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Downsizing SISTER ACT Pays Big Dividends at Matthews Playhouse
Downsizing SISTER ACT Pays Big Dividends at Matthews Playhouse
Review: Sister Act at Matthews Playhouse
By Perry Tannenbaum
A full flowering of onstage success has somehow scurried away from Iris DeWitt in recent years. Just last April, pandemic restrictions and a wretched recording rig trapped her inside a masked, malodorous production of Sense and Sensibility at Central Piedmont Community College. Patchy intelligibility also wrecked DeWitt’s previous…
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#Carol Weiner#Debbie Scheu#Griffin Digsby#Iris DeWitt#Jamaas Britton#Jeffrey Childs#Kristopher Loretz#Marty Wolff#Melissa Lozada#Mike Carroll#Neifert Enrique#Paula Baldwin#Ra’Saun Elliott#Ron Chisholm#The Fullwood Theatre
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Blank Generation | Ulli Lommel | 1980
#Ulli Lommel#Blank Generation#1980#Richard Hell#Carole Bouquet#Andy Warhol#Howard Grant#Ben Weiner#Walter Steading#Suzanna Love
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The Walking Dead characters as things from the quotes channel on Discord (Ft. Y/N) PT 2
Negan: nice, I slap children
Y/N: my brain is smooth! it hardly has any wrinkles! the only wrinkles it has are from stress!
Daryl: you run like a deer in the headlights
Carl: I am not above drop-kicking children
Michonne: time sure does fly when you've been sleeping all day
Negan: do you have a crush on me?
Rick, without missing a beat: no, I have standards
Negan:
Negan: I just asked you that to see your reaction but OW-
Y/N: cats are not human
Carl: another day, another slay. and as I like to say, go fuck yourself!
Y/N: *about Carl* there go his ribs.... oh and his life too i guess.... oh nevermind he's still alive the stupid bitch
Y/N: I'm just gonna.... slide the L to you...
Daryl: and I'm just gonna.... flip the bird to you....
Glenn, at 2 AM: reject humanity, become B A N A N A
Negan: manslaughter... I can't believe it's not murder!
Michonne: my ducks are not in a row. heck, I don't even know if my ducks are alive!
Carl, to Daryl: you're a tall midget
Rick: where are you going?
Y/N: *exhasperated sigh* Australia
Rick: oh
Rick: you're gonna die
Y/N and Carl: *laugh*
Carl, quietly: that's the point
Y/N: I would just like to say
Y/N: Daryl has a rockin' set of tits
Y/N: I mean have you seen them???
Y/N: and not to mention the HAIR oh my god the HAIR
Y/N: I W A N T H I S G E N D E R
Glenn: Maggie. MAGGIE. I have decided that I am going to be a walking blue stick
Daryl, to Glenn: you're talkin' a lotta smack for someone light enough to be thrown into oncoming traffic
Negan: I'm going crazy. I said killed someone and said "eat this, it's good for you"
Carl: you squished my weiner :(
Y/N: y'know, IDK crap about the Bible but I do know the entire Pokemon timeline
Rick: *comes into Carl's room* I think I've found your trouble sleeping
Carl: what?
Rick: *points to coffee cup* maybe you should be having that in the morning instead of at night
Carl: but morning for me was 3PM
Rick: try 9AM
Carl: nooooo that's nastyyyyyy
Negan: I'm so manly that even my balls have balls
Carl, to Negan and Rick: aww, look at you! arguing like the old couple that you are!
Enid: do you have a fruit loop stuck up in your nose?
Tara: go dink some water children. hydrate or die straight
Rick: I am....
Rick: going to war, for plot reasons
Michonne: Im pretty sure i lose more blood on ym period that I will with a broken nose, I'll be fine
Carol: dude, you're trying to speedrun seeing God
Y/N: gotta love that E N E R G Y J U I C E
Carol: get outta here, dude. I revoke your life pass
Abraham: If all else fails, we get a tank
Maggie: be nice to everyone! *looks at Y/N and Carl* I'm talking to you two!
Eugene: THAT IS A FOUNTAIN. A FOUNTAIN IS A DECORATIVE RESEVOIR USED FOR DISPERSING WATER
Glenn: I am extremely dying
Governer: *laughs in evil*
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Muppet Fact #571
The Muppets have done seven adaptations of A Christmas Carol over the years. Some longer and more elaborate than others. Of these adaptations, four are Sesame Street productions. The seven adaptations are:
Many elements from A Special Sesame Street Christmas (1978).
The Sesame Street Storytime Calendar 1982's December illustration displayed a final scene from the tale.
"Oscar's Christmas Carol (A Dickens of a Story)" in A Sesame Street Christmas, written by Pat Tornborg and illustrated by Tom Cooke (1982).
"A (Sort of) Christmas Carol" written by Ellis Weiner, illustrated by Dean Yeagle, which appeared in Muppet Magazine, Issue 5. (1984).
The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
"Yet Another Christmas Carol" in A Very Muppet Christmas. (1999).
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol (2006)
Sources:
A Special Sesame Street Christmas. December 8, 1978.
The Sesame Street Storytime Calendar 1982. December illustration.
"A (Sort of) Christmas Carol." Ellis Weiner and Dean Yeagle. Muppet Magazine, Issue 5. 1984.
"Oscar's Christmas Carol (A Dickens of a Story)" in A Sesame Street Christmas. Pat Tornborg and Tom Cooke. Western Publishing. 1982.
The Muppet Christmas Carol. 1992.
"Yet Another Christmas Carol" in A Very Muppet Christmas. Ellen Weiss, Kiki Thorpe, Craig Shemin, Ben Eastman, John Barrett, and Corinda Cook. Running Press. 1999.
A Sesame Street Christmas Carol. 2006.
#muppet facts oc#jim henson#the muppets#muppets#muppet facts#fun facts#a christmas carol#a muppet christmas carol#sesame Street
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i am angela wexler i am cassie howard i am jackie burkhart i am richie tozier i am heather duke i am klaus hargreeves i am violet beauregarde i am topper thornton i am haley dunphy i am maddy perez i am zahid raja i am luther hargreeves i am katherine howard i am annie january i am sally reed i am carol danvers i am elle woods i am gretchen weiners i am rosalie hale i am peeta mellark i am marty maraschino i am allie hamilton i am sarah cameron i am kelly kapoor i am nicky harper i am alexis rose i am rachel green i am fred weasley i am daisy buchanan i am pinkie pie i am princess anna, i am a woman, i am a man, i am a god, i am nothing but a mere shell of existence
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A–Z Book Recommendations
I Mean How Could I Not:
A: Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
B: Bad Lands by Jonathan Raban
C: Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut
D: Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
E: Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test by Tom Wolfe
F: The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
G: The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
H: Hell’s Angels by Hunter S. Thompson
I: In Her Shoes by Jennifer Weiner
J: Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
K: The Kitchen God’s Wife by Amy Tan
L: Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
M: Middlemarch by George Eliot
N: The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
O: Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham
P: Pere Goriot by Honoré de Balzac
Q: The Quiet American by Graham Greene
R: Rabbit, Run by John Updike
S: She’s Come Undone by Wally Lamb
T: The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
U: The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
V: A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
W: Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
X: Roxana: Or, The Fortunate Mistress by Daniel Defoe (don’t hate me for this one, Roxana technically has an X in it and you should be reading Danie Defoe if you haven’t yet)
Y: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion
Z: Zombie by Joyce Carol Oates
You’re Welcome.
Peace Out,
Katie
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Favorite First Time Watches of 2023
After Hours (1985) dir. Martin Scorsese
The Banshees of Inisherin (2022) dir. Martin McDonagh
Black Girl (1966) dir. Ousmane Sembène
Bringing Out the Dead (1999) dir. Martin Scorsese
Cairo Station (1958) dir. Youssef Chahine
Cemetery Man (1994) dir. Michele Soavi
Chicago (2002) dir. Rob Marshall
Crimes of Passion (1984) dir. Ken Russell
Elvis (2022) dir. Baz Luhrmann
Faust (1926) dir. F.W. Murnau
Female Trouble (1974) dir. John Waters
Fire of Love (2022) dir. Sara Dosa
Footprints (on the Moon) (1975) dir. Luigi Bazzoni and Mario Fanelli
Funeral Parade of Roses (1969) dir. Toshio Matsumoto
High and Low (1963) dir. Akira Kurosawa
In Search of Darkness: Part III (2022) dir.David A. Weiner
Let the Right One In (2008) dir. Tomas Alfredson
Lingua Franca (2019) dir. Isabel Sandoval
Odd Man Out (1947) dir. Carol Reed
Original Cast Album: Company (1970) dir. D.A. Pennebaker
Paper Moon (1973) dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Pearl (2022) dir. Ti West
Petite Maman (2021) dir. Céline Sciamma
Porco Roso (1992) dir. Hayao Miyazaki
Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) dir. Joel Crawford
Querelle (1982) dir. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
The Silent Partner (1978) dir. Daryl Duke
Slap Shot (1977) dir. George Roy Hill
Southern Comfort (2001) dir. Kate Davis
To Live and Die in L.A. (1985) dir. William Friedkin
Train to Busan (2016) dir. Yeon Sang-ho
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) dir. Jacques Demy
X (2022) dir. Ti West
#movies#2023#1985#2022#1966#1999#1958#1994#2002#1984#1926#1974#1975#1969#1963#2008#2019#1947#1970#1973#2021#1992#1982#1978#1977#2001#2016#1964#year in review
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Although Doom Patrol focuses on the positivity associated with being part of the LGBTQ+ community, the production does not try to forget that the world is not perfect and many people cannot come out due to homophobia and prejudice. This is very visible in the scene above from episode seven titled “Therapy Patrol”. Here the series also focuses on the relationship between Larry and John, when Negative Spirit, a radioactive being connected to Larry, shows him, in his mind, one of the moments from the character's life before the accident, trying to force him to confess why he had a family to hide his true identity and was so was distant in showing feelings towards John to which Larry angrily answer. The monologue notices the truth about being gay a few decades earlier and indicates the persecution and homophobia that took place then. What is important, Larry focuses not only on objectively serious situations like the possibility of losing everything or the death of two young boys but also on verbal aggression such as offensive jokes in his environment, suggesting that it also was wrong and very hurtful. The series for a moment forgets the joy of being “different” and reminds its audience of problems that members of the LGBTQ+ community may unfairly experience.
All things considered, Doom Patrol sends a positive message about being part of the LGBTQ+ community, encourages embracing one’s sexuality in various ways, but also reminds of homophobia experienced for many generations and how diverse non-heteronormative people are and their experiences are.
[1] Carson Cook, A content analysis of LGBT representation on broadcast and streaming television (2018). Honors Theses.
[2] Doom Patrol, season 1, episode 14 “Penultimate Patrol” created by Jeremy Carver, HBO Max
[3] Carol L. Tilley, Robert G. Weiner, Aaron Meskin, The Routledge Companion to Comics (New York: Routledge, 2016)
[4] Carson Cook, A content analysis of LGBT representation on broadcast and streaming television (2018). Honors Theses.
[5] Malcolm Sargeant, Age Discrimination, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: UK/US Perspectives, Equal Opportunities International 28, no. 8 (June 2009): pp. 634-645, https://doi.org/10.1108/02610150911001670.
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me going into avengers: endgame
#Tony Stark is coming home party#avengers#marvel#iron man#tony stark#robert downey jr#spiderman#tom holland#peter parker#captain america#captain marvel#avengers: infinity war#avengers: endgame#steve rogers#mcu#chris evans#thor odinson#chris hemsworth#thanos can suck my weiner#carol danvers#ill probs add more tags later but oh well
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“Oops, did I do that?.. Oh well.” ~from Carol
Ben stared at her in horror. Captain Marvel, Earth’s Mightiest Hero, had just stolen a bite of his hot dog with all the fixin’s from his favorite cart, and was now smugly preening about it. His mouth, the only part of his face free from his scarlet mask, hung agape for a moment before he spoke. “You have mustard on your lip.” he muttered petulantly.
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S3 ep5
Current emotional status: FEAR
Cthulu Max has been on the rampage for a whole week!?
Ew, the narrator
Oh man, are they sending the airforce after him?
I really like Cthulu Max's design
Momma Bosco 💗
Oh hey, Norrington and Papierwaite are alive.
Superball are you saying you tried to send the Maimtrons up Max's--
Also he's acting president while Max is... deposed of.
Superball is only giving Sam until 6am :(
Featherly!
"Wandering around the moleman tunnels is no fun without Max."
"You got it all wrong, we're trying to help Max." "We will help him... to a generous serving of ass whooping."
"That is one rabbit who will be multiplied... into 2,000 smoldering pieces."
Carol ran off with Blustet
"I only want her to be happy, is all." Aw, Curt
Superball just admitted to having separation anxiety from Max
Ok Momma can't come but Papierwaite and Norringron can.
I like Norrington :)
GASP
Is it?
It is!
SYBIL!!!!
RETURN OF THE QUEEN
Oh, she is very pregnant
She was a wizard at one point?
She's gonna help!
Superball there's no such thing as acceptable losses
Abe has his body back
"Four score and seven tons of raw power"
HE CAN FLY NOW!?
Sybil, I love you, but why did you mod someone else's car???
Grandpa Stinky I love you
Oh, he just handed us the recipe for once.
Asdfff the spore maxes swarming Grandpa
They stole Grandpa's hotdogs
"We must feed the host! Piglets and sphinkters make us stronger!" "We regret nothing!"
Grandpa hasn't slept in three years
Sam just casually taking the last of Grandpa's corndogs
The spores are trying to get it
Lol Sam slapped them
Sal's alive!
He's hiding from Sam :(
Lol we can control Cthulu Max with Corndogs
Ew, the cornstarch got mixed in with the giant puddle 🤢 Looks gross
Love how Sybil completely ignores the Flaming Max head
Also the look of disappointment on the spore's face made me laugh
Fifth trimester???
The way the one Max spore by Grandpa's truck is bobbing in circles with his mouth open is making me laugh.
Sam showing concern for Sybil because she’s preggers 🥺
Her being pregnant with Abe's child implies that statues have working genital in this universe
She put a weiner scented airfreshener in the desoto
At least Sam and a Max spore seem to like that (of course they do)
"Sybil you're the best!" Hell yeah she is!
Sam's mind went to the color bar codes to prevent being traumatized by Sybil's oversharing
We drowned the desoto
Asdfgh Sam just botched slapped one of the spores for trying to say "that's none of your damn buisness."
Ew, Max's spine is pointing out
Oh hey, Satan and Jurgen
Why is Jurgen wearing his old fashioned clothes instead of his emo clothes?
Lol Sam snuck into frame to shout "Go Mets! New York rules!"
"--besides it's just a good and noble thing to do." "You're not familiar with my previous work, are you?"
"Sam, what happened to you to make you so cynical?" Gee, Jurgen, I wonder what could have possibly happened.
Oh so the water tower counts as vegetable oil because Momma did something to it
Pfft we can replace Satan's microphone with a corndog
Omg they jumped off the building to avoid Max
Oh, they're fine, and the oil is in the giant puddle.
I'm thankful to Featherly for giving us an egg but I'd have preferred not to watch him lay it. Granted it was just in a cartoon way but he still made weird noises
Also TRANS FEATHERLY 2021
"I desperately wanted to see that, sir. Ask him if he'll lay another one."
Oh hey, the Flaming Max heads helped heat up the giant desoto corndog
Since I'm playing this in 2021 the Maimtron's song references are super dated, which defeats Superball's efforts
Oooh! A unique opening sequence???
Oh this music is jazzy af
Sam really doesn't like the Max spores
Sam how do you already know what Max's insides look like???
"Even when he's not a collasal monster Max's food comas can last for weeks."
Ok we wake Max up with the coffee beans, right?
Yup!
The gi Max spore is so sad he doesn't get to come 😢
"But I'm a horrible monster!"
"I suppose Max's brain always looks like a living room?" "Well, Max is host to all kinds of weird parasites, and he likes to he a good host!" WHAT
No really, this brings up so many questions about lagomorphs. Are they some kind of Symbiote or something?
And a previous episode confirmed Max is amphibious
Max has tumors!!!
It shocked Sam!
"Eugh! Get away fake Max!" "Do you find my warmth... alarming, Sam?"
"What do nightmares taste like, anyway?" "Pepsi"
Max wants to be author 💗
He also writes fanfiction about Flint 🤣
I'd unironically read his books.
Tina Belcher voice: Friend fiction
Max has an experimental fusion jazz band???
"He just killed a great white shark--"
Max being completely unable to describe a woman is very gay of him. Good for him.
Max's brain teleported everyone to different parts of the body.
Found Sybil in the gym/legs
The brain is broadcasting Sam's thoughts???
Sam couldn't think of a joke for the medicine balls :(
"Wow Max is looking pretty buff. Would it be too weird if I asked him to turn around?"
Sam! Stop thinking bad things about Sybil's pregnancy she can hear you you putz!
She's upset with him now
"Can you believe this guy?" "I find the entire situation to be very contrived and misogynistic." Same spore Max, same.
Sam stop being so mean omg!
"I changed Sybil, I totally get the whole parenthood thing now." "Really now?" "Tax deductions."
In Max's inventory now
Y'know, I never really thought about it as a storage house
Hit The Road reference :3
Baby roach hatched in
"Pa..papa?" "Now I am little champion, now I am!"
Max has a Maximus shrine
Sam turned into a roomba!
Aw, he named it Sam Jr 🥺
We won Sybil back through his love of Sam Jr
Found the conjoined twins
Huh, Max lost as eye. Does that mean he has a glass one, or do lagomorphs have regenerative abilities?
Pfft we have to play twister to control his arma
The brain is messing with things again
Oh, we need a roach to operate the game because of radiation
Well, let's kidnap Sal
Oh, poor Girl Stinky. She's really going through it
Aw, Sal feels bad
Sal?
Honey, are alright?
He's dying???
He's not immune to irradiation!?
Oh no, he's gone
I'm so sad 😞
Gotta pick up Sam Jr. Before I control Max
They mad Max do a magical girl pose
Ugh the narrator is back
Wait, what?
He's Max's brain??? SUPEREGO???
WHAT
"I was always ignored" Yo if my super ego was as pretentious as you I 'd ignore it too 😤
He wants to kill himself and Max???
I know Max had a self loathing complex but holy shit
The super ego is perfectly fine with destroying half the east coast what a jerk
Just noticed Sam's tie is red. Had no idea about this while drawing PI!Sam lol
We have to help Max get his memories back to use the ASTRO projector
Skunkapes has three Sam clones imprisoned
Sam had canon ocd?
Gasp Gordon???
No, it's Sammun Mak
I love him, little child tyrant
Just make him a mobile brain in a jar and let Sam and Max adopt him
Why is Grandpa here?
He isn't talking like Stinky
Too polite
Sam sees it too
He's a space gorilla
They switched brains?
Found the cloning g chamber
Let's go to Momma's first
CONE OF SHAME CONE OF SHAME CONE OF SHAME
Superball is "wracked with guilt"
"Keep it together Superball. Sam will be able to save the day. He always does."
Ok, let's go to the cloning facility
I'm still thinking about poor Sal yo
FLIIIIIINT!
He's punching space apes!
Girl Stinky really playing up the evil Mistress role
The doggleganger has a bomb on him!!!
Wait so Girl really is a mermaid??? I thought that was just her aestetic
God I love Flint
Haha we tricked Skunkape with scooby doo villain tactics
Got the robot
Her water broke... and it was pennies
Max wants to save Sybil! 😭🥺💕
Super Ego is here
Oh now he wants to save Max
The only thing here are those records
Super Ego waved goodbye
Cthulu Max is cute when he cries
Wait What?
His head is on fire!
The maimtron hit him!
He waved goodbye... and teleported away.
He exploaded!!!!
He promised he'd take Sam with him and he didn't!!!!
AAAAAAH
I thought the dead Max thing was popular angst fanon fic thingy!
We're cloning Max?
It didn't work 😭😭😭😭😭
Superball ran off crying
Oh God the credits are just Sam walking sadly what the hell
He's not even stopping to fight any crime 😢
💔💔💔
God the way he's clinging to himself
What?
The elevator???
MAAAAX
he's back???
Past Max???
He blew his Sam up???
Wait hold on I'm glad they're together again but this doesn't fix anything
There's so much trauma from this season
All the horrible things that happened during 301-304 happened in like 3 days tops, then Sam had to deal with Max being a monster for a week before watching him die!
And the new (?) Max had BLOW HIS SAM UP!!!
And they left the franchise like that for a decade????
What the hell?
I want to be happy but this shit is going to consume my brain for the next week at least what the hell
Aaaaaaah!
Like maybe they really do just brush it off but it feels unlikely
I know Max has a connection with his other selves so it'll be easier for him to adjust but certainly Sam is going to notice the discrepancies since he doesn't get the same deal
Someone told me there were multiple endings hold on
Aw, they walked off into the sunrise together
But still
AAAAAAAAH
#sam and max#freelance husbands#sam and max freelance police#sam & max#sam & max freelance police#freelance police#lee plays sam and max#305#what the hell#flint paper#agent superball#momma bosco#sybil pandemik#sal s&m#general skun ka'pe#girl stinky#sammun mak#don't @ me I'm crying
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Books I've Read
2024:
The Mister - E.L James
The Hypnotist's Love Story - Liane Moriarty
A Country Escape - Katie Fforde
Dear Cupid - Julie Ortolon
Lock and Key - Sarah Dessen
Summer Rental - Mary Kay Andrews (accidental reread)
The Sleeping Beauty Proposal - Sarah Strohmeyer
2023:
I Remember You - Harriet Evans
Sex and the Single Witch - Theresa Alan, Holly Chamberlin, Carly Alexander
The Orchardist - Amanda Coplin
The Ex-Boyfriend Yard Sale: Finding a Formula for the Cost of Love - Haley McGee
Vivien's Heavenly Ice Cream Shop - Abby Clements
The Summer List - Amy Mason Doan
For Better, for Worse - Carole Matthews
One Perfect Summer - Brenda Novak
Beach Season - Lisa Jackson, Holly Chamberlin, Cathy Lamb, Rosalind Noonan
Villa Serena - Domenica De Rosa
Sunset Beach - Mary Kay Andrews
Sleeping Arrangements - Madeleine Wickham (Sophie Kinsella)
An Island Wedding (Mure, #5) - Jenny Colgan
Opposite of Always - Justin A. Reynolds
Minding Frankie - Maeve Binchy
One Hundred Names - Cecelia Ahern
2022:
The Interestings - Meg Wolitzer
Thanks for the Memories - Cecelia Ahern
Falling - Jane Green
First Comes Love - Emily Giffin
Can You Keep A Secret? - Sophie Kinsella
The Cake Shop in the Garden - Carole Matthews
Remember Me? - Sophie Kinsella
The Hypothetical Girl - Elizabeth Cohen
The Gatecrasher - Madeleine Wickham (Sophie Kinsella)
Dreamland - Sarah Dessen
Vintage - Susan Gloss
The Vacationers - Emma Straub
That Summer - Jennifer Weiner
Summer At The Garden Cafe - Felicity Hayes-McCoy
The Beachcomber - Josephine Cox
Love Always - Harriet Evans
On The Other Side - Carrie Hope Fletcher
Writers & Lovers - Lily King
In Full Bloom - Caroline Hwang
Christmas Dessert Murder (A Hannah Swensen Mystery: Christmas Caramel Murder, Christmas Cake Murder) - Joanne Fluke
Pre 2014:
To Be Perfectly Honest - Sonya Sones
This Is What Happy Looks Like - Jennifer E. Smith
The Fault In Our Stars - John Green
Looking For Alaska - John Green
Paper Towns - John Green
The Abundance of Katherines - John Green
Crank - Ellen Hopkins
Glass
Fallout
Burned - Ellen Hopkins
Smoke
Eleanor & Park - Rainbow Rowell
Get Well Soon - Julie Halpern
Have A Nice Day
Falling in Love with English Boys - Melissa Jensen
Tweet Heart - Elizabeth Rudnick
The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han
It's Not Summer Without You
We'll Always Have Summer
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2014:
Sing You Home - Jodi Picoult
The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things - Carolyn Mackler
Being Friends with Boys - Terra Elan McVoy
Billy and Me - Giovanna Fletcher
13 Little Blue Envelopes - Maureen Johnson
The Last Little Blue Envelope
Twenties Girl - Sophie Kinsella
Fangirl - Rainbow Rowell
Babe in Boyland - Jody Gehrman
Faking It - Cora Carmack
Losing It (first in series, read backwards)
All Lined Up - Cora Carmack(Rusk University)~
Amy & Roger's Epic Detour - Morgan Matson
Since You've Been Gone - Morgan Matson
The Geography of You and Me - Jennifer E. Smith
Anna and the French Kiss - Stephanie Perkins*
Lola and the Boy Next Door - Stephanie Perkins*
Girl Online - Zoe Sugg/Siobhan Curham
Finding It - Cora Carmack(losing it series)
Every Day - David Levithan
2015:
Isla and the Happily Ever After - Stephanie Perkins*
Uglies - Scott Westerfeld
Pretties
Specials
Extras
To All The Boys I've Loved Before - Jenny Han-
Life On The Refigerator Door - Alice Kuipers
My Life Next Door - Huntley Fitzpatrick
The Secret Life of Prince Charming - Deb Caletti
Breakfast Served Anytime - Sarah Combs
Aristole and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe - Benjamin Alire Sáenz
All Broke Down - Cora Carmack~
Attachments - Rainbow Rowell
Pretty Face - Mary Hogan
Perfect - Ellen Hopkins (read out of order)
Impulse
PS. I Still Love You - Jenny Han-
My true love gave to me : twelve holiday stories - edited by Stephanie Perkins
The Statistical Probablity of Love at First Sight - Jennifer E. Smith
All Played Out - Cora Carmack~
2016:
Second Chance Summer - Morgan Matson
All I Know Now - Carrie Hope Fletcher
Dream A Little Dream - Giovanna Fletcher
Carry On - Rainbow Rowell
You're The One That I Want - Giovanna Fletcher
Hello, Goodbye and Everything In Between - Jennifer E. Smith
The Unexpected Everything - Morgan Matson
The Guardian - Nicholas Sparks
Landline - Rainbow Rowell
The F-It List - Julie Halpern
Solitaire - Alice Oseman
This Lullaby - Sarah Dessen
Bliss - Shay Mitchell & Michaela Blaney
2017:
The Chocolate Lovers' Diet - Carole Matthews
The Chocolate Lovers' Christmas
The Chocolate Lovers' Wedding
How To Start a Fire - Lisa Lutz
The You I've Never Known - Ellen Hopkins
Summer Rental - Mary Kay Andrews
All The Summer Girls - Meg Donohue
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac - Gabrielle Zevin
Windfall - Jennifer E. Smith
All The Bright Places - Jennifer Niven
The Sun Is Also A Star - Nicola Yoon
2018:
Everything Leads To You - Nina LaCour
We Are Okay - Nina LaCour
You Know Me Well - Nina LaCour & David Levithan
The Disenchantments - Nina LaCour
Something Like Happy - Eva Woods
Meant To Be - Julie Halpern
Always and Forever, Lara Jean - Jenny Han-
2019:
Let It Snow - John Green, Lauren Myracle, Maureen Johnson
2020:
So Inn Love - Catherine Clark
The UnDomestic Goddess - Sophie Kinsella
The Night Swimmer - Matt Bondurant
Welcome to the Real World - Carole Matthews
My Life Before Me - Norah McClintock
The Sleeping Beauty Proposal - Sarah Strohmeyer
2021:
A Winter's Tale - Trisha Ashley
Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine - Gail Honeyman
A Hopeless Romantic - Harriet Evans
The Boy Next Door - Meg Cabot
Mermaids in Paradise - Lydia Millet
The Vintage Guide to Love and Romance - Kristy Greenwood
Italian for Beginners - Kristin Harmel
Love & Gelato - Jenna Evans Welch
The Summer of Us - Holly Chamberlin
Swapping Lives - Jane Green
The Friends We Keep - Holly Chamberlin
The Daughters - Joanna Philbin
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore - Robin Sloan
The History of Love - Nicole Krauss
This Time Next Year - Sophie Cousens
Misery Loves Cabernet - Kim Gruenenfelder
Time Between Us - Tamara Ireland Stone
Second Chance - Jane Green
Sorry Not Sorry - Sophie Ranald
I Was Jane Austen's Best Friend - Cora Harrison
Miss You - Kate Eberlen
Meet Cute: Some People Are Destined To Meet - Jennifer L. Armentrout , Sona Charaipotra, Dhonielle Clayton, Katie Cotugno, Jocelyn Davies, Nina LaCour, Emery Lord , Katharine McGee , Kass Morgan , Meredith Russo, Sara Shepard , Nicola Yoon , Ibi Zoboi , Julie Murphy
The Idea of You - Robinne Lee
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2022 Book List
The Library Of Legends, Janie Chang (1/29)
Crying in H Mart, Michelle Zauner (2/4)
The Family, Nicole Krupitsky (2/6)
The Summer Place, Jennifer Weiner (2/9)
A History of Wild Places, Shea Earnshaw (2/12)
The Love Hypothesis, Ali Hazelwood (2/12)
The Golden Couple, Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen (2/14)
The Four Winds, Kristin Hannah (2/17)
The Water Dancer, Ta-Nehisi Coates (2/25)
The Guest List, Lucy Foley (2/26)
Pachinko, Min Jin Lee (3/5)
Conversations with Friends, Sally Rooney (3/6)
Dating Dr. Dil, Nisha Sharma (3/16)
Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney (3/19)
Ramón and Julieta, Alana Albertson (3/26)
Britt-Marie Was Here, Fredrik Backman (4/9)
The Cartographers, Peng Shepherd (4/15)
It Ends With Us, Colleen Hoover (4/18)
Verity, Colleen Hoover (4/18)
Kaikeyi, Vaishnavi Patel (4/19)
Beach Read, Emily Henry (4/20)
Ariadne, Jennifer Saint (4/23)
The Night Circus, Erin Morgenstern (4/30)
Tell The Wolves I’m Home, Carol Rifka Brunt (5/21)
Darling Girl: A Novel of Peter Pan, Liz Michalski (5/24)
The Hating Game, Sally Thorne (5/27)
Book Of Night, Holly Black (6/11)
It Happened One Summer, Tessa Bailey (6/13)
Forever, Interrupted; TJR (6/19)
The Stardust Thief, Chelsea Abdullah (6/26)
Lessons in Chemistry, Bonnie Garmus (7/3)
The Kiss Quotient, Helen Hoang (7/4)
In Five Years, Rebecca Searle (7/6)
How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents, Julia Alvarez (7/13)
The Bodyguard, Katherine Center (7/14)
Rules of Civility, Amor Towles (7/23)
Book Lovers, Emily Henry (7/25)
Part of Your World, Abby Jimenez (8/1)
The Proposal, Jasmine Guillory (8/6)
When We Were Bright and Beautiful, Jillian Medoff (8/13)
Pretty Things, Janelle Brown (8/22)
Cloud Cuckoo Land, Anthony Doerr (9/20)
Well Met, Jen Deluca (9/25)
The Bride Test, Helen Hoang (9/29)
The Midnight Library, Matthew Haig (10/2)
The Lost Apothecary, Sarah Penner (10/9)
Love on the Brain, Ali Hazelwood (10/10)
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Okay, hear me out: annual Justice League picnics. Every year, Green Arrow uses his shell companies that he usually reserves for buying equipment to pay for the non-rich leaguers and their families to fly out (first class, of course) to stay in the hotel he and Batman quietly booked out (there was a slight logistical issue when Shazam joined, but they managed to work it out with Billy’s family and started having the picnic closer to where they live so that his family can just drive up).
On Saturday, the leaguers who have some special dish they love to share spend the morning putting it together (Green Arrow is still salty that his chili was banned after the first year; Aquaman always makes a surprisingly mean clam chowder that everyone wants to ask him about but no one can bring themselves to, Lois came close one year, but she lost her train of thoughts when he mildly asked if she’d prefer his fish and chips). They all meet up at a park that Batman rented out and set up a lot of Bat-satellites to prevent Lex Luthor from happening across it with any of his satellites. Everyone catches up and visits with each other and with everyone’s families. Alfred is there, audibly luxuriating in the fact that he doesn’t have to partake in the cooking or cleaning and that he gets to see everyone and that he can catch up with Jonathon and Martha Kent.
Before lunch, they play a game of softball or touch football (Superman brings blue kryptonite so he can partake fairly, though he can take it off and fly if Aquaman or Wonder Woman forget to check their strength and throw/hit too hard). Flash wears short shorts every year so because Iris loves it, and because several people, namely Lois and Hal, think it’s hilarious. Green Arrow made a big show of bringing his own pair one year and Black Canary almost choked on her lemonade laughing at the sight of it. She then punched him. Batman is banned from being a team captain regardless of what they’re playing. Martian Manhunter usually umpires/referees because he doesn’t think it would be fair to play with his abilities, plus his telepathy helps him make the fairest decisions.
After the game, everyone goes and has lunch (Plastic Man loves to grill at the picnic, mostly so he can loudly ask Batman “how do you like my weiners, Bruce?” Despite the fact that Batman has not touched a hot dog since meeting Plastic Man explicitly to avoid giving him an actual excuse to make that joke; Nightwing comes every year just to watch that exchange take place). Superman and Zatanna are careful to keep Lois and Constantine apart at lunch; one year they sat across from each other and ended up in a drinking contest that almost led to a brawl; John Stewart formed the designated drivers committee for planning the next year in response. Black Canary used to grill a mean brisket every year, but she had to stop when Plastic Man learned her identity; it’s now impossible for her to go anywhere near the food prep area without Plastic Man singing at the top of his lungs, “Someone’s in the Kitchen with Dinah.”
For desert, Martha Kent always brings a few of her homemade pies; Alfred is particularly fond of her blueberry pie and always makes a show of asking for the recipe, even though she sent it to him for a birthday present years ago. Then they just sit around chatting for a few hours; Steve and Hal swap pilot stories while Wonder Woman and (on the years she’s there) Carol roll their eyes; Jay Garrick tells stories about his JSA days, Black Canary and Wildcat spar for show; Alfred makes a point of conversing with everyone and seeing how they’re doing (since there are a lot of people there and he can’t talk to everyone as much as he’d like, he sets appointments for them to visit Wayne Manor and have a proper conversation over a pot of tea); Nightwing often ends up singing sea shanties with Flash and Green Arrow (Aquaman and Mera once joined in and just about everyone lost their shit); and everyone just has a good time.
Everyone loves the picnic, especially Batman, who pretends to consider it just “good team building,” but one year, when it was interrupted by a Parademon invasion in Metropolis, Batman located Darkseid and tried to gouge his eyes out; Wonder Woman tried to help.
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Voting and YA Lit
The November election is getting closer and closer. If you're eligible to vote and need more information, Vote.org is an excellent place to start. The League of Women Voters also has a First Time Voter Checklist that may be helpful. This year there may be additional challenges to voting, but if you are able, please let your voice be heard through your vote.
In the final two months before the election, you may enjoy some related reading. First, a few YA novels featuring elections or voting:
Yes No Maybe So by Becky Albertalli and Aisha Saeed
Balzer + Bray [Group Discussion]
YES
Jamie Goldberg is cool with volunteering for his local state senate candidate—as long as he’s behind the scenes. When it comes to speaking to strangers (or, let’s face it, speaking at all to almost anyone), Jamie’s a choke artist. There’s no way he’d ever knock on doors to ask people for their votes…until he meets Maya.
NO
Maya Rehman’s having the worst Ramadan ever. Her best friend is too busy to hang out, her summer trip is canceled, and now her parents are separating. Why her mother thinks the solution to her problems is political canvassing—with some awkward dude she hardly knows—is beyond her.
MAYBE SO
Going door to door isn’t exactly glamorous, but maybe it’s not the worst thing in the world. After all, the polls are getting closer—and so are Maya and Jamie. Mastering local activism is one thing. Navigating the cross-cultural romance of the century is another thing entirely.
The Voting Booth by Brandy Colbert
Disney-Hyperion [Crystal's Review]
Marva Sheridan was born ready for this day. She’s always been driven to make a difference in the world, and what better way than to vote in her first election?
Duke Crenshaw is so done with this election. He just wants to get voting over with so he can prepare for his band’s first paying gig tonight.
Only problem? Duke can’t vote.
When Marva sees Duke turned away from their polling place, she takes it upon herself to make sure his vote is counted. She hasn’t spent months doorbelling and registering voters just to see someone denied their right. And that’s how their whirlwind day begins, rushing from precinct to precinct, cutting school, waiting in endless lines, turned away time and again, trying to do one simple thing: vote. They may have started out as strangers, but as Duke and Marva team up to beat a rigged system (and find Marva’s missing cat), it’s clear that there’s more to their connection than a shared mission for democracy.
Romantic and triumphant, The Voting Booth is proof that you can’t sit around waiting for the world to change, but some things are just meant to be.
Running by Natalia Sylvester
Clarion Books
When fifteen-year-old Cuban American Mariana Ruiz’s father runs for president, Mari starts to see him with new eyes. A novel about waking up and standing up, and what happens when you stop seeing your dad as your hero—while the whole country is watching.
In this thoughtful, authentic, humorous, and gorgeously written novel about privacy, waking up, and speaking up, Senator Anthony Ruiz is running for president. Throughout his successful political career he has always had his daughter’s vote, but a presidential campaign brings a whole new level of scrutiny to sheltered fifteen-year-old Mariana and the rest of her Cuban American family, from a 60 Minutes–style tour of their house to tabloids doctoring photos and inventing scandals. As tensions rise within the Ruiz family, Mari begins to learn about the details of her father’s political positions, and she realizes that her father is not the man she thought he was.
But how do you find your voice when everyone’s watching? When it means disagreeing with your father—publicly? What do you do when your dad stops being your hero? Will Mari get a chance to confront her father? If she does, will she have the courage to seize it?
There are also a few YA nonfiction books that deal with activism and voting rights:
How I Resist edited by Maureen Johnson
Wednesday Books
Now, more than ever, young people are motivated to make a difference in a world they're bound to inherit. They're ready to stand up and be heard - but with much to shout about, where they do they begin? What can I do? How can I help?
How I Resist is the response, and a way to start the conversation. To show readers that they are not helpless, and that anyone can be the change. A collection of essays, songs, illustrations, and interviews about activism and hope, How I Resist features an all-star group of contributors, including John Paul Brammer, Libba Bray, Lauren Duca, Modern Family's Jesse Tyler Ferguson and his husband Justin Mikita, Alex Gino, Hebh Jamal, Malinda Lo, Dylan Marron, Hamilton star Javier Muñoz, Rosie O'Donnell, Junauda Petrus, Jodi Picoult, Jason Reynolds, Karuna Riazi, Maya Rupert, Dana Schwartz, Dan Sinker, Ali Stroker, Jonny Sun (aka @jonnysun), Sabaa Tahir, Shaina Taub, Daniel Watts, Jennifer Weiner, Jacqueline Woodson, and more, all edited and compiled by New York Times bestselling author Maureen Johnson.
In How I Resist, readers will find hope and support through voices that are at turns personal, funny, irreverent, and instructive. Not just for a young adult audience, this incredibly impactful collection will appeal to readers of all ages who are feeling adrift and looking for guidance.
How I Resist is the kind of book people will be discussing for years to come and a staple on bookshelves for generations.
The March Trilogy by John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell
Top Shelf Productions
A graphic novel memoir in three parts. It tells of the Civil Rights movement through the eyes of John Lewis. Readers see Lewis and other activists launching campaigns such as the Freedom Vote and Mississippi Freedom Summer. The books lead all the way through to the Selma March.
And finally, picture books aren't just for children. Here are two picture books young adults would likely appreciate:
The Voice of Freedom: Fannie Lou Hamer by Carole Boston Weatherford, illustrated by Ekua Holmes
Candlewick Press
A stirring collection of poems and spirituals, accompanied by stunning collage illustrations, recollects the life of Fannie Lou Hamer, a champion of equal voting rights.
"I am sick and tired of being sick and tired."
Despite fierce prejudice and abuse, even being beaten to within an inch of her life, Fannie Lou Hamer was a champion of civil rights from the 1950s until her death in 1977. Integral to the Freedom Summer of 1964, Ms. Hamer gave a speech at the Democratic National Convention that, despite President Johnson’s interference, aired on national TV news and spurred the nation to support the Freedom Democrats. Featuring luminous mixed-media art both vibrant and full of intricate detail, Singing for Freedom celebrates Fannie Lou Hamer’s life and legacy with an inspiring message of hope, determination, and strength.
Granddaddy's Turn: A Journey to the Ballot Box by Michael S. Bandy & Eric Stein, illustrated by James Ransome
Candlewick Press
Based on the true story of one family’s struggle for voting rights in the Civil Rights–era South, this moving tale shines an emotional spotlight on a dark facet of U.S. history.
Life on the farm with Granddaddy is full of hard work, but despite all the chores, Granddaddy always makes time for play, especially fishing trips. Even when there isn’t a bite to catch, he reminds young Michael that it takes patience to get what’s coming to you. One morning, when Granddaddy heads into town in his fancy suit, Michael knows that something very special must be happening—and sure enough, everyone is lined up at the town hall! For the very first time, Granddaddy is allowed to vote, and he couldn’t be more proud. But can Michael be patient when it seems that justice just can’t come soon enough? This powerful and touching true-life story shares one boy’s perspective of growing up in the segregated South, while beautiful illustrations depict the rural setting in tender detail.
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they’re on their way back from a most romantic of Weiner Kabob milkshake run dates, because they are men of Ultimate Taste And Class™, obviously~
hgjhsdkg idk, I’m just still so smitten with how excited & emphatic Rad was to suggest Weiner Kabob as an ideal date spot in My Fair Carol, I Cannot handle this dork xD What A Perfect Boye~ TwT
#don't ask about their outfits either I have no idea hghjdsgfsk#OK KO#Radmond#just a lil doodle bc I'm lov them & my heart needed it :(((( <'33333333#skribbles#shut up McKinley
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