Welcome back to another episode of Storybeast, where Courtney Shack and Ghabiba Weston discuss the transformative power of story. In this episode, the co-hosts talk about cozy books, books they love, and give some revision updates! Here, you will find:

• An example of bad exposition, in which Courtney frequently says, "as you know, Bob" 
• The pair's definition of a "cozy book"
• Authors and books the beasts love (death-y books, kissy books, and more). We mention 

Leigh Bardugo, Lisa Kleypas, Brandon Sanderson, Robin Hobb, Christina Lauren, Su Lynn Tan, Kristin Dwyer, TJ Klune, RF Kuang, Joyce Carol Oates, Olga Tokarczuk, T Kingfisher, Naomi Novik, Haruki Murakami, and Neil Gaiman.

• Revision updates and solidarity for both your reading and writing slumps and the Frankenstein-esque beat sheet they are both trying out right now
• Love for Alex Bracken's video, in which she asks: what if everything works out?

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Special thanks to Deore for our musical number. You can find her on Instagram @deore.music or find more of her creative work on Spotify. As ever, thank you dear listeners. Please consider leaving a review to support this podcast.