Hi, friends. Welcome to another special drop in episode of That Sounds Fun. It's

solo bringing the release of That Sounds Fun. The book. I'm your host Annie F. Downs. I'm

really happy to be here with you today every day this week. It has been the most fun week.

Seeing the book begin to arrive and people diving into it. Don't forget to tag me if you

have yours so that we can celebrate together. And if you haven't gotten your copy yet, they

are available wherever you love to buy books. And friends, thank you so much for how you

have shared the book with your people, how you've written reviews on Amazon and Barnes

and Noble. Just the way you, particularly you, the podcast audience have just rallied

around this book this week means the world to me truly. It means the world to me. It

has been so fun knowing that so many of you have your names and your What Sounds Fun

to you in the book. So many of you have shared and it has just been awesome. So what an incredibly

fun week. I just could not have asked for better friends to walk this with me. So thank

you so much. Earlier this week, we shared a couple of brief sections of the book and we

wanted to put the exclamation point on the end of an amazing week with one more. Thank

you again to our friends at Christian Audio who've been amazing to work with on the audio

book version of That Sounds Fun. And thanks to my publisher, Revell, from the section entitled

Why You Need A Hobby. Here's one of my very favorite chapters, Book Club. I've been a reader

my whole life and a fan of Oprah for almost as long. I remember when her television show

was one not to be missed. It was on at my house every day at four o'clock Eastern. My babysitter

would be watching when I got off the bus from school and I would slide down on the couch

with a snack in hand and watch with her. Then in 1996, Oprah made us all want to be in

a book club. I have been committed to two book clubs and I love them both. One in each city

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