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It's nice to see so many familiar faces, but encourage your friends who might not have played before to join in on the fun. Or at very least "fun"...

Of course there is a part of me that wants the safety net of sentimentally considering that I am getting on the bicycle myself after a longer than usual break. But new voices keep everyone on their toes as well. Both are awesome, and appreciated though. Let's never lose sight of that both of those thoughts can coexist.

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I've been watching a lot of movies lately thanks to the library and free streaming sites, some of which are actually legit. ;)

I've also been getting back into reading. Which has been a treat.

Mind you most of my day has been taken up with refreshing various job sites and submitting applications. But those things have been a nice break.

What are some movies and/or books that have caught your attention lately?

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From:

drippedonpaper

I love the book "The Echo of Old Books"

From:

murielle

I've added that to my wishlist. I think I would love it.

From:

unmowngrass

Recently finished rereading the Chronicles of Narnia, and am now on The Thursday Murder Club. I've read this one before, but I've bought the whole set. In paperback. And tell me again why I'm paying for Kindle Unlimited?

From:

murielle

Narnia! Love, love, love.
The Thursday Murder Club I started and wandered off. Must get back to it.

From:

murielle

Just finished Stephen King's tetralogy beginning with Mr. Mercedes and winding up with Holly. Okay, I'm being me here, most would call it a trilogy with Holly being a stand-alone, but without the first three there would never have been Holly, and as much as I loved the first three they needed Holly to be complete. So, yeah, I'm going to stick to my tetralogy. I haven't reviewed them yet because I wanted to finish them all first, and I'm still too close to them right now. Maybe next week. Or not. We'll see.

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muchtooarrogant

The last King book I read and enjoyed was Billy Summers. I read through the book description when Holly was released, but it didn't pull me in, maybe because it was so closely linked to those others you mentioned which I also haven't read. :)

I think my all time favorite of King's is 11/22/63, which is funny, seeing as how it's mostly sci-fi and not horror, but there ya go.

Dan

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murielle

11/22/63 is one of my favourites! Such a good read.
I haven't read Billy Summers yet though it looks intriguing.

From:

reidharriscooper

Pretty sure it's been marketing as a third book in a King series as well.

From:

murielle

The so called trilogy I was too lazy to list is:
Mr. Mercedes
Finders Keepers
End of Watch

Holly is probably not technically the fourth, but how can it not be? Seriously, how? 😉
Great to see you again! Will you be taking us on your wonderful NYC tours again? I always felt right there with you.

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reidharriscooper

I can't remember what ad I saw but Molly is definitely I considered a follow up to one of those in marketing.

To your question? I don't know will happen... we shall see where prompts take me. Tours of NY have not been a thing for me lately. Life taking many changes. If a prompt sets me on a path to show off some photography from past adventures untold in LJ Idol world though. There are definitely stories to be told... I generally try to on the limited styles of FB and Twitter but stopped really keeping a written journal.

From:

murielle

I hope there are more stories or novels with Holly and crew. King has created marvelously interesting characters, as always.

I always enjoyed your entries and look forward to whatever you share with us this season.

From:

murielle

Gary I have a question for you.
In all the seasons of 'Idol, have you ever been tempted to play using an alias? And have you ever? 😉

From:

clauderainsrm

Have I ever been tempted to play using an alias? No. It would not be ethical for me to do that. I've laughed at the idea before but never seriously entertained the idea. On one hand, I would have an upper hand knowing what the prompts were and could just write and polish something in advance. But assuming that I *didn't* do that and "played clean" then I'd have less time than anyone else since I would also being dealing with all of the backstage admin stuff on top of writing the entry.
Also, that would be emotionally difficult given that I'd see who voted for me - and who didn't, which has the potential to impact my relationships (even if I said it wouldn't, there's always the chance that it would)

Have I ever done it? No. I have not.

Edited Date: 2024-06-29 08:08 pm (UTC)

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murielle

Thank you for answering me, Gary.
It's funny, I never really thought you would do it, because you are so ethical, but I wondered if you'd ever been tempted. But the reasons you mention (other than the ethics) make perfect sense.
Again, thank you for answering my question.

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clauderainsrm

You say I'm ethical, but as my wife pointed out today I've been streaming movies and TV shows from non-authorized sites. Which means I'm stealing from the creators. Granted, when I was working we had pretty much every major paid streaming service (rotating them out every couple months, never at once) but now that I've been unemployed for over two months, that is a luxury we can't afford to have. So I've been going back to the unauthorized versions. (Note: I also watch the international Survivors on those sites as well, because they aren't available in the US)

Which is just me pointing out that my "ethics" are less than what I would like them to be in some areas. People are complicated.

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murielle

Streaming ethics! That's an other beast altogether.

Back in the day there was this online site that allowed you to watch and even download whatever you wanted. I saved I Claudius onto a disc. I have no idea how I did it, but I did.
Today I am much more ethical because I lack the knowhow and the technology to be otherwise.

I have Tubi and another I can't remember the name of because it's too much of a hassle to use. They are free. And YouTube which I'm addicted to--is there anything you can't learn on YouTube?

But as for ethics, you're in the 98th percentile as far as I'm concerned. I'd have said 99th but that have been too sucky. 😉

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pixiebelle

Just started The Three Body Problem recently and it’s really interesting. I don’t watch a lot of shows at the moment since my husband and I have been obsessed with Baldurs Gate 3. We’ve not stopped playing since we got it in September and that means less tv watching.

Oh we are also watching The Boys and House of the Dragon.

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rayaso

Good luck with the cycling. I've had to take long breaks from cycling too many times. Getting back in shape is a real pain. I'm sure you'll keep at it.

From:

tigrkittn

I read trash, almost without exception. It's fun, fluffy trash, but trash. I'm not even willing to name names. My brain gets enough of a workout at my job and editing other people's books.

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aggienaut

Ah you're looking for a job are you? I just saw what I am convinced would be absolutely anyone's dream job. They fly you out to the remote Dampier Peninsula in far north-western Australia, where you spend two weeks clambering around rugged gullies, trying not to step on deadly snakes, be eaten by crocodiles or killed by blue ring octopii, in search of invasive red Edward honeybees that have thus far proven difficult to eradicate. After two weeks if you're still alive they fly you back to Perth to recover for a week in a city that seems to be an ideal urban idyll ... and then they send you back up to the bush. When I saw this job post I was even a little bit regretful I'd already taken the government's shilling down here... wait now I need to go look at my LiveJournal to see if I ever even posted about that .. [wanders off]

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clauderainsrm

Tempting... ;)

It does sound like something you would enjoy though!!

From:

aggienaut

oh my gosh somehow predictive text must have inserted itself into what I was writing because I definitely did not intentionally writer "Edward" honeybees --- haha I just experimentally wrote red dwarf and yeah it changed it right after I wrote it to "edward" without particularly notifying me. I wonder if this is grammarly's doing ):

From:

roina_arwen

Nope to the clambering around gullies, nope to the snakes, and triple nope to the crocodiles and octopi!

Either way, good to see you here!

From:

aggienaut

But also, it looks like _everyone_ is signed up with dreamwidth accounts this year? I'm still mostly only active on LiveJournal, are things getting better here finally? (which is to say more of a feeling of community, which was somehow failing to translate from lj last I checked years ago at least)

From:

clauderainsrm

I'm not sure if it exists or if everyone just acitvated/created DW accounts this time. I'm suspecting it's more of the latter.

From:

muchtooarrogant

At the moment I'm reading The Knife and the Serpent by Tim Pratt. It's entertaining, but hasn't captured my attention to the extent that I'm neglecting sleep to finish it.

An upcoming book I am very excited about though is Miles Cameron's Deep Black, which will be released on August 1. It's a sequel to Artifact Space, the first book in his great ships series.

Dan

From:

adoptedwriter

I went w friends the other day to see THELMA. Its both hilarious and meaningful.

From:

reidharriscooper

Over the last year and a half I really got into Jasper Fforde, devouring everything but his YA Fantasy series. Based on what I know you like Gary, you'd love it and anyone here seeing his comment/post if you like Douglas Adams, Eoin Colfer, or just dry witty humor. I iwhs I could think of a female author of the ilk, I can think of comedians, but not writers.

My favorite films in 2024 that I have seen have been Boy Kills World, Monkey Man, Argylle, and Late Night with The Devil.

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clauderainsrm

When we started dating, Jasper Fforde was one of the writers Cynthia recommended to me. His stuff is great.

Monkey Man and Late Night with The Devil are both on my list for "want to see". I don't know anything about the others, but based on how well our tastes tend to align I'll put them on there too! :)

From:

roina_arwen

I’m currently reading “The Dressmakers of Auschwitz: The True Story of the Women Who Sewed to Survive” by Lucy Adlington.

It’s particularly interesting to me because my biological maternal grandmother was a seamstress, and she and her husband were both in a concentration camp at some point (I’m not sure which one, but they were from Czechoslovakia, and moved to Israel shortly after WWII).

As far as movies, yall go watch the trailer for Red One, then come back and tell me what you think - the movie comes out in November, and it looks like one I’ll want to see several times!

Edited Date: 2024-06-30 03:32 am (UTC)

From:

winter_time

Since last time I've had a lot of unfortunately negative changes and one of which means ATM I'm dealing with a health scare and can't work which is giving me a lot of time to read, write and watch movies (silver linings!)
The Internet archive is such a great way to find old out of print books to read which I'm having a blast with finally getting to read old horror paperbacks of the 70s/80s/90s!

From:

kizzy

Thanks, laptop, FOR EATING MY REPLY NOT ONCE BUT TWICE.

:ahem:

I never read Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil when it first came out, but I'd read an excerpt somewhere so I put myself on the library's digital waitlist. I returned it unread 2 weeks later because 1) I obviously don't have the bandwidth to read at the moment, and 2) most of my reading nowadays consists of stuff that lulls me to sleep as opposed to reading READING, IYKWIM.

I also have an issue with digital media. I have Libby on my tablet because it's easier to take my tablet on vacations and such, and yes, I'll read novels and whatnot through the library during that time. But I can't seem to do the same at home. I think it's because I tend to use the tablet more for gaming (aka "too brain dead to do anything after work except play Candy Crush") at home. I stopped getting physical books from the library because I tend to rack up astronomical late fees. I think the last physical book I read was a collection of Neil Gaiman short stories. That was sometime last winter :shudder:

From:

vik_thor

Reading in the 1632 universe heavily lately. and in fact, the latest issue of the 1632Magazine is releasing today.
1632 is a book by Eric Flint, released 2000, where a mining town in WV is sent back to southern Germany in the year 1631 and how they interact and change history. moderately large fanbase, and he opened it up to people to play in his sandbox. (It took a bit of a hit when he died last year, but has recovered and going strong with a rename.)

Also reading _ElfQuest: Stargazers Hunt_

last movie we saw was the new Ghostbusters

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