Amanda BW
@amandabw425.bsky.social
(Extremely) apologetic fangirl. I might have lost on Jeopardy, but at least I made it there. She/her/hers
I understand they are ruffles, but it looks like a bunch of clams around her neck
November 28, 2025 at 12:49 AM
I understand they are ruffles, but it looks like a bunch of clams around her neck
There is no better comedic scene in all of The West Wing than the Butterball Hotline scene
November 28, 2025 at 12:27 AM
There is no better comedic scene in all of The West Wing than the Butterball Hotline scene
He gave him the knife 😭😭😭😭
November 27, 2025 at 11:53 PM
He gave him the knife 😭😭😭😭
Book #125:
Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe
Finish date: 11/14/2025
Rating: 4/5
Reading challenges completed: on my TBR pile for 1+ year, involves cross-cultural/multiracial relationship, written in first person, true crime book
Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe
Finish date: 11/14/2025
Rating: 4/5
Reading challenges completed: on my TBR pile for 1+ year, involves cross-cultural/multiracial relationship, written in first person, true crime book
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Book #125:
Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe
Finish date: 11/14/2025
Rating: 4/5
Reading challenges completed: on my TBR pile for 1+ year, involves cross-cultural/multiracial relationship, written in first person, true crime book
Savage Appetites: Four True Stories of Women, Crime, and Obsession by Rachel Monroe
Finish date: 11/14/2025
Rating: 4/5
Reading challenges completed: on my TBR pile for 1+ year, involves cross-cultural/multiracial relationship, written in first person, true crime book
Book #124:
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
Finish date: 11/12/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book recommended to me, LGBTQ+ subject/protagonist, made me laugh or cry, subsequent book in series
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
Finish date: 11/12/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book recommended to me, LGBTQ+ subject/protagonist, made me laugh or cry, subsequent book in series
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Book #124:
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
Finish date: 11/12/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book recommended to me, LGBTQ+ subject/protagonist, made me laugh or cry, subsequent book in series
Heated Rivalry by Rachel Reid
Finish date: 11/12/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book recommended to me, LGBTQ+ subject/protagonist, made me laugh or cry, subsequent book in series
Book #123:
But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman
Finish date: 11/11/2025
Rating: 4/5
Reading challenges completed: on my TBR pile for 1+ year, written in first person, from a genre I avoid, philosophy book, history book
But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman
Finish date: 11/11/2025
Rating: 4/5
Reading challenges completed: on my TBR pile for 1+ year, written in first person, from a genre I avoid, philosophy book, history book
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Book #123:
But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman
Finish date: 11/11/2025
Rating: 4/5
Reading challenges completed: on my TBR pile for 1+ year, written in first person, from a genre I avoid, philosophy book, history book
But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past by Chuck Klosterman
Finish date: 11/11/2025
Rating: 4/5
Reading challenges completed: on my TBR pile for 1+ year, written in first person, from a genre I avoid, philosophy book, history book
Book #122:
Four Eids and a Funeral by Adiba Jaigirdar & Faridah Abike-Iyimide
Finish date: 11/09/2025
Rating: 3.5/5
Reading challenges completed: book set in high school, book with a funeral, from a different faith tradition, written by Gen Z author
Four Eids and a Funeral by Adiba Jaigirdar & Faridah Abike-Iyimide
Finish date: 11/09/2025
Rating: 3.5/5
Reading challenges completed: book set in high school, book with a funeral, from a different faith tradition, written by Gen Z author
November 15, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Book #122:
Four Eids and a Funeral by Adiba Jaigirdar & Faridah Abike-Iyimide
Finish date: 11/09/2025
Rating: 3.5/5
Reading challenges completed: book set in high school, book with a funeral, from a different faith tradition, written by Gen Z author
Four Eids and a Funeral by Adiba Jaigirdar & Faridah Abike-Iyimide
Finish date: 11/09/2025
Rating: 3.5/5
Reading challenges completed: book set in high school, book with a funeral, from a different faith tradition, written by Gen Z author
Movie #8- Sound of Falling
Had this been my first movie and not my last movie, I might have connected with this more. As it was, it felt miserable and reminded me of The Virgin Suicides without the humor.
Had this been my first movie and not my last movie, I might have connected with this more. As it was, it felt miserable and reminded me of The Virgin Suicides without the humor.
November 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Movie #8- Sound of Falling
Had this been my first movie and not my last movie, I might have connected with this more. As it was, it felt miserable and reminded me of The Virgin Suicides without the humor.
Had this been my first movie and not my last movie, I might have connected with this more. As it was, it felt miserable and reminded me of The Virgin Suicides without the humor.
Movie #7- The President’s Cake
The premise seems like it’s going to be this lighthearted romp about a child trying to gather ingredients for a birthday cake, but it’s actually a devastating look at living under authoritarianism.
The premise seems like it’s going to be this lighthearted romp about a child trying to gather ingredients for a birthday cake, but it’s actually a devastating look at living under authoritarianism.
November 9, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Movie #7- The President’s Cake
The premise seems like it’s going to be this lighthearted romp about a child trying to gather ingredients for a birthday cake, but it’s actually a devastating look at living under authoritarianism.
The premise seems like it’s going to be this lighthearted romp about a child trying to gather ingredients for a birthday cake, but it’s actually a devastating look at living under authoritarianism.
Movie #6- The Testament of Ann Lee
This is easily one of the best movies I have seen all year. I loved how narratively sparse it felt. Instead of a traditional biopic, it felt more like a character study of this profoundly religious woman. I wanted that final scene to continue forever.
This is easily one of the best movies I have seen all year. I loved how narratively sparse it felt. Instead of a traditional biopic, it felt more like a character study of this profoundly religious woman. I wanted that final scene to continue forever.
November 9, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Movie #6- The Testament of Ann Lee
This is easily one of the best movies I have seen all year. I loved how narratively sparse it felt. Instead of a traditional biopic, it felt more like a character study of this profoundly religious woman. I wanted that final scene to continue forever.
This is easily one of the best movies I have seen all year. I loved how narratively sparse it felt. Instead of a traditional biopic, it felt more like a character study of this profoundly religious woman. I wanted that final scene to continue forever.
Movie #5- Resurrection
This is something I am so glad I experienced in the theater, because I know I wouldn’t have gotten the same out of it at home. This was truly beautiful to look at and it went so far over my head. I needed guidance to fully understand it all.
This is something I am so glad I experienced in the theater, because I know I wouldn’t have gotten the same out of it at home. This was truly beautiful to look at and it went so far over my head. I needed guidance to fully understand it all.
November 9, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Movie #5- Resurrection
This is something I am so glad I experienced in the theater, because I know I wouldn’t have gotten the same out of it at home. This was truly beautiful to look at and it went so far over my head. I needed guidance to fully understand it all.
This is something I am so glad I experienced in the theater, because I know I wouldn’t have gotten the same out of it at home. This was truly beautiful to look at and it went so far over my head. I needed guidance to fully understand it all.
Movie #4 - Hamnet
This was one of my most anticipated films of the year, and it largely lived up to my hopes. The love story was too rushed at the beginning, but the core message of grief and trying to make sense of it hit me so hard.
This was one of my most anticipated films of the year, and it largely lived up to my hopes. The love story was too rushed at the beginning, but the core message of grief and trying to make sense of it hit me so hard.
November 8, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Movie #4 - Hamnet
This was one of my most anticipated films of the year, and it largely lived up to my hopes. The love story was too rushed at the beginning, but the core message of grief and trying to make sense of it hit me so hard.
This was one of my most anticipated films of the year, and it largely lived up to my hopes. The love story was too rushed at the beginning, but the core message of grief and trying to make sense of it hit me so hard.
Movie #3 - Palestine 36
This film was absolutely brutal to watch. It was exceptionally well made and acted about a part of history that I shamefully don’t know much about. But for a two-hour movie, it was so dense with history and violence that it was hard to always stay fully engaged.
This film was absolutely brutal to watch. It was exceptionally well made and acted about a part of history that I shamefully don’t know much about. But for a two-hour movie, it was so dense with history and violence that it was hard to always stay fully engaged.
November 8, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Movie #3 - Palestine 36
This film was absolutely brutal to watch. It was exceptionally well made and acted about a part of history that I shamefully don’t know much about. But for a two-hour movie, it was so dense with history and violence that it was hard to always stay fully engaged.
This film was absolutely brutal to watch. It was exceptionally well made and acted about a part of history that I shamefully don’t know much about. But for a two-hour movie, it was so dense with history and violence that it was hard to always stay fully engaged.
Movie #2 - Calle Malaga
This was such a charming character study about an elderly woman fighting for the right to continue to live in her home until she decides she is ready to leave. She opens an underground cafe. She falls in love. She just keeps to get living her life and it’s truly beautiful.
This was such a charming character study about an elderly woman fighting for the right to continue to live in her home until she decides she is ready to leave. She opens an underground cafe. She falls in love. She just keeps to get living her life and it’s truly beautiful.
November 7, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Movie #2 - Calle Malaga
This was such a charming character study about an elderly woman fighting for the right to continue to live in her home until she decides she is ready to leave. She opens an underground cafe. She falls in love. She just keeps to get living her life and it’s truly beautiful.
This was such a charming character study about an elderly woman fighting for the right to continue to live in her home until she decides she is ready to leave. She opens an underground cafe. She falls in love. She just keeps to get living her life and it’s truly beautiful.
Official #DenverFilmFestival movie thread:
Movie #1 - My Father’s Shadow - There is something so compelling about watching a historical moment through a child’s eyes. Focusing on the 1993 Nigerian presidential election could have been a basic drama, but instead we get this beautiful memory piece.
Movie #1 - My Father’s Shadow - There is something so compelling about watching a historical moment through a child’s eyes. Focusing on the 1993 Nigerian presidential election could have been a basic drama, but instead we get this beautiful memory piece.
November 7, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Official #DenverFilmFestival movie thread:
Movie #1 - My Father’s Shadow - There is something so compelling about watching a historical moment through a child’s eyes. Focusing on the 1993 Nigerian presidential election could have been a basic drama, but instead we get this beautiful memory piece.
Movie #1 - My Father’s Shadow - There is something so compelling about watching a historical moment through a child’s eyes. Focusing on the 1993 Nigerian presidential election could have been a basic drama, but instead we get this beautiful memory piece.
Let vacation begin!
November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Let vacation begin!
Book #121:
Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango
Finish date: 11/04/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book about a neurodivergent character, author shares my initials, made me cry, written in first person, Newbery winner/honor from year I was on Jeopardy, debut novel
Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango
Finish date: 11/04/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book about a neurodivergent character, author shares my initials, made me cry, written in first person, Newbery winner/honor from year I was on Jeopardy, debut novel
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Book #121:
Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango
Finish date: 11/04/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book about a neurodivergent character, author shares my initials, made me cry, written in first person, Newbery winner/honor from year I was on Jeopardy, debut novel
Iveliz Explains It All by Andrea Beatriz Arango
Finish date: 11/04/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book about a neurodivergent character, author shares my initials, made me cry, written in first person, Newbery winner/honor from year I was on Jeopardy, debut novel
Book #120:
Back After This by Linda Holmes
Finish date: 11/03/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book about influencers, book I recommended to someone else, written in first person, made me laugh or cry
Back After This by Linda Holmes
Finish date: 11/03/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book about influencers, book I recommended to someone else, written in first person, made me laugh or cry
November 4, 2025 at 12:18 AM
Book #120:
Back After This by Linda Holmes
Finish date: 11/03/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book about influencers, book I recommended to someone else, written in first person, made me laugh or cry
Back After This by Linda Holmes
Finish date: 11/03/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book about influencers, book I recommended to someone else, written in first person, made me laugh or cry
Book #119:
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
Finish date: 10/31/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: vampire books, historical thriller, LGBTQ+ protagonist, mistaken/concealed identity, color in the title
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
Finish date: 10/31/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: vampire books, historical thriller, LGBTQ+ protagonist, mistaken/concealed identity, color in the title
November 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Book #119:
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
Finish date: 10/31/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: vampire books, historical thriller, LGBTQ+ protagonist, mistaken/concealed identity, color in the title
Bury Our Bones in the Midnight Soil by VE Schwab
Finish date: 10/31/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: vampire books, historical thriller, LGBTQ+ protagonist, mistaken/concealed identity, color in the title
Book #118:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Finish date: 10/31/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: books with a funeral, on my TBR pile for 1+ year, written in first person, author's debut novel
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Finish date: 10/31/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: books with a funeral, on my TBR pile for 1+ year, written in first person, author's debut novel
November 1, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Book #118:
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Finish date: 10/31/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: books with a funeral, on my TBR pile for 1+ year, written in first person, author's debut novel
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
Finish date: 10/31/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: books with a funeral, on my TBR pile for 1+ year, written in first person, author's debut novel
Book #117:
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Finish date: 10/25/2025
Rating: 4.25/5
Reading challenges completed: historical thriller, on my TBR pile for 1+ year, plant/fungus plays pivotal role, written by Mexican author/set in Mexico, historical fiction set outside UK/US/Canada
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Finish date: 10/25/2025
Rating: 4.25/5
Reading challenges completed: historical thriller, on my TBR pile for 1+ year, plant/fungus plays pivotal role, written by Mexican author/set in Mexico, historical fiction set outside UK/US/Canada
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Book #117:
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Finish date: 10/25/2025
Rating: 4.25/5
Reading challenges completed: historical thriller, on my TBR pile for 1+ year, plant/fungus plays pivotal role, written by Mexican author/set in Mexico, historical fiction set outside UK/US/Canada
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
Finish date: 10/25/2025
Rating: 4.25/5
Reading challenges completed: historical thriller, on my TBR pile for 1+ year, plant/fungus plays pivotal role, written by Mexican author/set in Mexico, historical fiction set outside UK/US/Canada
Book #116:
The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson
Finish date: 10/24/2025
Rating: 4/5
Reading challenges completed: book with a funeral, related to any topic in We Didn't Start the Fire, history, politics, true crime
The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson
Finish date: 10/24/2025
Rating: 4/5
Reading challenges completed: book with a funeral, related to any topic in We Didn't Start the Fire, history, politics, true crime
October 25, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Book #116:
The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson
Finish date: 10/24/2025
Rating: 4/5
Reading challenges completed: book with a funeral, related to any topic in We Didn't Start the Fire, history, politics, true crime
The Infernal Machine: A True Story of Dynamite, Terror, and the Rise of the Modern Detective by Steven Johnson
Finish date: 10/24/2025
Rating: 4/5
Reading challenges completed: book with a funeral, related to any topic in We Didn't Start the Fire, history, politics, true crime
Book #115:
Smothermoss by Alisa Alering
Finish date: 10/23/2025
Rating: 2/5
Reading challenges completed: queer horror, set in high school, has a funeral, LGBTQ+ subject/protagonist, debut novel, written by an Appalachian woman, color in the title, from a genre I typically avoid
Smothermoss by Alisa Alering
Finish date: 10/23/2025
Rating: 2/5
Reading challenges completed: queer horror, set in high school, has a funeral, LGBTQ+ subject/protagonist, debut novel, written by an Appalachian woman, color in the title, from a genre I typically avoid
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Book #115:
Smothermoss by Alisa Alering
Finish date: 10/23/2025
Rating: 2/5
Reading challenges completed: queer horror, set in high school, has a funeral, LGBTQ+ subject/protagonist, debut novel, written by an Appalachian woman, color in the title, from a genre I typically avoid
Smothermoss by Alisa Alering
Finish date: 10/23/2025
Rating: 2/5
Reading challenges completed: queer horror, set in high school, has a funeral, LGBTQ+ subject/protagonist, debut novel, written by an Appalachian woman, color in the title, from a genre I typically avoid
Book #114:
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Finish date: 10/22/2025
Rating: 2.25/5
Reading challenges completed: on TBR pile for 1+ year, written by author who has written more than 20 books, anthropology book, history book, plant/fungus plays a pivotal role
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Finish date: 10/22/2025
Rating: 2.25/5
Reading challenges completed: on TBR pile for 1+ year, written by author who has written more than 20 books, anthropology book, history book, plant/fungus plays a pivotal role
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Book #114:
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Finish date: 10/22/2025
Rating: 2.25/5
Reading challenges completed: on TBR pile for 1+ year, written by author who has written more than 20 books, anthropology book, history book, plant/fungus plays a pivotal role
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
Finish date: 10/22/2025
Rating: 2.25/5
Reading challenges completed: on TBR pile for 1+ year, written by author who has written more than 20 books, anthropology book, history book, plant/fungus plays a pivotal role
Book #113:
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Finish date: 10/13/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book involving a funeral, set in a library, on my TBR pile for 1+ year, made me cry, debut novel, from a different faith tradition from me
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Finish date: 10/13/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book involving a funeral, set in a library, on my TBR pile for 1+ year, made me cry, debut novel, from a different faith tradition from me
October 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Book #113:
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Finish date: 10/13/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book involving a funeral, set in a library, on my TBR pile for 1+ year, made me cry, debut novel, from a different faith tradition from me
The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams
Finish date: 10/13/2025
Rating: 5/5
Reading challenges completed: book involving a funeral, set in a library, on my TBR pile for 1+ year, made me cry, debut novel, from a different faith tradition from me