Dr. Melissa Schuh
@melissaschuh.bsky.social
Lecturer in English Literature at Kiel University, deputy editor for @c21literature.bsky.social , contemporary life writing/fiction, English & German, seriality, modernism • she/her •
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year, because my book is out now, fresh off the press!
Happy book birthday to “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-Representations” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) 📕🎉! doi.org/10.1007/978-... @hss.springernature.com
Happy book birthday to “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-Representations” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) 📕🎉! doi.org/10.1007/978-... @hss.springernature.com
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Schuh
It's #buyastrangerabook day & @melissaschuh.bsky.social
is offering to buy someone a book.
So if you'd like a book but aren't sure what, let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
is offering to buy someone a book.
So if you'd like a book but aren't sure what, let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
I’ll #BuyAStrangerABook
🤗
Personalised recommendations are my thing, so don’t forget to mention what kinds of things you like to read and I’ll suggest accordingly 📚
@biggreenbooks.bsky.social
🤗
Personalised recommendations are my thing, so don’t forget to mention what kinds of things you like to read and I’ll suggest accordingly 📚
@biggreenbooks.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 9:31 PM
It's #buyastrangerabook day & @melissaschuh.bsky.social
is offering to buy someone a book.
So if you'd like a book but aren't sure what, let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
is offering to buy someone a book.
So if you'd like a book but aren't sure what, let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Schuh
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out THREE books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out THREE books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
December 10, 2025 at 12:20 PM
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out THREE books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out THREE books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It’s here at last! On my shelf! Now that I’ve received my print copies of “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-representations“ (Palgrave Macmillan 2025), the book feels like it’s actually real. Best early Christmas present 📚
@hss.springernature.com
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
@hss.springernature.com
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
December 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
It’s here at last! On my shelf! Now that I’ve received my print copies of “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-representations“ (Palgrave Macmillan 2025), the book feels like it’s actually real. Best early Christmas present 📚
@hss.springernature.com
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
@hss.springernature.com
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
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a new monograph by one of our fabulous advisory board ☺️
Books are like children in one important way - both take a village to raise.
Thank you to my village, all over the world, who have helped me along the way. None of this could have happened without you.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...
Thank you to my village, all over the world, who have helped me along the way. None of this could have happened without you.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/cultural-...
A Cultural History of Vertigo
The first interdisciplinary history of vertigo, this book covers medical accounts from antiquity to the present, testimonies of lived experience, and literary a…
www.bloomsbury.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
a new monograph by one of our fabulous advisory board ☺️
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Okay, also: ThinkTank war für mich bis grade irgendwas neoliberal Böses und nicht das @nnwiss.bsky.social , aber sei's drum: Ich und das @nnwiss.bsky.social freuen uns, von @table.media ausgezeichnet zu sein!
December 5, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Okay, also: ThinkTank war für mich bis grade irgendwas neoliberal Böses und nicht das @nnwiss.bsky.social , aber sei's drum: Ich und das @nnwiss.bsky.social freuen uns, von @table.media ausgezeichnet zu sein!
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CHRISTMAS RAFFLE LAUNCH!
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
December 5, 2025 at 1:39 PM
CHRISTMAS RAFFLE LAUNCH!
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
I'm doing a raffle.
Tickets are just £2 each!
You can win all these SIGNED books + £50 to spend.
More importantly, every ticket you buy will help buy books for two amazing schools.
TWO POUNDS.
More here.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/big-green-ex...
Please share.
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Schuh
Bonus if set in London
I’m looking for realist novels from/set in 1960s Britain (all my go to ones are existentialist and/or metafictional) - I’m drawing a blank 🤔
December 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Bonus if set in London
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OOH!
#buyastrangerabook legend @melissaschuh.bsky.social has a new book out!
To celebrate, she's offering to buy 3 lucky people a book each.
Here's the deal.
Let Melissa know what kinda books you like reading & she'll offer you a selection of titles to choose from.
GO.
UK only
#buyastrangerabook legend @melissaschuh.bsky.social has a new book out!
To celebrate, she's offering to buy 3 lucky people a book each.
Here's the deal.
Let Melissa know what kinda books you like reading & she'll offer you a selection of titles to choose from.
GO.
UK only
It’s a special week for me because my own book was published recently: link.springer.com/book/9783032... 🎉
For extra celebration I’ll #BuyAStrangerABook (3 strangers) 🤗
Personalised recommendations are my jam, so tell me what you like to read and I’ll suggest things📚
@biggreenbooks.bsky.social
For extra celebration I’ll #BuyAStrangerABook (3 strangers) 🤗
Personalised recommendations are my jam, so tell me what you like to read and I’ll suggest things📚
@biggreenbooks.bsky.social
Literary Autobiography
This book offers a theoretically elegant and literarily sensitive rethinking of the fraught relationship between the novel and autobiography
link.springer.com
December 3, 2025 at 7:05 PM
OOH!
#buyastrangerabook legend @melissaschuh.bsky.social has a new book out!
To celebrate, she's offering to buy 3 lucky people a book each.
Here's the deal.
Let Melissa know what kinda books you like reading & she'll offer you a selection of titles to choose from.
GO.
UK only
#buyastrangerabook legend @melissaschuh.bsky.social has a new book out!
To celebrate, she's offering to buy 3 lucky people a book each.
Here's the deal.
Let Melissa know what kinda books you like reading & she'll offer you a selection of titles to choose from.
GO.
UK only
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Schuh
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
biggreenbookshop.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Schuh
Please share with PhD students in medical humanities! This should be lots of fun, and a great way to build a sense of community in the field.
Applications are now open for our 2026 International Medical Humanities PhD Summer School!
The Summer School is held jointly with the Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics at @liu.se.
Apply by 16 February 2026 👉 tinyurl.com/Phd-summer-s...
The Summer School is held jointly with the Centre for Medical Humanities and Bioethics at @liu.se.
Apply by 16 February 2026 👉 tinyurl.com/Phd-summer-s...
December 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Please share with PhD students in medical humanities! This should be lots of fun, and a great way to build a sense of community in the field.
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Schuh
Another one of our team has a book out! Congratulations Melissa!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, because my book is out now, fresh off the press!
Happy book birthday to “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-Representations” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) 📕🎉! doi.org/10.1007/978-... @hss.springernature.com
Happy book birthday to “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-Representations” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) 📕🎉! doi.org/10.1007/978-... @hss.springernature.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Another one of our team has a book out! Congratulations Melissa!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, because my book is out now, fresh off the press!
Happy book birthday to “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-Representations” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) 📕🎉! doi.org/10.1007/978-... @hss.springernature.com
Happy book birthday to “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-Representations” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) 📕🎉! doi.org/10.1007/978-... @hss.springernature.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:22 PM
It’s the most wonderful time of the year, because my book is out now, fresh off the press!
Happy book birthday to “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-Representations” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) 📕🎉! doi.org/10.1007/978-... @hss.springernature.com
Happy book birthday to “Literary Autobiography: Contemporary Novelists and their Self-Representations” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2025) 📕🎉! doi.org/10.1007/978-... @hss.springernature.com
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Schuh
It's #buyastrangerabook day & @melissaschuh.bsky.social
is offering to buy someone a book.
So if you'd like a book but aren't sure what, let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
is offering to buy someone a book.
So if you'd like a book but aren't sure what, let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
I’ll #BuyAStrangerABook
🤗
Personalised recommendations are my thing, so don’t forget to mention what kinds of things you like to read and I’ll suggest accordingly 📚
@biggreenbooks.bsky.social
🤗
Personalised recommendations are my thing, so don’t forget to mention what kinds of things you like to read and I’ll suggest accordingly 📚
@biggreenbooks.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:52 PM
It's #buyastrangerabook day & @melissaschuh.bsky.social
is offering to buy someone a book.
So if you'd like a book but aren't sure what, let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
is offering to buy someone a book.
So if you'd like a book but aren't sure what, let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Schuh
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
www.biggreenbookshop.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
Thanks to @femsista.bsky.social recommendation from her keynote at #BritCult2025 , I’ve got a local snack to try on my way home, the pepper pretzel 🥨 (Tiny conference duck, though overshadowed by it in size but not in cuteness, travels with me 🦆). @susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Thanks to @femsista.bsky.social recommendation from her keynote at #BritCult2025 , I’ve got a local snack to try on my way home, the pepper pretzel 🥨 (Tiny conference duck, though overshadowed by it in size but not in cuteness, travels with me 🦆). @susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
On my way home from a sunny Bamberg after an amazing, rich #BritCult2025 conference, where I got to share in a collaborative panel discussing queer romance and queer happy endings with the all together brilliant Anneke Schewe, @jennyleetsch.bsky.social , and Amanda Boyce. @susannegruss.bsky.social
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
On my way home from a sunny Bamberg after an amazing, rich #BritCult2025 conference, where I got to share in a collaborative panel discussing queer romance and queer happy endings with the all together brilliant Anneke Schewe, @jennyleetsch.bsky.social , and Amanda Boyce. @susannegruss.bsky.social
Who could say no to a conference duck 🦆? I chose a pink one to match my outfit 😍
@susannegruss.bsky.social #BritCult2025 @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
@susannegruss.bsky.social #BritCult2025 @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Who could say no to a conference duck 🦆? I chose a pink one to match my outfit 😍
@susannegruss.bsky.social #BritCult2025 @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
@susannegruss.bsky.social #BritCult2025 @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
Some pretty Bamberg sights on the first day of the #BritCult2025 conference…
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Some pretty Bamberg sights on the first day of the #BritCult2025 conference…
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
The #BritCult2025 conference in Bamberg is off to a great start, including the most beautiful (and massive) cheese platter I have ever seen 😋🧀
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The #BritCult2025 conference in Bamberg is off to a great start, including the most beautiful (and massive) cheese platter I have ever seen 😋🧀
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
@susannegruss.bsky.social @jennyleetsch.bsky.social
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🚨Job Alert🚨
@hhu.de is offering a permanent 80% position as a member of the academic staff in architectural history. Come work with us in our Medieval art history team! #academia #architecturalhistory #arthistory #kunstgeschichte #earlymodern #medievalsky
Link to ad: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
@hhu.de is offering a permanent 80% position as a member of the academic staff in architectural history. Come work with us in our Medieval art history team! #academia #architecturalhistory #arthistory #kunstgeschichte #earlymodern #medievalsky
Link to ad: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (m/w/d)
karriere.hhu.de
November 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
🚨Job Alert🚨
@hhu.de is offering a permanent 80% position as a member of the academic staff in architectural history. Come work with us in our Medieval art history team! #academia #architecturalhistory #arthistory #kunstgeschichte #earlymodern #medievalsky
Link to ad: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
@hhu.de is offering a permanent 80% position as a member of the academic staff in architectural history. Come work with us in our Medieval art history team! #academia #architecturalhistory #arthistory #kunstgeschichte #earlymodern #medievalsky
Link to ad: karriere.hhu.de/index.php?ac...
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It's #buyastrangerabook day, and @melissaschuh.bsky.social will buy someone a book.
Here are the rules.
Do you want a book?
Not sure what?
Let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
Here are the rules.
Do you want a book?
Not sure what?
Let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
I’ll #BuyAStrangerABook
🤗
Personalised recommendations are my thing, so don’t forget to mention what kinds of things you like to read and I’ll suggest accordingly 📚
@biggreenbooks.bsky.social
🤗
Personalised recommendations are my thing, so don’t forget to mention what kinds of things you like to read and I’ll suggest accordingly 📚
@biggreenbooks.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It's #buyastrangerabook day, and @melissaschuh.bsky.social will buy someone a book.
Here are the rules.
Do you want a book?
Not sure what?
Let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
Here are the rules.
Do you want a book?
Not sure what?
Let Melissa know the kinda stuff you like reading.
She will then give you a choice of 4 books.
Pick your favourite & Melissa will pay for it!
UK only
GO!
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Schuh
"The Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
November 1, 2025 at 12:56 PM
"The Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Let me know the kind of stuff you like reading.
I'll match you up with someone with similar tastes.
I'll post you both a book I think you'll like (+ choc & tea)!
Read, chat & eat choc!
Just £15
DETAILS HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Schuh
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
Buy A Stranger A Book. #buyastrangerabook - Stuff you might like... - Big Green Bookshop. @biggreenbooks on Twitter. Cheese fan. My Mum says hi.
The Big Green Bookshop an independent online bookshop in selling awesome titles by awesome authors to awesome people
www.biggreenbookshop.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:08 PM
IT'S WEDNESDAY!
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
It's #buyastrangerabook day.
The grooviest of all the days.
I'll give out TWO books.
FOR FREE.
If you'd like one, let me know.
Also, if you'd like to #BuyAStrangerABook too, let me know.
It's a thing! Look.
www.biggreenbookshop.com/stuff-you-mi...
UK only.
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Schuh
If you have any questions about the department or working at Uni Greifswald, feel free to reach out. I'm also on the Grundschule English team. 😊
November 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
If you have any questions about the department or working at Uni Greifswald, feel free to reach out. I'm also on the Grundschule English team. 😊
Reposted by Dr. Melissa Schuh
November 18, 2025 at 10:05 AM