My kids, they're loving lately, currently, is saying a pain in the donkey because my dad texts a pain in the, and then he'll do the emoji of a donkey instead of like pain in the ass.

And so when my kids who my daughter can now read text messages, which is great, when she sees that from my dad, she'll be like, she'll be like, what's a pain in the donkey? Oh, I think that's great. I think that's great. I think it's lovely. I can't wait till. I know what it means and it's appropriate for kids. Perfect. At first I was like, oh, that's cute. And I was like, wait a minute. Yeah. Spicy.

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Hey, Hannah.

Hey, Tina.

Are you so excited for today's episode?

We have a lot to talk about.

I'm nervous.

I am nervous. I am nervous.

I am too.

This is the fifth time I've done a summer bonanza.

We started it in 2021.

I'm like, oh my God.

So this is our fifth annual technically summer bonanza list.

And still I'm like, have I picked the right books?

Is this going to go well?

Like are these the ones, the bonanziest bonanza books that I could have chosen? And I think I have a really good list. I will say this year was easier than any other year. I could have added 30 and I know you're the same way. So many. In fact, my barely escape June because June is such an insane reading month. Now,

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