Hey everyone, it's Jenna Bush Hager from today with Hoda and Jenna and the Read with Jenna Book Club.

I'm so excited to share with you all a special preview of my new Read with Jenna podcast.

You're about to hear a clip of my conversation with author Colleen Hoover,

whose books like it ends with us, it starts with us, and Verity.

All have dominated the New York Times bestsellers list.

I hope you enjoy.

If you could have looked through a crystal ball and known that this is going to be your life,

please, what would have happened?

You know, I'd like to say I'd never would have written a book because this terrifies me.

You know, like being on camera, being on stage, being in the public eye, it's like nothing

that was ever a goal of mine, but it's become a byproduct of writing the books, and that is my passion.

I have absolutely no regret, but I think I would have been too terrified, you know,

not knowing what was coming to see that. I would be like, nope, that's not the life by one.

I'm going to continue to do so short forever, but just getting to wake up every day and do what I

love to do, and it's my career. And, you know, I might be scared of some carers,

the scared of interviews, but to see all the people that come out and support of this,

I would do it every day if I had to.

You write about such intimate themes, hard themes. And so when readers read your book,

they probably see themselves sadly, and some of that. So what have they said to you?

What have been some of the most touching things that readers have said about what you write?

I think just when they resonate with the material, it depends on which material they resonate with,

but I always say I write to entertain, not to educate or for raising, like I get entertainment

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