The Hobbit is the first book finished this year! Haven’t touched anything Tolkien in my life (unless you count watching my uncle start the Fellowship game on Xbox). I adore how this book sounds like Tolkien is reading you a bedtime story, from my understanding that’s actually how it came to be.

They'll be better tomorrow

Weapons was also another great film I saw. I wasn't feeling it at first but by the end I was at the edge of my seat. Unique, the ending was both satisfying and horrifying.

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Watched Sinners, what a fantastic film! We need more of these. The music scene where they go through past, present, and future was beautiful, one of the best scenes in a movie I've had the pleasure of experiencing.

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Been lax about updating this so firing off some of the stuff I did since this:

Finished Heavenly Tyrant by Xiran Jay Zhao. Definitely better than the first (which I also liked!) but also suffered from pacing like the first.

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Voted last week and already heard the good news!

Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao was very good! Pacing at times was a bit speedy but overall I enjoyed it. Looking forward to starting the sequel soon and seeing where the plot goes because that was quite the explosion of an ending!

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Expedition 33, game of the year, probably game of the 2020s for me so far. I genuinely don't think I've felt as much in a game as I just did. The closest I think is probably late-game FFXIV Endwalker, but even that didn't hit as hard as this. Everyone should play it.

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There’s a non-zero chance that it’s due to the current administration in Virginia. Hopefully able to get it sorted after November.

James Gunn’s Superman over! Loved every moment of it, no complaints whatsoever. It’s exactly what I wanted to see, makes me excited for everything else coming.

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sucks to suck 😁

This was your perfect chance to say "we are so cooked"