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WELCOME BACK SEASON 4 -SC BOOKGAL & FRIENDS PODCAST| HOST PATRICE GRIMBALL | WINNERS OF 2026 SC BOOKGAL AWARDS (on behalf of Aspiring Magazi · DA CREW Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to the Sci Book gall Friends Chat. We're gonna
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  Speaker 1: be talking about the latest and book reviews, author interviews,
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  Speaker 1: and life. Come on in and join us. We're ready,
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  Speaker 1: are you? Hey? Everybody, it is time. I know you
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  Speaker 1: guys been waiting. I have been waiting. I am so excited,
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  Speaker 1: but first to get all the preliminary things out of
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  Speaker 1: the way. Welcome to season four, you guys, Season four
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  Speaker 1: of SC Book Gals and Friends Chat. I am your girl,
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  Speaker 1: Patrece Grumble missus sc Book Out eight four three, and
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  Speaker 1: I am honored to be back in your room, car
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  Speaker 1: phone wherever I am. I am honored to be here. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: I miss you guys. So how has it been? I mean,
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  Speaker 1: if you're here where I am A four three Chelsea,
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  Speaker 1: South Carolina. We had snow this past weekend. Yeah, it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't as much as we thought, but it was a nice, welcome,
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  Speaker 1: snowy weekend. Okay. I am just so excited. I mean
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  Speaker 1: I just can't continue you guys, like, who would have
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  Speaker 1: thought four years later I would still be here? Never
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  Speaker 1: in a million years. Okay, I'm gonna tell you guys
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  Speaker 1: a little bit about myself. So if you are here
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  Speaker 1: for the first time. Welcome again. I am a native
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  Speaker 1: of Chauton, South Carolina. There goes to see the book
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  Speaker 1: in the eight four three. I am a serious lover
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  Speaker 1: of streetlet erotica, starting to get into contemporary okay, really
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  Speaker 1: starting to romance. Are starting to too, kind of on
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  Speaker 1: the fence with that, but I'm getting into romance too.
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  Speaker 1: I have been doing book reviews who Lord for over
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  Speaker 1: how many years? It's been two years? It would say
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  Speaker 1: ten plus years my favorite author right now. Ooh, there's
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  Speaker 1: a lot. There's a lot. But I will tell you
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  Speaker 1: that I am currently reading and reviewing the book Heart
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  Speaker 1: Surgery by Monique Club. So look for that review. I'm
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  Speaker 1: gonna drop it tomorrow or possibly on Thursday. I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: tell you all right now, I'm bad with my schedule. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: I'm gonna let y'all right now. I am terribly bad
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  Speaker 1: on my schedule. So if I say it's gonna drop tomorrow,
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  Speaker 1: give me a couple of days, okay, please, little grease.
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  Speaker 1: I work at a local library and here in South Carolina,
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  Speaker 1: and I work in adult services. I would not trade
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  Speaker 1: it for the world. My patrons to come near my
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  Speaker 1: My kids are library babies born and raised in the library.
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  Speaker 1: It's just reading is my method of escape and in
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  Speaker 1: my my sanity next to God in music. Okay, what
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  Speaker 1: do I read on? I read on my Kendo, I
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  Speaker 1: read on my phone, and I read on books, paperbacks,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm not allowed to bring them in the house
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  Speaker 1: no more because my kids say have too much. So
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  Speaker 1: like every corner of my house there's a book, so
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  Speaker 1: I can't do paperbacks anymore. So it's all good, But
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  Speaker 1: enough of me. I know what you guys are ready for.
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  Speaker 1: You're ready to find out who want? Okay, I'm but
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  Speaker 1: I already know. So we are about to bring up
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  Speaker 1: the twenty twenty six Inspiring Author Book Out Awards. Can
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  Speaker 1: you guys, we about to bring up their scream? It
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  Speaker 1: is awards night, so we're gonna tell you a little
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  Speaker 1: bit about we got a little Yeah, it's the first
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  Speaker 1: night we apologize, but we're gonna get it. Okay, So
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  Speaker 1: let's tell you a little bit about Aspired Office Magazine.
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  Speaker 1: The mission of Inspired Authors Magazine was created to be
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  Speaker 1: a voice for those who think they didn't have a
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  Speaker 1: voice in the black and brown community. We desired to
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  Speaker 1: broach the gap between black and brown authors around the world,
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  Speaker 1: while touching on topics effect affecting our black and brown people.
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  Speaker 1: You have a purpose and our founder, Angela Thomas Smith,
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  Speaker 1: who is our producer working in the background, wants you
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  Speaker 1: to know that in Genesis twenty five twelve to fifteen
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  Speaker 1: states that you are chosen. But the thing is, do
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  Speaker 1: you believe you are chilsen? Okay, So now I'm gonna
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  Speaker 1: tell you. The mission of SC Bookouds and Friends. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: SC and Bookouts and Friends is dedicated to promoting a
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  Speaker 1: love for literature by spot light spotlighting diverse voices with
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  Speaker 1: a special emphasis on uplifting black and brown authors. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: now we are steady and the winners it's for best promoter.
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  Speaker 1: We have French Ali saw Brooks, AA Lewis and Monica Promotes.
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  Speaker 1: So you guys, you voted and the winner is miss
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  Speaker 1: Aa Lewis. Y'all, I've seen her all over Facebook. I
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  Speaker 1: love her promotions and apparently you guys too. Okay, we
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  Speaker 1: have over fifteen hundred votes and you guys voted AA Lewis,
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  Speaker 1: So our next one. Yeah, all right. So we have
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  Speaker 1: best podcasts of the year, Get Caught Up Podcasts, The
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  Speaker 1: Crew Podcasts, Black Girl, Tired Book Talk and Breaking the Silence.
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  Speaker 1: The winner of the twenty twenty six aspiring off the
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  Speaker 1: book Yallawoyd Best Podcast goes to Black Girl Tired book Talk. Congratulations,
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  Speaker 1: you guys. I have now following you guys, and I
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  Speaker 1: love your content. So you guys, all the winners will
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  Speaker 1: be announced tonight and tomorrow we will have a link
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  Speaker 1: on the blog that will give you links so you
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  Speaker 1: could follow everyone. Okay, Best book series, we have Family
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  Speaker 1: Ties Series by brebuk Shane, Product of the Street by
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  Speaker 1: e Browser, Vampire Uprighting Chronicle by Black Queen, and The
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  Speaker 1: Legacy Chronicles The Journey through Time and Entirety by Angela
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  Speaker 1: Thomas Smith. You guys, I need my glasses. I'm struggling
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  Speaker 1: over here. The one of the best book Series goes
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  Speaker 1: to Product of the Street by Ebouser. This is a
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  Speaker 1: three book series, says A Part one, Part two, Part three,
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  Speaker 1: and I noticed that all three can be found on
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  Speaker 1: Amazon dot Com. Our next category we have tonight is
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  Speaker 1: best Novella. All right, we have Beneath his stepson beautifully
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  Speaker 1: shattered her, he never complains and Let's Play and the
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  Speaker 1: winner is Let's Play by Lady Legacy. You guys, y'all
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  Speaker 1: know I'm a cover girl, so when I saw this cover,
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  Speaker 1: I was like, Oh, I said, I'm gonna branch off
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  Speaker 1: and start doing some other genres like thrillers and fantasies
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  Speaker 1: and stuff like that. This one is on my t
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  Speaker 1: b read for the twenty twenty sixth year. All Right,
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  Speaker 1: Best Romance book, Bindings of the Faded by Verit Brown
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  Speaker 1: dating Jessica Brown by t Ashley Lyric and Legend by
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  Speaker 1: Purpose and Mahogany Book won by Ms Candas. I know
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  Speaker 1: you're all ready, right, you already see who the winner is, y'all? Sure? Sure?
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  Speaker 1: The winner is Mahogany by Miss Candace. Y'all. The cover
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  Speaker 1: is just to leave so much to wonder. And I
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  Speaker 1: love books like that that has that strong cover. I
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  Speaker 1: don't really want to know the genre. If your cover
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  Speaker 1: attracts me, I'm gonna read it, Okay. Congratulations, Miss Candace.
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  Speaker 1: Best Poetry Book. We have Echoes of Emptiness gather light.
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  Speaker 1: Silence speaks when we talk to God. The twenty twenty
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  Speaker 1: six Aspiring Author Book gall Awards winner for Best Poetry
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  Speaker 1: Book is Silent Speaks Infertility Emptiness by Melissa Felix. Congratulations,
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  Speaker 1: Best poetry author. Now I am going to say your
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  Speaker 1: name wrong and I am so wrong. I am so wrong,
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  Speaker 1: and I held you Ina Elis, Melissa Felix and Angel
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  Speaker 1: Gomez Gonzales whip. Did I just say this boy looking
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  Speaker 1: at here? I need glasses, y'all. I promise I'll have
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  Speaker 1: it next time. Angel Gonzalez, congratulations, you are the twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six Poetry Author of the Year. All right, so
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  Speaker 1: we're gonna take a pause for the cause you guys
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  Speaker 1: real quick, I'm gonna tell you by some of the
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  Speaker 1: things we're gonna have for the twenty twenty six season
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  Speaker 1: and the options for you to celebrate your brand on
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  Speaker 1: Scbookgus and Friends. Okay, we do a podcast every Tuesday
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  Speaker 1: starting at eight pm. You are welcome to come on
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  Speaker 1: and talk about your book. If you would like to
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  Speaker 1: schedule your interview in box me or you can full
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  Speaker 1: of form out, which is found on www dot scbookgousandfriends
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  Speaker 1: dot com. Now on Tuesday night we have the live interviews.
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  Speaker 1: But let's just say Tuesdays don't work for you and
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  Speaker 1: you want to do a pre recording interview. I'm offering
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  Speaker 1: that this year the pre recorded interviews, we can actually
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  Speaker 1: schedule to accommodate both of our times. I understand that
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  Speaker 1: Tuesday night does not work for everybody, but I still
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  Speaker 1: want to give you the opportunity to talk about your book,
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  Speaker 1: your brand, and what's it like being the author. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: so if you want to do that, also find me
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  Speaker 1: on all social media. On Facebook, I'm at patrece Grimble
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  Speaker 1: and on all other platforms. I meither sc book out
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  Speaker 1: A four to three or sc book gus in France.
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  Speaker 1: Another thing we're offering a can this year. That will
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  Speaker 1: be our book reviews. Okay, the book reviews. You would
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  Speaker 1: schedule your book review. I know some people want to
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  Speaker 1: do arts, so if you want to do arts, please
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  Speaker 1: contact me personally. Do not pull out the form. Contact
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  Speaker 1: me personally so we can get that going for you. Okay. Also,
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  Speaker 1: what else are we doing new this year? We are
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  Speaker 1: doing something else new this year. What else are we
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  Speaker 1: doing this year? What is it? What is it? Oh?
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  Speaker 1: The A to Z reading list? So I created this
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  Speaker 1: list A to Z Okay, these are authors from all genres.
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  Speaker 1: Either the book has to start with the letter or
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  Speaker 1: the author's last name have to start with the letter. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: I already have those twenty six titles. I'm not going
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  Speaker 1: to announce them not to March, but if you want
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  Speaker 1: to know if your book made that list, you want
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  Speaker 1: to get the January issue of Aspiring off this magazine.
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  Speaker 1: My whole entire list is on there, and including on
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  Speaker 1: my list, I have my January recommendations, and I have
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  Speaker 1: my January article which is about those New Year's resolutions. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Also we have some other articles in there that talk
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  Speaker 1: about the Free Techs campaign, which we do on the
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  Speaker 1: other platforms help families who have family members that have
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  Speaker 1: been incarcerated for the wrong reason or the sin is
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  Speaker 1: too harsh. I do have a podcast sister that does that.
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  Speaker 1: We do have another podcast, podcast Sister that deals with health.
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  Speaker 1: We have another podcast sister that deals with relationships and
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  Speaker 1: social issues. So you want to grab that issue. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: Every month we got something new, all right. So those
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  Speaker 1: other things we have going on in twenty twenty six.
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  Speaker 1: I'm also helping out with new releases. So if you
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  Speaker 1: have a new release coming out, feel free to inbox
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  Speaker 1: me and I'll post it up. I just did a
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  Speaker 1: new release Heart servege Me for Miss Monique Love and I,
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  Speaker 1: like I told you guys early that's gonna be my
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  Speaker 1: first review for the platform for this year. That's going
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  Speaker 1: to be recorded. Okay, I know you guys said, all right, man,
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  Speaker 1: come on, let's get back to we ready, we ready
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  Speaker 1: to find out if we won. All right, so we're
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  Speaker 1: getting back to it. What's up right now is best
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  Speaker 1: children's book. We have at the fair, black Hair Can
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  Speaker 1: and Leadership and teamwork Ella's Oh god, I can't see it.
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  Speaker 1: Coaching Visionary by Angela Thomas. Okay. The winner of the
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  Speaker 1: Best Children's Book for the twenty twenty six Aspiring Author
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  Speaker 1: Book Yall award goes to black Hair Can. Yes, congratulations,
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  Speaker 1: all the black hair me rocking my natural. It's growing, y'all.
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  Speaker 1: It's like have some linked it's getting longer. Next up,
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  Speaker 1: Best Children's Books Author, we have Morny Glove, Stan Tucker,
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  Speaker 1: Jen Spalden and Nance well T Peterson and their winner
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  Speaker 1: is Monique Glove. Congratulations on Best Children's Book Author. Best
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  Speaker 1: Erotica books Ya use books right here, Choke Hold, Dripping
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  Speaker 1: or Sanna and gird Girl, Better Taste. The winner of
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  Speaker 1: the Best Erotica Book is Good Girl, Better Taste. Congratulations.
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  Speaker 1: Next Best Erotica Author, Obsession to be Scott, Missus Phoenix
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  Speaker 1: and Event Wulston. The winner of the twenty twenty six
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  Speaker 1: Inspiring Author's Book gall Awards. Best Erotica Book author is
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  Speaker 1: Author Obsession Williams. Congratulations. Next, we have Best Booklog Black
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  Speaker 1: Girl Tied Book Talk, Niel Simone, Pinkston, The Royalty Book
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  Speaker 1: Club or Jeanette Sapphire. The winner is Black Girl Tied
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  Speaker 1: Book Talk. Congratulations. Best book Club, we got Black Women
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  Speaker 1: Love Urban Fiction, JaQuel j Book Fans, Share a Bottle
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  Speaker 1: Social and Royalty Book Club m the winner of the
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  Speaker 1: twenty twenty six Inspiring Authors book Y'all Award. Best Book
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  Speaker 1: Club goes to Black Women Love Urban Fiction their Facebook
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  Speaker 1: group You Guys, Congratulations, Ladies. Best book Reviewer, we got
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  Speaker 1: Lexi Savage, Book Batty Pinky and Ander Amber with him
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  Speaker 1: the winner for the Best Book Reviewer Book Batty Pinkey. Congratulations.
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  Speaker 1: Male Author of the Year King Benjamin R. Coxton, T. B.
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  Speaker 1: Scott and Darrell Johnson. The winner of the Male Author
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  Speaker 1: of the Year goes to T. B. Scott. Congratulations. Female
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  Speaker 1: Author of the Year Melissa Felix, Missus Phoenix, The Tasha
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  Speaker 1: Marie and Massive That Willson the winner of the twenty
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  Speaker 1: twenty six Aspiring Author Book Goal Female Author of the
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  Speaker 1: Year goes to the Tasha Marie Congratulations. Best New Author,
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  Speaker 1: we have Angel Gonzalez. Okay, del Amitrus, Sam, I knew
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  Speaker 1: I said that wrong, and I again I apologize, Melissa
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  Speaker 1: Felix and Misspeedingx. The winner of the Best New Author
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  Speaker 1: goes to Melissa Felix, Readers Awards, Coco re Miss Smith,
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  Speaker 1: Missus Phoenix, and Katrina Williams. The twenty twenty six Aspiring
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  Speaker 1: Authors Book Yall Awards winner Border Readers of War goes
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  Speaker 1: to Coco Reads. Congratulations. All right, so we got best
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  Speaker 1: Nonfiction book. You guys, look at these titles after the Bowels,
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  Speaker 1: Hidden Wounds, Rebuilt and You're not too busy. The winner
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  Speaker 1: of the Best Nonfiction Book goes to Rebuilt, The Untold
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  Speaker 1: Story of Bhiliate Beat The Resilience by Katrina y Williams.
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  Speaker 1: Best non Fiction Author, we have Pamela Nance Johnson, Angela
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  Speaker 1: Thomas Smith and Darrell Johnson. The winner of the Best
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  Speaker 1: non Fiction Author goes to Angela Thomas Smith. Congratulations. Best
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  Speaker 1: Street Look Book. You guys, we got Clockett, Dacabi, Mob
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  Speaker 1: and Tunnel Vision. The winner of the twenty twenty six
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  Speaker 1: Best Street Lit Book goes to tunnel Vision by author
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  Speaker 1: A Denise. Best Street Author, we have Miss Phoenix, author
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  Speaker 1: Evette Wilson, Jaque k J I'm sorry, and author Cole.
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  Speaker 1: The winner of the Best Street Lit Author goes to
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  Speaker 1: Jock Quell J Again you guys. Congratulations to all the
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  Speaker 1: nominees and the winners. It was an honor. I found
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  Speaker 1: so many new books during this process. I am so excited. Okay,
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  Speaker 1: remember every Tuesday night at a p M. You meet
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  Speaker 1: read right here, we're going to have a new book
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  Speaker 1: and a new author. But I always remember there's no
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  Speaker 1: such thing as an old book, because not everybody is
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  Speaker 1: read every book. I see you guys next week. Tuesday,
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  Speaker 1: I got a new