"What, you don't want to listen to your mother now?" :D

Ironically, that I should post to socmed to consult the Tribe. :D We believe the thesis to be sound that it's "a lot of discussion before you get to the recipe" though.

Bud I miss you too! Weird Fandom Friends Forever. #W3F I'm trying to be on bsky more but the struggle is real.

Anyway, awesome as always to hear you guys pull the book apart and climb around inside it. Keep up the great pod :)

I had to stop reading King for a while after Lisey's Story; I wasn't mad exactly, just had to reexamine my views of his work. I love a lot of his work and have read a number of his books since but always...warily.

That there's never really a question that what Scott's father did was justified was deeply upsetting, especially after Paul's death. If you read believing the magic parts aren't real, it's a brutal chronicle - it feels like something that an abuser would read and feel justified in their behavior.

I found it profoundly disturbing - I kept waiting for a reveal that Scott had turned his abusive childhood into a fairy story as a coping mechanism. I thought Lisey had bought in as a folie a deux, and there would be a reveal that Scott and Lisey were both unreliable narrators of their realities.

Ahaaaaa yeah okay context is important, this is true. I would pause also. :D

Oh man are we not meant to compliment ink in an office setting? Errors have been made.

Coming to this late but I've had very good luck with lulu.com. The only issue with selling on amazon via Lulu is that it forces a huge markup. I don't need Amazon (I'm a hobbyist) and Lulu on its own has no setup fees and is cheaper by page than most options, or was last time I shopped around.

Oh god the sound files are...special. at least one reader clearly did their lines into a cellphone.