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Wow. Volume 11 of Spy x Family was INTENSE and I loved every single minute of it! I‘m not sure how the next volumes will be able to compete with this one 😬

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It was fun to see how the rest of the Battler Party played out! I really enjoy these characters and look forward to the rest of this series!

If nonfiction counts, I‘m currently about a third of the way through Hannah Gadsby‘s “memoir situation”. #SundayFunday

“Those who dance are considered insane by those who can‘t hear the music.”

Early 2025 was truly my own my own winter of discontent (second drumpf term, having to move in the middle of Feb, covid for the second time etc etc) Hornby's novel about a winner of a beauty queen pageant in a British village who proceeded to revolutionize tv has so far been one of my favorite reads of the year. Sophie Straw is absolutely terrific & the cast who surround her are in turns interesting & infuriating. This books has MUCH to say (CONT)

This is a clever look at Indigenous Turtle Island history told through the lens of Native American and First Nations stand up comedians. It‘s partially a biography of comedians/Indigenous showmen going all the way back to those forced to work traveling Wild West shows in the 1800s to modern day stand up artists, and partially a history of the atrocities committed by the US and Canada (but mostly the US).

Picked this copy up on the cheap at Rose City Reads and I‘m leaving it in an Airbnb in Tokyo ✨ Definitely not my usual genre but it was low stakes and enjoyable.

Mel is an idol, but this book wasn‘t everything it could‘ve been. The subtitle you see about his remarkable life in show business is true, and he‘s honest about it, you don‘t get a ton about the man‘s feelings. I loved reading about his early life and wartime adventures but then you mostly get IMDB trivia equivalents. One passage I‘m almost certain was copied from his son‘s Wikipedia page, nearly verbatim. Only for Brooks diehards.