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lc-417 · 10 months

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Been rewatching one of my favourite shows from my childhood, Godzilla the Series. And as much as I love it just as it is, lately I find myself wishing that it had been created in the 2020s instead of the late 90s. Mostly because I've come to the conclusion that of all of the possible pairings in the show, the best ship is one that was never permitted: Elsie Chapman and Monique Dupre.

The more I think about it, the more I believe they would be perfect for each other. They're both brave, strong-willed women who need someone that can meet them at their level, both intellectually and physically. In the show, their proposed love-interests, Craven and Randy, seem more like lesser men pursuing women that are clearly out of their league, and only got with them by wearing them down with dogged persistence. Randy and Craven worship them as goddesses, but what they really need in a partner is someone who sees their flaws and challenges them to be at their best, which they already do as colleagues and could do even more as lovers.

I know some would say that they are clearly more rivals than anything, but I see evidence to the contrary. Elsie's sarcastic jabs and the way she always refers to Monique as "French Fry" strike me as more affectionate teasing, the kind people use when they're trying to hide the fact that they like someone. And Elsie is the only person (as far as I can tell) that Monique has never threatened to hurt, or actually hurt, despite Elsie's provocation. In fact, Elsie seems to be one of the few people Monique permits or initiates physical contact with where punching isn't involved.

And looking past the shields of sarcasm they put up, you'll see a pair that genuinely cares and looks out for each other. For instance, when Elsie was under alien mind-control, it was Monique that set her free.

And when Monique was nearly killed by a mutant armillaria, it was Elsie who tended to her (and you can't tell me there wasn't any tenderness in the gesture of gently sweeping Monique's hair out of her face).

I can think of a dozen other examples, but I'll leave it for interested parties to watch the show and judge for themselves.

Maybe it's just my wishful thinking, seeing love where only friendship exists. But ever since I got this idea in my head, I can't let it go. I want to see them as a couple so badly. Unfortunately, it will never be, since this show came out in a time where anyone who suggested having a same-sex pairing in a cartoon seen by children would have been burned as a witch.

Ah well, I guess that's what fanfiction is for.

#godzilla the series #Elsie Chapman #Monique Dupre #lgbtq #headcanon #90s cartoons #godzilla #90s #action girls

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endlessly-ranting-antheia · 11 months

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I don’t usually recommend books on here (because I haven’t really been reading for fun since I started college) but if you like the Percy Jackson series then you should check out A Thousand Beginnings and Endings.

It is a retelling of Asian myths and legends and it is exactly what I’ve been looking for since I plowed through the Percy Jackson series and it’s various sequels in middle school and high school. It is basically a bunch of short stories each followed by an explanation of the myth that they are based on.

I have tried plenty of books based on Greek myths that people have recommended saying that if I liked the Percy Jackson series I would like those books, but so far they have mostly been disappointing for me largely due to the authors writing voice or weak character work. I am loving a thousand beginnings and endings because the authors of that book do not have that problem. The characters are well written and the myths are incorporated naturally into the stories. Each story is only a few pages long but they draw you in and make you want to see what myth they adapt next. The main things that remind me of the Percy Jackson series in a thousand beginnings and endings are the authors’ writing voices and the respect that they have for the myths and cultures they are writing about. It is truly a fun read and you all should definitely check it out if you haven’t already

#a thousand beginnings and endings #percy jackson #rick riordan #ellen oh #elsie chapman #percy jackon and the olympians #pjo #heroes of olympus #hoo #books I recommend #aapi #book recommendations #book review #books

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kaijuvanitas · 2 years

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So I recently bought myself Godzilla The Animated Series (the one based off the 1998 American film, don't judge me I love it) and I think the funniest thing about this show is how everyone looks like they hit a blunt before the show started. They all have this sort of half lidded awkward look in their eyes that just reads, "I smoked some weed before coming onscreen."

The only one who doesn't look high as a kite is Zilla Jr, and that's because I think there's simply not a blunt big enough for him to hit!

Say what you will about the 1998 Godzilla, but the Animated series is actually pretty good and pretty funny if you sit down and let yourself enjoy it.

#godzilla #zilla jr #zilla #godzilla 1998 #godzilla the series #godzilla the animated series #nick tatapolus #Craven #elsie chapman #kaiju

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bookcoversonly · 5 months

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Title: Dualed | Author: Elsie Chapman | Publisher: Random House (2013)

#books #Dualed #Elsie Chapman

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artblooger19moon · 7 months

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Godzilla The Series

September 12 1998 - April 22 2000

#zilla #zilla jr #cyber zilla #godzilla 1998 #godzilla the series #godzilla series #Dr Nick atopoulos #Monique Dupre #Dr Mendel Craven #Randy Hernandez #Dr Elsie Chapman #NIGEL #ジラ

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readerbookclub · 11 months

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Hello everyone! A new month is approaching so I'm back with another list. This time, it's a collection of fairytale retellings! Hope you like it :)

As always, please remember to vote using the link at the end of the post. And now, onto the books...

Bryony and Roses, by T. Kingfisher

Bryony and her sisters have come down in the world. Their merchant father died trying to reclaim his fortune and left them to eke out a living in a village far from their home in the city.

But when Bryony is caught in a snowstorm and takes refuge in an abandoned manor, she stumbles into a house full of dark enchantments. Is the Beast that lives there her captor, or a fellow prisoner? Is the house her enemy or her ally? And why are roses blooming out of season in the courtyard?

Armed only with gardening shears and her wits, Bryony must untangle the secrets of the house before she—or the Beast—are swallowed by them.

Deerskin, by Robin McKinley

As Princess Lissla Lissar reaches womanhood, it is clear to all the kingdom that in her beauty she is the image of her dead mother, the queen. But this likeness forces her to flee from her father's lust and madness; and in the pain and horror of that flight she forgets who she is and what it is she flees from: forgets almost everything but the love and loyalty of her dog, Ash, who accompanies her. But a chance encounter on the road leads to a job in another king's kennels, where the prince finds himself falling in love with the new kennel maid . . . and one day he tells her of a princess named Lissla Lissar, who had a dog named Ash.

A Thousand Beginnings and Endings, Edited by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman

Sixteen extraordinary authors—including New York Times bestsellers Melissa de la Cruz, Renée Ahdieh, and Julie Kagawa—reimagine the folklore and mythology of East and South Asia in short stories that are by turns enchanting, heartbreaking, romantic, and passionate. This exquisite paperback anthology includes an original bonus story from Ellen Oh. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called A Thousand Beginnings and Endings a “must-read.”

A mountain loses her heart. Two sisters transform into birds to escape captivity. A young man learns the true meaning of sacrifice. A young woman takes up her mother’s mantle and leads the dead to their final resting place.

Bestselling and award-winning authors explore the timeless themes of East and South Asian lore in sixteen original stories that will appeal to every reader. From fantasy to science fiction to contemporary, from romance to tales of revenge, these stories will beguile readers from start to finish.

All the Ever Afters: The Untold Story of Cinderella's Stepmother, by Danielle Teller

We all know the story of Cinderella. Or do we?

As rumors about the cruel upbringing of beautiful newlywed Princess Cinderella roil the kingdom, her stepmother, Agnes, a woman who knows all too well about hardship, privately records the true story. But what unfolds is not the princess's history. The tale Agnes recounts is her own.

A peasant born into serfdom, Agnes is separated from her family and forced into servitude as a laundress’s apprentice at Aviceford Manor when she is just ten years old. Alone, friendless, and burdened with a grueling workload, Agnes carves a place for herself in this cold place that is home to Sir Emont Vis-de-Loup, a melancholic and capricious drunkard.

Using her wits and ingenuity, Agnes eventually escapes and makes her way toward a hopeful future, serving as a housemaid for the powerful Abbess Elfilda. But life once again holds unexpected, sometimes heartbreaking twists that lead Agnes back to Aviceford Manor, where she becomes nursemaid to Ella, Emont's sensitive, otherworldly daughter. Though she cares for Ella, Agnes struggles to love this child, who in time becomes her stepdaughter and, ultimately, the celebrated princess who embodies all our unattainable fantasies.

Bitter Greens, by Kate Forsyth

The amazing power and truth of the Rapunzel fairy tale comes alive for the first time in this breathtaking tale of desire, black magic and the redemptive power of love

French novelist Charlotte-Rose de la Force has been banished from the court of Versailles by the Sun King, Louis XIV, after a series of scandalous love affairs. At the convent, she is comforted by an old nun, Sœur Seraphina, who tells her the tale of a young girl who, a hundred years earlier, is sold by her parents for a handful of bitter greens...

After Margherita's father steals parsley from the walled garden of the courtesan Selena Leonelli, he is threatened with having both hands cut off, unless he and his wife relinquish their precious little girl. Selena is the famous red-haired muse of the artist Tiziano, first painted by him in 1512 and still inspiring him at the time of his death. She is at the center of Renaissance life in Venice, a world of beauty and danger, seduction and betrayal, love and superstition.

Locked away in a tower, Margherita sings in the hope that someone will hear her. One day, a young man does.

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bennxgrace · 13 days

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20 keychains of my favorite op ships (not all at once!)comissioned from Etsy (a few to start with cause their now $30

Hancock and crocodile funko pops

Benn Beckman figure (the preorder one from www.Amazon.com)

Hungry hearts by Elsie Chapman/Ensnared by Tiffany Roberts/any romance book (no twilight please!)

A few more ringtones for my phone(least expensive thing on my list)

Stickers section

(Some from www.nominno.com

At least one of doodlebob

One of Benn Beckman from www.pixels.com)

Red hair pirates Jolly Roger backpack from www.redbubble.com

Phone case section

One of a Benn Beckman iPhone tough case (I’m getting an upgrade soon I think it’ll be in the 15th gen range cause I have model from 2 years ago) www.redbubble.com

That’s all I’m thinking what I want for my birthday so far

If youre wondering you really don’t have to buy me anything i have a lot of love for my followers anyway in other words idk why I put this on here

My birthday is 10/14

#october #baby #benn beckman #one piece #other stuff

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servants-hall · 7 months

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All Creatures Great and Small - 4x01 Synopsis

From Radio Times:

Episode 1: Broodiness

Summary

Return of the drama, starring Nicholas Ralph and Samuel West. It is Spring 1940, and without Tristan, Skeldale House is busier than ever. James and Helen dream about the future, hoping that he won't be called up. And a chance encounter with young lad, Wesley Binks, leaves James worrying if his dog, Duke, is being mistreated

Credits

Siegfried Farnon Samuel West Mrs Audrey Hall Anna Madeley James Herriot Nicholas Ralph Helen Herriot Rachel Shenton Richard Carmody James Anthony-Rose Mrs Pumphrey Patricia Hodge Gerald Hammond Will Thorp Richard Alderson Tony Pitts Jenny Alderson Imogen Clawson Wesley Binks Billy Hickey Clifford Slavens Paul Hilton Granny Binks Pam Shaw Miss Harbottle Neve McIntosh Mr Dakin James Bolam Joe Coney Paul Bazely Maggie Mollie Winnard Jack Dodson Mark Smalley Mrs Stokes Susan Hilton Anne Chapman Cleo Sylvestre Grace Chapman Cat Simmons Francois Joseph May Private Biggs Olly Rhodes Ned Clough Paul Copley Sid Crabtree Ryan Hawley Elsie Crabtree Chloe Harris Marie Crabtree Matilda Kent RSPCA Officer Susan-Jayne Robinson Delivery Man Keith Hyland Government Clerk Chris Coniston

Director Andy Hay Executive producer Melissa Gallant Executive producer Colin Callender Writer Jamie Crichton Executive producer Ben Vanstone Executive producer Louise Pedersen Executive producer David Swetman Producer Yvonne Francas

#all creatures great and small #acgas 2020 #acgas spoilers #acgas press releases #acgas s4 #acgas 4x01 #james herriot #helen herriot

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goodbyenorthernlights · 1 year

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Books Read in 2022

To Sir Philip, With Love by Julia Quinn (Reread)

History and Human Survival by Robert Jay Lifton*

10 Things I Love About You by Julia Quinn (Reread)

Stardust by Neil Gaiman (Reread)

Uncle Scrooge and Donald Duck: The Don Rosa Library Vol. 1 (GN)

Albert Einstein: A Graphic History of the Father of Modern Physics by Ned Hartley (GN)

Heroes of Flight Who Changed the World by Jade Sarson (GN)

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt

Just Like Heaven by Julia Quinn (Reread)

How to be Ace by Rebecca Burgess (GN)

Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander

Tower of Treasure by Scott Chantler (GN)

The Faerie Path by Frewin Jones

Cinder by Marissa Meyer

Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia Block

Middlegame by Seanan Maguire

The Disgraceful Mr. Ravenhurst by Louise Allen (Reread)

The Other Country: Legends and Fairy Tales of Scotland Retold by Marion Lochhead

All the Ways Home by Elsie Chapman

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Perfect Stranger by Anne Gracie

Gallant Waif by Anne Gracie

The Last Wicked Scoundrel by Lorraine Heath

Civilization on Trial by Arnold J. Toynbee

The Grave Robber’s Apprentice by Allan Stratton

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

*This particular book I think I actually mostly read in 2021, then had to return it to the library and finish it later, because it is a fairly dense history-philosophy type book and those go down slowly with me.

#personal #feel free to ask me my opinions on any of these if ur interested?

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richincolor · 2 years

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Food, food, and More Food

Not long ago we had a booklist involving tea and then it occurred to me that we hadn't gathered books about food yet. I love a good book about food, baking, cooking, or just enjoying food. Here are a few enjoyable stories revolving around yummy meals and treats.

With the Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo Quill Tree Books [Our Group Discussion]

Ever since she got pregnant freshman year, Emoni Santiago’s life has been about making the tough decisions—doing what has to be done for her daughter and her abuela. The one place she can let all that go is in the kitchen, where she adds a little something magical to everything she cooks, turning her food into straight-up goodness.

Even though she dreams of working as a chef after she graduates, Emoni knows that it’s not worth her time to pursue the impossible. Yet despite the rules she thinks she has to play by, once Emoni starts cooking, her only choice is to let her talent break free.

Café con Lychee by Emery Lee Quill Tree Books [Audrey's Review]

Sometimes bitter rivalries can brew something sweet.

Theo Mori wants to escape. Leaving Vermont for college means getting away from working at his parents’ Asian American café and dealing with their archrivals’ hopeless son Gabi who’s lost the soccer team more games than Theo can count.

Gabi Moreno is miserably stuck in the closet. Forced to play soccer to hide his love for dance and iced out by Theo, the only openly gay guy at school, Gabi’s only reprieve is his parents’ Puerto Rican bakery and his plans to take over after graduation.

But the town’s new fusion café changes everything. Between the Mori’s struggling shop and the Moreno’s plan to sell their bakery in the face of the competition, both boys find their dreams in jeopardy. Then Theo has an idea—sell photo-worthy food covertly at school to offset their losses. When he sprains his wrist and Gabi gets roped in to help, they realize they need to work together to save their parents’ shops but will the new feelings rising between them be enough to send their future plans up in smoke?

A Taste for Love by Jennifer Yen Razorbill [My Review]

To everyone else, high school senior Liza Yang is practically perfect. Pretty, smart, and well-liked, she’s salutatorian of her class and starting a prestigious university in the fall. To her ultra-traditional Taiwanese mom, however, Liza is stubborn and rebellious, unlike her older sister Jeannie. She won’t even date a proper Asian boy! The only thing mother and daughter agree on is Liza’s talent for baking. With Mrs. Yang’s annual junior baking competition on the horizon, Liza’s determined to prove she’s more than Jeannie’s shadow. If only she knew her mother has plans of her own…

Hungry Hearts: 13 Tales of Food and Love edited by Caroline Tung Richmond & Elsie Chapman Simon Pulse [My Review]

From some of your favorite bestselling and critically acclaimed authors—including Sandhya Menon, Anna-Marie McLemore, and Rin Chupeco—comes a collection of interconnected short stories that explore the intersection of family, culture, and food in the lives of thirteen teens.

A shy teenager attempts to express how she really feels through the confections she makes at her family’s pasteleria. A tourist from Montenegro desperately seeks a magic soup dumpling that could cure his fear of death. An aspiring chef realizes that butter and soul are the key ingredients to win a cooking competition that could win him the money to save his mother’s life.

Welcome to Hungry Hearts Row, where the answers to most of life’s hard questions are kneaded, rolled, baked. Where a typical greeting is, “Have you had anything to eat?” Where magic and food and love are sometimes one and the same.

Told in interconnected short stories, Hungry Hearts explores the many meanings food can take on beyond mere nourishment. It can symbolize love and despair, family and culture, belonging and home.

A Phở Love Story by Loan Le Simon Pulse

If Bao Nguyen had to describe himself, he’d say he was a rock. Steady and strong, but not particularly interesting. His grades are average, his social status unremarkable. He works at his parents’ pho restaurant, and even there, he is his parents’ fifth favorite employee. Not ideal.

If Linh Mai had to describe herself, she’d say she was a firecracker. Stable when unlit, but full of potential for joy and spark and fire. She loves art and dreams pursuing a career in it. The only problem? Her parents rely on her in ways they’re not willing to admit, including working practically full-time at her family’s pho restaurant.

For years, the Mais and the Nguyens have been at odds, having owned competing, neighboring phở restaurants. Bao and Linh, who’ve avoided each other for most of their lives, both suspect that the feud stems from feelings much deeper than friendly competition.

But then a chance encounter brings Linh and Bao together despite their best efforts and sparks fly, leading them both to wonder what took so long for them to connect. But then, of course, they immediately remember.

Can Linh and Bao find love in the midst of feuding families and complicated histories?

The Way You Make Me Feel by Maurene Goo Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) [Jessica's Review]

Clara Shin lives for pranks and disruption. When she takes one joke too far, her dad sentences her to a summer working on his food truck, the KoBra, alongside her uptight classmate Rose Carver. Not the carefree summer Clara had imagined. But maybe Rose isn't so bad. Maybe the boy named Hamlet (yes, Hamlet) crushing on her is pretty cute. Maybe Clara actually feels invested in her dad’s business. What if taking this summer seriously means that Clara has to leave her old self behind?

Batter Royale by Leisl Adams Abrams [My Review]

In Leisl Adams’s debut graphic novel, Batter Royale, an aspiring amateur baker enters the toughest, ugliest, most fearsome fight she’ll ever experience: a baking reality show.

When seventeen-year-old small-town waitress Rose impresses a famous food critic, she and her best friend, Fred, find themselves thrust into the tough world of competitive baking. The contest is an intense ten days of bizarre challenges, and the competition is cutthroat. Some competitors are willing to lie, cheat, and sabotage their way to the top. Rose may be in over her head, but she is determined to show that she can become a top chef. Batter Royale is a fish-out-of-water style romantic comedy about climbing out of the circumstances you’re in and making your dreams come true. [It includes recipes!!]

A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow by Laura Taylor Namey Atheneum Books for Young Readers

Teenage master of Cuban cuisine, Lila Reyes, is eager to inherit her family’s Miami bakery along with her sister, Pilar. But between spring and graduation, Lila’s abuela dies, her best friend abandons her, and her long-time boyfriend dumps her. Fearing Lila’s emotional health, her parents defy her wishes and entrust her summer to family and their Winchester, England inn. Even though she’s given a space to cook at the inn, she longs for Miami, the seat of her Cuban roots. Being a Miami Cuban baker is her glorified past and destined future, forged by years of training by her loving abuela.

Days into her stay, Orion Maxwell barges into Lila’s inn kitchen with a delivery from his family’s tea shop. A nuisance at first, opposite ingredients soon learn to blend. Orion befriends Lila, introducing her to his mates and devouring her food––comida Cubana.

Orion entertains her with his mental collection of superstitions and sweeps her onto his vintage motorbike. He wraps cold, underdressed Lila in his wool cardigan and becomes her personal tour guide. His mum’s early-onset (FTD) Dementia gives Orion a unique outlook––he never asks too much of the world, accepting what he can’t control. Lila soon discovers this British boy brings empathy to her loss because he’s living his own.

Before long, Lila can’t control the route of her own heart as she begins to fall for more than a new love. England has charmed her. And a special opportunity in London tempts her. As her return ticket looms, Lila feels impossibly caught between two flags. Hearts aren’t supposed to split like this––between a beautiful boy and a beautiful family. Between exploring an uncharted future in a rich new place, and honoring Abuela’s treasured legacy.

Here are a few more that are on my TBR list:

Radha & Jai's Recipe for Romance by Nisha Sharma

North of Happy by Adi Alsaid

A la Carte by Tanita S. Davis

Lessons in Fusion by Primrose Madayag Knazan

Pocket Change Collective: Food-Related Stories by Gaby Melian, Ashley Lukashevsky

Somewhere Between Bitter and Sweet by Laekan Zea Kemp

If you know of others we've missed, please let us know the titles. Happy reading and possibly eatiing.

#booklist #food #young adult lit

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coollovebibliophilethings · 3 months

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Sugar and Spite by Rin Chupeco

Title: Sugar and SpiteAuthor: Rin ChupecoIn: Hungry Hearts (Caroline Tung Richmond & Elsie Chapman)Rating Out of 5: 5 (I will read this again and again and again)My Bookshelves: Contemporary, Family, FoodPace: MediumFormat: Short storyYear: 2019 There is something about the idea of magic being tied up in cooking that I’ve always enjoyed. I mean, cooking is, for me, an act of love and giving, and…

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#Contemporary #Family #Food #Hungry Hearts #Rin Chupeco

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bookclub4m · 1 year

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Episode 167 (version 2) - 2023 Reading Goals & 2022 Reading Report

(Hello! This is a re-upload. The first version had a syncing error that snuck in at the very end of the editing process. We've re-exported it and this version sounds much better!)

This episode we’re talking about our 2023 Reading Goals! We discuss intentions, resolutions, anti-resolutions, and give a report on how well we fulfilled our reading goals last year.

You can download the podcast directly, find it on Libsyn, or get it through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Google Podcasts, or your favourite podcast delivery system.

In this episode

Anna Ferri | Meghan Whyte | Matthew Murray | RJ Edwards

2022: Year of Book Two

Episode 142 - Sequels and 2022: The Year of Book Two

2023 Resolutions

Matthew: