Liked this a lot, it's an interesting urban planning book that explains how American parking laws have fucked over cities and how they explain the suburbs, the death of cities, and the current dearth of low income housing.
The Cemetery of Untold Stories by Julia Alvarez
I haven't always liked Alvarez, but this one I really connected with. The story of an aging professor who decides to bury the stories she was unable to turn into books. It's a multi narrative that's very heartbreaking. Loved it a lot.
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Apparently the translation I read is not very literal and took lots of liberties. Nevertheless I enjoyed it a lot. It's easy to see how this was a shocking book for its time. It's a shocking perspective of war now! I can also see how all the books about war since this were influenced by it. A fascinating look at dehumanization.
The Levant Trilogy by Olivia Manning
I found this a bit underbaked plot-wise as compared to The Balkan Trilogy which proceeded it. Nevertheless Manning's writing is as sharp and observant as ever. I felt terribly for Harriet and wanted to murder Guy. A great look at one marriage set against a war.
Superfan by Jen Sookfong Lee
Thought this was going to be more heavily pop culture based but while Lee does explain how she uses pop culture to explain her life the best bits are straight memoir as she explains her nuclear family, her divorce and her writing life. She has a beautiful writing voice, I can't wait to read her fiction.
I have uploaded this before but the audio was all out of sync and it was crappy quality and this clip deserves better for the whole adorableness.
So context- Dwight and Jim have had to sit apart all day as Michael took Jim’s desk. This is Jim coming back at the end of the day, and them basically saying they missed each other.Extra Scene from The Carpet, superfan episode
Oh my gosh lol I just remembered for the first time in like two months Amazon’s Rings of Power Tolkien “”sUpeRFaNs”” interview and it felt like getting hit by a bus
Watched the Superfans Season 6 Christmas episode. Just a refresher, Dunder Mifflin gets sold, everyone gets bummed out, finds out the company is sold to an unknown company, they have a great party. So in one of the deleted scenes, Pam kisses Jim under the mistletoe and asks him if he bought the company himself to save the party. Jim says, and I quote, "I promise I will never buy a company with out telling you." Proving once again JIM IS Evil!