday with like little birds chirping around my head, you know, like full springtime glory and today it's disgusting and I've just

decided to channel a Sunday mode so I have like made myself brunch and a new cup of

coffee and that's just what we're doing.

That's what we're doing.

I will make your day feel better because I have a surprise game for you here in a minute

which I know always brightens your day. In some weird form of Stockholm Syndrome I do love this.

Look Stockholm's nice. It's true. I'm sure it's a great town. Of all the places you could be held captive.

Stockholm sounds pretty decent. You know, it's true. Is Stockholm best known for the

syndrome? Probably, right? Nobles, Nobles, Nobles, no bells and hostage situation.

If there's not a show title, I have never said one in my life.

Uh, I guess one other thing before we do a sponsor break.

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