Coronavirus update: My thoughts, my live event at 2 pm and more

[0:00]Hi, everybody. I just landed to leave a little message now that we're in the midst of the coronavirus

[0:05]social distancing and everybody's

[0:07]Often they're homes or everything is canceled and I haven't responded to that on the podcast

[0:12]Although I have on Instagram many times at ZB Owens and at mom's no time to read books and on Facebook and Twitter and I hope you're

[0:19]following me all those places

[0:21]As I share my thoughts and feelings about what's been going on in the world

[0:26]Today Sunday at 2 p.m. Eastern time. I'm gonna do a live

[0:30]Instagram and live Facebook, which of course will be recorded and I'll share them in my posts and everything but

[0:37]I wanted to raise the awareness of some of the things I'm doing to help the literary community

[0:43]One of the things you at home can do is go to my new storefront on bookshop.org

[0:48]bookshop.org

[0:50]I've made a whole list of books that are coming out in March and April of this year that are being affected by

[0:57]The coronavirus all the authors tours are being canceled and there isn't as much of a way to promote the books

[1:04]The authors has been so long working on them and I my heart just goes out to all of them

[1:10]Now that it's time for the books to be released in the world that there's the bookstores aren't necessarily open and people aren't shopping and the events are all canceled

[1:17]So I've put together about 150 books that look really good to me

[1:22]A lot of them well all of the books coming out in the next two months that I will have on my podcast

[1:29]Here are on that list

[1:31]I also have lists of all the episodes that have come out in January and February of this year because those tours are also affected

[1:37]So please go to bookshop.org

[1:40]You can go right on my website zibbowens.com and on the homepage

[1:44]I put a link to that particular storefront. It's also on the shop

[1:49]Bookshop.org homepage

[1:52]So you can click to it right from there

[1:54]I called it zibby's pics for coronavirus or something

[1:56]Hopefully not in bad taste

[1:58]And then all my other lists are there under

[2:01]zibbyowens or just search on bookshop.org for zibby

[2:05]And then look under shops not under books under shops and you'll find them

[2:10]Today at two I'm going to be interviewing a couple authors on FaceTime

[2:16]I'm going to share a few book picks a couple thoughts about books

[2:20]And just try to unite us all in this time where everybody is suddenly

[2:25]in an uncertain world where we're all scattered about and

[2:30]I don't know. I just feel like there needs to be some sort of voice helping us all stay together right now

[2:34]And I'm happy to do that

[2:36]It's easier for me to get out of bed in the morning when I feel like I have some sort of purpose

[2:41]bigger than just keeping my own family happy and alive and fed and all of the rest

[2:46]So anyway today again Sunday at 2 p.m. There will be a live Instagram and live Facebook

[2:52]Instagram is on my zibbyowens account and Facebook is on my at moms on a time to read books account

[2:59]Go check places out even after a few miss this

[3:03]And of course I'll continue to release episodes of moms on time to read books the podcast while everybody's home

[3:10]And whatever else I can do feel free to email me to reach out on DM

[3:15]I am dealing with all my own kids, but I am here for everybody and

[3:20]I hope that what I'm doing helps and I

[3:22]want all the authors out there to know that I'll do whatever I can to help you

[3:26]And I know that everyone else out there is eager to consume all of your amazing content

[3:31]So just hang in there and this two shall pass so and that really goes for everybody

[3:37]This is a really terrifying time and a couple days ago. I really just like could not get out of bed

[3:42]I was so depressed, but

[3:44]I've decided that I just have to keep on keeping on and just

[3:49]Do the things that make me feel good and one of those things is helping other people and this is how I'm choosing to do that

[3:55]And it's not necessarily I don't know the most noble cause in the entire world

[3:59]I'm not you know helping the homeless today. I'm out helping authors

[4:03]But I do believe that the stories and books that authors

[4:07]write and share

[4:09]Help every single one of us in the whole world

[4:12]Escape to someplace else understand people's feelings better and so I don't know I find this very important

[4:18]And I hope you do too, so

[4:20]Join me in supporting authors by some of their books. Just there's no better time

[4:25]You don't even have to read them just go buy them give them as gifts make your bookshelves look pretty bookshop.org and

[4:32]Follow me along this journey, and I hope I see you guys at two. Okay. Bye