You are less cynical than I am, I am just anticipating the inevitable conservative-family-values pivot to "Pedophilia: Part of God's Plan."

I think this is what he is talking about: www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/u...

Joyce Carol Oates is the Babe Ruth of posters. Big swings and big misses, but when she connects? She parks ‘em in low earth orbit 🤌🏾

That's a tough conversation.

118. Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life, by Lulu Miller. I was fascinated by this book and the way Miller peels back the layers of David Starr Jordan's life, slowly revealing new and darker facets to his personality.

117. The Scapegoat: The Brilliant Brief Life of the Duke of Buckingham, by Lucy Hughes-Hallett. Super-compelling but extremely long. But it so happens that I have a weakness for the Stuart dynasty, so I persevered.

My kids call some of my college friends "Aunt", this is the dumbest gotcha since the pearl-clutching over Mamdani's college application.

116. Desi Arnaz: The Man Who Invented Television, by Todd S. Purdum. Surprisingly riveting account of the life of Desi Arnaz, who was much more than Lucille Ball's husband. Fascinating if you're at all interested in the history of television.

Also bonus points because I do love a good Stuart Little reference.

(I'm guessing a nomination for Hawke and one for the script but nothing else, we'll see if I'm right.)

115. The Talent, by Daniel D'Addario. In the moment, the setting was fairly entertaining even while the characters were bland. A few weeks on, I remember virtually nothing about it.