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I love Gideon as a book, but Moira Quirk is one of the few narrators that I will always listen to at normal speed and will actively seek out other books she does. She’s incredible.

This is why my son still says prentzel and I have no regrets.

Me anytime I think about showing my kids The Brave Little Toaster

Saw Thunderbolts by myself yesterday on my self-care date and in the first shot of Bob, I definitely thought it was Zac Oyama. I had a good time, but I spent the whole morning wishing I had been right and couldn’t get over it.

a watch maker named Sydney and his mother was a nurse named Verity. This is has got to be a nod to Doctor Who creator Sydney Newman and the shows original producer Verity Lambert. Did anyone else catch that? Am I just slow? Why can’t IMDb ever have cool trivia like that?? 2/2

Oh my god, we’ve been doing a full watch of Doctor Who (1963-present) and we just reached Family of Blood. I just caught a bit of trivia I’ve missed the million other times I’ve seen this episode before. The Doctor, as John Smith, tells Joan that his father was 1/2

The Zoom Zoom Zoom song Mazda used would be my contribution.

Oh my gosh yeah. She’s definitely super abrasive and unlikeable by design. Especially in the first two books, she’s such a passive player in what is happening to her so if you go in looking for a Strong Female Character™️ you’re going to be disappointed. The books held up surprisingly well imho

(the original trilogy movies were cowards in this respect and I stand by that), but so many “kid” characters were clearly adults. Oh, and Viola Davis was clearly having a great time. But the movie overall just isn’t great. Makes me worried for the Sunrise adaptation. 3/3

Also, they took away a lot of Lucy Gray’s agency and cleverness. The impact of The Hanging Tree song is so much less because they didn’t explain it properly. I will give them props for using some younger looking kids in the arena 2/3

So I’m definitely back in my Hunger Games era (I just re-read all the books and watched the movies) and I finally watched Ballad. It’s not my favorite book in the series, but the movie just lacked the nuance that makes it good. 1/3?

Don’t threaten me with a good time

I’m not a lawyer but I would like to represent this kitten because I can tell they’ve never done anything wrong in their life and my client denounces this as slander.

I guarantee you have a bigger impact on peoples lives than you think. But yeah, therapy is a good place to unpack that.

I don’t even go here so bear with me. I don’t know if the new Superman movie will be good or not but I do know Nicholas Hoult is a GREAT choice for Lex Luthor.

I do that too! I’ve been doing it for years and it makes me chuckle every time

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Bookshop.org just started selling ebooks! They also share their profits with your local indie.

Glow up!

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon by Grace Lin was a huge hit with my precocious kid when she was four. She’s six now and I found her reading it on her own recently. Fabled Stables series by Auxier if you want to go highly illustrated chapter books.

The Ogress and the Orphans by Kelly Barnhill! No robots but lots about how small acts of kindness can change the world.

Just finished the audiobook (bookseller perks for the win!) and it’s a truly stunning piece of work. Still gathering my thoughts but excellent work breaking down the scope of the devastation and the true causes of why this hasn’t been eradicated. Excellent read.

Ancillary Justice is always my go to, but you might also enjoy Psalm for the Wild Built or Gideon the Ninth which are both excellent but VERY different vibes. Also it’s YA but I found Snowglobe to be fascinating. Oh! Service Model by Tchaikovsky.

I’m so sorry Ren. This sucks.

That’s definitely smart. I can never remember to cancel the ones I’m not using 😅

Oh fair point. I’d still say worth the watch

It was phenomenal. Maybe you could do a free trial?

Buy audiobooks & support local bookstores Libro.fm makes it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through local bookstores.

As a bookseller, I personally use Libro.fm because they support indie bookstores! Library is also a great option.

Someone I know who worked in local government sent out a notice about a “Pubic Meeting”.

This is how misinformation spreads lol

Omg just noticed I wrote wheat above but it was actually beans. He thought beans were blasphemous.