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Oasis High Senior Prom
in game: April 27, 2024
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NYE
in game: December 31, 2025
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2023 Books Read
Our Wives Under the Sea - Julia Armfield (Dec 31-Jan 2)
See You Yesterday - Rachel Lynn Solomon (Jan 2-Jan 3)
All Dressed Up - Jilly Gagnon (Jan 4)
She Gets the Girl - Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick (Jan 5-Jan 6)
Ready Player One - Ernest Cline (Jan 6-Jan 10)
Jamaica Inn - Daphne Du Maurier (Jan 10-Jan 13)
Greywaren - Maggie Stiefvater (Jan 14-Jan 16)
The Ballad of Never After - Stephanie Garber (Jan 17-Jan 22)
By the Book - Jasmine Guillory (Jan 22-Jan 24)
Portrait of a Thief - Grace D Li (Jan 25-Feb 4)
Pride and Prejudice (reread, audiobook) - Jane Austen (Jan 31-Feb 6)
Macbeth (reread) - William Shakespeare (Feb 6-Feb 10)
Normal People - Sally Rooney (Feb 18-Feb 22)
All the Dangerous Things - Stacy Willingham (Feb 23-Feb 25)
The Diary of Mary Berg - Mary Berg (Feb 17-Feb 27)
The Witch Haven - Sasha Peyton Smith (Mar 4-Mar 11)
Americanah - Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (Feb 26-Mar 12)
The Witch Hunt - Sasha Peyton Smith (Mar 19-Mar 22)
Jonny Appleseed - Joshua Whitehead (Mar 19-Mar 28)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles - Agatha Christie (Mar 25-Mar 29)
Last Violent Call - Chloe Gong (Mar 30-Apr 1)
Beartown - Fredrik Backman (Apr 1-Apr 4)
People We Meet on Vacation (reread) - Emily Henry (Apr 5-Apr 7)
Notes on an Execution - Danya Kukafka (Apr 8)
Kiss Her Once For Me - Alison Cochran (Apr 8-Apr 10)
If You Could See the Sun - Ann Liang (Apr 11-Apr 15)
Murder at the Vicarage - Agatha Christie (Apr 15-Apr 19)
The Appeal - Janice Hallett (Apr 19-Apr 20)
The Black Spider - Jeremias Gotthelf (Apr 20)
Molly of the Mall - Heidi L.M. Jacobs (Apr 21-Apr 22)
The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein - Kiersten White (April 23-Apr 25)
Sense and Sensibility - Jane Austen (April 26-Apr 28)
Happy Place - Emily Henry (Apr 29)
Us Against You - Fredrik Backman (Apr 30-May 3)
The Great Gatsby - F. Scott Fitzgerald (May 3-May 5)
Juniper and Thorn - Ava Reid (May 6-May 10)
Meet Me at the Lake - Carley Fortune (May 11-May 12)
Cloud Atlas - David Mitchell (May 12-May 19)
Anne of Green Gables (reread) - L.M. Montgomery (May 19-May 22)
Anne of Avonlea (reread) - L.M. Montgomery (May 24-May 26)
Anne of the Island (reread) - L.M. Montgomery (May 26-May 30)
The Winners - Fredrik Backman (June 2-June 6)
Rebecca - Daphne Du Maurier (June 7-June 8)
Peril at End House - Agatha Christie (June 9)
The Many Lives and Secret Sorrows of Josephine B (reread) - Sandra Gulland (June 11-June 12)
Tales of Passion Tales of Woe - Sandra Gulland (June 13-June 14)
The Last Great Dance on Earth - Sandra Gulland (June 14-June 15)
Frankenstein in Baghdad - Ahmed Saadawi (June 15-June 18)
Crooked House - Agatha Christie (June 22-June 24)
Northanger Abbey - Jane Austen (June 20-June 30)
I Must Betray You - Ruta Sepetys (June 30-July 1)
Pageboy - Elliot Page (July 2-July 4)
This Time It’s Real - Ann Liang (July 6)
The Last Word - Taylor Adams (July 6-July 7)
The Fiancée Farce - Alexandria Bellefleur (July 7-July 8)
The Guilt Trip - Sandie Jones (July 8)
Camp Zero - Michelle Min Sterling (July 8)
The Berry Pickers - Amanda Peters (July 8-July 9)
Family of Liars - E. Lockhart (July 9-July 11)
The Last House Guest - Megan Miranda (July 11-July 12)
The Last Tale of the Flower Bride - Roshani Chokshi (July 14-July 21)
Rolling in the Deep (audiobook) - Mira Grant (July 20-July 21)
Wunderland - Jennifer Cody Epstein (July 21-July 23)
The Stationary Shop of Tehran (July 24-27)
Yellowface - R.F. Kuang (July 27-July 29)
These Violent Delights - Micah Nemerever (July 29-Aug 3)
Wuthering Heights - Emily Brontë (Aug 3-Aug 5)
Begin Again - Emma Lord (Aug 6-Aug 8)
Medicine Walk - Richard Wagamese (Aug 8-Aug 12)
419 - Will Ferguson (Aug 16-Aug 19)
Harlem Shuffle - Colson Whitehead (Aug 21-Aug 24)
Ballet Shoes (reread) - Noel Streatfeild (Aug 25-Aug 26)
Songs for the Missing - Stewart O’Nan (Aug 28-Aug 31)
You’re Not Supposed to Die Tonight - Kalynn Bayron (Sept 1-Sept 2)
I’ve Got Your Number - Sophie Kinsella (Sept 2)
The Adult - Bronwyn Fischer (Sept 3)
Nine Liars - Maureen Johnson (Sept 4-Sept 6)
Small Things Like These - Claire Keegan (Sept 6)
The Honeys - Ryan La Sala (Sept 15-Sept 19)
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne (Sept 12-Sept 20)
Beowulf - Unknown (Sept 8-Sept 21)
The Mirror Crack’d From Side to Side - Agatha Christie (Sept 21-Sept 25)
Better Than the Movies - Lynn Painter (Sept 26-Sept 30)
Annihilation - Jeff VanderMeer (Oct 4-Oct 7)
And Don’t Look Back - Rebecca Barrow (Oct 7)
Hallowe’en Party - Agatha Christie (Oct 8-Oct 9)
Cannibal Island - Nichlolas Werth (Oct 9-Oct 22)
The Final Gambit - Jennifer Lynn Barnes (Oct 17-Oct 22)
Stalin’s Nomads: Power and Famine in Kazakhstan - Robert Kindler (Oct 16-Oct 24)
Six of Crows (reread) - Leigh Bardugo (Oct 25-Oct 30)
Crooked Kingdom (reread) - Leigh Bardugo (Nov 3-Nov 7)
Sadie (reread) - Courtney Summers (Nov 9-Nov 10)
The Invisible Man - H.G. Wells (Nov 6-Nov 13)
Hamlet - William Shakespeare (Nov 6-Nov 13)
A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder (reread) - Holly Jackson (Nov 11-Nov 15)
Good Girl, Bad Blood (reread) - Holly Jackson (Nov 15-Nov 18)
As Good as Dead (reread) - Holly Jackson (Nov 20-Nov 23)
Red White and Royal Blue (reread) - Casey McQuiston (Nov 25-Dec 5)
The Secret History - Donna Tartt (Dec 18-Dec 22)
The Day of the Jackal - Frederick Forsyth (Dec 24-Dec 25)
Emily Wilde’s Encyclopaedia of Faeries - Heather Fawcett (Dec 25-Dec 27)
Murder in the Family - Cara Hunter (Dec 28)
Three Holidays and a Wedding - Uzma Jalaluddin, Marissa Stapley (Dec 29)
The Book of Cold Cases - Simone St James (Dec 30-Dec 31)
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23 books in 2023
Here are 23 books I want to read in 2023:
Anne sin filtros by Iria G. Parente & Selene M. Pascual
Le mystère de la chambre jaune by Gaston Leroux
Temporada de huracanes by Fernanda Melchor
Reinos de cristal by Iria G. Parente & Selene M. Pascual
The house in the cerulean sea by TJ Klune
The girl who fell beneath the sea by Axie Oh
La canción de los hermanos by TJ Klune
The bell jar by Sylvia Plath
La guía del caballero para el vicio y la virtud by Mackenzi Lee
The silent patient by Alex Michaelides
Color me in by Natasha Diaz
Anna K: A Love Story by Jenny Lee
Then she was gone by Lisa Jewell
Lobizona by Romina Garber
Once Upon a K-Prom by Kat Cho
A dowry of blood by Margaret Atwood
I wish you all the best by Mason Deaver
Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard
Strange the dreamer by Laini Taylor
El jilguero by Donna Tartt
Infinity Son by Adam Silvera
The catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
She gets the girl by Rachael Lippincott & Alyson Derrick
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E. N. G. - CTV - October 31, 1989 - March 19, 1994
Drama (96 episodes)
Running Time: 60 minutes
Stars:
Sara Botsford as Annie Hildebrandt
Mark Humphrey as Jake Antonelli
Art Hindle as Mike Fenell
Jonathan Welsh as Eric MacFarlane
Neil Dainard as J. C. Callahan
Karl Pruneras Dan Watson
Cynthia Belliveau as Terri Morgan
James Millington as Seth Miller
Mary Beth Rubens as Bobbi Katz
George R. Robertson as Kyle Copeland
Sherry Miller as Jane Oliver
Theresa Tova as Marge Atherton
Clark Johnson as Clarke Roberts
Rachael Crawford as Janice Roberts
Lisa LaCroix as Kelly Longstreet
Victor Garber as Adam Hirsch
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what were your favorite and least favorite books you read each month and why??
SOMETHING TO DO YAY I read 64 books so far (and that's probably the ending number so) here ya go
None of these books are part of the SMP boycott as far as I am aware.
January:
Favorite: The Honeys by Ryan La Sala
When I tell you this was totally unexpected holy shit. It's YA Horror and follows Mars after they wake up to their twin sister, Caroline standing over them with a knife trying to kill them in their sleep. They go to the camp where Caroline last was to try to figure out what happened leading up to her breakdown and ultimate death, where they encounter a clique Caroline was part of called 'the Honeys.' This book, I was very happy I was reading it when my roommate wasn't home/asleep because I was up at 3 am screaming while I was reading I stg
Least Favorite: Good Girl, Bad Blood (A Good Girls Buide to Murder #2) by Holly Jackson
I couldn't even tell you what happened in this book. All I know is that wanted Pip to stop with the god damn antics and just go to bed I stg
February: I actually only read two books in February so uh
Favorite: On the Rooftop by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton
Ngl, I do not remember what happened in this one. It was just ok
Least Favorite: American Royalty by Tracey Livesay
This is supposed to be a take on the Prince Harry/Meghan Markle romance but god this was just so boring to me. The royal family in this was based off real life though with how insufferable they are
March: I only read one book this month whoops
Favorite: Legendborn by Tracy Deonn
I will recommend this book until I die I swear this is my roman empire. This book took me all month to read but is so good and made me cry and I need to read the second book ASAP but it's so long that I keep putting it off
April:
Favorite: Takes from the Cafe (Before the Coffee Gets Cold #2) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi
This series is so beautifully heartbreaking and deals with time travel to see the ones you love knowing that no matter what happens you can't change anything
Least Favorite: A Tale of Two Princes by Eric Geron
I know that the book is YA and that the boys are teenagers in this but all their antics were so overly juvenile and petty that I couldn't deal with it. Like I know that they are kids, but this was so bad. I was hoping someone would just like ground them or something just so they would stop
May: I apparently only read two books again in May
Favorite: Loveless by Alice Oseman
Alice Oseman never misses tbh
Least Favorite: Paper Towns by John Green
I remember loving this in like middle school/early high school and decided to reread it and that was a mistake
June:
Favorite: Caraval by Stephanie Garber
I only picked this one up because it's the first of a trilogy that is connected to another trilogy that I wanted to read but god I love the sisters in this book
Least Favorite: The Golden Spoon by Jess Maxwell
This was just ok. It's like Great British Bake Off mixed with murder
July:
Favorite: Fake Dates and Mooncakes by Sher Lee
This book was so sickeningly sweet I stg I think about Dylan and Theo all the time I need to reread this one
Least Favorite: Belladonna by Adalyn Grace
I might come back to this one next year but like I couldn't get past the "I want to fuck death" aspect of this book
August:
Favorite: She Gets the Girl by Rachael Lippincott and Alyson Derrick
Another one that was just so sweet I was rooting for these girls the entire time
Least favorite: A Taste of Sage by Yaffa S. Santos
This is another one where I couldn't tell you what happened except that she can get sick if people make food when they're mad and they fuck on the prep table in the restaurant
September: I only read two books this month and I loved both of them
Favorite: Yellowface by R.F. Kuang
What happens when a white woman talks over the experiences of POC in the publishing world? I wanted to punch June the entire time
October: I also read only two books and really liked them
Favorite: These Hallowed Halls: A Dark Academia Anthology
I'm not normally one for dark academia but I read this book the day I bought it and didn't want to put it down
November:
Favorite: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I had to reread it thanks to tik tok and it holds up unlike other books I read when I was younger this year
Least Favorite: The Girl from the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag
This book wasn't bad. It was just ok. I read it and kinda just went 'meh'
December:
Favorite: Stars in Your Eyes by Kacen Callender
Check you TW before reading this because it is HEAVY but god this book had my sobbing at 3 am this was the book where I kept asking if I read the library book or do I read the one I really wanted to and I read it in one sitting it broke my heart and put it together in all the right ways
Least favorite: Just Haven't Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens
I love Sophie Cousens but the first love interest in this felt so cartoony it ruined the book for me
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Theme Thursday - Competition
The Revenge Playbook | Rachael Allen | @epicreads
Type: Standalone
Where to Buy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | BookDepository | IndieBound
Four girls. One plan. And the night that changes everything.
Liv is the girl everyone gossips about. But when the rumors threaten to crack her relationship with her longtime boyfriend, she’s desperate to prove that not everything you hear is true.
Peyton is the girl no one knows. But flying under the radar doesn’t mean she’s willing to let people walk all over her.
Melanie Jane is the girl everyone wants to be or be with. Beautiful, sassy, and untouchable, she breaks hearts before hers gets broken. Most of the time.
Ana is the girl no one talks to. Not after what happened at the party that ended her friendship with Melanie Jane.
They have nothing in common…except for revenge.
In the small town of Ranburne, high school football rules and the players are treated like kings. How they treat the girls they go to school with? That's a completely different story. Liv, Peyton, Melanie Jane, and Ana each have their own reason for wanting to teach the team a lesson—but it’s only when circumstances bring them together that they come up with the plan to steal the one thing the boys hold sacred.
All they have to do is beat them at their own game
Jesse’s Girl | Miranda Kenneally
Type: Companion Series: Hundred Oaks (6)
Where to Buy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | BookDepository | IndieBound
Everyone at Hundred Oaks High knows that career mentoring day is a joke. So when Maya Henry said she wanted to be a rock star, she never imagined she’d get to shadow *the* Jesse Scott, Nashville’s teen idol.
But spending the day with Jesse is far from a dream come true. He’s as gorgeous as his music, but seeing all that he’s accomplished is just a reminder of everything Maya’s lost: her trust, her boyfriend, their band, and any chance to play the music she craves. Not to mention that Jesse’s pushy and opinionated. He made it on his own, and he thinks Maya’s playing back up to other people’s dreams. Does she have what it takes to follow her heart—and go solo?
The Way You Make Me Feel | Maurene Goo | @fiercereadsya
Type: Standalone
Where to Buy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | BookDepository | IndieBound
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?
Madly (or the Potion Diaries) | Amy Alward | @rivetedbysimonteen
Type: Series: Potion (1)
Where to Buy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | BookDepository | IndieBound
When the Princess of Nova accidentally poisons herself with a love potion meant for her crush, she falls crown-over-heels in love with her own reflection. Oops. A nationwide hunt is called to find the cure, with competitors travelling the world for the rarest ingredients, deep in magical forests and frozen tundras, facing death at every turn.
Enter Samantha Kemi - an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent. Sam's family were once the most respected alchemists in the kingdom, but they've fallen on hard times, and winning the hunt would save their reputation. But can Sam really compete with the dazzling powers of the ZoroAster megapharma company? Just how close is Sam willing to get to Zain Aster, her dashing former classmate and enemy, in the meantime?
And just to add to the pressure, this quest is ALL OVER social media. And the world news.
No big deal, then.
Dumplin’ | Julie Murphy
Type: Companion Series: Dumplin’ (1)
Where to Buy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | BookDepository | IndieBound
Self-proclaimed fat girl Willowdean Dickson (dubbed “Dumplin’” by her former beauty queen mom) has always been at home in her own skin. Her thoughts on having the ultimate bikini body? Put a bikini on your body. With her all-American beauty best friend, Ellen, by her side, things have always worked…until Will takes a job at Harpy’s, the local fast-food joint. There she meets Private School Bo, a hot former jock. Will isn’t surprised to find herself attracted to Bo. But she is surprised when he seems to like her back.
Instead of finding new heights of self-assurance in her relationship with Bo, Will starts to doubt herself. So she sets out to take back her confidence by doing the most horrifying thing she can imagine: entering the Miss Clover City beauty pageant—along with several other unlikely candidates—to show the world that she deserves to be up there as much as any twiggy girl does. Along the way, she’ll shock the hell out of Clover City—and maybe herself most of all.
Caraval | Stephanie Garber | @flatironbooks
Type: Series: Caraval (1)
Where to Buy: Amazon | Barnes & Noble | BookDepository | IndieBound
Scarlett Dragna has never left the tiny island where she and her sister, Tella, live with their powerful, and cruel, father. Now Scarlett’s father has arranged a marriage for her, and Scarlett thinks her dreams of seeing Caraval—the faraway, once-a-year performance where the audience participates in the show—are over.
But this year, Scarlett’s long-dreamt-of invitation finally arrives. With the help of a mysterious sailor, Tella whisks Scarlett away to the show. Only, as soon as they arrive, Tella is kidnapped by Caraval’s mastermind organizer, Legend. It turns out that this season’s Caraval revolves around Tella, and whoever finds her first is the winner.
Scarlett has been told that everything that happens during Caraval is only an elaborate performance. Nevertheless she becomes enmeshed in a game of love, heartbreak, and magic.
#books#book recs#book recommendations#caraval#stephanie garber#dumplin#julie murphy#the way you make me feel#maurene goo#madly#the potion diaries#amy alward#jesses girl#Jesse's Girl#miranda kenneally#the revenge playbook#rachael allen#Book Photos#theme thursday#tt
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wlw books released & upcoming in 2020
I was thinking of sorting them by genre, but there wasn’t that much for some. Anyways, something to read or look forward to whenever this lockdown is over. Enjoy :))
Released:
Upright Women Wanted - Sarah Galiey
When Were Magic - Sarah Galiey
The Midnight Lie - Marie Rutkoski
The Empress of Salt and Fortune - Nghi Vo
The Unspoken Name - A.K Larkwood
We Used To Be Friends - Amy Spalding
The Seep - Chana Porter
A Phoenix First Must Burn - Patrice Caldwell
Jamis Bachman, Ghost Hunter - Jen Jensen
The Love Hypothesis - Laura Stevens
Nottingham: The True Story of Robyn Hood - Anna Burke
Witches of Ash and Ruin - E. Latimer
The Winter Duke - Claire Eliza Bartlett
Belle Révolte - Linsey Miller
Look - Zan Romanoff
Under the Rainbow - Celia Laskey
Lady Hotspur - Tessa Grattion
Ink in the Blood - Kim Smejkal
Blood Countess - Lana Popovic
We Were Promised Spotlights - Lindsay Sproul
Music from Another World - Robin Talley
The Animals at Lockwood Manor - Jane Healey
Brooklyn Summer - Maggie Cummings
No Parking - Valentine Wheeler
Upcoming:
The Falling In Love Montage - Ciara Smyth
Girl, Serpent, Thron - Melissa Bashardoust
Cinderella Is Dead - Kalynn Bayron
The Mermaid, The Witch, and The Sea - Maggie Tokuda- Hall
The Henna War - Adiba Jaigirdar
Something to Talk About - Meryl Wisner
I Kissed Alice - Anna Birch
The Secret of You and Me - Melissa Lenhardt
Queen of Coins and Whispers - Helen Corcoran
The Storyteller - Jea Hawkins
Burn Our Bodies Down - Rory Power
The Scapegracers - Hannah Abigail Clarke
Ghost Wood Song - Erica Waters
The Space Between Worlds - Micaiah Johnson
All My Mother’s Lovers - llana Masad
Late to the Party - Kelly Quindlen
You Should See Me in a Crown - Leah Johnson
They Never Learn - Layne Fargo
Waiting For You - Elle Spencer
Beyond the Ruby Veil - Mara Fitzgerald
Super Adjacent - Crystal Cestari
The Circus Rose - Betsy Cornwell
The Lady Upstairs - Hailey Sutton
The Ballad of Ami Miles - Kristy Dallas Alley
The Dark Tide - Alicia Jasinska
Dangerous Remedy- Kat Dunn
The Art of Saving the World Book - Corinne Duyvis
A Curse of Roses - Diana Pinguicha
Afterlove - Tanya Byrne
Kiss Me Every Day - Dena Blake
The Summer of Impossibilities - Rachael Allen
Ruinsong - Julia Ember
I Think I Love You - Auriane Desombre
The Road Home - Erin Zak
Islands of Mercy - Rose Tremain
Lobizona (Wolves of No World) Romina Garber
I’m sure there’s a lot more so feel free to leave some recs of your own below! :)
#wlw books#f/f books#wlw#f/f#book recs#book reccs#sapphicbookclub#book recommendation#bergmancapa#catherinedemedici#there are so many wlw books this year I'm crying#gotta do some real hw now
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Media “Truth” Rachael Silvia
Will a US trade agreement actually be reached with China and will it serve to grow and benefit our economy? This is a daily, and very significant, topic of discussion in today’s media outlets because the results of this trade war has the potential to grossly impact each and every one of us in the US. Our outlook, and therefore our beliefs, on this political movement may be skewed in one direction or another based merely on the source of information that we choose to look to as our basis of “news”. It is puzzling, and truthfully confusing, if we stop and look for a moment at this trade war and just how differently the same story is being told!
CNN, on October 14, 2019, covered the on-going talks with China and presented the following headline: Trump’s ‘love-fest’ with China won’t end the trade war (https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/14/business/us-china-trade-deal/index.html). One doesn’t have to read much farther than that to intuitively understand that this report isn’t going to have an overall “good feeling” about it. The report tells its readers that a “tentative truce between the United States and China has raised hopes — yet again”. The “yet again” implying to me that we have all heard this song and dance before but have not seen a successful resolution yet and will not likely see it now. It also states that there is an “inching” towards an agreement. The general purport is that are huge barriers between the US and China to overcome and the fact that it will take another 5 weeks infers that there are insurmountable issues to still be agreed upon. The overall message to the public from this network seems to be that a deal agreement between US/China is doubtful to occur anytime soon if at all.
Fox, on October 12, 2019, covered this same topic with the headline: US and China agree to ‘phase one deal’ in trade war, stocks rally (https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/stocks-jumping-on-trade-optimism). The title alone has a much more hopeful tone that that of CNNs. This report states that the deal has been agreed to already “in principle” and that in 3-5 weeks we will start to see China increasing their US agricultural purchases to the tune of $50 billion/year. Another positive provided is that that the US tariff that was set to increase on October 15th will not go through. The report ends by summarizing the gain seen in the Dow Jones, S&P 500, Nasdaq, University of MI Consumer Sentiment Report, and the commodities high level of trade after the phase one deal had been announced. The focus of this news feed is that the deal is underway and our economy is already feeling a positive impact because of the US/China agreement.
These two reports could not be more opposite in nature; are they both truthful, is only one truthful, is there a mixture of truth found in both reports? If this trade war continues or escalates it will impact international trade…. But what does that mean for you and me? The Balance, an independently owned content publisher, answers this question for us. It means 1) we pay more money for our everyday imported purchases like computers, cell phones, and clothing 2) US businesses that export goods will pay higher tariffs resulting in the need to cut costs which lead to layoffs or, worse, going completely out of business - aka less jobs to be found in the US (a reported 12 million to be exact) 3) our local products will decline in quality due to a lack of foreign competition and 4) this trade war will surely depress our overall economic growth (Amadeo, 2019). The Balance provides a historical timeline of the trade wars that we are currently engaged in as a nation and highlights the most impacted areas of business. The conclusion of their research is, “President Trump’s attempts at trade protectionism have already hurt the U.S. economy” (Amadeo, 2019).
The Economic Policy Institute is an independent, nonprofit think tank that researches the impact of economic trends and policies on working persons in the United States. This institute reports, “between April 2018 and March 2019 the economy created 500,000 fewer jobs than had originally been reported” and there are clear signs that we are in an economic slowdown (Bivens, 2019). Their stance, different from The Balance, is that this slowdown is not directly linked to the trade war but instead to the Federal Reserve’s hasty interest rate increases that occurred from December 2015 to 2018 and the “utter waste of fiscal resources that was the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) passed at the end of 2017” (Bivens, 2019). Their deduction is that while the trade war does have an impact on our slowing economy its impact is quite minimal.
Truthout, a nonprofit independent news organization founded in 2001, reports and provides explanations on a wide array of social issues and strives to maintain “accuracy, transparency, and independence from the influence of corporate and political forces” (. Baker, a writer for this organization, shares with his readers that the trade war with China has certainly slowed the economy but states that this slowing is not directly related to new tariffs but rather to the amount of uncertainty that this war has incurred. Baker (2019) reports, “[US] Manufacturing has been so weak in recent months, with production in August [2019] at 0.5 percent below its year-ago level”. His article concludes that no matter how “good” the final agreement between the US and China really is for our economy, the public will surely hear from our President that it is a “huge victory”… and that because the President has an election to be won in the very near future.
Presentation of “news” stories that we hear today is not uniformly objective! Some purport truth to be relative…but should relativity be a part of journalism? It is unfortunate that we as a society have to be consciously aware of the fact that there may be a hidden agenda embedded in the way a network or organization presents a story. This hidden agenda will undoubtedly determine what “news” information we hear or see and the tone (which is intended to “sway” our opinions) in which it is presented. Because of this, I continue to remind myself that it is careless of me to accept a single source of information as “truth”.
Resources:
Amadeo, Kimberly. (2019). Why Trade Wars are Bad and Nobody Wins. Retrieved from https://www.thebalance.com/trade-wars-definition-how-it-affects-you-4159973
Baker, Dean. (2019). Donald Trump’s Plan for Winning the China Trade War: Lying. Truthout. Retrieved from https://truthout.org/articles/donald-trumps-plan-for-winning-the-china-trade-war-lying/
Bivens, Josh. (2019). Why is the economy so weak? Trade gets headlines, but it’s more about past Fed rate hikes and the TCJA’s waste. Economy Policy Institute. Retrieved from https://www.epi.org/blog/why-is-the-economy-so-weak-trade-gets-headlines-but-its-more-about-past-fed-rate-hikes-and-the-tcjas-waste/
Garber, Jonathan. (2019). US and China agree to 'phase one deal’ in trade war, stocks rally. Fox. Retrieved from https://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/stocks-jumping-on-trade-optimism
Pham, Sherisse. (2019). Trump’s 'love fest’ with China won’t end the trade war. CNN. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2019/10/14/business/us-china-trade-deal/index.html
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Hello! Can I ask you for book recommendations? I'm really into books and I kind of want to try reading stuff recommended by other people. I just want to widen the genre/types of books on my "to read" list. Thank youuu! 😊
Hello! Of course you can. My favourite genres are Young Adult, Poetry, Fantasy and Classics (when I’m in the mood for it). Here’s a list of books I recommend reading.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern (fantasy).
The Caraval series by Stephanie Garber (fantasy, young adult).
Your Soul is a River by Nikita Gill (poetry).
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (young adult).
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur (poetry).
The Infernal Devices by Cassandra Clare (fantasy, young adult).
Fierce Fairytales by Nikita Gill (poetry).
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (classics).
The first book is a must-read, that’s why I wrote it in bold. I cannot stop recommending it. It’s my favourite book, my favourite escape from reality. This book taught me what real love is and it’s just absolutely gorgeous. Please, read it.
Today I ordered Five Feet Apart by
Rachael Lippincott. I read the summary and I read some reviews about it and it seems a beautiful book, it’s kinda the same setting as in The Fault In Our Stars by John Green (disease is a big part of the book) so I have high expectations. I recommend checking out that book as well. Happy reading!
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Halloween
in game: October 30 & 31, 2024
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Thanksgiving
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Knife Knights – My Dreams Never Sleep [OFFICIAL VIDEO]
From the Knife Knights’ album 1 Time Mirage (Release date: September 14, 2018)
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In a dream she calls him onward, in sleep she calls him back.
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MID-YEAR BOOK FREAK OUT TAG
1. Best book you have read so far in the year.
Daughter of the pirate king- Tricia Levenseller
2. Best sequel that I have read.
Wicked King - Holly Black
3. What is a new release you haven't read yet but you want to?
Love form A to Z - S.K Alli
4. What is your most anticipated release for this year?
Queen of Nothing - Holly Black
5. What it was your biggest disappointment of the year so far?
Caraval by Stephanie Garber, Heartless by Marissa Meyer, Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Maas.
6. What was your biggest surprise read of the year?
Ugly love by Colleen Hoover
7. Who is your favorite new author?
Holly Black and Colleen Hoover
8. Who is your newest fictional crush?
Cardan, Nickolai, The Darkling, Elian.
9. Who is your newest favorite character?
Jude and Loosa.
10. A book that makes you cry.
Five feet apart by Rachael Lippincott
11. A book that made you happy.
Confess by Colleen Hoover and Dante and Aristotle discover the secrets of the universe by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
12. What was your favorite book to movie adaptation?
Me before you by Jojo Moyes and Shadowhunters first movie
13. What was your most beautiful book that you bought this year?
La sombra del siento - Carlos Ruiz Zafon
14. What are some books that you need to read for the end of this year?
Ink by Alice Broadway, Touchdown 27, Game of thrones.
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Merry Christmas, Everybody!
The 12 Days of Christmas Ebook Giveaway Extravaganza has come to an end — for 12 days leading up to Christmas, I gave away one ebook from an awesome sci-fi or fantasy author. And the winners of those awesome ebooks are . . .
Day 1: The Starlit Wood: New Fairy Tales Anthology — Maria
Day 2: The Paper Magician by Charlie N. Holmberg — Helen B.
Day 3: Seed to Harvest by Octavia E. Butler — Laura K.
Day 4: Monstress (Vol. 1) by Marjorie Liu — Sherry T.
Day 5: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin — Ruth J.
Day 6: All Systems Red by Martha Wells — Eve B.
Day 7: An Unkindness of Ghosts by Rivers Solomon — Patti G.
Day 8: Caraval by Stephanie Garber — Gabby R.
Day 9: Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky — Amanda M.
Day 10: The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden — Rachael J.
Day 11: An Excess Male by Maggie Shen King — Cheri M.
Day 12: Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman — Mike P.
Congratulations! (if you think you're on this list, check your email — all winners have been notified)
Happy holidays to all!
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The most important charts in the world from the brightest minds on Wall Street
Here they are: the most important charts in the world.
Once again, we asked dozens of top strategists, economists, and writers for one chart that is top of mind right now. The slideshow includes their verbatim analysis of the trend they picked.
All of these charts were submitted by June 16, so some of the data may have evolved since then.
With assistance from Rachael Levy, Elena Holodny, and Jonathan Garber.
David Rosenberg
"This is where the power and influence still reside, and nothing is going to stop the inevitability that nearly two million of this critical demographic group will be turning 70 annually for the next 15 years. And they are very likely to make it to 85 or even older with medical advancement.
This has crucial implications for the financial markets because it is when you turn 70 that you undertake the most profound asset mix shift since you were in your 30s and loaded up on equities — when you turn 70, preservation of capital and cash flows becomes much more important, and yet in a world where 'safe yield' has become extremely scarce, the investment challenges for the aging but not yet aged boomers are going to be daunting, to say the least."
Rick Rieder
"This crisis has under-appreciated negative side effects for the US economy as a whole. Most significantly, student loans are making it harder for first-time home buyers to afford their own home, with more than 70% of would-be first-time buyers saying student loan debt is delaying their home purchase, according to the National Association of Realtors. As a result, the homeownership rate in the US has fallen each of the last six years despite a solid economic recovery, according to the US Census Bureau, with the biggest impact coming from the 25-34 year old cohort as seen in the chart above.
The student loan burden is not just curtailing young adults’ home buying; it is weakening their consumption in general, posing a major headwind to US economic growth. In addition to the direct economic impact, the student loan crisis could also worsen the class divide. Home ownership levels at age 30 are much lower among those with college debt than those without, and when faced with today’s high college costs coupled with the prospect of taking on significant debt, more students from lower-income households may choose not to attend college, worsening their outlook for employment and wage income over the course of their career. The bottomline: This crisis is likely to be a major drag on the US economy for years to come if it remains unaddressed, and an elegant fiscal-policy solution is needed, the sooner the better."
Torsten Slok
See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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