Good evening and thank you for joining me for another boring books for bedtime.

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Find a comfortable spot. Adjust your volume. Take a nice deep breath in.

Let it out slowly.

And off we go.

Tonight, let's conclude our reading of this marvelous little book.

Fry's Practical Candy Maker,

comprising practical receipts for the manufacture of fine handmade candies,

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