This week, we are saying thank you to the authors who wrote books that made our lives better.This episode was inspired in part by Tom Petty. After Tom Petty died, I saw and heard so many people online and off talking about how much his music had meant to them. And reading those tributes and others this year me think about the people who have created things I value and treasure, and how I might want to thank them while they have the opportunity to hear it. We live in a time when we are connected to so much art, so much music, so much writing, and much of it makes a minute or a day or an hour better or at least survivable. So I wanted to give a few of our recent guests, some of my friends, and the ladies here at Smart Bitches an opportunity to say thank you.Generally, I try to keep the work and creator separate, especially as a reviewer, but so many books and writers have gotten us through the past year or two or more that I thought right now, this week, we will make time for us to say thank you.So this week, we have an assortment of guests! We have the ladies of Smart Bitches, the ladies of The Ripped Bodice, New York Times Bestselling authors, NPR editors, romance readers, children, podcasting librarians - basically, as many people as I could reach with a microphone. Sometimes the phone rings, sometimes I’m in a restaurant, sometimes we have a crunchy international connection, sometimes it’s quiet, and sometimes it’s silly, but there are many writers we want to thank for many books that made our lives better.CONTENT WARNING at around 49:15, as Amanda is discussing Asking For It by Lilah Pace. Get bonus content on Patreon
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