Book Friends Forever Podcast

Grace and Alvina talk about the importance of discomfort, using two Hidden Brain podcast episodes plus Adam Grant's book Hidden Potential as jumping-off points. They discuss times in the past where they've embraced discomfort and have grown from the experience, including public speaking and Karaoke! For the Fortune Cookie segment, they make some resolutions for the podcast, including producing a gift for patrons (finally) and having another happy hour! And they end as always with what they're grateful for.
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Grace and Alvina have their first episode of 2026. They sum up 2025 with one word, they share their proposed words of the year for 2026, and then share four resolutions and some aspirations each. They also share something they want to let go of in 2026. For the Fortune Cookie segment, they share some of the favorite things they consumed over the holidays, including books, movies, TV shows, and food! And, they end as always with what they're grateful for.
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See info about Grace's new book "The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon": https://linktr.ee/gracelinauthor. 
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Grace and Alvina look back on the year and share their highlights and lowlights, look back at their words of the year, and evaluate how they did on their new year's resolutions.
For the Fortune Cookie segment they share their favorite things they consumed all year. And, they end as always with what they're grateful for.
FYI, they're taking the next two weeks off for the holidays! See you in 2026! 
Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. 
See info about Grace's new book "The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon": https://linktr.ee/gracelinauthor. 
Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Bookfriendsforever_podcast 
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Grace and Alvina talk about the difference between wisdom as intelligence, as outlined in an episode of the Hidden Brain podcast, and how this applies to current events as well as the publishing world. They talk about the definitions of both, and how intelligence is not an indicator for success.
For the Fortune Cookie they talk about the nonprofit organization Inkluded and their efforts to diversify the publishing industry. And then Grace tells Alvina about her book A BIG BED FOR LITTLE SNOW. And they end as always with what they're grateful for. 
Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. 
See info about Grace's new book "The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon": https://linktr.ee/gracelinauthor. 
Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Bookfriendsforever_podcast 
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookfriendsforever_podcast/
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Grace and Alvina have their annual holiday gift guide episode where they give gift recommendations for the people in your life! The gifts ideas include bread lamps, banned books socks, board games, and more!
For the Fortune Cookie they talk about School Library Journal's 21st Century Canon and the lack of inclusion of picture books by women. And they end as always with what they're grateful for.
Click here to become a Patreon member: https://www.patreon.com/Bookfriendsforever1. 
See info about Grace's new book "The Gate, the Girl, and the Dragon": https://linktr.ee/gracelinauthor. 
Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Bookfriendsforever_podcast 
Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bookfriendsforever_podcast/
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