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Apr 2024
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#240 - Falling into Darkness: Seeing the...

Ariel Bissett & Raeleen Lemay
About this episode

Ariel sees the eclipse, does more tea reviews and reads a classic, Raeleen hosts a Twin Peaks party, and reads a new favourite book!


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Timestamps:


00:00:00 - Peach Hats!

00:01:38 - The Tea

00:05:58 - Party Queens

00:14:01 - The Eclipse

00:22:22 - Book Hauls

00:29:51 - Slow Days, Fast Company

00:34:45 - Of Mice and Men

00:41:49 - The Island of Doctor Moreau

00:44:41 - Don’t Go Without Me

00:50:09 - Snow Crash

01:03:22 - Book News

01:10:51 - The Mail Room


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