I got me a big coffee because I was getting teacher appreciation gifts.

And I said, you know, I want my ice coffee, skin milk, two Splenda.

And they gave me five Splenda.

Oh my gosh.

And French vanilla.

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Hey. Is she going to say hi to me? Hey, Hannah. Hey, Tina. Doing good. I'm excited to talk about weird books. I know. This was literally in our first

conversation together, I think the first topic that I jotted down that I wanted to do with you because I was like, I know you like weird stuff too.

Yeah. Yeah, really fun to be able to talk to somebody else who enjoys, you know, delving into some really weird books.

Really weird yet wonderful maybe. My books, one I love, and I know you loved two,

the other one I don't know how to recommend, but I'm going to tell you about it. So, yeah,

it'll be a time. And that's kind of the case, though, with weird books. You know,

it's they're obviously not for everybody, but they're for some readers, you know.

They're more of a gamble. Yeah, for sure. But then sometimes they really pay off, which I think is

fun. Yes, they can be more of a gamble, but it's really fun. And I feel like the payoff is sometimes more worth it because every once in a while, you just find one that has that perfect combination of weird and good. I love it.

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