Mary Heim

We are light on the chit chat, heavy on the book talk, and our descriptions will always be spoiler free.

Today we'll discuss our current reads, a readerly deep dive, and a little something bookish before we go.

And I'm Mary Heim, a therapist and mom living in Wisconsin.

And I did not pace my library holds well this week.

And I currently have an absolutely golden stack of books that are all due back this week and no way to get to them before that happens.

This is episode 39 of season eight, and we are so glad you're here.

Yes, the best and worst kind of readerly problem ever.

Well, Meredith, it is probably no surprise to anyone at all that my bookish moment this week was, of course, Indie Bookstore Day.

This past Saturday or just about a week ago when we're recording, we really do treat Indie Bookstore Day like a holiday in my house.

And as always, it was just so much fun to head down to our favorite local indie in Milwaukee, Boswell Books.

and just have a family afternoon of bookish joy.

My daughter is now old enough, she is six, almost seven, that she really gets it.

She is looking forward to it every year.

She's starting to plan the sections that she wants to check and the series that she wants to add to in her bookshelf.

It's just such a delight to see this like little reader that we are raising participate in something that we love so much.

And to top it off, this year I ran into Liz Hine, a fellow Milwaukee area book lover, dear friend of the show, impeccable taste, books to grammar, extraordinaire.

And it was just so fun to chat books with Liz and have that little bookish serendipity to add to the joy to the day.

There's just like not enough moments, right?

That feel just so uncomplicatedly fun and joyful that it was really fun to make Indie Bookstore Day.

Yeah, just like such a fun part of our weekend.