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Weekend Rewind - Blind Date Book Club · Girls Gone Hallmark | Hallmark Movie Reviews

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  Speaker 1: Hey friends, before we get started, this is a Girls
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  Speaker 1: Gone Hallmark Rewind episode, which means you're about to hear
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  Speaker 1: us revisit an episode we've already aired. Maybe the movie
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  Speaker 1: is airing again, maybe we just loved this episode that much.
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  Speaker 2: Either way, we think it's worth another listen.
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  Speaker 3: Enjoy! Welcome to Girls Gone Hallmark, a Hallmark Review podcast.
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  Speaker 3: I don't know what that was. I'm Megan. A chipper voice.
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  Speaker 2: I'm a longtime Hallmark movie fan.
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  Speaker 3: I'm Wendy. I'm your former Hallmark hater. It's genuine. I'm
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  Speaker 3: in a really good mood. Yeah, we had a very nice,
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  Speaker 3: exciting phone call we just got off of. We did.
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  Speaker 2: And today, speaking of exciting, we're discussing Blind Date Book Club,
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  Speaker 2: which originally aired on the Hallmark channel on Saturday, April 6th.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, if you want to talk more about good stuff,
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  Speaker 3: come jump into our Girls Gone Hallmark Facebook group. We're
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  Speaker 3: inching near 700 very engaged members right now. And if
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  Speaker 3: you want to talk about the movies, the actors, Hallmark News,
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  Speaker 3: some of our favorites are dropping some cryptic messages on
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  Speaker 3: their Instagram. And I know we're going to be talking
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  Speaker 3: about it in the Facebook group. You know, the Facebook
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  Speaker 3: group did break my heart a little bit this week.
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  Speaker 2: So visit the Facebook group to find out why they
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  Speaker 2: hurt me deeply.
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  Speaker 3: All right. Let's hear a synopsis for Blind Date Book Club.
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  Speaker 3: A Nantucket book shop owner known for matching others finds
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  Speaker 3: connection with a best-selling author who visits her store. I
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  Speaker 3: want to go to Nantucket. It was not Nantucket. I know.
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  Speaker 3: I want to go to real Nantucket, not Canada Tucket.
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  Speaker 3: I'm surprised that... Can-tucket. Van-tucket. Van-tucket. I'm surprised that Nantucket's
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  Speaker 3: not on your... summer travel list it definitely is on
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  Speaker 3: it's just hard to get to it's someplace i would
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  Speaker 3: like to go nan tuck it nan freaking tuck it
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  Speaker 3: let's talk news and notes.
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  Speaker 2: Let's do it blind date book club was directed by
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  Speaker 2: peter benson i love peter benson it makes me smile
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  Speaker 2: knowing that he directed that he's a well-known actor he's
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  Speaker 2: been seen in many hallmark films this is his 17th
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  Speaker 2: directing credit He previously directed Hallmark faves like The Wedding
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  Speaker 2: Veil Expectations, The Santa's Stakeout, and Sweet Carolina. His next
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  Speaker 2: project is as Pat in the upcoming sequel.
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  Speaker 3: To The Cases of Mystery Lane. I'm very excited to
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  Speaker 3: see that come back. I'm looking forward to the sequel.
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  Speaker 3: I really liked that first movie. Really liked it. Blind
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  Speaker 3: Date Book Club was written by Nicole Baxter. Nicole has
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  Speaker 3: 19 writing credits. Most look to be Hallmark films. A
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  Speaker 3: couple previous favorites of ours are A Pinch of Portugal,
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  Speaker 3: We Wish You a Married Christmas, and Presence of Love.
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  Speaker 3: Erin Krakow plays bookshop owner Meg. Erin is probably best
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  Speaker 3: known for her role as Elizabeth on When Calls the Heart.
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  Speaker 3: Can't tell me Hallmark doesn't know what it's doing by
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  Speaker 3: premiering an Erin Krakow movie the same weekend season 11
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  Speaker 3: of When Calls the Heart premieres. The last.
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  Speaker 2: movie we saw Erin in was The Wedding Cottage with
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  Speaker 2: Brendan Penny. And let me just say, justice for Erin,
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  Speaker 2: she hasn't been in a Countdown to Christmas movie in
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  Speaker 2: six years.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, because before that was the It Was Always You
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  Speaker 3: movie she was in.
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  Speaker 2: I'm like, is she just really busy with When Calls
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  Speaker 2: the Heart? But Kevin McGarry's all up in Countdown to Christmas.
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  Speaker 3: I know. I wonder why she opts out. I don't
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  Speaker 3: suspect that she's opting out. And we'll get to it,
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  Speaker 3: but I find her absolutely delightful and need her in
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  Speaker 3: a Christmas movie. Me too. Me freaking too. Robert Buckley
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  Speaker 3: plays author Graham Sterling. Robert has 29 acting credits, including
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  Speaker 3: 18 episodes of Chesapeake Shores, The Christmas House, and The
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  Speaker 3: Christmas House 2, Deck Those Halls. Outside of Hallmark, Robert
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  Speaker 3: has been a regular in series like iZombie, One Tree Hill,
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  Speaker 3: and American Heiress, and the 2006 show called Fashion House,
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  Speaker 3: which also starred Bo Derek and Morgan Fairchild. Is that
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  Speaker 3: a show you're familiar with? I'm not, and he was
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  Speaker 3: in a lot of freaking episodes. Interesting. Does Robert Buckley
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  Speaker 3: sound like the name of a much older man to you?
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  Speaker 3: Sounds like somebody who plays guitar in a southern rock band.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's Jeff Buckley.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I'm having a hard time reconciling his name with
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  Speaker 2: his face.
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  Speaker 3: Also delightful. Faith Wright plays friend and co-worker Alice. She
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  Speaker 3: has just 20 acting credits and has been seen in
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  Speaker 3: shows like Riverdale, Nancy Drew, which I want to watch,
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  Speaker 3: and So Help Me Todd, actually a very cute show.
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  Speaker 3: For Hallmark, she's been in Three Wise Men and a Baby,
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  Speaker 3: as well as A Godwink Christmas, Miracle of Love. Glynis
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  Speaker 3: Davies plays Aunt Renee. She's got a healthy list of
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  Speaker 3: acting credits, but her last Hallmark movie was from 2020
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  Speaker 3: in a Picture Perfect Mysteries.
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  Speaker 2: Hilary Jardine plays Grampsister Lizzie. We saw Hilary over the
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  Speaker 2: weekend in One Bad Apple, a Hannah Swinson mystery.
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  Speaker 3: Johanna Newmarch plays NRP. Not NRP. My note says NRP. NPR.
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  Speaker 3: NPR reporter. Raina Johanna also appears on When Calls the
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  Speaker 3: Heart as Molly. This movie was filmed in January and
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  Speaker 3: February in Langley and Gibbons, British Columbia. According to Heavy.com,
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  Speaker 3: production was hit with a snowstorm during filming and it
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  Speaker 3: did appear quite cold as we could see their breath
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  Speaker 3: in many, many scenes. Many, many scenes. And I was like,
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  Speaker 3: they don't have gloves on. They're probably freezing out there. Right?
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  Speaker 3: Like they have to dress like it's spring. Yeah. Did
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  Speaker 3: you notice when they're like, oh, it's snowing. It never sticks. Yes.
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  Speaker 2: It doesn't stick this time of year. Like what a
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  Speaker 2: weird April snowstorm. What is your first impression of Blind
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  Speaker 2: Date Book Club? Well, I know a lot of listeners
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  Speaker 2: think it was always you. The Aaron Tyler Hines movie
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  Speaker 2: is one of Hallmark's best. But I'd like to say,
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  Speaker 2: Tyler who?
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  Speaker 3: Move over. It was always you. Nice.
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  Speaker 2: I agree with you. First impression over here, text flirting
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  Speaker 2: might be my new favorite thing.
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  Speaker 3: Text flirting? Text flirting? It was real cute. It was
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  Speaker 3: super cute. The whole, like, send me that picture. The
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  Speaker 3: one where I look awkward. Very cute. I liked how
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  Speaker 3: they handled. The one where fate pushed us together. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, he's a writer. Yeah. I do like how
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  Speaker 3: they handled the texting in this movie. I wish we
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  Speaker 3: could see it bigger on the screen because grandma needs
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  Speaker 3: to put her glasses on. Yeah. Zoom in, folks. But
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  Speaker 3: thank you for reading it. Yes. I can hear it.
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  Speaker 3: I can see what was written. Let's talk about what
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  Speaker 3: you liked.
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  Speaker 2: Oh my gosh, top to bottom, the TLDL.
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  Speaker 3: Too Long Didn't Listen. Too Long Didn't Listen? You know,
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  Speaker 3: TLDR means Too Long Didn't Read. Yes. The TLDL is
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  Speaker 3: a love to this movie. Me too. I thought it
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  Speaker 3: was great. First of all, I think I.
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  Speaker 2: Need to go back and watch some Aaron Krayko films
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  Speaker 2: because I don't know... We don't watch When Calls the Heart.
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  Speaker 2: She hasn't been in Countdown to Christmas. The Wedding Cottage,
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  Speaker 2: she was ding-dang adorable, and we loved that movie.
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  Speaker 3: Yes. We loved that movie. Ding-ding. We sure did.
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  Speaker 2: Gotta know your audience. I'm not a When Calls the
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  Speaker 2: Heart person. I don't think I ever will be, but
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  Speaker 2: it makes... bringing me over.
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  Speaker 3: No, we're not doing 11 seasons. Sorry. No, I would never.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not interested.
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, of all of the fandoms in Hallmark, I think
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  Speaker 2: the Hardys might be the most rabid and I am
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  Speaker 2: afraid of them. So I just, I really enjoy her.
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  Speaker 2: She's easily, I don't have a list, but she's in
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  Speaker 2: the top. I just love her on Hallmark.
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  Speaker 3: Outfits in this. Very simple. Very cute. I'm glad you mentioned.
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  Speaker 3: I loved her laid-back style. Super cute wardrobe.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, very casually professional, working in an island bookshop. Robert Buckley,
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  Speaker 2: now you say, he's been in all these Chesapeake Shores.
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  Speaker 3: We didn't watch that. I did watch most Christmas house movies.
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  Speaker 3: He's a real wowie-zowie. A hundred percent. I need to
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  Speaker 3: see how old he is, to be honest, because... There
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  Speaker 3: was a line, they were talking about getting to know
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  Speaker 3: each other and he's like, oh, I never got married.
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  Speaker 3: And I was like, how old are you, sir? How
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  Speaker 3: old are you supposed to be in this movie, sir?
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  Speaker 3: Like 40? Oh, I see what you're saying. Like he's
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  Speaker 3: of an age where he has to say like, no,
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  Speaker 3: I've never been married. Yeah. Interesting. But I wondered how
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  Speaker 3: old he was in real life. Any guesses? 35. Let
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  Speaker 3: me look. I don't know. I don't know how old
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  Speaker 3: anybody is. 42 years old. Yeah. Okay. He's your age.
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  Speaker 3: I'm 44, friend. Oh, sorry. Go with 42.
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  Speaker 2: I'm really curious, listeners. Do you lie about your age?
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  Speaker 2: Because I never have, but I used to work with
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  Speaker 2: someone whose wife lied about their age.
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  Speaker 3: It was real awkward. Well, I think yesterday I told
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  Speaker 3: you that I was going to start lying about my age.
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  Speaker 2: I wasn't going to out you. I saw your face
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  Speaker 2: when I started down that path. I wasn't going to
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  Speaker 2: out you. I can't ever remember how old I am.
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  Speaker 2: When I turned 44 this year, I was talking to
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  Speaker 2: my dad and he goes, oh, 44?
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  Speaker 3: I was like, I'm not 44. I'm 43. He goes, oh,
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  Speaker 3: you're not. Oh, boy. So anyway. Do you think a
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  Speaker 3: man who is 42 has to explain why he hasn't
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  Speaker 3: been married? A man?
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 3: I don't think so at all. No, I don't think
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  Speaker 3: he has to explain why, but I do think you
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  Speaker 3: hit 42 and you're having a conversation about your life.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's... reasonable to say, no, I haven't been married. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: like I haven't. found the one yet. But I don't think,
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  Speaker 3: I don't think anybody should have to explain. No, I
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  Speaker 3: don't think so either. For me, I really enjoyed this story.
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  Speaker 3: Most of all, what I really liked was that like
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  Speaker 3: Meg's whole personality wasn't, I'm single, like none of that. Right.
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  Speaker 3: And she wasn't losing her business. And sure, there was
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  Speaker 3: like a decision to be made about if she was
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  Speaker 3: going to keep the business or sell the business. And
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  Speaker 3: I feel like those are like very normal, relatable life
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  Speaker 3: hiccups that come along. They're not like these catastrophes that
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  Speaker 3: homework sometimes throws at us. Yes. Right? There was just
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  Speaker 3: no unnecessary conflict in this movie. And I enjoyed that
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  Speaker 3: very much. It just was like a nice, I don't
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  Speaker 3: want to call it simple, but it was just a
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  Speaker 3: nice movie. I agree with you. Here's something else I loved.
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  Speaker 2: Early in the movie, Meg reads Graham's book and she
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  Speaker 2: doesn't love it and he wants her to tell him why.
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  Speaker 3: And she says that she doesn't feel like.
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  Speaker 2: The romance in the book is earned. She doesn't believe it.
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  Speaker 2: The character development wasn't there. And then they take this
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  Speaker 2: movie and they make me believe in their romance. There's
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  Speaker 2: nothing in– from the moment they meet, they're not instant.
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  Speaker 2: It's not love at first sight, but they're not enemies.
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  Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
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  Speaker 2: And it builds so beautifully in such a cute way
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  Speaker 2: from him asking her out to dinner and surprising her with,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he had set it up and walks her home.
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  Speaker 3: There's just so many moments that make the romance at
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  Speaker 3: the end earned, which isn't always the case. Right. So
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  Speaker 3: I liked the parallelism there. Yes. Hey, I loved Sister Lizzie.
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  Speaker 2: I think her off-screen appearance builds his character as this warm,
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  Speaker 2: loving dude.
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  Speaker 3: And when she says to the daughter, she's like, girls,
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  Speaker 3: uncle Graham's going to tell us about a girl. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Real cute. And when he sends her, like he knows
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  Speaker 3: like she's having a rough busy. Yeah. He sends her breakfast. God,
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  Speaker 3: I want a basket of muffins and coffee to appear
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  Speaker 3: on my doorstep. I, while watching, I do have some siblings,
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  Speaker 3: but we don't have relationships like that because our age difference. But, um,
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  Speaker 3: I was like, that is something envious. Having a sibling
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  Speaker 3: relationship where you're that close, where you talk to each
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  Speaker 3: other and you confide in each other. And I thought
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  Speaker 3: they portrayed it really well in this movie. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 3: liked them. Two more things. Aaron and Robert together as
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  Speaker 3: a couple, I thought, I don't want to be like, oh,
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  Speaker 3: they had great chemistry. I just thought they worked really
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  Speaker 3: well together. They had the banter, like everything was so
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  Speaker 3: easy going, easy flowing with them. Yeah. And I guess, yes, chemistry.
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  Speaker 3: Like I thought it was really nice. And I liked,
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  Speaker 3: we had like a mid-movie kiss. My husband came in
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  Speaker 3: and he's like, whoa, are you at the end of
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  Speaker 3: the movie? And I'm like, no, this is like mid-movie here.
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  Speaker 3: I told him I joked, I joked, Hallmark's making progressive moves.
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  Speaker 3: And he's like, oh, for a mid-movie kiss? I'm like, dude,
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  Speaker 3: you have no idea. And finally, I loved the writing
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  Speaker 3: because there was a ton of current day vernacular in
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  Speaker 3: this movie. I mean, he said goat, which I know
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  Speaker 3: he had to explain, but it just was, I enjoyed it.
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  Speaker 3: At one time, his agent, and I didn't get this
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  Speaker 3: because his name is Graham, but his agent's like, yo, G.
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  Speaker 3: And I was like. But they all, like even his
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  Speaker 3: sister called him G a lot. I know. I know.
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  Speaker 3: But I thought the agent was calling him like G,
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  Speaker 3: like homie. Yeah. But then I realized quickly it wasn't
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  Speaker 3: that way. What'd you wish for? I only have one wish. Okay.
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  Speaker 3: And I don't want anyone to think this is a
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  Speaker 3: knock on Erin Krakow. Uh-oh. I... And granted, I have
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  Speaker 3: not seen a ton of her movies, and I don't
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  Speaker 3: watch When Calls the Heart, but I feel like she
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  Speaker 3: acts kind of like at a low vibration. Yeah, I
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  Speaker 3: think that's why I like her. Okay, so... I feel
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  Speaker 3: like maybe we are accustomed to like rapid fire dialogue
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  Speaker 3: these days. We are from the school of Gilmore girls.
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  Speaker 3: Like we are used to like that. And I, and
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  Speaker 3: I was thinking about this and I thought, well, maybe
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  Speaker 3: she's just acting at a normal rate, but I'm so
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  Speaker 3: used to like, just being like not yelled at, but
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  Speaker 3: you know, does it feel slow? It felt slow. It
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  Speaker 3: lulled me to sleep on first watch. Yes. Um, It
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  Speaker 3: felt slow, but I think it's normal. Yeah, it didn't
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  Speaker 3: feel slow to me.
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  Speaker 2: I definitely could have fallen asleep watching this movie, but
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  Speaker 2: not because I was bored, but because I think these movies,
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  Speaker 2: low vibration is a good description.
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  Speaker 3: I think they exist at a low vibration. And as
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  Speaker 3: a result, I think that's intentional. Like they want them
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  Speaker 3: to be soothing comfort watches cozy i think there's something
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  Speaker 3: to that all right here's what i wish for yes
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  Speaker 3: i need bookstore bestie alice to have her baby oh
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  Speaker 3: yeah right we need a sequel well and lizzie too
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  Speaker 3: so that's what i wrote are we getting a sequel
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  Speaker 3: i hope so Because does Graham move to... Two babies
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  Speaker 3: and a bookstore. Two babies and a bookstore. Sure. Why
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  Speaker 3: can't Graham? Graham can write from Nantucket. Heck yeah. And
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  Speaker 3: that's going to be how she saves her bookshop from
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  Speaker 3: the slow months is by having author visits. And he's
• 15:53
  Speaker 3: going to bring his author buddies in to do a...
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  Speaker 3: Who doesn't want to come to Nantucket? Look, I love
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  Speaker 3: the idea of this wrapped book. I saw this years
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: ago at Barnes & Noble. It's pretty common now. It's
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  Speaker 3: so fun. It's such a fun way to... Get readers excited,
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  Speaker 3: I think. I love it. I just love it. I
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  Speaker 3: do too, but I hate the name of it. I
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  Speaker 3: hate blind date with the book. Makes sense. And then
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  Speaker 3: you've got your blind date book club. Mm-hmm. That makes sense.
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  Speaker 3: But at the end, like the fact that there's also
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  Speaker 3: all these people that are meeting as a result of
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  Speaker 3: the book club aren't on blind dates. Mm-hmm. And Raina
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  Speaker 3: was trying to make that happen. Yeah. And I was like, no,
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  Speaker 3: it doesn't make sense.
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  Speaker 2: It's fine that you're making connections.
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  Speaker 3: Sell it that way. Like that couple met.
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  Speaker 2: Because of their shared connection over the book. And obviously
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  Speaker 2: Meg and Graham connect as a result of the book club.
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  Speaker 2: But those aren't blind dates. I just wanted to clarify that.
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  Speaker 3: It bothered me. But I like the idea of a
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  Speaker 3: blind date book club. Not only do you have these books,
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  Speaker 3: but they're with a purpose. People are going to come back.
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  Speaker 3: That's so smart. Bring them back in. I know. And
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  Speaker 3: then it gets them coming back for those blind date books. Yes.
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  Speaker 3: That's smart marketing. That's another thing that I didn't put
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  Speaker 3: in my notes, but everything made sense. A lot of
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  Speaker 3: times we see events and business practices in these movies.
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  Speaker 3: You're like, that doesn't make sense. This made sense. The
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  Speaker 3: bank chili cook-off in a New Year's resolution. Exactly.
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  Speaker 2: Um, finally, just a little thought. I think Graham did
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  Speaker 2: not need to lie to Meg about who he was
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: to get her to read his book because she's all
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  Speaker 2: in on, he heard her interview. She doesn't care about
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  Speaker 2: the shelvability of a book. She wants to like a
• 17:41
  Speaker 2: book on its own merits. I think he could have said,
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  Speaker 2: that's me, but I'm trying something new and I can't
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  Speaker 2: get anybody to.
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  Speaker 3: Buy in on it. Will you read this? Yeah. Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: I think she'd be all in on that. Now, she
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  Speaker 3: hated it, nevertheless. But would she tell an established, well-liked author, yeah,
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  Speaker 3: I didn't like that. Yeah, maybe not. I would be
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  Speaker 3: intimidated to do that.
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  Speaker 2: Well, and particularly given the benefit he can bring her
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  Speaker 2: bookstore as an established, well-liked author as opposed to an
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: aspiring writer.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Right.
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  Speaker 3: Do you have a did you see that moment to share?
• 18:17
  Speaker 3: I do. Okay. Okay. Alice, who works in the bookstore,
• 18:20
  Speaker 3: her name is Alice Waters. Now, there is a real-life
• 18:24
  Speaker 3: Alice Waters who is an American restaurateur, chef, and activist.
• 18:29
  Speaker 3: And I thought, that's an interesting choice. And was it
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  Speaker 3: made on purpose? Or is it just a play on
• 18:37
  Speaker 3: how much, like, they're on the water? I don't know.
• 18:42
  Speaker 3: But Alice Waters isn't, like— Is a real person? She's
• 18:44
  Speaker 3: not a nobody. Like, she's a James Beard. award winning chef.
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: So I just, I have a cookbook of hers actually.
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: So I just thought it was interesting. It is interesting.
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: Here's my did you see that? It's a funny moment.
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: Meg's aunt comes to visit and she says, can we
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: find somewhere more private to talk? And the editing is
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: really funny there because they cut to a B roll
• 19:07
  Speaker 3: shot of the Harbor, but the focal point of that
• 19:10
  Speaker 3: shot is a boat sitting all alone in the middle
• 19:12
  Speaker 3: of the Harbor. So she says, Can we find somewhere
• 19:15
  Speaker 3: more private to talk? The next scene is a boat
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: sitting all by itself in the middle of the harbor.
• 19:20
  Speaker 3: It's almost like you expected them to be on that tugboat.
• 19:22
  Speaker 3: Of course. They're not. They're walking along the water. I
• 19:25
  Speaker 3: thought it was funny editing.
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: And I don't know that it was intentional. It's almost
• 19:29
  Speaker 2: just like, here's an establishing harbor shot and they're going
• 19:32
  Speaker 2: to be walking here. But in my mind, I was like,
• 19:34
  Speaker 2: ha ha, they're.
• 19:35
  Speaker 3: Going to be in the tugboat. That's all. Would you
• 19:37
  Speaker 3: rate this movie? Four and a half stars. Me too.
• 19:39
  Speaker 3: So good. I really enjoyed it.
• 19:41
  Speaker 2: It might be the best of 2024. I think I've
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: said that already, but this is the best of 2020.
• 19:46
  Speaker 3: Well, there's been so few movies in 2024. It's great.
• 19:51
  Speaker 3: It was up there. It's up there.
• 19:52
  Speaker 2: It's going to be a fan favorite, I believe. Thank
• 19:57
  Speaker 2: you for listening to this episode of Girls Gone Hallmark.
• 20:00
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