All we did, the three of us, one would rotate off the dance floor, get two vodka sodas, and rotate in.

That's what we did for like three hours.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Welcome to Book Talk, etc.

A podcast bound to grow your TBR.

I'm Tina.

And I'm Renee.

And this is a conversational podcast about books and more from two Midwest mood readers who are easily distracted by new releases.

And today we're so excited to talk about reading and book influencing with Dennis from Scared Straight

Reads. Dennis is the person behind the books to gram account, Scared Straight Reads,

where he reviews thrillers, porn novels, and contemporary fiction. He is a wannabe comedian

and a real housewife's fanatic. Dennis is happily married to someone with complete opposite

book tastes from him, but somehow they make it work.

Dennis, welcome to book talk, et cetera. I'm so happy to be here. I'm so excited to sit down with both you and

Renee, Tina. I know. I'm so excited. We got this together. I know. Welcome. Welcome, Dennis. I have to get over my

like a little bit of fandom because I love Dennis and I've only

chatted behind the scenes. I know. And we got to meet in, God, was that June? It feels like a

lifetime ago. But it does. I was like, wait, it was in June. We happened to be both in Boston

at the same time, which is super

random. And so, yeah, it worked out. We ended up hanging out and having a really good time along with Carrie from Boston Book Fanatic. So thanks so much. That was kind of where this idea was born. And I know our listeners are going to love him. If you like our recommendations, you're definitely going to love his. So yeah, we're just going to chat a little bit. I also think you are the first

person that we've had on that's not an author. So you are the first kind of fellow in the muck, in the muckety muck, bookstagrammer with us. So we're going to, I'm excited to talk about that. I love it. I'm the OG Bookstagram. We're coming to hang out with you, too.

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