carly rae shakespeare
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**Not the pop star
***Not the playwright either
***Not the playwright either
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Touching grass is not enough, a lot of y’all need to go swimming.
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You don’t realize how big Kpop Demon Hunters is until you interact with a random kid for like 5 seconds.
November 18, 2025 at 11:19 PM
You don’t realize how big Kpop Demon Hunters is until you interact with a random kid for like 5 seconds.
Someone please explain the Olbermann-Nuzzi situation like I am 5 please, my FYP page on both sites has become indecipherable.
November 19, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Someone please explain the Olbermann-Nuzzi situation like I am 5 please, my FYP page on both sites has become indecipherable.
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It’s almost impossible to measure what people prefer in an environment where all kinds of factors influence where and how people live. There’s also an obvious absence of choice in most of the country. I’d warn against saying any evidence is all-caps overwhelming one way or the other.
Right, this is true, but the OVERWHELMING evidence of the past 100 years of American life is that vastly more people want space and a car than a smaller unit and a car-free lifestyle. This is mostly why the suburban share of US population has grown relentlessly for the entire 20th and 21st century
Some people put a premium on space in my experience, others put a premium on not having to have a car and not being isolated out in the suburbs
November 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
It’s almost impossible to measure what people prefer in an environment where all kinds of factors influence where and how people live. There’s also an obvious absence of choice in most of the country. I’d warn against saying any evidence is all-caps overwhelming one way or the other.
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I’m excited for Wuthering Heights because it’s been too long since we had a terrible movie with an outstanding soundtrack
November 18, 2025 at 8:10 PM
I’m excited for Wuthering Heights because it’s been too long since we had a terrible movie with an outstanding soundtrack
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Got confused earlier when I went to reorder my shelf of Stephen King books and they all fell on my head. Then IT hit me.
November 18, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Got confused earlier when I went to reorder my shelf of Stephen King books and they all fell on my head. Then IT hit me.
I got only 4 & 1/2 hours of sleep last night because I was reading my own fic.
November 18, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I got only 4 & 1/2 hours of sleep last night because I was reading my own fic.
So excited for everyone to discover that Act Two of Wicked sucks.
November 18, 2025 at 7:12 PM
So excited for everyone to discover that Act Two of Wicked sucks.
Not me just checking on The Fics stats
November 18, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Not me just checking on The Fics stats
I love genre fiction, but I think my stats bear out that the books I tend to love most are lit!fic.
November 17, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I love genre fiction, but I think my stats bear out that the books I tend to love most are lit!fic.
This is it. Having read 2 romantasy books and a sometimes reader of romance, the fact is I think fantasy is actually the subgenre here….
I think the reason romantasy is dwarfing sales of fantasy & sci-fi is that it's a subset of romance.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
November 17, 2025 at 11:43 PM
This is it. Having read 2 romantasy books and a sometimes reader of romance, the fact is I think fantasy is actually the subgenre here….
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I think the reason romantasy is dwarfing sales of fantasy & sci-fi is that it's a subset of romance.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
November 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I think the reason romantasy is dwarfing sales of fantasy & sci-fi is that it's a subset of romance.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
And romance is the biggest, most profitable category in literature.
Romantasy allowed romance readers, who read very widely, to take cross-genre romance mainstream & it's reaping the rewards.
And not to boast, but my fic is GOOD.
Me looking at the popularity of gay hockey romance right now, makes me realize that I may have missed the mark on turning my gay Mighty Ducks into a lucrative self publishing career.
November 17, 2025 at 11:08 PM
And not to boast, but my fic is GOOD.
Me looking at the popularity of gay hockey romance right now, makes me realize that I may have missed the mark on turning my gay Mighty Ducks into a lucrative self publishing career.
November 17, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Me looking at the popularity of gay hockey romance right now, makes me realize that I may have missed the mark on turning my gay Mighty Ducks into a lucrative self publishing career.
I always laugh when someone on booktube refers to their “reading journey”. Because even through months and years of various slumps, reading has just always been a part of my life.
November 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I always laugh when someone on booktube refers to their “reading journey”. Because even through months and years of various slumps, reading has just always been a part of my life.
Reading about the controversy on the “changes” to Six of Crows and I really think people way overestimate the amount of brain development that happens between one’s mid-late teens to their early twenties.
November 17, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Reading about the controversy on the “changes” to Six of Crows and I really think people way overestimate the amount of brain development that happens between one’s mid-late teens to their early twenties.
Of course all Beartown discussion on the internet is about Benji…
November 16, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Of course all Beartown discussion on the internet is about Benji…
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OMG! I just got off the plane in Asheville and RFK Jr. Was boarding and someone passed by him and said “quack”
November 15, 2025 at 6:07 PM
OMG! I just got off the plane in Asheville and RFK Jr. Was boarding and someone passed by him and said “quack”
Books I’ve read in 2025:
Title: The People We Keep
Author: Allison Larkin
Genre: Literary, Contemporary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Jan 12, 2025
Star Rating: 2.75⭐️
Unremarkablely competent. Awkward time jump in the middle felt like the author didn’t know how to connect the beginning to the end.
Title: The People We Keep
Author: Allison Larkin
Genre: Literary, Contemporary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Jan 12, 2025
Star Rating: 2.75⭐️
Unremarkablely competent. Awkward time jump in the middle felt like the author didn’t know how to connect the beginning to the end.
November 15, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Books I’ve read in 2025:
Title: The People We Keep
Author: Allison Larkin
Genre: Literary, Contemporary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Jan 12, 2025
Star Rating: 2.75⭐️
Unremarkablely competent. Awkward time jump in the middle felt like the author didn’t know how to connect the beginning to the end.
Title: The People We Keep
Author: Allison Larkin
Genre: Literary, Contemporary
Format: Physical
Date Read: Jan 12, 2025
Star Rating: 2.75⭐️
Unremarkablely competent. Awkward time jump in the middle felt like the author didn’t know how to connect the beginning to the end.
He thinks he’s being sneaky
November 13, 2025 at 12:20 AM
He thinks he’s being sneaky
MY TEN BEFORE THE END (5 my choice/5 randomly chosen):
Chosen:
1: The Cruel Prince
2: The Wicked King
3: The Queen of Nothing
4: Wuthering Heights
5: How to Read Now
Random:
6: Migrations
7: Reforming a Rake
8: Hunchback of Notre Dame
9: I Cheerfully Refuse
10: Frankenstein: 1818 text
Chosen:
1: The Cruel Prince
2: The Wicked King
3: The Queen of Nothing
4: Wuthering Heights
5: How to Read Now
Random:
6: Migrations
7: Reforming a Rake
8: Hunchback of Notre Dame
9: I Cheerfully Refuse
10: Frankenstein: 1818 text
November 13, 2025 at 12:16 AM
MY TEN BEFORE THE END (5 my choice/5 randomly chosen):
Chosen:
1: The Cruel Prince
2: The Wicked King
3: The Queen of Nothing
4: Wuthering Heights
5: How to Read Now
Random:
6: Migrations
7: Reforming a Rake
8: Hunchback of Notre Dame
9: I Cheerfully Refuse
10: Frankenstein: 1818 text
Chosen:
1: The Cruel Prince
2: The Wicked King
3: The Queen of Nothing
4: Wuthering Heights
5: How to Read Now
Random:
6: Migrations
7: Reforming a Rake
8: Hunchback of Notre Dame
9: I Cheerfully Refuse
10: Frankenstein: 1818 text
Title: A Wrinkle in Time
Author: Madeleine L’Engle
Genre: YA Science Fiction
Format: Audio
Date Finished: Jan 9, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0 ⭐️
Fave book as a child, this made me cry and the afterward by I think L’Engle’s grand daughter that there are alternative ideas of what Christian salvation can Ben
Author: Madeleine L’Engle
Genre: YA Science Fiction
Format: Audio
Date Finished: Jan 9, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0 ⭐️
Fave book as a child, this made me cry and the afterward by I think L’Engle’s grand daughter that there are alternative ideas of what Christian salvation can Ben
November 11, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Title: A Wrinkle in Time
Author: Madeleine L’Engle
Genre: YA Science Fiction
Format: Audio
Date Finished: Jan 9, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0 ⭐️
Fave book as a child, this made me cry and the afterward by I think L’Engle’s grand daughter that there are alternative ideas of what Christian salvation can Ben
Author: Madeleine L’Engle
Genre: YA Science Fiction
Format: Audio
Date Finished: Jan 9, 2025
Star Rating: 5.0 ⭐️
Fave book as a child, this made me cry and the afterward by I think L’Engle’s grand daughter that there are alternative ideas of what Christian salvation can Ben
I have enjoyed adding reviews to StoryGraph but it probs feels futile since no one seems to read them or interact with you so I think I am going to do a shortened thing of what I do over there. And I am going to do a few to catch up what I have read here.
November 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
I have enjoyed adding reviews to StoryGraph but it probs feels futile since no one seems to read them or interact with you so I think I am going to do a shortened thing of what I do over there. And I am going to do a few to catch up what I have read here.
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So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
So it turns out... the US air travel system was incredibly, deeply dependent on federal funding to just run day-to-day all this time, to the benefit of private airline shareholders, when everyone thinks that state-run trains are leeching off the government. Weird!
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November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
I’m halfway thru Katabasis by RF Kuang and I feel again that I will disagree with the haters and the lovers. Like the story, plot, theme and characters works for me but the prose is emotionally disconnected from the story that I end up feeling nothing and so there is a mismatch working against it.
November 7, 2025 at 10:30 PM
I’m halfway thru Katabasis by RF Kuang and I feel again that I will disagree with the haters and the lovers. Like the story, plot, theme and characters works for me but the prose is emotionally disconnected from the story that I end up feeling nothing and so there is a mismatch working against it.