Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime.

I hope tonight selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you get some sleep.

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Now, let's read and relax.

Find a comfortable spot.

Adjust your volume.

Take a nice deep breath in.

Let it out out slowly.

And off we go.

Tonight, let's close out our month of brand new listener requests with a bit of adventure.

We're reading Sailing Alone Around the World by Captain Joshua Slocum, illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian, first

published in 1900. And just a quick note,

while I'm sure this book includes some

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