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Thanks for reminding me about Stardust! It's been on my TBR list and my literal shelf for a while and I haven't made it to it yet. If you're looking for a great fantasy series with a sparky third person narrator, I can't recommend the Magicians Trilogy enough.

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Thank you! Lev Grossman?

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Exactly!

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Nice, I will add it to my TBR! Thanks!

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Sounds great! Let me know what you think if you happen to give it a read. It's one of my absolute favourites. I've read the trilogy through twice and I plan on going through it again 😂

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That's a glowing recommendation! Will definitely check it out

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The local library had a book sale, and since I didn't get enough from there, I went to the indie bookstore downtown afterwards. My take includes:

-Diamond Age (Stevenson)

-Gallant (V.E. Schwab)

-The Light Fantastic (Pratchett)

-Delta-V (Daniel Suarez)

-The Caves of Steel (Asimov)

-A pile of Sunset books to keep my house from falling down or blowing up

-Suspiria (Dario Argento, DVD)

-Camp Damascus (Chuck Tingle)

-Legends and Lattes (Travis Baldree)

-The Parable of the Talents (Butler)

Of course, while I was at the library, I checked some books out, and those are the ones I've actually been reading.

-The Stars are Legion (Kameron Hurley)

-You Sexy Thing (Cat Rambo)

-The Birthgrave (Tanith Lee)

I've settled on two vintage glass nib pens that look like they were made from drinking straws. Ink from the downtown art store: Platinum sepia black, Noodlers green, manga black (that was a mistake, and could have been a lot bigger mess than it was).

Reading with your little boy sounds absolutely sweet. That was how I learned to read, from my mom. My husband liked hockey.

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Oh my gosh, this is an AMAZING haul. So many great writers! I love terry pratchett and really enjoyed stars are legion! Platinum sepia black sounds like exactly my kind of ink. 🤩

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So if you kids liked the banned episode. What was the bad about in the first place? 🤔

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I don't fully know what the problem was but I suspect it was because they act out child birth (which was done hilariously) but might have been too much for disney's brand?

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There is a wonderful and hilarious muppets sketch where a momma rabbit is giving birth

I wont spoil it!

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I miss the days when they were showing Darkwing. No kid got hurt back then.

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I loved your list. It's a little like a peek into the brain of someone I admire. YOU!

So thank you for releasing it to the wider world. I look forward to the next one.

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Aw this is so kind! Thank you! I hope you find something for your own lists on here!

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Thanks for the mention!

Stardust is great. I seem to recall the film being decent, as well.

Have you seen the versions of the awful Apple ad played in reverse? I think they'd have saved themselves a lot of hassle if they'd released that version instead. But yes, definitely a case of them saying the quiet part out loud by mistake.

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The movie is so wonderful! I love it so much, especially Michelle Pfeifer!

I did see the reverse. So much better and such a simple fix.

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Hey, thanks Meaghan! I’m honored to make the list 💪❤️

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Thank YOU for the awesome posts!

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What was Dad Baby about that they’d reject it?

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Bandit pretends he's pregnant with Bingo.

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as to why they'd reject it, I dunno!

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This sounds hilarious!

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It is!

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