Hello and welcome to Storytime for Grownups. I'm Faith Moore, and this is summer session.

Normally on Story Time for Grownups, we read classic literature, a few chapters at a time with a few

notes along the way, like an audiobook with built-in notes. But during the summer, we switch

things up a little. From now until September,

we will be in summer session, which is sort of like a college class, only fun. This summer,

we're exploring fairy tales and their relationship to the books we've read this year on

storytime and storytelling more broadly. We'll do this in once-a-week episodes, which will drop

on Mondays. If this doesn't sound like your thing, don't worry. Storytime will be back with a new

book in September. But for now, brew a pot of tea, find a cozy chair, and settle in. Class

is in session.

Hi everyone. Welcome back. I've just realized that we're kind of getting down to the end of summer

session here. I kind of hadn't realized it until just now, but there are only a few weeks left,

and then we're done, and we're going to move on to our book. I imagine that some of you who

have kids are in back-to-school school mode or maybe even school has started again.

I don't know. Where I am, school does not start until after Labor Day. I think September 4th is the first day of school this year.

So this thing where people start to go back to school in August is kind of strange to me, but I know that in a lot of the country, that's what's

going on. So if you are in back to school mode, you might be starting to feel like, hey,

summer is over. Let's get to the next book. And I completely understand that. And I think it's

happening. It's going to happen very soon. As I said last week, the trailer for the new book is going to drop into

your podcast feed on August 21st. That's a Thursday, but only if you're subscribed. So please

make sure you're subscribed to the show. So that will come out and that will be very exciting.

We'll know what we're going to be reading in September. And then we'll have a couple more summer

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