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• Jackie: welcome to the red carpet report, your backstage pass for celebrity book clubs, book adaptations, and new book releases. I'm Jackie. And I'm Kirsten. And we're your hosts. ⁓ Kirsten Baritz: Welcome to the red carpet report, your backstage pass for celebrity book clubs, book adaptations and new book releases. I'm Jackie and I'm Kirsten and we're your hosts. episode is a plot twist where we're going to be going deep on a topic that's very fun because it is coastal books set in Maine. Love that. It's just such a fun topic to go through. And we know how much you love Maine. I do love Maine. It's the best. But before that, we are going to get into the red carpet rundown with a little caveat that we are actually filming in advance to prepare for our kids upcoming. Jackie: Today's episode is a plot twist, but we're going to be going deep on a topic that's very fun because it is coastal books set in Maine. Love that. It's just such a fun topic to go through. And we know how much you love Maine. Kirsten Baritz: summer breaks and getting them all settled in. So we're recording this in advance. If there's breaking book news, we won't have it this week, but we'll be back in a week or two with more breaking book news. we're just going to talk about some fun little topics. So let's talk a bit about some of the romance adaptations that are going to be coming, ⁓ I think Netflix in the next few months. Jackie: So let's talk a bit about some of the romance adaptations that are going to be coming, I think, to Netflix in the next few months. we did get an announcement that Bridgerton's next season is it's been announced. It's going to be in 2027 and it is Francesca and Michaela. Kirsten Baritz: did get an announcement that Bridgerton's next season is, it's been announced, it's going to be in 2027. And it is Francesca and Michaela. See, I am surprised by this one because John just died at the end of this season. So I thought they were really going to go and give her another season of a break before putting her into a new romance. Me too. And I thought they were Jackie: Me too, and I thought they were definitely going with Eloise. Kirsten Baritz: me too. It's her time. You know what I think so many of the other characters that we fell for are slowly pulling back. And Eloise can't like she's one that people absolutely love. So I think they want to keep her on for as long as possible. That's a good point. Because in the books when she gets married, she marries someone that they've been corresponding. He lives further away. So I'm guessing you're Jackie: You know, that's a good point because in the books when she gets married, she marries someone that they had been corresponding. He lives further away. So I'm guessing you're absolutely right because how are they going to keep her in the show if she marries someone that's far away? Kirsten Baritz: Absolutely right. Because how are they going to keep her in the show if she marries someone that's far away? Right. So when she goes, it might be like a Daphne situation where we won't see her again. And I wonder if that will be the end because does anyone really care very much about Hia Synth and Gregory? No, not yet. haven't really... Hia Synth was a little bit more playing into that role and I could see them pulling Hia Synth up. Jackie: Yeah. And I wonder if that will be the end because does anyone really care very much about Gregory? Not yet. They have a really high... Yes. Kirsten Baritz: more into a spotlight. They sort of did last season. Gregory is just chilling in the background. I know, poor kid. I kind of feel bad for that actor, but I also don't feel bad for that actor because he is getting paid. He is on one of the hottest TV shows and he doesn't really have to do anything. No. He's just chilling in like a cravat on the sofa. did. They both grew up a lot, the two younger ones. Jackie: I know poor kid Although he did grow like three feet Because I think he was 10 or something when they started I don't know Kirsten Baritz: So maybe we'll see more of them in the coming seasons Things have been announced. know for Netflix too, and this is not romance related, so just a little detour, but ⁓ given when this is coming out on July 1st, the new Enola Holmes, number three is coming out also on Netflix. Jackie: Given when this is coming out on July 1st, the new Enola Holmes, 5 is coming out. on Netflix. So excited about that. Yay. I love those series. And I was a little bit afraid after the first one when, because Millie Bobby Brown got really, really, I think that's not her name anymore, Millie Bobby Bon Jovi. I don't know what her new name is. She got. Kirsten Baritz: love those series. And I was a little bit afraid after the first one when, cause Millie Bobby Brown got really, really, I think that's not her name anymore, Millie Bobby Bon Jovi. I don't know. Right, right, right. She got really, really popular and I'm so glad that she keeps doing these movies. They're so good. Henry Cavill gonna be in this one? Cause that's, that's why watched him. let's be honest. That's why I watched them too. He is a handsome fella. ⁓ Jackie: really really popular and I'm so glad that she keeps doing these movies they're so good. I mean I think he's got I mean let's be honest that's why I watch them too. ⁓ make me swoon. Kirsten Baritz: to get him into Bridgerton. ⁓ Jackie: OK, so the one that you and I are both ⁓ very excited about, which is a summer book at all, is In A Holidays. Kirsten Baritz: Okay, so the one that you and I are both very excited about, which is not a summer book at all. it a holiday? Yes, I'm so excited for this one. Christina Lauren's time loop. Jackie: We- Christina Larson. Yes. Kirsten Baritz: Christmas romance book in which I forget the female protagonist name. This is like my kryptonite goes for a week long vacation with the sea blunches keep ground hug dang the same week over and over again until she ends up with the person she's supposed to end up with. And it's such a great holiday romance. It's probably one of the best holiday romances ever. it's not repetitive. It's not annoying because she does different things. Jackie: Mm-hmm. goes for a week long vacation with these people. She's keep ground hugging the sea. Yes. Yes. Yes. And it's not repetitive. It's not annoying because she does different things each time. I think it's just gonna be so good. Now one that I am really excited about that's coming to Prime Video. They announced that LC silver Rose Hill series. Kirsten Baritz: I think it's just gonna be really fun. ⁓ Now, one that I am really excited about that's coming to Prime Video, they announced that Elsie Silver's Rose Hill series, which is like Wild Love and Wild Rose, I think is the other And as a big fan of Yellowstone, I am excited for this, even though I've never actually read these novels. know, shocking. know, I know. Jackie: and a big fan of Yellowstone. I am excited for that even though I've never actually read this novel. I know. I know. I I know. And I think their size intimidates me. I'm pretty sure I have them somewhere. They are thick. They are big books. um... Kirsten Baritz: I am and I think their size intimidates me. I'm pretty sure I have them somewhere. They are thick. Really? They are big books. They, I'm trying to look. There's Wild Eyes, that orange one. Look how thick that is. That's really big for a romance. I know and right around the corner over there should be Wild Love. it is, it is, they're, they're chunky. Yeah. Which they must be really good if you can do most. Jackie: There's wild eyes. No way. That's really big for a romance. And right around the corner over there should be wild love. Wow. They're chunky. Which they must be really good if you can do multiple chonkers and Kirsten Baritz: Yep. I will not listen to it on audio because Zachary Weber is the narrator and he is a raging anti-semitic. Jackie: Yeah, we don't. No. Yeah, so I have to like commit to actually read Which I think though, even a thick romance, think sit down, go on the beach and a few hours later, you're going to be a couple hundred pages in. It's true. Because you don't need to like soak up every word. Kirsten Baritz: Yeah. So we don't. I won't listen to his books. so I have to like commit to actually reading think so. You've been a thick romance. think sit down, go on the beach and a few hours later, know a couple hundred pages in. It's true. I should just do it. You don't need to like soak up every. No, you just flip on through. Jackie: we have the charm ⁓ which I read it. ⁓ It ⁓ is an adorable romance. ⁓ And I think it's going to be great. It's reality TV. ⁓ Kirsten Baritz: we have the charm offensive, which I read it. It is an adorable romance and I think it's going to be great. It's reality TV I would like to see a reality TV as the plot because that doesn't, it's normally either reality TV or whatever else, but you don't normally see a reality TV premise for a fictional. movie. Did that make sense? Yeah, because it's Jackie: Yeah, because it's I don't know what the word I'm looking for it's like the usher hand drawing the hand Kirsten Baritz: hand drawing. But I think it could be really fun. I think it's gonna be a Jackie: I think it's gonna be adorable. Kirsten Baritz: So is a prompt that I am super excited about. ⁓ I went Maine years ago at this point, a few years ago to this lovely city or town or resort, I guess, in a Oquinquit And I basically fell in love with Maine, the Maine coastline, like all of it. I just want to live in a shack on the coast, Jackie: so this is a prompt. Resort, guess, in a bunk with, and I basically fell in love with me. The post line, like all of it, I just want to live in a shack on the coast. So anyone who knows Kirsten knows that she's literally obsessed, literally obsessed, pun intended, with Maine ever since. Everything to do with Maine. Kirsten Baritz: obsessed, literally obsessed, pun intended, Maine ever since. Everything to do with Maine. Books and- Sweatshirts. And Meadow Point. Yep. And my husband is equally ⁓ enraptured. I ⁓ have a thing for the Chesapeake Bay. I love ⁓ ⁓ Jackie: books and needlepoint. Kirsten Baritz: ⁓ water, love a coastal water, love water with trees. That's ⁓ my thing, really like that. I lake water. Similar. ⁓ water situations. I would be down with a lake too. ⁓ My husband is not as enamored with the Chesapeake as I am. ⁓ He likes he's happy to go whenever we go like once a year, Fourth of July. It will be coming up soon, much looking forward to Jackie: like lake water, mountain, mountain water situations. Yes. ⁓ fun fact, okay. ⁓ Kirsten Baritz: He is not as enamored as I am. He likes it. like I keep saying I want to buy a house there and he's like, no. But then when I'm like, ⁓ by the way, like we should go back to the Clif House in Maine. He's like, yes. Now, when are we going? He loves it. We road trip up. We get our lobster rolls. We go on our hikes. We just relax by the pool. Amazing. So, yeah, so I like to read a book set in the location that I'm at when I'm in a fun location that I really like, ⁓ is sort of how this list came to be. Jackie: Yes, now, when, here we go. He loves it. He loves to trip up, we get our lobster rolls, we go on our hikes, we just relax by the pool, anything. So yeah, so I like to read a book set in the location that I'm at when I'm in a fun location that I really like, which is sort of how this list came to be. And there are so many good books on this list. What I like is that they're not all fiction or historical fiction. We've got everything. We have some fantasy in there. We have some great historical fiction. We have some romances going on. I think there's, yeah, there's a little something for everybody. Kirsten Baritz: fiction or historical fiction. We've got everything. have some fantasy in there. We have some great historical fiction. We have romances going on. We're kind of all over the map. Yeah, there's a little something for everybody. And we tried in our highlight, you know, our bigger post has way more books about Maine because we've read a lot of them. But in this little mini segment, we're going to just kind of give you a highlight, something from each genre. right, you go first. I've been talking a long time. Jackie: right, you go first. I've been talking a lot. Okay, so my first book, and I think I've spoken about this one before, is Frozen River by Ariel Lohan. love her books. This one is fantastic. It is wintery. Kirsten Baritz: love her books. This one is fantastic. It is wintery. Okay. if it's really hot, like it is here 95 degrees and you feel like you want to cool down, you read this one, it's like a little blast of air conditioning. Just saying. So it's a historical fiction. It's a murder mystery and it's about a woman who, is a midwife. Jackie: Maybe if it's really hot, like it is here, 95 degrees, and you feel like you want to cool down, you read this one, it's like a little blast of air conditioning. Just saying. So it's a historical fiction. It's a murder mystery, and it's about a woman who, is a midwife. And it's based on a real person, a real woman, who I read about afterwards. She was outstanding. She was just a remarkable woman. and a body is found and it's the whole story with her and who killed the guy and I loved it. Kirsten Baritz: And it's based on a real person, a real woman who I read about afterwards. She was outstanding. She was just a remarkable woman and a body is found and it's the whole story with her and who killed the guy and I loved it. And this was a GMA pick, think, right? Yeah. So going out there with a good, strong celebrity book club pick. I liked that. Okay. What about you? Jackie: I think so. I think so. So. Okay, what about you? Kirsten Baritz: So I'm gonna go with Rebecca Fallon's Family Drama. I think I talked about this, this might've been a bookmark earlier in the year. ⁓ It is a really great literary fiction. It's got multiple timelines going on. Essentially we open with a mother has died ⁓ and she has twin children and they're ⁓ at the funeral. then it- sort of jumps ahead to how both of the twins are managing adulthood with this missing question of like, who is mom? And it goes back in time to the mother's life because she was actually a soap star married to a professor and she would fly to and from LA to their home in Maine ⁓ every week. Jackie: she was actually a soap star, married to a professor, and she would fly to and from LA to their home in Maine. ⁓ Kirsten Baritz: she'd fly home Friday to Sunday, come in, parent the kids, and then leave And the dad has sort of kept that secret because she was a soap star before DVDs, and so there's no evidence of that. And so the kids are kind of uncovering this, ⁓ and ⁓ they both are affected by in ways. And they're trying to grapple with who is their mom, who is their dad, and just sort of, it's a coming of age almost in some ways. ⁓ Jackie: What year was it set? it like 70s 80s? Okay, okay. Okay. Kirsten Baritz: 70s, 80s? I think she's 80s or early 90s is the historical fiction portion of it. And then it's like present day, essentially. So ⁓ it was really, it was really great. I love a story about, I love a family drama. Yeah, you do love a family And this one is just a really fun one. This one sounds like a good one. And the setting of ⁓ verse main. Jackie: Yeah, you do love a family drama. This one sounds like a good one. Kirsten Baritz: is really kind of cool to see this juxtaposition and I also spent a lot of time in LA growing up so I just kind of like there's certain spots that I always have an affinity for reading about and so I got to read two and one yeah it's a two-fer. Fantastic. My next one is the wishing game. ⁓ this is a fantasy. Jackie: Yes. Both them in one. It's a twofer. My next one is The Wishing Game. It's a fantasy. Well, it's a ⁓ magical realism more. My favorite. ⁓ Kirsten Baritz: your favorite category of fantasy. My favorite? ⁓ a writer who has written the Clock Island series ⁓ this woman had grown up reading the Clock Island series. Everybody loved it. The series wasn't finished ⁓ the ⁓ puts out an invitation for people to come. ⁓ Jackie: There is a writer who has written the Clock Island series and this woman had grown up reading the Clock Island series. Everybody loved it. The series wasn't finished and the author puts out an invitation for people to come and kind of compete to see who's going to get to write the final one. Kirsten Baritz: and kind of compete to see who's going to get to write the final one. ⁓ he brings people onto the island and ⁓ it's not real fantasy. like not sure what's real and what's ⁓ kind of Disney ish. And it was a story. I just loved it so much. ⁓ I think it's such Jackie: brings the onto the island. And ⁓ it's not real You're like not sure what's real and what's ⁓ kind of Disney-ish. And it was great story. I just loved it so much. ⁓ I think it's a great pick just to feel good and take you away. And it's about an author. And you can't go wrong. Kirsten Baritz: great pick just to like feel good and take you away and it's about an author and you can't go wrong. I love a book about books and that's why my next one is about a book about books as well. You are fatally invited I believe is is the one that I'm also going to talk about and it's Andrea Pelago I think is her name. a fun also set on an island also a bunch of writers coming together. ⁓ ⁓ but this one is a thriller mystery sort of combo. It is very reminiscent of the Agatha Christie, ⁓ my God, I'm blinking. What's the one said on the island and like everyone's dying. Yes, yes, yes. essentially all of these writers ⁓ show to this writing retreat at this famed writers home. Jackie: Then there were none? Kirsten Baritz: and they are all struggling in some way and they start to basically die. Like power is cut, they're stuck on the island, how are they gonna get out? They've all done bad things. It's multiple POV, so you're kind of reading everyone's secret and the main person who's narrating, you don't know which of the people it is or if it's another person that's kind of like behind the scenes doing things. ⁓ And it was a really satisfying read. Jackie: ⁓ I love that. ⁓ Kirsten Baritz: I love when an ending kind of catches me off guard, but also makes so much sense that you want to go back and reread. Right, right, right. As opposed to catching you off guard because you're like, dude, that's so not right. Right. Or it's like, ⁓ that was out of left field. But like, I totally see it. And let me just power through this one. I was like, wait, I want to go back and reread the whole story with that perspective, which I think is a fun way. It is. I've that's happened to me a few times. Alice Feeney, his and hers. Jackie: ⁓ Right, right, right. As opposed to catching you off guard because you're like, dude, that's so not possible. It was a ghost. Mm-hmm. Yes, it is. That's happened to me a few times. Alice Feeney, His and Hers and ⁓ Claire McIntosh and I'm picturing the cover and ⁓ I let you go. Those were the two that I was like, hmm. And I literally had to stop the book and go back to the beginning and start flipping through to see. And then I was like, how did I miss that the whole time? Kirsten Baritz: picturing the cover and ⁓ I let you go. ⁓ Those were the two that I was like, hmm. And I literally had to stop the book and go back to the beginning and start flipping through to see. And then I was like, how did I miss that? Right, when payoff happens, like, yes, you stuck the landing, you nailed it. And I felt like. Jackie: ⁓ Kirsten Baritz: This was one of my favorite, I think it was last year or the year before, it was on our best list of mystery thrillers for the year. And it's a really fun one where again, this like the island and the coast and it sort of, it's not just set in Maine, it plays a role because they're remote because of the way that it's designed. And so I think it's a really good one for a book set in Maine. Jackie: I that. Kirsten Baritz: ⁓ I feel like we're going to talk about our book club So whenever we choose one of these plot twist episodes, it's because we're highlighting a prompt that's part of our reading challenge for the year. So if you're new and you're just tuning in, every year we have a reading challenge where we give you one prompt per month. And that prompt then, like this one for July is bookset and meme. We have a corresponding list of books and you can go and pick anything on there or read from your own research or whatever you might have. interest in to follow that prompt. And we also do these seasonal reading challenges. So this is part of the summer prompt as well. They always overlap or the summer reading challenge, I should say. But the great thing about when we do these prompts and when we read along with the reading challenge is that we also have a book club. And if you join the book club, you get to read the book that we choose and then come in, chat about it with like minded book friends. and then the author comes in and you get to talk to the author. So this month, we are going to be chatting with, or I should say next month, so for July, at the end of July, we are gonna be chatting with Virginia Hume for her book, Liberty Island. And I will say Liberty Island is her new book and we're gonna talk about that. She also has a different book set in Maine called Haven Point and that is equally as wonderful. So. Jackie: you get to read the book that we choose and then come in, chat about it with like-minded book friends. And then the author comes in and you get to talk to the author. So this month, we are going to be chatting with, or I should say next month, so for July, the end of July, we're gonna be chatting with Virginia Hume. For her book. Liberty Island is her new book and we're going to talk about that. She also has a different book set in Maine called Haven Point. And that is equally as wonderful. Fantastic. Yeah. You can't go wrong with either one. You can't. I absolutely loved this one. So Haven Point is the same family and you will see some overlap, but you don't need to have read either one. Kirsten Baritz: You can't go wrong with either one. You can't. I absolutely this one. So Haven Point ⁓ is same family and you will see some overlap, but you don't need to have read either one to appreciate the other Jackie: to appreciate the other So Liberty Island is a historical fiction that takes place in two timelines. So one is the late ⁓ 1800s and one is ⁓ 1920s. So ⁓ in the late 1800s, have a who has been trying to write a textbook with her father ⁓ and her father no has interest in writing the textbook. she's trying to finish writing it, but in the meantime, she needs to make money. And they make it a little bit funny, but it's not because she needs to give good reasons to her employer why he actually should pay her for the work that she's doing. She always needs to give give these excuses. So what she decides to do is start writing stories. And she's writing stories about ⁓ her ⁓ and some other little girls, of them her friend, who ⁓ go off into a little island and they let them run free, which was very different from what they expected from little girls of the age who needed to be very prim and proper. The books were How to Be Good Wives and Mothers, and she wrote these other stories that were groundbreaking. Then in the 1920s, we're seeing Julia, who is the niece, who's getting involved with the suffragette movement. So you see these two timelines. The stories are very moving. You get very connected with the characters. Virginia's such a good writer, so I can't wait to talk about this book with her. There's so much to talk about. Kirsten Baritz: And she wrote these other stories that were groundbreaking. Then in the 1920s, we're seeing Julia, who is the niece, who's getting involved with the suffragette movement. So you see these two timelines. The stories are very moving. You get very connected with the characters. Virginia is such a good writer, so I can't wait to talk about this book with her. There's so much to talk about. There really is, and I love the way ⁓ Each of them is a feminist in their own timeline, right? But like one is trying to get the vote and one is trying to get paid basically to be allowed to work ⁓ and to sort of be groundbreaking with her storytelling. I don't think we have enough books about the suffragette movement. And I think this is particularly timely right now, this story and this moment for us to remember. It's almost how I felt about the book club for troublesome women when Jackie: Yes. Yeah Yes. Yes. Kirsten Baritz: I was like, I had no idea that in the 1950s, you couldn't have a checking account without your ⁓ dad or husband opening it for you. And there are sort of these controlling of women and to see the progress that we've made. And maybe we don't want to backslide into that progress. Jackie: Right. and there are sort of these controlling of women and you see the progress that we've made. Yes. I mean, we don't want to backslide into that. Yeah, I love how she writes her characters and how they all weave together from the past to the present. There's ⁓ stories ⁓ going on, but it's not a romance. It's just relationships and her relationship with her mother and the relationship her So ⁓ this is also a family drama. Kirsten Baritz: love stories going on, but it's not a romance. It's just relationships and her relationship with her mother and relationship with her brother. So this is also a family drama if you love that. So I'm so excited to discuss it with her. There's just, I'm thinking about it now and I'm like, I have a million questions in my head. And the Liberty Island that they are inhabiting is obviously set in Maine. So. Jackie: if you love that. So I'm so excited to discuss it with her. There's just, I'm thinking about it now and I'm like, I have a million questions in my head. Kirsten Baritz: that's where they're summering and that again, that island plays a central role in the plot. And so it's why we wanted to choose it. And also like, regardless, we wanted to talk to Virginia. We've interviewed her before. She's a delight. And we knew we were talking to her about one of these two books because they are the quintessential main reads. Jackie: And we knew we were talking to her about one of these two books because they are the quintessential main reads. have reached the bookmark. So what book are you gonna tell us about this week? Kirsten Baritz: we have reached the bookmark. So what book are you gonna tell us about this week? So I am gonna go a little back to ⁓ May 5th, a new book was released ⁓ and it essentially a beach read, but it's actually set in the timeline between Christmas and New Year's Day, ⁓ but ⁓ LA. Jackie: Okay. Okay. Kirsten Baritz: But the premise and everything else makes it totally appropriate to read in the summer. It's not overly Christmassy. It's not overly whatever. You'll understand why. snow in LA anyway. Right, exactly. And it doesn't snow in the prison compound where it takes place. Jackie: I also think it doesn't snow in LA anyway. Okay. Kirsten Baritz: So the book is Payback by Elizabeth Rose Quinn. ⁓ And essentially it's about ⁓ correctional facility where inmates pay to only be incarcerated on the weekends. I don't know if this is real, but ⁓ in LA, I believe probably is. So these high-faluting what? Jackie: So the book is Payback by Elizabeth Rose Quinn. essentially it's about this correctional facility where inmates can pay to only be incarcerated on the weekend. I don't know if this is real, but in LA, I believe it probably is. You know what? was about to say it's not possible and I'm sitting here and then you're like in LA and yeah, sure I can see it. Kirsten Baritz: Yeah, think it's totally possible. Essentially, if you've been committed a nonviolent crime and you're really wealthy, you can pay to hang out in society on Monday and Friday and then show up to prison and burn off your prison time two days at a time, essentially. of these women, ⁓ it's six women, but it is, it's six women. are there for the week between Christmas and New Year's because it counts as double points. So these five days count as 10. It's like double pay. Yes. And so they all show And they have this awful correction officer and he's gonna mess with them. He's a total masochistic, horrible human being. And so he arranges for a male. Jackie: You can pay to hang out in society on Monday and Friday and then show up to prison and burn off your prison time like two days at a time, essentially. all of these women, it's mainly six women, but it is, it's six women are there for the week between Christmas and New Year's because it counts as double points. days count as 10. It's like double pay. Yes. Got it. And so they all show up. Kirsten Baritz: prison inmate from a different high facility prison to come in for the week so that he can be picked up for transfer at the end because he's being transferred to another prison. And of course, on the first night that they're all there and that this man has been dropped off, they wake up and they find out that the correction officer is dead. And so one of the seven of them has committed this murder. Jackie: to come in for the week so that he can be picked up for transfer at the end. Because he's being transferred to a higher prison. And of course, on the first night that they're all there and that this man has been dropped off, they wake up. Kirsten Baritz: But you have to understand that the women are like bringing in their craft supplies to like glitter up their invitations and bringing their yoga mats and bringing their this and they treat it like a retreat. Jackie: I was gonna say I mean it sounds horrible but it almost sounds like like a vacation away like people are cooking for you you don't have to like Kirsten Baritz: ⁓ no, you can bring in your own food to the correctional facility. So they all come and they decorate their cells for every single weekend. Like it's hilarious. It's hilarious. Jackie: So all come and they decorate their cells for every single weekend. Like it's hilarious. It's hilarious. So in other words, it's like time to read without anybody bothering you for like 48 hours. Or like listen to an audio book and do your needle point. I mean. Kirsten Baritz: Yes. Yes. Or like listen to an audio book and do your needle point. Yes. Because you'd be allowed to have a needle in this particular thing. Anyway, so they're trying to find out which of them is the murderer. And they all have secrets. Obviously, there's a couple different narrators running through it. And it's just it's a romp. It's a romp of a beach read. You could totally I think there's like paper snowflakes or they make mention of Christmas. Jackie: Right, okay. Kirsten Baritz: and New Year's Day because it's obviously that's the time period but you could absolutely read this on the beach and I think it's perfect. That sounds adorable. It's fun and I haven't seen it anywhere so I feel like pick it up it's really silly and great. Jackie: That sounds adorable. I haven't seen it anywhere. Yeah, that sounds hilarious. I love it. So the next podcast is going to be the July, how are we talking about July? July Celebrity Book Club Picks. Now we're not sure if it's going to be next week or the week after. It really depends on when the announcements are made. So what do you want to see picked? What is your most anticipated? What books have you read? Comment and let us know. here's a reminder, there is still time to join the book club. So you can come and talk with Virginia with us. Like, subscribe, comment, ⁓ and reading. Kirsten Baritz: We'll see you next time.