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Jun 2023
47m 38s

Vices, Coffee Orders, and Superstitions ...

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About this episode

Today's guest is a DREAM come true! It's audiobook narrator, actor, performer, and all around talent, Santino Fontana. Emma and Joe have a lively chat about For You and Only You (and the rest of the You series), killing superstitions, trenta coffee orders, keeping it different, Cleveland love, and more!

Audiobooks mentioned in this episode:

You by Caroline Kepnes

For You and Only You by Caroline Kepnes

The Institute by Stephen King

Election by Tom Perrotta

Wheelmen by Reed Albergotti and Vanessa O'Connell

Wishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher

Rebecca Traister


For a complete list of titles that Santino has narrated available on OverDrive.com, click here.

Readers can sample and borrow the titles mentioned in today's episode on OverDrive.com or in Libby. Library friends can shop these titles in OverDrive Marketplace.

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