Jun 23, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 11 segments
Welcome back to our podcast—a cozy corner for book lovers of all kinds! 📖💛 We're talking DNFs. Did Not Finish. Maybe a few of the most controversial letters in the book community? We're getting…
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So today we're going to start out with a fun little thing that we're going to call read.
Our friends do this little check-in called report, and each letter stands for something that we tell each other about.
So we're going to do read, our own little version.
R stands for, you guessed it, what you're currently reading.
E is some favorite thing that you're eating or watching entertainment.
A is an activity that you're doing outside of reading, and D is your drink of the moment.
What is your hyperfixation? So, Erin, do you want to start us off?
Yes.
I am currently reading Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb.
It is the third book in the Farseer trilogy of The Realm of the Elderlings, and I'm listening to the full cast audiobook for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Okay.
I am currently reading The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
And I'm listening to The Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum.
Can I ask you a question? Yes, you may.
Okay, so you're reading Lord of the Rings.
Yes.
There is this phrase that my father-in-law uses.
There's two things in life, duty and delight.
So things you really enjoy and things that you have to do.
Which one is that for you?
Ooh, what a good question.
Thank you.
That is a very good
question.
I think right now it feels like a duty.
So today we're going to start out with a fun little thing that we're going to call read.
Our friends do this little check-in called report, and each letter stands for something that we tell each other about.
So we're going to do read, our own little version.
R stands for, you guessed it, what you're currently reading.
E is some favorite thing that you're eating or watching entertainment.
A is an activity that you're doing outside of reading, and D is your drink of the moment.
What is your hyperfixation? So, Erin, do you want to start us off?
Yes.
I am currently reading Assassin's Quest by Robin Hobb.
It is the third book in the Farseer trilogy of The Realm of the Elderlings, and I'm listening to the full cast audiobook for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.
Okay.
I am currently reading The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien.
And I'm listening to The Story Might Save Your Life by Tiffany Crum.
Can I ask you a question? Yes, you may.
Okay, so you're reading Lord of the Rings.
Yes.
There is this phrase that my father-in-law uses.
There's two things in life, duty and delight.
So things you really enjoy and things that you have to do.
Which one is that for you?
Ooh, what a good question.
Thank you.
That is a very good
question.
I think right now it feels like a duty.
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