Hello everyone this is your reader Sharon my name is Sharon by the way in case you didn't know

I just wanted to give you a few updates on the podcast and it's really too much to tack onto the front of a reading.

So here we are, my first special episode in almost two years.

You may have noticed I've started a monthly raffle for people who support us through buy me a coffee.com or by

subscribing as a patron on Patreon. In July the prize was a copy of the

1897 Sears catalog and the random number generator chose Beth T

one of our patrons on Patreon to receive it.

Congratulations Beth. I hope you enjoy that book. It's really wonderful. If you didn't win or didn't make it into the

July raffle, never fear. We have a new one for August. This month, the prize is a free three-month

subscription to Libro dot fm through which you'll be getting three free audio books and I just want to be really clear

Libro dot fm is not paying me to say this. I just think their model is awesome.

When you buy an audiobook through them, they split their profit with the independent

bookstore of your choice, which helps keep those

bookstores going in an environment where basically everything is

conspiring to close them. As a person who from a very early age found bookstores to be a refuge from a lot, I really

want them to continue to exist, and I suspect a lot of you do too.

And if Alibro.F.M can help do that through audiobook purchases, I am all for it.

So if you drop us a one-time tip through Buy Mea Coffee.com or become a member of our Patreon, you'll be entered for a chance to win that really cool prize.

And here's the other thing you'll be doing.

You'll be helping me continue to make this podcast an ad-free space. You may have noticed in the last few months

that twice I had an ad at the front of the podcast for BetterHelp.com.

Now don't get me wrong. I think it's a great service. I never would have recorded the ad if I didn't think so.

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