Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime.

I hope tonight's selection provides all the boredom your busy brain needs to quiet down and let you

get some sleep.

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Just our way of saying thanks.

Now, let's read and relax.

Find a comfortable spot.

Adjust your volume.

Take a nice deep breath in let it out slowly and off we go.

Tonight and next week in honor of Halloween we're taking a departure from our typical

non-fiction works to enjoy a classic of the season, the legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, first published in 1819.

We'll be reading the first half this week,

and next week on Halloween night,

a day earlier than normal, will be publishing the second half for your

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