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“There are only three episodes left of Riverdale’s second season”
is a sentence I wish I had typed several months ago, but here we are, ready to recap season two’s NINETEENTH EPISODE. In “Prisoners,” we see the return of several long-lost plot points and receive something like closure regarding one of this season’s most irritating mysteries: Chic.
So, let’s get into it, for the nineteenth time.
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If you missed my interview with Celeste Ng over at Book Riot, maybe you're unaware that it's Independent Bookstore Day today. I mean, I guess you could still know that it's Independent Bookstore Day today without reading this Celeste Ng interview, but I wanted to start this blog post with a shameless plug, so roll with me here, okay? Okay.
So where was I? Oh yes. The last Saturday of April is always Independent Bookstore Day, which has got me thinking about what I love about independent bookstores and why they're so freaking awesome. So here is my informal ode to my favorite indie bookstores (featured above is Avid Bookshop in Athens, GA, btw--more bookstore shout outs to follow).
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BSG #14: Birthday-sode / The Mothers
The #BookSquad visits SoCal this week as we discuss The Mothers, Brit Bennett's stellar debut novel. We cover motherhood (duh!), guilt, grief, and the like. But have no fear, this isn't a bummer episode! In fact, it's pretty cute. The Squad is celebrating the one-year podversary of #BookSquadGoals, so you'll also get to hear us exchange "secret Santa" gifts in honor of this special birthday. Thank you for listening to us for a whole year, and don't forget to rate and review us and check us out on booksquadgoals.com!
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WHEW. After a short break from our beloved dumpster fire of a show, Kelli and Mary are BACK, BABEEEEE! This week, we’re looking at “A Night to Remember,” otherwise known as THE MUSICAL EPISODE. Join us, won’t you?
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For a lot of people, Wes Anderson's newest stop motion film Isle of Dogs has been out in theaters for several weeks. Anticipating the release of this movie, The Squad had planned on podcasting about the film for our last Othersode (rather than doing Ready Player One, which fellow podcaster Kelli was vehemently trying to avoid... OH WELL, KELLI); however, those of us living in podunk Southern towns just got Isle of Dogs in our theaters this past weekend. So rather than getting a full on podcast about this movie, you're just going to get a review from me, the cat lover. Sorry not sorry.
Here I go. Minor spoilers to follow.
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It's pretty beautiful at night, huh?
Mary tells you all about her featured bookstore of the month, Bombshell Comics!
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Remember Philipp-with-too-many-Ps Plein from the last panel? The guy who seems like he totally only became a designer because he wanted to bang models (but only the skinny ones)? Yeah, we get to spend some serious time with this guy in the finale.
Picking up right from last week’s judging, the final four (round three) go straight to Phillipp Plein’s (hereafter referred to as PP because I don’t have energy for this douchebag) studio to do their fitting for his runway show.
Shanice on the bus ride there: “I just want them to pick a winner.” Girl, so do we.
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His sense of humor appeals to the part of me that is always drawn to the loudest, most obnoxious person in the room, and I expected that Brooklyn 99 would simply serve as a convenient vehicle for his lovably stupid antics. I didn’t expect to find that Brooklyn 99 is one of the most progressive network sitcoms I’ve ever had the pleasure of watching. Its diverse cast of characters doesn’t feel like a collection of tokens or ticked off boxes, but fully-realized human beings.
This is particularly true of the show’s three female leads. Save for a few episodes, Brooklyn 99’s five seasons pass the Bechdel test with flying colors — not to mention the fact that two of its female leads are Latina, a feat rarely accomplished on network television. I came to this show expecting to fall in love with Samberg’s Jake Peralta, but I didn’t realize how hard I would fall for Rosa Diaz, Gina Linetti, and Amy Santiago.
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Othersode #13: Nerd Porn Auteur / Ready Player One
Put on your haptic suits and join the Book Squad in Halliday’s OASIS as we discuss the new Steven Spielberg movie, "Ready Player One." We’ve got lots of thoughts and feelings about Parzival, Aech and Art3mis in the movie, as well as in Ernest Cline’s 2011 novel on which the film was based. Plus, the squad gets into some questionable poetry by Cline and dives into how Gamergate affects some feminist readings of the book and the movie. Also, hear what’s up on our next fullpisode and what’s on the #BookSquadBlog!
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Read moremade with love by emily, kelli, mary, and susan. <3 thanks to Katelyn Elaine Photography for our group photos.