Also as a rider I used to pick them for the smooth ride and now they’re speeding up to stop signs all the time and it makes me carsick just like a chaotic rideshare driver!

NVM, it's working for me again. :)

Ok except why are we having to pin him on DEI? Isn’t he just a horrible hire?

Discourse! Time to elevate the national debate.

I really liked it!

I read it a year or two ago and haven't followed up with the others in the series yet. I do think that theme of what does and doesn't feel real about wartime comes up a lot in books from the time, especially in England where the population was so directly effected by the blitz but not occupied.

All that to say "Thank you!!" and also "Omg why isn't it on most of the books!?"

Ok, interesting. I went through and looked at the books I was wondering about (mostly non-fiction or history where I'm like, yeah I want 300 pages on this topic but not 600, etc.) and I did see it on one book, but it was missing from the other 12 that I looked at!

I really loved it and it’s made me read and think about books differently. An interesting parallel is that your bios lead with Pawn Stars, which never really comes up in the book. It reminded me of your insight that mentioning Jane Austen (or Shakespeare) increases the value of the a rare book.

Another thing that makes me love this book is that, though @lauriewoolever.bsky.social is a mother, her identity in this novel is not "mother." I suspect that's part of what makes reviewers so uncomfortable. Shout out to @harpercollins.bsky.social's imprint Ecco for normalizing these stories.

For those who discount this story because @lauriewoolever.bsky.social did not expose Mario Batali: Moral perfection is not a prerequisite for having a story to tell. We constantly glorify male chef-child stories. Why does it make us uncomfortable for a woman to write about doing the same things?

He does not sound hot.