Hi, everyone and welcome to to Bad on Paper podcast.

I'm Olivia Mentor.

And I'm Becca Freeman.

And today we're doing a spring catch-up episode where we update you on all of the big and small things going on in our respective worlds.

I'm excited. Start with highs. What's high in your world?

My high is that on Tuesday, I drove an hour north of where I live to see Liz Moore speak. It was actually in a high school auditorium because

it was hosted by a library there, but they had so much interest in the event that they moved it to

a high school auditorium. And I drove up there. I got there

and I pulled into the parking lot and I looked at the time. The event was like at seven. And I was like,

are the high school students still here? The parking lot was full. I was parked illegally. I'm pretty

sure. So the whole time I was like, will my car be there when I get out? Because it was so jam-packed. I was parked illegally, I'm pretty sure. So the whole time I was like, will my car be there

when I get out? Because it was so jam-packed. It was like I was at Disney World. Just every spot

filled. I think there was like a thousand people there. It was crazy. I have never in my life

seen a book event so well attended, like by hundreds and hundreds and

hundreds of people. And she talked about her career a little bit. And then she talked about the

God of the Woods. That's what I was wondering. You were sending me photos. And when did God of the

woods come out? That was 2024. It came out two years ago. Yeah, I was like, if she's still touring that

book, I said it would be such a flex if she was like, now that I've brought all of you here,

and then just gave a totally random talk on a subject of her choosing, like if she was like,

let me tell you about my favorite episodes of the X-Files. She could have, and we all would have been there. It was unbelievable the amount of people there.

And I guess it's for the paperback, which I'm assuming they probably waited a while because it

was selling so well to launch the paperback. Was she in conversation or it was just her?

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