Here are some recommendations and counter-recommendations on books, based on Barbara's reading patterns in 2025. She talks about 26 or so fiction and nonfiction books read over the past year, not to mention a lot of shorter works. Standouts are In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez, The Digital Delusion by Jason Horvath, I am a Georgia Girl by Ann Hite, and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison.

There is a pause at the beginning--just a bit. This is a straight-from-me solo recording.

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