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I just watched “death on the Nile” tonight. You are simply wonderful. Thank you for bringing so much joy to the world with your art and just by being you. Thank you for leading with such a brave and kind heart. Wishing you and your family a peaceful day tomorrow ❤️

I haven’t been able to find that one to watch it (I don’t have any streaming services) I’ll try to get it from the library! I’m such a big fan of Maggie smith and Judi dench being sassy bitches in the first one.

He looks like a thumb. He also looks like he belongs in assisted living.

Two of my faves!!! I also love the movie version of room with a view with Maggie Smith.

Thank you!!

I wonder if any Phillip Pullman titles would work too? (Golden compass, book of dust)

Moonlight Market (Harris) fun fairy filled adventure romp. Sabriel (Nix) dark and beautiful, all time fave! Akata Witch (Okorafor) and Children Of Blood And Bone (Adeyemi) are two very different stories but both deal with relationships between mortals/immortals/magic users really beautifully.

Red Rising was fun! I only read the first three but I think there are several in the series. Kind of Enders game/hunger games meets Roman mythology kind of vibe.

Thing number 867 I am only just learning: you can read a little bit and then move on if it doesn’t catch you. Your TBR pile doesn’t need to be your prison.
Thing number 868: but why is my TBR pile still so large

Cat among pigeons (Christie)
Agatha Christie bio (Worsley)
Maltese Falcon (Hammett)
A room with a view (Forster)
Poisoners handbook (Blum)
Moonlight market (Harris)
Beowulf (Heaney trans.)
Carmilla (Le Fanu)

Don’t do that. There are a lot of traumatized people out here reliving their worst nightmares because of this news, don’t make light of it.

All of this is so hard to take. Both as a citizen of our united dumpster fire but also as an abuse survivor. You are constantly told to “be the bigger person” and “not to stoop to their level” and just keep you calm even when they behave horribly… I want someone to dump a truckload of sewage on him.

Is LGBTQIA+ friendly?

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