I definitely recommend it. I get compliments every time I wear it. I was walking through an airport with it on and someone said “Hell yeah read banned books!”

I HAVE THAT SHIRT!! I HAVE THAT SHIRT!!

I literally just yelled “I have that shirt” at work 🤣

I finished one over the weekend and I’m reading The Two Lies of Faven Sythe by Megan O’Keefe now.

Levar Burton is one of the major reasons I love reading and have read 32 books so far this year. I love that man! 💚

Ooo!

I’m the same, I prefer physical copies over digital, but I know how expensive that one is because it’s out of print. I typically only do audiobooks as rereads because I don’t retain the info as much because I space out often. It was just the quickest way I could get it and I (mistakenly) thought I would have time on vacation.

I’m probably going to go pick up that book now. Thank you for the tip!

Also, I just noticed your username and I love it!

I’m currently reading The Two Lies of Faven Sythe by Megan O’Keefe. I’m digging it so far, I have a trilogy of hers that I’ve wanted to read, I’m just not feeling reading a series at the moment. This was me testing her writing and I will definitely dig into The Protectorate books.

I’m still listening to Cibola Burn by James S.A. Corey. It’s taking me a while to get through it because I paused to listen to a few Murderbot books. But also because I forgot why I disliked one of the characters in this one so much.

I just finished Barbarian Aliens by Ruby Dixon. It’s the second book but I’ve decided to not finish the series. I really enjoy the world, the people, and the romance, but I’m kind of tired of everyone just trying to get knocked up. It’s just not my thing.

I so want to read A Stitch in Time. I borrowed the audiobook to listen to on vacation, but I didn’t have time to actually do that (we had way too much fun). Now it has a really long waitlist again 😭

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Someone knows about cecotropes aka butt chocolate 🤣

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I’m a Tolkien fan, but I can definitely agree with that!

Ken Liu, but his family immigrated to the USA when he was 11, so I’m not sure that counts? He does a lot of translations for Chinese scifi authors including Three Body Problem. I do have all of his Dandelion Dynasty books, but I haven’t started them yet.

I am a big fan of his short stories and I would recommend Hidden Girl and other stories. There are a few in that book that are loosely tied together and it was made into a tv show called Pantheon, which was great!

The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories is another great collection of short stories. I first listened to the title story on the LeVar Burton Reads podcast, then bought the book. My favorite story was The Literomancer, which was so moving I couldn’t read anything for a few days. Good Hunting from that collection was also an episode of Love, Death, & Robots.

Philip Pullman will always and forever be my favorite author. I first read the His Dark Materials series when I was 11 and I was hooked. Those books made a huge impact on me and how I think about the world.

I would recommend his book The Good Man Jesus and the Scoundrel Christ. It’s a retelling of the Jesus Christ story where Jesus and Christ are 2 brothers, one who is moral and the other who is not at all moral. I am not a religious or even spiritual person, but that book was really good!

Oh! I forgot about that one, I liked Edge of Tomorrow too

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman

I was 11 when the book came out, so I was the perfect demographic for it. That book played such a pivotal role in my life at that age. I remember being excited for the next books and waiting for their releases.

I’m 41 now and I still will pick up any book by Pullman and read it. He is my very first favorite author.

I have two.

I do not like Will Ferrell in his typical roles at all and I’m glad I’m not the only one saying this anymore. Everyone quotes Anchorman and I just did not enjoy that at all, or Elf, Step Brothers, or any of his “everyone loves” movies. Stranger Than Fiction, however, was amazing and I wish he would do more roles like that.

Tom Cruise is my other one. I find his acting very bland and unappealing. Mission Impossible has put me to sleep every time I try to watch it. I am not a big fan of Top Gun, Jerry Maguire, or any of them. My Cruise exceptions are Tropic Thunder which I wish he did more comedic roles like that and Minority Report, not a perfect movie but it was the very first DVD I ever owned so there is a bit of nostalgia tied to it.

Freeze your excess lemon juice!

My friend brings over fresh lemons from her lemon tree pretty often and they are always delicious. Recently, I juiced and froze a bunch that I knew I couldn’t get through before a 10 day vacation. Now, I have lemon juice cubes that taste just as good as fresh. They also melt quicker than regular ice, so they can be used in cocktails too.

Star Wars Pod Racer Halo Reach Word of Warcraft

Pod racer was the first game I was better than my younger sibling and when I bought my very first CD (Green Day). I spent hours playing that game with my CD on repeat.

Halo Reach was the first Halo game I was really into and first console modern game played. I spent so many hours playing online and IRL with friends.

World of Warcraft is the game I’ve played the longest. I’ve been playing since a few months after launch. Even though I initially thought it was “too cartoony”, it has kept me entertained for decades. Some of my favorite books are from Warcraft lore. I’ve played countless hours with friends, but now I play solo more than anything. I chase achievements, transmogs, and pets.

I always go into these music requests threads looking for punk rock and I don’t find much very often but this shit is amazing!! Thank you so much! I’m going to go buy some of their stuff 😊

They are folks just like the rest of us, some are flat out stupid.

I know a couple of Japanese-American people whose grandparents met and married in US concentration camps during WW2. They are fully in on the Trump train, Musk fans, and happy to see “those people” suffer. If you try to point out the hypocrisy, they just roll their eyes at you.

I’ve read Fuzzy Nation and it was great too. I’ve enjoyed all of Scalzi’s books. I have a copy of The Complete Fuzzy by H. Beam Piper that I found at a thrift store after I read Fuzzy Nation. I haven’t read it yet, but it is on the ever expanding TBR