It’s time for another edition of Young Adult Book Club, the place where Emily and Mary talk about YA books. This month, they’re talking about I Hope You Get This Message by Farah Naz Rishi, a diverse tale of aliens, pandemics, friendship, and family. Without further chit chat, here we go!
Read moreSurvivor S40: e7 & 8 Recap
We’re back! Last week was a little hectic, but at least half of us are sad to see the two Queens of Survivor, Parvati and Sandra, head off to the Edge. As we see at the top of this episode, Sandra decides that 20 minutes on the Edge is more than enough for her, making her the first (and, I suspect, last) person to raise the White Flag this season and head off to three weeks of vacation time spent in a real bed with actual food. Honestly, who can blame her? Sandra has nothing else to prove, and she already has $2 million in the bank thanks to Survivor. The Queen stays Queen, and she gets to live it up in a Queen-sized bed for the rest of the season.
Read moreArt, Empathy, and Crime: An Interview with Catherine Linka
After reading author Catherine Linka’s latest novel, What I Want You to See, I had the pleasure of talking to her about her experiences with art, the housing crisis, music, and of course her dog, Carter.
Mild spoilers for the novel to follow!
Read moreSurvivor S40: e5 Recap: The Buddy System on Steroids
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Hello! Hope you are staying safe and indoors during these strange times. Also, if you are anything like Mary and Todd, you are probably binging something. We have been catching up on Nick’s season, David vs. Goliath, and we have thoughts! What is your favorite season of Survivor to binge? Or just in general? Let us know on social media or in the comments below. In fantasy league updates, Mary is still in the lead, but Todd (and his dad! Hi, Dad!!) are tied for second. But now: onto our recap.
Read moreA Seoul Resident’s Cure for Corona fears: Binge-Watching Outlander
I live in South Korea, where the number of reported Covid-19 cases is fast approaching 8,000 (at time of publishing). The school where I teach has been closed for three weeks, and we’ve been advised by local authorities to avoid leaving our homes. So I’ve been inside a lot. Like, a lot. It is in the deepest depths of this isolation that I came to find Outlander on Netflix.
Read moreThe Bachelor S24E11: Bring Her Home
Emily: We have FOUR HOURS of television to get through, and we’re finally going to find out who Peter’s mom has been crying about all season, and I am so ready because I never want to see this clip ever again. So let’s get this over with.
Read moreSurvivor S40: e4 Recap "I Like Revenge"
Welcome back, Survivor-inos, to our coverage of Season 40, Winners at War! Last week, Adam blew up his game, and this week, he spent a lot of time groveling. But what happened this week? Well, there is only one way to find out. And that is by me telling you that (Spoiler Alert) Tyson got voted out! And a lot of other interesting things happened. Read on to find out, but also know that Mary is still leading our fantasy league, by many points!
Read moreThe Bachelor S24E10: You're a Dermatologist!
Emily: It’s that time of the season. Time for the women to come back together and tell all. And by this, I mean some of the women will be there, and they will all be yelling at each other and (not so secretly) auditioning for a chance to head to Mexico this summer for Bachelor in Paradise. Let’s go.
Susan: This episode is a 2 hour and 45 minute buildup to the only thing we actually want to see this week: bloopers.
Read moreFebruary Foreign Films: Burning
An extra day in February means an extra February foreign film. You’ll have to just trust that I watched this one in February even though I’m posting it on the first of March.
And we’re ending things with the Korean film Burning, which based on a Japanese short story by Haruki Murakami called “Barn Burning.” I’m a pretty big Murakami fan, and his short story collection The Elephant Vanishes (which includes this short story) is one of my favorite of his books. So of course I was intrigued by this film and excited to round out the first ever February Foreign Films series with this one.
But right before I started the movie, I noticed the run time, which is around two and a half hours. Two and a half hours for a short story that is only a few pages long. How were they going to expand the materials to make it take up so much time?
Well… some minor spoilers to follow.
Read moreSurvivor S40: Episode 3 Recap
Hello! And welcome back to our coverage of this season of Survivor. It is the 3rd episode and somehow Rob and Parvati are still here? Who would have guessed that? Not me. Are their days numbered? Maybe, but who knows! Can their tribe ever win an immunity challenge? Well, no, they cannot. Is Mary winning the Survivor fantasy league? Yes, she is. But is Todd in 2nd place? Yes! He is. Have we had enough of this question-answer format? Yes, so let’s get on to the recap!
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